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ECACSE of the appealing dearth In
theatrical amunments In Portland
last week, any recital thereof needs
1)9 remarkable only for ts corresponding
brevity. Aside from the vaudeville
; houses only one regular playhouse, the
BaJcer, kept open dooro. Fortunately
;tho vaudeville offerings 'were of an ex
cellency that more than made amends to
" a great number of folk. At the Baker
-Theater "The House of a Thousand Can
i dies," with Hugo Koch In the role of
Bates, the butler, played to good houses
all week. At the Grand Theater Pel
ham, the scientist, continues to be a
drawing card, although there are many
other good numbers on the bill. The
Orpneum abounds In good attractions
also, chief of which Is perhaps "Petite
' Goese," a French dancing specialty, and
"The Mayor and the Manicure," a com
!edy by George Ade, presented by Edwin
Holt and company. These bills end to
night. "With this evening's performance "A
Stubborn ClnderelLa. with Homer B. Ma
eon, comes to the Bungalow for five per
formances. Including a Wednesday mat
inee. This is the musical play that made
eueh a hit at the Heilig one year ago.
As remembered, it is bright and enter
taining, with catchy songs and many
: novel effects. The same authors wrote
"The Time, the Place and the Girl" and
' "The Girl Question." To round out the
week at the Bungalow we are to have
Robert Edeson In his latest success, "A
Man's a Man," a play which In both
! theme and treatment is a long way off
he beaten track pursued by playwrights
jin recent years. This is Mr. Edeson's
. first visit to Portland since his engage-
tment in "Scrongheart," five seasons ago.
i His new play is one of the season's dra
matic sensations. His leading woman is
Josephine Lovett, who was seen here
three years ago as Shirley Rosmore In
"The Lion and the Mouee." Following
this attraction the next week will be
Robert Mantell in Shakespearean reper-
"tioire.
"The Alaskan" returns to Portland this
afternoon, this time to the Baker The
later, where It will- remain a week at
"popular prices." The company returns
Intact, with Gus Weinberg and Richard
F. Carroll In the leading roles.
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. The Portland Theater will reopen Its
kors after several weeks' darkness. On
Easter Sunday Ollie Mack, with his mu-
.eical comedy company, will begin an In
definite engagement at this playhouse,
'their first offering being "A Night on
'Broadway." Mr, Mack is of the well
known team of comedians, Murray and
Mack. Their last appearance in Portland
i was last September, at the Orpheum, in
their sketch, "After the Celebration."
Prior to that they had last played a
week's engagement at the -Baker In "The
Bunny Sid of Broadway." For more
yars than most of us care to remember
this team of comedians has been known
to theater-goers. About a month ago,
however, they parted company, Mr. Mur
ray remaining in vaudeville with his wife
s partner, in a comedy sketch, while
Mr. Mack organized the musical comedy
MUSICAL COMEDY STAR
HAS UNIQUE INTERVIEW
Carolyn Lilja Writes Out Opinion on Stage Subjects, and Incidentally
Tells Requisites for Success in Own Field.
Carolyn Lllja, prima donna with "A
.' Stubborn Cinderella" Company was
aske.d for an interview recently by a
i. reporter who "got back stage" through.
: the medium of a letter of introduction.
'. 'Miss Lilja was very busy. A new third
; 'act gown, had Just arrived by express
and she snd the wardrobe -mistress
; were busily engaged getting it to "hang
! right."
. ' "I'm awfully sorry that I cannot
: epare the time to talk with you," said
; Miss Lllja, "but if you will leave a
list of questions the questions that
": you would naturally ask in an inter
. :vlew, I will find time to answer them
i for you during the course of the even
, ing and will send : them to you after
v the performance."
1 The reporter "took his cue," prepared
: a list of questions, left them, got his
,- replies as per agreement, and his pa
! -per the following morning contained
' this rather unique question and answer
Interview: .
' "Whom do you think the greatest.
living actor?"
"Forbes Robertson."
: "Whom do you consider the greatest
living actress?"
r ; "Mrs. Fiske." v
"State who. In your opinion, is the
! greatest operatic prima donna."
"Tetrazinni."
'. "State who. In your opinion, is the
, greatest musical comedy prima donna."
"Modesty forbids."
"Is the life and work of a prima don-
': ra as arduous as the public imagines?"
f : "And then a little bit more especi-
: ally in the charming one night stands."
i "Should an actress, in your opinion,
marry out of the business?"
"Yes If she wants to get 'out of
; the business' herself."
"What in your opinion are the prln-
. CIpal requisites for success in the mu
sical comedy Held?"
"A voice, great capacity for study
and work, appearance and magnetism
voice and magnetism principally."
"Is 'pull' used as much as some peo
ple think in securing good engage
ments?" ,
"Pull has gotten many people good
engagements. Unfortunately (or per
haps fortunately) 'pull' cannot hold en
gagements after they are secured." ,
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company which the Portland now pre
sents. In & telegram to The Oregonian
yesterday Russell & Drew, lessees of the
Portland Theater, says that besides Ollie
Mack, the company carries 10 musical
comedy principals, one being Charles
Kunkel, who Is well known here. There
are 35 In the company, including a girls
chorus of 20. The Ollie Mack Company
will alternate with the National Opera
Company In Portland and Seattle, filling
time between Shubert attractions.
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With tomorrow's new bill at the Or
pheum the headline attraction is to be
Margaret Haney, recently returned from
Europe, In her musical comedy offering,
"The" Leading Lady." At the Grand
Mazus ' and Maxette. a laughable bit of
eccentric foolery, and said to be one of
the actually funny bills in vaudeville,
will be the star feature at the Grand
Theater this week.
MUSICAL - COMEDY TOXIGHT
"A Stubborn Cinderella" Begins En
'gageracnt at Bungalow Theater.
Mort H. finger, with the aid of the
successful authors. Hough, Adams and
Howard, has produced numerous suc
cessful musical comedies at his beau
tiful Princess Theater, Chicago, nota
bly "The .Time, the Place and the
Girl," "The Princess of Tonight." 'The
Golden Girl," "Honeymoon Trail," "The
Goddess of Liberty," etc., but the
greatest of all was his musical show,
"A Stubborn Cinderella," -in which
Homer B. Mason Is the bright partic-
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Lilja, Mnslcal
Prima Donna.
Comedy
"How did you happen to go on the
stage?"
"I was rather expecting the stock
question. Because I have always loved
the stage. I attended the Boston con
servatory with that end In view. When
I graduated I secured an engagement."
"Were you ever In the chorus?"
"No; I made my debut in a singing
part the ingenue In the original
'Prince of Pilsen.' In a minute you
will know my real age. But I consider
the chorus fine training for an ambi
tious girl, and no girl with ability has
to stay in the chorus any length of
time. Many of the cleverest girls In
present-day musical comedy were chor
us girls a half dozen years ago. I might
cite as examples Bessie Wynne, now
featured with Mort-' H. Singer's 'Miss
Nobody From Star Land, at a salary
of $400 a week; Ethel Green, featured
with "Dick Whlttington;' the late Lotta
Faust, and little Kathleen Clifford."
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ular star and which will be seen at
the Bungalow Theater,' Twelfth and
Morrison streets, for four nights, be
ginning tonight (Sunday), with a spe
cial matinee Wednesday.
This clever play had a run of over
one year In Chicago, continuing on Its
irry way a year ago last Summer,
ater the torrid weather compelled the
closing of the doors of every . other
theater In the city. Last Summer It
duplicated Its Chicago experience in
Boston.
"A Stubborn Cinderella" is woven
around the fairy tale, and in the second
act is Introduced a dream minuet that
is the feature of the play. A short
scenario of the play follows:
Lady Leslie Is the daughter of a Scotch
Earl and Is traveling under espionage
In America. Very Innocent of the ways
of the world, she falls in with the
boys and girls of Columbus College,
meets "Mac," who Is the life and, in
fact, the "whole works" of the college,
and deluded into the belief that he Is
a great sculptor, falls In" love with
him, unknown to her -guardian. The
"sculptor" travels 'with the party, and
in a beautiful scene In the second act
weaves the Cinderella spell over
Her.
In the firelight Lady Leslie sees
the minuet. Her sweetheart leads her
through It, only to disappear. "But
my Prinoe came back" in her dream.
And then follows the awakening. In
the last act Lady Leslie Is te pledge
her hand to her royal ' suitor. Grand
Duke Boris of Russia, by drinking
from the loving cup, but she turns
from it impulsively and gives - her
hand to her poor suitor. Seats are
bow selling for the entire engage
ment. ROBERT EDESON AT BUXGALOW
Favorite Actor ' Will Present "A
Man's a Man, Opening Thursday.
At the Bungalow Theater next Thurs
day evening popular Robert Edeson
will begin an engagement of four per
formances In the new American play,
"A Man's a Man," In which' this season
he has been scoring the triumph of
his 'entire career. As this marks the
occasion of Mr. Edeson's first visit here
since his appearances in '"Strongheart"
four seasons ago, which are still pleas
antly remembered, his return has
aroused great interest among all classes-
of theatergoers, and "A Man's a
Man" bids fair to prove one of the
most attractive offerings of the year.
The scenes of Mr. Edeson's new ve
hicle, which was written by Anna
Steese Richardson and Henry Leslie
Frldenberg, are laid lh New Tork City
and the capital of a Western state dur
ing the legislative session. The back
ground of the drama affords basis for
vigorous treatment of the evils result
ing from loosely and dishonestly drawn
divorce laws, and the frank and daring
manner In which the authors have
dealt with this contemporaneous na
tional menace has aroused considerable
discussion In cities where the play has
already been seen.
The story of "A Man's a Man" con
cerns the attempt of John Crane, a"
mining Croesus, to obtain the passage
by the legislature of a bill making
incompatibility of temper a cause for
divorce, in order that he may free him
self from the loyal woman who aided
htm to amass his wealth, but whom he
regards as an obstacle to. his social
ambitions. As his adviser. Crane, who
also aspires to the United States Sen
ate, retains Townsend Hewitt, a young
New Yorker of fine social position who
has practised law mainly as a hobby.
Hewitt, intoxicated with the power
Crane's wealth places in his hands, per
suades members of the legislature to
Introduce the dishonest divorce meas
ure, but just as it Is ready to be made
a law he discovers that Crane has fall
en In love with Mrs. Hewitt. From
this point the story reaches a tremen
dous climax in scenes of unusual dra
matic strength.
There will be a special matinee on
Saturday afternoon.
"THE ALASKAN" OPENS TOD AX
Baker Offers Weil-Known Mnsical
Attraction for One Week.
"The Alaskan," fresh from the triumph
of a Chicag run, will be presented at
the Baker Theater for the week starting
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this afternoon. This is one of the re
modeled enterprises which has been
found to take in the things whioh thea
tergoers seek good fun in abundance,
music which ranges from the romantic to
the lively and smart stage management.
Since ."The Alaskan" was first pre
sented here It has passed into the hands
of Richard F. Carroll and Gus Weinburg,
who were commissioned to freshen the
book, dilate the comedy parts and give
the ehow more speed. They had to
reckon with a musical score which is or
namented with several really fine num
bers, all of which . were saved. With
the latitude of bracing the show they
wrote several new specialties which went
a long way toward giving "The AlaskanJ'
a flying start in Chicago. Chief of these
is "Snowballing," which Is the adver
tising number of the show. To snowball
with the Eskimo girls came to be a privi
lege and a rare one. The snowballs are
of light yarn, and a well-directed shot
cannot even dislodge a man's eyeglasses,
while the ball itself can be thrown over
16 rows .of seats. The combats during
the-Chicago run became so strenuous that
It took the combined efforts of the Chi
cago and New York baseball league ball
teams to drive the Eskimo girls to cover
for the first time. The number has never
failed of half a dozen encores.
The popular bargain matinee will be
given Wednesday, as well as matinees
today, and Saturday.
ORPHEUM'S BIIX IS VARIED
Amusement, to Salt All Tastes on
Programme Opening Tomorrow.
A fine list of feature acts makes the
new bill which opens at thj Orpheum
for one week beginning tomorrow aft
ernoon a most attractive one. A de
lightful musical comedy condensed Into
a 25-minute sketch, but retaining all
the brilliancy and ginger of a life
sized production Is "The Leading Lady,"
which is the headllner for the week.
The principal roles are entrusted to
Miss Marguete Haney, a pretty and
vivacious soubrette, and two clever
oomedlans from London, England. Mr.
Ralph Lynn and Ed Coleman. To back
them up In the manner of large musical
comedies Is a sextet of pretty show
girls. Walsh, Lynch & Company will offer
a one-act comedy melodrama entitled
"Huskins Ru. ." It tells a story of an
East Side youth marooned in a cross
roads town where he falls In lore wlthj
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an orphan .and saves her from the
clutches of a man who would robs her
of a mine.
There Is an originality about Charles
F. Semon that Is most attractive. If
some shimmering genius would write
a musical comedy about around his
legs the fortunes of several people
would be made. Semon is' funnier now
than when he doubled with Falke in
the old team, which was a headliner
so many seasons.
T. Roy Barnes and Mlsa Bessie Craw
ford will present a breezy comedy skit
entitled "The Patent Faker and the
Lady," which has no plot to follow, but
contains a miscellaneous amount of
comedy and melodYama. Mr. Barnes
poses as a card shark and performs a
number of deft tri'-'cs which he ex
poses as he goes along, making hu
morous explanations.
Frank and Pauline Berry ofTer a very
musical melange, "Do You Like Music?"
They are clever entertainers, as well
as accomplished musicians.
The Bimbos, Charles and. Paula, are
comedy acrobats and equilibrists, whose
feats of skill and daring are hard to
equal.
A splendid novelty dancing number
will be offered by McGinnis Brothers,
who were featured with the old Cohen
and Harris minstrels.
PELHAM'S ENGAGEMENT ENDS
Noted . Scientist Gives Three More
Performances at Grand Today.
Professor Pelham, the scientist, will
close his engagement at the Grand with
the Sunday performances. Pelham's
specialty at the Grand has attracted
thousands and even caused many of the
principal physicians of Portland to in
vestigate his wonderful performance.
Causing the blood to ebb and flow at
his will Is one of the amazing scientific
feats. Those who have not yet seen
Pelham will have to hurry.
An entire change of programme has
been announced. Commencing with the
matinee Monday. On the new bill there
will be a. comedy headline act, Mazus
and Mazette, "The Lady and the
Tramp."
"A Trial Marriage" Is a modern farce,
very timely and appropriate. It will
be presented by Henry Keane and Olive
Brisco. This is not a rough bouse af
fair, but a clever, even brilliant, satire
on a theory recently advocated.
The world's champion all-around
Junmper, Louis Guertln, will offer an
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tic act which Is unique. Guertln
established the record for the broad
Jump and it has never been equaled.
An entire circus in miniature will be
given by Louise Stlckney's dog and
pony novelty. This is an act whicn
all children will want to see. Georgia
Nelson, who was one of the hits of
"Havana" during its successful run in
New York, is to be heard In a reper
toire of well-selected songs.
Harry Bachelor, "The Musical Rube,"
is a versatile musician, who plays in an
amusing manner and presents a comedy
musical act which will make a, hit.
There will be the usual quota of motion
pictures.
"CHANTICLEER'
IN PICTURES
Famous French Drama to Be Shown
at the Star, Opening Today.
The Star Theater' today offers a pro
gramme of exceptional merit, besides
an entirely new and novel attraction In
the shape of a gold medal offered to
that boy or girl who writes the best
story on "The Enchanted Castle," one of
the feature pictures of the programme.
"The Enchanted Castle" Is modeled af
ter Edmond Rostand's great play of
"Chanticleer," and the idea of awarding
the medal is in line with the educa
tional campaign inaugurated by the
People's Amusement Company in the
conduct of Its various theaters.
The other features of the bill are
"The Love of Lady Erma," Intensely
dramatic, and a biograph, showing the
fearful length to which a jealous
woman went In order, as she supposed,
to retain the love of her handsome hus
band. "Courting the Merry Widow" is
the comedy feature of the bill, and is
just as good and clever as the recent
funny productions which have caused
such favorable comment and drawn
such large crowds at the Star. Other
features are a song by Cy Confer and
scenic views.
TILLY KOENEN'S SINGING
WINS SAN FRANCISCO
Southern Critic Heralds Dutch Contralto, as Successor of Schumann-Heinle,
Should Latter Retire From Concert Stage Today.
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MISS" TILLY KOEXE.V, WHO WILL SI'G BEFORE SCOTTISH RITE
MASONS.
. C-w-ILLT KOENEN, the Dutch con
I tralto, had her trial hearing In
San Francisco yesterday after
noon," says the San Francisco Exam
iner. "The singer was promptly accepted
into Western favor, and probably no
performance in any branch of the art
was ever received with heartier applause
at a first appearance.
"The managers who sent the advance
notices had not over-rated this new art
ist from Holland. That was something
they were unable to do. Tilly Koenen
sings up to the best adjectives of the
English language. The Dutch contralto
can't be beat.
"Should our beloved Schumann-Heink
retire from the concert stage today, Tilly
Koenen would be her successor; and a
worthy one. In art and vocal range the
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Great preparations are being made
for the presentation of "The Wizard of
Oz, ' which is to be put on next Sun
day at this house. "The Wizard of Oz"
Is unquestionably the greatest and
most expensive production which the
Star has ever been able to exhibit to its
patrons. The doors will open at 12
noon and the shows will run continu
ously -until II P. M.
Robert Mantell Coming.
Extraordinary Interest centers In the
appearance at the Bungalow Theater of
Mantell and his distinguished company
for an engagement of one" week be
ginning Monday night, March 28. Not
only is he hailed as the greatest actor
of the EngliHh-speaking stage, but his
repertoire embraces all that is finest
and most attractive in Shakespeare.
Mr. Mantell comes fresh from his
triumph ' In New York, where he pre
sented no fewer than 14 different
Shakespearean and romantic plays dur
ing an engagement of more than 100
nights at the New, Amsterdam Theater
and- the Academy Of Music, a record
which has not been equaled by any
other player since the days of Edwin
Booth. During this engagement he will
present the plays in precisely the same
elaborate manner that characterized
their presentation during his remark
able New York run. He Is ably sup
ported by a company of skilled Shakespearean-
artists, and scenically and
historically, the Mantell productions
are the highest type of dramatic real
Ism. "St. Elmo" Coming to the Bake.
"St. Elmo" will be produced at the
Baker Theater for one week, commenc
ing next Sunday. The Alcazar Theater,
in San Francisco, has surpassed all pre
vious records, of attendance and so pro
foundly has the story appealed to young
and old alike that Belasco & Mayer have
paid $10,000 for the exclusive Western
rights to this only authorized version.
singer from Holland may not equal out
German-American contralto, but from
general comparison she cannot suffer.
Her voice Is young and fresh, big, round
and lusciously sweet, wonderously sat
isfying. Her interpretations are as au
thoritative and instructive, almost, as
those of Dr. Wullner, with whom she
has been so much compared in this re
spect. The comparison Is unavoidable,
buf it Is in the) interpretative style that
the suggestion mainly lies. Wullner's
voice Is that of a magician In music
Miss Koenen uses only the beautiful hu
man art of song, and her voice is hon
est, friendly, womanly and all music
"In the season that has brought Wull
ner and Schumann-Heink and Sem
brich to us, 1 have heard no eongs more
. ..Tiouaox JO esouj will inmliep