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NEW LEADING WOMAN AT
BAKER THEATER, TODAY
Charminx Actress, Who Will Appear in "Girl of Golden West," as a
' Golden Western Girl Herself.
AS the Klrl In "The Girl of tha
Golden Wat charming Id Adair
makes her bow- today as the new and
permanent leading; woman of the Bak
er players. Manager Gsorge 1 Baker
has good reason to believe, aa does
very on who has seen the artutlo
work of Mis Adair, that she will
spring Into Instant popularity here, and
b great local favorite, not only In
this week's bill, but for the rest of
her engagement. Miss Adair Is a Cali
fornia girl, born In San Francisco.
"And I'm so glad I'm back out west."
he said last evening. "I've been try
ing to coma out her for years, well,
la fact ever since I went Cast nine
years ago I've had that big and mighty
Xeeltng of notnssickness for this part
of the world 'my aln rountree' I con
alder It." Miss Adair has played with
very stock company of note through
out the East. For several seasons she
was with the famous Forepaugh Com
pany at Cincinnati, and has a large
following of admirers In that place.
.ter she was with the Baker Stock
Company In Rochester. N. Y- Cleve
land. Pittsburg. Buffalo. St. Louis, and.
mor recently, finished a 17-week en
gagement with the Crescent Stock
Company In Brooklyn, where our old
favorite. George Alison. Is leading man.
and Cert rude Rivera, his wife. Is a
member also of the same company.
Xlss Adair was out here only once In
the nine years since she left San Fran
cisco; that was four years ago with
Kddle Foy at the Marquam Orand In
-A Night In Town."
"We climbed a mountain. Portland
Heights. I believe It s railed, and I
never saw such a magnificent pano
ramic view In ray life. I've thought of
that lovely view thousands of times
Inoe. and Just the first minute I have
breathing Urns I'm going to repeat the
climb."
Miss Adair has a Florence Roberts
voice and a personality that makes
Itself felt Instantly. She Is particu
larly good to look upon, with sparkling
gray eyes, bronie braids and a smile
that Is quick and friendly. She says
she Is glad that she Is to open In "The
Olrl of the Golden West." And no von
1er. since she Is conceded to be one of
the few real "girls." and the first one
to ever play the role In stork. It Is
now four years since Miss Adair has
seen the part, or aniwartl In It. and
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yet she recalled and made fast In her
memory the SS pages of typewritten
matter In the nmaslngly short time of
two hours. She Is considered the best
"study" In stork, that Is she learns her
lines and retains them more readily and
with greater ease than any other lead
ing woman. "It has never been dif
ficult for me to memorise." said the
actress. "I get up very early In the
morning and while my head Is clear
and my mind fresh I learn'all my roles.
I never loss a night's sleep, and find
that I am better off In every way for
doing my work In the morning.".
It is greatly in the nature of a re
union this gathering of Maker players
with Miss Adair. For she has played,
at various times, w'th many of them.
With Marshall Fnrnum. the stage man
ager, she appeared In Buffalo, N. Y-.
at tit. Ixuls with Thurston Hall, the
Baker leading man. and at Columbus,
O.. with Lillian Andrews, the charac
ter woman.
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
EDITED BT LEOITH CASS BIER.
OF local Interest la the newathat Ol
iver Morosco, the well-known
"Western manager whose circuit of
stock companies like those of George
t Baker, have done so much to build
,vp theatricals on the Pacific Coast. Is
svboot to become a New York producer.
Mr. Morosco's first New York venture
,w1!l be a farce-comedy called "The
ftrlngo, by Robert Davis and Henry
Kirk.
This production will be made within
a year. Sanger 4k Jordan, from whom
Mr. Moroaco secured "The Gringo." are
preparing the way for Mr. Morosco's
debut as a New Tork magnate.
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. Mrs. Aphle James, whose association
with her husband, the late Louis James.
In his professional, social and business
affairs, la most charming of memoirs,
lias declared her Intention of continuing
Mr. James work In the classical and
Shakespearean field, and Is now looking
for a suitable New York theater In
which to carry out her scheme of classic
revivals. Mrs. James' first appearance
since her husband's death was In "The
eleventh Daughter." a revamped version
of "Vera, the Medium." which died a
speedy death In Chicago early this sea
son. Mrs. James doubtless Intends re-hearsing-
and directing her own com
pany, probably playing many of the
roles In which she appeared with Mr.
James. Considering her wbll-known
artistic and business ability as so re
markably displayed In the Louts James
productions, a measure of success may
t expected from the venture.
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The Matinee Olrl In The Dramatic
Mirror, tells delightful, jr of the "Christ
massing" of two Coast actresses
Blanche Batee and Nance (rNrtl. I know
the season of Ynlettde stories Is past.
That I know, also, that news of these
two women, one of 'era bora light here
In Portland, and the other a visitor
here many, many times, with I. 20, 30
eompaniea. wouM be welcome news at
any old time. Both these stars were
playing in New York when the "Merry.
Merry'" day rolled round. Miss O'Neill
In The Lily." her big success of last
year, and Miss Jates. In her new com
1v. "Nob-dy'e widow." Says the story.
"Nance O'Neill will probably say "Qui
etly. Mostly resting. too. but she spent
the JJth of December chiefly awing, or
at least awheel. For. after the Satur
day night performance, she Joined the
atar of "Nobody's WUow and mads an
. automobile Cash for Osslning that will
Mutn for all tttne to the country po
licemen a nightmare of flying lights
am madty revolving wheels.
"Arrived at the Ira Bailey Farms. Miss
O'Neill and her hostess. Blanche Bates,
the mlstresa of the farms. hs! a Chiist-
- mas eve supper at the round table be
fore the fireplace In the dining-room
and crept np the old narrow stairs of
the century-old house to their beds un
der the heavy raf t-ra of the slant
roofed house. The two stars siept late.
- as stars should on a Saturday night.
The next day they explored the Interest
ing old house, romped with the seven
dos-s. lolled before the tire In the bll-Hard-room,
enjoyed their first Christ
mas dinner, then motored to town to
attend a rehearsal of The Return of
Peter Grimm. then back again to the
eeconJ dinner at the farm, to which a
few guests had been bidden to meet
Miss ONelll."
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"Joke marriage of actress annulled."
. runs a head-line. A paradox truly.
Never was such thing as a Joke mar
. flags ever In theatrical circles.
Lillian Russell. Nat Goodwin please
' write .
Rumor haa it that the optimistic Ir.
Munyon has offered his ex-spouse
S150.044 If she will lesve the stage.
Frohably the dispenser of hope ami
nostrums has seen the lady act. At
last reports the Mra Ir. had not ac
cepted the generous offer, and Is rap
Idly booking vaudeville time.
Ed How Is going to dramatize his
The Story of a Country Town." Of
this book, written IS years ago. William
- Iiean Howells said. "The great Ameri
can novel has arrived."
"Mark Twain told me over a quarter
r-f a centnry ago that I should drama
tise that book." Mr. Hows said recent
ly. "Twain said the book bad dramatic
possibilities, so did George W. Cable.
So dll Fanny Davenport. Sol Smith
Pussell and Barney McArdle. who
jlayed Romeo to Mary Anderson's
Juliet a generation ago. I am going to
.-make 'Big Adam' the leading character
of the play. A funny thing about the
story la that It paid ma more royalties
1 the last year lhan In any other year
sinra It was wrlttsn."
- Mr. Howe has some Ideas that will
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set the average playwright right about.
It may surprise the managers and the
critics, too. He Isn't going to beg any
body to stage his play and he Isn't go
ing to sell it blind. He Is going to
New York as soon as It is finished, hire
seven actors who look the seven parts
of the play as he has visualized them,
rent a theater some afternoon. Invite
In the critics, the managers and other
actors, and tell them to give blm the
truth In their opinions about It.
"If Broadway doesn't like that play
It can go hang," Mr. Howe said. "I
don't give a continental. I've got a
nice country place set on a hill so that
I can see St. Joe and Leavenworth.
Atchison Is right down below me. Tha
house Is modern. My household af
fairs are all that a man could ask. I've
got all the money I need to live on and
brains enough to have a good time In
spite of Broadway.
"I'm bumming around now. The man
who said I would be tha lonesomest
man In the world after giving up a
newspaper I owned for 13 years. Is mis
taken. I've absorbed enough of the
philosophy Ive written to know that
I'm due to have the time of my life."
"Lend Me Five Shillings," the title of
Nat Goodwin's new play amacks sus
piciously of anticipated alimony.
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Portland people take the same
natural pride In Jules Eckert Goodman
and whatever be does, that any city
takes in one of Its own children who
grows big and Important In the world
of men and events. From Mr. Good
man's newest play. "Mother." a beauti
ful story of maternal love and sacrl
llce, which has made such a remark
able suocess this season, the following
lines are taken
"A mother's eyes are Just the blind
eyes of the heart."
"It's a pity a body can't wear glasses
for the mind like for the eyes."
"God give me strength to smile when
my heart Is crying."
"This room Is full of ghosts ghosts
of little children."
"Ghosts of children yon have lost?"
"No: ghosts of children I never had.
You know I never had enough chil
dren." "I dream of Just one thing chil
dren little children about the house.
Ah, there's nothing to blush about In
that. It Is a holy thought. Little chil
dren In every woman's life there are
only two great moments when ahe
gives her first kiss to her lover, and
when she gives her first kiss to her
own first child. Not much of a des
tiny. Is It? But that Is pretty near
the sum total . of our lives and Ar
dsth dear, the woman who misses them,
no matter how much else she may do,
how much else she may succeed, sho Is
still a failure!"
It Is Interesting to learn too, that Mr.
Goodman's play In book form Is to be
out the latter part of thla month. Both
book and play have been dedicated to
the author and playwright's mother.
Mra N. Goodmsn, who with her two
daughters. Misses Esther and Rose, live
In Portland. .
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Newspaper account comments hu
morously that "father wept while his
daughter was married to an actor."
Well, wasn't that alone enough to make
father weep? '
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A shapely, but out-of-date Mme.
Was asked by a friend. "Do you PmeT"
The Indy replied as her figure she ey"d:
-If I didn't I'd never have Urns."
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Oxa Waldrop. one of the daintiest and
cleverest Ingenues the Baker Stock
Company has ever given us, is winning
praise from New York press and public
for her particularly fetching work as
the Ingenue In George M. Cohan's play,
"The Aviator." A resume of Oza's
theatrical down-sittings and up-risings
appeared recently, and you'd think,
after reading It. that her historian
press-agent never heard of Portland, or
knew that Miss Waldrop counted her
engagement here one of the happiest of
many. Read then:
"Miss Oza Waldrop Is a product of the
Pacific Coast and began ber stage ca
reer about eight years ago, making her
first appearance in Frederic Belasco's
stock company at the Alcazar Theater
In San Francisco. She remained with
that organization four seasons, appear
ing at Intervals with the Belasco per
manent company In Los Angeles. Accepting-
an engagement with Nat Good
win's company. Miss Waldrop played
the Ingenue roles In that comedian's
repertoire for one season, appearing as
Elisabeth In 'In Missouri' and the gig
gling girl In The Gilded Fool.1 She
was in the original cast of Eugene Wal
ters' 'Paid In Full during the run of
that piece at the Astor Theater, New
York City, from which company she re
signed to accept a part In Maxlne El
liott's support when that raven-tressed
feminine favorite of the footlights
opened her own theater In Gotham, the
play being The Chaperone." Prior to
ber present engagement with The
Aviator Miss Waldrop appeared In The
Spitfire, a play that exploited Charles
Cherry In a coast-to-ooast tour last sea
son." Not a line about Portland! and she
was here the season of 1903; half the
young chaps in Portland who fell vic
tims of her charms can tell you all
about It. She opened In Hoyt's "A Mid
night Bell." and a stroke of artistic
genius on Milton Seaman's part was
tha Issuing of souvenir programmes
bearing a facsimile of a huge holly
wreathed Christmas bell as a back
ground for the saucy smiling face of
Oza Waldrop.
POETS AMONG AD MEN
WRITE TUNEFUL VERSES
Annual Edition of "Kronikle" Teems With Swinging Rhymes From Pens
of Author Club Members--Varied Topics Treated in Humorous Vein.
PORTLAND'S Ad Club haa a num
ber of authors who have tried
their hand at poetry, and while
their success has been acknowledged
at the annual and weekly meetings of
the society the general public up to
the present has not been cognisant of
the effusions of trie-advertising men.
The last Issue of the "Kronikle," the
annual edition of the club's plunge Into
literature, contains several specimens
of the ability of the members to pro
duce rhythmical measures.
The first, the product of Fred Larsen,
one of the best known ad writers In
the city. Is:
Tbs Courtship ef Bob Standlsh.
Boj Blandish ban ha-lng a courtship
Ven all f his nthtlng ban tru;
Maester Lohfller tal me about It. '
An' ay skol tal It to yu.
He say to his roommate. Fred Larsen:
"You know this Prlscilla. ay s'pose;
Last Tee, ven ay try to get busy,
I-rlscllla yust turn op her nose."
Fred Larsen ban nervy ynuns faller.
Pleese boost me to dls har Prlscllla:
rlease lell her ay ban a sude soldier.
Ana mjr 1 Hvc iiiwii.j m wnn.
Ay'rf du this myself, but. ay tal su.
Mr manners m yutui mm n .
So Fred go and call on Prlscllla.
And happen to finding her In.
He sit closs bealds her on sofa.
And xlve her sude lots of his coin.
"Bod Standlah." he say. "ban glide faller.
Hot stutt with his pistol and knife; -And
so er ban comins to tal yu
Hs'd like you. Prlscllla. for vlfe."
Prlscllla. she listen to Larsen.
And dsn slve him a cuts little venk.
And say. "Vy not speak for yourself. Fred?
Bob Rtandlsh ban lobster, ay tank."
8u Ftandlsh set doable crossed plenty;
And dat a yust vat ay rant, by yee,
Ef ever ay set any fallor
To do my sparking for me.
"Not the Only Kernel" Is the title
of another poem, which has a consol
ing sentiment for the fellow who Is
not high up In worldly affairs. Ap
pearing without the name of tha au
thor. It reads:
When your chset begins expending, and you
think you are "the goods'
And without you tbere'd be no one on the
Job;
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surely see.
Yon are not the only kernel on the cob.
The foremen of a fsctory Is a man of great
Import.
And of work he does a mlhty gob;
But when he's gone another will surely take
his placs;
He la not the only kemel on the cob.
The salesman on the road does his share
with all the rest.
And at "boosting" he Is certainly no slob;
But there are other salesmen, who will win
where he would lose:
There are other little kernels on ths cob.
"The man behind the gun Is the man that
does ths work:"
He's the "wheel within ths wheel" on
every Job.
When he dies they'll find another, and per
haps a better wheel;
He is not the only kernel on the cob.
6o allow these little honors to rest lightly
on your brow.
And try no other of his share to rob;
For the world will wiggle onward Just the
same as It does now.
When we kernels all have fallen off Jbe
cob.
Another choice verse refers to the
payment of the charges for the annual
banquet. It appears under the title
of "Kick In":
Has everybody here paid Johnson
For the grub you've chucked sway?
Has everybody here kicked in with
The coin that's due to pay
If tha suits of clothes you have bought to
night Are not good Ate, we will make them right.
-Has everybody here paid Johnson?
If not why not? that's why!
From an unknown author come the
two verses entitled 'Tune Up, Boys":
Tune up. boys, let's sing a song for nineteen
'lev en;
Boost the Ad Club, boost It strong let's
help the seven
New boys holding officers Jobs. All Join In,
Put your shoulder to the wheel and give a
good start -To
the New Ysar; and you'll be glad you
had a cart
In helping a good thing. Now, boys, shout.
Portland Ad Club is the club for me. for me,
for me.
And here's hoping strongly that our Dave
In the chair
Will make aa much noise as did our Charlie
after we put him there.
And here's luck to Berg and Johnson, Clark
and Chapman, too.
And the seventeen committees that have
been asslaned work to do.
"Advertising," the title of another
poem, pays a glowing; tribute to the
art each member of the "Ad" believes
Is the moving- spirit of the century. It
reads:
What life Is, to the clay of which we're
made.
Is advertising to the world of trade;
For as. devoid of life, the eenseless dirt.
Had lain forever passive and Inert,
But with a soul's Infusion sprang upright.
A being of activity and might;
Bo trade which has no spirit of Its own
And flatter gets the more 'tis left alonw.
In which condition It Is apt to feel
The harsh Imprint of competition's heel
By adverttatns. constant and discreet.
Is made a thing with life and strength re
plete. Tee. constant, or the trade will soon decay
As we, when life Is stopped, return to clay;
Plsrreet. In that the man who uses spare
Must know the "why" of where and bow to
place
His advertising so 'twill strike the eyes
Of every man who deals In or who buys
Ths goods for sale, and each of them per
suade That his are the beat and cheapest made.
But advertising plays a nobler part
Than stimulation to "the sordid art;"
It educates the masses and the few
And tells them what .to eat or wear or do
Or read or use: and if soms genius plan
With happy thought to help his fellow man.
In advertising, then, he nnds a friend
That helps him. friend of man. to gain his
end.
It reeds the worker, for ss It puts vim
In trade. It fosters that which fosters him.
Hall advertising! All pervsding force!
Of wealth and true enlightenment the
source;
And aa It halne "the fittest" to survive.
Let each man do his part that It may thrive.
All men today, all men for aye. should feel.
"In advertising rests our common weal."
MABEL M'KIXLF-Y.
That Mabel McKlnley Is to be one number on any vaudeville bill la
usually quite enough recommendation for that particular bill. There
Is possibly no more popular girl on the American stage today than
this charming relative of the martyred President. Her singing- voire
has been one of the swset features of vaudeville these several seasons
past and her personality one of Its richest assets. The rigors of pro
fessional life have destroyed not one Jot of her fascinating woman
liness or one line of her personal beauty, while her voice Is even
richer than when she began her professional career. Miss McKlnley
will be an early attraction at the Grand Theater and her many admir
ers will be on hand to assure her a royal welcome.
IMPORTERS EVADE' DUTY?
Two Americana Aided by Japs of Ex
tensive Customs Frauds.
BAN jRANCISCO. Jan. 14. Serious
charges of attempting to defraud the
United States customs by undervalua
tion of Imports occasioned the arrest
late last night of two prominent mer
chants, dealers in Oriental goods in
this city. The prisoners are Carl J.
Cutting, who has a store in the city,
and W. A. Wilson, of Oakland, who
operates between this port and Yoko
hama as an importer and tea expert.
A secret agent sent to Japan by the
customs department last year is said
to have laid the foundation of the pres
ent prsoecutlon. Upon his advice that
imports were being marked far below
their value, shipments of Oriental art
goods to Cutting's store were held
at tha local -customs-house. Recently
one of tha Japanese who ehlpped goods
to Cutting arrived here. Ha was close
ly questioned by the customs men and
Is said to have admitted that the goods
were undervalued by at least halt. The
Japanese is said to have accused the
second prisoner, Wilson, of acting as
Cutting's agent In Japan and swearing
to the valuations that appeared on the
Invoices.
Shipments valued by the importer at
130,000 are Involved In present proceed-
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a vigorous campaign.
RECIPROCITY IS PROBABLE
Laurie Holds Out Hope of Treaty
With United States.
OTTAWA, Ont., Jan. 14. "I think that
It may be possible for Canada to con
elude some measure of reciprocity with
the United States without injuring either
the farmers or the manufacturers of
the Dominion."
This is the reply given by Sir Wil
frid Laurler, the Premier, to the dec
laration of the Canadian Manufacturers'
Association, that the United States may
be ready for reciprocity, but Canada Is
not.
The manufacturers presented their
case before several members of the gov
ernment, and most of the members of
the Senate and House. It had been care
fully prepare with the evident view, of
counteracting the demands of Western
farmers, made a month ago, for reci
procity with the United States and frea
trade with Great Britain.
Boy Accused of Two Murders.
HOFMAN, Mo., Jan. 14. Charles
Williams, 16 years old, was arrested
here today In connection with the death
of Soney Stoffle and Roy Plege, who
were run down and killed by a freight
train near here last week. Williams
confessed he hit Stoffle on the head
with a stone. He was placed In jail at
Marshfleld. Officials say Williams
fought with Stoffle and Plege and that
Stoffle. after being struck with the
stone, fell on the railroad tracks' un
conscious, where Plege was trying to
aid him when the train ran them down.
Stoffle and Plege, aged 14 and 17
years, respectively, were from Falls
City, Neb.
Bonllla Takes All Cholutcca.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 14. A special
from Managua, Nicaragua, this mrrning
says: "Advices from the frontier of
Honduras report that General Duron has
captured practically the entire Prov
ince of Choluteca In the nsme of Manuel
Bonllla. leader of the revolutionists.
Duron's army Is now said to be march
ing on Tegucigalpa, the capital." -
Deep Waterway Not Practicable.
CHICAGO. Jan. 14. The commission
appointed by President Taft to Inquire
Into the practicability of digging the
flr.t ..Atlrtn f Old T.nVK-tO-thf3lllf
deep waterway from Lockport to the
Mississippi K'ver, nas preparea me
draft of a ' report to be made to the
President. Althouglr General William
H. Bixby, chairman of the commission,
said the finding would not be made
public In advance, it is said the report
will be that a governmental appropria
tion for the Lakes-to-the-Gulf water
way Is impracticable at this time.
Teu Books Valued at $250,000.
NEW YORK. Jan. 14. A two-foot book
shelf containing the ten rarest books In
the world, would cost about 1250,000, ac
cording to an estimate prepared by the
Bibliophiles Association here. It would
contain the following volumes, which, if
on the market today, would cost the
prices set down:
Gutenberg Bible.' the first printed book."
$60,000; Psalter of 1457, first book printed
with a date, $50,000; "Recuyel of the
Historyes of Troye," printed by Will
iam Caxton, the first book in the Eng
lish language, $40,000; first edition of
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, 147S, $20.
000; first edition of Sir Thomas Mal
ory's "Morte d'Arthur," $20,000: "Book
of the General Laws of Massachusetts,"
1648, first book of laws printed In
America. $20,000; Bay Psalm book, 1640,
first book printed in America, $10,000;
first edition of Shakespeare's "Venus
and Adonis," $10,000; Psalter of 145y,
the best copy of wh'ich Is now owned
by J. P. Morgan,-$10,000.
About 2-tG.Ofto gallons of sakf, the na
tional drink of Japan. Is consumed In the
t'nlted Statew pvery year.
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