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BY LEONE CASS BAER.
TRULY we are having: a long peek
Into the life of the underworld.
"Alias Jimmy Valentine," the play
of crooks and crookesses and crooked
ness in general, packed the Baker last
week nightly and "matlneely" with folk
on mentaV slumming; bent. At the Hel
lig the game of white' slavery as it Is
said to be practiced in our best little
cities is being: turned inside out for the
education of anybody over 18 years of
age. And because the Heilig couldn't
hold all the people who wanted to see
the pictures last week the management
Is holding them over for four days
more at least and possibly longer. To
day the films. will be exhibited all day
beginning at 11 o'clock,, presumably.
to accommodate a few old-fashioned
folk who get up that early on Sunday
morning.
Tomorrow the pictures will go back
to regular time, opening at 1 o'clock
and showing continually all day.
The Baker Players open today in
"The Bridge," a strong drama treating
with the invariably Interesting subjects
of labor and capital. Last season the
Baker folk put on this play. It has
splendid acting roles for all the play
ers, and the second act features the
building of a bridge, with bona fide
structural Iron workers from the local
union at work on the job.
One of the Steers-Coman presenta
tions. . Gerardy, the 'cellist, is at the
Hellig Thursday night, and then the
white slave pictures or some other
equally interesting films will be run
for the remainder of the week.
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The Portland Symphony Orchstra ap
pears ' on Sunday afternoon, one week
from today, at' the Heilig. and on the
evening of that day In the same theater
Doctor Eddy and his company of spir
Mtuallstic (?) mediums will give an en
tertainment. A calendar, of events to come dis
closes "The Blue Bird" returning this
season to the Hellig. Next Monday
night this beautiful symbolic play of
Maeterlinck's opens and Its stay is for
one week, with matinees on Wednes
day and Saturday. The cast of princi
pals remains unchanged. Burford Hamp
den is again Tyltyl and Edith Kelly is
MyltyU Ethel Brandon, a Pacific Coast
actress, is again the "Mother" in the
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Next week at the Baker "The Ghost
Breaker" goes on. This is one-of Henry
B. Warner's big metropolitan successes
and offers a meaty part for Edward C.
Wnnrtruff: leading man. "The Ghost
Breaker" has never been seen in Port
land and comes heralded with a reputa
tion that should command special at
tention from playgoers.
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Henrietta Crosman is coming soon
to ttie Heilig and the Captain Scott pic
tures are ooming back.
An engagement of great importance
In local theaterdom is that of Olga
Nethersole. She opens today at the
Orpheum as its headliner,- presenting
the third act of "Sapho," one of her
famous portrayals. Topping the Em
press bill is Kara, a famous juggler.
Pantages will be headlined by an eques
trienne act presented by the Riding
Duttons. Billy Onslow and Tommy La
Rose are back at the Lyric and this
week will be seen in "The Military
Maids."
FANTASTIC "BLUE BIRD" XEXT
Maeterlinck's. Tale of Search for
Heart's Desire Comes to Heilig.
"The Blue Bird," which comes to the
Heilig Theater the week of March 23.
is an exquisite fairy fantasy of the
quest of heart's desire, and the heart's
desire for grownups as well as children
is happiness.
Maurice Maeterlinck knows that in
the beginning the soul of the grown
up is the soul of a child; so the curtain
rises on a small brother and sister.
Tyltyl and Mytyl. who are asleep in j
their beds in a woodcutter's cabin, j
They are awakened by the Fairy Bery
lune, who bids them start on the quest
for the Blue Bird, the symbol of hap
piness. She entrusts Tyltyl with- a
marvelous green cap with a masic dia
mond, the mere turning of which al.
lows them to see the hitherto unseen.
The diamond turns, and then the
cottage walls are transformed, and
sparkle an if they were preciousstones.'
The old grandfather clock winks his
eye, and oot troop the hours who dance
to delightful music. Loaves of bread
leap from the pan. Fire, in waving
vermilllon and gold, steps from the
fireplace. Water like a young girl with
streaming hair and tearful eyes emer
ges from the tap and begins to sub
due Fire. The Dog and the Cat, who
have been asleep, rise up in semi-human
form and begin to talk to Tyltyl
and Mytyl. -Sugar Bplits his paper
wrapper and saunters forth, breaking
one of his barley corn fingers to give
to the children. The lamp falls mys
teriously from the table and Light, the
loveliest of all, appears.
Henceforth she leads the children on
their quest. All the animals and things,
transformed Into speaking beings, ac
company them. But Bread and Milk
and Sugar conspire with Water, Fire
and the Cat, who is treachery", to de
feat the object of the search.
And then how elusive the Blue Bird
becomes! The journey takes them
through beautiful lands and also
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through regions of despai
and finally
after they have searched the awesome
Palace 'of Night, the Kingdom of the
Future, the Kingdom of the Past, and
last of all the Land of Exquisite Hap
piness, they arrive back at the Wood
cutter's Cottage. There on the wall
a turtle dove is still In his cage. The
children look at it with a thrill of Joy,
for it is blue. They have discovered
Happiness in their own home.
XETHEKSOLE IS AT ORPHEUM
Xoted Actress Headlines Xew Bill
Which Opens Today.
The Orpheum has introduced many
notable figures In the theatrical world
to its patrons, but no announcement
could meet with greater favor fro. i
Portland -people than the engagement
this week of Miss Olga Nethersole as
the headline attraction of the bill. Miss
Nethersole is universally regarded as
the greatest living English emotional
actress, and her present vaudeville
tour, which has chiefly been In the.
largest cities of the United States, has
been an unbroken series of triumphs.
It is interesting to know that local
Orpheum patrons will be given the op
portunity of seeing the famous actress
in the role in which she achieved her
greatest artistic success. Fanny Le
Grand, in Daudet's emotional drama,
"Sapho."
No part gives her such a splendid
opportunity to display her remarkable
abilities as an emotional actress, and
her performance In this play mis come
to be regarded as one of the most
striking and brilliant pieces of realism
on the stage. ...
Miss Nethersole Is supported by her
own company of English players, who
were brought to America especially for
this tour.
An enjoyable singing, dancing and
pantomime act is promised in the first
appearance in vaudeville of Herman
Timberg, for several seasons a promi
nent star in the Juvenile companies of
Gus Edwards.
. Unusual interest is attached to the
appearance in vaudeville of Burns, Kil
mer and Grady, known as "The Three
Varsity Fellows" in a "Campus Re
hearsal." Three Americans who have long been
prominent as trick cyclists, Mosher,
Hayes and Mosher, give a comedy cyc
ling performance that is quite removed
from others of the same description.
Corporation claims agents have a
reputation for being very close when
it comes to settlement of claims, but
occaslonaly the tables are turned. An
amusing instance of this la given in
the breezy skit presented by Julia
Nash and company, under the title,
"Her First Case."
An act that savors of romance and
which brings visions of the canals and
gondolas of Venice is presented by
Parillo and Frabltto, two street wan
dering minstrels.
The Blessings are two gymnasts who
have been over the Orpheum circuit
before, and who have just returned
from an Australian tour via London.
"THE BRIDGE" IS AT BAKER
Players to Offer Strong Drama of
Capital und I.nbor This Week.
Starting this afternoon, the Baker
Players will be seen for the week in
Rupert Hughes' stirring drama of cap
ital and labor, "The Bridge." or as it is
sometimes called. "The Man Between. '
The Drlnclnal figure in the plot is a
young self-made engineer named John
Stoddard, who. in charge of a gigantic
bridge in course of construction, finds
himself in a trying position when the
men under him, spurred on by foreign
agitators, strike.
There is a love affair between Stod
dard and the young daughter of Van
Nest president of the corporation, and
as he is at heart with the men in their
difficulties, a problem is placed before
him requiring all his strength of char
acter and manhood.
When the situation is strained to the
breaking- point the militia is called.
With the men in an ugly fighting mood,
there seems bound to be bloodshed.
Van Nest takes advantage of the sit
uation and tells Stoddard if he will
promise to give up his daughter the
soldiers will be recalled and the- terms
of the men accepted. Torn between his
great love for her and what he believes
to be his duty to the misguided men.
Stoddard consents. This is the big
moment of the play, although circum
stances afterward arise that bring
everything to a happy ending. The
author's idea seems to . have been to
present both sides of the issue fairly
and leave his audiences to form their
own conclusions. The bridge-building
scene is one both novel and quickening,
showing as it does a work of magni
tude in flill - blast with genuine
structural steel workers from the lo
cal union No. 29. Their complete
riveting and boltin'g mechanism In op
eration, including the redhot bolts, ear
splitting drlll and an entire outfit,
with a large crew will be shown. The
regular Baker matinees will be given
Wednesday and Saturday and the bar
gain night Monday.
EACH PAXTAGES ACT FEATURE
Riding Duttons to Headline Bill
Which Will Open Tomorrow.
With every Act a feature one no bet
ter vaudeville could -be offered than
that promised at Pantages for the week
commencing with the matinee tomor
row at 2:30 when th Riding: Duttons,
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society equestrians, will be seen In the
act beautiful.
The act is one of note in more than
one feature. The horses present the
appearance of living marble so wliltt
are they. The costumes are rich and in
keeping with the mountings of the act
and the animals. The many feats in
which the animals are seen have never
been duplicated, and the Duttons art;
such able riders that they have a
world-wide reputation. They have ed
ucated the animals upon which they
are seen.
"Between the Reels" is the title of
a compelling operatic drama presented
by Rhoda and Crampton. The plot con
cerns the adventures of a down-and-out
opera company whose members
are finally forced for the sake of food
to sing between the reels of a movie
show in a country town.
There is not a dull moment in the
performance of the blackface stars,
Duncan and Holt, whose witticisms
keep the audience ever submerged in
laughter. Their material is new and
their songs well handled.
To those who care for the best in
music the act presented by the Eula
Lee Quartet will be particularly appre
ciated. The members are all pretty
girls who . are possessed of pleasing
personality.
Dancing that is certain to please Is
given by Miss CrUra Stevens and her
company, who have many new terpsi
chorean novelties. Miss Stevens is one
of the most attractive and graceful
dancers in vaudeville.
Best known to those who follow
vaudeville as the Big Sad Man, Patsy)
Doyle will occupy a position of prom
inence on the programme. His stories
are inimitable and his method of en
tertaining is very different from that
of the every day monologuiBt. The
Pantagescope will offer new animated
events.
The final performances of "The
Priestess of Kama," the gorgeous spec
tacle f ancient India, will be seen this
afternoon and tonight with excellent
vaudeville in support
WIZARD KARA AT EMPRESS
Renowned Juggler Holds Headline
Place in Show Opening Today.
Kara, who is listed as the world's
greatest juggler, will be the star of the
show opening at the Empress with the
matinee this afternoon. Kara returned
recently from a triumphant tour abroad
and he Is making a return engagement
along the Sullivan & Considine circuit
his sensational success last season
winning a second contract for him.
Kara's tricks are all original and near-
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his fun-making assistant creating
many laughs with bis bungling.
Stain's comedy circus, teaturing an
unrideabie mule,' will be the extra at
traction. Mules, ponies dogs and other
animal actors take part in this act
which has proved to be one of the most
popular circus acts seen on the Em
press tour in many months. Two
negroes, who accompany the circus as
caretakers of the animals, provide
great comedy with their antics in en
deavors, to. subdue the .kicking and
bucking mule.
Kiernan, Walters and Kiejnan. trav
esty stars, are next in the laugnable
burlesque, "Mac-Beth." This act Is
similar to "Othello Outdone," a .Shake
spearean travesty which made a great
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The oostuming of the act is elaborate
and tho travesty is said to have a
laugh in. every line.
Edith Clifford, a talented and pretty
girl, will sins several songs, her reper
toire being composed entirely of recent
song hits. Miss Clifford has a gor
geous gown for every song she sings.
Jack Mack and Juliette Atkinson,
musical comedy stars, will complete
the new show. Their act consists of
bits of long, patter and dancing.
"THE MILITARY MAIDS" BILL
Humorous Plot With Popular Songs
Is Lyric Offering.
For one week beginning with a mat
inee tomorrow the Keating & Flood
company will offer for the first time in
this city "The Military Maids," one of
the funniest musical comedies ever
written, and one of the biggest suc
cesses of the Eastexn tabloid field. The
plot is extremely humorous and tells of
Michael Brady, clubman, who, while
enjoying a sociable game of cards at
the club is arrested on a gambling
charge. His lifelong friend Adolf
Schultx comes to the rescue and tries
to "square" the Judge, but only makes
conditions more serious.
Brady is tried and Is given "to days '
In which to think it aver. He Is trying
hard all tbe time to keep his wife from
finding, out about his escapade, but this
changes the aspect of things and Brady
Is In a hard way for an excuse to give
his wife for his enforced absence from
home when he comes across a news
paper account of one Michael Brady
being commissioned In the United
States Army. He takes -the paper to
his wife and tells her he is the man
and that It will be absolutely necessary
for him to visit the fort immediately.
While he ia away the real General
Brady arrives upon the scene and mlxet
things up considerably for poor Brady,
but everything is straightened out by
the good-natured General and all ends
happily.
The play is a riot of fun from begin
ning to end and the action Is at top
speed. Musical numbers and special
ties are plentiful and include some of
the latest popular hits: "Mysterious
Moon," by Dorothy Raymond; "I'm
Going Back to Louisiana," by Edna
Marble; "When I Dream of Old Erin,"
by Joe Kemper. The cast is headed
by Billie Onslow. Tommy LaRosa, Dor
othy Raymond, Edna Marble, Joe Kem
per, Arthur Harrison and others, and
promises to be on of the best offer
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lngs of the Lyric players. Tuesday and
Friday nights usual chorus giiis con
tests will be given as an added feature.
"THE COLLEEN BAffS" COMES
Patrons of Majestic Theater to See
Appropriate Programme.
When the patrons of the Majestic
Theater cross the threshold this week
they will walk over Erin's soil, di
rectly from the "Ould Countree."
"The Colleen Bawn," a thrilling
drama of Ireland, will be presented
The pictures were taken at Beaufort
County Kerry, and all the scenes are
Identical with those in the original
play by Bouclcault.
The story centers about a lovely
peasant girl who is loved by a man of
the upper class. He marries her se
cretly, but the ceremony is witnessed
by a sweetheart of Eily's from among
the bushes,' who has sworn that, so
far as he can prevent no harm shall
come to her.
The ceremony is performed by an un
robed priest and witnessed by a hunch
back. The man's estate is badly in
volved, and for this reason the mother
wishes her son to marry Anne Chute,
his wealthy cousin, who is in love with
another.
Through the hunchback, Anne ob
tains possession of a note from PJily to
her husband. Anne thinks the note is
to her sweetheart and for spite offers
herself to the husband. Through a se
nt rfiooator and confessions the
web is finally untangled, and the play
I ends as it should.
I Beautiful scenes on the Lakes or
Killarney, the famous Muckross Head
and Gap of Dunloe and the real Anne
Chute castel are shown. Also the in
terior of the original Danny Mann cot
tage and the quaint, old-fashioned bed
that was once owned and occupied by
Daniel O'Connel.
"An Officer and a Gentleman' is a
two-and-a-half reel Vitagraph that
deals with a man. wrongfully accused,
who suffers rather than implicate a
good, but foolish woman. Her folly
finally ends in the death of one man,
the exoneration of' the innocent one
and the puinshment of the guilty one.
It Is enacted by an all-star cast.
Joe Roberts, the banjoist. and Miss
Esther Sundquist the violinist, will
continue their engagement.
BILLY STRONG XOW AT STAR
Clever Black-Face Comedian in Act
and. Storj of Film Thrilling.
Billy Strong, the clever, refined
black-face comedian, will appear in a
slnsing act at the Star this week.
The picture offering is headlined by
"The Price of the Necklace." The
story is as follows:
Henry Lyons was one of the coun
try's greatest men of business. Mrs.
Lyons, his wife, was one of the leaders
in the smart set. Her gowns, her dia
monds, her dinners, were heralded
throughout the country, from Eastport
to San Diego. One day it happened that
she wanted a necklace. A necklace of
pink pearls. So she asked her husband
'"MrLyons shrugged his shoulders. A
necklace of the sort his wife wanted
would cost $80,000 and. though that was
relatively nothing. It seemed to him
that she was a little extravagant but
Mrs. Lyons lnsisiea, u er uuauuim
promised. -
He knew that a certain railroad was
not going to pay its dividend, so,
through his agents, he bought up the
stock of that road until it crept up
and up and up to where It had never
been before. Then slowly he began
to sell to the eager market. First in
500 share lots, then in 1000, then 3000.
then he flung his entire holdings on
the market and sold many thousands
of shares short Just at that minute
the news came out, the market crashed
down to the bottom, Mr. Lyons raked
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In his profits and bought the neck
lace. Mrs. Lyons was giving a magnificent
dance when a poor woman came and
asked to see her. The woman's entire
savings, together with the savings of
thousands of others, had been wiped
out in the crash. With sudden horror,
the woman realized what it cost the
world to keep her in luxury and silent
ly she promised herself that her future
life should be spent in the attempt to
make amends.
A special two-part film, "A Strange
Melody," also will be shown.
An' uproarious comedy, "Snakevllle's
Fire Brigade," rounds out the pro
gramme. "EVAXGELIXK" XOW IX FILM
Peoples Theater Will Show Long
fellow's Poem in Photoplay.
Longfellow's Immortal poem. "Evan
geline." is being featured at the Peo
ples Theater this week. The film was
taken in the Annapolis Valley, amiil
the scenes described in the poem.
Evangeline, the lovely daughter of 'i
quiet farmer, is betrothed to Gabriel,
the blacksmith's son. On the day of tli-j
celebration of tho betrothal the lOnji
lish soldiers take possession of the
land and homes of the settlers. Con
fusion Is rife and the settlers slowly
leave the land of promise. Ecadia. in
the excitement Evangeline's father
dies and she becomes separated from
the man she loves.
For many moons she wanders dis
consolate from one place to another,
seeking the lost Gabriel. As she goes
she cheers the weary and watches ovci
the sick. -
After years have passed she chances
to go to a hospital where men are ill.
many dying, and here she finds Ga
briel. The story Is beautifully worked oit
and is charming in every detail.
A comedy and an educational rilm
will also be shown.
"TWIN'S' DOUBLE" AT ARCADE
Three-Reel Drama in Which One
Girl Takes Three Parts On.
The feature at the Arcade this week
will oe "The Twins' Double." a three
reel drama, in which one girl takes
three parts. The part of both the
twins and their double is played by
Grace Cunard, the handsome leading
woman with ihe Universal Company.
Grace, tho crook, rinds in. the dive
wiiich she Inhabits a young society
woman, Nell, under the Inliuenoe of
opium. She is almost a double of this
woman and goes to a fasliionablu mas
querade,, impersonating her. There she
meets Jo, Nell's twin slitter, und Kelly,
the detective who has 'been after fler.
Neither suspects she is not Nell.
At the height of the ball Grace steals
a pearl neckiace from a society leader.
The ballroom becaines a scene of con
fusion and to complicate matters Nell
puts in an appearance. With the twin
sisters and Grace in the same room,
trie detective sees he has been tricked.
He is about to arrest Grace, when the
woman crook makes a clever escape.
He traces her to the dive and comes
face to face with her. Grace shows
him Nell, his sweetheart, sleeping off
the effects of the drug. Grace eluded
til.) detective and again escapes.
The detective again locates her in .
cafe. After closing every avenue of
escape he goes to her and presents her
with a jwel box. The woman opens ii
tti see the present. It contains a pair
of handcuffs.
J. Warren Kerrigan, everybody's fj
vorite, will appear In a pretty Nestor
drama, 'Hearts and Flowers." The
story Is of a l'cartless girl who, al
ready engaged to one man, encourages
the attentions of another and finally
loses both. A rattling good comedy
adds charm, to this delightful pro
gramme. MOVIE PLAY 13 APPROPRIATE
Columbia Offers
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'Kathleen, the Irish
Headliner.
Something whicji will please natives
of the Emerald Isle and prove a bis
St. Patrick's day attraction is "Kath
leen, the Irish Rose," a two-part Than
houser romance of other days in Old
Erin, billed as the headliner on the pro
gramme opening tomorrow at the Co
lumbia There is a notable cast in the
production, including Maud Fealy, who
appears in the title role, and Dave
Thompson. Tbe story concerns a pretty
colleen sought by two lovers. One is
a handsome stalwart, with more brawn
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FIFTH CONCERT
PORTLAND
SYMPHONY
NEXT SUNDAY
at 3 P. M.
HEILIG THEATER
Feature
SCHUBEET'S UNFINISHED
SYMPHONY
CARL DENTON, Conductor
Prices: 50c, 75c and $1,
. Seat Sale Friday. March 20
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