.THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 11. 1914.
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VARIETY OF PLOT MARKS PLAYS' OPENING SEASON
IN NEW YORK, WHERE SAMENESS WAS OLD PLAINT
-Tie Beautiful Adventure," the Morality of Which Was Questioned, Is Allowed to Go On, Investigators Rnding No Objectionable Features "The
Miracle Man," Dramatized by George M. Cohan, Makes Instant Hit Fritzi Scheff Scores in "Pretty Mrs. Smith..
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BY LLOYD K. LONERGAX.
NEW YORK. Oct. 10. (Special.)
Audiences in New York have no
cause to complain of similarity la
plots this season as they had last year.
When the season opened there were
"The Lure." "The Fight," "The Family
Cupboard" and "Today" all with the
one main idea.
This year we have "The Modern
Girl" who is kissed too much and in
"What Is Love" the girl who has
never been kissed into womanhood;
"The Elder Son," with a mother's sec
ond marriage, and "The Miracle Man,"
where there are crooks, who really
play the lead and become pood through
the influence of "The Miracle Man."
while Miss Daisy Is a musical comedy
with a. real plot.
Only one of the plays so far has
been questioned as to its moralltv:
this is: "The Beautiful Adventure,"
now being produced by Charles Froh
tnan at the Lyceum Theater.
Censors See Sio Wrong;
District Attorney Whitman received
reports from Assistant District At
torney re Ford and Secretary Lloyd
Willis that upon investigation follow
ing a complaint by Anthony Oomstock
they found the play immoral, but there
was a difference of opinion of Mr.
Whitman's investigators as to whether
the play warranted criminal prosecu
tion, it was Anally decided there
were "no objectionable features" and
the play will continue its run as
It is.
"What Is Love" opened at the Maxine
Klliott Theater and was a big hit. It
was written by George Scarborough.
Alice Brady. the talented daughter
of William A. Brady, scored a bisr hit
in the leading role. In "What Is
Love" the heroine is a girl who is
wooed and kissed by two men and
can't make up her mind which to
marry. She is engaged to one, but
the other kisses her and makes her
reflect. She is told that a kiss should
bo like apple-toddy and induce thrills.
Robert's kisses do this and John's
kisses don't, so. never having been
kissed before, she discusses her two
admirers with the whole family and !
e-en the nurse girl, who, if she is
like most nurse girls, should be an
authority on the subject of kisses.
She finally decided . to marry Robert
he of the apple-toddy kisses.
"The Miracle Man" Is Hit.
"The Miracle Man" was such an en
grossing and well-written story that It
was scheduled for success at the start,
and it certainly made pood. It was
presented by George M. Cohan as an
opening bill at the Astor Theater. Mr;
Cohan's dramatization of the book was
Unique and Interesting. The Miracle
Man is visited by crooks who come to
fleece him, but through his influence
they all become honest. The play was
well acted with a cast including such
well-known persons as W. II. Thomp
son, George Nash, Miss Gail King, Ger
tie O'Brien, C. J. Marlln and Barle
Brown.
Fritzi Scheff in "Pretty 'Mrs. Smith
was the opening bill at the Casino.
There was a remarkably large and en
thusiastic audience as Miss Scheff has
always been a great Metropolitan fa
vorite. The piece is a musical comedy,
in three acts, the book by Olive Mor
rosco and Elmer Harris; lyrics by Earle
Carroll.
Kdeson Quits films.
Kobert Kdeson has abandoned the
film once again, but does not go hack
to legitimate drama. This time he will
make his Initial bow in vaudeville at
the Palace Theater under the direction
of C. M. Blanchard. His vehicle will be
a tabloid drama "Apartment S09,"
which will give him the best oppor
tunity he has had since he starred 'in
"Strongheart."
Charles Frohman is one of the promt-
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nent theater managers, who does not
intend to let his houses go in for
"Movies."
After an all-Summer run at the Hud
son "The Dummy" closed last night. A
new play. "The Heart of a Thief" by
Paul Armstrong opens at this theater
tomorrow night where it will remain
indefnitely.
Chat and Gossip of
Plays and Players
By Leone Cans Baer.
A PICTURE of Ann Swinburne In last
Friday's issue of the Morning Tele
graph says underneath that the Port
land. Or., prima donna is on the verge
of a nervous breakdown after a trying
siege in the war zone, but that she Is
happy to be again on American soil.
A curious feature of Sir W. S. Gil
bert's operatic work was his fondness
for subtitles, for example'. "H. M. S.
Pinafore, or The Lass That Loved a
Sailor;" "The Mikado, or The Town of
Titipu:" "The Pirates of Penzance, or
The Slave of Duty:" "lolanthe, or the
Peer and the Peri;" "Princess Ida, or
Castle Asamant:" "Ruddigore, or The
Witch's Curse:" "Utopia, or The Flow
ers of Progress."
Master Mac Comber who was with
Cathrine Countiss in her vaudeville act.
"Her Birthday Present," will appear
with Julia Dean In "Law of the Land,"
tieorge Broadhurst's latest drama.
Louis N. Parker, author of "The High
way of Life," to be produced at Wal
lack's Theater this season by the Leib
ler Company, has arrived in New York
from London. His principal object in
coming over i to help his son-in-law
Unoi Pawle. and his daughter, formerly
Dorothy Parker, with their work In the
dickens, play, itr. Pawle ia to flay
Mlcawber and Miss Parker will play
the characte Emily.
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Emma' Trentini, whom we saw In
"The Firefly," arrived last Tuesday In
New York- from Europe. She declares
that Italy must inevitably take part in
the great war.
Asked if Caruso would go to the
front as a soldier, she said:
"Oh, no, Caruso is too fat. He might
go as a cook, but not as a soldier."
Oh. how these artists do love one
another!
Rennold Wolf in tne New York Morn
ing Telegraph says that "plays come
and go rapidly sometimes at the
Longacre Theater, and now another
change of bill at that house has been
arranged. On October 12, A, H. Woods
wil present there his play by Willard
Mack, of vaudeville fame, entitled at
this writing 'Kick-In,' and will have
its out-of-town premiere in Washington
next Monday night.
"Whether the play will be labeled
Kick-In' when it reaches .New- York
is a question. That was its original
title, but when Mr. Woods decided to
move on Washington he changed the
name to 'Birds of Prey." Yesterday
he wavered again and, while he favored
Kick-In.' he also betrayed a leaning
toward 'The Criminal Code.' From the
latter title it may be gleaned that the
new play is a melodrama.
"It Is not difficult to guess, therefore,
that 'Tipping the Winner" will end its
engagement at the Longacre tomorrow
night."
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It is pleasant to note that Burr Mc
intosh has reconsidered his decision to
retire from the stage, and that, on the
contrary, he Is preparing to do battle.
again for art at his earliest opportunity.
Following his smashing hit as Colonel
Blossom In "Corrdelia Blossom" and the
withdrawal of that play, Mr. Mcintosh
said that he would return to his earlier
love photography.
He might have remained true to that
determination had it not been that a
day or so ago he came into possession
of a play, based on Joel Chandler Har
ris's "Uncle Remus'" stories, which he
thinks is exactly suited to him. The
dramatization has been made by Mr.
Harris's eon, Julian Harris. now, an
editor on the Herald, and Otis F. Wood.
......
As the theatrical profession generally
Is aware, James O'Donnell Bennett, for
merly the vigorous dramatic critic of
the Chicago Record-Herald, recently
went abroad as a war- correspondent.
One advance agent, at least, had not
been advised of this change of base,
and was surprised when he reached Chi
cago the other day to learn that Mr.
Bennett was away.
"What is Mr. Bennett doing?" asked
the agent.
"He has gone to Europe to cover the
war. was the reply.
The agent reflected a moment.
"Gosh!" he exclaimed, 'won't it be
awful if he doesn't like it.?"
...
Charles Dillingham has engaged
Frank Tlnney. blackface monologist,
for a Fall musical revue called "Watch
Your Step," for which Irving Berlin is
writing the music.
race, taking place in full view of the
audience.
"The Whip" ia a race horse upon
which the Earl of Brancaster has wa
gered all his fortune. He has been in
jured in an automobile accident, and
his brain is clouded as to many events
of his life. An adventuress, Mrs. D'
Aquila, and the villain, Captain Sar
toris, with the active aid of a weak
rector, have taken advantage of his
mental condition, and show that the
Earl has been married to the adventur
ess. He cannot disprove them, so his
true affair with Lady Diana Sartoris
is interrupted. .
But The Whip, the race horse of
Lady Diana's grandfather, is expected
to prove a winner at Newmarket, and
to get funds with which to establish
his innocence, Brancaster wagers his
all upon the coming race. Sartoris and
Mrs. D' Aquila arrange to have the horse
car cut off. on which the animal will
travel on the way to Newmarket, to
be crashed Into by the following ex
press. This Is accomplished, but an
automobile brings a rescue party in
the nick of time, so The Whip reaches
Newmarket in time for the race.
'BROADWAY JOXES"
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NEWS OF THE THEATERS
Cortinud from pae. 2.
daring scenic pictures are an automo
bile accident, a train wreck and a horse .
George M. Cohan's Greatest Comedy
at Baker Next Week.
Now at last we are to have George
M. Cohan's noted, comedy, "Broadway
Jones," in stock. It has just been re
leased, and will be presented by the
Baker Players for the week following
"Paid in Full" and opening next Sunday
matinee. A great many hasty readers
are liable to confuse "Broadway Jones"
with "Little Johnny Jones," but, while
both were written by the same author,
they are in no way alike. As with
most of the Cohan plays, it Is not the
plot or story that makes "Broadway
Jones" go as it does. All of Cohan's
stories are simple enough.
Interesting and thbroughly human
like they are, but there is no great so
called "moral lesson" attempted, no so
cial problem to be worked out, and no
three-cornered love affair to try the
souls of sympathetic men and women.
Instead of these well-worn attributes,
however, there is a certain dash a
rapid-fire dialogue filled with clean,
up-to-date wit, original characters, life,
action and ginger a combination of
elements that have become known as
"Cohanesque" in their effect, and which
fit well into the modern Idea of think
ing and doing things, e "Broadway
Jones" will be 'the big hit here in
stock as it was in New York and other
large cities during the original runs.
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W ith a Brilliant Cast. Inclndlng:
Idelte PatterfNin
Gladys Caldwell
Herbert Vatroun
Arthur CunnloKbam
Maude Mortiaunt
John Willard
Jane Herbert
Anabel Jourdan
Arthur Aldrldce
Henry Smith
I'na Brooka
Herbert Cripps
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Arrangement of Operas
WEEKftfOCT.ll
TONIGHT (Sunday) and Saturday
Nlabts and Saturday Matinee
"The Mikado"
Tkursday Nlsht
"Pirates of Penzance"
Tuesday-frlday Nigrhts
"lolanthe"
Monday and Wednesday Nights and
Special Price Matinee Wednesday,
Double Bill.
"Pinafore"
"Trial by Jury"
Box Office Sale Now Open. City I
Mail Orders Received.
PRICES
Evenings and Saturday Matinee
Entire Lower Floor ....$2.00
Balcony, first 5 rows 1.50
Balcony, next 7 rows 1.00
Balcony, following 5 rows... .75
Balcony, last 5 rows.... 50
Gallery, first 2 rows 75
Box Seats 2.50
PRICES SPECIAL WED. MAT.
Entire Lower Floor $1.50
Balcony. 9 rows, $1; 5 at 75c: 8 at
60c Gallery, 2 rows reserved, 75c.
IMPORTANT Address letters,
make checks and money . orders
payable to W. T. Pangle, Mgr..
Helllg Theater. Inclose self-addressed,
stamped envelope to help
insure safe return.
IMPORTANT
CCRTAIN RISES 2ilu
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Songs at 15c Each
GET SEVEN FOR ONE DOLLAR.
Shadow of the Alamo Neil Moret
Mississippi Cabaret Albert Crumble
1 want to Linger. .. .Henry l. xviarsnau
I'll Follow You Melville Gideon
On Tampa Bay Van Alslyne
Sailing Down the River. . .Jas. Brennan
All Aboard for IMxieland. -Oeol L. Cobb
Night Time in Burgundy.. Herman Paley
The Dress My Mother Wore
Henry I. Marshall
I Wonder Where My T,ovin' Man....
Has Gone Whiting & Cooke
I've Got Everything but You
Henry I. Marshall
Together Robal Heyman
When Angelus Is Ringing. ..Bert Grant
Ask Flowers to Tel lou
Louis F. Gottschalk
Add 1c Each for Mailing.
Standard
Piano Solos
Alice. TVhr-re Art Thou? Ascher
Black Hawk Waltz Walsh
Cavalleria Rusticana M&scagrni
Kvenlng" Star. . Liszt
Mikado Selection Sullivan
Second V alse Godard
Starllcrhr Waltz l. Brainard
Under the Double Eagle Wagner
Tales From Hoffman Offenbach
Heather Bells Lane
Kairy Weddlne. Turner
Chapel in the Forest. Jung man
Anvil Chorus Krausse
ie becret. . .Gautler
Add lc Gmca for Poataare.
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A FEW SUGGESTIONS.
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Seven Popular Songs for 11. OO
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Playhouse Catering Specially to
Ladies and Children.
WEEK COMMENCING
MATINEE TODAY
The New Lyric Musical Com
edy Company. Presents
Little
Miss Wise
Written and Produced by Claud
Kelly.
TWO PERFORMANCES NIGHTLY.
MATINEES DAILY.
Isch-Ga-BIbble Night Every Mon
day. Country Store Every Wednesday
Night.
Chorus Girls9 Contest Every Frl
day Night.
Tuesday NUcht, October SO Ama
teurs. THURSDAY, OCT. 22, ALL DAY.
CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL
BENEFIT.
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These orders filled and returned before box office sale Thursday Oct.
Write number S2.0O N S1.SO S1.O0 76o - fine
tickets desired Lower" Uwer Balcony Balcony ,,
opposite date ,,Fi?or -12oor Kirst Last J3allr5rJ
youwUhto 11 Rows 7 Rows H Rows 8 Rows Reserved
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attend Many? Many? Many? Many? Many?
Sun Etc, Oct. 18 .... .
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Wed. Eve.. Oct. 21
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Bursal. Price LoWer B?in' Balcony Balcony Gallery
Matinees Floor 5 Rows 9 Rows 8 Rows Reserved
t Wed. and Friday How How How How How
Many? Many? Many? Many? Many?
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Rememberi Curtain Rises 3 and 8 P.M.
BAKER
THEATER
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Broadway and Morrison
GEO. L. BAKER. Mgr.
Home of the Famous Baker Theater Players
Week Beginning Sunday Matinee,
Today, Oct. 11, 1914
At the request ot many or ala patrons, Mr. Baker will present Eocene
Walter's wonderful drama
PAID IN
FULL
One of the most successful plays of
modern times. A powerful and im
pressive lesson to young men. Intense,
gripping and masterful. Unqualified
praise from the Nation's greatest
critics. A play you can see time and
time again.
Evening Prices 25c, aric, title, T3o. Box
SI. Sunday and Saturday Matinees 25c,
OOc. Box 75c.
Two Special Bargain Performances ,
Monday All Seats 25c Wednesday
3V,Bfct (Except Box) Matinee
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NEXT WEEK BROADWAY JONES
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Week Beginning Monday- Afternoon, Oct. 12th
THE 0,TJEEN OV LAUGHTER
Kitty Francis & Co.
17 Stunning; Show Girls in Musical Comedy 17
J. Alfred
WILSON
John E.
WILSON
Delineators of Colored
Types
CONTINUOUS
Afternoons 1:30 to 5:30
Nights . . 5:30 to 11:00
Sundays . 1:00 to 11:00
Billy
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Blossom
SYDELL
"Two Clever People
Jessie Jack
MORRIS & BE ASLE Y
IVew Sonars and Clever
Aonaciue
ODDONE
Clever Accordlonlste
"The Tallor-Made Boys"
Joe Lew
THE CAITS BROS.
Featuring Lew ('aits. Dancing
Midget
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Prom liSO P. M. to 11 130 p. M.
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Under the Personal Direction of Professor If. A. Webber, ef
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Sixteen young musicians of extraordinary ability in the act
that scored the biggest hit of Chicago's Summer season.
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