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TITE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAy. PORTLAyP. DECEMBER 17. 1911.
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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
EDITED BT LEONE CASS BAER.
AN Inspection of bla preaa book re
cently made by Henry. W. Savage
baa brought about the dlecoTery
that bta advance representative, or
-pratee-agenta" are not receiving- the
uroe amount of apace In newipapera aa
heretofore. He attribute! it no to the
lack of enterprise on the part of his
business staff, but to the fact that the
press Itself is no longer willing: to
stand for the exploitation of dog
stories, jewel robberies and -views."
go Mr. Savage has called a conference
of bla advance men. and told them ha
finds large commercial houses pay
handsome salaries to publicity men to
do nothing else but Invent attractive
advertisement, and catch lines, and
that under the altered conditions pre
vailing. It would be wise for them to
devote their energies In that direc
tion, confining their press text abso
lutely to nothing but straight news.
Sounds ood but It can't be done.
Jefferson ryAnge'.la baa withdrawn
The Ladles Lion" after spending sev
eral weeks In Washington. CAngells
was not only the ladles' lion, but he
was also author, producer and ab
sorber of the majority of the calcium
raya. It was said that D"Angells even
overruled any suggestion on the part
of others to make changes at rehear
sals. With the fail went Annabelle
WhlUord. who formerly floated about
In an aeroplane In vaudeville, and who
visited Portland last season via tba
Orpheum route.
A New York exchange says: "A play
founded on the Beattle murder trial Is
"Justice In Virginia- described as a
play founded on the great Henry Clay
Beaitlo trial. Louise Buckley la offer
ing the play In repertoire in the West,
and to encourage patronage she adver
tise a bargain T-rent matinee."
Verily all the sins of the theatrical
world are burdened on that ambiguous
place. "In the West." Probably that
show Is playing In Iowa somewhere.
Extreme Easterners dub every locsl
lty near Chicago as Western. Just as
Portland travelers often go East when
they have Denver. Colo., as their point
of destination.
Apropos of the riot at the Maxlna
Elliott Theater In New York, when dis
gruntle' spectators hurled "speckled
taters" and oilier "vegetables" at tha
Iria.t pla vers performing In "The Play,
hoy of the Western World." a caustic
i liniment by tleorge Bernard Shaw, is
worthy of reprint. Asked by a corre
spondent if he were Interested In the
American t'ur of the Irish players.
.;. R . said: .
"Hv no means. I warned Lady Tre-i--r
that America was an extremely
dangerous country to take a real Irish
i-onipanv to. There are not half a doxen
rra: Irishmen In America outside that
.-omrany of actors.
I doubt If there has ever been
rountry In the worlds history where
men were so ashamed of being decent,
.f helng sober, of being well spoken,
of being educated, of being gentle, of
being conscientious, as In America.
The mere tyranny of fashion forces
them to take one another Into saloons
and stand drinks, to swear and fight, to
speak of women only In obscene Jests,
end of rellg.on only In blasphemies, al
though It Is quite certain that the ma
jority of them are doing this only on a
false point of honor and would much
rather behave decently If American
civilisation permitted them. But it does
not. This atmosphere of violence and
drunkenness and obscenity and blas
phemy la the whole of American civili
sation In many districts. Just as it Is
four-fifths of modern cl' luxation
everywhere."
Miss Eleanor Haher. a Pan Francisco
girl and a former Baker stock player,
who is featured star with "The Bar
rier" Company, which plays at the
Baker during the week of January 7.
arrived In Portland yesterdsy for
week's visit with relatives, pending a
Jump In the bookings of the company
from California to Eastern Oregon.
knows
was singing with one of the "Chocolate
Soldier" companlea but the Whitney
Opera Company management says she
has not appeared In Its productions for
a considerable period.
Madame Kopetsky Is a Cedar Rapids.
Ia.. girl, and made her first stage ap
pearance at the old Tlvoll In San Fran
cisco. Later she went to New York
and won an engagement with Henry W.
Savages production of "The Shogun."
Marie Lloyd, elder sister to Alice, Is
coming over to America from England
to pass the Christmas holidays with
her sister. It's a cinch some vaudeville
agent will nab her If she Isn't already
booked on the quiet.
Eight - year - old Vera Beresford,
-The Bachelor's Baby." for a new play,
although this Is the comedian's third
season In thla play. Somewhere among
hla belongings. Mr. Wilson has a new
comedy, called "The Spiritualist," that
he Is eager to try. but leave to act this
has also been denied by the most tyran
nical of all stage managers the public.
Hence "The Spiritualist" wlrt have to
go over for another season, and In the
meantime Mr. Wilson will begin a tour
through the South in "The Bachelor's
Baby."
Ralph Hers has this quaint recipe for
a success In musical comedy:
"If you can keep people from think
ing about what they are laughing about
tou will make any musical comedy, or
farce. A musical comedy audience does
not go to the theater to think, and It
appreciates anyone who keeps it from
even unconsciously exerting Its mind.
In Norfolk last week the Chadwick
trio seen every season at the Orpheum
left the Colonial Theater after their
opening on Monday, alleging that the
local manager made toi many demands
for them to cut their act down. A
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rOI'VT THE FIRST. THE CHIMPANZEE WITH THE HCMAST BRAIX,
AT TUB MEW PA.MAOES.
daughter of Captain the Honorable
Henry Beresford., and niece of Lord
Pedes, sailed yesterday from Liverpool
for a fortnight's holiday visit to her
mother. Kitty tiordon. The child, who
has frequently been called the most
beautiful In England, will make the
voo-mlle trip under the chaperonage
of her governess and maid
Last week Miss Gordon, who Is now
appearing In "The Enchantress" at the
New York Theater, received a cable
gram from the French Convent of the
Sacred Heart at Dumfries, Scotland,
where the child has been studying, say
ing that little Vera had left for Lon
don, where she will spend a week with
her father before sailing. It Is pos
sible. Miss Gordon said, that he will
accompany his daughter over here. The
child will visit Lord and Lady Pedes,
formerly Miss Vivien (lould. while she
Is In this country, although the little
maid's mother was not bidden to the
wedding of her brother-in-law and the
daughter of George Gould. Miss Gor
don was divorced by the Honorable
Henry about a year ago.
George Primrose, who last Fall was
going to retire to his country place out
from Portland and smell our roses and
prattle about our climate for the rest
cf his days. Is appearing this week at
Hammersteln's In New York City, with
his two dancing boys. Johnny Murphy
and Harry West, who were with him at
Pantages last season.
That terpslchorean Importation from
San Francisco, "The Grlxxly Bear, was
given the hook In Boston by Mayor
wobble will hibernate. The Mayor said
that the dance was not the sort that he
would approve. Issuing a statement that
It wouldn't be -allowed In either dance
halls or theaters.
Francis Wilson has been
permission to lay aside hi;
forbidden
i comedy.
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a theatrical producer never
how much he Js risking until he has
lid an awkward spiral to the bottom
of the ravine a few days ago. r.eban
had made a success of fcls vaudeville
playlet "The Sign of the Rose." and
decided' to Increase It for an evening s
entertainment. The start was auspi
cious, but after the dull thud he is still
bouncing. The latest was a suit brought
bv Alan Brooks, collaborator In re
writing the playlet, asking "for $1000
sti:l unpaid.
Mr. liehan was in Portland last sea
son at the Orpheum with the vaude
ville version of "The Sign of the Rose."
Mrs. Eva Fay. whose thaumaturgte
prowess lias made her a person of Inter
est, especially In vaudeville circles, for
many years. Is appearing In a three
act drama. "Old llallowells Millions,
under the direction of Vaughan Glasser,
Omar Saml wrote the mystery play,
and it takes a company of 1. besides
Madame Fay. to present It. The last
ai-t Includes the mystic one'a tr.lnd
readtng and spirit-rapping specialty.
This week the company Is playing In
Jersey City. Ke kon Mrs- Fay s talents
will come In quite handy in determin
ing when and where to play or not
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Fannie Wards vaudeville skefch.
"The Doctor Ordered It." having proved
such sn unpalatable mixture that the
public refused to take It that actress
hss Joined a touring company put out
bv Fretlerlr Thompson In "The Spend
thrift." She's the leading lady.
...
In Philadelphia they are a'.l going
to np!:ft t!:e drama. A mass meeting
was held last Thursday at the South
Broad-Street Theater for the purpose
of forming a branch cf the Drama
Leugue of America and the appoint
ment of official theater censors. Mrs.
ttis Skinner and Foia I.a Toilette were
reakers. with Mayor Blsnkenburg.
Bishop Khlnelander. Dr. Talmage end
a host of other prominent Phllsdel
p 'i tar; s.
If ti e citizens carry that uplift move
rs ent far In the Slumber City It
111 l':iu a lot of wealthy young men
out of Join as Johnnies and many poor
cMorus sir:, will fall to marry Into old
fa.ni'les.
...
Imrothv Russell, only child of the
perennial beauty, eminent Journalist
r. l space writer, is going to contribute
her litt'.e mite to the drama. She has
acquire! the rlchta of a playlet by
James Clarence Harvey, entitled "Am
bition." which she Is to present at
Young's Pier. Atlantic City, today.
Three men are In the support. Pat
Casey baa charge of the bookings.
...
Antoinette Kopetsky. t!ie prima donna
whom we saw last season In "The
Chocolate Soldier." Is sued for absolute
divorce In New York by John P. JVil
son. a newspaper man In San Fran
cisco. Mr. Wilson names Charles Dob
son, a mining engineer and owner of
oil wells In Mrxiro. as co-respondent.
Justice Seabury has signed aa order
permitting Wilson to serve notice of the
salt on his wife on publication, but
Wilson says in Ms petition that he
doesn't know where Madame Anna
Elisabeth Kopetsky la He thought .he
generous portion of Ida May's dancing
was cut out and In fact so much of
the act was sliced away that they could
not proceed with their turn.
Yama Yama Song Due
to an Accident
Lyric Was First Called Te Tm
Jassa I will (in ohlke la-
vented the Vim Yama laa.
"1
HE Yama Yama Man," the song
which ecored an artistic triumph
In "Three Twins." Is due to a series of
lucky accidents, says Gertrude Hutche
son. the Yama Yama girl. When the
"Three Twins" Company was rehears
ing In Chicago, prior to the opening In
that city. Karl Hoschna. the composer,
was asked to furr.Ish a "Pajama Man"
song. He handed them one called "The
Pajama Man," only to learn that It
could not be used In the production,
owing to the fact that the next play
booked at the Whitney Opera House
had as Its main feature a pajama num
ber. The next day Qus Sohlke. the stage
director, happened to pass a toy store
and saw In the window a "triangu
lar man." that is to say. a doll built
In triangles. Realizing that this had
never been used In stage work, he de
cided Immediately to have a "triangu
lar man" chorus In place of "The Pa
Jama Man."
That afternoon as he and Collin Da
vis, who wrote the lyric of "Yama Yama
Man." and Hoschna sat together won
dering what they would call the song.
Sohlke kept repeating "Pa Jama-Jama-
BA "&MP1R rrrr:
j p a- B J H Jk, . Morrison aad 11th St..
Week Today, December 17, 1911
STVlHi
WITH THE FAMOUS
YAMA-YAMA GJRL8
A
Company
of
GO
Mostly
Handsome
Girls .
first
Time at
Popular
Prices
IVTRObltl.NO THE BRILLIANT COMEDIix
GEO. EBNER
Sl'PPOKTF.D BY
GERTRUDE HUTCHESON
(LATE STAR "THE MEIIRY WIDOW")
(Permission Mr. H. W. Savage)
a i'ro wi FrHmi:n y achtkack i the aoi os etc,
' IJSthe IIRKATEST SOXU HITS EVEIl 1IKAKI
Mats-, Z3e aa noe.
Bartsls
. WaJMdir. 3S. anadnv and Saturday
:vraiMKS 23c, Boe, T5e, l.O".
SEXT WEEK GEORGE SIDXEY IS -Bl'SY IMV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON GLEE CLUB
Snappy Songs, Keen Stunts, Clever Skits
by 30 Jolly College Lads
Heilig Theater, Wednesday, Dec. 20
Ticket Sale Ope a a Monday Prteea SOc, TS and il-e.
HESLIG
THEATER
Seventh i Taylor Streets
Phones Mala 1 aad A 1122
Four Next Thursday, Dec 21
Special Price Matinee Saturday
Wagenhals & Kemper Present The Greatest
Comedy Hit in 20 Years
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EXCELLENT CAST, SUPERB PRODUCTION
Evening.
PRICES
Saturday Matlaee.
Lower floor $1.50. J1.00
Balcony, first S rows 11.00
Balcony, next rows 160
Balcony, last rowe. ....... .50c
Gallery, reserved 6o: admls. 25o
Box seats U.OO
Lower floor $
Balcony, first 6 rows..
Balcony, in rear first 5
Gallery, reserved
3allery, admission
Box seats
Seat Sale Opens Next Tuesday, 19, at 10 A. I
1.00. 75c
75c
rows 60c
S5o
250
$1.50
' SEAT SALE OPENS NEXT FRIDAY"
HEILIG
Theater
3 Nights
2 Matinees
XMAS
Afteraooa
Dec. 25
Christmas Attraction
Charles Dillingham Presents
Montgomery Stone
la Georce Ade'a Musical Comedy Masterpiece
"THE OLD TOWN"
Music by Cnstav Ludera
85 People 85
Cant of Excellence
Prleea Both Evrslac aad Matinees
Kntire lowrr floor. :."; balcony. 5 rows. $1.50:
rows SI 00; rows. 75c; 5 rows, 60c: (callery. re
served and admission. 60c; box seats, $2.60.
mj . Not more than 8 seata sold to one person for any
ivOte utricle performance.
Phones Main 6 and A 1020
yama-yama." Suddenly he brightened
up and cried:
-Did either of you fellow ever hear
of a 'Yama Yama ManT
Of course neither one had, and
Sohlke continued: "Neither have I
Lefa call the new song- "Yama Yama
MQiilekly Davis set to work to write
a lyric around the title and that night
Sohlke and Hoschna locked themselves
In a room and rehearsed the now fa
mous "Yama'' dance for five hours.
Everybody knows the result.
M'CREDIE WINS WAGER
Baseball Magnate Drives Machine at
First Attempt.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 16. (Spe
cial.) "W. "W. McCredie, owner of the
Portland baseball teams, has won a bet
from his wlfo by learning- to operate
an automobile on his first attempt
yesterday. t
For some time he has been consid
ering the advisability of buying a
machine. A new car was brought over
yesterday for Judge McCredie to try.
Before getting Into It he made a bet
with his wife that he could run the
machine, without practice, by simply
asking the man a few questions. ' Mrs.
McCredie accepted the wager.
Judge McCredie asked the demonstra
tor about the various levers and gears
Peoples Theater
Today, Monday, Tnesday
A TIMELY LESSON
Splendid Teaching for Fickle
Husbands
A QUEEN'S TRAGEDY
Hand-Colored Historic Spectacle
BROCKTON FAIR AND
HORSE SHOW
Descriptive
HACK-SCHMIDT BOUT
The Funniest Ever
EXTRA! EXTRA!
MR. B. J. DRISCOLL
Cornetist
THE ROMA DUO
A Matchless Vocal Hit
Coming Thursday Confer, 'Wfll
on and Bauer .
Star Theaters New Show
THE SUBSTITUTE
A Girl s Thrilling Courage
LOVE; AT GLOUCESTER
A Fine Sea Romance
INDUSTRIES OF THES.
SOUTH AND WEST
Educational
A POLISHED BURGLAR
A Real Laugh or Two
THE DORIC TRIO
Better Than Ever
JEAN WILSON
The Sure-Fire Hit
ARCADE THEATER
MOt-XTAITV MEADOW MAMA
I HH. Tale of the Early Mormons.
TAKING HH MFDICI.VE, and
HER PET
Double Blograph Comedy
MAGIC SFIT CASE
A Trick Comedy
ALEX BARTHOLD. Vocalist
OH JOY THEATER
THE COWBOY COWARD .
Rig Western Drama
GEORGE WARRINGTON'S ES
CAPE Thrilling
STACE-STRCCK LIZZIE
Full Reel Comedy
GEORGE ELWOOD
The Clever Singer
TIVOLI THEATER
TOP LINE FEATURE
THE TRAGEDY OF OLD AGE
And
3 OTHER BIG ONES 3
WITH ELWELL
CRYSTAL THEATER
GREATEST A Jf D BEST Sl'B
IRBAX PHOTOPLAY SHOW IN
PORTLAND
and then climbed aboard. The engine
was started, and slowly, ever so slow
ly, the machine moved ahead. It was
pointed toward the Union Depot. When
it was reached. Judge McCredie stopped
the automobile, threw in the reverse,
turned around and took the machine
back home. Mrs. McCredie acknowl
edged defeat.
Strawberries Grown; in Winter.
COTTAGE GROVE, Dec 16. (Spe
cial.) There's not much the matter
with a country that will produce straw
berries right in the middle of Winter,
and that's what the Cottage Grove
country is doing. Felix Currin was In
the city this week with a bunch of the
berries that opened the eyes of even
oldtimers. They were large, solid,
healthy-looking berries, only a few of
which were yet ripe, the most of them
being green ones, which had just about
reached their full growth. There were
also several blossoms which had not
yet developed into berries. These ber
ries were grown in the open without
any protection whatever from the
weather.
Ontralin Itarber Pounds Rock.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 16. (Spe
cial.) After having been twice arrested
on sifccesRlve nights for assaulting his
wife, W. L. Jones, a Centralla barber,
was sentenced to 10 days on the county
rockplle yesterday by Judge Ross.
MAJESTIC
THEATER
THE HOUSE OF MANY EXITS
Park and Washington Sts
TODAY, MONDAY AND
TUESDAY
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT
MR. HARRY MAYO
Late of the Empire City Quar
tet, Singing
"THE VALE OF DREAMS"
and
"THE RAGTIME VIOLIN"
Her OneDays Dream
A Clever Drama, with Artists
from Imperial Theater, Tokio.
A MUSICAL TREAT
THE MAJESTIC MALE
QUARTET
Mess.rs. Conley, Emerson,Whipp
and Bowman, of the Apollo
Club, Singing
"MY LADY CHLOE"
"MY PAL IS MARY MINE"
The Turn of the Wheel
The Tale of a Burglar Saving
a Life.
ViEWS OF GENOA, Italy
Educational and Scenic.
THE LITTLE'CHAPERON
An Exceptional Comedy.
10c-Any Seat-lOc
Tree
Declaal
ADVANCED VAUDEViLLfc
... Monday Matinee, Dec. 18th
Helen Grantley Felix and Caire
compact AL Newberger.s Youth-
"The Right Road"; ful Prodigies
Gordon Eldrid & Co.' The Esthor Trio
Esmeralda and Veolo
Puck and Lewis . : :
World's Events Moving
Abbott and White Pictures
EVENING PRICES 15, 25, SO and 75c
DAILT MATINEE We, We, 80c HOLIDAY MATIXEES Nteht Prleea,
' UN EQUALED VAUDEVILLE 7t AND ALDER
Week Commencing Monday Matinee, Decl8
EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA!
MR. HARRY TATE
The Clever English Comedian, in the Laughing Hit of the Century,
"MOTORING"
Tower Bros, and Miss Sol Berns
Darrell The HumorouaHebrew
Musical Comedy Entertainers : ,
SPECIAL! SPECIAL!
tmt. The Melnotte-La Nole
Count the First Troupe
The Almost Man Sensational Aerial Acrobats
Pantagescope i Pantages- Orchestra
" Daylight Animated Events H. K. Even.on. Director
Boxes and first row Balcony reserved PhonesMain 3646, 'A 2236.
Popular prices. Matinee daily. Curtain, 2:30, 7. lo and if.
sfS FORMERLY THE GRAND
P
wm
' S II
Week Dec. 18th
SULLIVAN & CONSIDINE
ANNA BUCKLEY'S
Canine Wonders. Presenting "A Day In DogvlUe"
w . wnrfyfni nird Review
MME. BARTHOLDI'S COCKATOOS
The Most S We' .X
International Instrumentalists
NEWELL AND NIBLO
Popularizing Classic Musics '
"Welcome Return. Vaudeville's Rarest Gem
- RAWSON AND CLARE .
In "Yesterday." a Refreshing Incident of Youth
The Fascinating Lyric Soprano
BELLE DIXON
Singing Comedienne
Special Added Feature
His Honor "The Mayor" In .Vaudeville
HARRY THOMPSON
The Diplomatic Raconteur. Telling of Politics and the Eternal Feminlna
ORCHESTRA
Tl'W TO) ff (H
dM THEATER U""rth anJ staT im
Week. Commencing Tomorrow Matinee
THE
Keating & Flood Musical
Comedy Co.
PRESENTS
The Girl and.
The Prince
' The Latest Eastern Laughing Success. First Time in Portland
Two Performaaeea JflBtatly, 7tS0 aad SU5. 15 and ZSe
Matinee. Dally, 2.30) Aay Seat 16c (except Sunday, and Holiday.)
NEXT WEEK THE SCHOOL GIRL
Rm.ll Willie had worn hl older brother's
cJ M Ions a. he could r-n,-Sr
On. day he .Hid: "Johnny, got the
mlM I r" et em " "m " "
outgrow. m."
Anv waihtub can be converted Into a
waahtnc machine through the Invention by
In Ohio man of a lid to be damped to .
tub carrying on Ita under aide blade, driven
by a water motor on the upper aide.