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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1910)
2 Wo it I-A I ' - I , . i . - S -V -t i: V . .v.- . : ! Except for the rumblings of strife around the construction of the new Heillg Theater, the week has been quiet theatrically. Whether or sot it was by good luck, the vaudeville houses presented unusually good . offerings that more than compensated for the lack of "legitimate" attractions. For some little reason of their own some of the workmen on the Heillg quit, thus making It doubtful whether the new playhouse will be ready for occu- . pancy September IS. as originally promised. However. Calvin Heillg says the curtain will rise between Septem ber It and October 1. although owing ta the uncertainty the opening attrao- ;tlon cannot be stated. I Last week the Orpheum gave us -the top o' th' world'' dancers, the Collie ballet and other unusual fea tures, all la one turn. The headllner shared honors with a bill replete with features. Mr. and Mrs. Erwla Con nelly. In an adaptation of Sir W. s Gilbert's "tJweethearts," perhaps being the most striking. The Grand had Dorothy Do Schello . In "Thirty Dollars." an amusing llt tle playlet. Crowded bouse her also were the role during the week. "Seaside Society" was the satirical : offering at tbe Lyric It was so close : to real life that poseurs and other lm ! possible people shuddered at the mlr I rer held up to nature. Warm weather made the Oaks a i popular reeort. i .' The Bungalow opens for one per- ferawnc tonight of Richard Prin- Igle's Oeorgta Minstrels. ... Captain George Auger, monstrous ( riant, and bis companion "Jack the ' Giant Killer." an up-to-date rendition of the old fairy story, comes to the 1 Orpheum this week. Auger has been I here before, ts well known and much liked. During hi engagement he and I bla company will bold public stage ro- cepuon. Auger is accompanied by ' Ernest Romroell, "he midget. Caroline I Has and trivia Heme. A capital acro batic act la that of th Jack ArTols , Duo. ... "Keeping an Appointment" la farci cally featured at the Grand this week , by Violet Alien and her supporting com I paay. Bell and Richard hav a unique I vaudeville act and Mary. Ann Brown, the novel character comedian, "also runs. ... From th festive seashore we pase to Madrid at th Lyric. Th Armstrong Musical Comedy Company now present "Paqulta." and by all Indications wtU repeat ther successes of th last two Weber Band will continue to be th I atrtraetton at th Oak. Weber ha mad 7 a hit with Portland people that was only ! equalled by th Navaasar Ladle. ... I go unusual 1 th offering for the fol lowing week at tbe Orpheum that It de eervea mention here. Remeeea, the ma gician, known 'in every continent, will make h's first visit to Portland. He of th royal nam I reputed to b an Egyptian, but by all odd he Is the clev erest of the wonder workers born under th guidance of th sacred cat. ORPHEnt OFFERS GREAT BILL Jack the Glant-KUler" Wltto Real Giant Scheduled a Headllner. Th famous fairy tale. "Jack th Olant Killer." which has delighted young and old alike the world over, will be offered ta th form of a playlet by Captain tleorge Auger and his company of Ultpu tlan players on the bill at the Orpheum rext week, beginning with a matlne Monday afternoon. The cast Includes Ernest Rommel. Caroline Has. Sylvia Hearne and Daisy Robinson. The sketch ts presented with elaborate stage set tings and lighting sftect and the artis tic work of this company of capable players supplies a xnoet pleasing number. Gifted musical comedy arusu. Bert Kalmar and Jessie Brown, who wiU be seen In a charming singing and dancing novelty act. They Introduce a number of lis songs among, which- are "Diana." "That's Right No, That's Wrong." "Bugs." snd "May snd December." Tbe Jack Artels Duo ar horizon tal bar Pierrots. They appear aa clowns and their bar performance Is very clever and they Introduce a number of tart 11 rig feats, which la Intermingled with consid erable comedy. They are splendid ath letes and com to this country after a season of five years In Europe, where they made a great name for themselves. Tbe Bison City Four, a fine singing quartet, all possessing splendid voices, snd they lntroducs sccentrlc comedy In dress and action. They appear as a tramp. Italian. Irishman and chappie. "Holding Out" la th title of a come I dy success presented by Harry and Jes- si Hayward. It tells of aa actor In hard I luck and It la really funny to see them v try to fry aa egg on an electric fiat- Ms -SV v. V. I ' . -V( t.;.- .. -V Vte?1&Z . J ill . Jm? Iron, or to se the pair make coffs in a greass-box with a tin whistle stuck In a hole aa an outlet for th steam. It Is screamingly funny. Palfrey and Barton are clever and dex terous cyclists who execute a number of difficult feats on a number of different styled wheels. Palfrey give a spectacu lar and thrilling exhibition, while Bar ton la a clever rider and Introduces com edy for his share of the performance. A splendid lot of singing and dancing specialities will be Introduced by Rich ard and Louis Hamlin. They ar well known artists and can always b de pended upon for a neat and entertain ing number. They both have fine- aing Ing voice and ar splendid eccentrlo dancers. There win be a reception immediately after the matinee Thursday. Friday and Saturday In order that Captain Auger JOHN C. WEBER, DIRECTOR WEBER'S PRIZE BAND, AT THE OAKS. ... ws .V w11 - ' y-' '.r .Ml and th different members of his com pany mar have an opportunity to meet their many Portland friends. PAQCITA" IS SHOW AT LYRIC Catchy Spanish Burlesque to Be Presented by Armstrong Co. ."Paqulta." a catchy Spanish burlesque will be presented at the Lyric theater by the Edward Armstrong Musical Comedy Company, beginning wlthMonday matinee August 22, This will be the first pro duction in this city of this comedy. It allows for some pretty costuming and special music Ethel Davis, the star, will be seen as a vivacious Spanish girl In the title role of "Paqulta." Will Arm strong and Qui Leonard will appear In the comedy parts. Will Howard, last season's leading man at the cozy play house, will be seen In a role different from any that he has appeared In here tofore. Dainty Clara Howard will sing some popular songs. VPaqulta" la In love with a Spanish soldier, but Is tor bidden to marry him by her father, a crusty German innkeeper. The parent commands her to marry a wealthy clv lllian. but she disobeys and Is cast Into a dunireon, which, by popular supersti tion, is Inhabited by Ghosts. A good natured Irishman hears of her predica ment and sets out to rescue her, and then the fun begins. Shows will be given every afternoon and twice every even ing next week, and Friday night the chorus girls will hold their contest at the end of the first performance. GRAND ilAS GOOD PROGRAMME - "Keeping an Appointment," ftmedy Sketch, I Headlined." . For the ensuing week the bill sent to- the Grand by Sullivan & Consldlne offers much variety. The specialties range from a clever sketch to a guar-! tet. The new show starts wltt; the Monday afternoon performance. For the headline attraction of the week, the management announces Violet Al len ft Company In "Keeping an Appoint ment." This unlqus little sketch is In a class of Its own. Mies Allen Is ao engaging comedienne. The playlet la full of humor. Everyone who attends a vaudeville theater enjoys a quartet. There will be one on the new bill at the Grand. This act Is known as the "Free Setters Four." Besldss having good voices, th singer bar th latest songs. European equilibrists are the Fas sto Trio. This act come to ths West for ths first time this secson, after being an International attraction for several years. There are two men and a woman In It and one' of the men balances his partners on ' a small bar while they make a handstand, and h trots up and down stairs. This Is the fsaturs attraction. "Fllrtology" will bs demonstrated by James McCormack and Eleanor Irving. No ones requires an extended explana tion of what the act la about, for the subject is pretty well understood. There Is much fun and nonsense and laughter and song, ao that "Fllrtology" will be welcomed. Bell and Richards will contribute a few mirthful, musical moments and Many Ann Brown will present the char acter comedy creations for which she la noted. There will be motion pictures as usual. Sunday will be the last day of the present programme, which Is headed by the sketch, "Thirty Dollars." BILLS GOOD AT "BIG FOCR Star, Oh Joy, Odeon and Arcade Theaters Show Fine Pictures. The Amalgamated Film Exchange Is supplying the People's Amusement Com pany's four big houses with motion pict ures of such.quality that all the first run houses havebecome the talk of Portland. The Star's headllner today is of two fold nature, headed by 'A Cheyenne Brave." In which not a single pale face appears. The pictures show the pursuit of an Indian brave and his stolen bride by fifteen canoes tilled with real Indians through the most picturesque. scenery or of the West. In addition there Is a double Biograph ' comedy and a vita graph romance, besides the Big Three and the Pipe Organ. At the Oh Joy the headllner Is Under the Old Apple Tree," which combines thrilling excitement and Juvenile comedy, terminating In a pretty love-story. The Odeon, formerly the National, of fers the biggest bill of the season headed by a wonderful Indian romance entitled "True to his trust." besides two comedies. "A Running Fire' and "Bumptious as an Automoblllst." The Shepherd s Dog." a picture revealing ca nine Intelligence and training, and an educational picture entitled "A School m New Guinea," showing how the little natives are christianized and taught. This with Curly Confer, the popular manager singer, makes an unusually attractive en tertainment. At the Arcade tomorrow the programme will contain an entirely new list of at tractions, the headllner being "The Dumb Half-Breed." showing how the Indian, by the quality of his pantomimic acting, saved himself from being hanged upon a charge of murder in me urai ucjiw "Shorty at th Shore" Is a comedy, every Inch of which contains a laugh, and "En strangement," a romance which cannot fall to please. These pictures with good singing, music, and effects will bring the programme here up to the usual standard of excellence. amrsTRELS to come toxight Richards & Prlngle Troupe to Give Performance at Bungalow. A programme Just brimming over with mirth, music singing, dancing and laughter,' will be offered at The Bungalow Theater, Twelfth and Mor rison streets, tonight at 8:1S o'clock, when the curtain rings up on the palatial "Palace of Revelry," the open ing number of Richards & Prlngle's Famous Georgia Minstrels. The management asserts that it has more fun crowded Into the two and one-half hours than has ever been of fered by any company in the past. To enumerate all the good things would take too much space, but promi nent among them Is the Alabanla Quartette, long a favorite on the min strel stage; also the Blx Six Comedy Sextette, composed of Clarence Powell, Billy King. Kid Langford, Charlie Wil son. David Smith and Oscar Cameron; the big dancing number, entitled. "Georgia Flirtation," one of the most elaborately mounted danclns: numbers ever attempted; Moor, the Hindoo Ma gician: Wilson and Harris, the Boys from Dixieland, and the one-act Music al Comedy, "The Blackville Guards," and many other good things. Robin son's Operatic Orchestra of 12, exe cuting the latest musical gems, will be a pleasing feature of the performance. The company, headed by a band of 25, under the leadership of Fred Simp son, known from coast to coast as "The Black Pryor." will parade the principal streets and give a concert at noon, geats are now being sold at the theatre. WEBER'S BAXD AT THE OAKS Fine Musical 6rganlaatlon Makes Farewell Appearance) This Week. Ideal seems to be the proper word to use when referring to the Oaks. There Is no question of the beauty of Its surroundings, and the park Is pro nounced by visitors from other sections of the country as a charming spot. We at home are proud to overlook what we have right at hand, and In a man ner -to depreciate these things. -No one, however, with any sense of appre ciation of the beautiful in nature and art can fall to place the Oaks as among the "show" places of Portland. Weber's band has been plsying at this besutlful park for the past two weeks snd Is now entering on Its fare well series of concerts. Tuesdays Weber devotes to symphonies. A rare treat Is furnished by the noted band maater and his organization In giv ing ths masterpieces of musical com positions. Miss Blanche Mehaffy. the charming soprano, accompanying ths hnfl on this tour of the Coast, h taken as high a rosltlon here as she attained In the East, which Is saying that shs occupies first rank among the dramatlo sopranos of the country. Of attractive appearance, she capti vates her audiences upon every ap pearance. Behind her Junoesque per sonality she develops a voice of rare sweetness and power. It is doubtful If another such splendid voice has been heard In park concerts In Portland. " THE 3IAJESTIC THEATER Xew Slotlon Picture House Opens to Large Crowds. . Th - new Majestic ' Theater was opened last night In the old Olds. Wort man tc King building, corner Fifth and Washington street. The new theater shows a series of first-class motion pictures, which please. A feature Is the big pipe organ played by Clifford Car ney, whose playing holds the attention of the patrons. Mr. Leo White, the popular baritone, sings some splendid new songs. The theater Is large and commodious and Is artistically desorated. A great variety of pictures will be shown to Interest the old as well as the younger amusement seekers. Last Park Concert Today Brown's Band to Make Farewell Appearance for This Summer at City Park. WITH the programme to be given at the City Park this afternoon by Brown' Park Band, the Summer concert season for 1310 will come to an end. For this occasion the band has been enlarged to eO members and a pretentious pro gramme has been prepared. The music will begin promptly at 2:30 and will continue, with a short Intermission, un til 6 o'clock. The feature number will be the "Tannhauser" overture, and among other "heavy" numbers will be the "Tannhauser" grand march and "Scenes from Lohengrin." These are all Wagner compositions and among his greatest works. A splendid full band arrange ment of the famous sextet from "Lucia dl Lammermoor," by Dstnizettl. will be given. Despite the small appropriation for park band concerts, this year, the season has been a successful one. The first con cert was given July 3, at the City Park, and today's will be the eighth there. Three concert were given at Holladay Park, three on the Plaza and one at Ladd's Park, Sunnyside. There has been no rain at any time to Interfere with arrangements. . The park concert idea In Portland was originated by Charles L. Brown, some eight yeers ago, and he has conducted the concerts Ave seasons. Music In the parks has proved popular and thousands have attended at every appearance of the band. Mr. Brown says he has larger plans In view for future seasons. The en tire programme for this afternoon fol lows: March. "Tannhauier" Wagner Walta. "Tales FromVlenna Woods". .Strauss Overture. "Tannhauser" Wagner Sextette from "Lucia" ....Donizetti Excerpts from "Robin Hood"...... DeKoven Intermission. Suite, "From Foreign Lands". .Moszkowskl a) German. (fr) Russian. (c) Spanish. Scenes from "Lohengrin" Wagner Hungarian Fantasia Tobanl Potpourri of National airs Tobanl "Star Spangled Banner:" STICKERS TELL OF FAIR Vancouver Harvest Show Announced in Telling Manner. VAXCOTTVER, Wash., Aug. 30. (Spe cial.) Stickers bearing the words, "Meet me on the Parkway at the Clark County Harvest Show, at Vancouver, Wash., Sep tember 29, K, and October 1," have been made and all business men have been supplied with them.: On all outgoing packages they paste them with stickers and even their letters are posted with one on the back. It remained for Ira Cresap, candidate for County Sheriff, however, to originate the scheme to have 2400 stickers pasted on th backs of 2400 envelopes he has sent out to the voters ot the county. Prison Is Made Basis for Broad Travesty, Coming to Orpheum t v -I HfFiM' 2 441$ 4 J I, V 4 5 Vl 1 st j SCENE FROM "HIGH As indicated by the title. "High Life in Jail" la a farcical sketch broad ly burlesquing th daily routine of each of the prisoners who, though un der confinement and compelled to wear the prescribed prison pattern of striped rainment. is permitted to carry out his own ideas as to the cut of the garment and to pursue his natural bent In the way of entertainment. Here they all live as luxuriously as though at large, for their actual freedom is th only thing denied them. Here th banker. 1 hnAXfe-ewet : :. v NEWS AND GOSSIP OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS EDITED BT LEO!tG CASS BIER. Mr. Tyler's comments anent the Pas sion Play above are not shared by Otla Skinner, although those who talked with Skinner when he appeared In Portland with Izetta Jewel, fear there may be a sarcastic Intonation some where under his remarks. This Is what "Your Humble Servant" wrote: "The Passion Play la an emotion and a big one. Tou can't shake It off. No one can remain quite indifferent. Strong men who never sat 45 minutes In a theater without going out for a drink, remain silent and smokeless and drink less for eight hours, and then come out looking wise and chastened. When the atrophied actor gets thrilled like this well he remarks it." "T had rather be accepted by Frohman than be produced by anyone else." That Is what a number of playwrights must be saving. Frohman has accepted and paid for in cash more than 200 manu scripts not even announced yet. " Frohman has Imported Julia James to play In "Our Miss Gibbs," that London musical comedy of the "shops." A bare three years ago Miss James declared she would not leave "dear old Lunnon" for anything. e Some Idea of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's popularity In England may be gauged from th announcement that his last Sherlock Holme play, "The Speckled Band" that grewsome story which tells how Holmes catches a man who em ploys a speckled snake to kill his victims which has been running for a year in London, has paid in royalties a greater sum than any other one of Doyle's 'books or plays has earned. Frohman will pro duce "The Speckled Band" In this coun try, and it Is expected on the Coast the latter part of the season. Twenty-six ambitious playwrights each swears that he or she Is the author of a new Harris play, "A Matter of Money." Harris knows how to de.l with that ilk. To each he has sent a circular letter ask ing for the scenario and a full cast of characters. A noise like silence will prob ably be the result. ( Charlie Ryan, of the Orpheum, and Frank Coffinberry, of the Grand, have been pondering deeply how It is that Margaret Illlngton she of. darned socks fame Is able to obtain so much free published, matter. technically known as "press dope," in the papers of the country. They both want to get In on the secret and want to make their next stars darn socks or at least threaten to. It would be Interesting to know If Mr. Bowes' socks have been In better wearing condition since the advent of Margaret Illington-Bowes. The press agent this side the Styx of William Shakespeare Is evidently au thority for the published statement that a rare first folio of "Mr. WllHam Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies," sold for nearly 110.000 at Sotheby's, the London auctioneers. Let ters on the subject from Bacon en thusiasts cannot be considered. . . i Some satisfaction ought to be had locally from the statement attributed to Will M. Cressy in a Los Angeles pa per that he is playing in the West be cause the East is too, too bad. Cressy says that when Salomes, hoochle coochle dancers, vicious one-act plays with even more vicious characters, have had their day, then he and his wife will go back. He is signed for three years In the West with both Beck and Con sldine. When the "epidemic of crime," as he calls it. Is over, then he will go back. Not before. What would hap pen If Mr. Cressy were to receive an offer of double salary to play in New York? is a not unapropos query. . The Shuberts have sold out their in terest in the Alhambra Theater at Seat tle to John Cort, who thus becomes a partner with Russell & Drew. No an nouncement has been made but It is probable a similar arrangement has been entered Into with regard to the Portland Theater. This would give the LIFE 1ST JAIL." high financier, his secretary and the crook trusty and others enjoy with song, story and Impromptu entertain ment all the advantages and privileges of an up-to-date country club, not omitting a private cafe, billiards, piano, golf, etc, to while away the weary hours of their incarceration. It might be added that Ren Shields, author of this extravagant but funny travesty. Is the well-known song and sketch writer of that name, and that this ex cruciatingly funny playlst will b an early -attraction at the Orpheum. t2- I! cheaper plays of the "Independents" a Portland house. The high-price attrac tions are due at the Heilig and it Is logical to suppose that with the new Baker playing stock, the Bungalow re duced in size, the 21 attractions will go to the Portland. Frank Fogarty, who appeared in Portland as the Orpheum head liner in a minstrel act a few weeks ago, leads with 133,806 votes in a New York "most popular aotor" contest. The prize isan automobile. Mabel Fenton, a Shubert star, Is next but she Is a long way be hind. . Mile. Polalre, heralded as the ugliest actress In the world, likewise adver tised as possessing an incredibly small waist, has left for home. She was ap pearing In New York but her Parisian managers claimed a prior contract. Werba and Luescha, who purposed an American tour, willingly released her, which does not speak well for the fair (1) Polaire's drawing capabilities. , "AH under 20 and but one married." This Is a fascinating line from a New York press agent's description of "Girlies," a musical comedy, and pre sumably it relates to the chorus, maybe to all the cast. It may be supposed that with the big girl acts on at the Orpheum. Grand and Lyric this week, the line will be worked over for the de lectation of Portland theatergoers. Seattle's new Orpheum Theater will i open Its doors November 21, Thanks giving week. . A Paris dispatch says "the divine Sarah" fainted when John L. Sullivan and Mme. Bernhardt met on the stairs of a hotel. Asked If the story was true, the tragedienne massacred a little English In replying: "Yes, but I don't hate him for it. Sullivan is one great, big, dreadfully splendid man. Such a thrill magnlHque as he gives." The offer of $1000 a week for the Leneve woman to go Into vaudeville ought to encourage the devotees of "high living and plain thinking." Lo cally, however, there Is no vaudeville market of that nature. James M. Barrie, creator of that de lightful character, "Peter Pan," has made a ten-strike again. This time whimsicality replaces the droll serio comedy of "What Every Woman Knows." The latest addition to the humor of the world Is entitled "A Slice of Life." 'Tis a burlesque on the sex question and is even more Barryesque than any previous work. The charac ters announce their past history for the benefit of the audience. "We use the telephone to tell the audience who . we are," says one of the characters. The man who can treat with whimsicality the sex question after nobly resigning his wife to another as Barrie did Is a humorist Indeed. ' Mike Donlln will not prey on our sympathies next season. The left field er of the "Giants" will not appear with his dainty wife, Mabel Hlte. John T. Kelley will have a play for Miss Hlte . this coming season. . Special encouragement Is being given Esperantlsts In Washington. At their convention last week Shakespeare's "As You Like It" was presented by, a stock company for several perform ances.- Condolences naturally go out to the members of the company who have to learn a new language in a week. It is bad enough to get up a new play In Engllsn every seven days. - Jeanne Towler has Just concluded her 730th performance of the queen In "Three Weeks." This is surely an in- dicatlon of the attraction that some thing that promises to be bad, when it la merely silly, has for some people. Having an all-star cast In a play has disadvantages. The cast of Jim th Penman" has literally been shot to pieces" by the Fall starring engage ments of many members of the com pany. "Jim" has had a record run. but the play will probably have to be stopped while a new company starts rehearsing. Orpheum followers will be glad to know that Alice Lloyd will appear in the West next season. She has 'been signed for a return engagement. Julia Mills has a press agent She does nof announce that fact, but she does announce that she carries a pedo meter with her when she dances and that so far she has danced 1125 miles this season. Miss Mills Is one of the "Girlies." Interesting, but "fishy." Julian Eltlnge, who was first an nounced to open William Morris vaude ville in Portland and later to appear in the Cort-Helllg theaters, says It Isn t so. Inasmuch as Mr. Eltlnge has been largely advertised by the independent theater owners, they are expected to ask Mr. Eltlnge for an explanation or the cash, preferably the latter. Annette Kellerman takes display type, in a Philadelphia paper to "have the honor of announcing her physical cul ture"schooL" Miss Kellerman asserts (according to the advertisement) that she will personally conduct the swim-, mlng, diving and physical culture classes. Of course it had to come, but what about that dance engagement In which she was to "Interpret" musical compositions? Evidently a cae of cherchez l'argent. Harry Lauder is appearing again in New York. It Is a wonder he had the nerve to come out again after the un-; pleasant things he said about America' and American people when he got baclt to England. He took occasion to "roast" Portland and Portland people In an English Interview This time there are indications New York has had enough of Lauder. He was quaint tho first tlme. but the second well, tie was plainly a nuisance. At least that la the way Portland people look at him. Bonlta, who appeared at the eld Baker a few months ago in wine. Woman and Song," is now routed in Belgium. She Is "Princess Bonlta' over there, however. Titles come easily. COAST WILL BE VISITED National Waterways Commission to Make Trip Next Month. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 20. The Na tional Waterways- Commission, com posed of members of the Senate and House of Representatives, with Sena tor Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio, as chairman, will pay a visit of Inspection to the Pacific Northwest and the Pa cific Coast, leaving Washington about September 10, according to advices re ceived here today by Senator Samuel H. Plies, who Is a member of the Com mission. The Commission will meet In Wash ington prior to starting upon the Jour ney for the purpose of fixing an itin erary for the trip, which will be de voted to an Inspection of Government waterway work In progress. The trip1 will be limited In time.
