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THE SUNDAY OltEGONIAX. PORTLAND, JUNE 19, 1910.
plantations. They are captivating
dancers and good singers. Better girl
dancers are not to be found in America.
The clog and fancy dancing cannot be
beat. Tim McMahon's noted success,
"O Melon, Sweet," will be one of the
song numbers.
Still another trig girl act will be the
six English Juggling girls, an act which
has been a wonderful hit in the music
halls. It Is a direct importation by
Sullivan & Considine and will be the
special added attraction on the pro
gramme. The feats of the girls are not
only clever, but the girls work with
finish and precision.
From Australia come William Bovis
and Flo Darley, presenting an oddity
called "Married." This is a little sketch
in which there are some lively situations,
a laugh a minute and a splendid finish.
Musical i numbers are introduced featur
ing Miss XJarley's impersonations of
various girl types. .
New drolleries are presented by Fitz
gerald and O'Dell. They have the faculty
of keeping the audience in a ferment of
fun ali the time they are on the stage.
In a sunburst of songs and dances the
Williams brothers will do their share
toward making the new bill one of the
best of the season. Miss Louise Excela
and Miss Jessie Franks are perfect speci
mens of physical culture development.
Their act is an artistic exhibition of bag
punching and equilibrlem. Last perform
ances of the present bill will be given
tonight.
PICTURBS
Features on New Bills at Star, Ob,
Joy, Odeon and Arcade.
On the new programme at the Star
Theater today the feature will be "How
Championships Are Won and Lost." In
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which James J. Corbett appears show
ing the Vitagraph Girl how best a
woman can perfect her health by phys
ical exercise. As a finishing sensation,
James J. Corbett. with his sparring
partner, Kennedy, illustrates In a three-
round scientific boxing contest the dif
ferent blows by which the leading
champions of the world have lost their
title to their successful opponents. The
Face at the Window" Is a biograph,
and as a fitting rounding out of the
entertainment, "Caught in the Raid" is
positively the best comedy which has
ever been shown at th Star.
At the Oh, Joy! today the manage
ment presents a sensation entitled "The
White Fawn's Devotion." This is
Pathe's third American picture, as thia
firm has formerly produced all of ita
pictures in Paris, but now having estab
lished an American factory, it is turning
out some very remarkable films in Amer.
ica, "Davy Jones' Landlady," a funny
comedy, and "The Spanish Frontier," a
scenic picture of real excellence, will be
exhibited.
At the Odeon there will be offered four
subjects, headed by "A Central American
Romance." followed by "Esther and Nor
dica," spectacular: "Max Makes a
Touch," a Pathe comedy, and "Poor but
Proud," dramatic aAd thrilling.
At the Arcade tomorrow the usual ex
cellent line of attractions will be present
ed headed by "The Ranchman's Feud."
a comedy drama; "The Road to Happi
nesa." dramatic; "Poetical Jane." comiv
and "Lewin's Abbey," a picturesque)
scenic film, will follow.
In all four houses in addition to the pic
torial programme there will be illustrated
songs, embracing the latest Eastern hits,
as well as music and effects.
APOST-SBASOX event of the utmost :
importance In Portland theatrical
circles was the appearance of Maude
Adams in the J. M. Barrle play, "What
livery Woman Knows." Save for David
Warfleld in "The Music Master," Miss
Adams' engagement was the event of
stellar Importance in the entire season.
The Intimacy, charm end sincerity of
both plaj- and its star made the event
one of superlative quality and lasting im
portance. Immediately following Miss Adams there
will be quiet along the lines of travel
ing companies for at least a. fortnight,
before the arrival of William Collier in
"A Lucky Star," followed later by Hen
rietta Crosman in "Antl-Matrlmony," and j
still later by Mrs. Fiske in her newest
success, "Pillars of Society."
For a period of two weeks, then, the
Baker folk will have no rivals In the
field of amusement. Let us be thankful
the responsibility lies In such capable
bands. After furnishing the patrons of
the Baker Theater with two plays of
widely varied order, "Merely Mary Ann"
and "Sapho," since Izetta Jewel Joined
the company, the Baker management
will present for the third week of her en
gagement the comedy, "My Wife." This
Is the first stock production in Portland
of the play that reaped for John - Drew
and Billlie -Burke such success two sea
song ago. Caillavet and De Fleurs, co
authors also in "Love Matches," in
which Miss. Burke starred last season,
are responsible for "My Wife," which in
no sense must be confused with "The
Wife," of almost similar title, but abso
lutely dissimilar In all other respects.
The engagement opens this afternoon
with a matinee. Next week, the closing
one of Miss Jewel's engagement, we are
to see her in that sterling offering, "Paid
in Full."
The vaudeville programmes are replete
with good bits and have played to excel
lent patronage all week. At the Or
pheum Annabelle Whitford, a creator of
girl "types," vies for plaudits with John
Delmore and Emily Darrell, whose offer
ing "Behind the Scenes." is one of the
actually funny things that sometimes
happen on a vaudeville bill. Over at the
Grand Sam J. Curtis in "A Session at
School" is proving a great attraction, sec
onded only by Phil Staats in an inimita
bly funny musical monologue. Both these
vaudeville bills end this evening, and
the new programmes go on the boards
with tomorrow's matlne. Loie Fuller In
ner sensational and beautiful terpsi
chorean specialty, 'The Ballet of Light,'
will bo the headline number on th
Orpheum bill.
The Armstrong Musical Comedy Com'
pany at the Lyric offers attractions of
a light and entertaining nature, and
each week offer a new melange of songs
ana aances. xneir present bill. "In Gay
Paree," closes tonight.
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The Oaks continues to hold Induce
ments for pleasure-seekers, especiallv the
music-loving public, who find delight and
education in Liberates concerts.
"MY WTFE" AT BAKER TODAY
Stock Company in John Drew and
; Billle Burke's Success.
A play of unusual high order will
be the Baker Stock Company's offer
ing the coming week, opening with
today's matinee. This Is John Drew
and Bille Burke s comedy, "My Wife
In which these two well-known people
appeared in New York for one season
and for .another season on the road
with great success. It offers oppor
tunity for both Miss Jewel and Mr
L.' naerwooa, as wen as nearly every
other member of Portland's favorite
stock organization.
The plot deals with events In the
life of a charming and bright young
woman, who, in order to get possession
of a fortune left by an eccentric aunt,
Is obliged to get married before she
Is 18. The man she loves Is away and
will not return for a year, so she In
duces her guardian to marry her tern
porarlly, and on account of this condi
tion they fall to understand each other,
and on a subsequent trip to Switzerland
her capricious nature . and restless
moods get them into much difficulty.
In fact, a conventional duel occurs be
tween her husband and a Frenchman
who tries to take liberties with her,
I with the result of a grand scene and
separation.
' The guardian returns to his bachelor
quarters in New Tork, leaving her with
her parents. But they also desert her,
and so she follows him to his home,
arriving Just as everything 1s in readi
ness for a grand dinner he is going to
give in honor of his return to inde
pendence. She makes herself at home
and receives his guests, much to his
chagrin, with all the ease and non
chalance possible to assume. Later,
however, when they are left alone, she
announces her intention of going to a
convent and not troubling him any
more, the thought of which causes him
to experience a feeling of real lonell-J
ness and a realiaztlon of what his life
would be now without her.
Trixle's early lover returns and with
that return comes the knowledge that
it was Just a girlish fancy with her
and her real woman's love goes out to
her husband. The play ends in happi
ness, as becomes a true comedy. It
will serve to give both Miss Jewel and
Mr. Underwood powerful acting roles,
and Is of that quality so popular with
lovers of high-class stock plays and
companies. It will continue all week
at the Baker, with the bargain matinee
Wednesday and usual Saturday after
noon performance.
PROMISIXG BILL AT ORPHEUM
Lole Fuller's Spectacular Dances to
Be Feature of the Bill.
Loie Fuller's spectacular 'sensation.
The Ballet of Light," is the stellar act
on the new bill which opens for one
week at the Orpheum beginning with
the matinee next Monday afternoon.
Miss Fuller's muses will, appear in
their grandest conception, "The Dance
of Light, in which all of childhood's
dreams of fairyland will be realized.
Myriad bursts of iridescent charm will
illumine the dancer's every move.
Every mood of the dancer will have
sultabe prismatic accompaniment. The
slow, languorous movement of the Ori
ent, the maddening whirl, gay passuel,
the sonorous swaying of the Spanish
fandango and the prim movements of
the old English dances of the days of
Henry VIII.
Captain Maximilian Gruber and Miss
MUSICAL TREAT AT THE OAKS
Concerts toy Liberati's Band Draw
Fashionable Parties to Park.
Liberati's concerts are worth consid
erable more than the little effort it
takes to visit the Oaks, but there are
two numbers on the programme of his
concerts today that will certainly be
worth while hearing. Signor Liberati s
boIo on his silver-toned cornet, ".Nearer
My God to Thee." will be heard at the
afternoon concert. The other number .
is the solo by the soprano of the com
pany. Miss Katherlne Klarer, who will
sing at the evening concert "Caro .
Nome," from the opera "Rigoletto.",
Liberati Is very proud of the vocal
members of the company. They were
selected particularly for the quartet
work and the voices are beautifully
balanced. The ease and perfection with
which they sing the most difficult se
lections from grand opera Is delightful
and they have been a great surpise to
those who have been fortunate enough
to hear them. While they were chosen
for the quartet work, each one Is a
soloist of ability enough to do credit to
the best of opera companies. Their in
terpretations of the selections they
sing are charmingly artistic.
The concerts have drawn many fash
ionable parties to the park, and every
evening little select groups visit the
auditorium to enjoy the music and they
never fail to remark on the wonderful
acoustics of the building.
Liberati begins the second week of
bis engagement today.
"Paid in Full" Xext at Baker.
By payment of a large advance roy
alty. Manager Baker of the Baker
Stock Company has secured exclusive
rights to produce Eugene Walter's fa
mous play, "Paid in Full," for the en
tire North Pacific Coast and will give
Portland stock patrons immediate ben
efit of it. It will be the last offering
of the present season at. the Baker,
opening next Sunday matinee, being
also the very last attraction to be seen
on the historic old stage of the Baker
Theater, which will never again be used
for a playhouse. No other play of re
cent years has had quite the imposing
reviews written about it by the fore
most critics of the world as has "Paid
in Full." This will be its first produc
tion here at popular prices, and it
should meet with instantaneous success
with Izetta Jewel. Franklyn Underwood
and five other members of the Baker
Stock company in tnepoweriui uu
Adelina's Equestrian Review is the
latest importation for this circuit from
the important acts In Europe, and it is
one of the greatest animal acts ever
brought to America. Although the ani
mals number but three, an elephant, a
horse and a pony, they are put through J
a series or sucn reaiiy surprising itin
as to show the real Ifmit In animal
training.
Charles Wayne, of comic opera fame,
assisted by Miss Gertrude Des Roche,
late of the Chicago success, "The Brok
en Idol," will bring a comedy playlet
called "The Morning After," which
abounds in fun, catchy musical num
bers and clever effects. Harry a
Webb is a merry burnt-cork comedian
who announces himself as "the man
who talks and sings," and his style is
ill
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MISS C. KLARER, .SOPRANO WITH LIBERATI'S BAND AX OAKS.
all his own. and he is a good comedian.
Harry Fentelle and Viola Vallorie
will present a neat, novel and laugh
able conversation act with songs and
dances. The gentile appearance of
Selgel and Matthews, Clarence and
Anna, predisposes any audience in fa
vor of these digit musical experts, who
manipulate their banjos and novelty
stringed instruments with pelaslng fa
cility ad marked ability as to tech
nique and expression. Fred Houen is
one of the world's famous aeriallsts,
whose performance consists of a won
derful exhibition of loop walking with
his head downward and a number of
flying leaps through the air with mar
velous dexterity.
CLEVER SKETCH TO BE
PRESENTED AT ORPHEUM
Marion Murray, "With Good Support, Will Soon Appear in Well-Written
Playlet, "A Prima Donna's Honeymoon."
MUSICAL SHOW AT THE LYRIC
"Belle of Tokio" Presented This
Week by Armstrong Company.
For the fourth week of its engage
ment in this city, the Edward Arm
strong Musical Comedy Company will
present a pretty Oriental musical com
edy entitled "The Belle of Tokio." The
new bill will open at the Lyric tomor
row matinee and run all week, with
matinees daily and two performances
in the evening, the first at 7:45 and
the second at 9:15 o'clock. There will
be, some new faces in the company,
notable among them being Ben Dillon,
Will King and Miss Clara Howard.
Ben Dillon Is one of the most noted
Irish comedians in the country and
comes" here after being five years with
the Kolb and Dill company. Mr. Dillon
was here at the Marquam during the
Lewis and Clark Fair with Kolb and Dill
and became a great favorite by his neat
and clever portrayal of Irish charac
ters. Will King, well-known as a He
brew comedian, will also be with the
Armstrongs. Miss Clara Howard, a very
pretty and clever young lady of this
city, will be seen in the spubrette parts.
Miss Howard was for two seasons with
the Murray and Mack show and has
been spending the last few months at
home in this city with her parents.
There are a number of catchy and
clever song numbers in "The Belle of
Tokio," and the play calls for some
very beautiful scenery. There will be
the usual chorus girls" contest on Fri
day night. This is something novel in
the way of entertainment and must be
seen to be appreciated.
GIRLY BILL AT THE GRAXD
Seventeen Young Women, on New
Programme Opening Tomorrow.
Girls, and many of them, will be
found on the new bill which commences
at the Grand Monday afternoon for the
week. There will be 17 pretty maidens
on the programme, one of the largest
collections of beauties ever found on
one vaudeville programme in Portland
Most of the girls are in two of the
acts. The coming bill promises to be
something extra good in quantity and
quality.
Tim McMahon's Watermelon Girls
will be the feature. These girls, seven
in number, depict life on the Southern
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MARION MURRAY & CO IS "A PRIMA DONNA'S HONEYMOON."
PRIMA DONNA'S HONEY
MOON" is the title of a clever
new sketch by - Marlon Murray
and company -which will be an early at
traction at the Orpheum. The scene is
laid In the New York home of the Hol
lingsworths, who have only recently been
married. Adelina, the wife, has the
prima donna fever in its most vir
rulent form, and she has her hus
band. Jack, on the ragged edge
of nervovs prostration by her vocal
outbursts and- her frequent spraying of
the throat and wonderful consumption of
raw eggs.
Finally Signor Taglianl, ,her voice
pruner, appears on the scene, and un
furls a to him marvelous scheme to get
Adelina In the limelight. - Taglianl has
a reporter on- band, and makes love to
Adelina, only to be spurned by the lady
and tossed out of tjie' house by the irate
Jack. This is Taglianl's great scheme,
and Jack falls into it eagerly, for he
sees a chance to have a fine time with
the hated vocal teacher. The scheme Is
put into execution, and Jack throws both
Taglianl and the reporter out with great
enjoyment, and then . wins a promise
from. Adelina to give up -the stage and
study the role of wife with some earnest
ness. This story is well written and cleverly
played. Miss Murray being fully equal
to every, demand made upon her. E. H.
Calvert, well known in stock and in
legitimate productions, is the worried
and athletic husband, a part well suited
to. him and played with excellent effect
William Ricardl is exceedingly funny as
the Italian teacher of voice culture, and
he helps the piece a great deal by his
PRICES ROUT W. A. BRADY
Story of Portland Actress' Triumph
Is Told.
rr-v.. iniinmini'. which speaks for it
self, may be of interest to Portlander
who knew and admired Catherine Coun
tiss, now the wife 6f E. D. Price:
"E. D. Price and" Cathrine Countisa
have completely routed William A.
Brady in the latter's attempt to stop
the production of "Jim the Penman" at
the Majestic Theater, Grand Rapids. Ia
the United States District Court on Fri
day Judge Denison denied Brady's mo
tion for a temporary injunction, and,
the performance was repeated before
another large audience in the evening.
"Having for a number of years been
associated with Brady, Price was not
in the least disconcerted by Brady's
threats to enjoin the Cathrine Countiss
company through one of alleged owner
ship of the rights of the piece. A week
ago on the eve of production Price was
bombarded with telegrams, warning
him of all sorts of dire consequences if
the play was presented. There even
were threats of imprisonment. Because
Brady was indulging himself in a re
vival of the play in New York, he
seemed to believe that the exclusive
rights of the piece were vested in him,
when as a matter of fact the old drama
has been included for years in the rep
ertoire of neatly every stock company
in America.
"Acting, upon the advice of his attor
neys. Price gave no heed to the tele
grams, but produced the play on Sun
day night with great success. The fol
lowing day brought another set of
threatening telegrams, and on Tuesday
Old Doctor Frederick Donaghey ar
rived in Grand Rapids and stuck out
his tongue at his former co-laborer.
Donaghey was armed with a new crop
of verbiage and Instructions to capture
the play, dead or alive.
"That night an order to show cause
why an Injunction should not issue was
served on Price. It was made return
able on Thursday. The real hearing
came on Friday. Brady did not claim
any copyright, but alleged certain com
mon law rights in a manner but vague
ly disclosed.
"Price showed that the Cathrine
Countiss company had leased the play
in good faith from Howard & Doyle, o
Chicago, who represented A. M. Palmer
for several years, and bought the piece
from him after his original production
at the Madison Sguare Theater. They
had it copyrighted and leased it to
many stock companies. Subsequently
in a lawsuit over the royalties How
ard & Doyle's ownership was sustained
by the courts. Their copyright and cer
tified copies of the' proceedings in that
case were introduced in the Brady
Price argument.
"After a prolonged session Brady's
attorneys stated that he had decided
not to proceed further along these
lines, and thereupon the motion for a,
temporary injunction was denied. It
is likely now that every stock com
pany in the country will add 'Jim the
Penman' to its repertoire.
"The litigation excited the. keenest
interest in Grand Rapids. Miss Coun
tiss is immensely popular there, and
public sentiment was with her."
The old-fashioned girl who used to
put wedding cake under her pillow nova
funny appearance and amusing acting. has a son who puts it under his belt.