THE ST7JTDAY OREGONIAS, PORTLAND, JANUARY 5, 1913.
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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
EDITED BT LEONE CASS BABB.
Gustav Hinrlchs and a specially en
larged orchestra will render Edgar
Btillman Kelley's music provided tor
the performance of "Ben Hur." when
Klaw & Erlanger present this inter
national production of the Wallace
drama at the Helligr soon. Hinrlchs was
for many years associated with both
grand and comic opera at the old
Tivoli Opera-House in San Franoisco.
"Stop, Thief." Cohan Harris' newest
farce. Is the work of a former Baker
player and stage director. Carlyle
Moore. His wife is Ethelynne Palmer,
a one-time player of small roles with
the company, and their run-away
match to Oregon City was one of the
mild sensations of the , Baker season
about seven years ago. Mr. Carlyle
has written two or three vaudeville
sketches, but this one "Stop. Thief
Is the most pretentious production from
his pen. Kleptomania Is its theme, and
It is said to be as funny as "Officer
6."
There are two kleptomaniacs and a
real crook in "Stop. Thief." One of
them is a "millionaire; the other, his
prospective son-in-law. The bride-to-be
is aware of her father's predilec
tion for stealing, but is lunorant of the
fact that her future husband is so af
flicted. Into this household a real thief Is
smuggled by a new maid, and the plot
thus tangled in the first act calls for
the appearance of a battalion of po
licemen, a d the thrills begin. One
valuable article after another disap
pears in the most mysterious manner,
and In the search for the culprit many
funny situations are evolved.
Richard Bennett and Mary Ryan
have the leading roles.
.
In San Francisco Walker Whiteside's
. company gave him a surprise Christ
mas party. In which they burlesqued
the play, "The Typhoon." Waldemar
Toung, in a cleverly written account
ing of the party, says: "This was a
different actor's Christmas." The minor
members of "The Typhoon" company,
playing at the Cort. arranged It all in
advance. They told Whiteside him
self nothing about it, except to ask
him if he would remain In the theater
for a little while after the Christmas
night's performance.
First, they ransacked the toy shops
for "Josh presents" for the star and
the other members of the happy fam
ily. This done, they assumed the lit
erary manner the stage carpenter and
the property man and the "walking
gentlemen" and they wrote a play
themselves.
Naturally they made It a burlesque
on "The Typhoon." The stage carpen
ter played the role of the siren, lllona.
wearing a gown of bright red calico
and a blonde wig and speaking with a
voice that sounded the basso depths
a regular carpenter's voice. And one
who has no lines at all to speak in
the original play was Toke A. Rummy,
as the Whiteside role, Tokeramo, was
dubbed.
They not only wrote It, but they
played It, and they played it well. The
audience consisted of Whiteside and
the more important members of the
company and a very few privileged
guests.
Funny? It was more than that. The
house rang with laughter, though the
audience. lm.Jdled down In front, made
a mere handftil.
And when it was over they gave out
the josh Christmas presents and led up
gently to the real event. This was
the presentation to the star of a sil
ver loving cup. beautiful in design and
more beautiful in the spirit of its giv
ing. Then they filled It with wine and
made it a loving cup. indeed.
And the hour of one o' the moonlit
morning arrived before anyone re
alized it. so gay had been the night.
Yes, It was a different actor's Christ-i
mas vastly different.
Mrs. Richard Carle was lately told by
a. friend that Richard Carle's income
must be enormous. "It is." answered
Mrs. Carle, "it's 2 A. M. every day."
From London comes the rumor, and
a persistent one, that Johnson Forbes
Robertson, the actor, is to receive a
knighthood as a slight token of esteem
from King George, which will, of
course, make the lovely Maxine Elliott's
Flster. Gertrude, Lady Forbes-Robertson.
When the late King Ed
ward was alive, his friendship for the
beautiful Maxine was so strong that
all England fully expected a title to
be given to Forbes-Robertson, quite as
much through Miss Elliott's Influence
as In recognition of his place as, the
foremost English actor. Then fKIng
Edward died and Queen Mary and King
George have never taken kindly to
Maxine, although Gertrude Elliott and
Forbes-Robertson are- accepted so
cially. So now it appears that where
once Forbes-Robertson was to have re
ceived a knighthood because of Maxine
he will now gain It despite her.
In San Diego last Monday Louise
Huff, 'one of the principal players In
Lew Wallace's great religious drama,
"Ben Hur," declined to enter Into a new
contract for next season. Miss Huff
's enacting the role of Tlrzah in "Ben
Hur." The reason she gave to C F.
Towle, business representative for the
owners of "Ben Hur," was that at the
end of the present season she intended
to enter the cloisters of a convent for
the remainder of her life.
Miss Huff is credited with being one
of the most beautiful women on the
American stage today.
Julius Steger. whose fits of tempera
ment are matters of newspaper history;
when told the other day that Lulu
ACTOR, WELL KSOWV HERE.
TO TAKE PART OF PRIEST
IS " THE ROSARY."
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Harrison J. Terry.
Not since the days of Daniel
Sully has any actor made such a
d3Cided hit in the role of a Catho
lic priest as Harrison J. Terry,
who portrays that of Father
Brian Kelly in "The Rosary,"
which will acrain be seen in this
city at the Bungalow Theater all
this week. There is something
so natural and convincing In Mr.
Terrys conception of thd part of
the kindly, sympathetic, yet
whimsical member of the clergry.
who becomes so mixed up in
other people's troubles in the
beautiful play, that he
has received the highest
encomiums of the press and the
ministry all over the country. So
great was his success In it last
year that Rowland & Clifford, the
owners of the play, obtained his
services for this season. After
Mr. Terry's engagement closed
with "The Rosary" last season.
Manager Baker obtained his serv
ices for the special Spring season
of the Baker players, and he be
came o n e of the most popular
members of the company.
Glaser is no longer exhibiting tempera
ment as a result of her vaudeville tour,
had this to say about Lulu and a little
bit, of course, about Julius:
"In vaudeville Miss Glaser has to
make good at each and every perform
ance now. Her reputation means noth
ing to a vaudeville audience. What she
has done in the past means nothing.
Vaudeville audiences exact present per
formance and satisfaction. I have only
the highest regard for Miss Glaser and
I am glad to learn that she knows
that temperament does not pay In vau.
devllle. X, in common with many legiti
mate players, made this mistake when
I first entered vaudeville. I thought
my little reputation in the legitimate
would assure my vaudeville success. I
found out differently before I had been
at the game long. Variety patrons are
no respecters of reputations or past
performances. They want 'the goods.
I know and I am glad that Miss Glaser
knows. It will make her Journey
through vaudeville pleasant for ner."
Mr. Steger is headed Pacific Coast
ways, over the Orpheum.
At the Theaters
Continued frim Pace 3.
of the gullible public In this respect
It Is a valuable contribution and is
strictly educational, although thrilling.
There will bo two other splendid fea
tures, "A Jolly Good Fellow" and an
other excellent film entitled "A Guilty
Conscience," one of the pplendld pro
ductions of the Thanhouser Company.
The musical portion of the bill will be
supplied by the "Three Kings of Har
mony." At the Star Theater next Wed
nesday the attraction will be "At the
Risk of His Life." showing the thrill
ing destruction of a balloon In mid air
by dynamite and the descent of the
occupant to the waters of New York
Bay.
The Arcade will show a picture en
titled "The Great Sacrifice." made by
the Kaybee Company. This picture is
entirely different from any of the pro
ceeding Kaybies. Different In plot,
different in scenery and different In
action, although there Is a decided Im
provement on any preceding produc
tions m the matter of both acting and
photography. It contains 62 typical
scenes. The management also has se
cured "A Poor Relation," In which the
Thanhouser Kid plays an important
part. On the programme will be a
double Punch comedy, "A Mischievous
brother" and "A Near Tragedy."
The PunnysUle .Theater will put on
"The Burnlnir Brand," a two-reel
Broncho, the Gaumont weekly, always
full of international news episodes,
and "Jim's College Pays," showing a
football game of unusual importance,
toother with excellent vaudeville and
tasteful sinking and splendid musical
effects.
THK VIKGIXIAX' OPEXI.NG PLAY
Xpw Home Will Be Or-cupied by
Bukcr Players Next Sunday.
Tho Baker players will rest this week
and are making elaborate preparations
for reopening In their new home, which
was formerly the Orpheum, down town.
This playhouse was closed on account
of losing their entrance on Morrison
street by the tearing down of the Mar
quam building, but Manager Baker has
made all arrangements for the new
entrance, which will be on both Sixth
-and Seventh streets, through the beau
tiful arcade which is being erected.
The theater Is an entirely separate
building from the one that Is being
torn down and separated fro:n It by a
15-foot arcade or alley, which is being
roofed over and will be, when com
pleted, one of the handsomest and most
inviting entrances In the city. The
playhouse will be renamed the Baker
and will. In the future, be the perma-l
January 16
Heilig Theater
llth and Morrison Sts.
if f - -1 vju
GodowskY
WORLD-FAMOUS PIANIST
PRICES
$2, $1.50, $1, 75
All Seats Reserved.
Seat Sale Opens Tuesday
January 14th
be made awe-inspiring and Impressive
in the extreme by the employment of
1000 people, on a mountain with an ele
vation of 200 feet.
ment home of the poplar Baker players.
It is most commodious and comfortable
and has always been one of the most
popular theaters in the city. It la an
Ideal and well located stock theater
and should prove immensely success
ful as such. The opening will take
place next Sunday matinee, and Man
ager Baker wishes to announce that
all the season seats that were held (
at the Baker will be transferred toi
the new house and placed as near the j
former comparative locations as the
difference in the seating of the thea
ters will permit.
The Virginian, which has been re
served especially for the opening of
the new home, is one of the greatest, t
if not the greatest, Western play ever
written and has never been presented
here In stock before. With two weeks
to rehearse and build the production,
it Is expected to reach the height of
perfection and nothing like it has ever
been seen here at popular prices since
the original production of "The Girl
of the Golden West" several years
ago, which created such a sensation In
this city.
"THE CONCESSION"' DUE SOON
Drama. Coming to Heilig, Deals
"With Circumstantial Evidence.
"The Cotifesslon." from a successful
run at the Broadway Bijou Theater,
New York City, will be presented at
the Heilig Theater. Eleventh and Mor
rison streets, Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday nights, January 12. 13 and 14.
under the auspicles of tho Knights of
Columbus.
Unusual Interest Is attached to the
engagement of this powerful drama in
this city, as it has been Indorsed by
the most eminent men in the country.
It has been claimed that the strongest
point in this play is the unrelia
bility of circumstantial evidence. How
a chain of circumstances can be so ar
ranged by skilful lawyers as to point
to the guilt of a man is clearly shown
In this play, which deals with the ex
perience of a man falsely accused of
murder. He is convicted and sen
tenced to death and even on circum
stantial evidence the law of the state
has decreed that he shall forfeit his
life as a penalty for his crime. Almost
too late it is made clear that the man
Is innocent of the accusation, and the
state Is kept from committing a crime
to punish a crime.
The story that Is told is a remark
able one and the plot Is well developed
and finds a strong conclusion. Much
interest should be attached to the fact
that this is the first presentation in
this city of this great play, which
claims great dramatic power, heart, in
terest, a lesson and a purpose, coupled
with the announcement of a distin
guished cast of exceptional merit.
FLORENCE WEBBER IX ROLE
Hammerstein's Newest Vocal Star
Coming to Portland Soon.
Oscar llammersteln announces' the
local visit of "Naughty Marietta," at
the Heilig Theater, Eleventh and Mor
rison streets, January 16, 17. 18. Flor
ence Webber, his newest vocal discov
ery, is the star, and the supporting
company numbers 60 voices, mostly re
cruited by Mr. Hammerstein from his
grand opera forces. The music is by
Victor Herbert and. will be displayed
through the medium of a special or
chestra carried by the company. The
BEX HUR OFFER IS $250,000
Monster Drama Will Be Staged in
Stupendous Style at Big Fair.
SAN" DIEGO. Jan. 4. (Special.)
Charles F. Towle. business manager for
Klaw & Erlanger In the handling of
their stupendous international produc
tion of "Ben Hur," which closed a high
ly successful engagement in this city
this week, declined a contract railing
for $250,000 for the presentation of
Lew Wallace's work for 10 weeks at
San Diego during the Exposition In
this city in 1915.
The inability of Mr. Towle to give
consideration to this offer, which Is
the largest ever made for a theatrical
attraction in the annals of the Ameri
can amusement world. Is due to the
fact that Gottlob. Marx & Co.. of San
Francisco., closed arrangements last
June for tne staging of "Ben Hur" as
one of the principal spectacular fea
tures of the 1915 fair In San Francisco.
"Ben Hur" was the most important
offering of the St. Louis Worlds Fair.
The experience of Klaw & Erlanger In
that city influenced them to make the
1915 staging in San Francisco an open
air event. It will be the first time in
the history of this attraotion that such
a presentation has been arranged.
It is the intention of Klaw & Erlang
er, In conjunction with Gottlob, Marx
& Co to construct a massive stadium
covering a space of nearly two acres,
which will contain a large body of
water, so that the sinking of the Ro
man galley will be a thrilling feature.
The chariot race will be run over a
dirt course, as Roman chariot races
were in the days of Circus Maxtmua in
Rome. The Mount of Olives scene will
MAUD
POWELL
VIOLINISTE
Heilig Theater
llth and Morrison
Wednesday Evening
January 15
8:15 o'Clock
Seat sale at Heilig Theater
box office, January 11, at 10
o'clock.
PRICES
$2, $1.50, $1, 75c and 50c
Box Seats $2.50
PORTLAND
SYMPHONYORCHESTRA
CONCERT TODAY
HEILIG THEATER, 3 P.M.
(Seventh and Taylor)
Popular Prices, $1, 75c, 50c, 25c.
HEILIG THEATER, AT 7TH AND TAYLOR
TONIGHT (SUNDAY ONLY) 8: IS
HEILIG
6 SSSS&Na TOMORROW te
THEATER TlUAluEC MAIN 1
A 1122
llth & MORR SON
PHONES
Special Price Matinee Saturdar
MARTIN BECK AND MORT H. SINGER PRESENT
The Brilliant Berlin Musical Play
-A-
SPLENTHD CAST STUMSG CHORDS
TUXEFCL MUSIC SPECIAL ORCHESTRA
PDIOre Evenings. $1.50. J1.00, 75e. 69c. Popular Wednesday Mat, SI. 75c
rniULO 60c Special Saturday Mat, $1.50 to 50c
NOTE: Seat sale today at present Helllg. Seventh and Taylor streets, for
entire engagement. Beginning next Monday, seat sale at Heilig-, llth and
Morrison, tor entire engagement.
HEILIG THEATER at llth and Morrison
' SUNDAY, MONDAY T 1 O "I 2 1 vi
TUESDAY NIGHTS Jan 1 A) X O) X
The Great Dramatic Success
"THE CONFESSION"
dHEis? The Knights of Columbus
, Prices, $1.50, $1.00, 75c. 50c Seat Sale Opens Friday, January 19
January 17, 18, 19
HEILIG THEATER, llth and Morrison
Oscar Hammentda Presents
Florence Webber
n the Musical
fe "Naughty Marietta"
COMING TO THE HEILIG MORRISON
ONE WEEK kYxq' MONDAY, JANUARY 20
MATIJiEES -WEDNESDAY AND SATCRDAT
DAVID WARFIELD
IN
-THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM"
Phones Main 6 and A 1020
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE
Monday Matinee, Jan. 6
In New Permanent Homo
1 ormerly Heilig Thea er
RALPH HERZ
One of Musical Comedy's Favorite Stars
MINNIE DUPREE & CO.
In "The Man in Front"
5- OTHER GREAT ACTS-S
1000 Matinee Seats 25c
MATINEE
15c, 26c, SOc
Matinees Daily
NIGHTS
25c, SOc, 73c
book Is by Rida Johnson Toung and
relates a tale of romance and adven
ture located In New Orleans about ITiO.
The story bristles with romance and
tntrlg-ue, with merriment and adventure.
for In those early days New Orleans
was the mecca of the nobility In Amer
ica, who strangely contrasted with the
democracy of the Americans. The story
is unique, thrilling, fascinating, amus
ing. It Is an admirable foundation for
Victor Herbert's music, which Includes
some of the most characteristic num
bers ever written by him. "Naughty
Marietta" easily justifies the capacity
business which generally greets It.
Forest Giwe Names Ticket.
FOREST GROVE. Or., Jan. 4. (Spe
cial. At a mass meeting here tonight
a citizenship ticket for municipal of
ficers was nominated. O. M. Sanford
was nominated for Mayor and H. J.
Goff, G. G. Starrett and Tom Codd for
Councilmen. The Mayor will serve two
THEATRE
SPECIAL EVfiAGEMF.M
One Week Only Starling Sunday Matinee, Tciay, January 5, 1913
Ed. W. Rowland and Edwin Clifford (Inc.)
Offer
A NEW PRODUCTION OF HUMAN
INTEREST
" :f3jSfjf The Great Nn &
W5S lork. Chicago,
Jr '"'''y Boston Snrce jl
SARY
Founded Upon an Em
blem of Purity
By Edward E. Rose
With the well-known
actor, Harrison J.
Terry, in his splendid
role of Father Kelly,
and the same great
cast.
Evening; Prices 25c, 50e, T5. $1.00. Sunday and St. ;iatlnees, 3Se, BOc
WEDSESDAV BARGAIN MATHEE Me ONLY
Monday Night Special Bargain Performance, All Seats 35c
PEOPLES THEATER
TODAY, TOMORROW, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
Sardou's Masterpiece,
CLEOPATRA
Produced by Helen Gardner and Her Distinguished Company of
Photo-Players, and Dramatically Interpreted by
Mr. Stanley Johns, Actor,
Also Miss Phyllis Alien, New Mezzo.
SIX REELS, FULL TWO-HOUR SHOW,
AT 11 A. M, 1 P. M., 3 P. M- 5 P. M., 7 P. M. and 9 P. M.
Balcony, 10c ; Lower Floor, 20c ; Box Seats, 50c (may be reserved in
advance by phone, Mar. 880, A 2087).
ARCADE THEATER
GREAT SACRIFICE
Matchless Kavbee.
POOR RELATION Showing the
Thanhouser Kid as Hero.
CANINE RIVALS
Rich Comedv.
- ROY DETREICH
Most Popular Vocalist in Port
land, and Other Big Things.
SUNNYSIDE THEATER
Brand-New Films Today, and
Clever, Clean Vaudeville.
Having Found Out What Sunny
side Wants, We're Sup
plying Just That
Thing.
STAR THEATER
PERILS OF THE ATLANTIC
Thrilline Indictment vs. Fortune-Tellers and Quacks.
A GUILTY CONSCIENCE Great Thanhouser.
Two New Punch Comedies.
THREE KINGS OF HARMONY Also Wandering Minstrel
-Coming Wednesday "At Risk of Life" Balloon explodes in mid-air.
UNEQUALED VAUDEVILLE SEVENTH AND ALDER STS
Week Commencing Monday Matinee, Jan. 6
Special Engagement Extraordinary
Ned Way burn Present
The Surf Bathers
Broadway's Most Successful Vaudeville Musical Revue 20 Artists In
the Cast, Including Georee Ebener, Miss Klizabelh Mayne and the
Eight English Daisies
Libonati Killian and Moore
World's Premier Xylophonlst "Songs and Sayings of Nowadays"
Sherburne-Montgomery Bailey's Posing Dogs
In "Colleagues" The Act Beautiful
Pantagescope Pantages Orchestra
Latest Animated Eventi H. K. Evenson, Director
i
Popular Prices. MATINEE DAILY. Boxes and First Row Balcony Re
served. Box Office Open from 10 A. M. to 10 P. M. Phones, A 2236, Main
4636. Curtain. 2:80, 7:1a and 9.
years and the Councilmen three years
each. The election Is set for January
la and no other ticket will be placed
in the field.
Forgery Cnarged. at Goldendalc.
GOLDEKDALE. Wash.. Jan. 4. (Spe
cial.) Sheriff Warner is looking for a
smooth-faced young man who. It is al
leged, cashed forged checks drawn on
Gillette Bros. & Co., private bank, at
Centerville, "Wash., and purported to
have been made out by M. S. Cochran
in favor of George Cochran. Golden
dale firms who were victimized arer'
Ledbetter-Wallace Company. Waters
Kothsehlld Company and W. C. Rust.
2:30 -MATINEE EVERY DAY-2:35
Week Jan. 6'.h
SULLIVAN & CONSIDIN!
Another Big ATeber and Fields Girl Act
Sullivan & Considine Announce Weber and Fields' Latest Triumph
"FUN ON THE OCEAN"
A Musical Comedy With a Selected Company of Weber and
Fields' Show Girls From Broadway
MQZARTS Sffi&ga0 nly Snow'
. 1 O TVT TVT C C C The Funniest Fellow in
QUAKER MAIDS
Captivity '
In Dances and Songs
Distinctly Different.
THE BIMBOS
A Comic and Original
Couple
ED & MINNIE FOSTER
In Their Musical Odditv,
'Who's Risrhtf"
K01IGN PICIURE3
ORCHESTRA
SPECIAL Mat'nrs, Any Seat 10c
PRICES Evenings 10 and 20c
FenrtS) and Stark S THEATER Fern-Ill nnrt Utark S
WEEK COMME.VCiNG TOMORROW MATI.VEE
Keating & Flood Present
(BY REQUEST)
The Royal Filipino Quartet
(Positively the Lt Week)
And Their Popular Company In
The Queen of the Boulevard
Two Performances Nightly Matinee Daily.
Athletic Contest
Tuesday Nights
Ross buds' Contest
Friday Nights
YOU'LL LIKE THE LYRIC