THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY
8, 1911.
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VOICE OF PRIMA DONNA
HEARD IN MANY LANDS
Antoinette Kopetiky, Who Haa Soprano Eole in "The Chocolate Soldier,"
Hu Sons in Europe and South America and United States.
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!NMC ANTOINETTE KOPETIKY.
-yy NTOIXETTE KOPETZKT. prima
Z donna soprano of "The Choc-
olate Soldier" company.
born In Prague, of a Bohemian
family wbon name may bo said to
bar been In the mouth of every
one, for her paternal grandfather was
the largest manufacturer of suirar and
confectionery. The family nam had
been applied to the sugar cone formation,
inca her grandfather the first to
produce which are still called "kopeta
klnP through Bohemia.
Instead of following In the footsteps of
bis ancestry. Mile. Kopetxky's father had
himself appointed to the Austrian Em
bafsy and brought little Antoinette to
Washington when he was S years old.
and then began a life of nomadic win
Bering between the legations of Amer
ica. Great Britain. France and Italy that
allowed the future prima donna unusual
opportunities' for a broad musicat educa
tion. She studied with Prince Blllwlller
In London. Walter Van Norden In Paris
ind the famous Guldo Farlnrlll In Italy.
When she was 17 the director of the
German Hof or state theaters.- heard
the young singer during one of the home
ctslte to Prague and she was given a
three years' contract at the Grand Opera
1 louse at Vienna, but this agreement was
dissolved at the end of one year, aa the
freedom from constraint as recognised
abroad hd developed a spirit of Inde
pendence In the young woman that did
not submit easily to state conventionali
ties. Even then she was called "The
Imp" and was known widely for her vi
vacity and personal charm.
Two years later she Joined the French
National Opera Company, which sang In
the larger cities of South America and
later through the Southern cities of the
United States.
On the return to Continental Europe
Mile. Kopetsky sang at Covent Oarden.
London. In "Madame Butterfly" and "La
lioheme" and was the prima donna of the
company sent from that famous theater
to tour the Riviera.
She then signed a three years contract
as prima donna of the Theater National
at Prague and made her appearance
among her own people only one week
before she was offered the opportunity
of singing the soprano role In "The Choc
olate Soldier," which Oscar Straus was
then finishing. Because of her contract
it was not until the present season that
she has been allowed to sing the opera.
Mile. Kopetsky's success In the Eastern
cities was phenomenal and hardly a like
amount of praise has been showered on
any comparatively unknown singer In
many years. There she was called "The
Dure of comic opera." because of her
cnan:al dramatic ability and power of
facial expression, which Indicates strik
ingly the valeu of pantomimic and gener
al stage Instruction as given abroad to
aspirants for operatic fame quite as much
as Mile. Kopetxky's natural temperament.
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
EDITED BT LEO?? CASS BIER.
John Salnpolls, one of the big family of
former Baker Stock Company member
la to be a member of the company sup
porting David Warfleld In his new play.
The Return of Peter Grimm" that Is If
the proletariat will permit this splendid
actor to abandon "The Music Master."
As has been given out already, the
drama Is not a thing of fancy alone, but
the result of psychic research. In which
Mr. Warfleld, In the character of Peter,
Is the reincarnation of a human being.
It Is said that this does not keep the
character from being an intensely inter
esting human type.
Mabel Harrison has left the cast of
"Lulu's Husband" and gone to Califor
nia for the benefit of her health. Miss
.Harrison is. in private life. Mrs. Joseph
K. Howard, wife of the well-known mu
sical comedy composer.
H Reeves-Smith, tste leading man with
-Ethel Barry more. Is occupying the same
post in the company Margaret Anglln
Tneads. In her new comedy. "Green Stock
ings." The title, which sounds like the
name of a tavern, or a display advertise
ment. Is neither, but Is taken from an
old English custom which provides that
the elder sister of a bride. If still unmar
ried, shall wear green stockings at the
wedding. Miss Anglln. In the role of
fella Faraday, a spinster, has been so
-4rrnd on no fewer than three ocaslons
anJ-Jbe family of Faraday has begun
to wonder If splnsterhood will always be
her lot
Just how Celia Invents a mythical ad
mirer, and his later appearance In solid
flesh, furnishes the comedy theme with
which the authors. A. E. W. Mason and
George Fleming, have enriched the play.
Cicorge FfcmLng. by the by. is the pen
name of a very clever women, Constance
Fletcher.
Now come In the full returns of the
gross receipts of this year's Passion Play
at Oberammergau. An official report
fixes the sum at t2.1aX After defraying
the costs of production and other Inci
dental expenses, the proceeds (C4.H
remain to be divided among tbe M per
formers. The managers of Uie play, the
musical directors, the treasurer and the
portrayers of the Christ. Pilate. Calphua.
Merod and the speaker of the prologue
will receive ICS each for their six
months servk-e. Other salaries will be
proportionate to the importance of the
respective roles. The men and women
who played so vtrldly as members of the
crowds in tbe streets of Jerusalem will
receive $30 each and the school children
r SO arn. To the poor will be given
tJCS and the balance of VM.7S0 will re
main In the village for communal pur
poses. Theodore Roberts, who. by the way
la a, cousin of Florence Roberts, is
playing la "The Silent Call." Dustln
J'trnum'i new play. The rest of the
rast la practically all-star and Includes
George Fawcett and W. 8. Hart, both
actors la the original story, "The
Squaw Man." For "The Silent Call" is
only a continuation of Mr. Farnum's
earlier success. And the author. Ed
win Milton Royle, has retained or
rather continued most of Its char
acters. One of these is Little Hal, lit
tle at the time of "The Squaw Man,"
but grown to man's estate In "The Si
lent Call." and answering to the name
of Calthorp- Little Hal. you remember,
was the son of an Enpllah squaw-man
and his Indian wife. The last we hear
of him. between page 79 and page 80
of the final chapter, he was headed for
England. Apparently the climatic
conditions didn't agree with little Hal.
for In the new play he has hearkened
unto the silent call of his mother's
red blood and we find him back In
tbe neighborhood of Red Butte ranch,
,lassolng long-horns, helping out his
little red brethren, breaking up crooked
work by asphalt agents and making
the same sort of love his father used
to make. Mr. Farnum and his com
pany are this week playing at the
Broadway In New York.
METEOROLOGICAL NOTE.
Margaret Illlngton. according to her
press agent, has accomplished the re
markable feat of shelving "The Whirl
wind." of painful memory to those .of
us who saw the lady rant and wall In
It recently. Having put tbe turbine on
such an unsafe place as the shelf.
Miss Illlngton Is this week trying out
"The Encounter" at Indianapolis.
She's just bound and determined
It would seem, to come back. And
"when a woman will, she will." etc
Maud Rockwell, prima donna at the
Lyric, is a Southern girl,' and In tbe
town she halls from the paper refers
to her on every and any occasion as
"one of our fairest daughters."
T'other day I bumped Into this fairest
daughter at the book department In
one of the downtown shops, and she
held roe. figuratively, by the ear while
she read me, with much arching of
brows and rolling ' of r-r-'s, several
passages, whole pages It seemed to me,
from her favorite author, one William
Shakespeare. "Why didn't you go In
for that sort of thing Instead of mu
sical comedy." I begged to know. For
answer tbe Inspired damsel seised the
package of prunes I carried and wrote
these lines thereon:
I was to go In Shakespeare; "Aa Ton Like
It' was the play;
But the manaser aajd he didn't think be
could sea tt Just that way.
But when I want to m him he eyed, me
up and down;
He took In every dstall of well, of my
(own I
Be satd my face would be all right, my
figure waa correct
But whoever heard of 8haktspeare with a
darkay dialect?
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Cathrlne Counties baa a warm spot In
her heart for the twoa-4lay stock com
pany and points to Thais Lawton. Fran
ces Starr, Laura Nelson Hall, Jane
Oaker. Tally Marshall. Wilson Melrose.
Robert Proust, Ernest Glendennlng
and several others lately risen to fame
from the ranks or the ott-aespisea iwo
a-day.
"The other day I met an actor who
has been playing the same part for
21 consecutive seasons In a popular
rural drama," she said recently, "and
It Is the mistake of his life, for he can
do nothing else. The well-equipped
stock player can play anything.
"Of course we are all glad to be
emancipated from the heart-breaking
grind of stock work and to attain New
York successes. But nothing could com
pensate for what It jas given to me.
More than 200 leading' parts were
memorised with heavy heart and ach
ing brow, but each meant a littlo step
higher up the steep incline of success."
Miss Countlss hss Just closed a suc
cessful starring tour In "The Awaken
ing of Helena Richie." In which Portland
saw Margaret Anglln last Summer. No
announcement haa been made concern
ing Miss Countlss' new vehicle.
Mary Boland, one of the" members of
the early Baker Stock Compuny. and
who for several years hes been John
Drew's leading woman, is this seasun
appearing-with him In "Smith," a so
ciety satire. In which Miss Boland as
sumes the title role, that of a house
maid. a a
Daniel Frawley Is a member of the
company playing "Thd Spendthrift" on
the Eastern circuit.
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Robert E. Horn an. another old Baker
nniin. anrt nn of the real favorites.
tm aniuiaplntf thta uamn In Maeter- i
llnck's "The Blue Bird" at the New
Theater In New York.
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Our old friend, Louise Kent, one of
the best-liked second women the Baker
has ever given us, is again playing
leads with Richard Jose In his traveling
company of "Silver Threads." They
are. scheduled to play the Bungalow
Theater the latter part of February.
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John Sherman Is now numbered
among the players with the Baker '
Franktyn Underwood and Frances
Slosson are playing leads. Howard Rus
sell, another, old Portland favorite, is
also with that company, and Is mak
ing himself as popular there as he was
here.
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Marion Barney, who for a brief while
played Baker leads, rs again at the
Chestnut-Street Theater In Philadel
phia, her third season there In stock.
This week they are playing Mrs. Flske's
great success. "Salvation Nell," with
Miss Barney in the titular role.
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Blanche Bates, In whom all Portland
people take especial Interest because
she Is a Native Daughter, is. In her
new play, "Nobody's Widow." making
It evident to the New York public that
comedy Is quite as much her metier as
the romantic type of drama In which
she made her earlier successes. The
role' of Roxana Clayton, dashing and
piquant. Is peculiarly suited, the critics
say, to Miss Bates' art and personality.
m a
Ethel Oray Terry, the grown-up
daughter of Lillian Laurence, both of
whom are remembered In Portland as
one-time Bakeronlans. Is with Nance
O'NelL In ."The Lily." David Belasco's
big success of last season,
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John F. Logan, who still dabbles In
theatrical gossip, due no doubt to his
early training as a dramatic critic, told
me the following, which is particularly
apropos, now that evry well-regulated
paper has a Nat Goodwin column of its
own:
"Nat," says Mr. Logan, "was observed
intently watching a billboard, and had
gaxed for so long a time that a friend
tapped him on the shoulder and said:
'I have watched that same billboard,
and I fall to see anything on It that
should excite your professional Inter
est.' " Oh, you don't, says Nat. "Well look
again.
"'And as he spoke his Index ,flnger
Indicated an automobile advertisement,
which in large letters read:
"Goodrich Tires."
SAD STRAINS IN MUSIC
Too Much of It; People Want to be
Amused.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
One of the curious features of co
temporaneous life Is the excitement Into
which well-meaning persons can work
themselves over the failure of the vast
body of the public to develop the high
est state of musical culture and appre
ciation. Here is President Lowell, of
Harvard, telling the National Associ
ation of Music Teachers that "one of the
saddest things Is to go to a gathering
of educated men say college men. er
even" alumni and note the kind of mu
sic given at their dinners. It is rag
time and ragtime of a very poor quality.
These men seem to care very little
for good music. What they want is
a catchy song."
Now, there is nothing extraordinary
or especially reprehensible in this pref
erence for ragtime. The great majority
want to be amused in their hours of
ease . and- relaxation. Good music
thanks to its having been assumed to
be the special hobby of the elect, is
passed up to the "high brows" with
out any particular effort being made to
learn whether relaxation and enjoy
ment of a keener sort may not be at
tained by substituting good music for
bad.
It may be permitted to suggest that
President Lowell is excessively sad.
Why should the popular taste in music
be expected to be so much finer than
the popular taste in literature, the
drama, art. or literature? We are a
long way from the literary mUennlum,
yet because the average man prefers
the sporting page to classics, even
when condensed to five feet, he Is not
necessarily branded a barbarian. Nor
Is the popular preference for a pretty
chromo rather than an old master
made the basis for wholesale indict
ment. Why, then, should the rag. no
matter how silly . or unmusical, be so
anathema? Of course. It cannot be de
fended, but It seems absurd to single
out for censure the popular lack of
musical taste when It is at least on a
par with tbe popular taste In the other
arts.
One can hardly fall, continues Presi
dent Lowell, to note the progressive de
generation of the popular taste In mu
sic. But, on the contrary, that Is Just
what the most casual observer who
has given any attention to the subject
must have failed to note, for the ex
cellent reason that. Instead of progres
sive degeneration, the popular taste in
music la distinctly Improving. That Is
to say. a larger proportion of the pub
lic today appreciate the best of music
than at any time before. True, the
proportion is still small compared to
the total population, but It Is growing
steadily. Much of the popular Indif
ference to good music is due to un fa
miliarity with It. It is deemed a fad
even by the educated men to whom
Mr. Lowell refera. But this Is because
they have never become sufficiently In
terested to listen to It. As they sub
mit themselves to Its spell they In
crease the number of muslo lovers and
proportionately Improve the popular
taste.
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Roosevelt to Talk to Students.
ttvrwB cttv nw WASHINGTON. Se
attle. Jan. 1. OpedaL) Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt wui auurcss u am-
HEILIG
THEATER
Seventh and Taylor Streets.
Phones Main 1 and A 1123
3 Nights January 12, 13, 14
Special Price Matinee Saturday.
MISS
MAXINE ELLIOTT
' (Under Her Own Management)
IS HER SMART COMEDY
THE INFERIOR SEX
By Frank Stayton,
As Played at Daly's and Maxlne Elliott's Theaters, X. Y.
EVENING PRICES SPECIAL MATINEE PRICES
Lower Floor, ex. last 3 rows $2.00 Lower Floor ex. last 3 rows J1.50
Lower Floor, last 3 rows...1.50 Lower Floor, last 3 rows. . 11.00
Balcony $1.60. 11.00. 76c, 60c Balcony $1.00. 7oc. 60c
Gallery 35c, 25c Gallery 3oc, 25c
Seat Sale Opens Next Tuesday, 10 A. M.
7 "kg SUNDAY, JAN. 15th
Special Price Matinee Wednesday Matlaee Saturday.
TUB OPERATIC EVENT OF THE YEAH
The Whitney Opera Co.
IN
THE
A True Opera
Bonffe
That Has Made
The World Sing.
IMUUM
ESQ
I- itW.v
Ut ' i 1
100 PEOPLE 100 30OH.CHESTRA30
. . -ra .a AA - CJV fat AA. 7!Cii. KIW.
cni.i wtvifm, utnMdaT Matinee -1.50a 81. OO, 75c. 50c. 85c. 2jC.
BUNGALOW
Geo. L. Baker. General Manager.
THEATER
12th and Moniaoa Sta,
Phone Main 11 1. A 423
ONE WHOLE WEEK BEGINNING
Matinee Today, Sunday, January 8, 1911
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THE
TRUN
i
Try to Get in and See the Great
Sensational Melodrama Entitled
CHINATO
KMYST
WN
In Fonr Acta and Nine Scenes. 1
Founded on the Elsie Sigel-Leon Ling Case
A PLAY TAKE VSmV " ""
T)ont Fall to Seet the Chinese Mission School In Chinatown; the Back
Room "plum Joint of the Oriental Restaurant, the Third Decree Room
t Police Hesdqnarter-1 Exterior of Hamburg-American Line Dork;
Leo. LlnYs Home o. Eighth Arenae, Sen York, M here Trunk Wnm
Found.
Evening- Prices 35c, BOe, 75c, $1.0O. Matinees 25c, 50c.
Slatlneea Thursday and Saturday.
NEXT WEEK THE TJEEX OF MOULIX ROUGE.
dents of the University of Washing
ton on his Western tour next Spring;.
He will be in Seattle under auspices of
the Municipal League and while here
will spend a part of his day at the Uni
versity of Washington. He was en
grafted through Hon. Miles Poindexter,
of Spokane.
PROGRAMME NEW FEATURE
Sunday Exercises) at V. W. C. A. for
Members Particularly. .
A departure from the usual pro
gramme of the 4 o'clock meeting of
the Y. W. C. A. will be given in the as
sociation's auditorium this afternoon.
The programme is to be given by the
students of the training school.
"The Alms of the Y. W. C. A. Secre
tary," Is the subject of an address by
Miss Dotha Varher. "The Association
JUDGE BEN
LINDSEY
St
ARMORY
Monday Evening, Jan. 9
8:15 o'Clock
"TheMisfortunes
of Mickey"
AUSPICES OP
ALUMNAE ENTERTAINMENT
COURSE.
Tickets for reserved section 1,
on sale at principal stores.
General admission 75 cents.
Very special Tickets) for boys
under 16. 25 cents; between
1C and 20 years, 60 cents. On
sale at Nau's only.
Membership" will be discussed by Miss
Mildred Frost.
The afternoon has been set aside es
pecially for the association members,
and the secretaries particularly wish
for them to be present, as they will all
be "at home' to pive them welcome.
Amusement Company
PICTURES YOUCFE NEVER SEEN
Star Theater
Brand New, Today
When a Man Loves. Blograph.
The Misses Finch. Real Comedy.
Love Under Difficulties. Farcical.
Funeral of Tolatol. Descriptive.
Real Mnalc at All Hours, Song
Production and Supreme Effects.
Arcade Theater
Today, New Films
The Biggest of All Sensations.
The Runaway Enelne, and 20(H)
feet more of splendid pictures.
Oh Joy's
Great New BUI
The Redeemed Criminal. Moral.
Days of Chivalry. Spectacular.
The Woman Wins. Comic
Odeon
All New, Today
His Last Parade. O. A. R. Tale.
An IntrlBue. Historical.
Mix In Masks. Comic.
A Western Night. A Big Laugh.
Tivoli
The Runaway Engine. The Big
gest feature ever shown.
When a Man Loves. Great Blo
graph. Flve-Flve-Flve. A Comedy.
Remember the Shetland Pony,
Harness and Cart, valued at
$300, absolutely given away at
the Tivoli to some fortunate
patron.
. fit
ADVANCEk VAUDEVILLE
Phones Main 6 and A 1020.
Week
Beginning
Monday Matinee, January 9
Clayton White and Marie Stuart
In "CHERIE" By George V. Hobart
Mr. Arthur Borani and Parshley
Miss Nevarro ' The Versatile Instrumentalist.
In Thoir Combination of Twists ;
and Laughs. "Weary Waggles," .
Dandy Dude Tramp. The VlCtOTia FOUr
King of the Air, Messrs. Storm, Reals. Billbury and
Hllgh LlOyd Moon.
On Hl3 Cord Elastique.
Charles M. McDonald Orpheum Orchestra Pic-
The Irish Beau Brummel, and tUreS
The Misses Crawford and Montrose.
Porter J. White and His Company
Presenting "The Visitor." (By Oliver White.)
EVENING PRICES IS, 25, SO and 75c
DAILY MATIXEE 15c, 25c, 50c HOLIDAY MATEVEES Mght Prices.
THEATER
Telephones Main 9, A S360.
MorriHou and 11th Streets.
Geo. L. Baker, Gen. Manager.
Home of the Incomparable Baker Stock Company Popular Stock Or.
ganlxatlon of the West Now Stronger Than Ever.
AK
All Week, Commencing Sunday Matinee
January 8, 191 1, (Today)
THE POWERFUL SOUTHERN MILITARY PLAY
As played at the Majestic TheateV, New
York, by Charlotte Walker and Vin
cent Serrano with Immense success. A
thrilling tale of a woman dispatch car
rier. Strong in dramatic interest.
Charming love scenes. Laughable com
edy. Immense character studies.
STAGE UNDER DIRECTION OF MARSHALL FARXUM.
Evenings 25c, 50c, 75c. Saturday and Sunday matinees 25c, 50c.
Wednesday Bargain Matinee 25c.
NEXT WEEK BELASCO'S THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST
GREATEST OF WESTERN PLAYS SALE OPENS MONDAY.
SULLIVAN & CONSIDINE
GRAND
MATINEE DAILY at 2:30
Four Shorn Sunday,
8:00, 6:30, 7i45 and 015 P. M.
Best Vaudeville JlSc
in America See e25c
American and European
Vaudeville
Week of Jan. 9
Sullivan & Consldlne'a
ROAD SHOW No. 3
Metropolitan Minstrels
Cleverest Sextette of Juveniles In
Vaudeville.
Les Pioetz Lorella Sisters
Graceful Gymnastic Contortions.
Tom and Edith Almond
Dancing and Musical Specialties.
Stirling & Chapman
The Jolly Scotch Warblers.
The Three Alvarettas
Funny Feats of Acrobatic Skill.
Special Feature,
Howard Truesdell & Co.
In the Screaming Farce, "A Corner
in Hair."
GRAND AS COPE
MATINEES DAILY' AT 2:30
NIGHT AT 7:30 and 9:15
Home of Musical Comedy Seventh and Alder Streets
Week Commencing Tomorrow Matinee
KEATING & FLOOD
PRESENT
iLLON & KING
-IN"
Supported by
The Lyric Musical Comedy Company
The Best Laughing Show of the Season.
Two performances nightly. 7i45 and 9:15. Matinee, dally, 2:45.
Friday night, Chorus Girls' Contest.
NEXT WEEK A MARRIED AVIDOW.
Manufacturers now form, for the first
time in the history of our commerce, more
than one-half of the total exports of the
United States
About 97 per cent of the $33,000,000 worth
of coffee imported Into the United States ,
In 1909 came from the Latin American
countries.