THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTE3II3ER 21, 1913.
the final performances today In the
afternoon and the evening perform
ances. Monday, and the Sunnyslde Theater
every Wednesday night, while the Ti
vnli Theater has vaudeville every
Thursday night.
WAR FILM IS OS AT GLOBE
LYRIC GETS ANOTHER COMEDY
"The Matchmaker" Will Be Pro
duced at Showhoiise All Week.
"The Matchmaker" Is 'the title of a
screaming: musical farce which will be
presented by the Lyric Theater Com
pany all this week.
The story has to do with an eccentric
old German who has been appointed
guardian of the two daughters of an
old friend, also custodian of their for
tunes until such time as they may
marry, bo he finds it strictly up to him
to make a (rood thins: last as Ions as
possible. There is Just enough plot to
demand attention and still not become
burdensome.
The situations are extremely humor
ous and thinurs become so tanjrled a
almost to defy solution, but all ends
happily.
Billio Onslow and Gur Leonard, the
company's principal comedians, avail
themselves of the splendid opportunity
and romp through an amusing lot of
complications of an amusing variety.
Lylan Mason, Dorothy Raymond, Nat
Wentworth, Frank Confer and Ilent
Edwards are all happily cast and will
contribute much to the merriment. The
skit bristles with novelty numbers, spe
cialties and interpolated song hits. The
entire production has been handsomely
staged and costumed and is sure to
prove one of the most attractive bills
of the season.
The chorus girls' contests will be
iven as a special feature on Tuesday
and Friday nights. The new bill opens
Monday afternoon and will continue
for an entire week, with a matinee
dally.
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"The Clod"' Heads New Programme
at Globe Theater.
The injustices of war were never
more completely and convincingly
shown than they are In the great spe
cial feature, " The Clod," now at the
Globe Theater. The "Clod" owned a
fine home, many sheep, cattle and
horses. He was an Inoffensive man,
kind to his family and his animals. He
resisted drafting Into either the federal
or rebel camps, but attended strictly
to his own buxiness.
Then came the federal skirmishers
and took away his horses, next the
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MONEY" ITirVTCKE
People's Theater Begins Week With
Bill of Variety.
Among the pictorial productions to
be found In todays entertainment at
the People's Theater la "The Wall of
Money," a two-reel Rex, which deals
with a hard-headed business man who,
in his pride and strength, refuses to
provide safety appliances and proper
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BT LEONE CASS BAER.
rICTOR HUGO'S altogether re
markable story. "Lea Miserables,"
rich in dramatic Incident, with
French actors in the cast, and the finest
scenery In all France to set it off, is to
be seen this week at the Helllg in mo
tion pictures. The afternoon entertain
ment begins at 2:30 and the evening
ones at 8:30 o'clock. Then next Sunday
Augustin McHugh's melodramatic farce,
"Officer 668," arrives for a three-night
stay followed by the chic and lovely .
English actress, Kitty Gordon, playing
the title role In "The Enchantress."
To the Baker comes David Belasco'a
great big play, "The Woman," open
ing its week's bill with a matinee this
afternoon. Dorothy Shoemaker is to
appear in the role of Wanda Kelly, the
telephone operator. The play will be
staged with Bakeresoue realism. Fol
lowing "The Woman" Is "Hawthorne.
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Sharing honors with Charlotte Parry
and Ed Wynn on the Orpheum bill are
Maude Lambert and Ernest Ball all
musical comedy favorites. Coming to
top the Empress bill is Fred. Karno's
celebrated London .comedians in their
new vehicle, "A Night in a London
dub." Headlining Pantages is "Heart
Throbs of a Oreat City. a drama with
a metropolitan police court setting. The
new musical comedy at the Lyrio Is
called "The Matchmaker."
1TCGO CLASSIC SEEX IX FLMS
Miles of Reel9 Required to Present
"Leg Miserables."
"Les Miserables," the crowning mas
terpiece of Victor Hugo, the greatest
writer France has produced, will ap
pear in cinematograph leal form at the
Helllg Theater. Eleventh and Morrison,
for seven afternoons at 3:30 and seven
evenings at 8:30, beginning today.
This great literary classic embodies
more human pathos, more sense of ha
tred, love and charity, richer in the
very fundamentals of drama than any
production of modern times. The very
spirit of the times seems bound up
in this volume. The scenes of the reign
of terror in. Paris, the rise and fall of
Royalist and Republican factions, add
to this simple tale of love a volume
and a sounding density that stirs the
spectators.
More than two miles of film were
used in picturing the scenes of this
great work. From peaceful country
lanes to frowning- walls of medieval
prisons, from Paris to the sunny ham
lets of the South, the reels were taken.
Hugo's life, from one of abject pov
erty to a tomb in the Pantheon of
France, is not unlike the rise of his
great creation, Jean Valjean, who will
live forever In the hearts of every
'over oi Kieat literature a .uc crown -
ng creation of a master mind.
Victor Hugo was the son of an army
officer, born during the time that
Napoleon Bonaparte was at the height
of his glory. His father wa3 a fighter
:n the army of the conqueror. Victor
was educated by his mother, herself
and family stout loyalists of the house
of Bourbon. This education later led
to great complication for the young
writer. Recognized ear'y as a literary
genius he and his brother started a
magazine in Paris. This was a great
success until the death of his mother,
which so affected the young Journalists
that the paper failed and ho lived in
great poverty, gathering In this hard
school of experience the material for
what proved to be the greatest publi
cation of the times. A pension from
Louis XVIII saved the day and Victor
married. For many years he wrote
plays, some of which are still seen on
the public stage, but the royalistic
sentiment of his works made him un
popular. Louis Xapoleon banished him
from France and It was during this
exile of 19 years that his great mas
terpiece, "Les Miserables," was writ
ten, appearing in 10 languages sim
ultaneously. The throne of Louis was tottering
and when it fell Hugo was called back
to France and feted amid scenes ' of
wildest enthusiasm. He- was the idol
of his country. At his deatfi his funer
al was a spectacle equaled only by
that of Napoleon I. He was borne to
his tomb in a pauper's hearse, as was
his wish. A champion of the people,
an immortal man of France.
"THE WOMAN" AT THE BAKER
Stock Company to Offer a Famous
Belasco Success This Week.
An event of unusual interest to play
goers will be the Baker players' pro
duction of the famous Belasco success.
The Woman." which goes on the
boards this afternoon for all week. It
is without question one of the strong
est dramas of recent years, with a
plot that Is both striking and original
The central figure Is a little tele
phone operator In the booth of a prom
inent hotel in Washington, D. C, which
Is patronized by many well-known pol
iticians. The Legislature Is in night
session, with a most Important bill
pending, which Is threatened with de
feat by the Democrats and their In
surgent allies unless something la don
to prevent it. The insurgents are led
by Matthew Standish.
The Wall-street Interests learn of a
scandal in connection with Standish
and some woman, and in order to dis
credit him lay a plan to find out who
the woman is through help of the ex
change operator, Wanda Kelly. The
Interests are led by Jim Blake, a typ
ical politician of the old school, and
his son-in-law. Representative Rob-
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erts. When Wanda Kelly discovers
who the woman is, she determines to
'save her if possible from exposure, and
then begins a battle of wits between
her and these powerful and crafty
men that leads to some of the most in
tensely dramatic scenes ever written
in a play.
They try persuasion, bribery and
threats, bringing all the force they
have to try to break her will, but she
spars for time, pretends she Is hold
ing out for more money and uses all
the arts known to the feminine sex to
outwit them. They little know the
boomerang they are throwing, but
when the woman Is forced to disclose
her Identity and proves to be Blake's
daughter and Roberts' wife, they find
themselvea caught in their own trap
and are left crushed and broken men.
But through it all Wanda Kelly is
the woman of the hour, and the role
will afford Dorothy Shoemaker, of the
Baker players, by far the greatest act
ing role she has had -here. The usual
Baker matinees will be given today.
Wednesday (bargain day) and Satur
day, with the regular bargain night to-
corrow.
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MUCH TALEXT AT ORPHETJM
Of Three Xumbers on Xew Bill, Any
one Is- Real Headliner.
A prodigal display of talent marks
the new triple headline bill at the Or
pheum with Charlotte Parry, Maude
Lambert and Ernest Ball and Ed Wynn
and company in the places of distinc
tion. Miss Parry, the only actress who
has found success in protean work,
brings & psychological fantasy, "Into
the Light," an offering as unusual as
It is clever. Miss Parry assumes five
widely different characters and gives
striking changes in facial expressions
aa well as voice modulation. The scene
Is a court of Justice and remarkable
stage setting and lighting effects help
build up the absorbing act to Its start
ling denoument.
Maude Lambert Is a favorite of num
erous successful musical comedies and
Mr. Ball Is the composer bf such fa
vorite songs as "Til! the Sands of the
Desert Grow Cold," "In the Garden of
My Heart," "Love Me and the World Is
Mln." MlsS Lambert Is an accom
plished actress and has a lovely voice.
Mr. Ball also sings as well as presides
at the plana
Ed Wynn will be remembered as the
college boy with the funny straw hat
of contortion tendencies. This year he
has a new act. The King's Jester,
muslo and all his work. Mr. Wynn Is
the Jester and the theme hangs on the
necessity of the Jester making the
king laugh or losing his life he
makes him laugh, as well as the audi
ence.
Lorraine and Burke, Tea and Hattie.
were the late dancing feature with
"The Kiss Waltz." They bring to vaude
ville a great combination of songs,
graceful dancing and a dazzling array
or gowns.
Robbie Gordons has an act beautiful
in her classic reproductions of famous
statues. Her posing is done in white
against a black background and In
nine minutes she makes 14 complete
changes.
The Jungmann family, aerial artists
from Germany, appears In a wire act
of features new and sensational. They
excel In 'their lines of work. There
are two men and three women in the
offering.
Muscular endeavor given with math
ematical precision and Samsonian
strength in feats of balancing marks
the work of Belleclalre and Herman,
athletic kings.
The very excellent bill of this week
headed by William J. Dooley in "The
Lawn Party," with the Harry K. Thaw
motion pictures as an added feature,
closes with the performance tonight.
FUXSTERS ARE AT EMPRESS
Karno's Celebrated London Comedi
ans to Present Laugh-Making Act.
"A Night in a London Club," will be
the headline act at the Empress this
week in the hands of Fred Karno's
London comedians, who are- remem
bered particularly for thetr laugh-provoking
comedy, "A Night In a London
Music Hall," which was a tremendous
success at the old Empress last year.
There are 18 In the company and stel
lar place is filled by Charles Chaplin,
who Is noted, for his comic portrayal
of Archibald, the "souse." The latest
act of the London comedians Is crowd
ed with hilariously funny situations
and the comedians are kept on the
Jump . throughout the half hour they
hold the stage.
A feature act of the new show is
"When Women Rule,'1 a brand new
satire being produced along the Em
press circuit by Roland West. This
playlet is presented almost entirely by
women. It is & suffragette Bketch In
which the women players are clad in
trousers of various patterns.
"Keeping an Appointment" is the
second feature act. This is presented
by Augrey Pringle and Violet Allen
and their little company. It is a tiny
musical comedy, containing many tune
ful airs and several surprises. -
More comedy will be offered by Dora
Early and Carl Byall, exceptional vo
calists, who have an entertaining act
of their own creation. Early and Byall
hold the stage for 15 minutes and they
have a record of creating laughs for
almost every second of their allotted
time.
Mattle Medlin, Milton Feiber and Sid
ney Townes, lively lads, also feature
singing of popular airs and their pat
ter Is exceedingly bright. The new
show will be completed by dancing on
roller and Ice skates. This will be or.
fered by Lee brothers, who have been
one of the applause hits of the bill en
tour.
John P. Wade, in "Marse Shelby's
Chicken Dinner," will close his engage
ment at the Empress tonight and
the same time the Seven Bracks, the
world's greatest acrobats, will bid fare
well in a whirlwind finish.
POLICE COURT LIFE DEPICTED
PROTEAN ARTIST COMES TO
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Charlotte Parry.
One of the remarkable acts In
vaudeville comes to the Orpheum
tomorrow. It is "Into the Light,"
the psychological fantasy pre
sented by Charlotte Parry, the
'only actress who has won success
In the difficult art of protean
work. The story Is a murder
trial. In very rapid succession
Miss Parry enacts witnesses of
both sexes, two colors and all
ages and finally contributes a
well-colored picture of the de
fendant, herself, an. Italian
man, who has committed a homi
cide. Remarkable lighting effects
heighten the welrdness of tho
act, which has flashes of comedy
to relieve the more dramatic
portions leading up to the sen
sational and startling denoue
ment. Miss Parry gives a re
markable Impersonation of all
five witnesses, with striking
changes of facial expression and
voice modulation.
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Heart Throbs of a Great City" Is
Feature at Pantages.
Depicting the life and strife of the
world behind the scenes ."Heart Throbs
of a Great City," the monster attrac
tion at Pantages for the week com
mencing with the matinee tomorrow at
2:30, will graphically set forth the op
erations of a police court in. a metrop
olis.
Eighteen people will be seen in the
company and two carloads of special
scenery will be used in staging the
production, which has been placed by
dramatic critics as Walter Montague's
masterpiece.
Mr. Montague has selected a scene
for his powerful playlet little known
to the average citizen. How many of
the people that pass along the streets
are familiar with the sorrow, the
tragedy, -the pathos and the humor so
often encountered In the Police Court!
It is on this theme . that Mr. Mon
tague has based his plot, at once com
pelling and ever Interesting.
Rapoli, the marvelous heavyweight
and novelty Juggler, will be another
big feature on the programme. Rapoli
Is one of Europe's most talented stars
and his engagement here will be a mat
ter of note. The ease 'with which he
handles monster weights, the many in
novations he introduces and the skill
he displays in his sensational work will
be fully appreciated by his audience.
Allen and Lewis are delightful enter
tainers, their singing and dancing be
ing of a blue order. They have many
novelties and their act Is one of the
most cheerful in vaudeville.
Irving Roth is best known to fol
lowers . of the calcium gleam as the
Humorous Wap, his eccentric songs
and sayings of the Sunny Southland
being hugely enjoyed by all.
To those who are fond of the melo
dies and memories of the Erin Isle no
better advice could be given than to
see and hear Charles Kelily and his
able company in the latest playlet of
the Emerald Isle, "A Bit of Old Ire
land." Mr. Reilly Is a wonderfully
pleasing singer and actor and he comes
from the "Quid Sod," thus knowing the
customs and ways of the ever-beloved
race.
Known as the prettiest girls In
vaudeville, the Connely Sisters are cer
tain to give a pleasing performance
with their syncopated songs and their
charming dances. They are as clever
as they are pretty and their act Is one
of the hits of the programme. The
Pantagescope will show new animated
events.
Menlo Moore's Summer Girls in their
breezy musical comedy will be seen for
wages for hia employes. He fails to
rockon with an Intelligent son, who.
disguised as a laborer, obtains work at
his father's factory, and, with full
knowledge of conditiona, disowns his
father unless the latter yields to the
Just demands of the toilers In his fac
tory.' It is needless to say the boy wins
a great victory. The work, both in plot
and action, as well as photography. Is
absolutely without flaw. "The Battle of
Bull Con" is a satire on the numberless
war pictures which have flooded the
country and Is quite funny In spots.
"Percy H. Baldwin, Trlfler," is the
story of an artist of many affections,
brilliantly told and superbly acted. The
music will be furnished by Miss Alice
Rooney.
The Arcade Theater went out of Its
way and secured an outside exclusive
under the title, "The House of Mys
tery," made by the Hepworth people at
London. It tells the story of the ex
posure of a counterfeiting gang
through the medium of a brave-hearted
girl and a lot of British Bobbies.
"Binks and the Bathing Girls" is an un
usually funny comedy. "Misplaced
Love" is a melodramatic offering of
high grade and containing a number of
stirring scenes. Hy Mayer's cartoons
are even better than usual. This, to
gether with Mr. Wetmore, the cornet
is t, will make up a programme quite
up to the standard.
The Star will offer as its feature a
story similar to the famous drama.
'The Squaw Man," under the title of
'His Indian Wife." This picture em
ploys real Indians in some of the most
beautiful and picturesque spots in New
Mexico.
'The Ranchman's Double" is also a
stirring Western play, full of strong
characters and thrilling scenes. "Stung"
is an Eclair comedy showing how three
crooks who sought to prey on each
other finally met their downfall. "Cu
rious Fish" is an educational picture.
The East Side theaters are making
splendid progress. The Crystal Theater
has a regular vaudeville night every
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Pearl Tangier.
Tangley, one
moHt talked-of women before the
public, because of the mystery
which has surrounded her for
years, will make her appearance
In Portland Monday, September
29, as' the added attraction at the
Lyric Theater. Her performance
In thought transmission is en
tirely different from all others.
Her work Is presented In a man
ner which eliminates all chances
of trickery and has been the
cause of much discussion by both
the public and scientists. The so
lution of some of the mysterious
murder caset .hrouhout the
country ha been attributed to
the powers of this woman;
among them may be mentioned
the John Wilson murder case of
Conr.orsville, Ind., where she
found evidence that convicted
Wilson of wife murder March 3,
1003. She will adviso Lyric Thea
ter patrons on all matters per
taining to their past, present and
future; In fact, anything.
rebels took his Bheep and cattle. To
further carry his misfortune, a battle
takes place on his land. His house Is
used as a fort and blown up. His
mother and wife are killed. Then he
turns and fights both sides until he Is
wounded. The film Is really an ex
cellent picture, enjoyable, though real
istic, and proves Sherman's oft-repeated
expression.
The new Pathe's Weekly is extremely
interesting.
Those funny fellows, Hughey Mack
and John Bunny, .ably supported by
Flora Finch and Josle Sadler, put over
an excellent comedy, "John Tobin's
Sweetheart." It is full of laughs.
The Tivoll Trio has received many
high encomiums this week for their
very excellent work. The Globe organ
is heard at every performance.
EDISOX WAR PLAY IS STIRRING
Love Theme of Unusual Power Heads
Film Show at Columbia.
A clean-cut, splendidly acted Edison
war play entitled "Saved by the En
emy," which Is replete with stirring
scenes, heads the bill opening today
at the Columbia Theater. It contains
a love theme of unusual power. Two
young men are rivals for the nana oi
a. beautiful Southern gin. (me is a
young Captain who enlists in the Con
federate army and the other Is a pri
vate and circumstances place them In
the same company.
One night, on the eve of a battle.
Private Hartley strikes his superior
when the latter taunts him about his
ill ltck In his love affair, he is court
rr.artialed and sentenced tJ be sho.
Learning that Hartley is to die for
defending her honor. Belle Varney,
the woman In the case, determines to
bring about the release from prison of
the man she loves. Her efforts to this
end nnd the many obstacles she sur
mounts make a most excellent theme
for the thrilling photoplay.
"For the Son of the House" Is a blo
graph drama, the plot of which sur
rounds a petted and spoiled son in a
wealthy family. The young man,
overcome by his weakness and debt,
robs his mother. How a noble young
woman comes to the rescue of the
young man and saves him from a life
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MABEL CONNELY, OF THE COXNELY SISTERS, AT PANTAGES.