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prison life at San Quentin, "2364 and
the Warden," by Walter Montague. The
plot is a powerful one, skillfully han
dled by Mr. Stockdale and his associate
players and it gives a wonderful in
sight in prison life.
The Lelliott brothers are well known
musical comedian!, whose methods f
provoking mirth are every funny. They
are accomplished musicians and their
act is pleasing.
Joe Carroll, the Jovial Jester, will
present himself in new Jokes, new
songs and new stories. Mr. Carroll
stands out prominently as an enter
tainer. The Pantagescope will show new an
imated events of interest.
Ed Morrell, ex-mmber of Evans-
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his final lectures on prison reform this
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afternoon and evening, supported by
excellent vaudeville.
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dom. the theatrical season should
begin to wane. But, not so In
Portland. If the beginning was bril
liant, ushered in with Its galaxy of
tars and new plays, and the mld
iMion even more brilliant,' with Its
grand opera and several seldom-seen
tars, the closing, or what ought to be
the closing, days are to be poritlvely
daszling. More good things are booked
to come to Portland In the next month
than we 2000 to 3000 miles from the
producing centers ordinarily might
expect In a completed season.
That the week Just ended was a sort
of respite for road attractions. It was
only that we all might be better re
cuperated to take in the rush that 1;
about to begin. This is not to say that
the Ralney African hunt pictures at
the Heillg were not enjoyed. They
were. Indeed. They were and always
win be entertaining, novel, instructive
and absnrblntr. In the stock houses and
vaudeville theaters the week could
hardly be referred to as a "respite.""
"East L.ynne." the Baker attraction. I
was like an unbottllng of old wine, or.'
better, digging Into the theatrical I
trunk of lavender and old lace. Truly. '
It was a reversion to theatrical type
and gave untold numbers opportunity ;
to see a play which hits been talked 1
more perhaps br our ancestors (the
younger of us than any other.
The vaudeville theaters "did them
selves proud."
But to things at hand. Today, be
ginning this afternoon at 3 o'clock ant",
tonight at 8:30 o'clock. John Bunyan's
"Pilgrim's Progress," In motion films,
comes for four afternoons and nights
at the Heillg Theater. The films have
been made true to detail of John
Bunyan's famous story. . The story If
written as from a wonderful dream ol
a dissipating tinker. Ike every woman
In search for love, he encounters the
vicissitudes of mortal existence, and
all these are told In the motion pic
tures. During the display Ana Calverl.
an eminent dramatic soprano, sings.
Francis Phillips is at the organ and
Jefferson Penrose lectures.
And then arrives Maude Adams, the
only best "Peter Pan" In the master
piece of that name. Miss Adams begins
a three nights' and matinee engage
ment Thursday night positively at 8
o'clock not 8:05 or 8:15. but at
o'clock sharp. J. M. Barrle's beautlfu
fairy play Is being sent out by Charles
Frohman. and with Miss Adams, noth
Ing more need be said for the produe
tlon of this whimsical work of eternal
youth, Joy and happiness. While the
play Is a fairy play, and wonderfully
adapted for youthful understanding. It
Is devised as much for grown-ups. The
story of "The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow
Up" alone would have made Barrle fa
mo us had he never even done such
wonder stories ast "Quality Street"
"What Every Woman Knows" and
"Little Minister." Not the least Inter
esting, after it Is considered that
Maude Adams portrays the title role,
Is the fact that the scenes "XeVer-
Never. Never Land." Peter Pan's abode
In the tree tops and the ocean liner's
deck and cave are marvelously staged
according to detail. Maude Adams. It
Is remembered, too. Is the one actress
who never disappoints In any way. Miss
Adams will finish the week Saturday
night, with a matinee Saturday.
The Baker players, strengthened by
the ever-popular, talented and versatile
Ida Adair as the new leading woman
begin the week this afternoon in
"Mary Jane's Pa." Next to Izetta
Jewell, or right along with her. Miss
Adair is the most popular stock leading
woman Portland has ever been graced
with having. She has been In Portland
twice in the last year or so In big road
companies. In the delicious comedy
drama. Miss Adair will greet her
friends, who are legion. "Mary Jane's
Pa" also serves to bring back to the
limelight again Mayo Methot, the
diminutive Juvenile actress, who will
play Mary Jane. Robert Wayne will
have Max Fig man's role of Mary Jane's
pa. The other members of the com
pany will be cast to advantage. Man
ager Baiter has other big plays in prep
aration for his strengthened company,
among which are "The Wolf and "The
Girl in the Taxi."
But with the attractions of big pro
portions at the Heillg and Baker, there
are other choice bits of artistry and
merit. The vaudeville houses are
straining a point vielng for popularity.
The Orpheum brings that much-talked-of
Russian wonder woman. Madame
Olga Petrova, whose rare mimicry In
comedy and tragedy and unusual voice
claimed New York in a night. She
"does" big stars of International fame
and lesser ones of popular mention. The
bill has also a Frohman production fn
the sketch. "Detective Keen."
"A Hunter's Game" Is the new fea
ture act at the Empress, In which two
dogs point and charge, while the prin
cipal players, Frank W. Stafford and
Marie Stone, create rollicking amuse
ment In a miniature musical display.
Whlotllng and singing are but a part
of the funmaklng. and the- intelligence
displayed by the dugs Is real art. The;
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namos, and the "Black Laugh" , lend
added strength to the bill.
Julie Ring, late of the "Tankee Girl,"
CIHTAIX FOR M.UDK ADAMS
TO KISK AT 8 P. M.
P-o-s-l-t-l-v-e-l-y, says William
Pangle. manager of the Heillg
Theater, the curtain for the en
gagement of Maude Adams'
"Peter Pan." which begins Thurs
day, will rise at 8 o'clock sharply.
Mlsa Adams has sent a request
that such edict go forth to her
Portland admirers.
The why? Well. Maude Adams
has a wonder-play, a play that
grips from first minute to final
curtain. To be seating late
comers after the curtain rises is
disastrous to the "atmosphere" of
the play, and so Manager Pangle
has said: "Please, won't every
body come earlyT"
And If you don't, says the
genial manager, the penalty will
have to be paid, and that penalty,
positively. Is standing up In the
rear of the house until the first
act is ended. If the crowd be
gins to come at 7:45 they can all
be seated by 8, says the manager.
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brings her French farce,' "The Man She
Met," to Pantages. The sketch Is de
lightfully funny and the merriment Is
uproaroue.
At the Lyric "The Gay Widow" Is
the splash of fun In which the local fa
vorites will - frolic
Looking ahead at the Heilig Is a
fairly bewildering array of stage won
ders. Eddie Foy and his seven little
Joy Foys eome May 89, 30 and 31 In
"Over the River," a typical Eddie Foy
musical offering. June 1. 2. 3 and 4
"Fine Feathers," by Eugene Walter, ar
rives with an ail-star cast. Including
Wilton Lackaye, Max Flgman, Robert
Edeson, Rose Coghlan. Lollta Robert
son and Amelia Sumers, a former Baker
player, are Included In the cast. June
6, 6 and 7 brings the rare Nazimova In
"Bella Donna." During Rose Festival
we-k, June 9-14, Frances Starr In "The
Case of Becky" Is the attraction.
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS AT HEILIG
Immortal Moral Story to Be Shown
in Films Beginning; Today.
John Bunyan's immortal moral tale
of Pilgrim's Progress, staged in strict
accordance with the book,, that has
electrified generations, will be seen
for the first time in Portland at the
Heillg Theater, for fftiir maUiiees at
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menclng today.
The picture unfolds the life of John
1 Bunyan, the tinker wRo dissipates his
fortune In earthly pleasure. The sight
of his family reduced to poverty fills
his heart with religious zeal, and he is
not only converted, but later becomes
a preacher. It is then that he writes
the book from a wonderful dream, and
the makers of the picture have left no
stone unturned to bring every one of
the marvelous incidents in the ad
ventures of Christian before the eye
with unerring, forceful realism.
Like our modern "Everywoman" in
search of love, he 'encounters all the
vicissitudes of mortal existence. He
fights the fiends of hell and finally
meets Faithful at the foot of the
Cross. His struggle for righteousness
leads him through a series of extraor
dinary circumstances, which the
moving-picture camera records In re
markable scenes, until he finally
passes over the River of Death.
During the performances Ana Cal
verl, the distinguished soprano, will be
heard In beautiful solos that greatly
add to the effect of the pictures. Fran
cis Phillips plays on the organ and
piano the music incidental to the pro
duction. An interesting explanatory
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at 8:30, com-I lecture is delivered by Jefferson Penrose.
IDA ADAIR IX BAKER TROUPE
"Mary Jane's Pa" Is Stock Offering
for .Week. '
The engagement of Ida Adair, one
of the most popular leading women
who ever appeared in stock here with
the Baker players, begins today and
the play la "Mary Jane's Pa," a com
edy of domestic life that has had a
long successful run and appeals strong
ly to everyone. This will be its Initial
appearance here in stock, though Max
Figman played, it several times and It
was one of his greatest successes.
The plot revolves around Portia
Perkins, a woman whose husband hav
ing deserted her and her two little
girls several years before, has been
forced to make her own way and be
comes proprietor of a small printing
plant and a newspaper in a country
town. One of the girls, Lucille, is 16
and the other, Mary Jane, Is 9. A fierce
political campaign is on and Portia has
enlisted her paper In behalf of Rome
Preston against Joel Skinner. At this
juncture ber errant .husband, suddenly j
turns up. Although a man of evident
education and a philosopher, Hiram
Perkins is llttte more than a mere
tramp and, scorning to receive him
back as her husband, Portia offers him
a Jbb doing her housework. To her
great surprise he accepts in his whim
sical way. The days pass on and no
one but the two of them knows that
Hiram is anything but what he, appears
to be a mere servant in the Kenans
home. But the children, and especially
Mary Jane, become fond of him and the
scenes between them are charming as
the real man In him is gradually
aroused.
The neighbors, and especially For-
tla's political enemies, begin to talk
and spread scanaal about his presence
in the house, which finally ends in
small-sized riot in which her printing
plant is wrecked and the mob threat
ens further to do personal violence to
both her and Hiram. The startling an
nouncement of who he really is and the
reconciliation that follows brings the
play to a delightful ending.
There are many other interesting
characters and the entire play is one
of compelling' interest, with a running
fire of rich. laughable comedy.
Robert Wayne will play the role of
Hiram and little Mayo Methot that of
the child, Mary Jane, while Miss Adair
will play Portia. The usual Baker
matinees will be given Wednesday and
Saturday and the popular bargain night
tomorrow.
RUSSIAN SINGER IS BILLED
Frohman Production Will Be Offer
ing at Orpheum.
New Tork heard, Madame Olga Pe
trova conquered,, and fame was hers
overnight. Madame Petrova, a beau
tiful and gifted Russian woman, any
one of whose talents would mean fame.
will make her Portland premier ap
pearance at the Orpheum tomorrow
matinee. In her act of comedy -and
tragedy she will run the entire gamut
of emotions from sparkling comedy
to a scene from "Sapho," which Gotham
critics declare has never been better
done on Broadway. Madame Petrova
is a wonderful mimic and in addition
has a remarkable voice, of Yaw so
prano possibilities and Homer contralto
quality. Madame Petrova makes it her
first duty to give an audience just what
it wants, and her ability to do this
has been a subject of much comment
since her American debut.
A Daniel Frohman production. "De
tective Keen," by Percival Knight, with
Arthur Hoops,., holds second place on
the bill. The act has for its plot the
theft of a 327.000 gem. It is called
"Raffles. Arsene Lupin" sketch and is
produced with all the -excellence and
unlsh of any Frohman attraction.
Flavilla, a charming little San Fran
claco miss, known as the dancing ac
cordeon girl, has caught the fancy of
the East and has been a sensation In
every city. She dances and plays the
accordeon at the same time with such
skill and grace that she is in the head
line class.
Samuel Liebert. late star of "Louis
iana Lou," has chosen "The End of the
World" as his offering. Mr. Liebert is
a young character actor of rare promise
who has been likened to David War
field. "The Busiest Day of His Life" is a
vehicle built of laughs to bring Bogert
and Nelson, who have a show within
a show, for their novel entertainment.
Woods and Woods Trio has a rfew
way of exploiting skill on the slack
wire. It is a comedy pantomime called
"An Elopement by Wire." The Crom-
wells have a whirlwind Juggling act
of unusual feats. New stories of inter
est are to be told by Edison talking
pictures.
The big current bill, headlined by
Gus Edwards and his Song Revue of
1913, closes with tonight's perform
ances. JULIE RIXG TO APPEAR HERE
Late Star of "The Yankee Girl" Tops
Bill at Pantages.
Julie Ring, the fascinating queen of
light opera and late star in "The
Yankee Girl," suceeding her sister.
Blanche, in the titular part, will make
her first Portland appearance in vau
deville at Pantages in her original
adaptation from the French "The Man
She Met" when she tops the pro
gramme for the week commencing with
the matinee tomorrow at 2:30.
The coming of Miss Ring to Port
land will establish a new record in
local popular-priced vaudeville, for she
will be the first noted musical star
to come Westward and, according to
Alexander Pantages, her appearance
here will be followed by others of
equal note.
"The Man She Met" is one of those
funny French farces that please with
the most amusing situations. The ac
tion is rapid and Miss Ring has a part
especially designed to fit her versa
tility. Her company has been carefully
chosen and she will have the best of
support. Miss Ring has translated and
rewritten the sketch, bringing out the
more poignant points.
Sensational are the wonderful cast
ing feats accomplished by the Three
Flying Fishers. America's foremost
aeriallsts, who have astounded the
Continent and the United States with
their mid-air episodes.'
Vocal selections at their best are
offered by the members of the Temple
Quartet, who were once members of
the famous Temple choir of Salt Lake
City. The voices of the singers place
them In high rank in vaudeville and
they have chosen an attractive pro
gramme. Carl fetockdale, a young American
actor, will be seen In the playlet of
A Hunter's Came" Is New l-Vature.
Human Dynamos Also Billed.
Hunting dogs, said to be the only
dogs In the world presenting a field
trial on the stage, will headline the
bill at the Empress this week in "A
Hunter's Game." a miniature musical
comedy presented by Frank W. Staf
ford, whose assistant In the act is Miss
Marie Stone. Don and Hox, English
setters, are the dor stars. "A Hunter's
Game" is spectacular, the scenery rep
resenting a nook in the Aiilrondacks and
the situations being those that come to
every hunter in quest of gamey birds.
One of the dogs points an imaginary
covey of birds and retains the pose for
one and one-half minutes, while lis
fellow dog actor stands In readiness
to charge on the game when the mas
ter huntsman shoots. Specialties by
Mr. Stafford and Miss Stone enliven the
act. which has a humorous finale.
Stafford is noted for his talent In
producing the tones made by birds and
beasts.
The Moffat-La Reine Company, hu
man dynamos, are next In an exhibition
of power over electricity. In which they
play with live wires and demonstrate
the workings of the X-ray. This act is
said to possess many features not seen
in the usual electricity act with whl..h
vaudeville patrons are familiar, i
The monologue that made Al Herman
famous in vaudeville In less than a
year is the tniro ieature on me new
Empress bill. Herman Is billed as "The
Black Laugh." He made his first ap
pearance in New York 11 months ago
and has proved to be a big hit. Herman
is said to have registered the quickest
blackface monologue hit ever made in
the United States.
More comedy will be served by W. C.
Hoefler, the cycling clown, who makes
fun on a bicycle that will not behave.
Hoefler's hobo makeup alone suffices
to create laughter.
Sidney Broughton and Grace Turner,
former. stars of "The Red Rose," "The
Gypsy" and "The Prince of Pilsen," '.n
all of which productions they have ap
peared in this city, will present "Just
Landed." a tuneful oddity. Broughton
is a tenor and Miss Turner is a cultured
soprano.
Lillian Holmes, contralto, a beauti
ful woman making her debut in vaude
ville, completes the new bill. Miss
Holmes joined the Sullivan & Considlne
circuit in Seattle after a long concert
tour. The fair vocalist has held many
prominent church choir positions on the
racific Coast
Waterbury brothers and Tenny, Mar
guerite (?) and Joe Fanton's awukenlnx
athletes will close their engagements
at the Empress tonight and moving pic. .
tures of Oregon pioneers at Champoeg
also will be exhibited for the last time
tonight before the film is presented to
the Oregon Historical Society,
'THE GAY WIDOW" AT LYRIC
Now Offering Is Heralded as One of
Classiest of Season.
One of the classiest musical produc
tions of the season is "The Gay
Widow," which will be the offering at
the Lyric Theater for one week begin
ning with a matinee tomorrow after
noon. The playlet Is one of those dash.
Ing good comedies filled with bright
lines and situations, the plot of which
is ample and serves as a vehicle to
carry an abundance of bright, clever
musical specialties.
The entire company is given good
parts and an entertainment of unusual
excellence may be anticipated.
Miss Vera Alwyn has been cast as
the dashing widow. Paul Stanhope
and Billie Onslow will take care of
the comedy. Frltzie Guy, the company's
soubrette, and H. Guy Woodward, the
leading man, will appear to advantage
in good parts. The production has
been given attractive stage settings
and the wardrobe to be used next week
is quite elaborate.
The added feature for Tuesday night
will be the athletic contest, while the
feature for Friday night is the reg
ular chorus girls' contest.
STRONG DRAMA AT PEOPLES
"In the Wake of the Brainstorm" Is
New Headliner.
The People's Theater today will offer
an exceptionally remarkable headliner.
In the Wake of the Brain storm. ,
young wife receives a secret note from
her brother, who has Been tne lamuy
misfortune. Her husband, who dearly
loves her, is unaware of the skeleton in
the familv closet, and. getting posses-
soln of the note, believes the wife un
faithful. Under the Influence of jeal
ousy he causes a runaway, injuring mn
wife almost fatally. The Bight of her
mangled body brings him to a realiza
tion of the enormity of his crime, and
her sweet, gentle forgiveness drives
jealousy forever from his heart.
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Entrance Into vaudeville of
such a producer as Daniel Froh
man is of more than ordinary
moment, and when the new bill
opens at the Orpheum tomorrow
matinee Interest will naturally
turn to "Detective Keen," Mr.
Frohman's first venture in play
lets. It Is a clever lltle drama
of the popular "crook" type that
had been called a "Raffles, Ar
sene Lupin" sketch It was writ
ten by Percival Knight, leading
comedian both with "The Quaker
Girl" and "The Arcadians." "De
tective Keen" was originally pro
duced by Mr. Frohman In New
York, Boston and Chicago for the
annual actors' fund benefit per
formances and met with such
success that It was at once
booked for the Orpheum. Arthur
Hoops, long Identified with the
Frohman forces. Is featured with
the act. '
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