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Newspaper Page Text3 TITF! STJXDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. OCTOBEBtJMl. t NEWS AND GOSSIP OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS EDITED' BT LEOME CASS AER. PT BAIXTER and Huel Jewell, a younger sister of Iietta. afe haslna: m sketch written for them la Sw York and are to mo Into audellle toon. The skit will be a sons; and chatter melange, with Ml Jewel, who l an exceptionally talented pianist, mansglns; the musical end of the turn, and Miss ftalr.ter Introducing songs and Impersonations. Terry McKean. ao Astoria boy who ha many friends In Portland, haa en tered Into a tons season on the Lyceum Itureau. presenting "An livening- with buiria Field. James Whltcomb Klley tn-1 Kret Harte." Kor years Mr. Jlc Kean l.as teen Identified with Coast theatricals. . Student's Note ;) s last name Is pronounced P lee. sccenl on the last syllable. Her Brst all letion U called llay-hy- and. srcorumg to the woman. Is the dlmlnu live of Jabr:elle. a nama she never uses he.-ause In her Infancy her moth er val'ed her t:ly. (This Is not ac rorotna to Cusaing's Manual but to Uaby's Manual. An old-fashioned re-unlon. with the usual "bl( feed" and reminiscences, was 1'rl.l one evening Isst week In Seattle, when a lot of old llakeronlana got to-g.tt-r. Khea Mitriiell. ingenue with the Lois stock players was hostess, others Included Kddle I.awrence. plajr Ing at ti e Lois: Melville Brown and J Krar.k Burke, who wers In Seattle with Mr. Browne's Taudevllle sketch at th Kmpress: Karl Iwire and Kuth Lechler (Mrs. IJwiret and Frank Denlthorne. the last three members of the Roberts-Itnberts-bergen traveling- company la "Jim. the Penman." e K. M. asks the address of Martbelle t-eymonr. Inttrnua two seasons ago at the Baker. Just now Miss Seymour Is plating with the Liberty Stock Com pany la Oakland. CaL Byron Beasley ae gone from Loa Angeles to New Tork. whera ha be comes a member of tha company re hearsing In "The Kox Henry Mes tsyer. an old-time Portland stock play, er. accompanies Mm. to play an Impor tant rola he created In this play when It was presented In Chicago last sea son. e e "Iaddy's Boy- Is tha play selected for Victor Morley's starring: tour under James M. Oaltes" management, to ba produced as soon as Mr. Galtea has launched "The Enchantress." Soma lime In December Mr. Morley jrtll start rehearsals, and until then may play a few vaudeville dates. Mr. Morley Is known on tha Coast through his work In "The Three Twins" with Bessla Clif ford, the dancer. e And now "rode tI lie" baa claimed Mrs. Ida May Henry, tha Seattle wo man whosa divorce and subsequent fight for the possession of ber children after kldnaptnc them. gave as all icsif thins; to read. Mrs. Henry Is going to make her debut as a vaudeville singer In San rTanclsco. The glorifying- of handsome heroes and destruction of Desperate Desmonds I again on at the Alhambra Theater In Seattle, where Lee Wlllard and company put on last week. "Tha Silver King." managed by Dad Russell, ao old stock plsyer and manager In Port land's early theatrical days. T S!l ver King." you remember, cama back to her whom he had left a youthful bride when he figured ha had killed a man someone else had disposed of. bringing her wealth enough to buy 14 polo costs and hare pate-de-fol-grae eery morning for breakfast If she wsnted It. But he couldn't tell It was he. or let It ba known, all on account of tha murder episode. But he worms the secret out of that terrible wicked man. Capaln Herbert Skinner alnt Skinner the romantlo cognomen? and then the csfs out o' the ba. Off. fly the Silver King's whiskers, out flash two sis-shooters In the several faces that line the old wharf, and the poor, brave hero goes chasing back to the ...m-hated- all-modern-convenlences . v. rented for his family not fors-ettlnc the "ch-e-e-l-ldy." Naturally Mr. Wlllard Is In tha title role. TVslter Renfo'rt. familiarly known as Tlnky during his days as stage di rector at the Baker last season, has be come an Important member of Kobert Krf-son's company In "The Cava Man. The biggest kind of failure has proved th. "Rack." the New J" Pro duction by YVm. Brady. In which three former BakeronUn-. Brenda Fowler. Louise Kent and Frederick Ksmelton eppeareJ The play reached the press and that's about all. Thompson Bu chanan wrote It. a story of New Tork life and Mr. Brady had great hopes of It. being a sensat.on. Instead It failed d sma lv. The second day matinee to taled tii. while tha night performance counted "P 151. see. Trulv the fhirtuatlona of stock are m.nv Ihestrlcal stock as well as Will Utrr-t Here's the Franklin Stock t'..mr-aiv. had lo come In home and tart all over, and that. too. when Its l.areiv out of swaddling clothes. Louis Christ, treasurer at tha rpheum. Is sr-.n-.r f.r the organlistton. which merr'iv scsmpered through Lebanon. wood hum. Oregon City and A'banr ,ihie consecutive nights wn,r? ' man and Wllllan Wolbert. another Hakeronlsn, was m' ---- hrsvv man Now the company has gore Into rehearsals for another Jaunt. Th'a time it Is to appear In "Rip Van winkle" and will start out next week. Mr I'.radburr will n"t be with tha new cmpa-iv. He left Tortlsnd yesterday f..r arrouver. B. C where be opens tTT-orm with Melville Browne In the Utters Taudevllle sketch The Value ef a Dollar." in which J. Frank riur-e s'so Is p'.srttig. . Three plsvers who madsv friends In prtjand during their stay here with Mil f ig-ran company at the Ht'.'g sre r..w in San Diego. One Is Jane Crban. the little mgrr.ue who sprung Into fs.or snd Importance as an actress of other thae Ingenue roles, when she ,..ume, the lead In The Marriage of Kitty" during an Indisposition of Lotlta Kvhert-on. the leading woman. Jana l Ingenue with the San Diego company. Louis Morrison and Ceorge Rand are tr,e ethers. Virginia Brissaa. a Coast actress. Is leading woman, and who but our old Pakeronlan Paul Hurst Is stag director. r M's. f-He Carter Is not recovering 'MrU!y as espected from her recent I' ress. srd hr arpearanca In the play. Two Wimen." has been postponed un til Noen:br . wren her season begins 1 1, Louisville. "Two Women." whl'.e 1-ersVed as a new play, has been seen ir Portland- Florence Roberts brought it he-e as her stsrrlng vehicle threa vears aco at the old Columbia. Its title i en was "The Regeneration." It has ,.,n rewritten since and glTen the laT i, i stage equipment Mrs. Carter de nands for her plays. Rupert Hughes Is its au'hor. see fter a Bve-week tour te Laura J-an Libber playera have disbanded. The breaking up occurred at Fall River. Ma's.. Isst week. It seems that the , reason wss that business wasn't ou4 tnou!i to warant tha company playing out tho season, although not one of tha members cares to discuss the subject for pxlnt. Anyway. It Is known that tha beart-throb-authoress-actress gave eaah of her three leading women a grand gold watch with her picture Inside the case when they part ed company. And furthermore she wasn't any "slouch" when It came to j howlrg them a good time. In every one of the little burgs they hlt-Merl-tisn. Waterbury. New Briton. New London all those places where cutlery comes from and Imitation slleer i Laura gTe the whole organisation auto rides. Two plays were theirs Love or Conscience" and "The Shadow of tha Past." Laura says she's going to try it ssaln. She took the company. 14 In all. back to New Tork with her. giving each threa weeks' advance sal ary. see -( Raa! Black Sheep" Is the title the late o. Henry's story. "Cabbage and Kings." will bar In stage form. Tha dramatisation Is the Joint work of Jo seph Mdlil Patterson snd Hugh Ford. s Anna Marble, Is writing a new sketch , for her sister. Msry Marble, and Sam Chip to present In rauuevtne- nope n will ba In a Delft blue setting and re tain tha "lemlng pie" song. see The agitation of tha theater orches tra troubles throughout tlie country Is growing acute, but so far, fortunately, haa not reached Portland. Oood thea ter orchestras are rare, but where they really entertain, as several do. their presence Is Invariably regarded with favor. ' Tha bad ones hare no reason for existence, altogether apart from the war on them by soma of the managers. e - e Margaret Anglln la coming out to tha Coast In a play written by Lee Arthur. "Van Allen's Wife" . r Its title, and It was produced two years ago In London with Fannie Ward playing tha title role. see Maclyn Arbuckle will desert Taude vllle In January. His new play is a dramatic version of "Col. Tod Hunter of Missouri" and Is being arranged by Mr. Arbuckle and Holman F. Day, the novelist and poet. scotcs1llsihg PORTLAND HOTEL ARRANGES ATTRACTION FOR PATRONS. Ballads of Heather and Thistle Are F-Toritea of Former Aotret Bungalow Theater. Through a fortunate disarrangement of tha theatrical plans of Miss Jeanle Fletcher, aoprano prima dona, tha man agement of tha Hotel Portland has se cured this singer for an Indefinite en gsgement. beginning tonight. Miss Fletcher will ba heard In songs that are musical and popular. Tha singer Is known throughout the United States' and Knglsnd aa tha "Scotch Nightin gale." her voice being of tbat tender strain that causes the mind to conjure visions of the' past, when cradle lulla bys were the sweetest muslo of tha throat. Miss Fletcher waa to bava begun an engagement with a road company, opening today. Manager Kaufman, of the Portland, reached the singer Just before she was to leave San Francisco, and his flattering offer could not be de nied. Miss Fletcher will be heard In concerta In the main dining-room of the hotel betwen the hours of and" 1:30 each svenlng during the engage ment, and her charming voice will later enliven the after-theater dinners In the Portland Hotel Grill betwen the hours of 1 nsd 12:30 P. M. Miss Fletcher Is not a stranger In Portland, she havng lllled a short en gagement at tha Bungalow theater a few months ago. when she created most favorable comment. Her voice Is of the widest range, and her repertoire contains everything In the line of Scotch ballads, from "Angus McDon ald" to "Bonnie Doon." and nothing can be af mora Interest than Miss 1 :1 t .a p. . I ::. f- X- 4 j - J .r . v it ' sC -r ' T ' 'in" - 1 "" a Mlaa Jeaale saietrlier, a.rB Maser aa Is te Re Heard at I Pertlaad Hotel. Fletcher's singing of "Cam Te By Athol." Fach evening Miss Fletcher will ap pear In native costume, the dainty little woman being- noted for the number and magnificence of her frocks, as well as the beauly of voice and figure. Perhaps no better representative of Bonnie Scotland's musical people could have been selected than Miss Fletcher. She comes to Portland for this engsge ment with the barking of the Caledon ian Societies of the world, having Just completed a tour of Australia under tha auspices of that well-known organ isation. In addition to the charms of voles possessed by this truly great so prano. Miss Fletcher Is considered a typical Scotch beautv. Her opening concert will be attended this evening by a number of dinner parties, given by well-known Portland folk whose forefathers were from the land of tha thistle. A new orchestra has been secured for the Portland, and utuier the leadership of Waldemar Llnd It will give Its first performanca this evening In the dining room grill. READING LECTURE SUBJECT W. F. Woodward, of Public Library. i-sjs-s Books and study. William F. Woodward, representa tive of te Portland Public Library, gave an Interesting address at one of the suburban churches last Sunday evening. Beginning wita the first 11- OPENING of the Concert Season Madame AHES and f milio de GOGORZA Joint Recital Wed. Eve. October 18 HEILIG THEATER PRICES SI. BO $2 - 33 - 34 Boxes 3S.OO, Logea $4.00 brary In Portland, which waa organised In 17, Mr. Woodward compared It with the large public library of today, which circulated In the past year over M0.000 books, an ezcesa of 19.000 over the great public library of Boston. Out of these vast numbers of books there la not one which anybody would ba ashamed to take Into his home he said. The speaker dwelt on "Why should we read!" "What should we read?" and "How should we read?" To answer the first question, books Improve the mind, helping us Intelllc tOally and spiritually." he said. "A whole world can thus open out for us in a single book. Wa may become ac quainted through It with soma parts of human nature, wherein wa shall not only recognise ourselves, but find also the unchangeable being and eternal laws of Nature. We ought also to read to add to our experience those of other men. greater and more competent than ourselves. -What should wa read? There are thousands of good books from which we can select. Shakespeare, Scott. Car lyle. Hugo and numerous other au thors books offer In themselves an edu cation. From these or any good books wa should read those which attract us most, for from such reading; we obtain the most good. "How should we read? Merely skim ming over a book Is a dangerous fsult. By so doing we cannot grasp the ob ject nor the good points we only get tha story, and that so vividly that as soonsas we read another. It Is soon for gotten. We should strive therefore to read carefully, to choose out of the recognised good books the ones which attract us most and to read those with a feeling of pleasure, not of duty." At the Theaters Continued frim Pag S. English tongue a form of entertain ment which Is the foundation stone un derlying1 the recent esthetic movement In Russia. "FLOWER OF THE RANCH" Clerer Musical Comedy With West ern Charade at Baker Nest Week. Picturesque and colorful are the three acta of "The Flower of the Ranch." the successful musical com edy which comes to the Baker all next week, opening Sunday matinee, Octo ber I. The foothllle of the Rockies In Cali fornia la the locale of the play, and the characters are such aa one misfit naturally expect to find among rough environment. There are Indians. Mex icana. cowpunchers, ranchmen and lit tle "Flower." an attractive specimen of budding womanhood beloved by every one. Jack Farnum. the hero of the plausi ble and spirited story, is a manly young rancher whosa property an unprln cipled Sheriff seek to secure with tha aid of a Mexican bad man. Little Flower, whose affection for Jack t undisguised. Js Instrumental In thwart. Ing the deslngs of the plotters, of course. The comedy element In the plav Is constant and keen. Skivers. HEILIG THEATER Kevratk aaa Taylor Srreera rtsses Mala 1 aad A 1113 4 NIGHTS, BEGINNING TONIGHT S:1S a'clork. Special Price Matinee Wedneaday A. H. Woods PresenU The Comedy Sensation Tie ir Ifclaid Smashing: All Record Defying All Speed Limits A Lauab Prona she Taa af the Geag Excellent Cast Complete Production . ' PRICKS . c-- i- Wes1aesday Matlaee Lower Floor 11.50. tl.00 Halcony. first s rows s. u-lnn.- hav s roars ..7ac Balcony! lMt 11 rows !..B0c Oallery.. reserved 36c; adm. 25c box beats it.vv Lower Floor ..11.00. 7Sc Balcony, first S rows 7Sc Balcony. In rear first S rows 50c Gallery, reserved S5c; adm. J5c Box Seats HEILIG THEATER 4.IftHT BEtilX.MXG Sunday, Oct. 8 Special Price Mat. Wednea. O People SEAT SALE OPENS KBIT FRIDAY asassjawaSaTaWiWssasaaa The I.a Salle Opera House Co. Iae.) , MaaaKlag Director Harry Askla Offers tke REAL Maalcal Comedy THE SWEETEST GIRL IN PARIS With the Orlarlaal Star-CosBedieaae TRIXIE FRIGANZA p;a Evenings It.En. 1.00. 7Sc 50c. sTlrlCeS Wed. Mattnee 11.00, 75c EOe, 35c, 25c AXKOfjKCEMEIfT EXTRAORDINARY HEILIG THEATER, OCT. 12, 13, 14 . MATINEE SATURDAY Gertrude Hoffmann 125 PEOPLE Asssssfm the Seaeatlon of the Century La Saison Des Ballets Russes (Season of Russian Ballets) .' Watch Daily Paper for Prices and Information a smart and scrappy choreboy. with a penchant for timely rhythm and whose nimble feet execute divers eccentric dances, romps gaily through the three acta with Flower. 'The Flower of the Ranch" is not a "hoot-em'-up opera," for there is but one shot fired during tha action of the play and that Is "orf atage." It is good, clean, wholesome entertainment of decidedly novel char acter, and ought to duplicate In this city Its great success of last season In tha large cities of the East. COUNTIES PAY $2,406,649 Seattle, Spokane and Tacoraa Aa srswd One-half of State V'alne. OL.YMPIA. Wash.. Sept. 30. (Spe cial.) When It comes to paying; taxes for state purposes the three biff coun ties of the state Kins;. Pierce and Spo kane are assessed their full share, as Is shown by figures Just given out by the State Board of Equalisation. The trio of counties pay almost 60 per cent of tha total. For 111 tho state will collect $5,062,167 In taxes and of this amount King- County will pay $1,263. 412. Spokane comes next with $679,854 aa Its share, while Pierce ranks third with $463,383. These figures show that King County pays almost one-fourth of the state taxes and more than Spo kane and Pierce, the next two largest counties, combined. The three pay 12, 406.649. which comes close to being one-half of the total for the state. The only radical change In tha amounts this year is that which Is to be paid by Chehalis County, that coun ty dropping down from fourth to seventh place. Insomuch aa it means a big saving for that county, Chehalis Is willing to admit that there are other counties In the state which have more property than It has and It now ranks below King. Pierce. Spokane. Snoho mish. Whitman and Yakima. Tha amount of taxes to ba paid by South western counties Is as follows: Che halis. $163,376: Clark. $79,880: Benton. $72,843; Cowllts. $63,596; Klickitat. $60. 436: Lewis, $108,811; Taclflc $70,308; Skamania, $25,885; Thurston. $61,573; Wahkiakum. $10,207; Walla Walla, $145,761. Island County haa the dis tinction of paying the smallest amount DON'T FORGET nANTF'S INFFRNO FIVE REELS &T Starting Next Wednesday KUljj&r STAR THEATER HER AWAKENING Intense Biograph Drama FORGOTTEN Pathetic Drama of Child Life NEAR-SIGHTED CHAUFFEUR, REFINED COMEDY AND MUSICAL FEATURES ARCADE THEATER Wss tern Heroism, Thrilling Drama. Countrfeit Roll, Clever Comedy. Dot hie Comedy, Music, Vincent, Sinter. OH JOY THEATER Black foot Half Breed, Indian Story. Strike In the Mines, Industrial Drama. Her Hero, Comedy. Music, Singing. TiVOLI Mission Waif. Feature Drama. 2 Others. 2 Music Singing Features. CRYSTAL Three Classy Pictures, Music And Jean Wilson, Singer. DANTE'S INFERNO in five, reels, costing the pro ducers $100,000, on for an indefinite run at theSTAR THEATER, commencing Wednesday. October 4th. ABSOLUTELY NO RAISE IN PRICE. of any county In the atate. Its share of the state taxes being; only $7231. CLASSICS STUDY PLANNED Dr. C. H. Chapman to Deliver Ad dresses o Teachers' Club. A' series of 2( lectures on ilasslcal writers will be given by Pr. C. H. Chapman, before the Portland Teach ers' Club at the Portland Library thla Winter. The first of the. lectures will begrln October 2. Announcement has Just been made of the list of Dr. Chapman's subjects and of the dates on which they will ba delivered. The list Is as follows: October "Chaucer": October 1, "Spencer"; October J, "Webster": Oc tober 2J. "Marlowe"; October 30. "Ben Johnson"; November . "Taming- of the Shrew"; November 13. "Cymbellne"; November 20, "The Tempest": Novem ber 27, "Tlmon of Athens"; Deoember 4. "Anthony and Cleopatra ; Decem ber 11. "Corlolanus"; January 8. "Co rn uV (Milton): January 15. "Solomon's Bong-" (Bible); January 22, "Dryden"; January 29. "Pope"; February 5. "Gold smith"; February 12. "Fielding": Feb ruary 1. "Cowper"; February 26. "Burns"; March 4, "Byron"; March 11, "Shelley"; March 18, "Poe"; March 25, "Whlttier":- April 1. "Hawthorne" Aprlu 8, "Emerson"; April IS, "Whit man." State Makes Irrigation Contract. SALEM. Or, Sept. SO. (Special.) Providing- that a bond for 187,000 ba executed, the State Board has agreed to enter into a permanent contract with tha Powder Blrer Irrigation Company for reclamation of 70,000 acres of land In the Powder River Valley. The com pany has to this time Invested practi cally 8150.000 in the project and the assertion is now made that French BEGINNING TONIGHT . t .... At the Hotel Portland, the Scotch Nightingale, JEANIE FLETCHER In a daily concert of Scotch Classics and the Songs of other nations." A New Orchestra Direction Waldemar Land. From 6:15 to 8:30 every evening Miss Fletcher will sing in the main dining-room; and from 10 to 12 :30 in the OrilL EVERY DAY BAKER THpATER Main 2, A 5360 Geo. L. Baker, Macgr. All Week St October 1, 1911, Today Edw. W. Rowland and Wra. T. Gaskill Pre sent The Play All New York Went to See With MR. WILLIAM V. M0NG and a CAST of NOTABLE PLAYERS "Brought forth a tumult of applause N. . Mall.- . - "The 'House Next Door1 is a triumph Irreproachably acted. N. T" WTheldplay Is one of the most agreeable produced in many sea-"0n"An?ct?ng-Tgemntn a gem of a play, which Has humor and charm." N. T. Times. . . THREE MATINEES Sl'SDAV, WEDNESDAY AND SATIROAV W edneadar Banral. M.tlnee, Se all seats. , . atorday Matinees, 35c, 50e. Evening Prleea. 2SC Sue, 75c, 1.00. - " NEXT WEEK THE FLOWER OP THE RANCH Main 6 and A 1020. a fa M" v ADVANCED V VAUDEVl-Xb Y aSaS.iV. Monday Matinee October 2 OOIVA The Water Queen An Elaborate Scenic Production, with the Famous Water Nymph as . . i i ine central nguic Agnes ' Scott and Henry Keane - Burns & Fulton Chick Sale Panita Paul Barnes Brothers Martine EVENING PRICES-15, 25, 50 and 75p DAILY MATINEE 15e. 25c, 50c. HOLIDAY MATINEES Night Trices. capital to the extent of M.000.000 is Interested. The company has agreed to have the bond ready in a few days, and being convinced that ' the company Is sincere in its statement that it will fulfill the agreement, the Board has in structed Attorney-General Crawford to prepare the necessary papers. UNEQUALED VAUDEVILLE WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY MATINEE, SEPT. 25 ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY THE Y0SGARRYS BLACK AND JONES, WARREN AND FRANCIS, Knights of Darktown Fun. Acrobatic Dancers. ONRI AND COMPANY, DALLAS CHANDLER, Comedy Jugglers. Comedienne De Luxe. SIEBERT-LINDLEY CO., ' PANTAGESCOPE. In "Her Own Mother." Daylight Animated Events. Popular-Prices. Matinee DaHyJ ; Curtain 2 :30, 6 :30 and 9:00. BASEBALL RECREATION PARK. Car. Vaasan aad Tweaty-foartk Sta. SAN FRANCISCO vs. PORTLAND EFT. ao, ST, , M, SO, OCT. 1. Caaaea Betrta Weak Daya S P- M. Sra ays, F. M. - LADIES' DAY FRIDAY. Boya Coder IS Free to Bleachers Wednesday. mm FORMERLY THE GRAND ST "V a tsw Week October 2 4--BALTUS.--4 SULLIVAN & CONSIDINE Ths GvinTtastlc Eansa tlon of Both continants. Tha Olympic Man-els. Four of the Most Perfectly Developed Men In ths World. The Country "Cnt-l'p." HERBERT HODGE Aa THE YOKEL. In Character Songs. Patter and Dances. The Nimble-Footed Boys, KRAMER at ROSS Something New In Dancing. The Premier Banjolsts, DE ALMA at MAE In Classical and Popular Mslodlea. SHECK A D'ARVIIXB European Character Changes. Imper sonations and Novelty Athletic Offering. Special Added Attraction, The Eminent Actor. JOH.V R. GORDON CO. In the Laughable Farce. "What Wonld Yon Dot" GRANASCOPE M .A T I N E E D A I L Y