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VEKILT the week which has Just
(on from our mld.it was a full
, one and entertainingly full sc
far a the theaters were concerned. El
ite Janl. In "The Slim Princess,"
was bar none the mot delightful
young person who ever orouitht
a musical comedy for our delecta
tion. Then came that eminent
actor William Faversham this time
as an exponent of ComeJy In "The
Fiun."
At the Baker that splendid play. "The
Witching Hour." Invariably a drawlng
eard. did not belle Its potency and be
came a jiiost Interesting entertainment
la Its handling by tho fine organiza
tion of players who go to make, up the
stock company.
Tonight May Hobson. presented by
the 1. S. Sire management, who have
seen to It that .the comedienne has an
excellent supporting cast, opens at the
Helllg.ln "A Night Out." Tomorrow
night. Tuesday and Thursday nights
and ag.Un on Saturday night and at a
matinee Miss Robson will present "A
Muht Out." while on Wednesday and
Krlday nlchts and at the Wednesday
matinee the actress will be seen tn ner
delUhtf ul comedy of last season. "The
Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary." Faye
Cuslck. a Portland girl. Is In Miss Rob
son's company.
On Sunday night. April IS. the Swed
ish Dramatic Society, of Seattle, will
give. In Swedish, the comedy with
mus'c. "The 1'llkTlst tlrl." Locai
Swedish people are taking much In
terest In the event, which promisee to
be a notable one.
' On Monday night. April 2S. the Apollo
Club concert Is to bo given at the
Hetllg.
"The Campus Mouser." a comedy with
specialities or a vaudeville nature In
terpolated. Is calendared for the night
of April 3i. and the afternoon of May 1.
The proceeds from the entertainment
are to r toward the benefit fund of
the Fruit and Flower Mission.
On Friday and Saturday night May
S and 4. with a Saturday matinee. Mar
garet Anglln pias ".een Stockings."
Keeping np the color scheme, 'The
Pink Lady" arrives next, staying for a
week at the liellig. beginning on Sun
day. May &.
"The Spoilers," dramatised from the
novel of that name by Ilex Heach. Is
to open at the Baker Theater today.
Tbls thrilling play of the Northlands
Is probably the most vividly told stage
tory of Its kind. Olven the presenta
tion of which the Baker Stork people
sure so capable, with the splendid scenic
equipment Manager Baker Invariably
Invests In his productions, and the
treat promised Is delightful to antici
pate. Following "The Spoilers" Is "The
Srlgn of the Cross," the great religious
drama, dealing with the beginning ef
the Christian era.
Headlining the Orpheura l Aid
Overton Walker.' with her 19 negro
entertainers In songs and dances. In
an act called "A Uay With a Minstrel
Show."
The Empress bills as Its big noise
Fred Karnoi. comedians. In "A Night
In an English Music Hail." one of the
big laugh producers of vaudeville, with
Charles Chaplin as the warbling In
ebriate and 20 other comedians.
"The Soul Kiss." which Is needless to
ay a tabloid version of the well-known
musical comedy of the same name,
heads the bill at Pantages. with a
score of singers.
Keating and Flood present "The
Belle of Chinatown." a farce comedy
that Is new In Portland, with the Ed.
A Allen Company as sponsors.
MAY ROBSOX DEVELOPS TYPE
In Character of "Cranmum" Sh
Drpk-ti Modem Womanhood.
' May Robson, one of the most charm
In ir actresses of the present day. has
developed a type of character new to
the stage. The conventional old lady
of the farce with traditional manner
Isms of her predecessors Is assent from
the work of Miss Robson, since she of
fers a distinctive type of the good
natured, generous woman of today.
Combining the ability to express
naturally pathos and humor, her man
ner of expression sways her audience
to laughter. While there is a wide
aw-ope for the Introduction of "horse
play" It Is carefully avoided, and the
movement of the action kept well
wi'hln the legitimate bounds.
The play Is well constructed and
very funny. Miss Robson's charactcri-i
ant ion of "Granmum" Is exceptionally
clever, and she has the widest ran no
for emotional work from which she
n a.y change to the ludicrous and then
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so 'quietly and so thoroughly at her
esse that it does not Jar. but Is con
vincing to the last degree.
There Is In the background a cer
tain amount of philosophy, which oc
casionally glimmers In the lines. The
theme of the play In brief Is based
upon the absorbing love of an elder
ly woman for her grandsons and the
results of their Influence over her. She
Is curious to know what the attrac
tion Is In the city that draws the young
men from their home at ulght-
Th!s curiosity Is not satisfied until
"Granmum" visits a well-known resort
In New York with "the boys. Every
thtng Is apparently proper until a visit
from the police changes her opinion
and u rises her Immediate departure.
The arrival home In the small house
finding the house fastened, the climb
ing up the Ivy. the crushed and di
lapidated appearance of "Granmum."
all a most laughable Incident, one of
the many In this funny play, which
Miss Robson will present at the Helll?
Theater tonight for one week, except
ing Wednesday matinee'. Wednesday
night and Friday ninht. when she will
present "The Rejuvenation of Aunt
Mary."
The story centers about an eccentric
old maid who Is surrounded by a group
of college boys. Her nephew, John
Watkins. Jr., Is one of them, and Is
continually getting In trouble, among
other things he shoots the arm of a
cook, then hits a cabman producing
"concuss" of the brains, then he gets
sued for a breach of promise, and has
measles In New York. Aunt Mary
goes to New York when he Is most
"measley afflicted," as she says, and
while there the college boys show her
the town In an automobile. What they
do with Aunt Mary Is almost a sin.
She becomes so Infatuated with the
auto that when she went back to the
farm, she had rollers put on her bed,
a. man hired to push It back and forth
while she "guides" It with a creak of
an Ice cream freexer. May Rohson as
"Aunt Mary" Is a "scream." Her im
personations of the eccentric old maid,
who says funny things and does odd
things In a peculiar way. Is clever.
Her expressions of face and manner
Isms amuse all her listeners.
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SPOILERS"
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Baker Company to Produce Famous
Hex Beach Story.
At Inst Portland to havo a superb
production of the thrilling Rex Beach
tale of Alaska. "The Spoilers." In dra
matic form, as the Baker stock company
will present It all week starting this
afternoon. The previous offerings of this
play In the hands of Inferior companies
gave one no Idea of Its real merit and
beauty. "The Spoilers." however, was
produced In New York by both Fro li
ma n and Charles Blaney and enjoyed a
long, prosperous run. notwithstanding
the fact that New Yorkers have small
sympathy for the big open life depicted
In Its scenes. It also duplicated this
success In Chicago, and from the Inter
est taken In the forthcoming produc
tion at the Baker will doubtless play
to packed houses the entire week. Men
like the play because, as one writer has
said: "It la real, manly and depicts the
unconquerable spirit of the typical
American." and women like It because
the principal feminine characters show
what the real American woman can do
when she Is put to the snprerae test
What Intensifies and Interests the
play-goer especially Is the remarkable
Ingenuity with which Rex Beach has
woven the p'ot and created the char
acters. Just when he Is thought to
have reached the climax he veers off
and attains another climax and another )
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until his resourcefulness soems with
out end.
The story concerns a deeply-laid plot
by Eastern swindlers to gain unlawful
possession of the rich Midas mine,
owned by Roy Olenster and Joe Daxtvn
and mixed up In It are Helen Chester,
niece of Judge SUllman. and Cherry
Mallotte, a well-known character In
Beach's 'novela. and one of the moat
original heroines ever created.
One of the most sensational scenes
Is the Interior of a dance hall at Nome,
with Its gambling games In full blast,
the dance hall girls, music and general
assmbly of rough-looking miners In
search of pleasure such as this wild
life affords.
The ending Is a terrific fight, in which
everything In the place wrecked.
Other scenes follow In quick succession,
and while "The Spoilers" Is not of the
cheap, herolo form of melodrama. It Is
a play In which there are many thrills
and much genuine excitement. Tomor
row la bargain night, and there will
be a matinee Saturday.
XEGRO STAR WILL HEAD BILL
Alda Overton Walker Company of
Ten to Shine All Week at Orpheam.
Alda Overton Walker, widow of
George Walker, the world's most cele
brated, negro comedian, will headline
the bill to open at the Orpheum with a
matinee tomorrow. Alda Overton
Walker Is accompanied by eight dusky
chorus girls and a negro comedian.
They will appear In a melange of songs,
mimicry and dances.
Lester, America's premier ventrilo
quist. 1 second on the new bill. No
ventriloquist equals Lester In extract
ing comedy from a dummy, and he
throws bis voice while drinking and
smoking without the slightest move
ment of Ms Hps be lug noticed.
Brand-new daring and comedy on a
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tight wire will be exhibited by the four
Holloways, who are on their firyt tour
of the United States. The Holloways
perform on the tight wire with the
ease of- other gymnasts who have a
solid stage Moor to Inspire confidence.
Critics all along the Orpheum circuit
have expressed great wonder over the
performance of the HoTloways three
men and a woman, who Is the equal of
her sterner stagemates in daring and
oxpertnesa.
"Fear" Is the vehicle of four actors
to appear on the new bill, and the ab
sence of a woman In the little company
adds power to the tiny vaudeville
sketch. The plot deals with the tempta
tion of a doctor to steal a fortune.
"Fear" Is the dramatization of a story
that appeared recently in the Saturday
Evening Post.
Rosa Roma, beautiful violin virtuoso,
will return to the Portland Orpheum to
entertain with her picturesque act In
which she sings to her. own violin" ac
companiment. Bogart snd Nelson will
be seen and heard In "A Day With a
Minstrel Show." and Wentworth, Vesta
and Teddy are novel gymnasts. Teddy
being a dog billed as the champion ca
nine athlete. -
Katherlne Grey, tragedienne, will
close her engagement at the Orpheum
in "Above the Law" tonight.
PAXTAGES BILL IS STROXG
"The Soul Kiss" Promises to Be
Vaudeville Hit of Season.
What Dromlsea to be the dramatic
hit of the present vaudeville season will
be offered at Pantages for one week
only commencing with the Monday
matinee, April 22, ,when the reigning
New York musical success "The Soul
Kiss" is presented. " The noted com
poser Maurice Levi Is responsible for
the score or more scintillating musical
numbers, while Harry B. Smith, author
of "Robin Hood" and many other comic
operas, .wrote the brilliant book and
lyrics. The vaudeville version was ar
ranged by Henry Myers and special
dancing numbers have been prepared
by George H. Ford. Under the personal
direction of Mr.'C. R. Roberts, an aug
mented orchestra will be introduced.
The cast will Include many notables.
Miss Diana Bonnar topping the list.
Miss Bonnar la one of the prettiest and
cleverest of musical comedy stars and
was especially engaged for the princi
pal feminine role in "The Soul Kiss."
The Seven Musical Belles, noted in
every amusement center of the world,
will also be seen. In addition to these
stars others who will appear are Miss
Vivian Whitman. Joseph Reynolds, Lew
Harris, and a blue ribbon chorus of 20
sprightly singers and dancers. None of
the stupendous scenic effects have been
spoiled by the adaption of "The Soul
Kiss" to vaudeville. The famous scene
In the Bal Taberln. Paris; New York 'by
night from the tower of the Singer
building, and the scene aboard the
ocean liner Lusltania are all faithfully
reproduced. The costumes are magni
ficent and the act Is without duplicate
In vaudeville.
Happy indeed is the method which
Murray" Bennett has adopted to enter
tain. His rare jests, his clever parodies
and his rich Baritone voice aid him in
scoring one of the biggest hits on the
programme.
Figaro Is a Juggler of the new school
and his feats are without duplicate. -He
works rapidly and several of his turns
seem more like delusions tnan actuali
ties, so fast does he perform them.
Direct from great successes on the
Continent come the Carros Brothers,
who were recently the hit of the Par
isian amusement srardens. Richard Pit-
rot, the European representative of
Pantages, witnessed them iri action and
immediately booked them for an exclu
sive tour of Pantages time.
Delightful players are Brooke and
Harris, who will be seen in the fasci
nating little play "A Mild Flirtation."
'me scene is laid in a Japanese garden
and the action Is fast and furious. Miss
Harris is a most delightful comedienne
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approval.
The Pantagescope will offer new ani
mated events.
Mme. Chambellan, the noted prima
donna of the Paris Grand Opera Com
pany, will make her farewell appear
ances at Pantages this afternoon and
evening. The engagement has been
most successful and thousands of music
lovers took advantage of her engage
ment to hear one of the lyric stars of
the century.
FUX TO ni'X RIOT AT EMPRESS
Fred Karno's Comedians Headliners
at Popular Playhouse. ,
Fun in a riot will be turned loose at
the Empress, beginning Monday after
noon. Heading the new bill the Em
press will have one of the best laugh-tii-nrfurlnir
acts In vaudeville. ' Fred
Karno's comedians are returning in "A ,
Night in an Erfglish Music Hall." This j
act 'was imported from England two J
vonrn mro for a brief engagement in
America, but the act was such a sensa
tion and such a laughing hit that it
has remained in the United States ever
since. Several months ago this head
line came to the Empress and was the
cyclonic success of the week. .The act
Is now making a limited tour of the
Sullivan & Considine circuit before go
ing back to London. Charles Chaplin
will be seen again as the "souse," and
all the rest of the cast of 20 comedians
will be on deck.
A team of popular players from mu
sical comedy are J. Hunter Wilson and
Eftie Pearson. Recently they appeared
with "The Three Twins." Now they are
making a tour In vaudeville with a skit
called "At the Reception." This Is
amusing and entertaining.
From the Palace Theater, London,
comes the Royal Zanetto Troupe, the
lightning Juggling marvels. This is
the nrst American visit of these Jug
glers. '
"A Woman's Way" is a polite society
satire In which- will be seen those ver
satile players. Miss Selma Walters and
Herbert Frank. The sketch Is original
In Idea and treatment and is well acted.
Miss Rae Eleanor Ball, the fascinat
ing virtuoso of vaudeville, is listed on
the programme for an artistic and
classy specialty of high grade.
Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Reynolds have
some polite patter and handle merri
ment in a good-natured manner. Sun
day's performances will be the last of
the present bill. '
ALLEX RETCRXS TO LYRIC
Popular Comedian- to Be Fanmaker
in Elaborate Production.
At the Lyric Theater, commmencing
with tomorrow's matinee. Keating &
Flood will present their popular com
pany In an entire new change of bill,
under the personal direction of Allen
Curtis. From a scenic, and artistic
standpoint, the production will eclipse
anything heretofore presented at this
cosy playhouse. The new production,
entitled "The Belle of Chinatown," will
be the latest In the musical comedy
line, and as produced by that master
Seetze from. "SZe f&noi'Zer- j "
of producers, Allen Curtis, should be
one of the big hits of the seasln.
Ed S. Allen, the talented and popular
comedian, will be seen In the comedy
role. and. Judging from past perform
ances, his act will be a scream. As a
good cure for the dumps, he will be
well worth seeing, for every move dur
ing the evening should produce a
laugh. The scene of the new play Is
laid tn Chinatown, New York, and the
settings will be the finest ever at
tempted at the Lyric. The piece opens
with a scene depicting Chinese New
, Year, with a party of society people
taking In the sights. They have formed
a slumming party, and tne aeveiop
ment of the story hinges on the ad
ventures that befall them.
Allen impersonates a mam who makes
love tq everyone he sees. Harry Bur
gess will play opposite Allen, and as
leaded of the "moral brigade," who
later falls from grace, will be a strong
funmaker. Ralph BeVan will be the
man about town, who puts all kinds
of obstacles In the way of his father,
who Is leader of the moral brigade.
Miss Jeanle Fletcher, prima donna of
the company, will appear as Queen of
Comic Opera and give a clever presen
tation of a "Quee,n of Song." Pretty,
dainty Eugenie L'e Blanc will be the
Salvation Army Lassie, and In her own
petite way wiil win new admirers.
The tloney Girl chorus will be aug
mented with some-new girls. The elec
trified hair. New York's latest society
fad. will be introduced during the pro
duction. This Is the newest in stage
effects and will be presented for the
first time west of New York at the
Lyric this week. There will be the
usual night performances, with a mat
inee during the week, and the -chorus
girls' contest on Friday night after the
performance.
OAKS TO OFFER REAL THRILL
Amusement Park Plans Preliminary
Opening Xe.xt Sunday.
While .the official grand opening of
the Oaks Park will not be until May
25, John F. Cordray. manager, has de
cided to have a preliminary season of
four Sundays prior to the opening date.
The park will be opened next Sunday
for the first time this season, but will
be closed during the balance of the
week.
The feature act which has been en
gaged for the opening season is La
Belle Hurley and "Dare Devil" Hurley
in the thrilling glide that was the
QUARTET WHICH WILL PLAY AT THE HEILIG THEATER,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1.
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FLONZALEY STRING ftUAHTET,
It has been said that the most subtly enchanting music in the worli
today in Its delicate, fairy-like play of nuance and color. Is that pro
duced by the Flonzaley String Quartet. The news that Lois Steers
Wynn Coman have succeded In obtaining a Portland date for this
organization, whose music Is a revelation of art in Its highest, most
soul-witching form, will b received with delight. They will play at
the Heilig Theater, Wednesday evening. May 1.
' Modern musical history offers no more striking example of a rise
from artistic obscurity to world-wide recognition than that presented
by this organization. A few years ago only a.i elect few knew that
rare pleasure was being given by a little coterie of talented players
whom E. J. Coppe-t, a wealthy art patron, had ' anded together to play
at his villa on Lake Geneva, Switzerland, and his New York resi
dence. The fame of the soirees given for a favored fe-w spread rapidly,
and the adoption of a public career led In -i surprisingly short ' time
to a reputation extending throughout the musical world.
In Europe first, and later In America, the quartet has outstripped its
older rivals. Its playing being accepted everywhere today as the high
est standard of art yet evolved in string music.
The Flonzaley Quartet Is the only European string quartet ever
brought to America. Its lofty aims are shown in a mutual agreeme.it
not to teach, play In orchestra, or accept individual engagements. The
instruments played by the four artists are a Stradivarius, two
Guadagninls and a Testorl of priceless value.
"The Flonraley Quartet unquestionably Is the first organization of
Its kind now existing," says the Leipzig Nuoste Naci ichten. And
Henry T. Finck, dean of American music critics, says of them in the
New York Evening Post: "They are masters of rhythmic ol'fegt, beau
tiful phrasing, precision, balance and emotional nuance."
The name "Flonzaley" is derived from the villa of Mr. Coppet in
Switzerland, where the organization had its birth. The four players
are: Adolfo Bettl, first violin; Alfred Pochon, second violin; Ugo Ara,
viola; Iwan D'Archamaeau, violoncello. "
sensation of the New York Hippo
drome's Winter season.
On a tiny car Miss Hurley is hauled
up a sharp incline for approximately
100 feet. The car is released and with
its rider dashes to the foot of the
slope, where tho track curls sufficiently
to hurt girl and car into the air. As
Miss Hurley flies through the air she
Is caught by Hurley, hanging head
down from a steel trapeze frame. The
act produces real thrills.
The whole trail will be opened with
many new attractions, at the head of
which Is the Blue Glide, an amusement
device which replaces the old "figure
eight." The new ride Is more than
half a mile long, the dips are steep and
exciting, while the jars and jerks have
been eliminated.
The bandstand will be occupied and
It la planned to have moving pictures
in the auditorium.
RELIGIOUS PLAY IS . COMIXG
"The Sign of the Cross" to Be Pro
educed Xext Week.
Wilson Barrett's gorgeous religious
production, "The Sign of the Cross."
will be the offering of Baker stock com
pany for all week starling next dun
day matinee.
On the same lines as "Quo Vadis,"
"The Holy City," etc., "The Sign of
the Cross" has been declared by the
press and mi. .stry to be the greatest
religious play ever written. It is a
splendid scenic production and the ac
tion takes place during the reign of
Nero and the beginning of the Christian
era. It tells the story of a young
friend of Nero, named Marcus Super-,
bus, who takes a young and love-'
ly Christian girl during a raid upon a
little band of them by the soldiers of
the tyrant, and carries her to his
palace where she is made to live among
the voluptuous men and women of
Rome.
Here he pursues, her in the vain hope
of winning her love as the word was
used In those days. He Is constantly
defeated In his purpose just at the
critical moment by the mysterious sign
and finally during one powerfully dra
matic scene the girl Mercedes gains
another power over him and shows him
the true light. In the end they both
go into the arena to the wild beasts,
but not until many thrilling scenes
have been enacted. A large cast is
necessary for the production, which
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