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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1913)
yfX" "5a BBrTri ."rrn S"' "V ? (f' ', 1 ' JO BY LEONE CASS BAER. I T WAS a small-sized riot that oc curred in Portland theatrical circles last week when "Hanky Panky," with its rackety-paekety aggregation of funmakers, dropped in tor-a week's stay. This well organized regiment of toinfooleri- artists held sway all ove tlie city, giving away a million dollars' worth of entertainment on the stree corners, at various business men": luncheons and various other places, a most before they proceeded to sell to the public at so much per cushior Certainly they made themselves lik the flowers of May most welcom "Hanky Panky" was, is and always wi be a killer of dull care with enoug music bursting out here and the throughout to give it the not-always-" coveted appelation of musical comedy There were stars in the company several of them, but Florence Moo some way or other must be reckone as being nearer to the earth and thereby more prominent in reality and in mem ory. W hether she is pretty or othe vise, she certainly is funny every min ute of her life. In Montgomery sh had a most able buffer a nl co-partn in the hilarity for which "Hank Panky is so famed. And, with pret choruses, dancers and what not make up a real entertainment, "Hanky Panky" doesn't shake itself pieces by its own funtuaking procliv ties, and will come again intact, Por land will await with those abused wide open arms. At the Baker the Hex Beach and Charles Klein dramatization of the Reach novel, "The Ne'er Do Well," re ceived most deserved popular approval. Jt was the first presentation of the rather new pluy in Portland and the company, headed by versatile and tal ented Henry Hall, was decorated with additional laurels of a season of suc cess. In the vaudeville houses the Summer bills are marvelously meritorious and a glance at the oncoming attractions indicate we will not realize when the Summer bills leave off and the regu lar season begins. Beginning this afternoon at the Hel lig Theater will be the now famous Homo Travel festival films in motion, as thrilling as they are instructive They will stay for a week, with a mat inee each day at 2:S0 o'clock and a night performance at 8.30 o'clock " heso films were taken in various parts or the world, and by photograph ts wno vaiuea tneir lives less, per haps, than the dare-devil aviator, be cause many of the films were taken from an air craft and from the cow ia teller of a wild engine plowing down me mountain nap. witn the films are human sound producing geniuses, who will imitate sounds familiar to the va rious scenes. An accomplished lecturer aaas to the attraction. At the Baker Theater, for the week beginning, this afternoon, comes the sensation of a short time ago, "The Oirl in the Taxi," the turbulent farce that had the distinction of opening the corceous Cort Theater in Chicago two years ago. The play which is not a musical comedy, as some have thought, but a red-hot farce is as speedy in action as it is dextrous In plot and funny in texture. This is the farewell week of the Baker players for this season, and an elaborate pro duction is promised. There will be a matinee July 4. Irene Franklin, whose v successes have been too many to recount and who is a comedienne of even greater popularity throughout the East than Alice Lloyd, Is the feature attraction at the Orpheum beginning tomorrow afternoon. Her offering is character songs, the lyrics for which are her Inimitable own. A man. who Is also a real actor, will be the headllner at the Empress, be ginning tomorrow afternoon. He is Porter J. White, in "Scandal," a sketch with an enticing label. Mr. White Is to be starred next season' under that wiiara. David Belasco. which of Itself pronounces distinction on the Empress bill's headliner. Emma Francis and her Arabian whirlwinds Impart addi tional luster to the programme. To Pantages comes what is. heralded as a scenic sensation. Alisky's Hawaiian Serenaders. in "A Night in Hawaii." - It is said to be an act of beauty and merit. A tableau in the production has been pronounced a rev elation of stage craft. At the Lyric "The Jolly Robber" will be the morsel of comedy and music 0 X1E V El a DC 7 - s 1 1 t 1 r. jrzz a j . - ''Sirs . jf-i jp- m u m. ' m.-y , .: . y , I -x - mi .ii.ii mi-1 - - a m r .-. ' : -v' i.J rVV . . 5-zrr-i Szz yT71 Sv. 1171 i " V a. i ir k?L a -. ce . -tScs: -;rs$$xX I lli-1 -v - II ; : -Jf-r V. A:; f ' v.; - W I u . - y - s v ' ir- - . 1 SB -. . r "V :::r- t XX4-X.Ta. y b - y-. i:-, ti : i 1 B f -'T '-V- tf" k. II tuteiy originsii ana ainerent in every- tourea xne racmc coast. B A T --S i i- h - . rf --: EI thino- uia Hiaa K f l.n T :o RmnroBo Kill hjrllin -r Kv IT o-It a rAr. V. V......, ..n.a - . J H -is . . 0- i,'v. 4 v . v& 5 It . excention of A lie. Llovd. no more nonu- , iB, 1 M- - . 1 11 -. . f - ' & ' .v'Jrx..,x.. f . HI -jy '2&zS2. 3ccrT7zs zi:- Z2z to tempt the . palate of that theater's patrons. It will run the week. TRAVEL K1LMJS BEGIX TODAY Motion Photography at Hellig- for Week Is Educational. Education, without any of the ter rors implied, in an amusement star tling enough to attract thousands m New York to the Hippodrome, is prom ised for seven afternoons and seven evenings at the Heilig Theater, Elev enth and Morrison streets, beginning this afternoon. Lyman H. Howe brings his company of imitators, who impersonate people of all nations, me chanical apparatus that produces all kinds of sound and moving photog raphy from almost everywhere. It is a two-and-one-half-hour entertain ment and will be presented twice daily at 2:45 and 8:30. The phonetic accompaniment by men and women is entirely different from any other exhibition of the kind. The scenes are rehearsed no that every conversation exactly fits the charac ters in action. It is said of the fhow that the spectator can scarcely realize that some of the pictures do not con tain real live characters. No dramatic subjects are shown. The pictures are of travel in moving pho tography exclusively. There are 19 subjects in the programme. The thrill ing features are a ride on a runaway train and the sensations of flying in a hydroplane during races with motor boats at Monte Carlo. The train ride on the Austrian State Express through the Swiss Alps is the actual experience of one of Howe's camera men who. In tending only to take moving pictures of the scenery, found himself on the front of an engine that had broken from the control of the trainmen and was plunging down the steep grades at terrific speed. The photographer held on and kept his picture-taking ap paratus in motion and the negatives developed wonderfully clear. it was this reproduction that gave the Howe Travel Festival so much favorable mention as a thriller at New York's biggest playhouse a few months ago. The air and sea race is revealed in a bird's eye view. The camera was taken aboard the air racer driven by Nenaux, the Frenchman. BAKER OPENS LAST WEEK "Tlio Girl in the Taxi" Closing At- . traction of Stock Company. The closing week of the' season for the Baker players will open today, and will be devoted to the exhilarating farce. "The Girl In the Taxf." one' of the most laughable bundles of mixups that has been invented in many a day. TIIE SUNDAY i I 1 1 t TSif y .tit . I 11 f - . WVi B s 1 rmz I 1 W J"I IS It is strictly modern, and up to the minute, and is a perfect riot of fun from start to finish. It ts not overbur dened with plot, but Is light and frothy, rich in humor and dashing in action. The story concerns principally the escapades of one Mignon, wife of wealthy perfume manufacturer, who seems to be entirely free from any worry concerning conventionalities. In fact, Mignon hesitates not to make ap pointments with other men than her dutiful but rather boresome spouse, and although such appointments may be all in the nature of a bit of harm-) less flirtation, they soon begin to com plicate " matters in most amazing fashion. Bertie Stewart, a youngster just out of short trousers, who is Jusy crazy to receive an education in the gay ways, of the world, endeavors to keep an en gagement with this "girl in the taxi" for a late supper. Finding he has only his monthly allowance on, hand, con sisting of $5, Bertie begins active ope rations to raise more, and pawns most of his papa's clothes. Now papa is not so slow, and neither is Bertie's cousin Percy, for they all happen to be there at the fashionable cafe: when the din ner Is served. The way they discover each other and the desperate attempts all make to cover up his own particular little escapade result in a series of the liveliest mixups imaginable. It is difficult to adequately describe a lot of action and surprises such as the modern farce is composed of, and one must see it to get the laughs, and they are plentiful enough, there being not a single dull moment from start to finish. "The Girl in the Taxi" will continue all week, this being the closing week of stock for the . season. The usual matinees will be given today. Wednes day and Saturday, with the bargain night tomorrow and a special holiday matinee Friday, the Fourth. IltEXE FRAXKLIN IS COMING Many Attractions Announced for Orpheum This Week. Dimpled and dainty with a wealth of Titian hair as a crowning glory. Miss Irene Franklin is not only one of the most talented young comediennes of America, but also one of the most dis tinctive and beautiful In personal ap pearance. She comes to the Orpheum Monday, bringing with her a reper toire of over 30 songs from which she will choose her numbers as well as giv ing her audiences an opportunity to select from some of her old favorites. All of the lyrics are her work, and the music is the composition of Bert Green. who presides at the piano. Most of her songs are clever little character etchings with so much of delicious comedy and her own charming self in them that they are a delight of the un common sort. Miss Franklin is abso OREGOXIAX," PORTLAT), lutely original and differe'nt in every thing she does and. with the possible exception of Alice Lloyd, no more popu lar single entertainer has ever gone over the Orpheum circuit. A notable musical act Of tremendous worth is in the hands of Theodore Ben dix and his symphony players. Mr. Bendix is known to musicians as one of the best 'of the present day com posers and conductors, and his entrance to vaudeville 1b an important milestone along the road of better things. Three artists will assist him in rendering a programme of the best music written, but chosen with a care as to that suited for a vaudeville audience. The dramatic end of the bill is offered by Hal Davis, Ines Macauley and com pany who play "The Girl From Childs," an up-to-the-minute comedy. Fred Watson and Rena Santos fill a quarter of an hour with clever enter tainment in the form of song, dance and story-telling that score. Rapid-fire is written all over the chatter and song act of Mclntyre and Hurty, the Sugar Plum- Girlie and Marshmallow boy, who run to comedy. Boomerang hat throwing is the novel and difficult feature that makes the act of Moran and Wirer, who are just nere from a continental tour. Carson Brothers are called Sweden's representative athletes. Strength and skill are combined in poses of famous statues.. The all-hit bill, headed by "The Trained Nurses," with Clark and Berg man, closes tonight. STAR, EMPRESS HEADLINER Porter J. White, Who Is to Join Be Masco, to Present Playlet 'Scandal.' Stellar place on !he new Empress bill to open with the matinee tomor row is filled by Porter J. White and company who are' presenting Oliver White's new playlet, "Scandal." The sketch Is based on the theft of the manuscript of a play by a woman and the situations are amusing and surpris. ing. White is supported by John C. Tremayne, Harry Stephens and Adelaide Kairchlld. The star is making a tour of the Empress chain of thea ters preparatory to Joining the noted David Belasco under whose manage ment White will be starred next sea son. Emma Francis' "and her young whirl wind Arabians will be seen in the same entertaining act that the versatile danseuse and singer presented along the Orpheum circuit- This is one of the unique acts of vaudeville stagedom Miss Francis not only singing and dancing capably, but tumbling with her boy Arabs with their lightning agility. Miss Francis is likened to Marie Hart for versatility. Gus Hibbert and Harold Kennedy also former Orpheum features, will en tertain with blackface comedy. These performers formerly were members of two separate acts that played the "big time." . They combined recently and were engaged by Sullivan & Considlne in the midst of their tryout. merely a part of their act convincing the book ing agent that they would be a hit New songs, new parodies and new pat ter feature this act Continuous laughter is won by the Booth Trio in an act marked by bicycle tomfoolery. Even the hair-raising feats performed by the trio mix laughs with the thrills. Lillian Booth is said to be the best woman trick bicycle rider in the world. Morris and Beasley, a young man and a fascinating woman, promise to be most entertaining in an act in which song and dance specialties e,re num erous. Tbis duo bas been the applause hit of many vaudeville shows. Other entertainers are: Fred Pisano and Katherine Bingham, well-known vaude lllists, who will offer a merry mixture of singing, dancing and patter. Pisano and Bingham have held prominent Mies JUNE 29, 1913. in many big musical comedies that have toured the Pactnc Coast. The Empress bill headlined by Hugh Herbert and company in "The Son of Solomon" will close tonight. SCENIC MARVEL PANTAGES Hawaiian &crenaderg Head New Bill at Vaudeville Theater. Semi- tropical songs and dances with all their lure w-ill charm the audiences at Pantages for the week, .beginning with the matinee tomorrow, when Alisky's Hawaiian Serenaders will ap pear. The scenic sensation of the act comes in the wonderful reproduction of Kilauea, the House of Fire, in eruption, a spectacle at once gorgeous and en trancing. The ' gigantic ' volcano, the terror of the Hawaiians, is seen to give forth masses of. smoke at tirst, which change to huge columns of fire, the molten lava that carries destruction and death. The Princess Ruth Kaulaeuau, a rep resentative of the fast-vanishing nobil- ACTRKSS MOST POPULAR IV VAUDEVILLE CHAIN. V. 91 Ua Irene Fraiklii. Miss Irene Franklin, the young American comedienne, was made a headllner by a vote of the theatergoing public of New York. Four years ago Percy G. Wil liams announced a popularity contest to determine the most popular woman who had played his New Y'ork theaters during the season of 1907-08. He sup posed it would be confined to his headliners, but when ballots began coming in by the score for Miss Franklin, who was then in her first season of character songs with Burt Green at the piano. Mr. Williams became doubly determined that the con . test should be a real expression of popular opinion. Audiences at his chain of theaters, the Colo nial, Orpheum and Alhambra voted nightly for a week and when the ballots were counted Miss Franklin won over such competitors as Alice Lloyd. Cecilia Loftus, Elsie Janls, Vesta Tilly, Gertrude Hoffman. Marie Dressier and Lilly Lena, beating her nearest rival, Eva Tanguay, by 1500 votes. 1ll!Sif 1 ity of the Gem of the Pacinc. will be seen in a series of native dances that are marked for their beauty and fas cination. The Hawaiian singers and instrumentalists are also more than at tractive. It Is on the motive of the police "third degree" that Harrison Arm strong has based his compelling play let, "The Police Inspector," in which Scott Sidney and his able company ap pear as u. special added attraction. The exposition of the cruelties of the mod ern Inquisition is thrilling and the theme which controls the action of the dramalet is convincing and grips with fascination. Miss Belle Oliver, the "Tetrazxini of Ragtime," is another person of im portance whose appearance will add much to the programme. Miss Oliver is proclaimed as a veritable riot in Eastern amusement circles. Miss Oliver will be heard in all her latest coon songs and ragtime melodies, scoring a big hit at every performance. Coogan and Cox have a dancing and singing travesty, entitled "As You Like It," which the critics say is one continuous gale of laughter. The act is lively and many attractive features are introduced. Something new in equillbristic turns will be seen when the Florena Trio, late of Berlin, performs a routine filled with surprising novelties. The Pan tagescope will show new animated events. The bill topped by Cora Youngblood Corson will be brought to a close with the performances today. MUSICAL TABLOID AT LYRIC "The Jolly Robber" Said to Abound in Comedy and Specialties. "The Jolly Robber" is the title of a smashing new musical tabloid which will be the offering of the American Comic Opera Company at the Lyric Theater next week. The lines and sit uations carry an abundance of real comedy and the new musical specialties will be a big feature of the bill. The story tells of an attempt to get possession of $0,000 in cash and a I priceless quantity of jewels, which are known to be carried by a titled couple traveling on the continent. While en route from England to France they am set upon by a band of brfgands, who get the jewels, but fail to secure the money, so the chase goes merrily on until the chief of th" band is caught and a finish put to his misdeeds. The skit is the broadest kind of a farce, and goes with a vim nnd dash well calculated to drive away dull care. Lew Dunbar. Billy Owsley. Tiney Snyder and Frank Confer are the pop ular Lyric comedians who will keep the comedy up to the riot standard, as well as contribute largely to" the musi cal end of the programme. "Kentucky Sue." "Everybody Loves a Chicken," "When You First Kissed the Girl You Loved Last," "The Island of Dreams and Love," "A Dream" will be fea tures of the bill. Kate Carlson and Ilene Edwards have good soubrette roles and pleasing song specialties. The bill opens with a matinee next Monday afternon and continues for the entire week, with a matinee dally. The added feature for Tuesday night will be the athletic contest, and Friday night the chorus girls' contest will be the attraction. BIG FEATURES AT PEOPLES "From Pope lo Pope" and "Demon of Destruction Begin Today. "From Pope to Pope" is a remark able presentation of a subject of great interest, to be seen at the People's Theater beginning today. This is reverend, though tful and religious pre- sentation of the incidents surrounding the selection of the present Pope of Rome and the ceremonies of his induc tion into that office. It has been pro nounced by all who have seen it to be both beautiful, sacred and correctly outlined, and it may be seen and ap preciated not only by those who pro fess the Catholic religion but by all classes and conditions of men being in terested in this subject of worldwide importance. The other two-reel fea ture. "The Demon of Destruction." con tains a most thrilling situation. Two ambitious villains attempt to seize a destructive invention and by their Ignorance place in jeopardy the in habitants of an entire city. Through the heroic effort of one man this ter rible destruction Is avoided. Theso thrilling situations are artistically de picted in this photo play. Clark and Devereaux in "Bits of Musical Comedy" will open tomorrow at the People's Theater. The Arcade Theater will present five splendid. well-blended features, "A Husband's Mistake," dramatic: "The Politician." a political story, presented In an unusual manner: "Strangers From Nowhere," an allegorical photoplay of the struggle between conscience and the devil: "The Largest Boat Ever Launched,'' which Is a comedy pos sessing educational features, and "Crooked Career," a Keystone comedy, brimful of laughter and mirth. The Star today will offer "The Seal of Silence," a big Kay Bee feature, and on Tuesday will exhibit "The Tangled Web," a three-reel special. On Wednesday next the Arcade Thea ter will offer one of the strongest at tractions of the season. "The Female Raffles," in four reels, showing how an American detective solved one of the greatest underworld mysteries of Paris. Many other feature films are in line for early production at the various houses of the People's Amusement Company. FATE OF MAR V IS SHOWN Last of Series of Play to Be Given at Globe Today. Tersons interested in the "ilary" stories may see what happened to Mary in the last picture of the series to be shown today. Monday and Tuesday at the Globe. Eleventh and Washington streets. She comes into her own and her unnatural uncle nd cousin are fittingly punished. The Pathe weekly is full of news this week. It contains the Portland Rose Festival, arrival of Rex Oregonus and some of the parades, tue Flag day ex ercises at the home of 3etsy Ross, who made the first American flag, views of the Imperator. the largest ship nfloot, and Its first docking in New York: the newest Paris fashions in lingerie, shown on models, the latest thing in foreign shoes and slippers and many other interesting items. In "diplomatic circles." a biograph tale of Washington society, spies, in trigues and other exciting happenings are - shown. John Benny leads in the comedy of the programme, but in this picture he comes out only second best. Miss Daphine Lewis, a Portland girl, will be heard in her selections, and the Globe organ will be heard at every performance. COLUMBIA HAS ODD FEATURE Work, of Nature, Comedy, Dramas and Music Make Up Bill. A complete metamorphosis of the spotted elephant hawk moth, one of the most beautiful and gorgeous of the moth family, is one of the film fea tures of the bill which opens today at the Columbia. First the egg is shown, then the caterpillar, which weaves it self inside a cocoon, and next as it emerges a brilliant butterfly. The com plete transformation Is shown clearly. iCoccluded on lage'a.i
