'X. 1 1 THE SUNDAY. OKEOOJiXAJi. JfOKTLAXD, DECEMBER 15, 1912. "THE FIREFLY" WITH BIG STAR SCORES SUCCESS IKf NEW YORK Emma Trentlni Hakes Lnpresslon With Dancing and Singing In New York-i"The Sun Dodgers" Has Many Short comings, but May Be Dressed Up "Within the Law 'Charged With Beijg Without the Law in Ono Theater. BY LLOYD F. LONERGAN. H EW YORK, Dec. 14. (Specie!.) lI Emma Trentlni has scored a luc cess In "The Firefly." la which he Is now appearing at the Lyric' Theater. The music Is by Rudolph Frlml, a young Bohemian musician, and the text by Otto Hauerbach. The plot In some respects is reminiscent of "The Lure of the .Mask," by Harold Mc Grath. Miss Trentlni Is a blithe and enthu siastic soul. Her voice la quite fresh and youthful as ever. She pours tt out lavishly and neglects no effort In the way of dancing or acting that may make her share in the entertain ment as successful as It can be. She Is first seen as a street singer, and when her voice attracts the at tention of one of the guests on a yacht, lie forgets about his betrothed. She goes on the vessel disguised as a cabin boy, to appear as her own self In Ber muda and be sent back to New York, where It Is discovered that she is a woman. A later Incarnation shows her as a singer In opera of the species sometimbes described as "grand." In the end she gets the lover who had first heard her sing In the street. Itortinch Musicianship Shown The score is melodious, with occa sional revelations of more thorough musicianship than the usual operette music provides. There was a good male chorus, and the feminine part of the production was as gratifying to the eye as to the ear. Craig Campbell displayed a good tenor voice In the musical numbers al lotted to him. and Audrey Maple pre ented a lovely apparition of blonde beauty. Roy Atwell's dry humor kept the audience happy while he was on the stage. "The Sun Dodgers," after several postponements. Is no on view at the Broadway Theater, but is still far from ready for this critical metropolis. How ever, it is susceptible to treatment. Sometimes this sort of a show that has a poor start eventually turns out hap plly. The excellent work of George W. Monroe, the massive comedian, does much to help the piece. The piece Is called "a fanfare of frivolity." by Edgar Smith, with lyrics and music by E. Ray Goets and A. Baldwin Sloane. All these names can be forgotten. Although there was the germ of a good Idea in the thing, Edgar bmlth has never done anything as fu tile, and the same may be said of E. Ray Goets and A. Baldwin Sloane. The ataglnr of the piece of "Ned" Wayburn was pretty and effective. . Monroe Labors Valiantly, In spite of the play's shortcomings. George v, . Monroe has labored val iantly, and In the last act his mon ologue did what the entire fabric of "The Sun Dodgers" failed to do set the bouse In a roar. He told the audi ence that his voice had been tested, and that his teacher had advised him to sing Inwardly, and If he did so he would make a great many more friends than he would if he didn't. Miss Bessie Wynn. who has a very well-trained, clear and sympathetic voice, waroiea ner songs very prettily. Harry Fisher, who was featured with Oeorge W. Monroe and Miss Wynn. tried his best to be amusing, but seemed to be wasted in the part as signed to him in this piece. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett Is the author of "Racketty-Packetty House." which Is the play selected to open the Children's Theater on the roof of the Century Theater on the afternoon of Monday. December 23. The play was originally written as a book, and was published by the Cen tury Company. George C. Tyler, lessee of the century Theater, when discussing the plans for the chlWen's theater with William K. Vanderbllt. who furnished the money to make the enterprise possible, sug gested that the character of the enter tainment set forth should be educa tional as well as amusing, and the "Racketty-Packetty House" of Mrs. Burnett suggested itself. Six New Playa In Rehearsal. Charles Frohman has under rehearsal six new plays, all of which will be pro duced before February 1. "The Spy" will nave its iirst performance at At- that will Include Cyril Kelghtley, Julian L'Estrange and Edith Wynne Matthison. This play is now running at the St. James Theater, London, un der the title of "The Turning Point." It is from the French of Henry Kiste maeckers, and ran for a season and a half at the Porte Satnte Martin Thea ter, Paris, under the title of "La Flambee." At a special matinee on Monday, De cember 16. at the Criterion Theater. Mr. Frohman will present "Chains," a four- act play, which he originally produced at the Duke of York Theater, London. It Is by Elizabeth Baker, and has been adapted for the American stage by Porter Emerson Browne. The cast will Include Emily Stevens, Shelly Hull, Desmond Kelly and Mrs. Thomas Whlf- fen. Following John Mason's season In The Attack at the Garrlck Theater. Mr. Frohman will present a new Ameri can play called "The Conspiracy." by John Roberts. The piece is in three acts, and concerns modern New York. On January 6 Mr. Fronman win pro- due with Charles Cherry a modern comedy entitled "The New Secretary." It Is an adaptation from the French of Le Coeur Dispose. It is still being performed at the Athenee Theater, Paris, where It was onginauy pro duced mora than a year ago. "The Sunshine Girl.- in wnicn juna Sanderson. Joseph Cawthorn. Eva Davennort and Tom Lewis are tne prin cipals. Is scheduled to give Its first per formance January ZT at me. Acauemy of Music. Baltimore. Maude Adams will come to the em pire Theater December IS in -peter Pan," while Mme. Naslmova, with Bella Donna" will move to another theater. Actress' Kindness Remembered. An example of touching devotion Is found in Hugh Hopper, for many years gardener for Clara Morris, the old-time actress, who for the past 11 years has given his services free. Before hard ship befell Miss Morris,' who in private life is Mrs. Frederick C. Harriott. Hop per received a good salary, but In her declining years he has asked no pay for looking after her homestead, "The Pines, at No. 537 Rlverdale avenue. Yonkers. His responsibility is greater lantlc City December 39. with a cast now than ever. In view ot the fact that I Miss Morris is totally blind and help less. A Yiddish version.-of "Within the Law" was recently presented at the East Side Theater, which Max R. W1I ner, manager of "Within the Law," now being produced at the Eltinge Theater, claims is a 'Violation of the copyright covering his play. United States Marshal Henkel slid In the front door of Gabel's Comedy Theater, just as Joe Garson, armed with a re volver and a Maxim silencer, was In search of the "stool pigeon" whom he wanted to shoot. The marshal didn't wait to see the target practice, but placed the proprietors of the theater. Max Gabel' and Benjamin Emanuel, under arrest and brought them before United States Commissioner Shields on a charge of producing "Within file Law" In a manner decidedly without the law. The two prisoners were held in tlOOO ball each. It Is alleged that Gabel and Emanuel sent stenographers to the Eltinge Theater to take down the play, verbatim. , ., Collier to Play "Bob Acres.' William Collier, it is announced, will appear as Bob Acres In a performance of "The Rivals." during New Year's week, at the Forty-ninth Street Thea ter, for the benefit of a charity. A special company will be engaged, which will Include several of the prominent actors appearing in New York at that time. Joseph Jefferson and Nat Good win are among the prominent stars who essayed this role. Mr. Collier Intends to depart considerably from the tra ditional rendering ot the part when he appears in the play. I The recent marriage ot nine, isazi nWova, the well-known Russian actress, t9 her leading man. Charles Bryant, was the outcome of a friendship of nearly ten years standing. At that titne Mme. Naslmova was appearing in London with her Russian company. There she met Mr. Bryant, and when she confided to him her ambition to learn English and appear on the Amer ican stage, he volunteered to help hter. Mr. Bryant has played the part of Dfr. -Meyer Isaacson In the play In London with Mrs. Patrick Campbell, arid was engaged to support tne Rus sian actress in the present production. : : . j I rf: rf - ? hi 1 : . . 7 )& 1 -I v hi : k iir "f i - t. f" Vfc, Sit 5v P' it t &Ji tf$ : li I II. kl II 11 - 1 W . . s, t : J-' V .... ..-WW , xf. M-'m s - y- - - fill I .111-' 1 ! , i - 4.T 1 , ' sill i i ur t . i t--. tfc - , ii i ? " & ' ill f V i 3 J - - III z An Unlimited Assortment of Holiday Furniture and No ve lties a t Pre-Inventory ces This is the house that offers countless attractions to people who believe in purchasing useful and lasting holi day presents. The foregoing state ment will be more than realized and appreciated by a visit to our store. Don't Fail to See Our Windows CASH OR CREDIT HENRY JENNING & SONS The Home of Good Furniture Cor. Morrison and Second Sts. One Year Ahead of Competitors He is a brother-in-law of James Ber nard . Fagan, the playright. . Detective Play Soon Ready. Robert Hilliard will appear In "The Argyle Case," at tho Criterion Theater on December 24. The play Is by Har riet Ford and Harvey1 J. O'HIgglns, in co-operation with William J. Burns, the detective. Klaw & Erlanger, under whose management Mr. Hilliard ap pears have provided a strong supporting company, including . Alphonz Ethler, Bertram Warburg, W. H. Gllmore, Selene Johnson, Stella Archer and Wanda Carlyle. . A play for which complete prepa rations have been made for production this Winter, will be presented by Charles Frohman in association with Klaw & Erlanger. This is the Com edie Francalse comedy "Primerose,' In which Elsie Ferguson will have the star part, and the rehearsals for which have already begun. Miss Fer guson will make her first appearance In the character of "Primerose" dur ing the first week in January. SHARONS STUN SAN FRANCISCO WITH SOCIAL EVENT UNEQUALED IN WEST City by Golden Gate Claims Population Is Half Million, Basing Opinion on 300,000,000 Carfares Annually Ore gon Solon Electioneers in California Senator Bourne Secretly Meets Boss Flynn. SAN fBAMWSW JJec. i. t special. San Francisco society folk are boastlne- that Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sharon's dinner and dance at the Pal ace Hotel recently, with the great ball room converted into an entrancing garden scene, was the most ambitious and artistic indoor-social affair ever given in a local hotel, or anywhere in the West. Workmen from carpenters to higli-priced decorators, were at work on the scheme for a week, being busy at nights for the bigger part of the time In order to see that the. proper effects were there. The cost of the af fair is estimated at the $35,000 figure. and it easily reached that amount. Society Is rejoicing that the Sharons are spending so much of their time In San Francisco, Instead of Paris, as was formerly the case, for the Sharons are royal and extravagant hosts, nothing being too good for their friends. Both the Sharons have ample fortunes In their own right and are In a position to set the pace for the ultra-exclusive set, as they have for the past two years. In the American colony in Paris they had the reputation of doing things equally as well. 833,333 Ride on Cars Dally. For the fiscal year ending June 30 last the three streetcar companies in San Francisco report that their cars car ried 300.000,000 passengers during that time. The average numoer of people carried' eacW month was 25,000,000, and the daily . travel figures up to some thing like 833,333. Getting down to the average travel per hour during the 24 hours, it was about 34,722. -and fig uring still closer, 57S persons traveled each minute. . A comparison of these statistics with similar figures that attain in cities like Buffalo, Detroit and St. Louis would seem to bear out the conclusion that since the census of 1910 San Fran cisco has increased in population to half a million. Claim is made that the reason of the Immense streetcar travel here Is due to the fact - that so many people take short streetcar rides, but there is nothing to indicate that San Franciscans are more inclined that way than residents of other ".itles. Oregon Senator Seeks Votes Abroad. John A. Carson, of Salem, an Oregon State Senator, wants to be President of the Senate when the Legislature, re cently chosen, organizes next month. Several of his fellow Senators are in San Francisco and Los Angeles on va cation trips, and It Is whispered around that Senator Carson came to town to buttonhole them and get their prom ises of support. Ambassador's Furniture Priceless. A local trans-Pacific steamship com pany Is making arrangements for the shipment to Tokio of some valuable and heavily insured furniture belong ing to Lars Anderson, who was re cently appointed by President Taft the American Ambassador to Japan in suc cession to Charles Page Bryan, of Chi cago, who resigned. Several pieces of the furniture shipment consist of a chair, table and cabinet made in Prague from a log of oak fished up from the River Mlldau in 1902, and supposed to be 900 years old. A little fortune Is said to have been paid for these things. Foresight Wins Fortune. A story is in circulation that half a dozen men of wealth In town won In the aggregate over half a million dol lars on the Presidential election. The money was not won by betting direct ly or indirectly on any of the candi dates, but by speculating in the stock market. As the story goes, these men, each acting for himself, were confident that Woodrow Wilson would win out, and also that the stock market, both railroad shares and the Individual stocks, would respond favorably. So they bought blocks of stock, some 10 to 14 different "kinds, for a rise. It came, as they had staked their money it would, and so profited greatly. Bourne and Flynn Secretly Meet. It has leaked out that Boss Bill Flynn, of Pittsburg, who led the Bull Moose party to victory in Pennsyl vania, and United States Senator Jona than Bourne, of Oregon, held a secret conference at the St. Francis Hotel, at the solicitation of the latter. Both Flynn and Senator Bourne left town without anybody knowing what it was about and what it may lead to. The connection is that if Bourne bobs up at the forthcomlnsr National con ference of the Progressive Republicans at Chicago, then it would seem certain that the local confab had something to do with the rumored desire of Bourns to have Flynn smooth out his differ ences with taedlll McCormick, the lead ing Chicago Bull Alooser, and Theodore Roosevelt. WOMEN CAST FIRST VOTE COXTIJTCED FROM PAGE TWO. at Falrvlew, Mrs. E. E. Heslin, also one of the first to vote, was defeated, though by . a small margin. With single ticket and but little in terest shown in the election at Leban on.. It was left to the . women to en liven matters for a time by their at tempt to crowd two of their own sex in for Councilmen. For a moment the men had a good scare, but lack of suf ficient women votes brought about the failure of the plan. Mrs. Annie B. Reed was the first woman to vote, and cast vote No. 1 on the poll book. "Grandma" Snyder, aged 94, .was the' oldest person to vote, and probably the oldest woman in the whole state. ' . One of the pictures shown above de picts a bridge club in Bend. Every member of this fashionable organiza tion was at the polls. An Interesting Commentary in connection with It Is that at a recent meeting a straw vote wm taken to ascertain how its mem bers stood on the question of prohibi tion, it having been said repeatedly that if '.women were to vote the state would be . placed In the "dry" column at the first opportunity. However, the straw vote) in question developed the fact thtf only one woman out of the 16 present favored prohibition. Mrs. C. & Hudson served as a clerk and Mrs.' W. B. Sellers as a Judge. At break of dawn Mrs. S. M. Whittea, though over 73 years of age, took her stand at the booth, so Intent was she to cast the first feminine vote, which she did with evident delight. Flrat to Vote la Tillamook. In Tillamook City Mrs. Amanda Ed munds was the first woman to vote, and also the first citizen. She is the wife of George R- Edmunds, a promi nent business man in the city. Half of the votes cast were by women, who favored the "dry" candidate for Mayor. At the ripe age of 78 Mrs.- Martha Van Winkle registered her first vote and the first vote cast by a woman in Weston. She is shown In the act of marking her ballot. With excitement greater than at the Presidential election Wasco held the city election last Tuesday. Miss B. E. Ford, a bookkeeper, was placed on the election board, being the first woman to have this honor in the state east of the Cascade Mountains. The wo man candidate for Recorder fa'led to receive support. ., Mrs. A. D. Shollenberg, who has the distinction of being the first woman to cast a ballot for municipal officers in Newport, was also the first woman to register, and has taken an actlye interest in tne present campaign. Mrs. Shollenberg came here from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 14 years ago. Five years ago she lost her house and con tents by fire, but soon worked her way up again and is now prosperous and a possible candidate for Mayor next year. The first woman to vote in the city of Aurora was Miss Emma J. Snyder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Snyder, two of the original members of the Aurora Colony. Miss Snyder is the secretary of the Western Hope Re bekah Lodge, and the presiding officer of Una Temple of Pythian Sisters. Interesting Day at Hood River. If Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway, the mother of woman suffrage in Oregon, could have seen the City Hall of Hood River on former election days and have beheld It December 3 she would have been glad because of the cleanliness of the place. It is the combined meeting place of the city officials and the city "calaboose." The time has been when the maudlin song of an incarcerated in ebriate has interrupted the proceedings of the Board of Aldermen. That day, however, the steel cells of the prison were empty. , On the table around which the elec tion board -sat was placed a large vase containing a bouquet of chrysanthe mums and a heap of red Spitzenberg apples. On the election board were Mrs. J. P. Lucas, as Judge; and Mrs. Charles H. Castner, as clerk. Both are well known throughout the state in suf frage and Woman's Club circles. Despite the heavy rain that fell throughout, the day, the women voters came to the polls. Wrapped in oil skins and with their umbrelas over them, mothers who will soon pass the three-score-and-10 mark came to cast their first ballots. One of the oldest women voting was Mrs. J. T. Holman, of the Heights portion of the city. One of the most Interesting incidents arising at the polling place this morn ing was when Dr. W. S. Nichol, one of the Home Protective Association can didates for the Council, rode up to the City Hall with his wife, mother and mother-in-law in his automobile. One of the judges, J. H. Hill, Immediately warned him that, he was breaking the corrupt practices act to bring voters in conveyances to the polls. Dr. Nichol re plied that he was escorting his family to the voting place and that he' did not think the law was intended to prevent such actions. However, some of the citizens were of the opinion that a man, under the law, had no right even to bring his wife to the polls In a convey- first votes at Pilot Rock. Ruth Royer, was the first woman to serve on an election board; Mrs. Viola Price Frank lin, the first Albany woman to vote; Mrs. J. R. Metzger, the first' woman to vote in the Third Ward, and Mrs. F. E. Van Tassel, the first in the First Ward. She had not intended to be the first woman to, vote, but came-down town early with her husband and it happened no woman had voted in this ward when she arrived at thj polls an hour after they opened. With a total vote of 3656 at the reg ular city election, Salem set a new high-water mark in matters municipal. Of this number about 1500, or 40 per cent, were women, who encountered very little difficulty in casting the bal lots, as they all seemed to understand how they intended to vote. Voting was very slow until the af ternoon at Junction City, when the women livened things up considerably. At 11 A. M. there were only eight votes cast, at 2:30 P. M. there were 16 votes cast. At about 3 P. M. the women commenced voting and for nearly an nour the clerks and judges were kept ousy. Mrs.- Mina G. Saunders was the Iirst woman to cast her vote In this city. Mrs. C. H. Sedgwick, wife of the newly elected Councilman, was thj first woman In Creswell to exercise the right of the ballot. The suffrage vote was larger than expected by many, while others are of the opinion that aad the weather been more pleasant a larger percentage of the women would have exercised the right of the ballot. For the first time in the history of Ontario the women of the city exer cised the right of suffrage in a general city election. Mrs. Martha Trow, wife of Mayor A. W. Trow, had the honor of being the first lady to cast her vote. Ten women voted at Antelope on Monday, December 2, Miss May L. Cudd casting the first woman's ballot and Miss Helen Smith the second. The Shanlko city election developed a keen contest between R. W. Blrg feld and Mrs. Leola Lorlng for City Re corder, the former winning by a vote of 26 to 25. There was no other con test, although Mrs. Anna Magee, who was not a candidate, received ten votes for Mayor. Mrs. Anna Magee had the distinction of being the first woman to act as fudge of election in Shanlko and Mrs. C. P. Wilson was the first woman clerk. Mrs. Magee also cast the first woman's vote in the city. The women experienced no difficulty in casting their ballots. It was observed that men who or dinarily go to the polls in whiskers and overalls, were on this particular day cleanly shaved and dressed in their Sunday "duds." At the special city election at Bar low Mrs. M. E. Tull was elected Coun cilman defeating O. Slatager. The wo men of the town turned out en masse and elected their choice. . Despite the drawbacks of inclement weather and long distance from the polls, women braved all to cast their ance, .and husbands were warned not to drive their wives up to the polling place, but to allow the women to dis embark from vehicles at nearby street crossings. The women of the city of Grants Pass took great delight In casting their first vote. They came early and stayed late; they even left washing on the line. The judges were polite and attentive and enjoyed the day thoroughly. The suf fragist -vote reached Its highest point during the middle of the afternoon when the women fairly swarmed to the polls, until the line reached out into the street. 700 votes were cast by wo men. In Albany Miss Cassie H. Thompson daughter of Landlord Royer, was the first woman to register and cast her vote like a man, with the exception that "she voted for the best-looking candidates for office," so a local paper affirms. His Requests. Judge. k A drummer from Chicago lay dying in Algiers. (I've paid my poet's license, so Just withhold your sneers!) A policeman took this message when he'd feebly told his name: "Tell my wife I love her only; tell Jones' wife the same." MADAM ! IF YOU DON'T FEEL TAKE DELICIOUS "SYRUP Right ' OF FIGS." Waste-Clogged Bowels, Torpid Liver and Decaying Food in Stomach Cause the Sick Headache, Gas, Back ache, Sallowness, Biliousness and Indigestion. All women get bilious, headachy and constipated simply because they don't exercise enough. They don't eat coarse food, or enough fruit and green vegetables. Those are nature's ways of keeping the liver and thirty feet of bowels active! but very few women employ them. The next, best way Is delightful, fruity Syrup of Figs. Nearly all Ills of women can be overcome with Syrup, of Figs alone. There Is no need to have sick bead ache, backache, dizziness, stomach sour and full of gases, bilious spells, sallow ness. coated tongue, bad breath, bad complexion, nervousness and depres sion. The surest and safest remedy is one or two teaspoonfuls of delicious Syrup of Figs. Try this tonight you'll feel splendid in tie - morning when the sour bile, clogged-up wast and poisonous matter have been gently but thoroughly moved on and out of your system, without nausea, griping or weakness. Your head will be clear, complexion rosy, breath sweet, stomach regulated: no more constipation, gases, pains and achea It Is simply a matter of keeping your stomach, liver and bowels clean and regular. Then you will always be well always look and feel your best. But get the genuine the old reli able. Ask your druggist for "Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna" Refuse, with contempt, the so-called Fig Syrups sometimes substituted to fool you. The true, genuine, bears the name Cali fornia Fig Syrup Company; look taT this on the lab'