. TIIE SUNDAY OREGpyiAy. PORTLAND. SEFTE3IBEB 17, 1911. - - .
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TMY MRTr,HROR'fi WTFE" FAILS TO IMPRESS
THEATER-GOERS ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY
PUT Supposed to Teach Leswn, but It Make. Audiences So Tired They Cunot Learn-John Drew Back on Broadwy, This Time as "A Single Man.'
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Pmr. Frohmn' flrt drmtlc
offrlr ff th '! w o fr
frnm a urc that he ha decMed to
wilhdraw It from the Lyceum Theater,
ard nd It to ThJladelphla. And the
company will be en route to exile In a
few dT.
TSy 'lhbor' Wife" la enppoeed to
tc1 a lon. aald leninn belnc that
no matter how bad your own wife la.
It ! better to keep her than to By to
evi: of which you know nothing. But
no one In the audience at the Lyceum
Theater learned the lion. for the play
made them tired that they failed to
appreciate the moral polnta.
The company that preaented thle
enmedr tt la Hated on the bills as a
comedyK conlta of four pereone only.
Jut enouah to play whtat. And every
one In the r.oue would bare been o
much happier had they played whlat.
or eren auction pinochle. For they
were unable to melt any applauae or
make a arand :am In enihualaam wttb
the Ur.ea of -Thy Xelithbor a wife."
There are two coupiee llrtna In ad
jacent houses in a suburban town. One
husband. Inclined to be sporty. In an In
nocently suburban way. la married to
a woman who Is a "neat housekeeper."
The other husband, a typical ateady
commuter, has a spouse who devotee
rerse:f to personal adornment solely
And both couples are more or less un
happy. Ilubaa4 Fleaa Faalt.
"Six o'clock and the bed not made."
rrled John, the icood husband, on, re
turclne: from his work, to which Gertie,
his wife, replies. "I have been busy
trtmmmc a hat."
In the ot'.ier house Alice, the rood
wife, reproaches her husband because
hubby acrosa the fence has "been home
from work for houra. cutting- the arasa.
Where have you been r" To which the
unreer.erate one replies. "Olve some
body li cer.ts to cut the cass. Ion
ran t expect me to taav v t w vt (av
garden."
The r'.ay Is Just full of sprlhtly
Mns like this. On another occasion
the cood wife sas. 'I wish I could
count the number of unnecessary steps
you have nade me take. Come to
breakfast. The ears are on the table."
Well, to art back to the play. John
ends be loves Harry's wife, and Harry
discovers that he lovrs John s wife, and
they decide to get divorced and remar
ry. But first they have a "trial week.
carefully arranged tJ prenerve the pro.
prirties, and la tte ted Ctd that tuey
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And the wives r on keeplns; house In
the country without a maid, and the
husbands presumably cslch the ,:S
each morning-, and catch a lecture wttn
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Why an experienced manaicer like
Panlel Frohman picked this play will
always remain a mysury. Ii is the
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lightest thlnir that has come aiougr the
theatrical pike in some time.
Jobs Drew Is Back.
vk rtT-.u. hark at the Empire In
his
nnual Fall visit to tne ureal vim
His mav. "A gltiKle Man." haa
Way.
nnthlns- whatever to do with "Thy
Neighbor's Wife." It Is a vehicle writ
ten for John Drew, and which, like most
of Its predecessors, fits him admirably,
although another actor miRht find the
sleeves too short, or the trousers bagsry.
or -omethlnn like that. But there isn't
a wrinkle in It when John Drew dons
the part.
Drew In the play is a sinRle man, 43
years old. who visits his sister, becomes
Impressed with the Idea that a bache
lor Is a homeless outcast, and engages
himself to a chit of 16. She makes him
play tennis, run, skip and Jump, and do
other feats that a man of 43 may like
to read about, but Is hardly able to
perform. Incidentally he learns that
his faithful sterrapher is going to
leave him. and he cannot 'see how he
will set alonjr without her. Finally he
Induces the gin to grivo mm up a.
man
or more buukuio (s , uu " . --i..r,
ii itvnnrranher nresumablv
the
to
eive the play the necessary happy
ending-.
A Single Man" has excited consid
erable comment because of some fea
tures In which it reminds one of the
Colonel Astor romance. Up to date the
Colonel has not been seen at the Em
pire Theater, although he has hereto
fore been a warm admirer of John
Drew. But the play was written and In
rehesrsal before the fact that Astor was
to marry Miss Force became known to
the general public
Hlppottrosae Show Great.
There are no two ways to describe It.
The Hippodrome show this year la the
biggest that has ever been presented in
Manhattan's largest show house. The
production has been greeted with a
chorus of praise, and the house, despite
Its enormous seating capacity, is prac
tically sold out at every performance.
A party of travelers In search of a
wonderful stone, visit all the nations
of the earth. This gives a chance for
the presentation of such scenes as
a yacht In midocean. the Alps.
Egypt, the Sphinx. a sandstorm
in the desert, Constantinople, Ven
ice. Seville and a bewildering host
of other placea. The entire Hip
podrome company of 1100 persons
flrure In the . production, and In ad
dition there are on the bill 200 animals
cf various kinds. It Is massive. Inter
esting and well worth while. From
the way people are flocking- to see it.
Shipment after shipment has arrived day after day from all of the leading. carpet and rug
manufacturers of th United States, until otir stock and sample rooms are bulging to the doors.
These lines include all of the latest designs and best fabrics, ranging from the lowest possible sell
ing price upward. We must sell these goods quickly, and as an extraordinary inducement we
have slashed the prices unmercifully. For your guidance the following are a few sample prices :
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Velvet Rugs, 9x12 feet Regular price $30.00, thjs sale $18.75
Axminster Rugs, 9x12 feet Regular price $27.50, this sale 16.00
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One Year Ahead of Competitors
the success of this new spectacle is
more than assured.
Frank Mclntyre, who won fame as
"The Traveling Salesman,"' is starring
In a new comedy, "Snobs," at the Hud
son Theater. He plays the- part of a
milkman who is suddenly told that he
Is a Duke, worth I70.0U0.000. This gives
the author, George Bronson-Howard. a
chance to say the usual things about
snobs and aristocrats, peers and dem
ocrats and all that sort of thing.
Fat Comedian Scores.
Mclntyre Is a large man. Perhaps
he alludes to himself privately as
plump, but the fact of the matter is
that he Is fat. And he scores where a
thin comedian would fall down lament
ably. -
When Mclntyre as the fat driver of
a milk route finds that he is a "belted
earl," he is afraid that he will be
snapped up by an American title hunt
er. So he suddenly thrusts the straw
berry loaves on the brow of his room
mate. Buck Reade, who has an omniv
orous appetite for cheap society novels.
All sorts of complications ensue.
The real Duke la In love with the
lovely daughter of a pickle king who
cannot break Into the exclusive soci
ety of America; the false Duke Is In
fatuated with a haughty girl who has
MYSTERY IS SEEN IN
POLICE COURT JETSAM
Writer Moralizes on Peculiar Turn of World That Places Man, Who Was
Dutiful Son Half-Century Ago, Before Tribunal of Justice.
BY ADDISON BENNETT.
(LIKE to go to the Police Court now
and thenand see the stream flow
through the locks erected- for Its
measurement and Its restraint: to re
move these locks the stream would be
come uncontrollable, say many, and a
flood of crime would overwhelm so
ciety. Perhaps so: but who can speak
with authority on that phase of the
question of civilization?
But I do not go this place for the
purpose of seeing the evil In the flotsam
and Jetsam for the purpose of holding
them up before me as something to
abhor; but to see the good In them,
and to wonder what would happen to
the stream If all of us who have com
mitted crime should be adjudged crim
inals and be forced to pass through
the locks.
I come not to wonder that there are
so many here, but so few; never to
gloat over those held by the locks but
always to thank God that I am not
one of them.
The first prisoner today was quite an
old man, old and wrinkled and gray
of head. He had the look of confirmed
dissipation, and as he tottered into the
dock It was plain that he had been
on a prolonged debauch. ' It was not a
pleasant case to contemplate, and I felt
sorry for the Judge who had to pass
upon the old gentleman's fate. .
I felt more sorry still when the old
fellow told his story almost In a
whisper, told of his fall, which was not
by Intent but by accident, not as the
result of vicious strength but of human
weakness.
Days of Old Recalled.
And I am glad I do not know what
the Judge- gave as his sentence, for I
had closed my eyes and was looking at
a fair-haired lad of 60 years ago. when
the old gentleman enmeshed In the
net was of about the same age as my
self Perhaps he was that playmate
who I have not seen for 50 years and
more; he Is said to be living the life
of a derelict. And what a fine, up
standing lad he was what an erect,
manly fellow! So good and kind to his
dear mother, that dear mother who
wss one of the noblest and best of
women.
She had a hard lot I remember, as
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no Interest In anything appertaining to
tradsv In the last act everything Is
explained, of course, and the pickle
girl becomes the bride of the real Duke.
Mr. Mclntyre certainly does, as he
says, "look like a party of six," but he
gets his effects legitimately, and his
humor does not depend absolutely upon
his weight.
"Snobs" Is not a world-beater, but It
is Interesting and well worth seeing.
You can certainly get some hearty
laughs out of It
Female Impersonator Stars.
"Miss Jack," which opened at the
Herald Square Theater for a brief run,
has evidently been arranged to give
Bothwell Browne, a clever female im
personator, as many opportunities as
possible to show his versatility. The
book tells the familiar story of the
young daredevil who, disguised In fe
male attire, breaks into a ladies' semi
nary to see his sweetheart.
Bothwell Browne Is. graceful, has a
figure that shows to splendid advan
tage In the gorgeous gowns he wears,
and sings and dances with much skill.
In the last act he does a snake dance,
"The Serpent of Old Nile," most artis
tically. Hazel Cox. In an Ingenue role,
and the perennial Rose Beaudet as a
young as I was I remember she had
been left very poor by the death of her
beloved husband when this lad I have
decided it is the same lad when this
lad was but a few hours old. before the
father ever saw his face. But the
mother got along as all good women
do and made a modest home for herself
and little son; and then after a number
of years, sickness came and for months
and years she lay very close to an open
grave, but finally escaped it- When she
recovered she was very, very poor
again and from then on she had a hard
struggle as long as I knew of her. But
in various ways It has become known
to me that her son. the one before me
in the net I am quite sure it is the
same lad was left an orphan when he
was 3 or 4 years below his majority,
but he had worked hard for his precious
mother from the time he was able to
labor up to the day of that mother s
death, and her last few months of life
had been made comfortable and happy
by his love and endeavors. And In the
well-kept God's Acre back there a
modest little tombstone stands to mark
that mother's last resting place, erected
by the orphaned son.
Intended Aid Too Late.
Just why some succeed and so many
of us fail Is known only to one. Why
so many pass the locks -without be
coming enmeshed in the net no man
can truly say. But as I sat moralizing
on this phase of the case, I became
aware that the old gentleman and many
more had been restrained or released
while I was considering, hesitating,
wondering what I could do to ease the
life of my boyhood friend; but when I
undertook to find him he had gone, no
one present seemed to know whither.
As I, too. passed out into the
maelstrom of the city's discords I saw
that again I had done something, or
rather I had left undone something
which would have taken but little time
and effort, and yet which might have
amounted to so much, so very much to
this lad of long ago; I ha failed to
give him that aid and succor and
counsel which he so badly needed.
Perhaps he was hungry, in want, with
no place to call home, no pillow await
ing his weary head. It was too late
now but not too late to feel that per
haps he had gone through life with
friends as near as J. and yet all as
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dowager, are two of the most com
mendable members of his supporting
cast. The piece is elaborately mount
ed, and was well received.
"The Outsiders" is the title given by
Charles Klein to his new play which
will be presented by the Authors' Pro
ducing Company in November. The
theme Is taken from incidents in every
day life as gleaned from the daily
papers, and will be found similar in
plot to "The Lion and the Mouse" and
"The Third Degree."
Winthrop Ames, formerly director ot
the New Theater, will be owner and
manager of New York's newest and
tiniest playhouse. The building will be
erected on West Forty-fifth street, and
contracts have already been let. The
name of the house has not been decided
upon.
At the present time the smallest
house In town is the Comedy, run by
the Shuberts, which has seats for 584.
Mr. Ames' theater, however, will seat
a trifle over 500. It will be used prin
cipally for the presentation of so-called
domestic plays, where the actors need
to be close to the audience. Mr. Ames
while at the New Theater discovered
the drawbacks of a large house, and
believes that the errors can be recti
fied by going to the other extreme.
thoughtless as I. Perhaps many timet
in his' life a word, a handshake, a smile
even would have so cheered him that
he would not be here today; but in
his place perhaps I would stand if
had not received such aid, comfort and
counsel.
There is so much bad in the best oi
us and so much good in the worst of
us that we ought to remember to take
every opportunity to lend a helping
hand how many of us do it? We seem
willing, are able, but we let the mo
ment go past, the sufferer escape be
fore we realize It the psychological in
stant has passed and we go our sev
eral ways.
All Have Turning Point.
Do you remember the turning point
in your life? Was there none? If not,
then yours is indeed a strange case.
But there was, and it came about
through something without and not
within your own self. It .may have
been a very little thing, perhaps un
noticed at the time, but It kept you
out of the locks, out In the open
stream, without the meshes of the net.
And this lad who stood in the dock;
he is what he is because that which
was accorded you never came to him;
he was ever passed by even as I passed
him by today. Not that I wanted to,
simply that I did.
It does no good to regret these shortcomings-
of ours; that only adds to
their weight of sorrow. But as much,
as we may profit by them there will
always be those who pass adown the
river, often caught In ti-e locks and
enmeshed in the nets simply because
those of us who are fortunate are
thoughtless and careless and unworthy.
Vse or the Hot Water Bag.
British Journal of Nursing.
To make a hot water bag last as lone
as possible never fill it with boiling
water. The water may be quite hot up
to 200 degrees Fahrenheit, but not
boiling, as it swells and cracks the
rubber. Never fill the bag while the
kettle is on the fire or gas, thus bring
ing the bag close to the flame and risk
ing burning it
ffake the kettle off. Stand It on one
side for a few minutes; or quicker,
add a little cold water and then fill
the bag, first taking care to press the
air out so as to avoid the splashes. The
bag must then- be put in a. flannel
cover and applied wherever required.
If the patient is quite conscious and
able to move her limbs freely, she may.
if she wishes, have the bag with Its,
flannel cover next to her night dress
But in cases where the patient is par
alyzed, unconscious, under, or Just com
ing round after an anaesthetic, the bags
should never be next her, but must
have a good thick fold of blankets boi
twees.