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FOR OLD MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
New York's Greatest Amusement Place Depends on Films to Pay Expenses in Society's Off-Season Coney Island
Fire Affects Seashore Trade Sorely Elsie Ferguson and George M. Munroe, Thespians, in Divorce Courts.
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i KV YORK. Jun 3. 4 Special.) Th
ft of New York's irct miw-
mrnt plac. Iadlan 9ituc Gar
den. U betmr wvijchrd In th balance.
And the buiWirg which has housed the
Mc Svx-lety hors shows, ilectrlcal. mo
tor and bench shows, whers the annual
six-day btcjrcts races, ths circus and oth
er similar attractions are jtlrsn. Is now
at Its last stand and ererythtnc depends
upo the success of moving pictures.
The directors vt the ll.i.!ls.in Square
Oarden Association are all men of prom
inence In business and social life. But
the tnovtnc-plctures are belnx run br
and for them and they now believe that
the experiment will be a success.
The trouble with the Garden baa al
ways been that while It Is needed at cer
tain times. It Is nt needed more then
about weeks In the year. The result
ta that there has always been a deficit
and the directors have crown tired of
reaching down Into their pockets year
a-ter year.
u they have turned the place Into the
largest saoving-pict ure bouse In the
world. They figure that In this way they
can pick up enough money In the off
season to make t.te Income meet the
expenses and from the brief trial that
has already been held the Indications
are that they will succeed
This Is probably the Orst time that
leaders In society nave gone Into the
moving-picture business or that the fu
ture of the exclusive horse show depends
upon the success of the humble films.
Hot these are the facts, and no one Is
attempting- to deny them.
Coaey Island lire Telling.
The fire at Coney Isuaad. which wiped
eat Dreamland. Is bound to have a bad
effect on the show business at the sea
snore, promoters admit. The general
public fall to realise bow flimsy Is the
construction of these plsces of amuse
ment, until something comes along to
fix their attention.
Had the fire at Dreamland taken place
In the daytime, there would undoubtedly
have been great loss of life, tor the
fani spread as though going through
a paint shop. Of course, la time the
public will forget ail about It, but at
present the seashore trtpe are decidedly
unpopular, and this la partlc-ulsrly un
fortunate as the season Is Just begin
ning lreamland was built as a rtval of
Luna Fsrk. the first real y big amuse
ment grourwf at Coney Isaand. Dream
land has the better location, running
directly down to the water, but for some
rateni It never has been popular. The
creeds went to Luna lark ta preference
and the promoters of Dreamland must
have lost big sums of money every year
that thee have been In business.
The Manhattan theaters are closing;
a little earlier than usual this year,
profiting by the lesson of last season,
when a hot wave following a cool
week put the survivors) out of business
almost In a night. Musical comedy Is
unaffected by the approach of Summer,
and some excellent attractions will re
main with us through the hot spell.
Thene Include "The Pink Lady,- Lew
Fields in -The Hen Fecks." the Folles
Bora-ore and the AVInter Garden, the
latter two really coming under the
head of musical shows.
Ths grsduates and furlough class of
TVet 1'olnt have selected the New
Amsterdam Theater as the scene of
their annual theater party, and the
young officers will see -The rink Lady"
on June 11.
Tbr.tplana in Dirorre Court.
The announcement that Elsie Fergu
son, the star of "Such a Little Queen."
has decided to sue her husband. Fred
erick Koey. for a divorce, was no sur
prise to her many friends among the
theatrical folk here.
Hoey. who Is a son of John Hoey. the
one-time express msgnate. inherited a
fortune, but speedily spent It. and for
some time the couple practically Heed
upon the wife's stage earnings. Mrs. '
Hoey grew tired of this finally, espec- '
tally as her husband seemed to be
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willing to drift along, and finally the
actress decided that she had better
relieve herself of her burden. Miss
Ferguson has established a legal resi
dence In Pennsylvania, and will sue for
divorce on the ground of non-support.
It Is thoroughly understood that there
Is no scandal In the case Just Incom
patibility. Another well-known member of the
theatrical profession who Is figuring In
the divorce courts just now Is George
W. Munroe. the extremely large and fat
comedian. Mr. Munroe Is geenrally re
garded as our most pleasant mannered
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actor, on or off the statte. so the an
nouncement of his troubles eame as
a surprises
And It spoils a mlphty pretty ro
m&nce. too. Years ago. when Munroe
was at the hclrht of his fame as the
star of "My Aunt Bridget," ha first saw
his present wife, - who was then the
Baby in the cast. Some time later,
when the former baby was 18 and a
mlirhty pretty girl, the two met again,
and Munroe fell desperately In love with
her. They were married a few weeks
later, and it was all like what the rural
correspondents call, "a very pretty ro
mance." And so It was until recently,
when they quarrelled and finally sep
arated.
Brady's Theater to Open.
The Playhouse, William A. Brady's
theater, which Is now dark, will open
its regular season. Wednesday, August
IS. with "A Gentleman of Leisure.
new comedy-drama by John Stapleton
and P. G. Wodehouse. It will be pre
sented by the Playhouse Company, with
Douglas Fairbanks as the star. Miss
Grace George (Mrs. Brady) will make
her first appearance with the Playhouse
Company in October.
Daniel Frohman has purchased from
a now writer an American comedy, en
titled. "Thy Neighbor's Wife," which he
will produce at the Lyceum Theater
about September 1. Arthur Byron,
Frederick Tyden. Pern la Gaythorne
and Alice John will have the leading
roles.
HAMMERSTEIN'S MOVEMENTS ARE
CYNOSURE OF OPERATIC INTEREST
Both Europe and New York Await Announcements of Intrepid Impresario Managers Flock to France and Ger
man in Search of Talent for Coming- Prodnctioms.
bt ratus ruANCKs BArm
NEW YORK June . Special.
News Is beginning to arrive from
Europe which throws some light
upon the season to come and as may
well be Imagined, there la as much in
terest In America over the announce
ments made br Oscar Hammersteln. a
there ta In London, although It Is an i
open secret that the management of j
V oveni uravn k : uui i; to wmicu
every move of the Intrepid American
Impresario.
Mr. Hammersteln feels perfectly se
cure In his enterprise especially since
It ts rumored t&at the lease of Covent
Garden will shortly run out and It la
said, that the Duke of Bedford will not
renew It because he can secure a bet
ter revenue by extending Covent Gar
den market. From the outlook at pres
ent. It would seem that Richard Strauss
has made himself Impossible In all dl
rectons. Mr. Hammersteln says that he will
not attempt to give Strauss In any
form as he has had enough experience
with "Salome" and "Elektrs," while Mr.
Gattl Lasoxsa has also said that
Strauss demands for his new comic
opera "Der Roeenkavaller" are abso
lutely Impossible to meet and he will
not attempt to meet them. Mr. Ham
mersteln promises to announce within
a few days two of the renowned sing
ers of the world, who have signed with
him also the opera with which the
house will open. The date Mr. Ham
mersteln hopes and expects Is Novem
ber 1.
Mr. Hammersteln has turned over to
a committee of Ave or six members of
the aristocracy the matter of allotting
the parterre boxes since social condi
tions have so many restrictions upon
them In London.
"I am too democratic. said Mr. Ham
mersteln. and to speak perfectly
frankly I know too little about social
conditions here to chance any mistakes
in placing Lady or Lord Somebody next
to Mrs. Ho and So who are not in the
same social set and as enterprises of
this sort In London depend so much
for their success upon observation of
During the car
nival we ear
nestly invite
every visitor to
the city to "visit
cur store, exam
ine the immense
stock and see
for yourself
that no such
Values can e
secured elsewhere.
We have made
enormous reduc
tions, for this
week only, and
men tion below
just a few of
the e x t r aordi
nary bargains
that can be
found in every
department. Xo
such furniture
and carpet val
ues have ever
been offered in
Portland.
Commencing Monday Morning
TVe "will sell during carnival "week only our celebrated Smith's and Klorasan 3x12
Axminster Rugs, that are regularly retailed at $27.50.
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these matters I will take no chance
with this myself."
Arthur Hammersteln. who sailed for
Europe this week, said before KOlsig
that he would trlve an English produc
tion of "The Tales of Hoffman" for
which he would secure the best com
pany available. He expressed the de
sire to secure Renaud and Cavallerl.
but those who know Renaud. know that
he would not under any circumstances
or at any price undertake to learn the
there is little doubt that it will attract
either Mr. Gattl-Casazza or Mr. Dippel.
So far as we can hear from the dress
rehearsal which occurred last week, it
is a work of remarkable originality,
the fast act being entirely orchestral.
D'Annunzio has poured into the lines
his rich thought although writing in
French, and he has preserved that mar
velous literary quality which makes
him unique In the world of literati. As
may well be Imagined, the work Is
role in English, neither Is he suf- ' biblical and symbolical, and for that
flciently fond of travel to sign lor a
Dart with a traveling company, beyond
which Renaud is under contract to Dip- I
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Among those wbo are discussing op
eratic matters, it is said that Arthur .
Hammersteln does not consider
himself compelled to 6tay out of the j
operatic field on account of the con- ;
tract existing between the Metropoli
tan Opera Company and his father, and
it Is not at all Improbable that he will
make some operatic productions even if
he does not go Into grand opera ex
clusively. ' !
Mr. Gattl-Casazza accompanied by Al- '
fred Hertz, has been looking through
France and Germany for talent. They
reason as well as because Debussy's
music is difficult of comprehension, it
Is not to be doubted that it cannot ap
peal to a wide audience. The leading
role was taken by Ida Rubinstein, said
to be one of the most beautiful women
living, and a Russian.
It can only follow that D'Annunzio,
who Is to come again Into the public
eye will be of interest as much by his
personal habits and life as by his liter
ature, as he has been out of this since
the Duse episode has been forgotten.
With the advent of Ida Rubinstein in
the leading role of D'Annunzio's latest
achievement comes the gossip that this
beautiful woman once a member of the
Imperial Ballet and the wife of a Bus
are now in Berlin where they have seen slan millionaire, who has been the rage
everything In which they are Inter
ested. They were particularly lm
pressed with the splendid revival of
Mozart's "Magic Flute" which Mr.
Gattl-Casazza wishes to produce In
America if he can secure even for one
month Frieda Hempel, who is engaged
for next season, but the impresario
hopes that the German government may
allow her to come for a short period
this year. Mme. Hempel Is a delightful
singer on the order of Mme. Sembrlch. I
I saw and heard her in Munich in a
number of the Mozart operas and she
Is certainly an artist which America j
should appreciate, even though Euro- j
pean successes are never sure to please J
on this side of the pond. .
Both Mr. Gattl-Casazza and his con
ductor, Alfred Hertz, heard the' new
hnrltonA .Well, who Is coming next sea
son to the Metropolitan to replace Wal
ther Soomer. Weil will sing Hans Sachs
at Bayreuth this Summer when "Die
Melsterslnger" will be given.
Both Mr. Hertz and Mr. Gatti-Casaz-za
believe that the baritone will create
a furore In New York next season.
. The American singers In Berlin are
alert with expectation as that city is
besieged wth managers in search of I
English singing artists for the forth-
coming productions of Importance to be
given in English. Fred C. Whitney Is
looking for the cast for his English and
American production of Richard
Strauss' "Der Rosenkavaller." and it is
said that he Is anxious to secure Alice i
Nielsen for the title role, but Miss 1
Nielsen has concert engagements in
America which may keep her busy un
til Christmas. Mr. Savage is also in
search of American singers for Puccl-
s "Girl of the Golden West," and
Dippel Is making np a large company
for his English production of "Quo
Vadis." There have been some engage
ments made already for all of these
operas, but in aU there will be no less
than 100 people needed for the prin
cipal roles. Mr. Whitney has also
taken upon his managerial shoulders
in Paris for at least two years, has
treated D'Annunzio in the same manner
as he treated Duse, who was devoted
to him through his years of struggle
Into literary fame and success.
The mother-in-law of the Russian
woman Is held responsible for the
career which began when she forced
a separation between her son and the
dancer, because she objected to a stage
career for her daughter-in-law.
Ida Rubinstein actually driven out of
a palatial home suffered the pangs of
poverty and was driven from one hotel
to another in Paris as she was strug
gling to make a name and a place for
herself on the Parisian stage. Her re
markable beauty soon made Itself felt
and today she is a power with which
many are reckoning.
When Mile. Rubinstein started di
vorce proceedings, the world of Paris
awaited similar news from D'Annunzio,
who has not been living with bis wife
for over 20 years, but it was the more
startled to hear that she had thrown
over the devotion of the great Italian
novelist for that of the Russian bari
tone George Baklanoff. who sang in
Boston last season. Baklanoff had
been a fellow student of Mile. Rubin
stein's husband, and whatever romance
exists started long ago. It is said that
when Baklanoff will return to Boston
next season that the lovely Russian
woman will go too and it is also said
that D'Annunzio will foUow hei;. There
fore, when all will be said and done,
there will be enough publicity upon
which to launch the new opera "The
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian," even if
it Is above the heads of the average
audience.
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
to Attend Astoria Centennial
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Officers of Club Who Are Arranelnat
Excursion.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 3. (Special.)
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
the tour of Kubelik. although there are 1 1th a membership of 1300. is going to
rumors that Kubelik will not be In
America next season.
Play Comlnfr Next Season.
After the exceptional success of
Franz Lehar's "Count of Luxembourg,"
It was rather astonishing that las, sea
son was allowed to pass without that
delightful musical comedy being in
cluded In the American offerings, and
It was welcome news when it was an
nounced that Klaw & Erlanger will
present It next season. From the
standpoint of attractive music as well
as of an entertaining and amusing
plot "The Count of Luxembourg"
should be quite as successful as "The
Merry Widow," and there are many
who will like it better, as does the
writer of these lines.
There has been no announcement as
yet which would lead us to believe that
"San Sebastian," the work upon which
Debnsy and d'Annunzlo have collabor
ated, has been secured for America, but
attend the Astoria Centennial in a spe
cial Pullman sleeper train some time in
August. This was decided upon at a
meeting of the chamber last week.
President J. D. Lowman, of the or
ganization, has appointed the following
as a special committee to arrange the
details of the excursion of the members
of the organization and their wives and
children: C. E. Fowler, chairman; E.
C. Cheasty, George F. Russe.il, H. A.
Chadwlck, A. L. Cohen, J. Redelshelmer,
C. T. Takahaski and C. B. Tandell, sec
retary of the Chamber of Commerce.
A special programme will be ar
ranged for the entertainment of the
visitors, who will live on the special
train while at Astoria and stop a day
for sight seeing In Portland on the re
turn trln.
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