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SECTION FOUR Pages 1 to 12 VOL. XXXIII. ,- PORTLAXU, OREGON, SUNDAY MORMNgT 3IAY 3l719nr XO' 22. .ORTLAKD crowded a lot of amo tions into its theatrical hours last week, with "A Fool There Wis." at the Baker. Valeska Surratt at the Orpheum, "White Slave" motion pic tures at the Heilig and dramatic thrill ers and vaudeville perils at the Fan tages. Empress and Lyric The Baker Players undermined a lot of allusions on the highbrow problem play with the production fashioned after Kipling's woman-hating "Vampire," and it was a sensationa ly successful undertaking considered as an appeal to weak hearts and morally analytical minds. Miss Surratt, in manner inimitable, charac teristic of Hoosiers, gave Orpheum go ers a pretty well defined idea of how striking American feminine dress can become. In her "Black Crepe and Dia monds," however, be it said to the credit of Miss burratt and the edifica tion of her booking agents, she "gits 'em" going and coming. The "Traffic In Souls"- motion pictures at the Heilig were film object lessons which drew perhaps as much for curiosity as for Interest at first, but before the perform ance was over, had those who came to scoff, remaining to think. These pic tures remain at the Heilig today and tonight, and then Well, opening tomorrow night, and running for the week with matinees Wednesday, Saturday and next Sunday and- a periormance next Sunday night, dances into Portland "The Passing Show of 1913." Those who remember "The Passing Show of 1912" have looked forward to the 1913 vintage with eagerness. "The Passing Show of 1913" is heralded as carrying about as bewitching an aggregation of chorus girls, dancers, fashion plates, etc., as anything that ever crowded Into the Heilig Theater. "The Passing (Show" is a New ork Winter Garden production, and included in the all-star t-afct of fun-makers are those chasers of indigo bubbles who only leave Broadway once In a great while. Like vise there are a few stage "phenoms" or "finds-of-a-mglit," who like Denver, grew into fame in a night. The scenic promises are lavish in the extreme. To the Baker this day comes "The Woman He Married," which has been for Miss Fleming a successful vehicle. Manager Baker is putting on "The Wo man He Married" as a request per formance. There is a stirring love story running through the plot and all In all the bill ought to be one of the winning ; ones of the Baker season, which is drawing to a close. Following "The Woman He Married" the Baker Players will stage "The 1'lghting Hope." Blanche Bates suc cess, as the Rose Festival week and farewell performance. The Baker's season win close with a film produc tion of "Samson" the week following. Science will vie with amusement on the Orpheum hill this week opening to- fLM tions into its theatrical hours last W, , , F X ' - . If k ' ' - June Clearance Sales See First Section Center Pages "A STORE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE" .. . .1 ei'Mercliaridiso oCc Merit On( fU--- r i 'iff L - v:?SL; WV "xfW1 SS.-- Jt3Vf"f ,.t'i' day. Kajlyama, a Japanese wonder at mental calculation and acrobatics is a joint headllner with Romeo, tn educat ed chimpanzee. The chimpanzee seems al most human In Intelligence, it is said. The other features on the bill are dyed-in-the-wool vaudeville. Empress reaches J out and . up ' this week with a grand opera headliner in Mrs. Blfrieda Heller Welnstein, of Portland, who will give Portland audi ences a last chance to hear her dram atic soprano voice before she goes east to join the Chicago Grand Opera Company. She will sing classical and popular songs. Robinson's educated elephants are featured as diversions on the new bill which opens today. "The Cruise of the Candy Ship"-ls the delectable offering as the first place attraction at. Pantages opening tomor row afternoon. It is a musical comedy craft with Ethel Davis, well known White and here, at the helm. There are songs lore, and" melody runs riot they in the production. "The First La? Nature" is the -dramatic offering also on ' the' bill. Manager Flood, of the Lyric, announces that beginning today, the Newman-Fab stock company opens its season at the Lyric in repertoire of high-class dramatic productions, and his announcement is doubly welcome because it firings "Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch," as the ' initial offer ing. "Mrs. Wiggs" Is one. of those dramatic offerings- always ' welcome. The season opens , this afternoon and there will be two nightly performances throughout the-week 'with' - matinees each day- excepting Monday. 'PASSIXG SHOW OF 1913' COMES Heilig Ireents Travesty for Seven . - Xishts Opening on Monday. , "The Pasaing Show of 1913," coming almost directly, from 16 weeks of sen sational success at the New York Winter-. Garden, opens an -engagement of seven days at the Heilig .' Theater (Eleventh and. Morrison) . tomorrow night. Popular price matinees will be given on Wednesday, , Saturday and Sunday. The big revue will he shown, with all Its wealth of scenic embellish ment, magnificent costuming, beautiful girls and the original company of 125 headed by Conroy and Le Maire, Charles and Mollie King, Elizabeth Goodall, Whiting and Burt, Louise Bates, Kitty Doner, Mazie King, Artie Mehlinger, Ernest Hare, Henry Norman. George Ford. Teddy Wing, Henry Detloff. Charles Van and Leslie Powers Throughout there is a constant changing of brilliant stage pictures, a continuous kaleidoscopic flashing of costuming for principals and chorus a steady whirl of dancing of every known- variety. a succession of whistly" song hits and musical en sembles and lighting effects. Realizing the hold dancing has on the public, the producers have introduced all its forms, even reviving the old-fashioned cake walk, .which forms the basis of. one of the biggest numbers in the show. The final scene of the first act, showing a reproduction of the Canitrtl - si.r.. Washington, is one that for effective ness has never been equaled on. any stage. The steps.- 32 In number, are disclosed rising up and from the foot lights to a point at the back level of the proscenium arch. Up and down these white steps battalions of beauti ful girls in striking costumes execute intricate movements and darners per form with- all.-the ease of files on a wall. N MISS FLEMING IX OLD ROLE Part of Jeanne Harding in , "The Woman He Married" Selected. At the urgent request of many of Manager Baker's patrons and ardent admirers of Alice Fleming, the leading woman who Is now playing a special engagement at the Baker, Herbert Bashford's successful drama. "The Woman He Married," was chosen for & ' It II " I ft ' , . f ' v& - , I i t - -J sr jw rt A 44; r f 9t 4 . r j i . Miss Fleming's second week" with the company, and it will open today. Miss Fleming played -the role- of Jeanne Harding, the young wife, with the Baker Players about two years ago, and by many it- is considered to be the best of her career in Portland. The story revolves around Jeanne, her husband. Jack Harding, a celebrated artist,- Jules Marsten, and several other interesting characteis. . Harding - has married Jeanne, who has been a mu sical comedy girl and-artist's model, much against his father's will, and has been cast off as a consequence. Jack has written, -or is -writing, a play that promises to be a great success, and in order to help him finish it and keep the wolf away from the door at the same time. Jeanne, unknown to him, poses for Marston for a great master piece. Now Marston, 'who has Just returned from abroad, does not know of her marriage and. as she has posed for hira before (although her husband does not know of this part of her life), she thinks it not wrong to do so again, especially in view- -of their circum stances. .She tells Jack that the money she brings home is loaned her by a rich aunt, and everything might have gone on nicely but for the meddling in terference , of a scoundrel, who plans a dramatic expose on the night of the play's first production, and who starts V. ' "K .... .'4 I I . . . - -. - - a landslide of trouble that almost leads to a tragedy." The noble nature of the artist, which, when proved to the jealous, crazed -husband, together. . with other circumstances,- brings about a reconciliation and everything - end happily. ' It is a decidedly, human romance - and filled with .comedy . and strong scenes. The usual: Baker matinees .will be given Wednesday and Saturady and the pop ular bargain -night Monday. :. ORPHEUM GETS -HEAi) LINERS Romeo, ' Educated' Chimpanzee, Is One Feature of Bill. : The Orpheum will have two head liners In addition to a show that has established a strong reputation for ex cellence all along the circuit and which doubtless will draw the crowds this week. One of the. headliners is Tameo Kajiyama. a young Japanese who has created much interest among scien tific men, and has accomplished that which is considered almost impossible by students of anatomy. He gives a most marvelous exhibition of control of his hands, writing one word with one hand and at the same time a dif ferent word with the other hand. Romeo, the educated chimpanzee. Is sit, yJlc, the other headliner. There has been some doubt among scientists - as to whether or not animals had the power of reasoning. Romeo's remarkable In telligence, the method in which he per forms his tricks would seem to dispose of any doubt on this subject because much that he does would be impossible if he were not able to think-for him self. Homer Myles and company visit the circuit for the first time with a pleas ing act which has brought them much praise in the East. Bronson and Baldwin are visiting Portland for the second time and will be remembered for their clever comedy singing and dancing. Miss- Whillette Whitaker. who is as sisted by F. Wilbur Hill, gives a musi cal act in which the principal feature is Miss Whltaker's clever representa tion of the Southern negro as he ac tually is, not as the average "coon shouter" represents him. Annie Kent is known as the little Jester. She Is an original little person with a line of catching songs and amusing talk and an equipment of fine clothes. Barrows and Milo are physical cul ture exponents who have something new along the line of wrist balancing. MRS. WEIXSTEIX SEW STAR Portland Dramatic Soprano to Ap pear at Empress All This AVeek. Elfreida Heller Weinstein, dramatic soprano of this city and protege of Madame Schumann-Heink, will be the extra attractfon at the Empress this week in a repertoire of classical and popular songs. Mrs. Weinstein's vaude ville engagement will be her farewell appearance before departing for the East to join the Chicago Grand Opera Company, with which she is scheduled to sing next season. This engagement marks Mrs. Wein stein's second appearance at the Em press. She sang under the management of Sullivan & Considlne last year im mediately after her return from Eu rope, where she sang for the Festspiel haus in the July Wagner Festival at the request of the noted Siegfried Wag ner. In a recent private recital here Mrs. Weinstein sang for the m&raje ment of the Chicago Grand Opera Com pany. Mrs. Weinstein will depart for the East immediately after her Empress-engagement. John Robinson's educated elephants will be the headliners of this week's show. One of the elephants, the pro gramme says, is the only elephant in the world able to play a piano. The feats of the elephants differ greatly from the ordinary run of circus tricks performed by elephants, a feature of the act being a song and dance by three of the elephants while the larg est of the lot plays the piano. This act DRAMATIC, AUTOMOBILES 4ND REAL ESTATE fWr-es4S was booked especially for the enter tainment of children. ' Ciem Bevins and company 'in "Dad dy." a classical rural playlet, wUl be another extra attraction. "Daddy" is a sketch built around country life, a Con stable and a Postmaster playing the leading comedy roles. . - Coakiand, McBride and Milo will pre sent a miniature minstrel show. Each is a burnt-cork artist with a great rep utation for funmaking' and -all three are capable singers and dancers. Jack Kammerer and Edna Howland will entertain with a merry mixture of singing, dancing and patter. The Three Newmans, novel bicyclists, will complete the new show. . 'THE CAXDY SHIP' AT PAXTAGK Latest Musical Success Opens for Week 1Vitli Ethel Davis at Helm. Merry will be the cruise of "The Candy Ship." the big musical nautical success, which comes to the port of Pa.itages for one week only, commenc ing tomorrow afternoon, with Mls Ethel Davis, Portland's favorite singing-comedienne, in command. . With Miss Davis comes her famous beauty chorus, professionally-known as the Baby Dolls, and a large cast of characters that will afford Miss Davis excellent support. Songs that never grow old and the latest melody hits from Broadway-will be pleasingly rendered. The scenic ef fects are elaborate. "The'First Law of Nature." the po-w-erful dramatic production which has created a veritable sensation in the East this season will introduce Mlse Martha Russell, the celebrated - motion picture star, to Portland audiences. Juggling DeArmo has a . routine of excellent feats, and he interpolates suf ficient comedy to keep his spectators in the best of spirits. - 'Early and Laight have a most at tractive singing, dancing: and talking act which will appeal to all. Max Fisher is a master -of the bow, and his selections upon-the violin will command the attention of all- muskc lovers. " - - ' Dotson and Gordon will provide th laughing "hit of the -bill with their Southern witticisms. The Pantage scope will show many new animated events. The Royal Namba Japanese acrobats, with an excellent supporting bill, will close the local engagement with . the performance this afternoon and to night. 'MRS. WIGGS' IS AT LVRIO Heart-Capturing Story" of Xelghbor- IkkkI Love Begins Xcw Policy. ' A new policy- is announced by Man ager Flood, fer the Lyrio Theater. Be- (Concluded on Page 3.)
