THE SUNDAY OREGONTATJ. PORTLAND. ATTGUST 18, 1912.
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and more exciting attractions added,
the thoroughfare certainly Is soma
Flash. From Joy ride at one end to
photograph place at the other there 1
nothing but liveliness with thrills
thrown In a-plenty, although every me
chanical device is entirely harmless.
Skating parties are numerous enough
at Portland's roof garden to justify the
statement that this form of recreation
has taken a hold on Portland fully as
firm as that reported In San Francisco.
MISS COCNTISS SOON TO LEAVE.
"Divorcons," Clever Play, Will Hold
the Boards This Week.
Cathrine Countiss and her favorite
players have but another fortnight to
remain at the Heilig. The original en
gagement was for six weeks, and this
is the sixth, but it has-proved so prof
itable and popular that a seventh week
i m j - j ' v ii s -a. ! vr. 1 n m a-ata. r m m - r a k
By l::o:.c :.ss haer.
SO great haa proved the popularity
of Cathrine Countiss and her play
ers at the Heilig that her man
ager. E. D. Price, haa listened to reason
and the lure of boxoffice receipts with
close attention. Hence the stay of that
charming and talented actress has been
lengthened,- for which we are, all of us,
thankful.
Opening tonight Is Sardou's brisk and
vivacious comedy, "Divorcons," which
was adapted from the French for Grace
- - hv XT (i rtrn T-t Mbtd. Portland
product, who gave us "Baby Mine" and
"Polly of the Circus." Miss Countiss
win nnrtrav th butterfly wife, Cy
..iana with Sln,v Avres as Des
Prunelles, one of tne Dig roies wun
which this actor has Deen lucnuiiea.
The trite and never-more-lnterest-iM.thin.niiv
anbiect of divorce is dis
cussed in a witty and wholly amusing
manner, ami is a complete turning
around of that other probdem in do
mesticity, "A Woman's Way," in which
fmintiKit ftnDMred a few weeks
no. In "Divorcons" it is the husband
who Is sagacious and captivates his
discontented and flirtatious wife.
Next week, her last, Miss Countiss
will present "Her Own Way." with the
clever child actress. Mayo Methot, in
her cast, besides the regular- company.
...
The Baker will continue dark until
September 1, when the stock company
will become a permanent fixture.
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' Grace Cameron, singing comedienne,
honorary member of the local Press
Club, comes with a lot of new ballads,
and one or two old favorites, including
her Marie Dressier one "Heaven Will
Protect the Working Girl," to head the
urppeum on.
Topllning the Pantages list of offer
ings Is the first exhibition In the
'Northwest of the original copyrighted
moving pictures of the Wolgast-Kivers
contest for the lightweight boxing con
test for the world at Vernon on July 4.
The Empress will have as Its big
number "La Petite Gosse," a French
pantomimic production, with 14 folk in
the cast, and depicting a phase of
Parisian night life.
HEILIG ENGAGEMENT TO CLOSE
Cathrine Conntlss Will Play Two
Weeks More In Summer Stock.
- In another fortnight It will be good-
bye for a long time to Cathrine Coun
tiss, whose Summer engagement at the
Heilig is so successful that it has been
extended for a seventh and final week,
' commencing Sunday, August 25, when
she will appear in Maxine Elliott's New
York and London success, "Her Own
Way." This is a Clyde Fitch comedy of
polite society, in which Miss Countiss
as Georgians, a fine girl with a heart
. -am in th, mMct of baser metah,.
i 6",
is required to express many feminine
moods from volatile light-heartedness
to the tensely emotional. There is a
wide range of feeling from the light
comedy episode, where the bachelor
maid entertains a group of children at
a birthday party, and through the girl
ish love scenes to follow, on to the big
emotional climax where, often sacri
ficing fortune for a wayward brother,
she hears false rumor of her soldier
sweetheart's death in the Philippines.
It is a stirring play of humor and
' sentiment, which grips interest until
the final moment of happy issue. The
remarkable child actress. Mayo Methot,
: is to appear again. A very droll scene
is where Georglana has her hair dressed
.' by a loquacious and slangy profession
al hairdresser. Many new. and beauti
ful gowns are worn and the whole
spirit of "Her Own Way" enables Miss
Countiss to leave a happy memory of
her artistic and personal charm.
HEILIG BRINGING FAVORITES
. The Mikado, Pinafore, Patience and
Pirates of Penzance Coming.
At the Heilig Theater the week of
September 1 the Gilbert & Sullivan Fes
tival Company, from the Casino The
ater, New York, will Inaugurate the
1912-1913 season with revivals of "The
Mikado," "Pinafore." "Patience" and
"The Pirates of Penrance."
The- works of Gilbert & Sullivan are
so well known and their fine qualities
so generously admitted that it has al
most become a work of supererogation
to deal with them from a critical point
of view, for the words of approval
suited to one can be equally adapted to
any of the others. The same rich vein
of satire and melody that was dis
closed In "The Sorcerer,"- their first
Joint work, runs through the remainder
of the even dozen of operas that they
wrote together and established a world
wide reputation with.
The revivals of these delightful
operas by this great organization, which
are the first of great consequence made
in many years, are sure to be a source
of great pleasure to (he older genera
tion of playgoers, who will welconr.u
them as among the Joys of their youth.
The younger generation, too, will have
a golden opportunity to be able to learn
for themselves how real are the merits
of these old comic operas, of which they
have heard so much. The fact is re
markable that after a lapse of a quar
ter ol a century, the time when they
were first seen in America, how easily
popular these operas have remained,
surely a lasting tribute to the genius
of the men who wrote them.
Not the least commendable of the
many different features surrounding
these revivals is the great cast to be
seen in the different presentations, con
taining as it does the servlcesof De
Wolf Hopper, Blanche Ruffield, Eugene
- CctSAr&t. ' tS
Cowles, George MacFarlane, Kate Con
don, Arthur Aldridge, Arthur Cunning
ham, Viola Gillette. Alice Brady and
Louis BartheL Following Is the ar
rangement of operas: Sunday, Monday,
Saturday nights and Saturday matincie,
"The Mikado"; Tuesday. Wednesday
nights and special matinee Wednesday,
"Pinafore": Thursday night, "Patience";
Friday night, "The Pirates of Pen.
xance."
GRACE CAMERON HEADS BILL
Favorite Comedienne of Portland to
Preside at Orpheum.
Grace Cameron, one of Portland's fa
vorite comediennes and the only
woman upon whom the Portland Press
Club has conferred 'honorary member
ship, will preside - as headllner over
next week's Orpheum bill. The dainty
actress has just returned from Lon
don, where she scored numerous hits,
and she will be heard in the rollicking
songs that amazed her audiences
abroad. To her old-time song suc
cesses she has added new gems se
lected In her European tour: she brings
new costumes and she will go a-slng-Ing
right out into the audience to show
how her "Rum-Tum-Tummy" song
made her London audiences gape with
wonder. Concerning Miss Cameron,
the London Telegraph said:
"She is a combination of Yvette Gil
bert, a female Harry Lauder, a Cecilia
Loftus, a Louise Frear and a typical
French soubrette. In Miss Cameron's
case is an Instance . of half a dozen
personalities packed ' Into one small
body."
Edmond Hayes and Company are next
the favorite topllner. Hayes and his
players will be seen In "The Piano
Movers," a satire built around a man
who had a piano "on bis hands." Hayes
Is the originator of "The Wise Guy,"
a characterization that has made him
famous in the stage world. Reviewers
kav the laughs caused by "The Piano
Movers" are so numerous audiences
barely find time to breathe.
Third on the bill Is Carl McCullough,
the dynamite comedian, who will pre
sent his "Footllght Impressions." Mc
Cullough gained his first stage experi
ence with Cressy and Dayne, and later
he was the leading juvenile for Mc-
Intyre and Heath in "In Haytl." His
vaudeville turn consists of travesties
on David Warfield, Eddie Foy and
many other stars of whose manner
isms he has made a study.
"Squaring Accounts" will be the of
fering of Harrison Armstrong's play
ers, Richard Newsmith and Verne
Sheridan. The characters depicted are
a. exouchv old landlord and a lively
newsboy. The story is brisk and full
of humor. Harrison Armstrong is the
author of "Circumstantial Evidence'
and "The Police Inspector," one-act
niavs which won great success in
vaudeville. .
The remaining acts on the new
nrnheum bill are: The Bounding Pat
tomons. who exhibit 50 varieties of
somersaults: the Takiness. Italian
sine-era in "The Stammering Tutor,'
and Bob and May Kemp, listed as the
funniest neeroes In vaudeville, in
"Vfatrtmnnial BliSS."
Elsa Ruegger, celebrated cellist, will
close her engagement at the orpneum
tonight. ; .
PARIS PANTOMIME LEAD'S BILL
L Petite Gosise" Is Headline Act at
Empress.
"Tjl Petite Gosse." a picturesque and
dramatic French wordless ' play with
14 in the cast, holds headline position
on the bill to reign at the Empress next
week. The production is presentea un
der the auspices of G. . Molasso, cele
brated dancing master, and his son is
the feature dancer of the pantomime.
"La Petite Gosse" deals with Interest
ing phases of the night life of Paris in
a part of the French capital where
Apaches hold forth. Lillian Lester and
Carlo Cassetta. star .pupils of Molas
so. shine in the numerous dances of the
production. The company carries its
own elaborate scenery.
The special added feature of the new
Empress bill Is "The Leapyear Girls."
a satire written by John Stokes, author
of "The Baby," In which Mr. Stokes
and Emma Dunn were starred over the
Orpheum circuit. For "The Leapyear
Girls" the scene is laid In a young
women's seminary. The girls lay a
trap for a man whom they believe to
be a doctor, and he turns out to be only
a planotuner. The' piece teems with
comedy situations and bright dialogue.
Joe Cook, most versatile comedian, is
next. Cook is said to do more on the
stage In ten minutes than most mono
legists accomplish In an hour. He is a
juggler, acrobat, . dancer, singer, car
toonist, musician' and comedian. Cook
Is small In stature, but has the repu
tation of making up for that with hU
ability and cleverness.
Bits of musical comedy will be of
fered by Checkers Von Hampton and
Hazel Josselyn, who are billed as the
elite entertainers. Von Hampton is a
comedian of the type of George M. Co
han, and his pretty little partner boaste
great success in the stage world. She
was leading ingenue for DeWolf Hop
per in "Happy Land." Von Hampton
held an important part in "The Top o
the World."
Next comes Jack Allman, the Irish
tenor. Allman shone for a long period
with "Honey Boy" Evans' minstrels.
His repertoire includes several ballads
and recent song hug. Lowe and Ed
wards, a lively entertaining pair of
xylophonlsts. complete the bill.
The three Travllla brothers and their
trained seal will appear for the last
time at the Empress tonight.
AERIALISTS
AT
PANTAGES
Four Flying Casters With Brilliant
Act Top Splendid Bill.
. The Four Flying Casters, pronounced
by all who have witnessed the aerlal
lsts to be' the greatest artists of their
sort in the world, will" be the headllner
at Pantages Theater beginning at to
morrow's matinee. Daring and original
are these noted performers in tneir
giant swings far above the heads of
their audience, and never before have
such feats as are shown by the Casters
been attempted. Alexander Pantages
witnessed a performance of the Casters
recently, and at the conclusion he said
"They have the greatest act of the sort
that I have ever seen. They begin
where all others leave off."
Mile. Nadje, the world's perfect wo
man, a marvel of beauty and feminine
grace and agility, will make her first
aonearance here on the pantages cir
cult, and her world triumphs will be
duplicated during her Portland engage
ment. Mile. Nadje is a wonderful
equilibrist and her terpslchorean feats
are novelties. She concludes her act
with a sensational head spin in which
she holds to a rope lowered from the
fly gallery, her teeth gripping the hemp
as she whirls madly around at a rate
of 500 revolutions In 30 seconds.
Cantor's Merry Kids will appear in
a tabloid musical comedy of school days
that will be particularly attractive to
the little folk. Merry songs and say
lngs enliven the act and tend to make
It one of the best cards on the pro
gramme.
Zenita. a wonderful young violinist
of original methods, will be a number
that will appeal to all. as the star has
selected melodies old and new.
Copyrighted moving pictures of Joe
Rivers and Champion Ad wolgast.
showing how champions train for
world's contest, will be graphically-de
pleted in such a manner that it will
prove blue-riDDon entertainment tor
young ana old. rne pictures nave never
before been exniDitea in tne ivonn-
west.
Matthews and Duffy will appear in
the extremely funny musical farce "The
Rangers," which will serve to keep the
audience In good spirits.
The Four Bard Brothers, sensational
head-and-hand balancers, supported by
a programme of unequaled vaudeville,
win conclude their local encasement
with the performances thls afternoon
and tonight.
"OLIVER TWIST" ON TODAY
People's, Star, Arcade and Snnny-
gide to Have. Big Bill This Week,
in Msnnnse to numerous requests the
management of the People's Theater
will continue xne uuver iwisi mm,
arih K. t C. Goodwin as Fasrln and
Marie- Doro as Oliver Twist at today's
shows. The film is one of the most
notable In the history of moving pic-
.nri In nartlcularlv timelv In view
of the serious accident that Mr. Good
win suffered in California Thursday.-
Beginning Monaay me inanasemeni
..... - fni.timA.tA In securina attractions
to fill the various theater which did
nt fail hlnw tha hls-h standardfcet
by the "Oliver Twist" film. The Peo-
Cervo
pies Monday offers "The Wrecked
Taxi," showing how a rejected lover
saved the honor of the wife who was
tempted o leave her husband's home
through his neglect. The moral les
son taught by the film Is most impres
sive. "Western Chivalry" Is exciting
and Interesting, and shows some very
brilliant and dangerous riding.. "The
Prodigal's Return" also contains a
good moral and dramatic situations of
strength. x "The Order of the Court" is
a nonsensical farce containing many
real hearty laughs.
The People's special camera man
took a picture of Mr. Edwards in his
airship carrying the mail from Port
land to Vancouver. The ploture Is very
clear, showing not only the departure
from Portland, but also the arrival In
Vancouver, and the receipt of the mall
by the Mayor of Vancouver. The Peo
ple's management also announces the
special engagement of the "Cervo Duo,"
FEATURES AT OAKS ALMOST BRING
RECORD CROWD TO AMUSEMENT PARK
Manager Cordray Engages Additional Company of Five Kanakas. One to Arrive Today From San Francisco to
Make Merry One-Ring Circus Continues to Prove Interesting to Young and Old.
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TYPIC Kit CROWD AROVKD CIRCUS RING AXD IJT FRONT OF BANDSTAND THAT PROVES POPI LAR-
i of, KIVER RESORT.
WITH the exception or an occa
sional bad day, the past week
at the Oaks Amusement Park
almost established a record for the
size of the crowds patronizing the re
sort on the Willamette.
In large measure this was due to the
capital bill now being offered at the
Oaks which is at present composed of
a double bill, every feature of which is
e-retpd time and time again by appre
ciative audiences.
So successful nave -tne nu
. . 1 .... that Kf una do. fnrii-
provea ihbhid o - -
ray has engaged an additional 'company
of five Kanakas, who are due to ar-
. i . i cnm Qa n 1tVniliifa
rive in
today should they roaka all connec
tions. The present aggregation will in
addition be conuuuca iu i.u, owvm
the world's greatest accordeonlsts, In
A addition to "That Trio."
The Star Theater will offer today
"Their Lives for Gold," one of the
most widely advertised of recent sen
sations, showing the extreme tempta
tions placed in the way of a man whose
mad thirst for quick enrichment leads
him to forget honor and moral courage.
"The Strike" is also a very Jnteresting
film In which the difficulties between
capital and labor are solved through
the quick brain of an employe. "Jimmy
as Judge" and "The Old Swimming
Hole" are two very clever comedies
which are especially appealing to the
youthful mind. "Miss Leslie, the aub
trallian prima dona, who has made such
a great hit, and the "Carson Trio," also
a success, will be retained nere.
The programme at the Arcade Is also
strong, consisting of "A Man Among
Men," a most interesting mining story;
"Graziella, the Gypsy," a beautif'il ro
mance; "Tony Saves His Little Sister,"
portraying youthful courage; "Toodles"
and "A Game of Chess." two unusually
quaint comedies; also Arthur Elwell.
baritone, and "Lee and Chandler. a
sister team. At the Sunnyslde there
will be presented "The Blood Stain," a
splendid newspaper story; "A Summer
Idvl." dainty comedy: "The Gaumont
Weekly," "Watch the Professor," a
splendid musical act, and other Inter
esting features. The management at
Sunnyslde also announces as a feature
extraordinary the three-reel production
of "Redemption" on Monday and Tues
day, and also announces the engage
ment of Miss Elsie Edwards, a clever,
dainty English singer who will soon
appear at this theater.
COUNCIL CREST PARK GROWS
Six New Attractions Added to Hill
Top Resort.
When Manager Duchamp added an
even half dozen new attractions to his
already long list at tha new scenic
amusement park on Council Crest It
seemed that some name to the thor
oughfare which Is bordered by these
many sideshows should be given. Vari
ous names were suggested and Flash
was chosen as the result of an idea
coming from a picnic party which had
been camping out in the picturesque
apple orchard all day. The picnickers
waited for darkness In order to wit
ness the manipulations of the search
light, and as they watched the powerful
rays sweeping the country, focusing on
some nearby object, then sweeping off
again in the direction of the moun
tains, someone said:
"Call it the Flash."
And the matter was settled as quick
as a flash, too. Flash it Is from now
on, and, since the older and less popular
forms of amusement have been weeded
out and the Joy ride and other newer
one member of the party knows a word
or English, and the fact that they bring
with them the fresh, virile songs of
the Hawaiians, brimful of folk-lore and
accompanied by the playing of a large
orchestra composed of musicians play
ing the national instruments of the
Islands, has in no way detracted from
their popularity.
No whit less popular has the Boyd
4 Ogle one-ring circus proved itself.
With each additional week this circus
has gained added laurels. There is
scarcely a person In Portland who has
not laughed heartily at the antics of
the clowns, nor screamed hysterically
when Cactus, the trick mule, - plays
tricks that are not scheduled on either
the clowns or her personal trainer.
King Pharaoh, the educated horse, Is
demonstrating over and over again that
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has been added, so that her long fare
well to Portland need not be spoken
by Miss Countiss until the last night
of August.
"Divorcons," a droll satirical comedy,
touching upon he eternal question of
matrimonial incompatibility, goes on
tonight, and Is peculiarly suited to the
glad Summer time, when people do not
care to think too seriously. Sardou's
comedy has well served many well
known women of the stage, including
Sarah "Bernhardt and Mrs. Fiske. but
it owes its greatest American popu
larity to the brisk up-to-date dramati
zation which Miss Countiss has se
cured from William A. Brady. It was
written for Grace George and it made
her famous by Margaret Mayo, author
of "Polly of the Circus," and the pres
ent farcical success, "Baby Mine."
Miss Countiss personates the friv
olous young wife, Cyprienne. supported
by Sydney Ayres as the philosophical
husband, Des Prunelles, one of his fa
voriie characters. Divorce is in the
air the moment this, supposedly Ill
mated couple is revealed. The husband
Is a little Inclined to be prosaic and
unmindful of domestic obligations. The
wife pouts, and fancies herself neg
lected. Like the butterfly that she Is,
her inclination is to flit to another
flower when she finds the one that she
has chosen does not afford an abundant
supply of honey. She has turned her
fancy to a rather dull and stupid ador
er, whom she plans to marry when her
divorce Is secured. The husband Is a
wise man of the world, well sophisti
cated concerning the contrary nature of
such feather brains as Cyprienne. He
pretends cordial acquiescence, and this
piques her vanity, the more because
she thinks he is willing to be lid of
her. It requires small persuasion to
induce her to go secretly to a French
restaurant for a farewell private sup
per. They deceive the lover by stealing
away as stealthily as if his conjugal
rights were betrayed.
The fun is fast and furious in the
supper-room, where the married couple
resort to all sorts of artifices to avoid
detection, and of course in the end the
foolish wife discovers that her hus
band Is a very delightful fellow after
all and that she really cares for no one
else.
One of the drollest characters In this
kaleidoscope of merriment Is the head
waiter at the Cafe Grand Vadel per
sonated by Roy Clements who regards
his profession as a fine art and who is
perpetually intruding with his choice
dishes at the wrong moments. John
C. Livingstone. Henry Hall, Robert
Lawler. Charles R. Schad, Claire Sin
clair, Laura Adams, Myrtle Langford
and others will add to the general
gaiety.
Hughes Beset by Inquirers.
Rupert Hughes, the author of "Ex-
puk Me." as well as tne new farce-
comedy which Henry W. Savage will
produce just as soon as "Somewhere
Else" has been given in New York,
recently wrote an explanation or nis
method of writing plays. Since Its pub
lication Mr. Hughes' mall nas oeen
cluttered with requests from ambitious,
but unsuccessful playwrights, for fur
ther elucidation of his royalty-capturing
practices. One who evidently be
lieves that a successful dramatist never
has anything to do until tomorrow
expressed to him the manuscript of
four unfinished plays and asked for
criticism on the work already done, and
help in that yet to be accomplished.
He promised to regard Mr. Hughes' ef
forts as extreme professional courtesy
and bound himself to "reciprocate at
any time."
a horse with a college education Is fat
superior to his less aristocratically
trained equine brother.
Professor Simpson's dogs and ponies
and Lady Livingstone, the bear that
skates, are but additional items in the
big programme of acts. Every outdoor
act is free.
Punch and Judy has proved an un
questioned attraction and never seems
co pall, while the recent marriage of
Director Philip Pels, of the Oaks Tark
Band, has but given that organization
an entirely new grip on the popularity
of Portland people.
Other attractions at the park com
prise an entertainment in the audito
rium, swimming in the natatorlum and
all the usual park attractions, consist
ing of rides and devices of every
description.