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DRAMATIC AUTOMOBILES AND REAL ESTATE SECTION FOUR Pages 1 to 10 VOL. XXXIII. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1914. NO. 19. booked along the Empress circuit every year. "Whtttier's Barefoot Boy." "With turned-up pantaloons And merry whistled tunes" will give an exhibition of his talent as wnlstler. He Is said to be able to Imitate the song of every bird In Western fields. William Morrlsey and Dolly Hackett. smart songologists. will complete the show with a flirtation act consisting of songs, a bit or dancing and merry patter. Seats at the Empress may be reserved for the first night show and for the Sunday matinees. ORPHEIM HAS NEW KEATCKBS . : , : crLain n rr z? Frs fa.TTf ntfwm I p. ... tw- dMmP qV (f ? ZS&k II - .. .-.-, - - I J-- T- . I sSsCsr I mi&mimMllxl!Jmmmmm -ajmnjag-- i ? awsisssssB .Itlmll ill III Cy ' " - OR a trip through the scarlet-bor dered, white-lighted paths of the underworld the Baker flayers take ua this week, and, while they are piloting us merrily through its mys terious depths, the Heilis will conduct a Lyman Howe excursion through, the top of the world. We will have a day at the Paris Zoo condensed into a film, & ride through the Montana Canyon and over the Cascade Mountains, and all through Yellowstone Park. At the Heilig the ruins of Pompeii will be shown, and the Baker will show us ruins of New York. Salmon fishing: In British Columbia, Tuna fishing off the Palermo Coast, and Ntfples In her honeymoon best, the Lyman Howe pic tures will disclose. Over, under and through th St. CJothard Mountains, Kgypt, Cairo and Alexandria, and a great, big unfolding of the Panama Canal, perfect photographically, and called the "wonder film of the. age." These pictures will be shown for eight nights and eight afternoons, the night shows opening at 8:30 and the mat inees, of which .he first is tomorrow, beginning at 2:30 P. M. The" enter tainment will be held over next Sunday afternon and night. j "Underworld Komanve" jtt Baker. The "Baker Players offer Paul Arm strong's play, 4'A Romance of the Un derworld.' Last season Holbrook Blinn brought it to the Heilig and that is its one and only presentation here. Hence the Baker Players have a practically clear field to make a memorable pro duction. Mary Kdgett Baker will have a capital character role, one she will play well, too, that of Dago Annie. Next Monday night Chauncey Olcott come to the Hilig in his newest Irish. Toliia'ntic play, . "iShameen - Dhu." His Stay is for three nights, with a matinee on Wednesday, A calendar of promised shows dis closes "The Traffic," and, for the week of June 1, the Winter Garden Company in "The Passing Show of 1913." Also the Theatrical Managers Association version of "The Two Orphans," sched uled for May 21, for the benefit of the T. M. A. fund. Ten vaudeville' acts from the various houses will be on the bill with the "Two Orphans." Orp hrura'M Actn Differ. Two widely differing acts headline the new Orpheum bill opening this afternoon. Bessie AVynn in songs and chatter is one, and Robert T. Haines, character actor, in a sketch, "The Man in the Dark," is the other. For the first time in Portland vaude ville history motion pictures will head line a bill. At the Empress, the Mexi can War pictures, taken by Dr. Charles A . Pry or, an Associa ted Press corre- 1 L . : . I --ws-l -rs: m , J-VI fltM, . - - I I n i-i-n- HnnrfT.! i. ii i. MBWf nll I lllMllwmiMt--Mllll IIM1 aWfffl. Ba-rWM-lf -IT It W tj HMXy WlMl iIJMVVi lfrjaitMaK 1 S iffV S S T -riWri W - I I SkV-V-- ----- . .v, '.,. ;. . UtZ lht , - . - . t. . -.Ill Bi derod. whlte-liehted Daths ot the I 'I . ' , .-'."- ' . l JU XAM I X -I II . 'ti --. . , -v. I I 111 : :: : ' ' . ' ' V' - : ' j I II iff i,, " ' - a avV ' !jlM '4 ' m t- rfAini-i 1 irr iii -fl-iin-P-Mr rir-iii---rrnr-fh'y- ii -na-r itf -rTr i-r r rfiflniST &tifrjM.bi;A ,? " epondent, who has been - with Villa since the beginning of recent hostil ities, will be displayed. The engage ment, opens today with a matinee. At Fantages the top-lining act is a comedy sketch presented by two mas ter comedians of vaudeville. Fields and Lewis. ' PAXAMA OAXAIi VIEWS OOMIXG l.ynian H. Howe Promises Pliotoplay of Xcw IVatures at Heilig. To get an idea of the great merit and importance not to mention the immense cost of procuring the . film reproduction showing the construction of the Panama Canal to be shown by Lyman H. Howe at the Heilig Thea ter, Eleventh and Morrison streets for eight nights at 8:30 and seveq days at 3, beginning tonight,' it is necessary to say that it represents the work of the most expert photographers for a period of several years. It is re markable in every sense, but especially so for its matchless photography. Two of the photographers con- . " traded malaria while they were "on the Job" and on. more than one oc casion they had stirring experiences when' blasting operations -had to be photographed from behind armored screens. The "stirring" came ' from flying boulders. Kvery branch of the work carried on among the wild wastes of Panama is vividly shown. Dredges, with huge iron hands plunging deep into, the water, are shown emerging with five-ton fistfuLs of rock. Cutting machines are seen piercing walls of solid rock as though they were of cheese. The fiery geysers of Yellowstone Park which act as a "safety valve" for mother earth also constitute a bis; feature of Howe's new programme. At every turn, water is seen boiling furiously either in vats carved by nature or is being ejected to great heights by fierce explosions under neath. Masses of steam rush from openings in the ground. Terrible con vulsions of nature ensue and monstrous cauldrons become more and more active until the whole ensemble be comes a veritable inferno. U The historic ruins of Pompeii in the The Advertisement of C"Merchandio of cJ Merit Only" Arsotiiciif Important Sales for the Second WeeK of the colors of nature, a visit' to Naples and to the Paris SCoo, where acquaintance is made with numerous strange ani mals at close range, the wool-turnini- industry at. Saint Cluude, salmon nsn inf? in British Columbia, tuuuy fishin; near Palermo, Sicily, .new "symphonies of the sea" and a ride on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Com pany's train de luxe, the Olympian, through the Montana canyon. nniversary Appears in the Dowbie ection JPagJ.e CROOK PLAY STAGED AT BAKE1! Paul Armstrong's 'A Itomance or the Underworld" This Week. Paul Armstrong, the writer of crimi nal plays, whose "Alias Jimmy Valen tine," "The. Deep .Purple" and others have thrilled thousands of theater goers, has alBO given " the American stage "A Romance of the Underworld," which the Baker Players will offer for the first time, In stock here the coming week, beginning this afternoon. The opening scene takes place in the -ourt room on the day set aside for pronouncing sentence on prisoners co"victed of different crimes. Richard Elliot, who has been a city inspector, is being railroaded on a trumped up bribery charge and about to be sent up for a term of years. Tom McDer mott. a young newspaper man. just ad mitted to the bar, meets Elliott s sis ter, and gets her to let him take charge of the case. There is a strug gle to have sentence postponed, but he falls, although she manages to arouse doubt in the Judges mind and get week's reprieve. Then they go to work and do a lot of manipulating, tc the end that when the trial is resumed they have many new things to spring on the Jury. The trial scene is the big scene of the play. A big thunder storm comes up and it gives Doris an idea. All the opposing witnesses are swearing the day was extremely hot when the bribe was given on the street corner, and she sends for the weather man wno proves that it rained three inches that day. The prosecution falls flat, Elliott is freed and the young reporter-lawyer wins the pretty sister. In its telling "A Romance of the Un derworld" is full of realism. There are numerous characters and many rousing climaxes, exciting situa tions and pretty love scenes, as well as plenty of comedy. It will run all week with matinees today. Wednesday and Saturday and the popular bargain night tomorrow. t- y. i 1 Bessie AVjrnn and Kobcrt T. Haines to Divide Honors of AYcok. Beginning with a matinee today the Orpheum will offer a double headline bill, with Bessie Wynn and Robert T. Haines. the well-known legitimate actor, dividing the feature honors. Bessie ynn Is a singing comedienne. romping around the Orpheum circuit under the nom de guerre of "The Lady Dainty." Robert T. Haines, together with a competent cast, will offer "The Man in the Dark." a virile and unusually 1 dramatic offering wherein Mr. Haines has opportunity of displaying his re markable histrionic ability. Mr. Haines has been the leading man for the best known stars of the present day. includ ing Mrs. Fiske. James O Neil. Grace I George. Blanche Bates and others. "Dreamland," a dopey bit of mind aberrations, will be the offering of Bob Matthews and Al Shayne. assisted by four, people. Matthews and Shaync presented that dopey bit of character impersonation at the Orpheum about a year ago, called "In Chinatown," where dopey meets the Yiddish merchant. "The Aerical Lloyds' are said to I offer some of the most startling cast ing acts now in vaudeville. A dialectician in the person of I,ee Barth. will offer many characterisa tions as a means of entertainment on the same bill. ' Senorita Oterita. assisted by Matias Turrion. will offer- some of the dif ficult Spanish dances. . Senorita Oterita was for three consecutive years a feature of the largest Spanish halls. "A Stitch of Musical Comedy will be I offered by Bernard Wheeler and Sophie Wilson. MUSS MARSHALL STAYS OVK Pa 11 tapes Listens to Demand and Keeps Diver TIee Dajs. For the first time since the Pantagcs theater opened in Portland the feat ured attraction for one week has been held for a portion of a second week because of popular demand, so Portland patrons of vaudeville will see Miss Vivian Marshall. Portland girl, top the bill at Pantages for Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday in her colossal aquatic act with her six diving beau ties, in conjunction with Al Lewis and Jack Fields in "The Misery of a Han som Cab" and with positively no ad vance In prices. So great was the demand for Miss 1 Marshall and her wonderful swimming and diving stars that Manager John- son booked them for the added engage- Iment, and the former instructress of swimming at the Multnomah Club will be seen at the top of her own act. Sev- Ieral local women swimmers and divers of note will appear at every perfor mance, and on Wednesday night a spe- I clal diving contest will be held among local diving and swimming women. .Positlvely.no men will be permitted to ' enter this comnetition of crrace and beauty. success in the history of vaudeville than "The Misery of a Hansom Cab." which those genial comedians, Mr. Fields and Mr. Lewis will present. The adventures of the men about town In their hansom cab Is one continuous riot of mirth, and the stars handle their roles In a manner that pleases. Com mencing Thursday night, they will oc cupy the principal place on the pro gramme, as Miss Marshall and her nymphs leave for Southern engagements. Sensational acrobatics are indulged in by Lulgi Piccaro and his seven . American acrobats. This is one of the I greatest acts of Its kind ever presented nere. and ll nus peen irmurcu tiiruugu- out the East and abroad for several seasons. One of the novelties of vaudeville Is offered by the Halkings. who are seen in their mechanical shadowgraph, a laughing success, and at the same time a remarkable entertainment. Many familiar objects are reproduced, and younir and old will appreciate the at traction. As the special added attraction Tor cat and -Flor D'Aliza, the eminent j French entertainers and their troupe of educated roosters will make their ap ' pearance. This Is the farewell tour of this noted pair and their remarkable proteges, as both plan to retire on their laurels of many seasons. Delightful songs are heard when the Gerhardt Sisters make their appear ance. They have new songs sung in a new way. and they prove a pleasant number on the great programme. The Pantagescope will show new animated events. MEXICAN MAR FILM IS FIRST Moving Pictures of Battle Scenes . Kill Headline Place at Empress. For the first time in the history of vaudeville in Portland a moving picture will nil headline place here this week. The pictures are those taken on . the firing line in Mexico by Dr. Charles A. Pryor, Associated Press correspondent, who lias, been with Villa constantly 1 throughout the recent hostilities in Mexico. The film will be exhibited at the Empress, all this week, in the fourth place on the programme, the pictures being deemed too important . to open the show; as is usually the case. The war pictures show operation of field guns by the Mexicans at close range, victims of bullets lying on the battleground appear clearly and surgeons and nurses are shown- caring for the wounded. One realistic picture shows the burning of the war dead and the movie operator - in several places caught Mexican soldiers fleeing for cover in the midst or a rain ot bullets. Snipers shooting from ambush also were snapped by the movie man and various evolutions of the dark skinned soldiery in battle are pictured clearly. An Interesting portion of the war film Is that showing the departure of the American fleet from Hampton Roads and other pictures of the warships show them at anchor in various Mexi can ports. . The regular headllner of the 'vaude ville, show Is the Picchiani Troupe, seven comedy acrobats. who are making - their second appearance in Portland after a most successful tour last year. Comedy is the keynote of this act, each of the gymnasts trying to outdo the other in funny acrobatics. Feats of daring, all veiled with comedy. ake the-act of . the Ficchianls one or the most - notable acrobatic stunts in vaudeville. "Salvation Sue." a thrilling playlet with a Klondike setting, will be an extra attraction. The sketch is sent along the Empress circuit by John B. Hymer, producer of numerous vaude ville successes, and will be presented by David Walters, a well-known legiti mate actor, wno is supported by most capable little company. Walters had the role of Satan in "The Devil and Tom Walker." Frank and Pauline Berry will be seen and heard in a merry musical melange. Berry is a capable comedian and musi cian. ' He plays more than a dozen musical instruments and . his fair partner is just as versatile. Pauline Berry la the daughter of an Oregon pioneer. Berry & Berry are one of the standard musical acts la vaudeville MARHIACE OF CCPID XEYV FILM Bunny Comedy Also on ilobe Bill ' Commencing Today. "The Marriage of Cupid." by Pathe. now on at the Globe. Eleventh and Washington streets, is a two-part drama, one of the most beautiful and artistic pictures we have seen. The story is of Venus and Psyche. Venus is told that Psvche is more beautiful I than she. To bring trouble to Psyche she cajsea her father to be paralyzed and Psyche must work out his cure by getting Pandoras beauty box lor Venus. This she accomplishes and is rewarded with the hand of Cupid. The Hearst-Selig Pictorial .News will contain pictures from their special rep resentatives with Funston and the Navy, and all other new happenings. Grandmother's wedding Dress is an Edison life story as good as any they have made. "Bunny in Disguise ' is a Hunny incn comedy of many laughs. Bunny loves not wsely, but too wen, ana nas to make his escape. He aisguises as an Oriental sultana, but meets the real article on the steamer. The fun is easily seen. 'TESS" FEATURED AT PEOPLES Great Story of Storm Country Told on Screen Tills Week. The Famous Players Film Company has selected "Tess of the Storm Coun try" for the next Mary Pickford re lease, which will be shown at the Peo ples Theater commencing today for one week. It is the great tale of a woman's unconquerable faith, written by a woman who knows her sex, Grace Miller White. Of all the types drawn by Miss White's clever pen, "Tess" is the greatest, and this wonderful girl of the Lake Country thrills and fascin- (Coacludcd ua rage 3.)