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8 THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 13, 1912. PLAY IN WHICH GROUCHY HERO WAS VENTURED FINDS BROADWAY FOLK LIKE IT NOT AT ALL "Tantalizing Tommy" Tails to Strike EesponsiTe Chord as Musical Comedy, But "Oh! Oh! Delphine" Is Accepted as One of the Gayest, Merriest Things of Some Time and Possessed of One of the Prettiest Choruses New Yo: Ever Saw "Steve" Is "Unnecessary." Ti-j' All 4& 3 v jsse, i . . --y--:. jvy y J i "a.-- 3-- SUg "S -r-j& , . fv V'x ' 5 V v BT LLOTD F. LOSEpOAN. (K1EW TORK, Oct. 12. (Special.) ' rclllcked into the Knickerbocker Theater, is the twin sister of "The Pink Lady" and seems destined to be as pop ular as that entertaining play. "Oh! Oh! Delphine" is the gayest, brightest, merriest musical piece that has come this way for a long time. It has a vim and a go. There is lots of tuneful and catchy music, stage pictures more than ordinarily attractive, and one of the best-looking choruses ever seen on Broadway. In the list of principals there are no real familiar names, but .the people for the most part made a pleasing impres sion. Frank Mclntyre is really funny, and Ms song, "Everybody Is at Home Except Tour Wife." must have pleased the music publisher because of the spontaneous hit it made. Of the xo nen Miss Graca Edmond and Stella Hoban had the principal carta. former as Delphine and the -latter as simone. her rival. Tardy Comers Pay Pemaltr, Not only will the poor, tired business man like "Ohi Oh! Delphine." but it will please others who ere not in busi ness and who are not tired. An Inno vation worthy of being followed In other houses is now in vogue at the Knickerbocker Theater. There the cur tain rises at 8:10 and late comers can not be seated until the end of the first act. On the opening nir.'ht, "Diamond Jim" Brady, the veteran theatergoer, was one of those compelled to stand modestly in the background, and this almost caused three cheers from the rest of the audience. Arnold Daly presented John J. Mc Intyre's three-act play. "Steve." in Bos ton, under the management of H. H. Frazee. Frazee saw It on the openinR night, and stopped managing Daly. The star fished up another manager 'and brought him and "Steve" Into the the Harris Theater. "Steve" is a wholly unnecessary study in selfishness, with a cad for the leading part. "Steve" is an unredeemed scamp of a somber brand. He lives with his mother, hi brother and the girl he is going to marry, tie neeas tunas lor his con templated wedding trip and tries to borrow It from brother. The brother nappens to be treasurer of a fund. "Steve," to get the money, puts up a Job by which he is suspected of steal ing $600. The money must be raised ti save him from prison. He gets the girl to plead with brother, while mother adds her tears. Honest brother embezzles the money for the girl's sake, and they all economize in order to pay pay back the $600. which, unknown to them, "Steve" spends in high living. In the mo. of course, his crime Is dis covered and he walks out. after having delivered up the "swag," and brother marries the girl, who, of course, he has always loved in secret. Mr. Daly acts the part consistently throughout, playing valiantly lor the, antipathy of the audience. He was the swaggerer, the loafer, the waster and the tough, from start to finish, and wasn't even good to his mother. The others in the cast had very little to do and did it badly. "Steve" is an "unnecessary" play. It scored no points and seemed certain to fill the average theatergoer with a sense of repulsion. Edward Peple, who has written some delightful short stories and a few plays, is the author of "The Charity Girl." now at the Globe Theater. Victor Hol laender composed the music and George Lederer produced the work, which has been put through an evident process of elaboration. Mr. Feple's heroine is a wealthy girl doing rescue work in the slums. There was a bogus Swami, a nagging wife, an East Side convert of the charity girl and other occasionally recogniza ble attempts at characters in Mr. Pe ple's play. The story, however, was fairly submerged under the effort to make the piece popular and It seemed during part of the performance as if its purpose was to initiate the New York public into the mysteries of rag time and the "turkey trot," which were tacitly taken to be unknown here. Marie Flynn. a pretty young woman, was the charity girl. The dry humor of Ralph Herz appeared at Its best In the role of the clairvoyant. Others in the cast were Blossom Seeley, Anna belle Whitford and D. L. Don. Grouchy Hero Fails. In "Tantalizing Tommy," now at the Criterion Theater, an effort has been made to introduce a hero with a grouch. It was not very successful. Musical comedy should be bright, gay and sparkling. In "Tantalizing Tommy" whenever anything that promised to be moderately amusing came along It Beemed to be the cue for the hero to appear and effectually wet blanket everything. The story of the play sounds better than it acts. The spoiled daughter of a Paris candy king meets with a motor accident near the coun try chateau of a self-centered young Government clerk and is obliged to spend the night there. To be sure, she is Quite properly chaperoned, but never theless it appears that she has thor oughly compromised her unwilling host. The result oi ner visit is me oreaKlng off of the clerk's engagement to the daughter of his superior and also the breaking off of her own engagement Naturally she starts to win the only man who has ever given her a piece of his mind and stirs up a lot of com plications, although finally achieving success. Miss Elizabeth Brice was the Tommy and in the opinion of the audience was not especially tantalizing. George Anderson was the gloomy hero. The others in the cast did the best they could, poor things. . "Tantalizing Tommy" needs a new book, a new set of lyrics and a few comedians. The music is charming. but some of the prettiest airs are robbed of half their value by the silly words with which they are fitted. Hrr V Is Revived. Lewis Waller has revived at Daly's Theater "Henry V," the rarely seen chronicle play of Shakespeare. It has not been seen here since Richard Mans, field presented it at the sGarden The ater in 1900. "Henry V" Is a series of scenes from the history of the middle ages. It' is epic rather than dramatic and the au dience seems to witness only a series of episodes, a succession of tableaux that appear and fade with an occa sional outburst of exquisite lyric verse. In these days it takes a special audience and a special patience to find delight in the slow development of these histories. "Henry V" Is not a masterpiece of Its creator's genius. It was meant for its day and no stretch of respect excuses the attempt to adapt it to present conditions in the theater. Mr. Waller did all that an actor could for the historic episodes grouped about the King, who gives the play its title. Everything that could be done from a spectacular point of view was done, but the result. It must be admit ted, was a disappointment. At the Manhattan Opera-House Shakespearean plays are also the pro gramme. Sothern and Marlowe, whose popularity shows no sign of abatement, are playing there to record audiences. Their repertoire is practi cally unchanged from last year. W. C. T. ,U. EVANGELISTS TO ATTEND CONVENTION Evangelistic Division of Union Has 14 Distinctive Departments Organiza tion Has 25 National Preachers Besides Those in Various States. Great Size Is Feature fn Furs This Season Different Kinds of Sklna Aluo Are Worked Into One Wrap to Make Striking Combinations Prices $oar in Uniformity. yr1TER cuffs., broader scarfs, Y fuller cloaks and a profusion ww of fur trimmings on hats, gowns and all. wraps." So says Dame Fashion when milady quizzes her about her new furs. This news, taken in con """""" wnn ine ract that prices of pelts or almost every sort are soaring makes one fairly gasp at the amount of money fashionable women are forced to spend on their Winter furs. jiet io tne increased size of fur pieces this season, the most striking ...ins uuuui tne new fur creations xnere are almost no coats made of one fur th.k-,., Coats of seal have beaVer. fox-or sabi. collars, and coats of pony have seal or sable collars and the newarit mrt. ana scans are made of two contrast mg lurs. in fact, any combination nf turs is tne thing this year. There are, nowever, exceptions to this rule, and y,-., vvunien ot lasnion have .v-wi-crminB coats ror eve- u.iiK wear mis winter. These ermine coat, ho while being anything but bulky, are v,.uchuiit iuu. ana can ha fatHu uuu.. io iigure. xney are mas lerpieces or tne furrier's skill, but it "L "ss man J2500 to own one of these new ermine wraps. It may .u V nowever, to the comfort of wno Dougnt rur coat last - son or the season before, that there Is very little radical change in the cut of the more serviceable fur coats this " ana mat, except for the addi tion of a contrasting collar, your cara cul, seal or pony coat of last season will need no alterations whatever. Ermine will be very fashionable' this especially m combination with moleskin and various blncW fi,r li mine and moleskin are considered the mosi suitaDie evening furs, although, of course, sable known also as zibel ine Is always approprate at any time. xioiesKin. although some authorities ay us nay nas passed, is so graceful and pliable that It will still hold Its own. One of the leading fur hnii Tork predicts with that fisher which, by the wav. i h- normally expensive will be at the top ' mvor among lasmonabla wom en. The smartest fur rt th. known as the civet cat. win h fh-' lonable only when worn with black. It is so striking in Its contract nf hlnt and white that It can be worn to ad vantage by very few women. Both gray and white fox will be fa vorites with the girlish tvnn nf nrr,. and tipped fox. because of Its beauty and high price, will surely be in high Natural colored caraeun nnnth,, n of the season's fancies. A beautiful muff recently displayed in a Fifth-avenue window was of black fox, banded on the edge and through the middle with natural color caracul. With black fur this caracul in its natural hn i exceedingly effective. tne furs used for mourning are pro minently lynx, with broadtail and monkey next in favor. Although none of the furs of a brownish hu. I nnn- i sidered suitable for mourning, mole- sain is considered most appropriate for half mourning this year The most fitting furs for nhilrirxn in squirrel and beaver, the more expen sive furs being considered hardly In good form for the youngsters. Aside from the usual sale of fur muffs, collars and cloaks of various da. seriptlons, there will be an enormous mount of fur trimming used this vear. Most of the diaphonous evenlne eowna will have fur trimming, and the exquis ite evening wraps, of brilliant brocade snag ana cninons. are freauentlv sdred with sable or ermine. Milliners, too, never made better use of fur. The sea son's hats sometimes show two furs charmingly combined. Small fur bags, to match coat or muff, are to be used this year. Most of the bags are envelope shaped, with fur handles and wide flaps, fastened with a pearl clasp. Some of the bags have metal mountings, and long, silk cord handles. 'rrO zfQ P I ' I iHE backbone of the Women's Christian Temperance Union is the evangelistic department which will be well represented at the annual convention of the union, which com mences here, next Saturday. In at tendance will be some of the best known evangelists in the world. The evangelistic division of the" union haB 14 distinctive departments. The organization has 25 National evangel ists, besides those appointed by the or ganizations in the various states. A large number of these 'are ordained ministers. One of the first evangelists was the world-renowned Bible reader, Hannah Whitehall Smith. Rev. Alice Palmer has taken the gospel temperance theme around the world. Elizabeth Gordon, the strong expounder of "thus salth the Lord," is of New England birth, and always fills acceptably either rostrum or pulpit. Mrs. J. K. Barney. Of Rhode Island, is best known as "The Pris oners' Friend." She was Instrumental in getting the police matrons in our prisons, and many a prison reform has followed her footsteps. Rev Alice Barnes Hoag, a preacher and the wife of a preacher, has been a power in the evangelistic work of the Northwest, especially in Montana, where both are now at work. Madam Layah Barakat is a Syrian who came to America for evangelical work. All these preachers have filled pul pits of every denomination most acceptably. Columbus a Spaniard? Kansas City Star. Dr. Constantino de Hurta y Pardo. of Havana, a Cuban scholar, has un dertaken to prove to the American Geographical Society and the Hispanic Society of America, that ChristoDher LoiumDus was a Spaniard and not an Italian. He maintains that Columbus was born at Pontevidre. Spain, and not at uenoa, Italy. Doctor Horta has documents to prove his contention and these are now in New York. After these organizations . have completed their examination. Doctor Horta pur poses to publish the details of his research in a pamphlet which will be sent to governments, universities and civic authorities throughout Latin America that they may rejoice in the knowledge that Columbus was of their own blood. SWEET PEAS ARE NOW READY FOR PLANTING Seeds Placed Properly in Fall Said to Give Not Only Earlier Blooms, But Finer Flowers, Sturdier and a Larger Stem. BT STELLA WALKER DURHAM. CALL planting of sweet peas A Joke on His Xose. ; London Tit-Bits. It was the elder's day at the plate. He was shaving himself just before church time, when be made a slight cut with the razor on the extreme end of his nose. He- called to his wife for the court-plaster, and was told to look in her sewing basket. At cnurch every one was smiling as the elder passed the plate. Very much annoyed, he asked one of his assist ants if' there were anything wrong with his appearance. "I should say there was," answered the assistant. - "What's on your nose?" "Court-plaster," was the reply. "No," said his friend. "It is the label from a spool of cotton, and it says 'Warranted 200 yards." " I being strongly advocated by en thusiastic growers of the dainty flower that rivals the rose for popu larity. At a meeting of the Oregon Sweet Pea Society held Tuesday It was the consensus of opinion that sweet pea seeds planted In the Fall not only give earlier blooms, but larger and finer ones on longer stems and that the foliage will be finer and the plants of higher and sturdier growth. The Sweet Pea Society elected offi cers for the ensuing year at this meet ing and made up the list of prizes to be awarded at the sweet pea show which will be held next Summer, so that those wishing to compete could take advantage of the better conditions for planting in the Fall. Four classes Ol growers may compete for prizes commercial growers, private gardeners, amateurs and school children. There will be several prizes for each class. The officers elected are O. M. Plummer, president; R. R. Routledge, executive secretary; Mrs. Harriet C. Hendu, cor responding secretary. The complete list of prizes may be obtained from the officers of the society. Amateurs Are Warned. Amateurs are advised that the Im portant difference between planting in the Fall and in the Spring is that for Fall planting care must be taken that the water drains away from the seeds, whereas in SDring Dlantlng it is cus tomary to plant the see'ds in a trench that will hold the moisture. A well-drained, sunny location should be selected for a sweet pea hedge and the success of Fall planting Is in getting the plants up a few Inches before cold weather comes. Sweet pea vines are hardy, but should be pro tected with straw or fir boughs during the coldest weather. When the vines start growth in the Spring they grow very rapidly, therefore need much nourishment. This should be provided at the time the seeds are planted by spading deeply and working in plenty of fertilizer. It is well to dig a trench 18 inches deep and till two- thirds full of well-rotted cow manure. covering this with good sou. Cover the seed with an inch of soil and when js I the plants are two or three inches high thin out to not less than two inches apart. Thinning Is Advised. The English growers, who have mag nificent sweet peas, thin to a foot apart and have a separate trellis for each vine made of wire netting colled around and fastened on a stick which is stuck into the ground. Each vtne grows up through this tube arrange ment and the blossoms, of .course, find their way out through the meshes of the wire. Most American growers do not thin so relentlessly, however, and instead of the separate supports, pro vide a trellis, planting a row of seeds on each side. It is always best to have. the support up when the seeds are planted, especially if there are to be two rows, with the trellis between. The Spencer types should be planted farther apart or thinned more than the ordinary types. The dark seeded types are the best for Fall planting. The trellis should not be less than five feet high. A Typical Stagedrlver. Churchman. He was a typical stagedriver and a " we went up Rabbit Creek and over the long grades toward Sinker Creek, then up the great mountains that rise 8000 feet above the level of the sea our stage driver Dave was unusually loquacious even for one of his tribe. His language was not always choice, but it was realistic. He told about other days and other stage drivers; ol how old "Stoney," an old-time drivei of the Overland stage, died last year. He insisted, said he, on going on his regular trip, though very feeble, and he was brought into the station that night by the faithful horses stark dead with the reins tight in his hands. Then he spoke of his own hardships and of the sufferings he had endured last Winter in doing his work when the snows were heavy and the cold intense. He said that he expected to quit, but every time he went to tell the boss he thought about his horses and somehow he could not bear the idea of separat ing from them.
