11 v "w..r. . . J x-L tXww i 1 i I- - L---- 1 hiMWAi . J; I . s BT WALTER MAT. POR practically the first time in almost a year Portland Is to have a quafi pause in its theatrical activ ity. For one week the so-called legiti mate drama will be noticeable for Its absence. The Howe travel festival films at the Heilig closed last night, and,' with re gret to many. The films were a worthy attraction and will be welcomed any time again. Beginning- today the Heilig Marts on a week-of darkness, awaiting ' the coming of John Mason next Sun day, and tlie Baker Theater remains dark for the next seven weeks. Tne Baker company closed a long and highly successful season last night with "The Girl in the Taxi" and In a day or two George L. Baker, the genius at the head of the organization, starts for New York to select plays and play ers for next season, -which, opens Au gust 31. Mr. Baker has promised a new com pany next year.., New plays, -of course, will bo in order, as some.of the. smash ing hits, of the last two years are prom ised, by Mr. Baker, who has announced lie will be strictly a theatrical man henceforth, lie has drawn the curtain on politics, he ' says, and: when Mr. Baker g'.yes strict attention ., to ther atricals, theatricals look up. always. Mr. Baker will be accompanied to New York by Mrs. Baker, and they will also visit the leading cities of the country to watch actors and actresses in action. "'I want to see them play," says Mr. Baker, "and I'm going to try to have one of the best companies ever." .lohn Cort will give Mr. Baker in fluential aid in selecting his plays and players for next year. Chris O. Brown, formerly a Portland man, who is now chief of the Sullivan & Considine book ing offices, will entertain the local magnate in New York. It is under stood Mr. Baker is after a leading man and woman who are about to be starred in New York. A season at starring in high-class stock usually foreruns the actual bursting forth on Broadway, and Mr. Baker is negotiating to do the grooming. It is recalled George Baker's namu ranks with Daniel Frawley'a when it comes to bringing out the lus ter of twinkling stars. With new plays and players then, the Baker company will open in Portland August 31. The play lias not been an nounced. as Mr.- Baker will have to do some negotiating when he arrives in the East. Furthermore, the players. will open in a renovated and remodeled theater. The arcade leading- from Sixth to Seventh will be rebuilt entirely as a permanent structure. It will be almost twice as wide as at present, and will be brilliantly lighted and durably con- htructeu. Kcsides this there will be the entrance through to Alder street, and with the completion of the Northwtit "n iHK Duiiaing, mere will ue an exit through to Morrison street. The interior of the theater also is to be lenovatcd and brightened up. The owner now is in the East assembling ideas. ... The retiring Baker players start on their various vacations and Summer engagements this week. There is no rest for the vaudeville theaters, however, this year. The three nouses continue with high-class Sum mer bills and modern appliances have been used to the utmost to make the theaters "coolest spots" in town. Looking ahead, John Mason in "As Man Thinks." comes to the Heilig Jitfy IS for seven nights and a matinee "Wednesday and Saturday. The play is by Augustus Thomas and it is held by eminent critics to be . the author's crowning, work. It is his newest play to be b-ent on the road, and with it comes a strong cast, including Julie Heme, one of the daughters of the famous James ' A. Heme, of "Shore Acres : John Flood and Georee Gaston Following Mr. Mason, who. by the wav. was last in Portland --in "The Witching Hour." the Heilig will be dark again until August . 3, when "The Passing now or iiz opens for the week. This production is a combination of the big croaaway nits or the last year and in eludes big scenes from some of the best of them, innumerable specialties from the fun-making stars and dancing and singing unlimited. Besides Charles J. Hoss and Trixie Friganza, others In ciuaea in the cast are Adelaide and Clarence Harvey, the latter in the role of Andrew Carnegie; Johnny Hughes, dancer, and Kugene and Willie Howard, Following "The Passing Show" come Adele Blood In "Kverywoman," Walte Browne's story of everywoman on "a pilgrimage in quest of love." In the vaudeville theaters is an array oi new Tilings lor this week. Miss Or ford and her trained elephants head the bill at tne Orpheura, opening to morrow afternoon. These great jumbos iance,- eat with knlfo and fork, us tne telephone and skillfully do othe things that appear impossible. Pat Kooney and Marion Bent offer the son and dunce feature for the week. The Exposition Four, formerly star of the Great American Minstrel Com oany under Neil O'Brien, headline liim press bill. They are all instrumental ists, one in blackface. The costuming is elaborate. Augmenting" the bill is John White's animal circus, a big fun act. and The Trainer, a sketch in which Paul Dullzell, formerly a star in "The City," is featured. Mr. Dullxell also is remembered for his clever work in sup port -of Banche Bates and Leslie Car ter at variouB times. With a pungent, up-to-the-minute title, "A Bulgarian Romance' is the headliner for the Pantages. In this light opera offering. Mrs. Bob Fitasim mons (Julia May Qifford), wife of the ex-priaef ighter, will be seen and heard. Of course. "A Bulgarian Romance" has to do with the recent war in Europe and is especially timely. Sylvester and Vance, entertainers, are also on the bill. Arthur Pelkey and Tommy'Burns, the former prominent for his tragic episode with Luther McCarty at Calgary re cently, and the latter for years a big figure in the prize-fighting world, wil be the attraction at the Lyric begin ning tomorrow afternoon. STRONG PLAY AT HEILIG SOON' John Mason to Appear In "As a Man Thinks" Next Week. - ' For seven nights, beginning next Sunday, July 13, with matinees Wed nesday and Saturday, John Mason, credited by many able critics as this country's foremost actor, and his New York company, the Thirty-ninth-Street Theater Players, will appear for the irst time In this city in the Messrs. Shiert's production of the. new play by Augustus Thomas, treating of the ouble standard of morality, "As a Man Thinks." The same author earlier gave to the theater-goers "The Witching Hour," "Arizona," "The Earl of Paw tucket" and a half a dozen other well- known plays. As a Man Thinks" is to be presented in Portland with every scenic and cos. ume detail that obtained in the new piece lor one year at the Thirty-nlnth- Street Theater, New York. The four acts in Mr. Thomas' latest play depict scenes and characters in New York, and Its most obvious story concerns itself with the jealousy of a wife whose hus band has deviated from the path of strict propriety. The wife condones the offense for the sake of their child. Then the wife, indiscreetly and with out thought of wrong, goes to the apartment of a man with whom she had been in love years before. This coming to the knowledge of -the hus band, he parts with his wife, but, eventually, persuaded by the gentle Dr. aeeiig that the evil is only in the mind 'as a man thinketh" he is made to see and feel aright and the little family thus enjoys a harmony deeper than ever. This Is the main theme. Incidentally there are other heart interests in the play. John Mason will appear as Dr. Seelig, Julia Heme as Mrs. Clayton, the young wife: John Flood as Frank Clayton, the husband. PORTLAND PLAY PRODUCER GOES EAST IN SEARCH OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS George L. Baker. While the Baker Theater is be 1 ing remodeled and renovated this Summer, George L. Baker, manager of the local playTiouse, will be in New York and other Eastern centers, looking for tal ent and new plays. Mr. Baker will be accompanied by Mrs. Baker and they will pass about six weeks in the larger cities of the East and Middle West. Mr. Baker will select an entirely new company and repertoire for the season which opens August 31. ! y THE SUNDAY and George Gaston as Judge Hoover. Ten or 12 other players in minor charac ters complete the parts. . TRAIN'ED ELEPHANTS HEAD BILL Mis Orford's Huge Beasts Do Jicw Turns on Orpheum Stage. One1 of the most amazing and stu pendous acts ever shown on a vaude ville stage opens at the Orpheum to morrow matinee. This la Miss Orford and her wonderful elephants. Two of the huge, beasts weigh three and a half tons apiece while the baby tips the beam at a ton. Miss Orford has not schooled her charges in the average elephant trick seen in the circus, but has taught them new and more diffi cult feats. They answer the telephone, dance in perfect time to the music with their mistress and have other sensational accomplishments hard to credit to an animal so unwieldy, no matter how intelligent. They close their act with a domestic playlet show ing a number of phases of home life with the rescue of Miss Orford from the second story of a burning building a grand finale. The elephants are ut through their paces at a simple word of command from their mistress. Pat Rooney and Marion Bent call their act of song, chatter and dance At the News Stand." Pat, who is the son of the famous Pat Rooney, the dancer, is no less talented than his father and will give dances unequaled bv anv of the dancinc comedians. The act abounds in chatter that is bril liant, songs that are catchy and dancing that is superb. Lamberti, the master musician, por trays various of the old masters with clever makeup and then plays the fa vorite composition of each with the mannerisms and touches peculiar to that artist. Elsie Janis has turned authoress and producer and her initial effort is a melange of song, dance and patter. Three in One," to be presented by Val Harris, Rita.Boland and Lou Holts. All have been members of Miss Janis companies since they made their de buts on the stage. Ida O Day, who has played at the Orpheum before In dramatic sketches, has forsaken them for the single turn and will offer a songalogue of char acter songs in which she has been scoring heavily A clever dramatic act played by two men is the offering of Thomas P. Jackson and company. . It is called "The Letter From Home" with one of the characters a pessimist and the other an optimist. Eccentric dancers of high attain ments are Carl and Letty, a young man and woman who come to America from the foreign music halls. Miss Irene Franklin, the brilliant young American comedienne, with Burt Green at the piano, and the other acts making up the current bill, cloue to night. ERS. BOB FTTZSIMMONS 1CE Ex-Champion's Wife to Appear at Pantages This Week. Light opera at its best, with such stars as Mrs. Bob Fitzsobbons (Julia May Gifford) and N. E. Dano, the won derful Viennese star, heading the cast, will be featured at -Pantage for the week commencing with the matinee to morrow, when "A Bulgarian Romance' will be presented nere lor tne nrsi time. Fifteen players - of ability will be seen in support of the noted principals, the act being one of the most preten tious of the sort ever attempted in popular priced vaudeville. MagniQ cent costumes, designed in Vienna and brought to America for the act; gor geous lighting effects and special scenery will be additional features Mrs. Fitzsimmons was famous in mu sical comedy before her marriage to the ex-champion boxer. She played the leading roles in the big successes 10 years ago and ranked as one of the foremost beauties of the stage. Mr. Dano scored a big success In Vienna and later in Paris, his dancing being peculiarly attractive. He affords a fine foil tor Mrs. f itzsimmons. The libretto is lilting and the many lyrics are of the sortv that can be whistled. "The Newly Married Man,' which Joseph E. Bernard, Hazel Harrington and company have chosen for a ve hide, is a rattling satire on married life, in which the follies of the bache lor and the benedict are used as the foundation of the plot. The humorou situations are- many and Mr. Bernard is seen, at his best In the leading role OREOONIAN, PORTLAND. Miss Harrington is clever as the oppo site .to Mr. Bernard and she handles her part with skill. La Pet'lte Alva, the wonderful child dancer, will be another . banner num ber of the bill. She will introduce many new terpsichorean novelties, her technique being mervelous, according to dramatic critics. Sensational work on trapeze and slack wire is offered by the great Mars duo, recently of London. The members are masters of equilibrtsm and the feats accomplished are daring and remarkable. Slyvester and Vance are entertainers de luxe, whose songs and sayings add brightness to the bill.- They are able amusers and not a dull moment is re corded in the act. Billy Dodge, the Beau Brummel com edian, will introduce many new funny melodies and parodies. His method of amusing is delightful. The Pan tagescope will show new animated events. - Alisky's Hawaiian Serenadera con clude their engagement tonight, with a matinee this afternoon. ES1PRESS SHOW NOTABLE Exposition Four, Animal Circus and Pleasing Sketch on Bill. Newspaper reviews, advance notices and expressions " by performers, who have seen the various acts, indicate that the show to open at the Empress tomorrow afternoon belongs to the ex traordinary class. In headline place Is the Exposition Four, instrumental ists and comedians, who are billed as being emperors of mirth and melody. The fact, that these entertainers were featured by Neil O'Brien with the Great American Minstrels Is regarded as proof that the act is most merito- NOTED ACTOR ANALYZES PLAYWRIGHT'S SUCCESS John Mason, Soon at Heilig in "As a Man Thinks," Says Augustus Thomas Creates Characters, in His Mind, First as Infants. Off, there are- two ways of making i a play, as John Mason sees.it- One is to hammer out the theme, plot and dialogue, and then mold the characters to fit. The other is to create the neces sary characters and let them do the playmaking. Mr. Mason, who comes to the Heilig Theater for one week, beginning next Sunday, July IS, in "As a Man Thinks," was talking about Augustus t nomas and his method of playmaking. Mr. Thomas believes in giving the charac ters a chance. He did that in "The Witching Hour." He has done It in most of his plays. And he toiiowea that plan exclusively in his last, ami what many critics term his best play, As a Man Thinks. "And I fancy," Mr. Mason said, "that Mr. Thomas carries that idea farther and develops it more minutely than any other playwright, certainly than any other with whose workmanship I am acquainted. Start Begins Away Back. "Mr. Thomas takes something like a generation to make a single play no, not the generation you are thinking of," he interrupted himself. "I mean he starts - work at least a generation before the time of the play. Having, a plot, he decides what characters will be needed to develop It. . Then he creates the characters, not as men and women of the ages, they will be in the play, but persons of certain traits and habits and condition of life. "Then he writes carefully and pains takingly the biography of each chaxac- ter from Ms birth to the time he is to enter the play. The growth cf the character's character; the Influence of heredity and environment; his early training, religious and intellectual ; his youthful associates and habits all art- set forth minutely in these odd biogra phles of stage people that are to be right up to the time for the plot of Mr. Thomas play, to take hold upon the lives that he has made for them. Wlta Not Cndseled. "And then? Why, then, Mr. Thomas just turns the situation over to these people of his brain and tells them to go ahead and get out of It as best they may. "Sounds simple enough, yes. But doesn't it mean an appalling amount of extra work? Why, no. And for this reason: Once the characters are , brought to the .place in theirUves JULY ti, 1913. rlous. The stage setting used by the Exposition Four and their costuming is gorgeous. An old laugh-making friend is in second place. This is John White's Animal Circus, which was a great hit on the Empress circuit last season. Unridable mules, leaping hounds and dog actors make this act particularly entertaining for children. Tke circus has grown since its former appearance here. Another unridable mule creates comedy in the act. another negro has been added to the little company to be kicked and bitten by the vaudeville Mauds and several new comedy an tics by animals and negroes have been provided. The noted David Belasco is repre sented in "The Trainer." the race track sketch, which fills a prominent place In the new Empress show. Paul Dullzell, star of the act, was selected by David Belasco to play the role of "dope" tiend in his play. "The City." Others in the cast are George Pierce and Jack Harrington, both of whom are well known on Broadway, Laugh ter and tears mix in "The Trainer," which ' is written around a former trainer, who bets on a Kentucky horse to provide comforts in his home, over which the stork hovers. Theo Llghtner and Flo Jordan, programmed as being superb girls, are next. Their act consists of singing, dancing and piano-playing. The girls make many costume changes. The novelty on the new bill will be offered by Marcou, who is. said to be a remarkable shadowgraphlst. Raymond Teal, a minstrel who has been starred in big companies, completes the show. Porter J. -White and company in "Scandal" and Emma Francis with her little whirlwind Arabs will make their where the play is to begin, Mr. Thomas' labor practically is done. From that point onward to the end of the play he merely acts as official historian, re cording the words and acts of real pea pie. There is no cudgeling of the Thomas wits as to what this character or that character will say or do at ans juncture. Mr. Thomas knows them aiL He has known them from their birth All their passions and weaknesses, al their convictions and scruples, all the traits of heredity and habit are as his A B C's to Mr. Thomas. When the sudden stress of temptation comes, Mr Thomas knows .this character will stand firm, that one will yield. Mr. Thomas does not make him do it. The reason is back yonder, many years .ago, in &ome early Spartan training or some evil taint of association. Mr. Thomas may applaud impersonally a fine dash of spirit or may shed impersonal tears over tne defection of some poor way farer. It is not Mr. Thomas' flash or defection. It is the character's.'" : : r- v i M&fc. I 1 VVJT; 1 m milk. . smammimw&iiy jfeiaaJ I I John Huoa In . "Am a Man ! i Thloki." I ............... ......4 farewell tonight. 'TWO appearances at the Empress THIEVES' AT LYRIC Musical Playlet to Be Augmented by Pelkey and Burns. One of the cleverest musical play lets to visit Portland In a long time Is "The Two Thieves," which will be the attraction at the Lyric Theater for one week beginning with a matinee Moit- day afternoon, July 7. The story tel the trial and tribulations of a pair of escaped convicts who, being hard pressed for clothes in order to change from their convict stripes so they will be able to avoid detection, hold up party of tourists and relieve them of their entire belongings. Among the loot are some papers telling the names and describing- the owners as English subjects of Royal blood. The two thieves Impersonate the Englishmen. The .complications which follow are extremely funny and the four come dians are given an opportunity to romp through an hour and a hairs layout of real situations. The comedy is inter spersed with high class musical spe cialties. The trio and the Romig Twins have a specialty and the Rosebud Chorus have some new numbers. As a special added feature for next week Keating and Flood will present for the first time in Portland, the champion heavyweight boxer, Arthur Pelkey, and his manager, Tommy Burns, ex-heavyweight - champion. Burns has been seen here many times and has a large following. Pelkey Is a comparative stranger, but is with out doubt the most talked of boxer in America. Tuesday night the athletic contest will be a feature, and Friday night the chorus girls' contest will be the added attraction. NEW FILMS AND ACTORS SEEN Peoples Offers Attractive Changes All Over Circuits. Rivalry for the best in the moving- picture business has become so keen that today it reaulrep a film of extraor dinary power to awaken the interest of theater-goers. For that reason the Peoples is always on the lookout both in America and foreign lands to con tract every feature which promises more than passing originality. Mana gers of the Peoples point with pride to the number of big features Portland picture fans have seen in that popular theater. The list is too long to recount and the constant endeavor Is to pre serve the standard. Occasionally there will be a drop in interest, but efforts are made always to put forth the best and never does the management offer a show that does not contain some one thing that justifies the small price of admission. Today "Quicksands, in two reels, of fers a good story and some Southern seacoast California scenes that are en trancing. Training wild animals by the greatest of all lion conquerers. Captain Bonavito, shows the wonderful way in which this fearless man teaches the king of beasts. He has lost one arm In the work. A ferocious lion lit erally tore it from the shoulder. A Keystone comedy and two singing turns fill out the entef tainment. The Star offers "All Rivers Meet at the Sea." a film containing as much plot and thrilling action as is usually found in a three-reel special. The Gtol- den. Jubilee shows Cardinal Farley New York officiating at a very fine cpen-alr celebration. "An Unexpected Meeting furnishes the comedy. ; "The Wizard of the Jungle" at thu Arcade Theater is a two-reel -exclu sive and is one of the most thrilling and interesting jungle pictures ever shown in Portland: Other features are "Tricks in All Trades," "Dead Man's Shoes, good singing and music. The East Side theaters all - offer brand new bills from beginning to end. During the week the Peoples will offer a number of films and actors never be fore seen in any of its theaters. SHENANDOAH' KILM OFFERING Columbia Theater to Present Civil War Drama. "Shenandoah," the spectacular and stirring Civil War drama, headlines the bill at the Columbia Theater to day. It is one of the greatest photo dramas ever produced and is an adap tation from Bronson Howard's famous drama., which for years was so popular with the American people, by George Blaisdell and played by the Kalem Company of several hundred people. The reels were photographed in the famous Shenandoah Valley, whicn was the center of activities during the Civil War, to lend realism and proper color to the play. There is love and romance and plenty of realistic battle scenes, the climax of the play being reached in the famous ride of General Sheridan. The pro ducers have taken special pains to no sLage' the production that there Is not u dull moment during the entire 300(1 feet of pictures. The opening sceno gives a glimpse of a - brilliant ball, which is broken up by the bombard ment of Fort Sumpter. The second shows the invasion by the Federal Army of the Shenandoah Valley and many stirring events which follow. The third is of the battle preceding the beginning of Sheridan's ride, and all the details are worked out with an artist's hand. Professor Karp, in charge of the the ater orchestra, has arranged a special programme of patriotic selections and Mrs. Brush, the talented soprano, will sing songs appropriate to the occasion. One of her songs will be "My Old Ken tucky Home." ' As secondary attractions the man agement has secured, two splendid short omedies. one of which will precede and the other follow the big production. On entitled "The Waiter's Strategy and the other "The Wrong Handbag. Both are mirth-producers. GLOBE PROGRAMME IS VARIED Instructive, Dramatic and Amusing Films to Be Shown. Today's programme at the Globe Theater, Eleventh and Washington streets, will be of an instructive, dra matic and amusing character. The dramas are by the Biograph and Vita graph companies; Pathe furnishes the scenic and Instructive features, which are always most interesting. Charles Arling and Quen Pates, that happy pair of comedians, play one of the funniest farces they have yet put out, called "A Modern Garrlck." Miss Daphne Lewis, the popular soloist, will be heard, and the great organ. The same programme will be given Monday and Tuesday. BAND CONCERT ANNOUNCED Programme Will Be tiiven at Mount Tabor Park Beginning at 2:30. The Portland Park Band, W. E. Mc Elroy. director, will play today at Mount Tabor Park, on the crest of Mount Tabor. The concert will begin at 2:30 o'clock, and the programme will be as follows: March, "A Deed of the Pen" Morel Overture. "II Guarany" .....Goine Waltz. "Gypsy L.ove" Lehar Baritone solo, "The Holy City" Adams Kugene Cioffi. Comic opera, "The Chocolate Soldier" .-- - , Strauss Intermission. Grand selection, "Ernani" Verdi Incidental solos by Messrs. Gumbert and Cioffi. "Traumeret" Schumann PilSi'iins' Chorus from "TannhaUBer" . . . . Wasner Fantasia from "Bohemian Girl" Half National Airs. MOLALLA HAS NOISY DAY I'ourth Celebrated Quietly in Ma jority of Clackamas Towns. OREGON CITY. Or.. July 5. (Spe cial.) Independence day was celebrat ed, throughout Clackamas County most ly in a "safe and sane" manner, though Molalla, Parkplace and Clackamas made exceptions to the rule. Molalla openly boasted an "insane" celebration. Clack amas got all its noise from a sham battle staged by the Third Infantry and the Artillery Corps of the State Militia. In the county seat the chief celebra tion of the day was at Canemah Park, where the Willamette Pulp & Papfr Company gave an all day outing and. barbecue to its employes. At Gladstone the second annual re union of Gladstone folk" was held, and drew together about 2000 people. BRILLIANT DANCING AT ORPHEUM. TEAM Those who remember the danc- t ing of Rock and Fulton at the Orpneum some iiiumus as" win know the value of the prediction that Pat Rooney and Marion Bent are apt to wear the mantle of that brilliant couple as the premier dancing team of vaude ville. The name of Rooney was long since placed In the hall uf famous dancers by Rooney, senior, and Pat is a worthy son of his father. He is one of the un questioned stars in the new school of dancing- comedians, and with his pretty and clever part ner. Marion Bent, he has one of, if not the funniest, fastest and wittiest acts that has come over the Orpheum circuit this .season. The Rooney and Bent act is called "At the Newstand." . ' TT' ' , , VIS f ( t x 1 '..-..; a.8 fcti- Pat non- and Marlon Bent.