THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, A PHIL , 1012.
SPECIAL EASTER WKHK ATTRACTION
ACTRESS GRATEFUL TO
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY
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THEATER
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Elsie Janis Only Woman Advised by Nation's Chief Executive to Go on
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TO MA.vv aitresses. many distinc
tions. Tut nly Elsie Jnls u
advised to rn iiDon the stage by a
President of the Inltcd States. The
'hief KTerutlve. having; witnessed I'er
mltgtlons e-f Mme!f and others, sntd:
"The rMM mutt r on the stage.
She wrnt. She succeeded. At il "he
a star, and what la Mill more re
markable, a Rraieful star, for her
merry moment guffer but one Inter
ruption and that Is when thought of
e- benefactor rafts memory's shadow
across her rollicking; existence. It la
good for os all to liave Ideals, and a
hiring Ideal of manhood la one of the
oung star's dearest possessions. Pres-
dent McKinley waa ttie. best man that
r lived." she says, unmoved by any
fear of trivial contradictions. Iter hero
"lead will always remain her Ideal.
Small Elsie Janls start toward th
(tie was made In Sunday school. Her
mother, who was then Sirs. Jane Bier-
hewer, was a teacher In the Sunday
'hool attached to the Methodist
Church which Mrs. McKlnley attended.
Pint Isaltntloa Mnkea lilt.
;o she was musical Instructor to
tha young: seekers after the rltcht way
In ti.at Sunday school. At all of the
Sunday school celebrations, a small
youngster who acted as though aha
were atruns on live wires and who
sans; because she couldn t help It
a round-eyed, merry younftster to whom
laughter was the first law of life
recited pieces'" and unconsciously
rted every line. Once she rudely Imi
tated the superintendent of the Sunday
school, when, having; recited a "piece,"
she walked off the stars In the pre
cise manner of the somewhat pompous
superintendent.
The children giggled. The youngster's
reacher tried to reprore her. but ended
by trying to hide her face behind her
handkerchief. From around the edges
of the bit of muslin and lace her cheeks
showed red and her eyes danced a J I a".
Thereafter, throughout the crave re
mainder of the programme, there were
ripples of seemingly causeless giggles
causeless until It was recalled how that
thin, bright-eyed child had mimicked
the manner of exits of the 100-pound.
hald. spectacled and most serious su
perintendent. Elsie Janls' first imita
tion was a hit.
Member Asked nnnk T)a neater.
Mrs. Elerbower was Invited by the
hocked Sunday school committee to
"spank" that dreadful child within an
inch of her life, and lira. Blerbower
promised, though It Is extremely doubt
ful whether she kept that murderous
promise.
Mrs. McKinley waa one of tha ruesta
.it the Sunday school entertainment
who saw the Irreverent mimicry of tha
uperlntendent. She had, for some oc
olt reason, burled her face In her
moff. hut she did not Join those who
heatedly advised tha blushlns; Sunday
school teacher what to do with that
"dreadful child."
Instead, when she entertained some
of the President-elect's friends at din
ner, before his departure for Washing
ton to heln his Ill-fated administra
tion, she sent for the "dreadful child"
and commanded her to aive some prl
rately rehearsed Imitations of the
head of the Nation, and some of that
heads rlKht hands who surrourilcd
him. William McKinley. his prave face
relaxing- after seelnft himself as the
small Kir! saw him. Mid: "The child
must so on the stage."
First KBSaseasent la CTr lark.
Elsie's first engagement In New
Tork at the Casino was for $75 a week.
She never got a cent of It. The first
real money she ever earned waa on a
Taudevllle circuit. Then she got $100.
only to be Interrupted by the fierry So
ciety of New Tork. which always In
volves suffering to ambitious young
artists.
They decided that the little wonder's
work and strength were disproportion
ate. That waa tha reason she got out
of the stsge and. into vaudeville. That
was the reason she played In the le
gitimate with Jama Neil In "The Char
ity Fall" ten years ago.
Then she Joined the Aborn Opera
Company and starred at 15 as Fifl in
-The Belle of New Tork." The next
season she followed Alice Nellson In
"The Fortune Teller." and four years
ago took up the stellar work that
Anna Held laid down "The Little
Duchess."
four days after she had pnssed the
long-prayed-for ISth birthday, when
she could brush aside, could even tread
upon the fallen scepter of the Garry
Society, she gave imitations at Ham
meratein's Theater of varieties In New
Tork. and was welcomed with that
prescribed form of welcome to a player
tha warm, continued applause that
means "a hit." In "A Broadway Suc
cess" she became the feature of the
New Tork Roof Garden the next Sum
mer.
aalary Reaches S300O a Week.
Then It was that she waa engaged
for "The Vanderbilt Cup," and left off
her starring In It when the fierce war
between vaudeville managers sent her
salary rocketing to $3000 a week. Her
success In "The Vanderbilt Cup" wss
so Immediate and emphatic that she be
came the Idol of tha theater-going pub
lic of all the principal Eastern cities.
It was Charles Dillingham who was
quick to see the future of this un
usually talented little Elsie. He placed
her under contract for a term of years
and aent her forth In "The Fair Co
Ed." an unusually clever play by
George Ade. This, which In turn has
been followed by "The Slim Princess."
Is based on George Ada's clever novel
of the same name by Henry Blossom,
with music by Leslie Stuart, the com
poser of "Floradora," "The Silver Slip
per." "The Belle of Mayfalr" and "Havana."
with the McCall Opera Company. That
was the last Miss Krcnyear ever saw of
her. Her mother'a maiden name waa
Eva Tolman. She was a comely woman
of ir. when she was last seen tn New
York.
Suit for $5.00 has been brought
against Fannie Ward, the actress. In
the Supreme Court by Elisabeth Grlce
Emerson, who formerly traveled in Miss
Words company as her rnai-l. Miss
Emerson charscs slander. It Is t
forth that In Oakland last year Miss
Ward lost the .services of Miss Emer
son, and that In giving an explanation
to a number of members of the com
pany slandered Mies Emerson's name.
Mls Ward Is playing this wxek nt
Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theater. New
Tork. She refused to comment on the
case, referring all Inquirers to her at
torneys, who .said their client denied
havin? made any of the remarks
charged In the romplalnt.
Does that nsmo, Frances Frost, con
vey anything to your mind, gentle
reader? No? Well, neither would It to
mine had 1 riot found It among the.
pages or history as the real name of
Julia Marlowe.
rTBn'-e!" Frost. It is recorded, was
born In Cumberland. England, eight
miles from Keswick. In the village of
Coldhe. k. At the age of five, she came
to America with hr parents and at
12 became a member of a juvenile opera
comny under the name of Frances
Broil tch. The first part she ever
played was that of Sir Joseph Porter
In ."Pinafore."
Grace Cameron has been booked for
the Tlvoll In London this week in her
vaudeville specialty. s-
Max Figman has a comedy sketch
that he's going to try out in vaude
ville after April 16. His wife. Paula
Marr. is one of tha three people in
his support.
Big photos of Vlda Reed, a portland
girl, some of them reaching almost half
across a page, were reproduced In Chl-
caso papers last week, togeiner witn
bits of her stage career which prove1
brief reading because this Is her first
season on any stag. She Is under
study for Charlotte Walter, who Is ap
pearing In her husband's dramatiza
tion of "The Trail of the Lonesome
Fine." playing now in Chicago.
V V V
Ronlta and her husband, the diminu
tive comedian. Lew Hearn. who never
fares especially well with Portland au
diences, have been engaged for "The
Cabaret Girl." a foreign adaptation of
musical comedy. A. H. Woois Is the
producer and the. opening Is scheduled
for next August. Stepp. Mehllnger and
King arc also In the cast.
That exponent of German comedy.
Sam Bernard, who "never did like tha
Pacific Coast." and likes It less If pos
sible rince his tour In "He Came From
Milwaukee." Is to have a new starring
vehicle next season. It Is an adapta
tion of the Viennese success "Du Llcber
Augustine," under the Shubert banner.
The three-act production of Paul
Armstrongs. "A Romance of the I.n-
derworld." opened at Ford's. In Balti
more, last Monday, and failed. r.e
vicwers say It Is wesk, and wholly
lacking In the virility and entertaining
quality that, as a vaudeville sketch. It
possessed. In Its latter form It wss
presented at the Orpheum here this
season. A similar instance witn an
unfortunate ending, also was the re
mnklng of George Beban's vaudeville
success. "The Sinn of the Rose" Into a
three-act play, which resulted dleas-
rously last season.
At the Theaters
Continued frlm Pace J.
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF
PLAYS - AND PLAYERS
EDITED IT LEOE CASS BAER.
OZA WALPROP. who used to spar
kle, considerably In her Ingenue
days at the Baker a few years
aid. is to be featured In the cast of a
hran new play called "The Marriage
Not." Cecil De Mille is to produce tha
plav In Chlcsgo next month, with Sy
bllla Pope, a new stage beauty. In tha
leading role. The author Is Joseph
Vnil a I'llirnriian who has at vari
ous times been engaged on Faclflc
oest newspaper, and also was the
editor of the "Rawhide Rustler." an
esthetic piece of Journalism got out
during the mining boom In that effete
city. Besides the pretty Oxa In the cast
is another former Bakeronlan. Rob
ert Drouet.
Frank Tlnney, tha blackface, comed
ian, who always finds the welcome on
the mat in Portland when he comes
l.ere via the Orpheum. has been en
caged by F. Zlegfeld. Jr.. for his "A
Winsome Widow" company at the Mou
lin Rouse. Mr. Tlnney will act the
role of the waiter originated by Harry
Gilfofl In the original production of
"A trip to Chinatown.
Emma Punnc. the petite character
Bi-trr w h originated the role of
mother in Jules Eckert tioodmar's
lUy of that nam", and who last sea--n
trpcarcd as an Orpheum headllner
here, is to take the principal feminine
role in a new play to be produced by
David Belasco. It leaked out only two
dat-J ago. the wlsard of playcraft hav
ing again succeeded In developing a
new play to the point of rehearsals
without disclosing details of cast or
production. "The Governor's Lady" is
its title, snd Alice Bradley, an Ameri
can woman hitherto unknown as a
dramatist, is Its author. Kmmett Car
rigan. Robert McWade and Milton Sills
have the three leading male roles. Re
hearsals began at the Hudson Theater
In New Tork last Monday morning,
and the production will have Its prem
iere at the Rroad-titreet Theater. Phila
delphia. April 2.
Gertrude Hoffman and her husband.
Max Hoffman, sailed for FAirope. last
Thursday on the ateamer Celtic. They
will pass six weeks abroad, visiting the
principal cities of the Continent, but
will not appear professionally.
e
Mabel Frenyear. the actress. Is ar
ranging plans to gain some information
concerning the whereabouta of her
mother, whom she has not seen nor
heard from for more than ;n years.
When the actress was a little girl liv
ing In Brooklyn, her mother, known to
the stsge Edna Browning, left New
York for a tour as prima donna soprano
Shannons will constitute the hill. One
of the standard features here will be
the Pathe Weekly, the most remarka
ble pictorial newspaper In the world.
Each week the Weekly has from 30 to
40 of the most Interesting international
news sensations In the -world.
The Tlvoll and Crystal, theaters an
nounce specially high-grade photoplay
entertainments, appropriate to the Eas
ter season.
ELSIE J AXIS AVILL APPEAlt
Comedienne Will Present "Tlie Slim
Princes" at Jlellig.
Friendly association counts much for
happiness in stage work as well as in
other relations in society. Indeed, con
geniality of temperament between the
artists employed In a great theatrical
or musical organisation Is almost a
guarantee of that excellent "teamwork"
which more than any other quality,
goes to make for the success of any
play or opera possessing the basic ma
terial upon which to buld a success.
A striking Instance of this friendly
association is found in the Elsie Janls
Company, which comes to the Helllg
Theater April 16. 1 and 17. with a mat
inee Wednesday, in "The Slim Trin
cess." For four or five years past. the.
dainty Miss Janis has been a "regular"
star at the head of her own company
and with a very important voice In
choosing the members of her support
ing cast. Always where It has been pos
sible Miss Janis has chosen for her
principal comedian Joseph Cawthorn.
whose burly, rotund figure and broad
unctous methods of comedy expres
sion are. In such contra-dlstinction to
the fastidious aquaralle shades and
touches which she employs by choice
to gain those dainty effects which have
made her unique among musical com
edy comedienne.
The element of artistic contrast be
tween her personality and that of Mr.
Cawthorn and her methods and those
of Mr Cawthorn was thoroughly ap
preciated by Miss Janis when she
coaxed the big comedian away from
two starring ventures of his own to
assist her In presenting "The Hoyden"
and "The Silm Trlncess.
"THE FACN" TO BE PHESEVTED
New Comedy AVI 11 Be at Ilrllif on
April IS, Jt and 20.
"The Faun." the new comedy by Ed
ward Knoblauch, which William Fa-
versham will present at the Helllg
Theater April IS, 19 and 20 tells a story
that la compact with originality and
novelty. Mr. Faversham appears as
a faun or wood-god tha deity of the
fields and streams and hills who is
caught napping In a huge vase of ger
aniums set in the garden of an Eng
lish home. The master of the housej.
Lord Stonebury. Is about to settle for
all time, with a revolver, the debts and
wracking troubles contracted at the
race course, uord stoneoury is greatly
startled at sight of the sparsely-clad,
brown-llnibed deml-god with his century-old
acquaintance with English as
Shelly had taught it to him in his Ital
ian haunt.
In a cheerful manner, the faun per-
suades the Englishman to postpone his
notion of suicide, proves his own claim
to Immortality by emerging unscathed
from service as a target, and then, re
vealing his powers of communication
with every dumb creature, he offers to
set Lord Stonebury straight In his bet
ting, providing be Is given in return
an introduction Into society, about
which he has a curious Interest. Lord
and deml-god strike a bargain, and the
latter, slipping Into the raiment of the
civilised, enters into the circles of the
elect.
On every hand his unbridled nature
and unleashed impulses meet unyield
ing conventions, over which nature
7 nights Hp g 7VT T ZJ TP easter
BEGINNING 1 Uil IU JTl lK SUNDAY
MtTISEES Wr.DVKSOAV AND SATURDAY
K L AW & ERLANGER. Present
1 Direction Joseph Brooks)
Their rrr-Emlsrst Attraction
l! M i
DIRECT I'ROM.ONB SOLID YE A R OF TRIUMPH AT DAVID BELAS
t O'S nEPl BI.IC THEATER, NEW YORK
PRICES
Evenings and Saturday Matine Lower Floor, $1.50, 11.00. Balconv 5
rows. $1.00; 6 rows. 7oc; 11 rows. 60c. Gallery. 3oc, 2Rc.- Special Price
Wednesday Matinee Lower Floor, $1.00. Balcony, 5 rows, i5c; in rear
first i rows. .5uc. Gallery, 35c, 2ic. .
"SEATS NOW - SELLING AVTOS AND CARRIAGES 10i45 O'CLOCK '
SEAT MALE OPENS N EXT KHIDAY, APRIL IS, JO A. M.
rjn lira
HEILIG
THEATRE
THREE
WED. MAT. f - 14
APRIL I t
15 MON. oJf
16-TUES.
Evenings Lower Floor. 11.00. Halcony. .1 rows.
il.il): S rows, $1."0; 6 rows. Tic; ft rows, ftOe.
nailery. 6"c. Special Price Wed. Mat., 1.50, $1.
Joe. too, 23c, 25c.
I. limit of 8 Seats to Oae Person for Any Magic
Performance
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Charles Dillingham Pre
sents All America's En
tertainer In the Newest
of Musical Comedies
The Slim
Princess
WITH
Joseph Cawihorne
'Original Company of T
Matchleea X. Y. Produc
Heilig
THEATER
3.MOHTS
Begins
THIIIDAV
Apr. 18
MAT. I AT.
SEAT SALE OPE.NS TI ESDAT. APR. 10
I WILLIAM
FAVERSHAM
Supported by Miss Julie Ops and Ilia Company In
"THE FAUN"
A Jarkllns Comedy ef Modern Life by Edward Knoblauch
PRICES Evenings, W1.0O, ai.,10. 91.00, 7.1e, 50c.
Saturday Matinee, 91JHO. ai.oo, TSe, SOe, 35c, -5c.
gradually holds swsy. The faun exer
cises what he calls the prerogatjve
of his race the divine right of Inter
ference, always ingenuouMy and always
to good purpose.
Then foreseeing his own defeat In
remaining a captive to conventionality,
he leaps Into the outdoor world, whence
he came, and as he leaps, he flings
behind him the clothes that are the
cast-bound symbols of his servitude.
TI1K WITCHING HOUR BAR Kit
Tamoii New York Sncccs. .1ut Ke
leased for Stock.
Baker stock company will play "The
Witching Hour." To those who are at
11 familiar with this p!ay and
Its historv that announcement means a
gront deal. It is-by Augustus Thomas,
who wrote "Arizona." "In Missouri" and
many other famous successes, and was
originally played in New York by the
noted actor John Mason in 1907, en
joying a whole season's run.
It has just hern released for stock
and manager Baiter has concluded sat
isfactory -arrangements with-the Sliu
berts. - Jt will be the third week's of
fering by the Baker Company, opening
next Hiinday matinee.
Willard Mack, will of course, be seen
in the title role and Miss Leone will
play Helen Whipple. "The Witching
Hour'' Is a play dealing with the power
of the human mind, and is extremely
dramatic and intense in many of its
scenes and situations, requiring a com.
pany of exquisite balance and detail
that Is perfect, as well as perfect acting
members to make It go.
B
AKER
THEATER
tiee. T Raker, Manager
Morrison and 11th Ms.
Phones Main X, A 6360
An Instantaneous Success
Preaa and public alike have unanimously pronounced
BAKER STOCK COMPANY
which la Just elnelnsr final week, to be one of the greatest Manager
Baker baa ever offered tin patrons. And that's saving a great deal.
Second Week, Starting Sunday Matinee,
Tonight, April 7, 1912
MrS.Wiggsofthe
Cabbage Patch
Ht special arraaaemeat with Mebler A Co.. evr York
Immense cast aad production of this noted romedy. Flrat time ever aeea
In stock here or at popular prices.
One of the most wholesome, humorous stories of life among the lowly
ever conceived. Pee all the familiar characters: Mrs. Wiggs fthe great
American exponent of optimism and good cheer). Lovey Mary. Mis'
Hazy, Mr. Stubblns, Mrs. Schullx, Mrs. Eichorn and all the little Wlggses.
You laugh all the time, though sometimes you want to cry at the same
moment.
EVERYBODY IS TALKING AROVT THE BIKER COMPANY AND THE
SPECIAL PRICESi
Evening. 33 and 50 cents no higher. Mntlaeea S3 cents only.
MO.DAV BARGAIN NIGnT ALL SEATS -5 CENTS
Nest Week THE WITCHING HOUR.
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE
V
Week
Beg
inning Monday Matinee, April 8th
BLANCHE WALSH
la "THE THUNDER CODS"
Ed Blondell and Co. ; Mankichi Company
In "The Lost Boy" Japanese Tumblers
M ATI NEB Gertrude Van Dyck Trio I MATPVEE I
DAILY in a Miniature Musical Comedy ' DAILY
Harry L. Webb Sue Smith
The Man Who Talks and Sinsrs . Singing Comedienne
Orchestra 'Pj Pictures
Transparent Fa in ting's
MATINEE -EVERY PAY
EVENING PRICES 15, 25, 50 and 76c
DAILY' MATINEE 115c, 35c, BOc. , HOLIDAY" MATINEES Night Prices.
UNEQUALED VAUDEVILLE SEVENTH AND ALDER STS.
Week Commencing Monday Matinee, April 8
1 ! ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY
The Lancaster Opera Co
In "VOICES IN GYPSY LAND"
Stupendous scenic production Gorgeous costumes Pretty girls Promi
nent soloists.
Ernest Carr & Co. Newhoff and Phelps
In "The. Grafter" In "Just Pals"
The Behrwalls Berry and Wilhelmi
European Acrobats .Artists Unique
i
Pantagescope Riva Larsen Troupe
Latest Animated Events Sensational Gymnasts
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rrlrtl-IJc nnd SBc. Curtain. 2s30, 7:15 and . Bolf" and first row bnl.
rnnv reserved. Hex office open from 10 A. M. to 10 P. M. Phones
A 2-3i Main 4630. MATINEE DAILY
l-fy MATINEE EVERY DAY
I 1 H
Week April 8th
SULLIVAN & CONSIDINE
David Walters & Company
Tresentlne "THE DEVIL. AND TOM WALKER" a Fantastic Musical Travesty.
The Newest T.auRhlntr lilt,
JOE SPISSEL AND COMEDIANS
Presenting His Nvity rantomime, ,
"A SOLL-IEJVS DREAM."
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Recent Features of Lew Fields' Henpecks Company.
LOUISE CARVER AND TOM MURRY
Offering a Bunch of Specialties.
MUMFORD AND THOMPSON
Comedians.
Whistling Impersonations.
LEE ZIMMERMAN
SPECIAL ADDED FEATURE,
From the Empire Theater. Bologna. Italy, the country's Marvelous Athletes,.
THE APOLLO TRIO
Makinz Their American Debut Over the Sullivan & Considine Circuit.
Plastic Posers In Reproduction of Bronze Classics.
"" ORCHESTRA ' -
PEOPLES THEATER
TODAY, EASTER SUNDAY
THE PASSION PLAY
Sublime, Awe-Inspiring, Reverent. - v
SACRED ILLUSIONS, GORGEOUS MUSIO, FLORAL
DECORATIONS
Theater Opens 9 A. M. Today.
STAR THEATER
EASTER SPECIAL ILLUMINA
TION A Picture of Te -Christ, in Which
Jesus Is Not Seen, but
Supremely Felt,
And other splendid, well-blended
features.
11 A. M. to 11 P. M.
II
The New
ARCADE THEATER
Punishment Biograph.
Pathe Weekly.
Teaching a Liar Comic.
Rowdy and Pal, Dog Story.
Elwell, and the Four Shannons,
With New Turns.
11 A. 351. to 11 P. M.
THEATER
HOME OF REFINED MUSICAL COMEDY . .
Week Commencing Tomorrow Matinee
KEATING & FLOOD PRESENT
RICE & CADY
The Broadway Comedians, "With
The Keating & Flood Musical Comedy Company
-IN-
TD)RADISE
ARIS
THE LAUGHIEST SHOW OF THE SEASON
Two Performances XlKhtljr 7i30 nnd 9il5. Matinees Dally Zil0
miDir SIGHT CHURL'S GIRLS' CONTEST AFTER EACH PERFURM-
A.VCB
TOl-lL LIKE THE LYRIC
A'ext Week-
"THE INVESTORS"
Vrac! private schools are InstallirK
moving- p!ciure machines. A new public
school building In Connecticut has a nw.ial
motion-picture h.ill attached. And elsewhere
the attention of educators is turning seri
ously ta this sew weapon of Instruction.
Mrs", nine Ttawel, a Maori from Auckland.
New Zealand. Is In Chicago advocating
woman suffrage, says the Inter Ocean, ard
Is surprised to find us to much beind he
times iniall matters pertaining to government.