The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, December 24, 1911, SECTION FOUR, Image 35

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Newspaper Page TextTTIE SUNDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 34. 1911. NEWS AND GOSSIP OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS EDITED IT LEOXI CAIS BACH. THAT fascinating little, prima donna. M:xil I la Jos. la coming bark to Portland next Spring, alone tne latter part of May. Her Pacific Coait engagement proved ao successful that It Justified rfturn bookings before tha present season la ndnL Two engage ments on thia Coast In one season la certainly a record among" bis traveling productions. Mta Hajoa onlr recently compteted her Western and Northwestern engage ment, and played to such enormous re celpta thai on May 1 aha will return to San Francisco for a two-weeka atay. F!ia will later visit the other Important cities on the Coast. Her Ions; tour will come to an end In Dtiluth on July 1. Robert Ober. a Rakr player of early day. Is the new leading- man at the Beiaseo Theater In Los .Angeles, where he la scoring; splendidly. Last week his opening; engagement they present ed "Brewster's Millions" and Ober ap peared as Montgomery Brewster. Will iam Wolbert. another ex-Baker player, la at the Be la sen. and ao Is Donald Bowles. But It la Mr. Wolbert who Is making tiie patrons of the Betasco alt up and take cognizance. After his first performance one of the reviews said of him: "But we didn't know the surprise In store for us. Said surprise la a I isrht halred young man. slightly over medium height, and his name Is William Wol bert. He Is cast as Mac, a role that mlrht not be much, but In the hands of Wolbert It literally crowds the lead for first place. Mr. Wolbert's connec tion with the Belasco forces had not been made known and therefore the surprise was all the better. We don't know yet whether he's an old actor with a great part or a young actor with a great future, but the way he tore Into the role assigned him this week waa enough to Insure his welcome to Los Angeles." porrlval. who is the Paris corre spondent of the Referee, gossips pleas antly about the report that Madame arah Bernhardt Is about to take unto herself a young husband. "Many years ago. on a damp evening In arly July. Perclval might have been sen sitting In a Paris cafe listening- to the words of wisdom which fell from a flrdgMng of Carmelite House. He was a young man of the type whom a barber would ask whether he shaved down, air, with the accent on the down. And I had bern looking at him and wondering what there waa In him which made him capable of earning a couple of thousand a year Instead of a hundred and fifty. He hadn't any education worth men tioning: he had never been anywhere, and knew nothing, but he must have born worth his two thousand a year, or he wouldn't have trn getting It. Then he suddenly said something. The next best thing to an exclusive piece of real hot news is the old bit of news which everybody knows and nobody has dared to print before.' he said. "I thought of that Carmelite House fledgling the next day when I read In a London newspaper that Mme. Sarah Bernhardt was going to marry a young man of if. She isn't going to do any thing of the kind at present, let me tell you. hut that fart la of comparative un importance. A newspaper printed the rumor and Fleet street was 5t a-buzz-Ing. Everybody In etageland had been hanging those two names on one peg for months. I heard and laughed at the Idea of the marriage weeks ago when Harah Bernhardt was playing in London. It was so ridiculous a story that no bo,r printed It until the last man to t ear It put It on to the wire. . Bv the mere fact of its being printed It became news and brought in quit a comfortable little sum to the French telegraph department. And then some thing else happened and Fleet street calmed down. It's a wonderful world. "It Is a very difficult thing to ask a charming old lady, even one who has the secret of eternal youth, though she will be 70 presently, whether she In tends marrying a young man who Is younger than her grandson by mar riage, and so making herself a world's laughing-stock, but I put on meta phorical gloves and Inquired. The Ilvlne One was husv rehearsing. She had Just made a number of her guests uncomfortable by the announcement. "i;entlemen. you are poisoned. when I ventured my question. Lucrctla Borgia burst out laughing. 'He Is a very nice young man." she said, 'a clever actor, and If I hadn't a son who la old enough to be Ms father I might have adopted him. But I am Just as little likely to marry now as I. am to drop the stage and take to selling violets at Plca-dllly-rlrrus. Po go and catch Borgia, I know he ll fall Into the orchestra.' So you see what truth there Is In the atory that Mme. Sarah Bernhardt is to marry Lou Van Tellegen tomorrow, don't you? Besides, unless I am very much mistaken, the young man Is a husband and a father already. "Borgia Is the black Angora cat which Mr. Willy Clarksun brought from l.oudon to bring luck to Mine. Sarnh's new production. Both Borgia and Lu crezla are going very atrong, and while we are on the subject of rumors, let me assure you that there Is no truth In t!la one which was busy with a com ing duel between M. Maurice Bernhardt and the Paris correspondent of the Lon don dally paper which dropped for a moment from Ita high standard of veracity and was led into stating that R B. and L. Van T. were soms to be married." F.ddie Foy Is likely to become an author Inasmuch aa he has been In vited to wrl'e a volume of stage rem Irlseences. Nat Goodwin, too, la "bus ily engaged'' in jotting down some more "reminiscences" of his matri monial escapades. I suggest that he entitle the volume "My Scrap Book." When "Bella Ponna" Is produced In London this month by ileorge Alexan der the leading role will be assumed by Mrs. Patrick Campbell. The dram atization of Robert Hlchens' novel was made originally by James Bernard Fagan. with the Idea that Bernlce Hen derson tnow Mrs. Augustus Helnze) should create the title part. By the way. Mrs. Helnze has no In tention of returning to the stage, she says. This fact has been further em phasized by the recent arrival of a U-pound Augustus Helnze, Jr. Mar Yohe once a stage beauty and later the wife of an English peer who Is particularly well remembered on the Pacific Coast and In Portland through having lived here two years ago. Is singing In a cafe in Brooklyn. Clara Morris has recovered from her recent illness sufficiently to resume her writing. Her blindness has not left her. but she Is able to use pen and ink without the aid of her eye sight. For a long time she dictated her literary work to her husband. Frederick c. Marriott, who has been a most loyal assistant. Some time ago Miss Morns received an offer from a New York publishing house to write a biography of St. Paul, whose life and character she has always admired de voutly In her Intimate study of the Bible. Now that her strength has re turned, she has begun the work on the book at her home. "The Pines." In Yon kr. Miss Morris place In the hearts of the people makes such news more than welcome. Rose Melville, who arrives In Port land la January to play at the Baker Theater. In planning to take "Sis Hop kins' to Europe. The play has had 11 aeaaona of success, and has been played in almost every town, village and city In the United States. e Kdna Aug. who played at the Folles Bergere, New York, sailed for Paris last week to remain Indefinitely. She has planned to present In Paris the original vaudeville sketch upon which Jamea Forbea faahloned "The Chorus Lady." Mlsa Aug starred In that piece on tour after Rose Stahl aban doned It for "Maggie Pepper.". and she has enjoyed several succeaaful engage ments in revues at the leading musle halls of Parts. Miss Aug Is known In Portland. Phe traversed the Orpheum circuit two sea sons ago. Miss Mav Irwin, following the ex ample of Miss Margaret Anglln. has withdrawn from the management of Llebler Co She was animated. It seems, by a desire to mansge herself a pastime In which ahe successfully In dulged for a number of seasons with great profit to herself and great Joy to theatergoers. She has purchased from the firm the play in which she has been arting this season, a farce called "She Knows Better Now," writ ten by Miss Agnes L. Cummins, a grad uate of Radcllffe College. In which Miss Irwin was seen In Pittsburg only recently. see Bam Bernard will bring his tour In "He Came From Milwaukee" to a close In January, after which ha will be seen In New York In a new musical comedy. Fred Pe Uresae and Harry B. Smith. Joint authors of the new DeKoven opera. "The Wedding Trip." are aaid to be at work on the new Bernard play. e A Philadelphia Jury has decided that the photograph of an actress Is public property, and may be used without her consent. This amazing verdict wss passed In the suit of an actress against a trading stamp concern that offered copies of her photograph for so many of the stamps. James Diamond, of the team Dia mond and Nelson, headllners recently at the Orpheum. was given a divorce the other day In San Francisco from his wife. Phyllis Cordon. He was playing In San Francisco when the de cree was granted. Mias Gordon quite recently closed a stock season there. Chicago critics have pronounced Mrs. i rh. Mo.lern Mar- r ibic new F-J. " - - -. rlage." undeniably brilliant and amus ing, but one ana an tney xaci mi a - should be wasting time, talent and money on so rrivoioua a pi ui n-i--trap. Almost everybody who has seen Blanche Bates In that conglomeration -1 1-.4 HVnhnilv'l TfldOW." Ol II" I! II ' " - says Identically the same thing of this actress, The Ornheum circuit has routed Blanche Walsh and her company In the vaudeville sketch. "The Thunder Gods." by Arthur Hopkins, the tour to begin in January. A newspaper-thearter war in Penver has developed some amusing features. Tle Penver Times prints all the ad vertisements and reading notices of two leading theaters free of cost, and states this fact In glaring headlines, declaring that the theater owner Is too stingv to ,.ay for his advertising and that the Times is perfectly willing, on behalf of the public, to stand the loss. That most beloved of books. "Little Women." by Louisa M. Alcott. Is to be dramatised by Jessie Bonstelle. for production Immediately after the holi days. George C. Dougherty, the father of Or see George, died at his home on Riverside Drive. New York, on Decem ber 4. Miss George wss at his bedside when death came. Mr. Dougherty was S years old and well-known In busi ness and theatrical circles of New York. The fthuberts and Rlda Johnson Toung are named as defendants In a $10,000 suit, begun by Edith Ellis Furness, which she claims is due her ss compensation for her collabora tion with Mrs. Young in adapting "The Lottery Man" for the American stage. Mrs. Furness, best known as Edith Fills, says she made an agreement with Le Shubert to collaborate on the piece, the compensation to be a stipu lated amount each week plus a per cent of the royalty. She avers the percent age was never fixed after collaboration was done and Inasmuch as she has been unable to obtain any of the per centage promised has instituted court action. Miss Ellis also had a hsnd In the American adaptation of "Seven Sisters. At the Theaters Continued Trim Page S. ale Hope, Helen Falconer. Edna Bates. Virginia Kendall, Peggy irston and Charles Pox. Harold Itu.sell. Mack Whiting. W. J. McCarty, Howard Puott and James Keaney. The Old Town Pony Ballet still remains as an added attraction with .several original dances. Seata are now on sale for the engagement. "THE GAMBLERS" TO APPEAR Charles Klein's Drama Will Be at Heillg Four Nights. "The Gamblers" will be the New Year's attraction at the Helllg Thea- MAJESTIC THEATER Park and Washington. Big Show Every Day This Week And a Merry Christmas to AH. MAJESTIC THEATER, EDWIN F. JAMES. Owner. 10c ANY SEAT 10c Coming De Pachmann Heilig Theater Friday Evening January 5 SEAT SALE JAN. 3 PHICES Sl.Se. gs.M. I1.M. tl.SO. Gallery Reserved, SI admission, TSe. Box Heals. gs.M; Logea. ZM. 0 (ITT MAIL ORDERS. ter for four ntghjs. beginning next Sunday. Pecember 1. with matinee New Year's day and Wednesday. This drama by Charles Klein, recorded the longest run of any play produced in New Tork last season, remaining at Maxlne Elliott's Theater for more than ZOO performances. The story of the play deals with Wilbur Emerson, a speculator, who has been made manager of the Emer son chain of banks. He Is guilty of misusing the funds In his efforts at expansion and Is trapped by the Fed eral authorities. One of his associ ates delivers incriminating notes to the prosecutor's home. Emerson makes efforts to regain possession of the notes. Catherine Darwin, as the prosecutor's wife, finds herself forced to decide whether her duty lies In giv-ina- the notes to her husband or In attempting to shield Emerson. She refuses to assist her husband, but un der provocation which makes her con duct reasonable. "TIIE VIRGINIAN"" COMING SOON" Western Drama to Be Played at Baker Theater New Year Week. Tha Virginian." the dramatization of Owen Wister's splendid novel of West ern life, will be presented at the Baker Theater for New Year's week, opening next Sunday matinee, by the I -a Salle company. Few dramas of the American plains life give such a realistic and thrilling picture as that presented by this charming stage version of Wister's widely-read novel. The virility and power of the original romance have been Important to the stage version, and the necessary atmosphere of the Wyoming territorial days are known to have been cleverly added In such a manner as to give strength to the story. "The Virginian" has been on the road for eight years and is still as popular as ever and will undoubtedly repeat lis former triumphs during the comlntr HEILIG THEATER Tonight (Xmas Eve) WAG EN HALS KEUPKB PRESENT The a v m at T T4eUr' D the Funniest COMEDY Past 20 Years 7 DAY EICELLEVT CAST SIPEBB PRODUCTION PKICES 11.50, 11.00, "6c, 80c. S5c, 25c XMAS ATTRACTION : O W7 IT TT IT O THEATLK JO. iCsliiii-iii ra-c? Mala S Two Matinees, Three Nights Streets A 1123 BEGINNING Tomorrow (Xmas) Afternoon Second Matiaee Wednesday CHARLES DILLINGHAM PRESENTS Montgomery f Stone la the Musical Comedy Success The Old Town 99 Excellent Cast Stupendous Production prices Both Matinees and Evenings Entire lower floor. $2.00. Balcony. 5 rowe, 1.B0; 6 rows, 1.00; 6 rows, 75c; 5 rows, 60c. Gallery, reserved and admission. 60c. Seats Now SelllasT Antoa and Carriages at 5 and II P. M. HEILIG THEVTER 4 NIGHTS ' BEGINNING SUNDAY DEC. 31 New Year's Eve Matinees New Year's and Wednesday m NEW YEAR'S ATTRACTION aaBSBBasSBSBSsaaaaassBSSBTaBBS THE AUTIIOnS' PRODUCING CO. Joha fort, President. Aanouncea CMAHLKS KLEIN'S GREATEST PLA1 THE GAMBLERS PAUL EVERTON And a Splendid CAST Evenings and New Year's Matinee. $1:50. $1.00. "oc, SOc Special Wednesday Matinee. $1.00, 75c, 50c, S5c. 2oc. SEAT SALE OPENS NEXT FRIDAY. DEC. 29. engagement here. There will be a special holiday matinee New Years day. TWIN" MATINEES TO BE GOOD Varied Performances Scheduled for Heilig and Orplienm. The fourth annual midnight matinee of the Theatrical Mechanical Associa tion Lodge No. 3S. of this city, will .... - twin matinees this vear and be given in both the Helllg and Orpheum i neaiera r, .n,H. si at 11:30 oclock. n IK 111. .'TTV ' --, These Interesting and timely perform ances have steadily grown In favor with the theater-going public, due to the general excellence of the enter tainment provided and the worthy cause for which they are given. The Theatrical iwecnanmai tlon Is a beneficiary lodge comprising the working staff of all theaters both 'on stage' and "in front" of the thea ters of this country and Canada. Dur ing the course of a year the calls on its treaaury are varied and many In relieving sickness, distress, etc. The bills provided at both theaters this year will consist as heretofore of the different acts from all the vaudeville and other theaters in the city, and pur chasers are promised the "class" of the combined theaters. Exchange tickets may now be had at any theater box office of the city. The sale and exchange of tickets for both theaters will take place next Friday morning. December 29, at Rowe & Mar tin's drug store, Sixth and Washington streets. As late as 1518 ths city of I.ondnn had only thirteen doctors, counting surgeons snd all. BAKER THEATER Geo. L. Baker, Maaager Ptsoaea Mala 3, A KtOO Morrises and 11th Sts. Special Christmas Week Attraction Opening Sunday Matinee, Dec. 24, 1911, Today Chriitmai Day Matinee, Monday (Regular Matinee Prices) FIRST TIME HERE TOCIX WANT HTM AGAIN ' "THE GROUCH CURE" GEORGE SIDNEY nri8F.i.r) la a Whirlpool of Laughter, B USY IZZY A MUSICAL. BUBBLE With a Host of Faa Dlapenaera. Including the Clever Coenedlenne, CARRIE WEBBER Together With a IbSIbk. Daaela-r and Laughing Lot of Pretty Girls. Bargain. Matinee Wednesday, all seats 25c j Sunday, Monday and Saturday Matinees, 25c and 50c NEXT W ttK "THE VIKUIMAV LYMEC ronrth.,dM.rfcM..1 THEATER WEEK STARTING TOMORROW MATINEE THE KEATING & FLOOD MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY PRESENTS THE SCHOOL GIRL A PERFORMANCE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN SPECIAL. CHILDREN'S MATINEE-SATURDAY. PEC. 3Q Tvta Performances - lastly, 7i30 and :tr. 13c, SSc. Maiiaeca Dally, StM. Aay Seat 15c texcept Suadaya aad Holidays.) yKXT WEEK-"FROLICS OF 19IS" A HOLIDAY PRODUCTION ON A STUPENDOUS SCALE' - ONE HUNDRED LAUGHS A L MINUTE -ANNUAL TWIN- NEW YEAR'S EVE 1,110 NIGHT PERFORMANCES NEXT SUNDAY nPT" NIGHT iyi-ie J 1 Heilig and Orpheum THEATERS Begins 11 P. M. Under Auspices T. M. A. (Theatrical Mechanical Association) HIGH-CUSS VAUDEVILLE Secure Tickets Early Remember Last Year 'a Big- Crowds. . EXCHANGE , Tickets on Sale Now at All Theaters Exchange and Sale of Tickets Begins Next Friday, Dec. 29 at Rowe & Martins Drugstore, Sixth and Washington SOc Any Place SOc Phones Main 6 and A 1020 ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Monday Matinee, Dec. 25th Crolius & Co The Slans; Prince Supreme." In a New Classy Comedy Sketch SHORTY'S ELEVATION Will Roehm's Athletic . Girls Carson and Willard Ethel McDonough Hopkins and Axtell Color Photography Loa Durbyelle EVENING PRICES-15, 25, 50 and 75c DAILY 5IATI..EK 15c, 25c, 50c HOLIDAY MATINEES Alskt Prices. UNEQUALED VAUDEVILLE 7 th AND ALDER Week Commencing Monday Matinee, Dec. 25 ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY CLARENCE BOWEN AND HIS 1 0 Georgia Campers 1 0 Direct From the Plantatloati Special Scenery Gorgeous Costumes. Bretland and Wells Mile Viola Calarino Those College Boys. , Parisian Acrobat. Will Herbert and George Hillman LangWeed SiSterS That German Chauffeur. Those Tuneful Joysters. The Dellamead Troupe Poses in Marble. Boxes and First Row Balcony -Reserved Phones: A 2236; Main 384 Popular Prices. Matinee Dally. Curtain 2:30, 7:15 and 8. w mm V FORMERLY THE GRAND Week Dec. 25th SULLIVAN & CONSIDINE S.1morS:B SARNTHALER TROUPE OF TYROLEAN SERENADERS Presenting a Native Scene in "An Alpine Village." a Sextette of Swiss Beauties. Extraordinary Engagement. "ERIN'S ISLK." The Prettiest Playlet of Modern Times. DEAN AND PRICE, ' Presenting Their College Skit. 'A Student's Apartment." ORCHESTRA. The Merry Minstrel Men, GRl'ET AND GRfET, Character Blackface Comedy. MAGIIX. EDDY AND NICHOI Comedy Acrobats and Contortionists. W. J. COMSMAJf. The Irish Wit, in Songs and Stories. t mmBm to r THEATER SPECIAL XMAS SHOW THE MINER'S CHRISTMAS. Scenic production surpassing any previous Ottering in 1""-' L"J1"-' A package for every child today and Chrlatmas day. Another Special Two Reela THE KIDDIES' CHRISTMAS. Comic spectacle. Other Pictures, and THE BIG THREE Confer, Bauer and Wilson. Star Theater A BIO FOtR PICTURE SHOW Headed by BROWN OF HARVARD and a CHRISTMAS SONG tVell produced by the Doric Trio Kext Wednesday Vanity Fair, 3 reels. ARCADE THEATER The Little Widow. Thrilling. Reformed Santa. Xmas special. A Millionaire Barber. Comedy. Stone ftuarry. Educational. We aMVe adried one picture to re . place singer. TIVOLI THEATER The Old Doll. Feature appropriate to Xmas. Three Other Superb Photoplays and Elvrell. OH JOY THEATER Dad's Smashup. Comedy-drama, -ere. W hites Peril.' Dramatic. How Sir Andrew Lost Vote. Re- fined comedy. Friday Amateur Mght. Amateurs of all kinds admitted; prizes offered. CRYSTAL THEATER CLASSIEST AND LONGEST SHOW OX EAST SIDE FOR A DIME. Rubier, neit to coffee, is th most impor u., .Vi ri. ol export from Brazil. About & U? c? f theP total vain, of Brazilian sports is made up of rubier, and nearl, I per cent of the total is coffee. Norwalk, Ip Connecticut, derived Its nsme from the Indian custom of measuring dis tance. The land purchased from them, on vhich the city was t stand, extended from the tea northward one day's naik.