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rHILE Portlanders are debating
whether they . prefer Cathrlne
Conntlss better In comedjr or In
dr&zn. that., youn woman's business
menager, E. D. Price, g-oes calmly along
selecting her plays. Last week Miss
Countlss was delightful as a com
edlenne. and everybody agreed on It.
As Marlon In "A Woman's Way," she
scored. This week she makes a radical
departure from the two earlier portray
als, and will give us Merely Mary Ann
the tired little slavey of the English
lodging-house. Israel Zangwlll wrote
this whimsical romantic comedy, and
while Its production is not new to Fort
land. It will receive a presentation by
the Cathrlne Countlss players that will
be well worth anybody's while. Sidney
Ayers will appear as the composer.
"Louisiana Lou," with Sophye Tucker
'member Sophye and how she ran
amuck of the authorities here when she
Insisted on doing the angle worm wig
gle? is coming to the Heilig on Au
gust 8, 9 and 10. Sophye has a great
big role now and Barney Bernard Is in
the cast with her. "Louisiana Lou" is
a capital story, told with a musical set
ting. During its stay at the Heilig Miss
Countlss" company will go on tour In
neighboring cities.
Headlining the Orpheum's new bill is
William H. St. James in "A Chip of the
Old Block. St. James appeared in
"Cameo Klrby" with Dustln Farnum
and was the Squire in "way Down
East."
At the Empress "A Wyoming Ro
mance" will be the top liner, with 10
cowgirls, 10 cowboys and as many real
bronchos.
Topping Pantages new bill Is Frank
BuBh, a raconteur, whose fame is wide
spread. The "Three Madcaps, sensa
tional dancers, share in the headline
place with Bush. .
"MERELY MARY AXJT" IS -NEXT
Cathrine Countiss Begins Third
Week With Popular Comedy.
Cathrlne Countlss, securely re-established
In the affections of her old ad
mirers and an enormous new clientele.
opens the. third week of her Summer
season at -the Heilig with tonight's re
vival of "Merely Mary Ann." There is
always a demand for this charming
sentimental comedy, telling of the
smudgy.' sweet-voiced little English
slavey, who .becomes a cultivated and
beautiful lady.
"Merely Mary Ann" was the first
ringing success of Israel Zangwlll, who
later wrote "The Melting Pot," an
equally great dramatic sensation. It
is the quaintly amusing, poetic and
touching- romance of the -elfish Lan
cashire lass, who Is made the drudge
of a mean London lodging-house, and
there meets her "fairy prince," a say
and gallant young composer, whose
first temptation is to Impose upon her
innocence, but who soon falls genuine
ly in lcve-with her. In the earlier
llIDiri LE OK PARKVT HAS
M ADE A KOHTl'S E FOR
VAIDF.VII.LE ARTIST.
Charles Case, Monologue Artist.
Charles Case makes a living by
making- fun of his father. Case
has been in vaudeville for sev
eral years, anil his sola tuple of
c o n v e r sation in- his monologue
retarding his ancestor, whose od
dities. Idiosyncrasies and mishaps
are related by the son to st his
audiences laughing. Case does
his vaudeville turn in blackface.
His stories about his father have
been referred to as comedy clas
sics by Xw York reviewers, and
the comedian has been praised by
critics for keeping, his yarns
clean, bright and .down to date.
Case boasts that he has made a
fortune by ridiculing his father,
and declares that his parent
doesn't care because he. too, has
been enriched by his son's noel
method of pleasing vaudeville
audiences. Case will appear at
the Orpheum tomorrow afternoon
and will talk about his father
here lA-tlmes this week.
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scenes glimpses are. given of middle
class life In London, but In the last
act the atmosphere of fashion Is in
troduced, when at a stately manor
house Mary Ann. now an heiress and a
brilliant, accomplished woman of the
world, meets her composer, who has
risen from obscurity to fame, and their
broken romance is taken up.
Poor Mary Ann has a heart of gold
and a soul as white as an Easter lily.
All the moral grime of .sordid London
life cannot soil It. In this neglected
maiden, standing in ignorance upon the
threshold of brilliant womanhood, are
personified duty, loyalty, unselfishness.
There Is no more lovable little figure,
half humorous, half pathetic, in mod
ern drama; and there is no part that
Miss Countiss plays with more sympa
thy or more enjoyment than this for
lorn waif, with her coarse garb, heavy
shoes, ill-ntting gloves and her dearly
cherished canary bird. Many times has
Miss Countiss assumed this role and
much praise has Bhe won. "As an
actress of rare ability," wrote a well-
known Eastern critic, "Miss Countiss
loses herself completely as the little
drudge, while retaining her charming
personality and giving proof of real
artistic versatility; again she proved
her great power of emotion.
Sydney Ayres. a leading actor of au
thority and distinction, has. In Lance
lot, one of his most successful roles.
He has often acted the erratic, tem
peramental composer. There is abun
dant class to a cast which Introduces
Henry Hall as the practical tea mer
chant, who writes popular songs; J
Frank Burke, as the grasping music
publisher; Roy Clements, as the hypo
critical country clergyman; John C.
Livingstone, as the silly nobleman;
Robert Lawler, as the convivial Jour
nalist; Laura Adams, as the cockney
landlady; Myrtle Langford and Marie
Edgett, as the music hall singers, and
Claire Sinclair as the giggling Kosle.
COMEDY RULES AT ORPHECM
W. H. St. James Is Headliner and
Partner of London Will Lecture,
Comedy will prevail at the Orpheum
this week, a .noted actor presiding as
headliner In a playlet overflowing with
fun and four other acts being devoted
to the creation of laughter. First on
the bill to open with the matinee to
morrow is W. H. St. James, who, with
his players, will present "A Chip of the
Old Block," a comedy wrlttten by By
ron Onglet, author of "Brewster's Mil
lions." The playlet is built around a
comedian who is an Inmate of an act
ors' home and whose sole ambition was
to become illustrious as a tragedian.
St. Jamea is celebrated for his great
success with Dustin Farnum In "Cameo
Klrby" and as the Squire in "Way
Down East." He is supported in "A
Chip of the Old Block" by John Moore.
w alter Jenkins, J. s. Davis and Miss
Laura Dacre.
The big novelty on' the new Orpheum
bill la Martin Johnson's travelogue re
vealing the amazing oddities of the
South Sea Islands and their people.
Johnson accompanied Jack London on
his famous trip on his 45-foot boat,
Snark, and his vaudeville lecture is
the result of his research In that mem
orable voyage. Johnson penetrated
tropical places never visited by white
men before. He has remarkable pho
tographs to accompany every phase of
his story.
Charley Case, celebrated blackfacer,
who talks about his father, occupies
third place on the poster. Case's
stories about his heroic ancestor are
regarded as vaudeville comedy classics.
They are so ludicrous laughter is con
tinuous while Case holds the stage.
Three cartoon youngsters will ap
pear in "Hotel Turnover, the act of
the Kobert de Mont trio. Buster Brovn,
bellboy and Mary Jane will be seen
in surprising tumbling feats in this
number, vivacious snap filling every
second cf the athletic comedy.
William Burr and Daphne Hope are
London music hall stars on their first
tour of the United States. They will
be seen and heard in "A Lady, a Lover
and a Lamp," in. which they discuss the
divine passsion in dialogue and soni;.
This act is staged elaborately. Miss
Hope is a beautiful woman who wears
stunning costumes and the songs sung
by the duo are new to America.
Tommy Kelly and Mamie Lafferty,
dancers, are next on the final July
bill. They will present ."The Cham
bermaid and the Bellhop," in which
shadows of the performers are fea
tured. The great Libby, boomerang
comedy cyclist, closes the bill.
Madame Bertha Kallch will appear
for the last time In "A Light From St.
Agnes" at the Orpheum tonight.
CLEVER STORY-TELLER BILLED
Pantages Brings William Morris and
Wife In "The Lady Downstairs."
No cleverer teller of stories has ever
made his debut before vaudeville audi
ences than Frank Bush, who comes as
the headlined feature on the bill at
Pantages for the week, commencing
with the matinee- tomorrow at 2:30
o'clock.
It is a happy method that Bush has
chosen-with which to entertain, fash
ioned a bit after the troubadours of
the early ages who sang and told tales
that held their listeners spellbound.
Modern days have changed all this and
the Introduction of such a novel per
formance will meet wjth popular ap
proval, for everyone enjoys a rattling
funny story or a parody Mr. Bush is
the originator of many, many stories
and songs that have made the world
better and brighter. His imitations
are extremely funny and he will easily
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, r PORTLAND,
.illiSBPT'
be one of the strongest drawing cards
of the season.
Direct from the royal amusement
gardens of Japan come the Tokio
Mlyakko Troupe of sensational im
perial acrobats. These remarkable
performers have been the particular
delight of the Emperor, who is said
to be dying, and it was only when his
health failed -that he allowed the
troupe to leave the land of the cherry
blossom. The feats performed by the
members of this sensational aggrega
tion have never before been attempted,
and their routine is one that will as
tonish at all times. They work with
lightning rapidity and the feats ac
complished are truly worthy of com
ment. So diversified is the programme that
the laughing dramatic hit, "The Lady
Downstairs," as presented by Mr. and
Mrs. William Morris, will fit admirably
into the well-balanced programme. The
plot of the one-act comedy hinges on
mixed identity, and the comedy is re
plete with laughter. Mr. Morris is a
delightful entertainer, while Mrs. Mor
ris proves herself an able assistant.
The playlet is prettily mounted and
will be the laughing number on the
programme.
Music of the sort that pleases every
one will be offered by the members of
the Clipper Quartet, marked for their
excellent voices, their harmony sing
ing being one of the features or tne
act.
Last but not least by any means are
the Three Madcaps, pretty and win
some girls, whose dancing has been
appreciated by international audiences.
Their work is original and at all times
entertaining for their terpsichorean
novelties are new and entrancing, me
Pantagescope will offer .new daylight
animated events. - '
The Hold-Up." the world's scenic
masterpiece, with Pereival Lennon is
the leading role, will conclude Its lo
cal engagement with the performances
this afternoon and evening.
REAL BRONCHOS OX STAGE
Ten Cowboys and Cowgirls at Em
press In "A Wyoming Romance."
An atmosphere of life In the sage
brush country will prevail at the
Empress Theater this week, 10 cow
girls and cowboys with real bronchos
appearing in the sketch "A Wyoming
Romance," which has headline place.
The playlet is billed as "the newest
realistic idyl of the plains," and New
York newspaper reviewers have said
that it lives CP to its reputation. The
sketch is presented along the Sullivan
& Consldlne circuit by Gus Hornbrook.
A feature of the production is a race
by cowgirls on ponies. The scene of
the playlet is a racetrack at Cheyenne.
"A Wyoming Romance" is considered
as one of the most elaborate Western
sketches lir- vaudeville, all the neces
sary fittings and trappings for the
story of the plains being supplied with
detail worthy of a Belasco production.
The extra added attraction at the
Empress this week is "Happy Jack"
Gardner, who formerly was a star with
the Primrose minstrels. He will ap
pear in the laughable skit, 'A Close
Call." Gardner is supported by Sarah
Cameron. Edna Beard and William
Bond, each of whom has a creditable
record on the legitimate stage. "Happy
Jack" Gardner has appeared In Port
land with Lew Dockstader, Primrose
and other minstrel impresarios, and he
was featured in a production staged
here one year ago-.
Two young men fresh from great suc
cess in a big New York cabaret also
appear on the. new bill. They are
D'Arcy and . Williams, who are pro
grammed as "the peerless piano Bat
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terers." Their repertoire includes their
own songs principally.
The Les Leonardis will supply the
thriller of the bill with their exhibi
tion of contortion work In midair. Les
Leonardis are booked from the London
office of the Sullivan & Consldlne cir
cuit. Frankie Drew, formerly of "The
Flower of the Ranch," also will grace
the Empress programme. She is ap
pearing In her first vaudeville tour in
a series of catchy songs and character
impersonations. Miss Drew is a sing
ing comedienne long Identified with
blsr musical comedies. She has stun
ning gowns for every change In her
vaudeville act.
To extend the variety of the final
July bill, the whistling ventriloquist
Valentine Vex. Jr., will create comedy
with a wooden figure that has a funny
reply for every question put Dy tne
vaudevllllst. 1
Clarence Wilbur and his famous
seven funny folk will appear for the
last time at the Empress tonignt in
"The New Scholar."
'MERCHANT OF VENICE SHOWN
Baby Show Starts at Star Theater
Today Patrons Have Votes.
The People's, Star and Arcade thea
ters today offer widespread admiration.
The People's Theater for its feature will
present "The Merchant of Venice, in
two reels. . Neither Booth nor Irving
have ever given a better all-round
presentation of Shakespeare's Immortal
work. The film portrayal and inter
pretation has been given a wider scope
and Portia's wlnsomeness, Shylock's
tragic hate; and Bassanio's despair are
all vividly portrayed berert ot Daa elo
cution. The picture is remarkable from
any and every point of view. "The
Soldier's Baby" is a tale of grim war
fare softened by the humanity of a no
ble general, and "The New Policeman"
is a splendid reel of comedy. "That
Trio" will sing a new song, ably assist
ed by Mr. Thorn, the talented pianist.
At the Star Theater "The Mystery of
the Bridge," another three-reel special,
by the makers of Tom Butler and Zing
omar, and equally as big, will be the
feature today. This is a decidedly thrill
ing tale closely interwoven. Today will
be the first day of the exhibition of
pictures of the Baby Prise Contest.
There will be over 100 babies in the
reel and it will be a particularly pleas
ing exhibition. Patrons are allowed 23
votes each for their favorite. Tomor
row the management will 'present two
new singers. Miss Lois Byrd and Miss
Stanhope, this being their first appear
ance in this city.
Four thousand feet of exceptionally
high-grade films will be exhibited in
the Arcade Theater programme, the
feature being "Stones That Rebound,"
showing how. a father intent on ven
geance deals out crime which falls on
his own child. "The Tom Boy Ranch
Girl" presents a vivid picture of ro
mantic Western life. "The Requital."
made by the same firm which turned
out "Fra Diavolo," Is another picture
which would be a feature In any the
ater, and "Don't Go on a Spree" is a
full reel comedy. Mr. Elwell will sing-
OUTDOOR PICTURES NOVELTY
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Council Crest Amusement Park Sue
Y cessfully Tries New Idea.
Moving pictures out of doors are a
novelty being shown at the Council
Crest Scenic Amusement Park, having
been Inaugurated last week and hav
ing met with a cordial reception by up
wards of 30,000 people who visited
"Portland's Hoof Garden" during the
week.
The film attraction makes the fifth
feature which the management has
added to the park's already long list
since Elks' week. About every avail
able foot of space on top or the big
hill west of the city is now occupied
by some concessslon. but it is probable
that the open-air "movies" will take
the lead In popularity. Manager Du-
champ has Installed the apparatus in
the old apple orcnara wnica nas oeen
the scene of so many Jolly picnics and
excursions, but the presence of the out
fit there will in no way detract from
the attractiveness of the orchard as an
outing ground. Some of the seats
which formerly were located in front
of the observation tower have been
taken to the orchard and these, with a
number of new ones, comprise the
conveniences for the audiences. The
"movies" show current events, come
dies and occasionally a little melo
drama by way of variety, the machine
being of a type that makes the repro
ductions as clear in the open air as
thoueh they were being shown In one
of the downtown picture houses. Later
it is the intention to show Portland
scenes.
"LOUISIANA LOU" . IS COMING
Cathrlne Countlss Plays "The Awak
ening of Helena Richie."
Cathrlne Countiss will give four
evening performances and a Wednes
day matinee of "The Awakening of
Helena Richie." commencing Sunday,
August 4. She gives up the last half
of her fourth week to "Louisiana Lou."
which would otherwise he snut out oi
Portland, as a courtesy to Klaw - &
Erlanger. under whose management she
formerly appeared.
Miss Countlss succeeded Margaret
Anglln as the star of "The Awakening
of Helena Richie," and a new ending
for the play was written for her by
Charlotte Thompson, who dramatized
the delightful romance by Margaret
Leland, which sold into the hundreds
of thousands. It has been well termed
"the psychology of a woman's soul."
Human love Is the basis the love of
man. woman and little child. The
period is in the early 60s the days of
crinoline and hoopsklrts and waterfall
coiffeurs, and a quaint old-fashioned
atmosphere pervades.
After the three nights' absence Miss
Countiss resumes at the Heilig August
11, with Clyde Fitch's vivacious comedy
"The Girl With the Green Eyes," and
will not be disturbed again during the
remainder of the Summer.
"LOUISIANA LOU" MUSIC HIT
Tremendous Sales of Songs Reported
n Semi-Annual Statement-
No other musical comedy produced
In recent years has contained so many
proven musical hits as "Louisiana Lou."
which will be given at the Heilig The
ater for three nights, beginning Thurs
CONVENTIONS DISCARDED
IN MATRIMONIAL MART
Cathrine Countiss Says Woman Disregards the Eules and Drives Conceited
Swain to the Trough to Drink.
"W
HEN a young: woman decides
to qualify for a homemaker
she should be permitted ' to
exercise the same freedom In negotiat
ing: a matrimonial contract as a man.
She should not be " compelled to sit
around and wait for some suitable fel
low to propose marriage."
This is the view expressed by a rev
erend gentleman in a recent talk.
George Willis Cook, a social science
expert, agrees and adds that modesty,
whioh, like other so-called virtues, is
not a matter of morals at all, but
purely of convention. Is no more char
acteristic of women than of men, and
he says that often men now do the
coqueting.
But at this point a woman butts In,
and declares that woman always pulled
the wool over the eyes of dangling
man, ran the game to suit herself,
snared him at her pleasure, and left
him a mere accessory in the game of
matrimony. Likewise, this woman says
she gets her knowledge not from ex
perience but from discussions with
women of all walks of life, including
suffragists.
"It is very true." says Cathrlne Coun
tiss, now playing so successfully at
the Heilig, "that man In the majority
of instances 'pops the question, as it
were, to. the fair enchantress, but not
until he has been led- up to the crucial
point in a circumlocutory manner by a
supposed member of the weaker sex,
who regales him with oil of Smyrna
and honey of Hymattus. 'He Is flattered
into believing that he has made all
(he advances.
"A young girl is reared and taught
to believe that her hand will be sought
after by the man, and that she will be
pursued to the end of the world, from
alpha to omega, from preamble to con
clusion, by the ardent lover. The fairy
tales of her nursery days, the books
of fiction and novels of her youth, and
the drama and stage impersonations
of her matured womanhood, all go to
"LOUISIANA LOU" LEAVES
NOTHING TO BE DESIRED
Critics Say of Coming Show That It Is a Great Play as Well as a Great
' - Musical Comedy Act3 Run in Sequence.
THERE are two ways of writing
and producing musical comedy.
One way is to place under contract
two or more persons who possess spe
cial 'talents in the way of singing,
dancing, muggery or physical grace,
and write a play about those talents,
filling the interstices with specialties
from the vaudeville stage.
The other way is the way of . "Louis
iana Lou," the Chicago La Salle's great
hit which will be seen at the Heilig,
where It will be played by the original
company organized by Harry Askin and
Barney Bernard, which has Just termi
nated its triumphant season's run of
354 performance at the La Salle Opera
House. The "Louisiana Lou" way was
to write a story that would still have
been a play without music. Then to
re-write it in such a way as to make
the songs part of the story, by the
simple process jot . making the musrc,
as well, a part of the story, although
nearly every song in "Louisiana Lou'"
may be "lifted out," ana useo. separ
ately for its own beauty.
As an example or ine
Lou" way of doing these things, aci
1 Is laid in the old French wuaner oi
v.nr -Orleans: Act II. on a rice planta
tion on the Mississippi River some miles
above New Orleans. How do tne char
acters get from the city to the planta
tion, any why? That question is al
ways natural In the matter of musical
comedy,' and it is generally answered
s h author's saying: "O, we just
wanted a change of scenery, and nobody
cares how the characters travel from
one act to another."
But the situation at the end of Act I
of "Louisiana Lou" calls for all the
day, August 8, with Saturday matinee,
by Harry Askin's original company
from the La Salle Opera-House, Chi
cago. The publishers of the music, who
make a report of sales and. profits twice
a year, made their semi-annual report
a short while ago, when it was shown
that 319,000 copies of the various songs
had been sold. It Is a surprising fact
that more than 20,000 copies of this
number were sold In England. More
than 100,000 of the copies sold were of
the great ballad In Act II, "My Rose of
the Ghetto"; while 62,800 were of the
serenade and dance in Act II, "Louisi
ana Lou, My Lou."
The beautiful waltz from Act I, "If
Love Be Madness" and "The Song of a
Jumping Jack," also in Act I, have sold
In immense numbers; while the two
"ragtime" hits of Hll-12, "Now Am
de Time" and "The Puritan Dance,"
have run 40,000 copies.
Apart from the copies of songs, the
orchestra arrangements have had an
immense sale; so have the dance ar
rangements, more than 50,000 copies of
which were sold In December for the
Christmas balls and hops, while the
publishers say that they are already in
receipt of orders from Europe and this
country for brass band arrangements
that will guarantee them In printing at
least 100,000 copies for the Summer
the season of outdoor music.
IS jY?if t
Cathrlne Conntlss, Who Thinks
Woman, Not Man, Is heal
Match-Maker.
Illustrate to her that it is thei duty
of the man to ask her hand in mar
riage. "But I say without hesitation," as
serts Miss Countiss, who is a woman
who thinks, "that she disregards all
these laws and rules of etiquette and
takes the reins Into her own hands, and
drives the conceited swain to the trough
to drink. If he is not thirsty, she il
not discouraged, but tries again. She
acts upon her natural Intuition. That
he must drink in time Is a foregone
conclusion."
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Barney Bernard, Who Will Asw
near In "Louisiana Lua" In Port- 4
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characters to be at the plantation in
Act II. The action Is transferred there
because the logic of the story makes it
inevitable. Ana nisi im wimi I. mr.uk
WIIB11 HID L 1 J I - D - ' .
Lou" Is a good play as well as a great
musical comedy.
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