TIIK SUSDAT OKKCH)?(IAS. FOKTLAXD. MAT 19. 1912.
CHAT AND GOSSIP OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS
HEELIG
THEATER
ttevewth and Taylor Streets
Pbawea Mala 1 and A 11 -3
Phones Main 6 and A 1020
ED ITU) IT LEOXB CASS BAM.
51
PUKNCE BTOXEhI YVllaon Mal
ro clos, tr.alr brirt seaeon wttb
tr Alanr Stock Company In 6n
K ran Cisco tonlcht. awl tomorrow nit-tit
Klchard Dennett PM a limited atar
ri Muon at tnat liatr. Mlsa Stona
an-4 Mr. Melroaa Bav bad. aa their
rlostnc play, "Tfi Ulrl of tha Oolden
West." which by a rolncMlenc waa
betas played here at t.la same time,
and Blanch Bate. ho onrlnated
ttt role waa on br way to Portland
from fan Kranciaco.
Mr. Bennett played an elfht wte
nraaement laat aummer at tha Al
cmzM r and won for hintaelf a great fol
lowing. Pine then, ha haa remained
continuously on Broadway, where ba
. h. - 1 l l . . In Thi
Ieei Pun-lf." and afterwards etarTed
In "PjMf-by." under the Frohroan
management. Ilia leadlnc woman will
b Mabel Morrison, who la bla wlf alao.
Hh is tha daujthtrr of tha lata lwl
Morrison, and atep-danghter of Flor
enca Koberta.
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Miss Robert by tha way. la comlnr
to Portland May J, to ba headllnar on
tha Orpheum bllL Phe made her de
but In vaadoTtlle. lately, at Winnipeg"
In a little drama called The Miracle.
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In Baker City, tha native wera ra
raled with a -rea-lar ahow" last
Thursday nliht. Uncle Tom's Cabin,
with popular son Interpolatlona.
reads the bill. S'poea fncla Thomaa
wsrbled -Oh. Ton Beautiful rHjll." and
JJttla Eva did Imitations of Era Tans
way. e e
Ftlll speaking of Uncle Tom. a
musical version of the rs re old nta-d-r
for whlrh Arthur Pryor wrota tha
music will Bav Ita premiers In Chi
cago this month. Bella Gold, last Bean
In a character part In "The Summer
Widowers." has been selected for tha
ml, of Topsy. Miss Gold won distinc
tion as a trareaty artist with Eddie
'oy In -Mr. IIamlt of Broadway."
Amelia Gardner, according- to a New
Tork exchange. Is a likely eajdldate
for futura atardom. Her racord for
tha past few seasons has been an un
broken succession of personal
triumphs, the la essentially a woman
ly actress, with an appealing, sympa
thetic personality. Any news relatlya
to Miss Gardner Is particularly Inter
esting to Portlandera. who remember
her as a stock actress with tha early
Tordray Company here. Bha la appear
ing In one of tha newest metropoli
tan successes. "Tha Unwritten Law."
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Julia Fanderson will ba seen next
season In "The Doll OlrL- a musical
piece from Paris.
Ethel Barrymore. who baa Just added
a girl to ins census iwwi.
M -Tha Fpy." adapted from a play by
K!stemaecker.
Nat Goodwin la talking about b com
lnr an acor-mana-er at tha head of a
New York atock company, to ba boused
In one of the Shubert theaters.
Naslmora will be tha atar of -Bella
rnna.- the play based on Mr. Hlchena'
lovrl of that name.
Jack Maaon will hare tha leading
part In tha Bernstein play L Assault."'
r:pl!shed under tha Utla of Tha On-slaught.-
Frances Ftarr will come to tha B
Uco with -The Taaa f Becky."
F.mllT Stevena and William Mack
will try a New York seaaon with
-Within the Law."
Joho Irew will open tha Empire
tarly In September with "Papa," from
the French of Ia Flers and Calbalet.
Charles Richman will oontlaua with
Bunch t and Paid For."
Billle Burka Is to nave tha lead In
ine u . .... -
litis of -The 'Mind the paint' GirL I
Blanche Bates, baring served her
term In -Nobody's Widow.- Is to bare
another New York aeasoa In a play
from tha Belasco foundry.
Maude Adams comes to tha Empire
shout Chrlstmaa. probably In rpr-
'"otls Fktnner will ba eeen In "Kis
met," but only In Philadelphia. Boaton
and Chicago. ...
Although William Gillette had fare
welled In his repertory, ha la likely to
return to the stage at tha bead of a
New York atock company.
Cyril Fcott will probably ba brougbt
Into New York In The Best People,
which baa been tried outside with re
ported fair succesa.
Haute Williams will open the Crite
rion with a musical show based on
-The Girl From Maxim's."
Donald Brian will be put out aa a
Bothern and Marlowe will tour In
Shakespearean repertory, going- Into
New York for a subscription season,
probably at the Manhattan opera
bouse. , .
Lwla Waller will put on an elabor
ate production of "Henry V." In Paly'a.
John Barrymore goes to theUttle
Theater to appear In "Anatol," the
celebrated Viennese drama, to which
ilr. Ames haa secured the American
rights.
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Said the Pittsburg Times one day
last week:
Two of tttsbars young thesplans of
S-reel promise are home for lon-d"arrsl
vacaMoaa Jack Wise, of Buller street, who
f.-r two yars baa beeo hsvlrs success as
leading Juvenile la the Musical Comedy
stock company In the Lyric Theater. Port
land Or.. Is home toe the first time since
he was plecrd oa the Coast. With him be
has a htsl of very fialterms clippings from
. , -. - .f ih. Wml also Dersonal
s wnicn S " 11 ...
h!a work pleased his audlsnco Im-
Ir. Just before Mr. Wise csme noma
the eompany put oa Lew fields" -Msnsy
l-annr." and the young Pltlaburs comedian
had the role which Carter De Havsn filled
. wsiU Mr. Wis Intends to return to
Oretna about the first of Ausuat.
Mlss Helna Rapport also has been "tnak
It, in a Southera and Western tour
f -liaby Mine." pterins the role of the
ItaJIsn mother. Her vacation Is aa en
forced one. as her throat has len oot
and pheelclans haee ordered her to take at
least all months rest. Mlsa Rapport la fot
riddeo to ta;h at a: I, an.l even shops with
neteoooh and pesciL Phs Is hoping by
coostant and strenuous care to be abie te
Uks her position asia la the FalL
Miss Rapport appeared here this sea
son at the Helllg In "Baby Mine."
ess
v.w.-. a-. I .! Vflf. CI -
r it uri nauvi t vM " . i
tru.le Elliott, aalled away to their Eng. ,
lish home last week. Mr. Robertson la
said to nave cjwtm . . . . ... .
his two seasons with "The Passing of (
the Third Floor Back" tn this country.
whi:e Miss Elliott must have gathered
toura.
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In a splendid article In the Dramatic
Mirror, on the rheaD theater. May Irwin
rommlla herself to a faith la public J
taste. "To my ml ad." ehe eays. "the t
moral and artistic standard of the
popular theater la below the tastes '
of the public that patronises It-" She Is i
probaV.y righc Thafa why tha public
fliK-ka If the matter were Tics vers,
doubtleas the public would stay away.
But there Is one paragraph la Mlsa
Irwin's story that hits a head that
ought to be hit- Any regular patron
of yaudeelUe. cheap or otherwise, will
tell yoa that tba popular song Is aa
abomination Hera la what Mlsa Irwin
thinks:
"Suppose. Instead of "tonga" Ilka
'When the Moon Smiles la the Jungle'
, and 'Ain't It Nice to Lore In June.' we
' heerd the songs of Tom Moore. Mallory,
Nevia and other writers of simple mel
odies and fetching lyrics! There are
many fresh, sweet tolces (manager
njtd conservatory principles will tell
Teu this) that can give pleasing exprea-
i.tt
thsi
slon to such aonrs. and that can be
engaged aa cheaply as the Impudent
person who shout tha current popular
song. I maintain that at tha very
start the average patron of the cheap
theater would enjoy such songs and
sncb renderings more than they now
enjoy the trashy song In strident
pitch. Moreover. let the ma sees listen
to t.'ie better songs, and In time there
would be no market for tin-pan alley
products. That Is my ?allh In the de
cency of popular taste."
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Soma people are wondering; what
Frttii Schorrs artistic future I shap
ing Itself Into, rihe baa difficulty In
being "fitted with an opera. Th diva
will not don boy' clothe and she will
not wear costumes. There are other
things she objects to. She wants to ba
Frltal Scheff and thafa all. Ever since
she married Pox. tUe novelist, she has
shows these whims In an accentuated
form and there are rumors that she
may retire because she cannot be
"fitted." Thia season, aha haV been
playing In a version of Johana Straus
"Fledermaus" under the title of "The
Night Birds" and now It Is announced
that th Shuberts have closed with a
London manager for the Gladys L'nger
version of this operetta under the same
title and will bring the entire English
company over next season. In that
event what becomes of Frttzl Scheff.
who, of course, will not alng In It In
New York? Yet the Shubert are her
managrera, or were, at laat accounts.
She was offered "The Spring Maid"
and refused It because she had to wear
s, costume In It.
With Madame Frltal In "Die Fleder
maus" Is Haxel Cox. a statesque beauty,
who la sister to Ray Cox, comedienne.
recently at the Orpheum. Hazel Cox'
singing voice I remarkably beautiful.
Ray says: -Haxel got all there wa
given out to the Cox family."
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-I excel In after-dinner speeches
rather than curtain speeches." say
James T. Powers. "During my lat tour
of the South. I delivered t ' after-dinner
speeches In two weeks. What wa th
occasion? Why, after each meal I
Imply atd: "Walter, this dinner wa
rotten." "
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Vander Leyden Fyle. a New Tork
dramatlc critic, wrltea a bit of new
concerning our old friend and fellow
townsworoan. May Yohe. Ha say: "Th
career of that light and laughter-loving-
product of Pennsylvania la too re
cent to require recapitulation, but ah
had not boon personally on view for
some year. When, passing a motion
nictura theater on Broadway the other
evening. I saw her name announced and.
for the modest aura af JO cents, went In.
Flrt I had to lt through numerou
moving pictures, of tha usual quality,
and a lot of vaudeville, Jncludlng a man
who waa announced aa a survivor from
the Titanic. He wa apparently wholly
Inexperienced la public speaking In any
language.
"When May Tohe'a name went up sev
eral people left the theater which,
however. Indicated na animosity toward
her. but Just, I took it. a general lack
of Interest In the woman who might,
some day. have been Duchesa of New
castle. She wa very much dressed,
looking, all In all. a comfortable, rather
quat dowager certainly not at all the
daaxllnc heroine of yellow-backed ro
mance. She wore a heavy, long-trailed,
aalmon-plnk aatln evening gown. A
bit of black waa laterwoven on the bod.
Ice: her dark hair had a rather matted
look: and th solitaire diamonds that
pierced her ears seemed slightly
Elghteen-elg-hty-els-htlsh. She at down
near a (mail table and delivered a
rambling monologue about her two bus
band: and. as the "three sheet" In th
lobby mentioned In large lettering that
she waa "Formerly Lady Francis Hop
and Possessor of the Famoua Hope Dia
mond." her comments could hardly be
wholly disassociated from Lord Francis
and Captain Putnam Bradlea Strong.
The wit rose to such heights as:
-My first husband was a peach, but
my second was a lemon!" This flow of
persiflage waa occasionally Interrupted
by a song, delivered In the fairly well
preserved remain of the Yon J-not
voice."
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Ethel Grey Terry, who need to be here
In Baker stock when her mother, Lillian
Laurence, wss plavlnrr leads. Is lesd-
Ing woman with the Malley-Dennlson
Company In Schenectady. N. T.
David Belasco crosses sword with
Pierre Veber on tha subject of histor
ical drama, which for aoma year haa
not enjoyed great sucoess. He even
predicts that "we are on tha very eve
of a strong- and vigorous revival of
the historical and romantlo drama, and
that within the next two seasons we
shall see this dramatlo form restored,
not to lta old time prestige, but to a
greater and more brilliant than It baa
ever before known. Aa a matter of
fact. It la hazardous to predicate of any
form of drama that It 1 moribund,
because the entire history of the stag;,
from the earliest Greeks' to the pres
ent day, la but a long and endless suc
cession or recrudescence, first of on
form, then of another. "
-Ever since the stage was, wa have
bad comedy and tragedy, historical
and romantic drama, farce and burles
que, and we always will have them.
For period of greater or less duration,
on form will predominate to the great
er or less subsidence of others, and
then. Just aa Inevitably, all tha other
form will enjoy their vog-ue."
This belief In the rotation of dra
matlo crop I certainly based on tra
dition. It I all the more plausible
tf one recall that when literary critics
were declaring that the historical novel
waa absolutely dead "Hugh Wynne.
Quaker." and "When Knighthood Waa
In Flower" burst upon the market In
a whirlwind of success.
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Adeline Oenee, the dancer who Is
new In London, will return to America
next Autumn to dance at the Metro
politan Opera House In New York, and
later make a tour which will Include
the Pacific Coast.
Six Nights Beginning Tomorrow Night
Special Friea Matlwe tatw-rdar
DAVID BELASCO Aws-OTJXCES TRIUMPHANT BETXR-f Or
PORTLAND'S NATIVE DAUGHTER
Blanche Kates
la Avery HeVwead'a Farcical Resoasco
"Nobody's Widow"
HISS BATES' FIRST1 APPEAR. VCE IX TUB THEATER SHE CONSECRATED
DDIPCv? Evonlng. $!.00, ILBO, tl.10. 76a. tOa.
rniUCO Saturday Matinee $1.60. f 1.00. 7Sc 60c S5c :8a.
8 EATS XOW SELLING AUTOS AAD CARRIAGES. AT lOriS
At the Theaters
Continued frtm Pact S.
Ides and the comedy element relieves
the more Intense dramatic scenes. With
Mr. Hllllard in bis old part of William
Lake. Ida Adair as Doris Moore and
the entire Baker company In the other
Interesting role, the production Is
bound to find favor with theater-goers
In this city.
PANT AGES ENLARGES CIRCUIT
Vaudeville Ilon&es to Reach From
Chicago to Pacific Coast.
CHICAGO, May The Pantagas
circuit will reach from Cincinnati to
the Paclfio Coast and back East as
far an Davenport, Iowa, next season,
according to present plana J. C. Mat
thew, general booking representative
of the cltcult, who haa hi headquarters
here, has tendered a requested fran
chise to I. M. Martin, manager of tha
Orpheum Theater at Cincinnati, which.
If signed, will call for that city to be
the openlns; rolnt on the circuit- A sug-
8 EAT SALE OPENS FRIDAY, MAT 24
HEILIG
THEATER
7 RIGHTS
BEGINNING
SUNDAY
MAY 26
Saeetal Price
Mat. Sararday
WM.H0DG
IX THE SUCCESS OP THE CENTURY
THE MAN FROM HOME
Eve nines Lower Floor. 11 rows, $2.00; 7 rows,
il.60. Balcony. 6 rowa, $1.00; rows. 75c; last 11
row. 60c Gallery, 60o
Saturday Matinee (1.60, fl.00, 75c, 60c, 15c. 25c.
Week
B ectasia
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE
Monday Matinee, May 20
Famous Twelve Sunshine Girls
In Selected Bongs and Dances. Including
TV THE SHADOWS"
"Fun in a Harem" Lietzel Sisters
John Tiller's London Company T Wonder of the Air
In Dancing Pantomima i j
N
Delmore and light b Nadell and Kane
With Piano and Songs Chatting- and Singing
Coogan and Park3 i! The Lelands
The Two Eccentric v Transparent Paintings
Orchestra matwbh evert dat Pictures
EVENING PRICES 15,25, SO and 75c
DA1LT MATINEE 15c, Zoo. BOe. HOLIDAY MATINEES Nlsat Prices.
g-estion from opposition to tha effect
that Pantages'- howa could not be
played there led Manager Martin to
make Investigations which led to a
proposition that la likely to be con
summated. The second stand. In such event, will
be the Cadillac Theater tn Detroit,
Mich., which opened recently with the
Pantages bookings. The' third week
will be divided between two Chicago
house. On of these will be the new
theater which will take the place of the
Linden. It will be acros the street
from the present house and near the
new house being erected by Sullivan
A Consldlne. The Linden 1 on one
of the very best corner In Chicago and
the new house will have big seating
capacity. The other Chicago house ' I
not given out. It is reported to have
been booked this season by the West
ern Vaudeville Managers' Association.
From Chicago the shows will leap
to the Orpheum Theater at Fargo, N.
D, and then into Canada. Alexander
Pantage will have a new theater In
Edmonton, A lta.. next season, which
will be part of a 10-story office build
ing to cost 300.000. New Pantage
houses In Saskatoon and Moose Jaw
will oost 1100,000 each. Option held
for theater in Reglna and Winnipeg
are likely to be closed. New houses
at San Diego and Oakland. CaL, will
make the Western stay longer. The
final week of the tour will be at the
American Theater at Davenport. Iowa.
Gee! I Like Music
With My Meals
Rag Bit (be Coaatry.
1 The Skeleton Ra. .
2 Here's to th Fri-nd In Stormy
Weather (Elk Song).
S When Tou're Away.
Trolley Car Swing,
t After a While,
f Slippery Slide Trombone.
Tbessatle Catalog- Mailed Free.
All Fas-alar Hasf Mlta 7 far Sl.aU.
add le rmwT mm Mall Orders.
WHEN IT- Ml'SIC OR PICTURES,
UO WHERE THE CROWDS GO.
Jxe Octi
JEROME II. RElflfK et CO,
3U Viaahlastoa Street.
Oars Evealaa-e Till I0i3O.
Heilig Theater
srxrMY
AFTERNOON
MAY 26 O'CLOCK
SONS RECITAL
MME. JENNIE
Norelli
PRIMA DONNA SOPRANO,
Assisted by
Mr. Herbert Riley
VIOLONCELLIST.
Sale of Seats Opens at Box Office
Thursday. May 1.
Tickets Me TSe, 9U SLM, S3,
Management Eugene Kueater, tit
Ellera BIdg. TeL Marshall .274.
THEATER
Oeo. t.. Baker, Gen. Mr
Morrison aod 11th Sis.
Phoaes Mala t. A UM
BOMB OF THB POPULAR BAKER STOCK COM PANT
BAKER
All Week Corn. T.Y May 19, 1912
BREWSTER'S
MILLIONS
DRAMATIZED FROM TUB FAMOCS KOVEL BT GEORGE BARR Ho.
CUTCHEON
A Scream of Laughter from Begmning to End
. THRILLING. EXCITING, ROAR
ING, MONEY-MAD COMEDY
Our wildest dreams come true. Tha pleasure of watching Monty Brew
ster spend one million dollars In one year la next thing to spending It
ourselves. Sea the remarkable shipwreck scene of the third act. Pro
duction under direction of William Dills.
EvemlmST price. ZSe. BOe.
Marlaeea. SSe.
Saturday
Matinees Wednesday and
MONDAY BARGAIN NIGHT ALL, SEATS 23c
Next Week The Deep Purple
VJWU
Lr IlTLmm
rveWIWr
Lv T Mi
UNEQUALED VAUDEVILLE SEVENTH AND ALDER STS.
Week Commencing Monday Matinee, May 20
- 1 " 11
Enffiremt ExtraordlAary The I-ttrrmtlomU PaBtmlni SiUKesa
"ANight in theSlums of Paris"
Introducing tha Latest Parisian Sensational Novelty
LA DANSE DU COUTEAU ISV
' Presented by Mile-. Malse, Mons. La Barbe and a Host of Other Panto
mimic Stars, Truthfully Depicting the Underworld of Paris
Dorothy Vaughn Duffy and Dyso
Vaudeville's Favorite Comedienne Novelty Entertainers
Santucci Pantagescope
Italy's Greatest Accordionist Latest Animated Events
SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION
Leon Morris 1P His Wrestling Ponies
Assisted by Mr. John Hedge. Vaudeville's Best and Biggest Attraction
for the Young Folk
Popular Prices. Matinee Dally. Boxes aad First Row Balroay Reserved.
Box Office Open From 10 A. M. to 10 P. M. Phones A 2236, Main 4636.
Curtain 2:30, 7:15 and 9.
BASEBALL
RECREATION PARK,
Car. Vans aa aad Tweat j-Iou-th Sta.
SEAITLE
vs.
PORTLAND
MAY 13, 14, 13, !, 17. 18. IS.
G eases Bran a Uetkssrs at SKa p. M.
SBtsda-ra 3 tarn P. M.
LADIES DAY F RID AT.
Boys Under 12 Free to Bleacher
Wednesday.
The MULTNOMAH
Bridge M"
of the Real Indians
Af- t 1200 Performers
Gods -rrr
Mt. Hood in
ON Eruption
SATURDAY
Indian Tribal
June 8 I 6311163
AND The Success
imvniv of the Centennial
MONDAY Sayed f()r
Tj "f f Portland's Rose
Jlllie JLV Festival
F..w aad atari- t-. THEATER f'""'"' fr K
HOME OP REFINED MCSICAL COMEOT
Week Commencing Tomorrow Matinee
The KEATING & FLOOD MUSICAL COMEDY CO.
PRESENTS
The Screamy, Yelling, Laughing Show
A Siisbbore Maid
Funny Comedians Pretty Chorus Catchy Music
A Big Production at Bargain Prices'
Two Performances Nightly, Matinees Daily
Friday Night, Chorus Girls' Contest
MB
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MATINEE EVERY DAY
Week May 20th
SULLIVAN & CONSIDINE
Special Vaudeville Tour of the Eminent Actor
MR. WALTER LAW
(Leading; Man with "The Spoilers") and a Splendid Company, Present
"AT THE THRESHOLD"
A Knmtxsr of Classy . Specialties Tho Artistic Athletes
" Prince and Deerie Brothers
-Tba SSif Bo" a tie Mald Perfectly Developed Men
The Hebrew HumorUt The Premier Accordionist
MortFox Peppino
Scoring; with Parodies and Small In a Repertoire of Classical and
Talk Popular Bits
Special Added Feature
The Animal Hit of the London Hippodrome
MONS. DEL FRANCO'S MINIATURE CIRCUS
An ABfrre-ration of Horsos. Xoga and Monkeys. See the Great Achieve
ment In Animal Training. "The. Monkey Funeral"
ORCHESTRA
Council Crest
Portland's Roof Garden-1200 Ft. Above City
l
Grand Opening Today, May 19
All amusements in foil blast. New observatory, electric elevator;
finest scenic railway in America. Trip on the Columbia River.
Open-air rink. Grand display of fireworks tonight.
Admission to Grounds Free
a .1 1
1-
Oak;
WILL
OPEN
SATURDAY
NEXT
MAY 25th
"Greatest Bill Ever Offered at
Oaks Park"
Growing th mulberry tre la to b taken
up la caniMt Botji the dlmatt ud soil of
Eoutb Manchuria aesuraar sericulture.
fiaould th Initial nndartaklnff at train y
propr. tn pantlnus will extended
north ward.
Profecsor Keith. In a IODdon lecture ofc
tha evolution of man, said that tha resem
blance of the prehistoric monkeys found In
the Fayam, In Upper Ecypt, to South Amer
ican monkeys Indicated the common origin
ot the anthropoids of the- old and new world,