TTTE ST7TDAY OK EGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 10, 1912.
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PENITENTIAL SEASON USHERS IN NO LESS THAN
SIX NEW BILLS TO MANHATTAN'S PLAYHOUSES
Offerirn Range rxom "Oliver Twist" to Rip-Roaring Melodrama Having Appeared in Two Failures. Gertrude Elliott, Undaunted, Bobs TJp in Third
Venture of Season Mrs. Fiske Has Role Not Exactly Suited to Her.
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NtW TOKK. March . (Special.)
rhittei at the Manhattan thca
tiTi broutcht nix new h'A'.t to the
p'ayfcouncs wtthto the week, and this
Is the rnlteriul noajon too. The
cirnnit ranged from an alt-Ktar re
rtral of "ol:or Tll" to a rip ror
Inc mrl'Mrjiaa
Uertrii!e Kllitt. unJl'mayed by hr
two prrvioua faUurtu this raon. i
hark at th- L)vum Theater in a
l'inro ritm.ry. Il.-bt-nion" waa aup-pre.-.l.
" Ahite Miiir ' f.ilrl to work,
and rj' Lh:. i-harmtnir uctrcaa ia
Trfwrvins Air. I'jnmurr."
Mr. I'anniure is a injM KnKli!h
Crctlr- m. and ,omit'.ln of a hypo
crite tm.b..tr baa kiod tbe pretty
(t'lVfrr-c... J.-.-.hi. The kla. but not
ihe nnie of t!u man hrmfl known.
aiMi Mr. I'anmi:re la ir:a:lod to nnd the
culprit. e..-h of th- women at the hue
party brl:evinii tlvat bvr husband ia
uuiliy.
l-anmure ! a rcu'.ar tartar In hta
qulaxlnca. drrpite the fart that the
isullt re:a u;i.n Ma houldera or bla
lite for be kianat the young wo
man out of ihrr aratttuvle when she
are hira a teat f.r hla weekly aerroon
to the ervanf. J'.trnehow i!r. I'an
mure dla't tliir.k tial hi ra-'lana-tton
would .-iif- Utp w .('. and one
la Lndlnod to arc itii bin It cer
tainly dura Hound flhy when one atops
to look at It. Kventually a younr man
chivalrously takea the blame upon
hliru-clf. ami in the end wina Joaepha
aa his bride, whereat ilr. Panmura
breathes freely attain.
Star's rs.e Ci
Miss Elliott, as Josephs, has the first
real chance to distinguish herself that
has fallen her way in some time, and
makes the best of It. "Preserving
Sir. Panmure" is odd in name, odd in
theme. Brttishly provincial In feeling,
but still moat Interesting.
The supportlnn cast is more than
adequate. Isabel Irrtng. still apparent
ly youthful and lovely, is the admir
able exponent of the desperate Dance
of 31 who does not propose to lose her
last chance through any scandal In the
Panmure household. The arentleness
and distinction of the religious Mrs.
Panmure was depicted with natural
ness by Teres Conover, while Annie
Ksrnond portrayed the Jealous dowager
with skill.
Why does Mrs. Flske want to be
a fluffy foolish young wife, who flirts
with a boy "with soft silky balr." and
who poeee in an oak treeT
That is the first thing that strikes
visitors to the Umpire Theater these
daya. "Lady Patricia Is the bill, and
was the vehicle used by Mrs. Patrick
Campbell In London last fcummsr. It
Is almost a burlesque of "Mrs. Pat."
and she is said to have made as much
of a success of the role as was pos
sible. "Lady Pat Introduced.
The first act introduces the audience
to Lady Patricia, a too intense young
woman, who reads and writes poetry
In an Wy'.Ilc Summer-house built Iri
an oak tree. She wears satin and
shimmering fabrics, and veils. Her
husband ia named ilichael, but she.
loves-most purely platonicly the boy
with the silky hair.
All this you iearn from the pro
gramme or advance notices of the play.
Mrs. Flske. In many ways Is like a
guard In the Subway, one never can
tell what station she is calling out. The
action might he Improved by intro
ducing some slides such as are ased in
motion pictures, explaining Just what
the pantomime action tucan'a. In tna I
end of course, she "shakes' the boy
with the silky hair and falls into
hubby's arms. She really loved hus
band all the time, for they always do
in moral plays.
The play is enlivened by a comic
gardener, and oceans of tea, two In
gredients which seem to go hand in
hand In English comedies. The gard
ener had a delightful accent and the
tea had lemon in it. which Is about
all that need be said concerning them,
or "Lady Patricia."
Trot" tVagon Jfew One.
"The Truth Wagon," the new offer
ing by Oliver Morosco, has met with
considerable approval. It Is well con
structed, abounds In clever lines, and
combines business, politics and comedy
in an entertaining way. Its engage
ment at Daly's Theater Is limited, be-cau.-ua
of other bookings, but the
chances re that it will be transferred
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to another theater further uptown for
an extended run.
Last Sunday morning a Bpeclal per
formance was given at 1:30 for the
benefit of newspaper workers. The In
vitation included all connected with
the publication of New Tork dallies
from proprietors to copy boys. The
performance began at a time when the
tlrst edition of the Sunday papers had
been run off, and the workers were
able to leave their offices. The mem
bers of the company willingly agreed
to give a third performance, for the
"bulldog show" was held on a mati
nee day.
Paul Armstrong seems to rank as a
prison expert among dramatists. We
have had from his pen, "Alias Jimmy
Valentine," the story of a bank burglar
won back to respectability by love:
In "The Deep Purple" we are Intro
duced to the badger game In all its
glory, and "A Romance of the Under
world." also by Armstrong, Is now out
on the vaudeville circuit.
Crooks Are Depleted.
The latest child of Armstrong's brain,
"The Greyhound." Is now at the Astor
Theater. The story revolves around a
band of International crooks, doing
their dirty v.'orlc on an ocean liner.
Other authors have placed their char
acters on the Lusltanla. Armstrong
shows that he is not conventional for
he selected the Mauretania.
Among the pleasant characters we
meet on this ship are "The Greyhound."
"The Pale-Faced Kid." "Deep Sea
Kitty." "Whispering Alex." an agent of
j "The Eye," and a detective disguised
I as a steward.
I "The Greyhound" has a wife, "a love
I ly gell," who is- goaded by his treat
' ment to commit suicide. She takes poi
1 son, but a detective who loves her
: saves her life and induces her to live
' for revenge. Then everybody goes on
board the Mauretania, and the crooks
I have a high old time
Perfect millionaires tell their most
carefully guarded secrets to perfect
strangers, and are willing to play cards
I for any old stakes with anybody who
wants their money. The lady crook,
who revels in the name of "Deep Sea
Kitty" (Miss Elita Proctor Otis), fasci
nates every one. Now and then when
the crooks temporarily cease from
"crooking," . the supposed-to-be-dead
wife and the faithful man who loves
her come out on the stage and Indulge
in heroics.
Perhaps the refreshing oddity of
"The Greyhound" may make it a suc
cess. Perhaps.
Parker Heard From.
Louis N. Parker, who has not been
heard from as an author for several
weeks, has returned to the fold. He
has made an English version of Ros
tand's "La Princess Lointaine," under
the name of "The Lady of Dreams,"
and Madame Simone Is now appearing
In it at the Hudson Theater.
Paris first saw the drama in April,
1896, and Its history has been chiefly
associated with the fame of Sarah
Bernhardt. It hardly lends Itself to be
ing exported.
"The Lady of Dreams" had an ex
tremely artistic setting, in fact it could
not have been improved upon. The
deck of the caraval was capitally
shown, and the hall of the palace of
the Princess was a lovely golden pic
ture. In .fact, the Lieblers are rap
Idly getting to be the most artistic of
our "spare-no-expense" producers.
The play took one back to the land
pf purple romance, but it Is rather a
tiresome old land. In these days of elec
tric lights and taxicabs, and It must
be frankly .admitted that the story was
very dull. ' The Provencal Knight, the
Prince of Plays, Brother Tropheus,
Erasmus, the .leech, and other strange
characters, palled upon one after a
while. Madame Simone was interest
ing, as usual, but her vehicle was
hardly the correct one.
Another beautiful production of the
current week was "Oliver Twist," also
by the Lieblers, with what they mod
estly called a "special cast,"' which was
entitled to be In the list of "all-star"
productions.
Marie Doro was a wide-eyed and
pathetic Oliver; Nat Goodwin gave an
unusual performance as Fagin; Con
stance Collier was Nancy, ,and Lyn
Harding was a brutal and burly Bill
Sikes. He towered over even the tall
Miss Collier, who was more beautiful
in her rags than the Nance ordinarily
pictured. Their scenes together sent
pleasurable shivers down the backs of
the feminine part of the audience.
The Llebler version is essentially a
Fagin play, . but - fewer liberties have
been taken with the book -than might
have been expected, Oliver's early
trials are omitted, and there is only a
trace of Bumble, the Beadle.
ILL-FAVORED DULL BOY
BECOMES PULPIT STAR
Goodness and Willingness of Henry Ward Beecher, Added to Great En
thusiasm, Win Crowning Success.
BY MADISON C. PETERS.
HENRY WARD BEECHER, con
fessedly the most brilliant pulpit
orator America ever produced,
was a dull boy, with a weak memory.
and as a child disliked all Kinds ot
itniiv Thonrh in manhood he had a
fine physique, he was a boy Ill-favored
In form and feature and had a hair-
stutterlng way of speaking. He had
mado up his minas to Decome
But his father, the great Lyman Beech
er. notwithstanding the boy's dullness.
kept him at school until he was ia
years old. He became decidedly relig
ious at 14, and the burning fires of his
new love overcame both his indiffer
ence and bashfulness. He determined
to be of service to society, began to
i-renter zeal, entering col
lege at 17 and graduating from Am
herst at 21, without distinction.
w a nnnr student at college, but
the foe of all wrongdoing among the
students. At Lane a neoiogicai semi
nary, in Cincinnati, he continued his
atudles. showing no evidence of those
Intellectual achievements which were
later to win him immortal fame.
St owe ot Enthoalaatle.
His first church at Lawrenceburg,
Ind.. with a salary of 1200 a year, had
19 members. Professor Stowe. who
taught him theology, and afterward
married his sister, Harriet, thought
such a small church In such an obscure
town Just suited Henry's talents. Hen
ry's cheerfulness, which always charac
terized him, he carried into his work
and determined to do all the good he
could. In all the ways he could, to all
the people he could. He visited the
poor in their cabins, made congenial
work of sawing and splitting wood for
the church fire, which he built regu
larly, and showed as great delight in
cleaning lamps, sweeping floors and
washing windows as he did in preach
ing. To do good, he considered nothing
menial. In his enthusiasm for human
ity he shunned no man because of his
appearance. He never stood on a high
platform of empty dignity. He never
went about with a countenance grave
enough to break an undertaker's heart.
At home he washed, baked and built
the fires when hi3 wife was unable to
do the housework. As he became for
getful of self, and got in touch with his
fellow-men, his vocal defects and dif
fident manner disappeared before his
earnestness, which aroused unsuspect
ed resources of ability; difficulties
yielded to his enthusiasm, in his self
forgetfulness he discovered himself,
and burning with the enthusiasm of
enkindled genius, he became so elo
quent as to surprise himself and as
tonish his wife. His success in Law
renceburg, Ind., was due to his desire
to do something for somebody.
Goodness Key to Greatness.
He did not wait for a place to be
made for him; he made It himself. He
did not stand around for somebody to
give him a lift; he lifted himself. He
did not wait for a call to a big church
with a big salary; he knew that a fine
church and a great salary could not
make a great man. It was work that
he wanted. He felt if there was any
thing in him work would bring it out.
He wanted the opportunity, and God
gives a man enough when he gives him
that, A wise man will make more op
portunities than he finds. Great op
portunities are the wise improvement
of small ones. If he had slighted his
work and worried about his salary and
earned no more than he was paid for,
he might have died an obscure country
parson.
When the call came to Indianapolis,
and a few years later to Brooklyn, he
had the good sense to say that a
larger church and a bigger salary
meant larger opportunities for useful
ness. In his almost reckless willingness to
give away his clothes to the naked and
necessary food to those who were hun
gry, we have the real secret of Henry
Ward Beecher's greatness his goodness!
IRISH FLAY ENGLISH PLAN
Positions Given to Officials of In
surance Act System Denounced.
DUBLIN, March 9. (Special.) In a
statement made the other day William .
O'Brien showed conclusively that Lloyd
George's specific undertaking that ap- '
pointments under the Insurance act .
would, avoid a political character did "
not apply to Ireland. Even the Red-"
mondites have been moved to protest i
against the manner in which patronage -has
been dispensed. The "Irish" Inde
pendent" has made the suggestion that
as the Parliamentary party's resolu- "V
tion forbidding the acceptance of Gov- i
ernment appointments for themselves f
or their friends has become a farce it :.
should forthwith be rescinded. Among I.
other journals which have been con- j
strained to pass unflattering comments
on the recent proceedings in Dublin is $
the Midland Reporter. "Readers of the :
daily press," it remarks, "have been
amazed at reading the long list of ,
place-hunters who have got fine . fat J
jobs under the insurance act. Every
single appointment is the result of dis
graceful political intrigue and of back- .
stairs climbing in Dublin Castle. The-
public are now beginning to see what j,
this insurance act really means. One
particle of benefit in nine cases out of '
ten will not come back to the people :
who pay. These payments will all gu .
for salaries and traveling expenses on
a liberal scale, for the disgruntled poli
ticians and party hacks whose names 1
now appear in the dally lists of ap- .
pointments.".
Suspicious of Her.
Judge.
Mrs. Talkalot Mrs. Dashaway says ,
her home Is full of antiques.
Mrs. Pneurich I knowed it was full
of something. I seen 'em sprinkling ;
Insect powder around the other day.