THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAXD, FEBRUARY 13, 1910.
BUNGALOW
1 3 NIGHTS
Mrs. Carter Appears in Her
First Play of Modern
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KLAW& ERLANGER'S
NEW LAUGHING TRUST
Distinguished Emotional Actress Is Spending Third Season Under Own
Management in "Vasta Heme," by Edward Peple.
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ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE
B.n,n Monday Matinee, Feb. 14th
" CLARA BELLE JEROME
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"Joyland." Staged by Gus Sohlke.
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MRS. LESLIE CARTER, SOW PLAYING "VASTA HERSE."
MRS. LESLIE CARTER, the distin
guished emotional actress -who la
soon to play an engagement here
In her new play, "Vasta Heme." by Ed
ward Peple, author of "The Prince
Chap." was born at Lexington, Ky and
In her early life had no thoughts of a
stage career. She made her first ap
pearance on the stage In a non-speaking
part In 1887. and for three years there
after she played a number of minor
parts. She made her debut at the Broad
way Theater. New York, in 1890. playing
the part of Kate Graydon In the "Ugly
Duckling."
In 1891 Mrs. Carter appeared in a mu
sical comedy called "Miss Heylott," play
ing the leading part. She continued In
the musical comedy, both In New York
and on tour, until 1893. At this period
she retired from the stage for two years
and devoted herself to the study of her
art. and when she reappeared it was In
Washington, D. C. in "The Heart or
Maryland" on October 22. 1895. It was
so great a success that she continued in
this play for three years in this country
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and then took it to London and made her
first appearance on the English stage at
the Adelphi Theater on April 9. 1898. In
December, 1898, she appeared at Wash
ington as the heroine of "Zaza." which
afterwards had a long run in New York
and In which she appeared at the Gat-rick
Theater in London on April 16. 1900.
In the following year Mrs. Carter ap
peared in Washington for the first time
as Mme. Du Barry in -Belasco's play of
that name, appearing In the same part
at the Criterion Theater, New York, De
cember 6. 1901.
In Washington. December 26, 1904. Mrs.
Carter severed Jier connection with David
Belasco and appeared thereafter under
her own management. She revived
"Zaza," "DuBarry," and "The Heart of
Maryland," and produced under her own
management a new play, "Kassa," by
John Luther Long.
This is Mrs. Carter's third season un
der her own management and it marks
the era of her greatest success. In
"Vasta Heme" she has her first strictly
modern play, a drama of morals and
emotions that gives her the finest oppor
tunity for the display of her talent that
she has ever had.
CHAT AND GOSSIP OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS
KDITED BY LEONE CASS BAER.
THE erudite and temperamental Mrs.
Pat Campbell is the very latest con
vert to a belief in vaudeville as a
means of salvation. She has just
clinched her convictions by signing a
contract with E. F. Albee, general man
ager of the United Booking Offices, at
purported salary of J2500 a week. Said
contract is for ten weeks the manager
having an option providing for an ex
tension of this time. Her first appear
ance will be next week In New York,
at the Colonial, followed by a fortnight's
engagement at the Percy G. Williams
theaters, after which she goes to Keith's
theaters. Philadelphia. Her tour will also
Include an appearance &t Keith & Proc
tor's Fifth Avenue and out-of-town en
gagements In Chicago, Indlapapolis, Cin
cinnati, Pittsburg and Boston.- Mrs.
Campbell will present a Russian playlet
said to have a theme of powerful inter
est. She is now rehearsing with her
company, and when a bold newspaper
forced an audience with the timid little
damo she permitted him to issue the
statement that she intended giving an
elaborate production and a splendid per
formance which somehow smacks a bit
of the press agents.
After the route and salary no, the
Salary and route had been decided upon,
the fair Mrs. Pat advanced her usual
list of expectations. Among other trifles
she wanted a drawing-room for herself
and suitable accommodations for her
maid. Also she wished the Pullman Com
pany to permit Pinky-Banky-Poo, her be
loved canine friend and companion, to
have quite the best of everything. Since
dogs are now absolutely barred by the
I"ullman officials , this demand almost
knocked the plans into a cocked hat.
"Demands" are new propositions for
vaudeville. Its patrons have a nice
habit of signing contracts and then tak
ing care of themselves. But Mrs. Camp
bell made it quite clear that she would
expect all details of travel arranged and
attended to quite the same as if she were
in the legit. So manager Albee has as
sured her that everything will be done
in keeping with her well-known dignity
and fame, and with a view to making
her visit in vaudeville altogether com
fortable and happy.
Of Rostand's "Chanticleer," a Paris
correspondent for a New York paper
writes these breezy lines:
"Chantteleer" baa perturbed Paris almost
as much as the floods. It baa caused a
general paralysis of social life. Persons
have declined invitations to dinner this
month for fear that on that particular
date should be given the -premiere of "Chan
ticleer." Hostesses nave realized this to
such effect that their little notes have been
thus conceived: "Chare amie Will you not
torr-e to us. you and your husband, on th
Thursday after "Chanticleer T" Even mar
rlRKes have felt the Influence of the Kos
tand play. The nuptial knot has been tied
etks m advance so as to allow the couple
to sit as man and wife In the fauteuils of
the Porte St. -Martin. Though 1 have no
statistics on the subject. It would not sur
prise me to learn that certain charming
Utuo!selles have thought of matrimony be
cause of "Chanticleer." In France it Is not
the custom for unmarried glrla to pro to the
theater with their mascuilne friends and
cousins; hence, to obtain a husband is for
the "jeune fllle" the first necessary step
to obtain a ticket for the premiere. Cer
tainly it has delayed departure to the
Klvlers, Lord Tom Noddy could not go
because of the elections: M. Dupont has
been detained by the fear that the cock
night crow in his absence. Even Nice and
Its charms would fall to compensate for the
loss of. this world-famous function. You
might say that every department of social
life In Paris has felt the throb of theatri
cal expectancy. The rehearsals have been
accompanied by strange potents: the river
in flood, the appearance of a comet, the
trembling of the earth, a week of rain.
Meanwhile. Muie. Simone, the charming
peasant, has fallen down a trapdoor and
bruised herself. Is this not also an omen?
Never mind: on the 20th we shall all know
the mysteries of "Chanticleer": it Is abso
lutely fixed unless it becomes unfixed.
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Fra Elbertus Hubbardus. the famous, or
at least, Judiciously advertised, Roycror
ter. writer, philosopher, wit, non-union
furniture manufacturer, publicity agent
and what-not, has harkened to the call of
Martin Beck and will begin his little
Journey into vaudeville on Monday,
March 14, at the Majestic Theater In
Chicago. He will appear twice dally in
Heaxt-to-Heart Talks," which sounds
somewhat like the young girls' page of
the rural magazine, or an advertise
ment for Lydia Pinkham. It is an
nounced that the "talks" will be
changed from time to time to suit the
requirements of audiences. Elbert
means well, evidently. The g-entle
author of "The Philistine" and "The
Fra" and the "Message to Garcia" (this
is no ad.; everybody knows it any
way,) has preferred that no regular
contract be drawn up. but that the
terms be mutually agreed upon ver
bally, and that the conditions of the
contract, so far as the remuneration Is
concerned, should be not made public.
Well, the dear sage of East Aurora
was ever a modest one, but It is pre
dicted that modesty won't be his pre
dominating trait If he keeps long on the
vaudeville boards.
Marguerite May, a younger sister of
the placidly lovely Edna, has Just de
butted on the London stage, having
taken up the part of Sadie Von Tromp
in The Dollar Princess" at Daly's The
ater, a part originated by another young
American actress. May Kindar, who re
cently accepted the role of the wife in
a matrimonial venture, and is plain Mrs.
Somebody or Other, protesting in print
that the glare of the calcium shall
shine on her no more. To get back,
Edna's sister, .marguerite, is said to be
remarkably pretty, a bit taller and
darker than the girl whose song, "Fol
low On, Follow On!" in "The Belle of
New York" made the Salvation Army
famous. By the way Edna has de
veloped Into a keen and enthusiastic
golfer. She and her husband, Oscar
Lewlsohn, spend most of their time on
the golf links of Southern France.
They are at present on the Riviera.
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"Keep your eye on Miss Countlss"' is
the headiug of a recent article in a New
York papr, reminding one forcibly of
the Pasco slogan. Miss Countiss who Is
so favorably remembered by Portlanders,
Is- appearing in Cora Maynard's play
"The Watchers" a sort of spirit dram a
In which there is no etar. no leading man
or leading woman, a very small cast and
a most unusual plot, concerning the In
fluence of a dead mother on the lives
of those left behind. Continuing, the
article says:
The theme of the supernatural, around
which "The Watchers" Is constructed may
possibly be a shade in advance of this par
ticular moment, as sometimes is the case
with the best of plays. "The Watchers" is
a virile and thrilling play that circulates
around spiritualism, which has many and
always ardent believers. It further has
Bervod to emphasize the quite uncommon
worth of an actress all too unknown to
this community. She is Miss Catherine
Counties, and she plays the demoniacal sis
ter in "The Watchers" plays her -with a
devilish ferocity that makes you gasp. They
.are not so many, these actresses who can
Invest a repellent role with such fierceness
as to Jerk you straight up in your orches
tra chair and start a chill down your ver
tebra. But here la one of the few.
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Helen Bertram has left the "Havana'
company to enter vaudeville with a plan
ologue as a handmaiden. This form
of vaudeville entertainment has become
exceedingly popular, due largely to the
exceptional ability of the. men and wo
men who have chosen on this line of en
deavor. Amelia Glose is a well-known
example. In the line of pianologists
Webster never saw that word Miss
Bertram Is the first in the field in pos
sessing a really operatic voice.
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Sarah Bernhardt again announces def
initely that her next positively farewelling
tour of the United States will commence
next November, and this time she will
not appear in a tent. She adds that
she will visit the wonderful cities of the
Pacific Coast which she adores. Sarah's
enthusiasm and advertising instinct are
to be admired and her remarks to be
taken Judiciously with a grain of salt,
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Mrs. Leslie Carter, who will appear
at the Bungalow on February 21 in an
emotional drama by Edward Peples, en
titled "Vasta Heme," is In private life
Mrs. William Louis Payne. Her hus
band who is also manager of her com
pany, was a member of the Cordray
Stock Company several years ago. Mrs.
Carter haa recently been undergoing
the ordeal (sic) of a series of inter
views, and In one of them she refers
wfth more or less evident relish to the
fact that after earning over two mil
lion dollars in sixteen years, she had,
when she quit David Belasco, exactly
sixty-five cents. Quite plainly she in
timates that David had the remaining
Jr.999,999.35. With this modest little
nest egg of sixty-five cents as a nucleus
Mrs. Carter bravely produced "Kassa"
and lost $80,000 on the deal. Anyone
quick in figures can readily subtract
80.000 from .65c and see that it left
poor Mrs. Carter very little for bread
and limousines. Actually In her dire
poverty she was forced to pay $1800 a
night for real popples and lilies to wear
in one act of this spectacular "Kassa. '
That was before the rage for swell Imi
tation flowers got going. Now Lizzie
and Mayme can wear a whole pond of
lilies and a field of poppies pinned on
the fronts of their also imitation pony
coats and be real recherche But poor
Mrs. Carter was ever esthetic she
couldn't endure artificial anything.
Then,, to break the last straw, she was
dragged through the bankruptcy
courts. This, however, was not as try
ing as if It had been her Initial trip
there. We learned of her dressmaker's
bills and her creditor's clamorings and
the papers gave almost as much space
to her down sittings and up risings as
they did to the Thaw triaL Belasco un
fortunately could not say the things he
actually thought; Mrs. Carter being a
woman took refuge in her pettlcoated
sex and called David a double distilled
and concentrated essence of Ananias,
Munchausen a forerunner as it were
of Dr. Cook. She was safe, being a
woman and a bankrupt. If she had
been a man with money, the story
would have been longer but less inter
esting. But Belasco cannot slug Mrs.
Carter nor sue her either. In passing,
be it recorded that her new play is
scoring a big success in her career.
"Vasta Heme" is . the first strictly
modern play In which sne has appeared
since she became a star.
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Budapest's opera Is having- troblous
times this winter. Early In the season
the underpaid chorus went on strike
and left "Carmen" to be sunarwlth all
the chorus scenes omitted. . It was in
duced to return, though with little
prospect of permanently Improved con
ditions, and ever since its members
have kept up a constant struggle for
Higher salaries. Passive resistance is
their latest resource. At a recent per
formance. Instead of walking away in
a body, as they had done before, they
took their places on the stage and
opened their mouths, but uttered not a
sound. This procedure they continued
throughout the whole evening. But
they quickly found their voices when
the next pay-day came around, for then
the cashier paid them in their own
coin, so to speak hejwent through the
customary motions of counting out
money with his thumb and forefinger
without giving them a sou.
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Izetta Jewel is homesick for the
West "her" West, she used to call ' It.
Even In the midst of her undoubted
success she confesses that the call of
eQod's country sounds insistent in her
heart. A line or two from a recent in
terview says:
To no soft- perfumed nest in hotel or
apartment la the city goes Izetta Jewel after
her evening performances of Margaret rruce
In "Your Humble Servant" at the Garrlck.
She Journeys to farthest Babylon, 50 miles
from the city, every night. Miss Jewel, be
ing an unusual girl, is able to give a reason
for this as for everything she does.
"Every one is so surprised that I prefer
the long trip down here nights to a comfort
able hotel In town." she says. "It Is the taste
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MAT. TUESDAY,
' MATINEE, $1.50, $1, 75c, 50c
FIRST APPEARANCE IN PORTLAND
IN A MODERN PLAY
BUNGALOW
SEAT SALE WEDNESDAY
THEATER
KKKaffS February 18-19
Special Price Matinee Saturday-
Accompanied by
MISS MARIE DROFNAH
Presenting With Complete Scenic Detail
The American Lord
By George H. Broadhurst and Charles T. Dazey
EVENINGS: $1.50, $1.00. 75c and 50c MATINEE: $1.00, 75c, 50c and 25c
SEAT SA1K OPENS NEXT FRIDAY
BrXGALOW
THEATER
America's Greatest Emotional Actreaa
Feb.21,22,23
Special Price
Matinee Wednesday
Mrs.
Lesiieurter
prT "VASTA HERNE"
PRICES EVENINGS. 2.00 TO 75c-
MATIXEE, 1.50 TO SOc
of the open that appeases my homesickness
for the West."
Another little clipping says of her
That Miss Jewel is a younj woman of
unusual elf -control appears also from what
she told me of the day that followed her
day of dread, the date of her first appear
ance as a leading1 woman pn Broadway.
"I was afraid to read my notices, so
Monday night I went down to our little
ranch outside Bahylon. L-ong Island, and
stayed until 6:30 Tuesday night. I lid not
see a paper until then, for I was determined
not to spend the day worrying over bad no
tices. "I found it a good plan. I happened to
read my worst notice first and the rest
soothed my injuries,' and I hadn't time to
worry ahout that one before I was bard at
work again."
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Dame Rumor says that King- George
of Greece has purchased an interest in
a, London music hall. Even a King;
apparently doesn't overlook any bets
in these commercial -days, and even a
very bad music hall has been known to
offer good investment opportunities. So
"let George do it."
All the theaters in Constantinople
have been closed under an order of the
Police Department condemning wooden
buildings, and the Turkish capital is
without a place of amusement, except
gambling-houses.
George Alison, an ex-leading man
with the Baker stock company, is en
gaged in the same capacity at the Cres
cent Theater in Brooklyn, N". Y.
When Clyde Fltch'a "The Girl With
the Green Eyes Is produced in London,
Ellis Jeffreys will have the le'ading role.
Worthy of reprint Is the following by
Acton Davies, a critic on a New York
paper, relative to the recent death of
Lotta Faust.
Although the newspapers merely remark
that there was a large attendance of
friends, the fact of the matter is that the
funeral of Miss Lotta Faust yesterday drew
forth one of the most extraordinary crowds
that has ever attended the Stephen Merirtt
establishment. FVr a day and night be
fore the funeral the body of the little
dancer had lain in state In the great up
stairs hall, and a long stream of old
friends and curiosity seekers had made the
circuit of the coffin, but yesterday Eighth
avenue at noon for a block in either direc
tion was black with the crowds; inside the
iderrltt building every inch of standing
room had been held for hours.
Six hundred chairs in the upper hall had
been reserved for the pa.ll-Dear era, the
mourners and the members of all the Lew
Fields and Shubert musical companies. Af
ter the short service over 1700 persons
walked about the coffin, and this does not
Include the vast crowds jvho were never
able to get their noses inside the build
ing. Mixed In with the dozens of magnifi
cent floral pieces sent by the management
and stars were many simple little bunches
of pinks and violet, which told their own
stories. Pinned to one enormous sheaf of
lilies was a card on which had been type
written the folowing unsigned poem:
IM MEMORIAM.
To Lotta Faust.
"So like a wind-swept poppy when she
danced.
Her soft Hps parted and dark eyes aglow.
That strong men, watching, paused and
gazed entranced
And felt again, as gods dfd. long ago. '
But frail, too frail, the silken yellow dra
peries. And weak, too weak, the perfumed pant
ing breath;
Her mothlike robes too near the candle
fluttered.
That mighty candle known to men as
Death !
Charles1 Frohman announce? that still
another dream of his is to be realized
when Marie Doro, under his manage
ment. giv36 a series of perfo rm a nces of
BINGA L O W THEATER
FEBRUARY 24 25 26
OWET WISTER'S
FATOR1TE
Kirk La She He Com pa
Present
Western TS 17 innMMI A M
Drama IflL VlftlllMAlN
EXCELLENT CAST
COMPLETE PRODUCTION
"The Climax" on board the Mauretania.
bound from Xew Tork to Liverpool. Then
will come true his schemes for a theater
at eea, and his company can travel and
earn money at "one. and the same time"
as the circus1 barkers say.
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The great Italian actress Eleanora
Duse. Is to produce shortly a play by a
GRAND
VAUDEVILLE
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 14
Lawrence Crane
The Irish Wizard, and His Com
pany, Presenting
"The Den of Mystery"
Hickman Bros. & Co.
In Their Laughable Farce,
"A Detective Detected."
Sisters DeFaye
Banjo Virtuoso and Charming
Comedians. '
Elsie Harvey
And Her Dancing Boys.
A Trio of Stylish Steppers in
New Ideas in Terpsichore.
Bernard & Orth
Those Comical German Fellows,
in Songs, Parodies and Dialogue.
DeVelda & Zelda
Artistic Equilibrists, in Their
Refined Offering.
Fred Bauer
Illustrated Song.
Grandascope
.. The little "Cheer-Vp" Girl George LydA
WINONA WINTER FELIX AND BARRY
II1.", ?tar feature of "The Dairy Includ'atr Miss Barrv's sisters.
Maids, "Little Cherub" and "The Kmily 2j.d Clara, in "The Boy Next
Golden Girl" companies. Door"
WILLIAM FLEMEN GARDEN CITY TRIO
. The Effervescent Comedian O'Neal Brothers and Walmsley, the
Entertaining Three
Wafley ' joe Earle Nellie
RISLEY AND REMO REYNOLDS and DONEGAN
America's foremost pantomimists, "Society and Stage Dancing .on
In "The Effects of Opium" Rollers"
Evening Prices 1 5c, 25c, 5Qc and 75c
DAILY MATI.XEE 13s, 25c, SOc(HOLipAV MATINEES NIGHT PRICES)
BAKER
THEATER
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Playing to packed houses all the time.
ANOTHER RECORD-BREAKER THIS WEEK.
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STARTING SUNDAY MATINEE
FEBRUARY 13, 1910 TODAY
The Great Racing Comedy Success
WILDFIRE
By George Broadhurst, author of "The Man
of the Hour," and Geo. V. Hobart, author of
"The Boys and Betty. ' ' With Pauline Hall, the
beautiful, and the greatest little comedian,
Will Archie, the famous original "Bud." A
superb cast, and the original scenic produc
tion. Brimful of laughs. It's immense.
Regular Baker prices Evenings 25, 50, 75, $1.
Sunday and Saturday Matinees, 25, 50.
Wednesday bargain matinee, 25c all seats
reserved.
paui.ine hall. NEXT WEEK "THE GREAT DIVIDE.
prisoner named Casale, who since Au
gust, 1905. has been lying- In prison at
Perugia' awaiting trial, although It is
now over four years since he confessed
his guilt. In a heated altercation over
the trial of an Italian named Modujrno.
a cause celebre, Casale stabbed to death
one of the principal barristers who had
been briefed for the prosecution. Cas
ale, since his incarceration In the pris
on, has spent his time in writing the
play in question.
P
ORTLAND
RUSSELL 6f DREW. MANAGERS
THEATER
Wuhtnrton St.,
at Fourteenth.
Main 443--A 7085
WEEK STARTING MATINEE TODAY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY IS.
Russell & Drew offer their own
PORTLAND THEATER STOCK COMPANY
For a limited season, under the direction of Mr. R. E. French present
ing for the first time in the West the sensational Eastern melo
dramatic success
SAL, THE CIRCUS GAL
A modern classic of life in the tented arena. Teeming- with exciting- sit
uations. A thrill every minute.
SEE
THE thrilling revolver duel
SAL'S WONBERHJL LEAP rOH LIFE
THE GENUINE CIRCUS ACTS
THE TRAINED HOLSES AND DOGS
THE MAN-EATirG LION
. REMEMBER THE PRICES.
Matinees, adults, all parts of the theater, 25c; children, special mati
nees, 10c. Evening prices, orchestra and parquette, 50c; parquette circle,
35c; balcony, 40c, 30c and 20o " "
THE PEOPLE'S OWN PLAYHOUSE.
Next Week Same Company In "A MIDNIGHT MARRIAGE.1
CONTINUOUS Ji TPlam JL CHANGE
1 TO 11 P.M. Lldl E. llCCtaLvi WEDXJ5SDA.V
THE CLASSY PICTURE SHOW
FEATURE OF FEATURES
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"The Duke's Plan"
A Fascinating Romance of Earlier Days
The Promised Land , Western Chivalry
FIRST TIME HERE A COWBOY COMEDY
Appropriate for Lent. Full of Splendid Action.
Roto Puzzlettes Bitter-Sweet
Good for Brain Exercise. Taming: n Tyrannical Wife.
New Illustrated Song lOc-Admission-lOc
By Mr. Cy Confer. All Seat. Free.
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