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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1910)
. TOE SUSP AT OREGOyiAX. PORTLAND DECEMBER 25, 1910. J HEILIG THEATER- BOSTON MATINEE IDOL 7th sad Taylor Street Phone Malm 1 and A 1123 Phones Main 6 and A 1020. RETURNS TO PORTLAND Two Footllght Twitei Make Initial Bow Today In "The Dollar Mark" By Baker Stock Co. Popular Verdict Makes or Mars "Happiness. TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT Special Price Xmas Matinees Today and Tomorrow MME. t Ay THE MUSICAL. COMEDY SUCCESS THE L VAUDEVILLE V NEW LEADING MAN AND SECOND WOMAN MAKE BOWS IN BAKER STOCK COMPANY TODAY. . '4 1 ... : ' J - Ttinl 1111. Breads Fowler. THOSE who attend today" matinee performance of "The Dollar Mark." by the Baker Stock Comonr ' witness mlm th Initial bow of two people proml nent In the world of theatricals who are favorably known alone the Western Ctaa.t: Thurrnon Hall, the new leading man. and charming- Brenda Fowler, the txvw second woman. r. Hall la not a stranrer here. Two oeasona aso enow aboppera eaw him aa -dtn- man wlih Lillian Russell la "WDdrtre." Last eeaaon he came again, plarin at the (then) Portland Theater with John- Fawcett In 'The Great John Oanton." Three season ago Mr. Hall wa a, Klaw a: Erlanirer star, playin Ben Itur. He baa the distinction also of playing In the original production of Mrs. "WlggB of the Cabbage Batch." In which he cam to Portland eight rears sura. HI other appearance locally wa wtth Bol Smith Russell In hi p;xductlon of "A Poor Relation" 10 yiar ago. Besides Ms road tours. Sir. Hall bas played stock engagements) In New Tork. "hlca-o. New Orleans. Providence. Rochester. Toledo. St. Louie and 9un Francisco, and has been In vaudeville, a series which covers the ten years be has been upon the stage. Mr. Hall le a tall athletic young man. with all the asset of carriage, voice, aood looks and personality which so so far toward making for success In his chon field. "And I Ilk this place." be say "It's so like my own native Bout on. There's the same conservatism, wtth the added Quality and a delightful one. I may add. of Western friendliness. That twins an anomaly, but to those who come only oc raslonally to Portland that Is the big IMr.r that strike them first, the kindly interest of the peopl here, and their fine "New Englandish breeding. I like the roses, too. and as I'm fond of out door life I'm sure I shall be out in It most of my time when I am not at the theater." Miss Fowler, who is reminiscent of on of Portland's favorite Louis Kent, says she only hopes Portland wHl lik her as much a he like Portland. "If so much easier to work whenever you feel that your audience la your own personal friend. 8omehow I can feel, right over the footlights. If my hearer Ilk me In a role, and their verdict make or man my happiness." Mln Fowler is a most interesting con versationalist, and her flashes of real wit and repartee are both original and Instructive. Bhe Is a California girl, and began her career In stock In Los Angel, even years ago. "I played all sorts of role, from blackface comedy to lead ing emotional parts." she say laughing ly. "I wa alway handling th poisoned cup to poor deserted wive, or choking helpless babes, or throwing vitriol about promiscuously." After her Los Angeles engagement. Miss Fowler was with the Dick Buhler players for a season, playing lU month of th time In Honolulu. Then she went to the Burbank Theater In Los Angeles, for a year, after whloh sh went Kast, where she remained four year, playing in both tock and vaudeville. 8h wa with Mary Shaw for one season, again for a season with Minnie Palmar, and In stock at Cleveland and in Cincinnati. For th last six months Miss Fowler has been resting and visiting at the home of her parent at Los Angeles It was only after much persuasion that Man ager Baker secured her aa second woman for his company. NEWS AND GOSSIP OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS EDITED aTT LEORB CASS BAE1U . . n'lnnln IX THb awn rw--r v. Horn, who for several year befor ah drifted Into the chorus of a bur lesque show rsveled In the tltl of "Queen of the Newsies." New York re cords the passing of another of Its pic turesque character. Even th younger generation of Broadwaylte can remem ber when Winnie and Jennie, decked out In "soubrettlxh" costumes more befit ting th stage than th street, and wearing- In U seasons and weather Immense plctur hats with great nod ding plume, sold newspaper at th -L.- tatlon at Twenty-third street and Hxth avenue. Their aged and Invalid mother was th proprietor of th llttl Stand, and th two girl wer cartalnlr most persistently Industrious solicitors r-f custom. They soon becam known by sight to thousands of th vaat hu man tltlt that eddied about th busy Junction, and r long were on lot term wtth and on a business equality with every prominent polltl rlan. theatrical man and boulevardler c-f the etty. President McKtnlrr. Sena tor riatt. President Roosevelt and many other notable patronised their newsstand. As th girl grew older, and bolder, their natlv wit and lor f reparte developed In a correspond ing degree, and they prospered a much through generous tips aa by actual profits. . . Both became violently stage-struck, and from thst moment th adornment of powder, rouge and quantltle of cheap Jewelry were added to their already btiarre regalia. Many were the taunt and Jibes di rected at them by trangers. but th two girl had sharp tongues and caus tic mother-wit. and wer Invariably equal to anv such emergencies. Thst is. on all but one occasion, and with It ram TVInnte's life romance. She wa being pestered by an Intoxicated loafer when a goodlooklng young sailor named Thirsting happened by. and. In real hero fashion, administered chas tisement to the ruffian. It was all so romantic so like the scenes of th plays she attended that Winnie's sen timental soul could not resist, and sh left her old mother. lster Jennie and th "l." tatlon corner for the domestic fireside. Later Jennie, too. was missed from the corner, and soon the -Soubrett Ptstar." as they first were known, be cam a mere memory. Winnie essayed matrimony a second time, the first hav ing proved a failure, this time choosing a delivery wagon driver. Finally, she realized her ambition to be a real actress bv wav of chorus: then she drifted Into burlesque, and finally dropped from view, only bobbing up oc casionally to act as "sune-" In some New Tork production. The final curtain fell In th little Lutheran cemetery where she has been laid to rest beside mother and sister Jennie. e e -Mesjgle Tepper" Is the title of th raw play bv Charles Klein that Hose Mahl Is to appear In after th holidays, when she will conclude her sixth sea on In Th Choru Lady." In th supporting company, already engaged, are Beverly bltgreaves and Frederick Trnesdale. e Portland folk who saw "Madam X. wl'.l be Interested In th fellowship bit rvlstlv to th dlvln t-rah Bernhardt' actlns of th same role In New York last week. trbea Mm. Sarah Bernhardt. P re sen Una: "Madame X.' for the first tlm ber at the C.'.obe Theater Monday Bight, reached that supreme moment In the play where the outcast mother is embraced by her son. th hysteria of .o actree communicated Itself over her audience. It la doubtful if a more thrilling performance wa ever seen oa th New Tork stag. Mm Bernhardt seemed to surpass herself, an accom plishment of no little magnitude. "From the moment of her entrance In the first act. with Its passionate plea for forgiveness and restoration, through th sordid atmosphere of the second act. th lone traln of th great trial seen and the final heartrending death scene, Mme. Bernhardt wa mar vslous. "Bhe never permit th oharacter to drop Into th sordid realistlo vein In which 'Madame X.' bas been depicted her, but make th unfortunate hero in of this rather crude melodrama a woman of charm and breeding who never loses her fascination. Her por trayal of Madam X.' 1 a revelation w seem to see a new play." see Mra. Frank Mlnry. known to thou sands of American playgoers a Rose Melville, for a doin years th tar of "SI Hopkins." played the familiar rol of th Hoosler girl at th BIJou Thea ter. In Minneapolis. last Saturday night for the last time. She Is to retire per manently, sh says, from th footlights. e e Th following one-act play la from the pen of that dean of vaaderlll playwright. Will M. Cressy: CHARACTERS. Father fa dotor. Mother (a Christian Scientist). Miss Smith " ( a Sunday school teacher). Johnnie (aged t. with a stomach ach). SCENE. Th Sunday school room. Sunday morning. At rise: Johnnie enters door. up C. looking pale and discouraged. Miss Smith Why. what I th matter with Johnnie? Johnnie Aw. a kid don't get no sym pathy In this world at all. Miss Smith Why. what Is the mat ter? Johnnie Aw. I got the appendicitis, and father says "cut It out" and mother says "forglt It." Mrs. James H. Munron. th wife of that cheerful optimist. "There Is Hope" Munyon. who poses, finger uplifted. In almost every periodical published In the world today, has shaken th dust of th pill factory from th hem of her garment, and Is going or. rather, has gone bark Into the show business. This week she Is appearing at Him. mersteln's. In New York. In a reper toire of songs. Evidently she takes great stock In her discarded husband's bromide utteranc about hope. e e e Really. It's too bad that Mazla Ha bella. th lovely fugitive from Damas cus, has been found by th United States Immigration Bureau to be only a common undesirable, and sent back to th wicked pasha from whom, she says, sh escaped, and who. a press agent story says, will probably behead her when she gets horn again. StllL It probably saves us from seeing ber as a vaudeville headllner In "Scenea From th Uarem." So It I an 111 wind, ate. e e Young woman In the pit to her com panion Doe Mrs. Carter 11 v with Pavne? The companion I don't know; but sh acts ,Hk II see Baron Jame de Rothschild's admira tion for Betty Chapman, th former American abow girl, who obtained a dlvorc from Irvla Chapman, of Brook line. Mill, on the around of desertion, has reached th point, gossip asserts, of formal betrothal. ' Baron "Jimmy." aa his Intimates know him. haa made sev eral trips to America to visit Miss Chapman, and recently wa there with hi cousin and Inseparable companion. Nell Primrose. Lord Rosebery's second son. Th baron I on of th foremosv racehorse owners on th English and French turf and haa won all th classlo raeas la England axcept tha Darby. .H AND HER COMPANY Heilig Theater Friday Eve., Dec. 30 Seat Sale Wednesday Dec. 28 JTBICES 9. . St-40. S3. flJra. Callsry Admlsslnsi. gL Bos Beats. S3 1 bsge Beats, 'a. (X &tr "a11 filled.) T E T R A Z Z I N I Coming GOGORZA Jan. 3 BEAT SALE SATURDAY, DECEM BER 81. Price, SOc, ISO, 1, iLSO, Is the most popular member of th Rothschild man. Is worth several mill ions, and has expectations from rich and childless uncles and aunts. e e Otis Bklnner and Isetta Jewel are this week and next appearing in Philadelphia In the Broad-Street Theater In their first presentation of th romi-ntlc oomedy "Sire," The play, which Is th latest work of Henri Lavendan, had a run of four months In Paris last season at the Comedie Francalse. Those who know whereof they speak predict that If "Sire" produces the same success In America that this author's The Duel" scored here, the result will more than Justify the expectation of Its producer. In securing the American rights to 'Sire," Charles Frohman evi dently had Mr. Bklnner In view for the leading role, as he is believed to be well equipped for the swaggering, rapscallion character of Roulette, a watchmaker, roving actor and Jack-of -all-trades. "Sire" Is a comedy Inspired by the strange story of the last Dauphin, th lamented HtU heir to the throne of France. His disappearance In th bloody day of th Reign of Terror Is one of those historical mysteries that ha al ways appealed profoundly to the Imagi nation of authors and playwlghts who hav made It th subject of Innumer able dsamas and romances. Mr. Lav endan In "Sire" has treated th ques tion In a new and altogether unique way. For the past fortnight the company have been rehearsing in New York. MI'S Jewel's mother. Mra Jewel-Klnney end Miss Hasel Jewel live about an hour's ride out of th metropolis and Miss Jewel visited them during hes stay, mo toring In every day for rehearsals. In a we not bearing all sorts of good Christmas wishes to her Portland friends. Miss Jewel says: "I like my role In this new play very much, better, perhaps, than I did that of Maggie in Your Humbl Servant-' There' more charm In the new one, I think, and th whole play 1 a delight. Mr. Frohman rehearsed us yesterday himself. and seemed quite pleased, w were glad to note. Our tryout Is to be given the night befor Christmas In Atlantic City, so mother and Hasel are going down with me. We will have a little week end party and then I hie away to sleepy, old Phlladelnhle. for a two weeks' engagement." e Margaret Anglln. who has now entire ly reeovred from her reosnt serious throat trouble Is Just now In New York, conferring with her managers. Llebler Company, relatlva to her new play soon to bo produced. e e e Lovers of serious drama will be Inter- I- .V.- .rr.nir.m.nl, made bv E. H. Sotbarn and Julia Marlowe, th emi nent Shakespearean exponents, wnereoy they ar to glv on special perform ance of "Macbeth" late next Spring at Glamla Castle In Scotland. When they go abroad after the conclusion of their " . l , ,.. will invite cumin .itiua ., -.-- j ..... -.- the leading member of their com pany to go with them aa tneir guests, and will glv a performance, at Glamis VMUCi limvu mv w- j --- - th on, now late history, given by Maunc aiaeteriinca ana mm who. Georgette Leblanc. at their country . . . ..I.ni.. vhlph will be nuiiie. u u. .- composed entirely of Invited guests. critics, players and peopl particularly Interested In ansaeepeaxean miin will follow the players about, the scenes of th play being enacted In appropriate rooms of th castle, outside Its walls, too. snd at suitable spots In the beautl- .,4 ajMninin the bulldins. The village of Glamis is about 2S miles north east of Perth and the near-by castle Is one of th finest and most picturesque Scottish castles still inhabited. In its present form It dates back only to the 17th century.but portions of It ar much more ancient. - , The original Glamis castle was used as residence by many Scottish kings and was especially favored by Alexander IL In i:S-124 Robert II gave It to John Lyon, who had married his daughter, but In 1SS7 It reverted to the crown and James V occupied It for many years. ... Emily Flske. Mrs. Flske's talented niece, who last season scored for notable work with George Arllss In "Septimus." Is to hav th leading woman's role In The Boss," th new play by Edward Sheldon. In which Mr. Brady Is to star Holbrook Bllnn. for several Masons. Mrs. Flske's leading matr LEMAIRE OPERA GLASSES LEMAIRE Field Glasses BEST IN THE WORLD Used in the Army and Navy URGOHft With the Original Burgomaster Gua Welnburg am, S1.BO. i.oo, T5c B, SSo Me. Matinee 1.0O, TSc, 60c, SSe, SBe. -HEILIG THEATER- XEW YEAR'S ATTRACTIOX 7 Nights Starting Saturday, Dec. 31 Sneclal Price New Year's Matinee Sunday and Moaday Resmlas Matinee Saturday, January T. The Musical Comedy Success HONEYMOON TRAIL By Adams, Hough and ' Howard. With Louis Kelso and Fred Wyckoff. EXCELLENT CAST PRETTY GIRLS CATCHY MUSIC Evenlas;, Il.Sfl, SL0O, 75c, ROc, 35c. 25c Matinee 100, 75c, 50c, 33c, 25c. SEAT SALE OPEXS THURSDAY, DECT HEI LI THEATER Wed TTTC 28 Thur ll-i V. 29 p 1 DOBBS hTs ARCTIC 1 MOTION PICTURES Monday Matinee, Dec 26th BONITA .Assisted bv Lew Heart. A Co, Preaentlns "The Real Girl" HANLON BROTHERS "Just Phor Phun" CHARLES B. LAWLER & DAUGHTERS In an Original Sons Creation M0NA RYAN & CO. In "Handcuffed" BOWMAN BROTHERS Blackfaoe Comedians LA VINE A DE WITT World's Greatest Lady Cornetist and Lyrlo Soprano ELISE, WULFF & WALDORFF Presenting "After the Football Game" EVENING PRICES IS, 25, SO and 7Sc DAILY MATINEE 15c, 23c, BOc. HOLIDAY MATI.VEES KtsM Prices. Seat Sale Open Monday S1.0O, 75c, 50c At the Theaters Continued frlm Page . Row," "An American Count," "The Greater Call." all three exceptional pic tures, and Cy Confer In song make up th" bill. . . .. At the Oh Joy. "Bad Man's Christmas." "Jean and the Waif." "Get Rich Quick" and a late song are offered. The Odeon offers, "Overland to Fre mont." "A Western Welcome." "Betty's Fireworks" and Forest, the entertainer. Tha Tlvoll will present nve new pic tures, a song and the usual good things. "GIRLS" COMES TO BAKER Baker Stock Company to Present Clyde Fitch's Clever Comedy. Following "the Dollar Mark" the Baker Stock Company will present Clyde Fitch' popular comedy, "Girls," starting New Year's matinee next Sunday- for the "Vrls" Is perhaps-the brightest, clever est and most strikingly original comedy the celebrated playwright ever created and! wa one of the greatest successes of its kind New York bas ever known. It haa Just been released for stock euid commands a very high royalty, which snakes its production at popular prices a rather haiardous undertaking, but Man sger Baker lw determined that his pa- trons shall have th best and latest of ferings possible to obtain, regardless of the cost. The plot deals with the live of three girls who have taken the oath, of inde pendence of man and are living the bach elor existence. Pamela Gordon is the dominating Influence who jealously guards against the slightest encroachments of the masculine sex Into their little world. One night a man escaping from the con sequences of a compromising experience comes through the window Into their sleeping apartment, causing the most ter rific excitement. But he is a most lika ble chap and from his appearance In Pamela's life begins the trend of cir cumstances that finally leads to the sur render of them all and th inglorious surrender of all their powerful convic tions. It is a delightful Btory and one that interests and amuses both sexes alike, "Honeymoon Trail" Xext Week. "honeymoon Trail." which Hough. Ad ams and Howard wrote as a sister vehi cle to their other great success, "A Stub born Cinderella." will be the attraction at the HelUg. opening Saturday. Decem ber 21. It will be presented by a cast of over half a hundred singers, come dians and dancers, the roster of princi pals containing such clever and high-salaried performers as Louis Kelso. Arline Bollng, Fred Wyckoff, Carl George. Rose Gildea, Bessie Armstrong, Lew, Lawton and Clara Dalton. "Honeymoon Trail" has a Chicago run of 225 consecutive performances at the L,aSallc Theater to Its credit and divided THEATER Phones Main 2, A 53 OO Morrison and 11th Sts. Geo. L Baker, Gem. Mar. HOME OF THE 1 3f COMPARABLE! BA KKR STOCK COMPART, BAKER SISDecember 25, 1910, Today Special Christmas Matinee Monday. Manager Baker Offers for the First Time In Portland the Famous Eastern Success. THE DOLLAR MARK Bv Two of America's Foremost Play wrights. George Broadhurst. Author of "The Man of the Hour." and Chas. T. ' Daisy, Author of "In Old Kentucky." Introducing Thurston Hall, Leading Man, and Brenda Fowler, Second Woman Record Runs in New York and Other Large Cities Aug mented Cast Powerful Plot Great Scenic Production Stage Under Direction Marshall Farnum This Great Play Recently Ran 11 Weeks at Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, Playing to 100,000 People. Regular Baker Prices Evenings, 25c, 50c, 75c Sunday, Monday and Sat'dy Matinees, 25c, 50c Weds'day Bargain Matinee, 25c All Seats. NEXT WEEK-GIRLS i- l BUNGALOW THEATER leth and Morrison sts. Phone Main 11 . A -4224 Geo. L. Baker, General Manager. The Theater That Flays Bis; Road Attractions at Popular Price. CHRISTMAS WEEK ATTRACTION Starting Today Mat. LfiSy Dec. 25, '10 PBIN0E OP THE DIALECT COMEDIANS BEN HOLMES Sweet Northland Singer j '. '"' ! In Ben Hendricks' Famous Comedy OLE OLSON 20 Years of Continued Success Has Made Millions Laugh The Only Anglo-Swedish-American Play in Existence. . . ISO LAUGHS ISO Week Day Matinees, Monday, Thursday and Saturday, 25c, 50a Evenings, 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00 last Summer between Boston and Phila delphia, playing "The Hub" and "The City of Brotherly Love" six weeks each, to record-breaking business. It has been aptly described by the Boston Trav eler as a "riot of color, action, lights, music and girls." The famous LaSalle,' Theater chorus comprising 30 shapely girls who can really sing and dance, 1 s , feature. People's Amusement Co. EXHIBITORS OF FIRST-BXTT PICTURES STAR THEATER BRAXD JfEW J2 NOON TO 11 P. M. A CHRISTMAS CAROI By Charles Dickens. WHITE ROSES. Blograph's Bashful Lover. CLANCY. Bravest of New York Pollre. THIS HEIRESS. A Blograph Comedy. THE NEWSBOYS' CHORUS. Song Production by Dow Brink, assisted by Messrs. Thorn and Carney ' PICTURES OF OKEGO.V PUBLIC HEX. Arcade New Today Sunshine la Poverty Row. Great. Am America Count. All Comedy. Tke Greater Call. Story of th Stage. Ct Confer' Kew Song, and Cams th Ssleadld Pianist. Odeon All New Today Overland. t Fremont. Clever. A Westers Welcome. 1000 ft. Com edy. Betty's Fireworks. Farcical Ac tion. Bob . Forest. All-Round Enter tainer. Restful Slides. Standard Music. Lifelike Effects With All Pictures. Oh Joy New Today . Bad Man's Christmas. Full of Thrills. jean and th Waif. Fascinating. Get Rick Qatck. Intensely Dra matic Raymond's ifew Pletortal Melody. Matchless Music, Slides. Effects. Tivoli Theater Pride of the Esst Side Five Ab solutely Braad-New Flrt-Roa Pto tore, Exhibited Is the Best Exclu sively Motion Picture Theater of the East Side. We Depend on Nth 1ns but a Superior Entertainment to Draw th People. SULLIVAN & CONSIDINE GRAND MATINEE DAILY at 2:30 Four Shows Sunday. 8:00, 6:80, 745 and 9:15 P. M. Best Vaudeville 15c "S and in America v"25c American and European Vaudeville Week of Dec. 26 Rosa Naynon's Tropical Birds Queen of the Feathered Kingdom MERRITT & LOVE The Gleeful Gentlemen Stephen Gratton & Co. In "Locked Out at 3 A. M." American Trumpeters Trio Vaudeville's Best Instrumentalists LUCY TONGE The. Little Girl With the Big Vole Stubblefield Trio Peerless Aerial Performers GRAND ASCOPE MATIXEES DAILT AT 2iS0 NIGHT AT 7:30 and SilS Home of Musical Comedy Seventh and Alder Streets WE:K COMMENCING TOMORROW MATINEE KEATING & FLOOD PRESENT . DILLON & KING IN- The ONG OO M THE S CREAMIEST SCREAM OF SCREAMS Two performances nightly, 7i45 and 15. Mstlnees dally at 34S. Toaicat and Monday fa 1 got, Three Performance, Commencing- at 6i45. FRIDAY ITIGHT CHORUS GIRLS' CONTEST.