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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOMAX. PORTLAND. JUNE 13. 1913. him to perform the marriage ceremony. This dispels all the trouble and they live happily forever after. Billy Onslow, H. Guy Woodward, Lew Dunbar, Tinny Snyder, Kate Carlson and Ilene Edwards, together with the rosebuds, are provided with good parts, and a bill of more than ordinary merit may be anticipated. There is a raft of new musical hits In preparation for next week and those who enjoy good music are sure of a treat. The athletic contest will be the added reature on Tuesday night and Friday night the regular chorus girls' contest will be the attraction. The engagement opens with a matinee Monday afternoon and will continue for the entire week, with a matinee dally. ROSE raSTIVAIi AIDS PEOPLES Amusement Company Is Assisted In Securing Big Features. The People's Amusement Company has taken a spurt by reason of the Rose Festival spirit and has been lucky enough to capture several inter esting and extraordinary special feat ures, one of- which, "The Boomerang" in three full reels, is the headllner at the People's Theater today, tomorrow and Tuesday. The story is vastly interesting, tell ing of a Northerner who secretly mar- '. ries the daughter of a proud Virginia family and persuades her to secrecy I When the war breaks out, he is called , to head his regiment, and meets . prominent official who urges him to marry his daughter on the promise of Immediate military advancement. The ; letter which he writes to his Southern ' 'bride telling her she may have a dl '. orce, kills her. The unfortunate wo t man leaves a son, who Joins the North : ern army for the purpose of humiliating his father, and. succeeds In so doing. In i the end, the honor of. the' Sduthern ' house is -vindicated In a most surpris lng and thrilling climax. Tn addition to this "The Waiters Pic nic." a f unnler-than-usual Keystone eomedy, and Miss Modesta Mortenson, a local violinist, accompanied by Miss Jessie Lewis, will be a feature. Mat Dennis, one of the best singers the Peo ples' has ever offered, will appear. Next Wednesday, "Zlngomar,III" will I he the feature. This picture has been pronounced by European and Eastern press to be the equal of "Tigris," a recent brilliant success at the Peoples The Arcade management is equally fortunate in being able to offer its patrons "Half a Chance," another tre mendously thrilling three-reel feature. A degenerate nobleman fastens a charge of murder on an innocent man who while being conveyed to the prisoners' colony, on a convict ship, makes his escape when the ship strikes a rock. Passing through a thrilling series of adventures, he returns to England and having studied law. becomes a noted criminal attorney. How he in the pur suit of his profession discovers the evi dence by which he establishes his in nocence and wins liis Just reward is told In a series of more than 100 of the most brilliantly depicted scenes ever shown on the screen. The story Is not only splendidly acted in every particular, but the photography is marked by an excellence rarely seen The management will also put on a comedy and several very Interesting singers. The Sunnyslde Theater will have a Gaumont Weekly, always interesting "The Aceof Hearts." a drama of rugged strength; "An Indian's Gratitude," one of the best one-reel Indian pictures this house has even had on its pro gramme, and "The Speed Queen, Keystone comedy that would move a stone to laugh, so funny it is in every particular. The Star Theater will exhibit "The Soul of a Thief," "The Message of the Flowers" and "The Head of the Ribbon Counter," the latter a Thanhouser com edy unusually meritorious. There will be an entire change of programme at the Crystal and Tivoli Theaters. At tho Tivoli Al Sather, formerly a very popular manager here, will take the reins again. might have limned. An unhappy wo man, the wife of a civil service of ficer, made desperate by her brute of a husband, kills him. A lover of her happy youthful days suspects her of the deed but does not know that she actually committed the murder, and so skillfully does he testify in her behalf at the trial that she wins an acquitta Later in England -on the verge of a happy marriage with a young officer in the British Army her fiance s fam ily suspect that she was guilty and question "the witness for the defense," who again saves the day for her. In cene of great Intensity, the woman tells the truth to this old lover, who as twice shielded her. He insists that she shall tell the man she is about to marry. In fear and trembling be does so. only to find that the man of her choice has suspected the truth and its utterance make no difference In his overpowering love for her. The plav abounds in vital human ln- erest, with touches of keen pathos and poignant tragedy. Miss Bates' artistic achievement in this play is believed to ouch the summit of her histrionic progress. LIONESS LEAP IS THRILLING Globe Theater Offer Attractive Bill of Moving Pictures. The leap of the lioness as she clears the low growth of the interlacing jun gle her snarl of impotent pain and rage as the bullet of a Mauser, uner ringly aimed, lodges and brings her napping and roaring to eartn, is a lvid episode of "Alone in the Jungle, the latest two-reel moving1 picture mas terpiece from the house of Seltg. buch wonderful transcripts of wild life in South Africa gives a thrilling sensa tion of reality akin to the real expert ence of man minus the risk of such death-defying dangers. This picture will be shown for three days, beginning today, at the Globe Theater, Eleventh and Washington New athletic stunts of foreign athletes and an extremely funny comedy, "Does It Pay to Advertise? are the other pic tures on the programme. Miss Daphne Lewis, a Portland girl will be heard at each performance. HANKY PANKY" HERE JUNE 2 2 Lew Fields Semis Big Play of Fun and Music to Portland. The advent of a Lew Fields' produc tion in this city is considered by the theatergoers as one of the allied social and amusement events of the season. Therefore, it may be expected that society will turn out to witness his THEATER TO OPEN THURSDAY Columbia Promises High Class of Film Entertainment. Portland's newest and most mod ernly equipped motion picture theater known as the Columbia Theater, erected at Sixth sind Washington streets by Foster & Klelser, will be finished Wed nesday. and will be opened Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. There will be a continuous performance, the hlghes class of entertainment being provided Arrangements have been completed for securing the latest and highest clas of reels, and four of them will be shown a t each performance. These reels are producfKl by the National Film Com pany. by a high class corps of artists and embrace comedies, dramas and plays of a spectacular nature. The management also has engaged, the ser vices of Mrs. Brush, a talented sopran soloist, who will sing at each perfor mance. Her -repertoire consists of both C las tt leal and popular songs. A six piece orchestra under the direction of Professor Karp, a well-known local musical director, will furnish music From time to time the managemen will introduce many novel and enter taining features, the desire being t cater to those who desire to patronize high-class motion-picture theater. One of the features which will be given special attention by the manage ment is the rest room for women, which will be in charge of an attendant. Women patrons of the house will be ex tended the courtesy of this room at an time. There alno will be a well-organ lied corps of ushers under the directio of a head usher, who will have super vision over the seating of patrons, and who will give special attention to an complaints which may be made. all-star company in the melodious jum ble of jollification, "Hanky Panky," which comes to the Heilig Theater for one week Sunday, June 22, Coming direct, as it does, from more than 500 nights of record-breaking busi ness in Chicago, Boston and New York, it may easily be considered as the most significant and conspicuous mu sical comedy to be seen in Portland this year. The authors of "The Midnight Sons.' "Tillie's Nightmare," etc, Edgar Smith, K. Ray Goetz and A- Baldwin Sloane, are responsible for "Hanky Panky," writing the book, lyrics and music re spectively. The same original galaxy of stars is headed by Max Rogers, the surviv ing member of the Rogers Brothers; "Bobby" North. Harry Cooper, Clay Smith. Arthur Carleton. Christine Niel sen, Myrtle Gilbert, Virginia Evans, Flo May and William Montgomery, and Florence Moore. George M. Cohan's "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" furnishes a medallion for a travesty of the very breeziest sort. Cleopatra, a resurected mummy, falls in love with the celebrated bunco man, while Clorlnda Scribblem, the famous typewriter of the Chester story, is part and parcel of the story. "THE VE ER DO WELL" COMING Latest Rex Beacti-Charles Klein Success Coming to Baker. Interest will be keen in the forth coming production by Henry Hall, Alice Fleming and The Baker Players of the latest Rex Beach-Charles Klein drama, "The Ne'er Do Well, which is an nounced for the week beginning next Sunday matinee. This will be tho first production of the play in this city, and the fame of both author and dramatist is so widespread, and the novel so ex tensively circulated that there is no doubt but It will prove on of the sea son's big winners. Mr. Hall played In "The Ne'er Do Well" the past season and Miss Fleming also played in it during her recent spe cial engagement in San Francisco. In both cases it scored heavily with the playgoers. The story tells of a young son of a wealthy father, and his nu merous escapades on one of which he finds himself on board a ship bound for Panama, without means to pay for his passage. He is befriended by the wife of a canal official, and the kind ness being misunderstood by her hus band leads to all sorts of dramatic complications. The scenes for the most part take place at Colon on the Isthmus, and are original and full of interest. "The Ne'er Do Well' will follow "Grau stark" at the Baker. BAKER THEATER MAIN 2, A 5360 BROADWAY AND MORRISON ST. GEO. L. BAKER, MANAGER HOME OF THE POPULAR BAKER PLAYERS All Week Beginning Today Matinee, Sunday, June 15, 1913 HENRY HALL - ALICE FLEMING And the Baker Flayers in a Beautiful Production of George Barr McCutcheon's Famous Romantic Play GRAUSTARK (NOT Beverley of Graustark) Love Behind a Throne Dramatized from the widely read novel The daring adventures in love and war of two typical young Ameri cans Thrilling plot Exciting Situations A charming love story. NOTE Many get Graustark confused with its sequel, Beverley of Graustark. Graustark has not been played here in stock for over five years. Regular Baker Prices Evenings, 25c, 35c, 50c; all Matinees, 25c. Matinees Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday. Monday, Bargain Night all Seats 25c Next Week The Ne'er Do Well (First time in Portland) BIWCTIK BATKS IX BIG ROLE Actress -Said to Be Supreme In "The Witness for tlie Defense." Blanch Bates has eclipsed all her past dramatic achievements in her newest vole In "The Witness for th Defense.' which will be seen at the Helllg Theater. Eleventh and Morri son streets, for three nights, begin ning Thursday, June 19, with a special matinee Saturday. This play. which was espeelally . hosen for her by Charles Frohman. I'omM from the pen- of A. K. W. Mason, ihe English author and dramatist, and It provides Miss Bates with a character manling the utmost emotional in- nsltv as well as the tensest restraint Knd repression. Miss Bates herself Is credited with saying that the character i I Stella Ballantyne tn "The Witness for tlu- Defense" appeals to her more -vmpHthetically and is altogether the moat complex study of a woman's tor tured soul that has ever fallen to her let. The !iorv of this play Is a complex one. with absorbing dramatic interest. It begins in the hills of India with a background such as Rudyard Kipling Columbia Theater SIXTH AND WASHINGTON Portland's Finest Motion Pirture Theater, Just Completed, Opens Thursday, June 19th at! 11 o'clock A. M. CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF Attractions Four Reels of Licensed Films. Mrs. Brush, Brilliant Soprano. Six -Piece String Orchestra, Under the Leadership of Prof. Karp. ADMISSION TEN CENTS HEILIG THEATER Elf Tenth and Morrlgon Sti. Phones Main 1 and A 4 52252s TODAY, Sunday, June 15th Special Price Matinee Wednesday COHAN & HARRIS PRESENT AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR COMEDIAN a. m Awaited by FLORA ZABELLE AST A LaBOX COMPACT IX TBI HOST TA1EBD-OF MUSICAL PLAV mt the TEAR The Red Widow 99 mm JJ BOOK ACD Jtrac BY CHAXJTSG rOELOCK CHARLES J. GEBEST Evenlngt Loirer Floor, S2.00, 1..0; Balcony. gl.no. 76c, 60c. Special Wednesday Matinee i Lower Floor, tuso, SI.OOj Balcony. 11 AO. 73c, 50c 3 KglSS THURSDAY, JUNE 19 Special Price Matinee Saturday CHARLES FROHMAN PRESENTS BLANCHE BATES Ca in the Creates! St. Juki Theater, London. Snccena The Witness for the Defense" A. PLAY BY A. E. W. MASON, M. P. Evenings: Lower Floor, $2.00, $1.50, J1.00. Balcony, 11.00. 75c 50c. Sat urday Matinee: Lower Floor, $1.50. $1.00. Balcony, $1.00, ?5c. 50c. MAIL ORDERS NOW BOX OFFICE SALE XEXT TUESDAY Mall Orders Take Precedence 7 EIGHTS SllT-irlair Inns Bargain Matinee Wednesday Beginning OUnQay, JUnc Special Matinee Saturday THE TRIPLE TRIUMPH OF NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND BOSTON 20 NIGHTS EACH TO CAPACITY AUDIENCES LEW FIELDS' ALL STAR CO. In the Melodious Jumble of Jollification HANKY PANKY With the Same All Star Cast Max Roger Bobby North Harry Cooper Clay Smith Christine Nellsen Flora May Arthur Carleton Myrtle Gilbert Percy Weller William Montgomery Virginia Evans Florence Moore IS STARS lOOO LAUGHS Evenlngi OO. 1.7.0, 91.00. 75c, !Oc. Wed. Hat. Mat. 1.7.0 to SOc. SO SIRENIC BEAUTIES l.OO to SOc. Sat. MAIL ORDERS NOW BOX OFFICE SALE FRIDAY, JUNE The 1 Oaks BASEBALL RECREATION PARK. or. Vaughn and Twenty-fourth Sta. LOS ANGELES PORTLAND JI N E 10. 11. 12, IX, Id, 15. Games Begin Weekdays at SU5 P. M. Sundays. XiSO P. M. LADIES' DAY FRIDAY. Boys Under 12 Free to Bleachers edaesday. Nothing Like It Ever Shown Here Before Alone In the Jungle TWO-REEL ANIMAL "WONDER AT GLOBE THEATER Eleventh ail Washington Streets POSITIVELY THE GREATEST PICTURE YET MADE BY THE SELIG COMPANY MISS DAPHNE LEWIS. Contralto Soloist ATHLETICS IN FRANCE. Pathe Play DOES IT PAY TO ADVERTISE? Vitagraph Comedy AN EXCELLENT BILL lOc ALL SEATS lOc BIG FREE BILL AT PORT LAND AMUSEMENT PARK Marguerite FAVAR and her five D AINTY ANCING OLLS Afternoon and Night. New Programme. FREE SHOW MR. AND MRS. JOHN DREW Singing and Dancing Comedians HAWAIIAN S Inez de Castillo Prima Donna. VITALE Famous 12-year-old Bov Leader Ruzzi's Royal Italian Band G. Tigano, Director Every night at 8. Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 2:30. Admission to Park, 10c Launches. Morrison Bridge Cars at First and Alder Theater West Parle and Alder. PEOPLES Today, Tomorrow and Tuesday THE BOOMERANG A guaranteed feature in (3) three massive, marvelous, mighty reels of matchless motography story of the dreaded penalty a soldier pays for allowing ambition, not faith and honor, to rule his life. and TheWaiter'sPicnic A standard Keystone comedy, just a trifle funnier than usual. New Singers of High Grade REMEMBER ? ZING0MAR III Greatest feature of 1913, opens here next Wednesday. Arcade Theater Washington, Between 6th and 7th Three Days Only, Beginning Today AN UNMISTAKABLE TRIUMPH HALF A CHANCE Three Reels 3000 Feet. A degenerate nobleman fastens a murder on a guiltless man. The con vict escapes, and. passing through thrilling adventures, establishes his innocence and wins his just reward. MEN DECEIVERS EVER A brilliant comedv. Coming Wednesday THE CLAWS OF THE VULTURE Another big 3-reel feature. The Biggest and Best 5c Show 5c in the world at the STAR THEATER Washington and Park Streets 5 Matinee Daily Phones Main 6 and A 1020 MVCV. Matinee. 15c. 25c. SOc Nlcht. 15c, 25c, SOc. T5o ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE BROADWAY AT TAYLOR Week Beginning Monday Matinee, June 16 DOUBLE HEADLINE BILL Original Famous London Palace Girls Direct from Palace Theater, London Miss Norton and Paul Nicholson In a Dramatic Cartoon by , Miss Norton OFEDO'S FIVE MUSICAL GORMANS Featuring Kathertne Gorman. Eminent Cornetist JONES AND SYLVESTER. "The Two Drummers' G. S. MELVTN, The Versatile Scot GOYT TRIO. Novelty Gymnasts MISS "MIKE" BERKIN, The Girl From Butte Last Week EDISON TALKING PICTURES lOOO MATINEE SEATS AT 25c 2:30 MATINEE EVERY DAY 2:3 O Night Prices, 15c, 25c Any Matinee Seat 15e. , Finest Theater RPftATiW A V ANn VAMU1II ivni!ini AT.il wj i nuilltlitj I SILUVAN CONSIDUTE Proprietors Coolest Spot In Town Week Commencing Monday Matinee, June 1 6 HAY THOMPSON'S HIGH SCHOOL HORSES 4 STEEDS RIDERS' 4 Featuring "TURKEY TROT" "GRIZZLY BEAR" AND "TEXAS TOMMY" DANCES See "Bridleless Wonder" J. Herbert Prank & Co. In "THE ARM OK THE LAW Creighton Bros. Relics of '67 Fay and Mynne Songs and. Dances Albert Leonard Descriptive Dancer Lohse and Sterling Gymnastic Thrill Any Matinee Seat 15c CHANTAGES UNEQUALED VAUDEVILLE - BROAD WAY & ALDER ST. Week Commencing Monday Matinee, June 1 6 Miss Gladys Spiro The Princess of Ragtime Klein & Erlanger Those Jug-grllngr Clowns Pantagescope Latest Animated Events MAT. DAILY 15 THE FerrisWheel Girls IN A Spectacular Musical Sensation Introducing- Vaudeville's Most Unique Success Willy Zimmerman THE WORLD'S GREATEST MIMIC In a series of original char acter studies. Harry Holman & Co. In "The Merchant Prince Marks & Rosa Society Entertaners Pantages Orchestra H. TC Evenson Director MAT. DAILY 15c Popular Price". Boxea and F"lrt Row Balcony, RESERVED. Box Of. lee open from 10 A. M. to 10 P. M. Phones. A 223S, Main 4636. Curtain. 2:30, Ts 17. and ft. LYRIC Fourth and Startc Sta ' 'HF.A I '.!? Fourth and Stark Sta Portland's Only Musical Corned? Playhouse CATERING TO LADIES. CHILDREN ONE WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY MATINEE JUNE 16 KEATING & FLOOD PRESENT THE LAUGHING MUSICAL BEAUTY SHOW MARRIED BLISS Handsome Gowns, Pretty Girls and Funny Comedians Tuesday Night Friday Night . . . . Athletic Contest Chorus Girls' Contest NO ADVANCE IN PRICES NIGHTS, 15c and 25c Matinees, Any Seat, 15c "Can we get along on my salary?" "Let's see." said the girl. "We'll need theater tickets, flowers, candy. Taxi cabs will be an item, and your club expenses will amount to something." "Don't overlook clothes, rent, food, light and fuel." .-ailed her father from the next room. "They are items that al ways crop up." Kansas City Journal. "I walked the floor for three hours with a sick child last night," said the faithful father. "Did it finally go to sleep?" "Yes. but not till my wife's mother took charge. She told mo to quit walking the floor with the child. That was what irritated it." Washing ton Star.