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s THE SUNDAY QREGONIAN". PORTLAND, JTJXY 10, 1910. - - Q : A'f - ' - - ;.'v'i' . . ,::AA A- K " V.- - 1 l)' S i 1 fl ' " I I f : I V" X';'tK "' ; -I J-4 r--- CC? X I if V U :f : ' I ' " - " Oy I I f i 'If ' . I" . V' t- I i 1(1 tvz zzvo . 5V Zs? --ZCyr &J7Zt4J&." THE outdoor amusements, the Oaks, the river and the beach, to say nothing: of the nearby mountain and country resorts, are Just now receiving; iao much patronage that It Is Just as well perhaps we have no Ions list. In fact only one list, of theatrical offerings, un less one includes the vaudeville houses. That one list is made up of the late 'attractions coming to the 'Bungalow, 'which has reopened after a period of Kdarknesa covering several weeks. The first of these was that delightful (comedienne, Henrietta Crosman. who last evening finished an engagement at the (Bungalow In Percy MacKaye'a satirical iarce, "Anti-Matrimony." Miss Crosman again emphasized the fact that she is an actress to be reckoned with and her pro duction was altogether one of the best of the lighter plays given ua. this season. The Bungalow has been made habitable, although a part of Its walls and the boxes have disappeared, and during the remain der of the raontX will hou&e several good thlngc. For Instance, William Collier tlrts even ing begins his four-evening and one mat inee engagement in his great comedy suc cess, "A Lucky Star." Mr. Collier Is a lucky star, an lndlsputed leader In the gentle art of comedy, and his stay here promises to be the biggest attraction of the late end of the season. Later, on July 21 and 22, Mrs. Fiska will appear as "Becky Sharpe," followed on the afternoon and evening of the 23d with the Ibsen play, "Pillars of Society.'" Mrs. Flske will be followed by Marga ret Anglin in "The Awakening of Helena Richie." "With the production of Rachel Croth . ersr "Three of Us," the Baker Stock Company brought Its Summer season to a close last Monday evening. During its stay in Portland the company has set a new stock standard of a height that sur ' passed the expectation even of those who know the reliability of the old Baker "torces. The plays selected, ei'en on opening Bights, have not resembled stock com pany plays, but have given the impression of productions Intended for a season's run. Much of this was due to the care in staging given by William Dills, to the sterling worth of the players and to the popularity of the leading man and woman, Franklyn Underwood and Izetta Jewel. The vaudeville houses have held out a brave array of offerings for our delecta tion and the present bills, which end tonight, have much to commend them to the amusement-seeker. Edwards Davis, a distinguished actor, who is presenting "The Picture of Dorian Gray" at the Orpheum, has gone far to wards the elevating of vaudeville as an art, and his act is a revelation of beauty in its setting and cleverness in its lines. Mr. Davis, besides being himself a fin ished actor, is assisted by Adele Blood, who pleases pictorially. At the Grand Theater "Schmalts' Night Off," in which Watson, Hutchings and Edwards appear, is mirth provoking. Prominent among the new offerings at the Orpheum Is the Morati Opera Com pany, a recent importation by the cir cuit, and which makes its first appear ance here. The booking at the Grand Includes Josephine Saxton and her Dixie Kids and, for the children. Cabaret's dogs. The Lyric, which is housing the Arm strong Musical Comedy Company, has been the scene of a farce," "Affinity Beach." giving way tomorrow to the new bill. "Halley's Comet." L. C. B. COLiLlER APPEARS TONIGHT Famous Comedian Will Present "A Lucky Star" at Bungalow. Farce comedy has finally come into its own. Theater-goers are recognizing the fact that a playhouse is a place of amusement, and that the terrific problems of the day do not amuse. For this reason there have been more suc cessful farces this season than in a decade. Among the prominent successes is William Collier's new play, "A Lucky Star," which Charles Frohman will present at the Bungalow Theater, to night at 8:15 for an engagement of four nights. William Collier is probably the fore most exponent of farce in America. His contribution to the theater has done much toward the advancement of this class of plays. His' success in "Caught in the Rain" and "The Patriot" is only outclassed by his triumph in "A Lucky Star," In which he has only just closed a foremost engagement at the Hudson Theater in New York. The play is from the novel of C. K and A. M. Williamson, "The Motor Chaperon," and adapted for the stage by Ann Crawford Flexner. Mr. Collier portrays an energetic, hustling Amer ican endeavoring to infuse American ideas and customs into the somewhat antiquated Dutch methods. The char acters are a splendid blending of Dutch and American personages, and the fact that all of the scenes take place in Holland affords unusually good oppor tunity for scenlo investure. The story has to do with a motor boat cruise. Ronald Lester Starr hires a motorboat, only to find that it al ready belongs to a fair compatriot. She comes on board to take possession. J 0 jSSrf'-;-, V , i , - - , I - 1 - i ' r 4 - r J ir '-, 1 - - itn'r' i. i Cr COSFER, FRED BAUER AND JEA.V WILSON, WHO WILIj SING AT THE STAR. i . A&" 1 Zj Starr falls in love on the spur of the moment. Invents a tale of disappointing his aunt, and in this ways gets the girl to invite him to share the trip with her. with the aunt as chaperon. This means, of course, that Starr must scare up an aunt. He telegraphs for his real aunt to come, only to find that she has left home. Then he advertises and is besieged by a host of aunts eager for the position. Finally, a fair unknown applies and is engaged. After every other member of the party becomes enamoured with someone else Starr dis covers that the real object of his affec tion is the bogus aunt. There is Just enough plot to the piece on which to hang a number of excellent situations and clever complications, while the dia logue is brisk and sparkling. "A Lucky Star" ariorrm rwo nours ana a half of continual laughter, and that is the mission of farce. Seats are now selling at the theater for the entire engagement. ORPHEUM BILL- IS ALLUIIXG Mora 1 1 Opera Company Treads This Week's Programme. The feature of the new bill which opens at the Orpheum for one week, beginning with the matinee Monday afternoon, July IX, is the Morati Opera Company, composed of singers famous throughout Europe and America as art ists who stand at the head of their pro fession. Signor Morati, previous . to his engagement in vaudeville, was a first tenor In the Metropolitan Opera House in.New York City, while Madam Morati has filled Important .roles with Henry W. Savage and the Abhorn Opera Company throughout the East. Their selections are chosen fromthe most popular of the grand operas, such as Pagliacci, II Trovatore, Lohengrin and Tannhauser. Leading exponents of black-face comedy in vaudeville are the already popular Clifford and Burke, who with their burnt cork makeups, funny dia logue and new and original songs sug gest the real colored characters. World-renowned equilibrists are -the four Cliftons, who come ' to America direct from the Berlin Winter Garden. They are all wonderfully built men who offer faultless, quiet and refined gymnastic work. "Broadway, U. S. A.," is the title of an interesting comedy playlet, the of fering of Miss Sidney Shields and com pany. It tells a pretty love story which involves an English girl and a young American, who are destined to marry according to family arrangements. The situations are humorous and the finish Is a surprise. Miss Shields has sur rounded herself with an excellent com pany. "A Double Pianologue" is the offer-. lng of Jane Boynton and Fan Bourke, talented musicians who will be well remembered by Orpheum patrons as ap pearlng here with '"The Pianophlends.' These fascinating young artists play duet accompaniments to their, ievera songs. This year their act is said to be more pleasing than ever. Direct from London, where he has been a big success for the past year, comes Harry Atkinson. His perform ance consists of Imitating different musical instruments and in his repro duction of sounds he is marvelously true and accurate. Clever singing and dancing acrobats are Bert, and Lottie Walton, who will enliven the programme with their spe cialties. They are unusually versatile performers and have been featured in a number of New York musical come dies. A matinee today and a performance tonignt wm conclude the current week s bill. HALLEY'S COMET AT THE LYKIO Edward Armstrong Musical Com' pany in Good Show Next Week. A little over a month ago the whole world was expectant regarding the re sults of the close proximity of Halley's comet. Some scientists said we would be asphyxiated from the gases given off by this- wanderer and others gave us assurance that nothing would happen. Then after a few days, when nothing did happen, the masses quieted down and the learned scientists spread the news that we would not again be troubled by this wandering inhabitant of the heavens for the next 75 years. Somehow, their calculations must have been at fault, for beginning with tomorrow's matinee, without the aid of glasses or a telescope, Halley's comet will again be seen in all its splendor and glory at the Lyric Theater. This will be the production of the season, and one that will set the the ater-going public of the city guessing. In the hands of the popular Edward Armstrong Musical Comedy Company it will be well worth witnessing. Ben Dillon, Ethel Davis, Will King, Clara Howard, Arthur Mathews and the baby dolls will be seen at their best and the music and scenery will all be new and in keeping with the production. on Thursday night, at the end of the first performance, a handsome gold watch will be given away absolutely tree to some lucky patron, and Friday night the chorus girls will hold their regular weekly contest, each girl doing a spe cialty of her own selection. The first three selected by the applause of the audience will receive a cash prize from the management. At this popular play-house two per formances are given in the evening, the first at 7:45 P. M., and the second at 9:15 P. M. Matinees come daily at 2:45 P. M pany almost direct from New York, where they played an extended engage ment at the Hippodrome. The band, or more properly, orches tra, is under the directorship of Miss GRAND PROMISES GOOD ACTS IMxIe Kids, Gordon Highlanders and . Others on Programme. Features will be plentiful in the vaudeville programme which Sullivan & Consldine send to the Grand the coming week, starting with the per formance Monday afternoon. Among the acts are several which are of head- liner prominence and all of the special ties will be found belonging to a high order of merit. One of the features will be Josephine Saxton and her "Dixie Kids," assisted by Muriel Ringold. This is an act of ginger and singing, with something doing every ones will be Cabaret's dogs. This Is an animal act imported from Europe and is considered a little better than any other trained canine circus. Tire dogs do some wonderful feats and those who have seen . many dog acts will find this different from the others. All the children should witness this added feature. Known as the Lillian Russell of vaudeville, Mildred Stroller is as handsome-as the beautiful Lillian, and also endowed with talent. Miss Stroller's specialty consists of a se'ries of imitations of stage celebrities, at which she is declared to be exception ally clever. Her gowns are something to be seen. Murray K. Hill is known to every owner of a talking machine, for he has been making records almost since the science of recording sound was invented by Tom Edison. Hill's stor ies and songs have amused millions of people and he needs no introduction to Portland. This season Hill is using SIXGING TRIO IS AXXOUXCED Star Theater Will Offer Big Vocal Act, Besides Pictures. The People's Amusement Company announces that it has secured the serv ices of Cy 'Confer, Jean Wilson and Fred Bauer, a great singing trio, ' to appear at the Star Theater at every performance. This trio will make its first appearance at the star ineaxer today, and in addition there will be a programme of pictures consisting oi not less tnan souu ieei oi me oesi films obtainable. The picture pro gramme for today consists of "A Midnight Cupid," a standard blograph; "A Wireless Romance," a product of Thomas A. Edison, containing one of the most thrilling races at sea ever ex hibited, as well as a splendid Western comedy. . At the Oh Joy Theater the pro gramme today consists of "The Un known Claim," a great Western min ing picture in which a daughter makes a daring ride to save her father's mine; "The Champion Race," one of the greatest automobile races ever re produced in pictures, and the other usual features. At the Odeon, formerly the National. "Love and Honor," an entirely new picture of the fisher folk taken in Jamaica, heads the bill, followed by "The Ruling Passion," showing a great horse race in which the winner not only wins the prize cup but the heart and hand of a beautiful girl as well, and "The Invisible Sword," a splen did historical feature. The climax is said to be reached at the Arcade in the new programme, beginning tomorrow, which consists of "The Highbinders," a picture true to the life of the Chinese in San Francisco; "The Hall-Room Boys," laughable com edy; "The Almighty Dollar," a great farce, and "Cossack Riding," showing how these great Russian cavalrymen perform feats in peace and in war. MUSIC FEATURE AT THE OAKS Two High-Grade Bands to Appear at Resort This Week. There is to be no interval between musical features at the Oaks. Liber ates engagement closed on Friday night. Thaviu, the eminent Russian cornetlst and director, with his ad mirable band, will appear in two con certs only, this afternoon and evening. He played yesterday afternoon and evening and the enthusiasm he evoked Is evidence of what may be expected today. Beginning tomorrow" there will be presented one of the musical sensa tions of the day, Navassar Ladles' Band, composed of about 50 young and beau, tiful women attired in natty uniforms and endowed with marked musical talent- There are a number of solo ists in the band performing on the clarinet, xylophone, saxophone, cornet, bells and violin. Gussie G. Dial, who brings the eom- S V ' 'A:- y THAUVITJ, AT THE OAKS TODAY. minute. The act is replete with Down South dancing and fun, the act being of the rollicking, lively sort. Gordon Highlanders will make a bid for favor on the bill. There are three of these Highlanders in the act and they are said to be Scotland's supreme instrumentalists. Every Scotsman in Portland will want to see these musi cians from the old country, for Bonnie Scotland never contributed better en tertainers to vaudeville. This is the first American tour of the three Gordon Highlanders and they play on every kind of musical Instrument. A big added attraction for the little a new and original monologue which Is reported as having a laugh In every line. James Toney and Annette Norman are a dancing duo who have created a classy specialty In which they ap pear to advantage. There is nothing serious In the act and It is an exhibi tion of clever refinement. A reel of motion pictures will be shown on the Grandascope. The last performances of the bill which has pleased all the past week, will be given Sunday afternoon and night. This programme Is diverting and novel. NEWS AND GOSSIP OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS EDITED BY LEO JIB OAS9 BAER. A CORRESPONDENT of the New York World Interviewed at Ober- ammergau Anton Lang, the imper sonator of Christ In the Passion Play, and among other things touched upon the possibility of Lang, with several other actors In the play, visiting America. Mr. Lang quietly responded that he had con templated the possibility of such a visit. Asked if he thought that Jesus, if alive today, would accept a theatrical engage ment under like clrcumstanes, Lang re plied: "Well, I think he would. It Is not bad to get money for speaking the truth. I would do that." All of which brings up a question which will probably be discussed with some heat, pro and con. Ethel Levy, former wife of George M. Cohan, has announced her marriage, cele brated last October, to Pierre Crepin, the well-known professional whip of the French capital. The two were wed in a province outside of London and managed to keep the event a secret until recently. M. Crepin is 24 years old, it Is said, and several years younger than his wife. He is one of the most expert equestrians on the Continent and holds records for his high Jumping. It Is the intention of the pair to appear In America next Fall, In feats of horsemanship. Anna Held bewails the tact, in a pub lished interview, that she Is growing tired of being a widow with a husband, and that unless Zlegfeld, who sustains that relationship to the lady with the mobile eyes, Joins her pretty soon in Paris, she will be even more unhappy. Her Inter view is marked with candor and naivete. Anna said in part only: "I have had offers from noblemen who supposed I was unmarried, because I am living alone. But I can't go out, be- cause it doesn't look right without my husband. I can't receive attention from other men, so my life isn't happy. I've made lots of money and now I want to rest. I've worked hard and I've earned the right to enjoy myself. "I love Paris; it's my home, and I want to live over here-at least for some time and not think of the theater, but Just enjoy myself. But I can't do this alone. I'm serious. You can tell Mr. Ziegfeld he'd better come to Paris." To which Mr. Zlegfeld replied that his wife must have been in a pet when she gave out that Interview, and he added that he was busy here with his New York roof production and was getting ready a Winter roof show in which Miss Held would appear. Every reader of theatrical gossip of whatsover brand will be interested In the result of a canvass conducted by the Dramatic Mirror among its readers to de termine the 25 most frequently enacted plays. The contest was interesting be cause of the widespread participation of readers in all parts of the country, who based their Judgment largely on ex perience gained in observing the popular ity of plays in stock. The Shakespear ean dramas, musical comedies and melo dramas were excluded. These were the plays named as the consensus of all opin ions: "Uncle Tom's Cabin," "East Lynne," "The Two Orphans," "Ten Nights in a Barroom," "Camille," "Monte Cristo," "Rip Van Winkle," "The Old Home stead," "Faust," "Hazel Kirke," "Way Down East," "The Lady of Lyons," "Charley's Aunt." "In Old Kentucky." "The Christian," "Kathleen Mavour neen," "Under Two Flags." "Peck's Bad Boy," "The Octoroon," "The Rivals." "The Silver King." "The School for bcan- dal, the "The Ticket-of-Leave Man," "Jerry Tramp" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Li U: - ......... 79-V. ' mm i WW. r " tel. SWft-c NAVASSAR LADIKS' BANU AT THE OAKS, BEGINNING MONDAY.