TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. JANUARY 14, 1912.
DRAMATIZED NOVEL, SUFFRAGETTE'S COMEDY AND
NEW COMIC OPERA GOTHAM'S THEATER MELANGE
Grace George Charms ia "Jnrt to Get Married" James K. Hackett and Izetta Jewel Make "Grain of Dust" Successful Viennese Operetta With Lively
Cafe Scene and Songs Worth Humminf Is Hit "Sutanne, Suianne" Becomes Popular Air at Once.
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Th novrlttva of the weak con
alalad of a dramatised norel, an
Enl"lh corner T a auffrajretta, and
another ena of thoaa Vlenneaa comic
opera a.
Tol'teneea reilre that Ihe woman
author, who naa prepared a role for
a woman star should come flrat. Mlsa
Cicely Hamilton, of FTna-land. haa writ
ten "Joel to Oet Married."' and Mlaa
Grace Oore la artina" tn tt. The
cr'tinal Intantlon waa to rreaent the
comdr at the Plarhouee. Mlaa
Qeoreje'a own theater, but the auecesa
of the attraction current thera pro
vented It and the wife of William A.
Pradr waa compelled to move Into the
Maxlne Elltott Theater, where aha auc
ree1 the Irleh playera.
The femlnlna ortain of "Just to Oat
Married" la moat mantfeat. It devotes
three acta to telllns the story of a
dependent Enllh sir, past the flrat
bloom of youth, who finds herself
compelled, because of bar reaxtna; and
position, to find a husband. An emi
nently eligible youns Briton of wealth
cornea alona; and recoarnLalna; that ha
Is her last chance, she pursues and
trapa him. On the ere of her weddlna
she la conscience-stricken at the trick
she haa played on a man aha dea not
even love, ami Insists on releaalna
him. Following- which, to the horror
of ber broken-hearted relatives, aha
slips out. to earn her llvtna; In Lon
don. If poaalble.
vVaasaa fhaasjea Mia.
By the time she haa renounced the
man because she doea not love him.
she has learned to rerard him with
affection. He follows her to tha rail
road atatton anl. of course, there la a
reconciliation. What elae can ona am
pert In these days when audiences de
mand a "happy ending?
There la a lot of color In tha rail
road scene, however. In fact. It la
by far the best of the play. It haa
been raining and Emmeltne (Mlaa
George) la a sight. Leaving her aunt s
home In haste and ecltement, aha
never thought of taking an umbrella,
and her hat ami cloak, part of her
trousseau, are aoaked. She la a pitiful
object as she staggera on.
And then ha arrives.
When aha aeea him enter tha waiting-room
she covers her head with a
newspaper. 8he hates to ba a. sight,
but aha la ona and aha knows It. Her
hair Is hanging every which way. bar
pretty pink gown la a damp dlah-rag.
but he. manlike, doea not care. Brie
fairly proposes to htm and weepa on
hie manly bosom. Tha cars rattle In,
tha porters buatla about, and tha hap
py pair vanish la tha "up train." she i
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wrapped In bis overcoat sad both ex
tremely happy.
"Just to Get Married" Introduced a
new leading man. that Is, ha la new to
.America, but Lyn Harding la well-
known In London, He la tna tallest
actor en tha American ataga today,
and quits oat of seals la the Uny Has
ina Elliott Theater. Ha la not a pol
ished comedian, but Indicated tha
bashfulnesa of a suitor with some hu
mor, and read his lines expressively
with a well-modulated voice. Perhapa
In a better play, he may ahow to
greater advantage than ha doea In
"Just to Get Married"
James K. Hackett la at tha Crlter
Ion In "Tha Grain of Dust," dramatised
from the novel by David Graham Phil
lips, and which Is resarded with re
spect by all good managers, because
It Is said to have made money on tha
road this season.
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the book; In fact, rather' too closely,
aome believe.
The hero, portrayed by Mr. Hackett,
of course. Is one of those rich men Mr.
Phillips was so fond of creatin-r. In
this case he is a wonderfully success
ful corporation laivyer, who. has all
sorts of money. He is engaged to the
daughter of a business associate who
has more millions, and greater busi
ness power. Whereupon he falls In
love with hla typist, a strange young
female, and proceeds to marry her af
ter many hardships. Naturally, this
arouses the enmity of the man who
had expected to be his father-in-law,
and he proceeds to ruin the lawyer. By
the end of the third act, the vengeful
one haa made a pretty good job of it.
In the fourth act only IS of the law
yer's once fortune remains. Then
there is a chance to take an important
case a-ralnst his enemy; he wins it, and
everything else. His wife, who had
separated from him, returns in his
hour of triumph, and the play ends
with the moral very clearly in evi
dence: "Sometimes It is not danger
ous for- a rich man to marry his
typist."
The name of the play Is taken from
the stenographer, for the lawyer's
friends who bemoaned his Infatuation
called her "The Grain of Pust," al
though, as it turned out, she -was really
a very effective eyewash.
Whv "The Grain of Dust" is a pop
ular success is hard to determine, but
that It did well on the roM is a state
ment that the box office receipts can
verify. It Is probably because there
are few audiences that can resist the
rhim of seeing a rich man lose money,
for it is far more appealing to the
public than to see a poor man make
It. There are several oramnin; act-ucn,
and a merciful elimination of the nov
elist's m-eachlng. although at times
there was a trace too much of that for
tha swiftest progress or. the drama.
Hackett Good as Lawyer.
Mr. Hackett as the lawyer made a
physically powerful study of the strong
tnn sacrificing everything for love.
His mannerisms were marked, but he
gave every speech Its rullest value, ana
It waa easy to forgive the elocutionary
atyle that he applied to a won so i
tmrjkther modern.
E. M. Holland waa the hero's faith
ful friend and acted with his usual
polish and unction. Isetta Jewel, well
known In Portland. Is the typist
heroine, and made a favorable lmpres
slon. It was really not surprising that
a rich lawyer fell In love witn ner.
Olive Thorne and Pauline Ncff were
beauties of contrasting types. Frank
Burbeck was a dignified lawyer of the
old school, while Fraser Coulter was
a revengeful and apopleptlc million
aire. "The Grain of rhist" Is the first
"business play" that we have had this
season, and perhaps that may help to
make it a success in the city, tha same
as it did on "the road."
"Modest Buianne," a Viennese oper
etta, is hitting the high road to suc
cess at the Liberty Theater. Miss Sal
lie Fisher, who Is featured In the pro
duction, has never sang or danced bet
ter than she doea In this play. She
acta throughout with such charming
spirit and dash that she Is recalled
time and time again In each perform
ance. The music is fine and the sur
rounding company up to all require
ments. In every Viennese operetta, for some
unexplained reason, there must be a
night spree, preferably In a noted re
aort in Paris. Usually no effort Is
made to exnlaln why the characters
go there. They simply appear and try
to enjoy themselves.
Cafe Cr-ambles Idols.
In "Modest Busanne" there Is an ef
fort to make this plausible. Baron
Dauvray, who ia supposed to be a
scholar deeply immersed in science, has
Just been elected a member of the
academy on the atrength of a book he
nla written to prove the familiar doc
trine, "Like father, like son."
The Baron, however, somewnat mis
trusts his own theories, because, while
he was himself very fond of a gay
life, his son and daughter he believes,
are most serious minded. In the course
of his duties as a member of the acad
emy he has been instrumental in be
stowing upon a young woman, Suzanne
of Tours, the prise for modesty, and
she and her husband, a rich manufac
turer, come to thank him. At the same
time the Baron's daughter is home
from a most proper boarding-school,
and is visited by her fiance, a dashing
young army officer. So, of course,
they all go to the Moulin Rogue, which
gives a chance for a large chorus of
pretty girls In bright costumes, and
marches, dances and songs galore.
Naturally, also, the staid professor
finds his wife there; the Baron is as
tonished to meet his son, daughter and
son-in-law, while the husband dis
covers that his modest Suzanne knows
something of the festive, frisky life
of Paris. Some idols crumble into the
dust, but the Baron makes the best
of it, and is happy in the belief that
at last his great theory has been proven
satisfactorily.
The ensemble numbers made the
hits. The waltz song, "All the World
Loves a Lover." was especially well
received, while the final number,
"Suzanne, Suzanne," had the quality so1
much sought by composers of popular
music, of sending the audience out of
the house humming the tune.
ROTATION OF CROPS IS
GREAT NEED IN OREGON
English Experiments Applied to Willamette Valley Soils Conditions
Similar ia Many Respects Grain Crops Every Year Hard on Land.
CORVALLIS. Or, Jan. IS. (Special.)
Rotation of crops is a subject In
which there is no reliable data in the
United States, and even if rotations
had been practiced In the Eastern
states It is doubtful if they would suit
the Oregon climate tr rather the Wil
lamette Valley, the mild climate of
which more nearly approximates the
climate of the British Isles than to the
rigorous climate of the Middle and
Eastern states. Here the Japanese
current gives the same equitable cli
mate that the- Gulf Stream does to the
British Isles. True, Oregon has a much
drier Summer and a much wetter "Win
ter than the British Isles, nevertheless
the rainfall is much about the same,
running from about 32 inches in Essex
on the extreme east, which about cor
responds to the Upper Willamette Val
ley, to about SO Inches in Kerry on the
west coast of Ireland, which about
corresponds to Astoria otj the North
west coast.
Naturally, under these conditions,
the crops that thrive in the British
Isles are likely to thrive in Western
Oregon. There, rotation of crops is no
experiment, having been systematically
practiced for hundreds of years. Only
a little time ago the London Times,
published an article that, though sci
ence is now able to tell why such and
such a crop has such and such an ef
fect, it Is unable to Improve on the
rotations of crops that have been prac
ticed for hundreds of years. So It may
safely be assumed that a rotation that
Is beneficial to the soils of the Brit
ish Isles will also be beneficial to
Willamette Valley soils.
A few rotations from the Journal of
the Royal Agricultural Society of Eng
land are given (the numbers attached
indicate that on the same piece of land
Is grown, for example, first year.
vetches; second year, wheat; third
year, beans, and so on).
Rotation on heavy land In North
Kent is: 1. vetches; Z, barley, t, beans;
4, wheat, S, clover; . wheat.
A Devonshire rotation on the red
sandstone district is: 1, Turnips; 2, bar
ley or oats; 2. clover or grass seed for
one or two years; 4, wheat.
In Bristol district, the rotation most
common on clay land Is: 1, vetches; 2.
wheat; 3, beans; 4, wheat; 6, clover;
6, wheat.
In Bristol district, on loams: I, Green
crops or peas; 2, barley; 3, clover; 4,
wheat.
In Vale of Thames, on gravelly soil:
1, Sweeds (turnips): 2, barley; 3. clo
ver; 4, wheat: o, veicnes; o, Dariey;
7. rye grr-sa or nop Clover or rape; s.
wheat.
A Hereford rotation on heavy soil
Is: 1, Vetches: 2, wheat; 3, beans or
peas; 4, wheat; 6, roots: 6, barley or
oats; 7, clover; 8, wheat.
Hundreds of other rotations are also
given In different counties and on dif-
ferent soils, but the main thins
through all the rotations is that legu
minous crops come between all grain
crops. To grow two grain crops In
succession Is generally, considered bad
farming, though in some cases, on
very rich land, barley is taken after
wheat.
Clover crops also only do well on
some soils once in eight years, so other
leguminous crops and root crops, that
Is, turnips, mangel wurzels and other
hard crops, are taken to diversify and
clean the land. It is, however, doubt
ful If roots can be grown in this
Valley with the dry Summer and many
Insect pests. However, there are -many
others, such as potatoes, corn (cut
and fed green), kale, carrots, beans,
peas, etc., that can very well take
their place.
Tears ago Oregon farmers used to
grow Summer fallow with sheep,
wheat, oats. Later the Summer fallow
was done away with and vetches for
hay put in instead. This was better,
but still a need for more legumlnus
crops and also a good hard crop to
clean the land is felt. The following
rotations with perhaps some modi
fications to suit local circumstances
would probably suit a good many J
the Valley farms:
First yeai- Vetches for hay, disked
In on oat stubble the previous Fall.
Second year Hped crops, put all
available manure on vetch stubble and
plant potatoes, or corn, or beans, or
peas, or kale, etc.; all this stuff should
be off the land by October 1.
Third year Wheat sown in October
(If kale is not off land, sow wheat
In Spring); on Fall wheat after frost
in February, sow red clover, 10 pounds,
and a little later, land plaster, 50
pounds to acre.
Fourth year Clover for hay and per
haps seed; pasture slightly, and if good
stand, use.
Fifth year Clover for pasture all
Summer, Fall and Winter.
Sixth year Plow clover meadow and
sow oats or Spring1 wheat.
This is a' six-year rotation, that is
six different crops will grow on the
same piece of land in six consecutive
years. If more wheat is desired, it
might come In after vetches, which,
would give: First, vetches; second,
wheat; third, hoed crops; fourth,
wheat; fifth and sixth, clover; seventh,
oats or wheat. This still keeps a leg
uminous or hoed crop between eacli
grain crop, but most lands would work
best In the first rotation. With care
ful rotations and by keeping mora
stock it should be possible to grow
from 20 to 50 bushels of wheat and
from 40 to 70 of oats on the fertile
Valley soils. The average is now very
much below that. Messrs. Laws and
Gilbert, in their Rothamstead experi
ments, have found that unmanured
land continuuously cropped for many
years with wheat, yielded an average
of 14 bushels to the acre. Many of the
Willamette Valley farms are, unfor
tunately, getting very close to this
average.
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