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BT LEONE CASS BAER.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT by Manager
Pangle, of the Hellig Theater,
that David Warfield, who. will
come to Portland Monday night In his
notable revival of "The Auctioneer,"
has the largest mall-orded sale of any
dramatic attractio that has visited
Portland probably will fce a surprise' to
many personB who have become ac
customed to hearing the over-worked
cry of "hard times," not only In the
theatrical business, but in every other
line of commercial endeavor as well.
But to those acquainted with the bus
iness that WarQeld Invariably does, and
who had heard of the tremendous re
ceipts which he has been rolling up In
the cities along his route this season,
this manifestation of interest is nothing
out of the ordinary if air. Warfleld's
business representative is to be be
lieved. However, St is a well-known
fact that the theatrical business this
year has been fraught with disaster
'and receipts in first-class theaters have
dropped to a point as low as to be ap
palling. Still there are certain actors
and actresses who go through the coun
try season after season, rolling up the
profits that to the outsider seem al
most incredible.
At the height of his career and con
tinuing up to the time of his death.
Richard Mansfield was regarded as the
greatest American actor and the most
profitable. Since his death David War
field and Maude Adams have come to
be regarded as the two biggest money
makers before the public today, and of
these two Mr. Warfield probably la the
bigger. . 1
Considerable space has been given to
Mr. Warfleld's refusal several years ago
of a proposal from a certain theatrical
manager, Felix Isman, by the terms of
which. Mr. Warfield was to receive an
annual salary larger than that of the
President, of the United States. But
behind his" flat refusal lies the fact that
for the past eight years Warfield has
been earning more than twice the sum
that Mr. Isman was . willing to pay.
In other words, during the last eight
years Mr. Warfield has been receiving
from $300,000 to $240,000 annually for
Impersonating the characters of Herr
von Barwig in "The Music Master" and
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Grimm." And this season as Simon
Levi in "The Auctioneer," he is said to
be topping even the recerds established
by "The Music Master."
In Cleveland Mr. Warfield played a
week's engagement recently at the
Euclid-avenue Opera-House to a little
more than 120,000 and the receipts for
the first two nights are said to have
totaled more than they did for the en
tire week's engagement when he first
played "The Auctioneer" there 11 years
ago. . m
His four weeks' engagement at Pow
ers' Theater.. Chicago, brought about a
in the history of theatricals, fhen
every eeat for the entire engagement
was sold at the end of the second
weak, and it Is conservatively estlmat
ed that 10.000 persons were turned
away unable to be accommodated.
In Los Angeles last month. Mr. War-
field hung up a new record for that
city when he played to more than $27,
000 in. 10 nights, while his two wesks'
engagement in San Francisco, which
was just concluded last Saturday night.
necessitated dispensing with the or
chestra that extra chairs, could be
placed in the orchestra pit. The only
other artist who was able to attract
such business - in -San Francisco was
Mme. Bernhardt. -
Consequently of all the stage artists
whose earning capacity has made them
objects of wonder and envy, David
Warfield stands in a class by himself;
1 e is without. a doubt the highest-paid
.rf;st on any stage In ai:y country.
Mr. Warfield's engagement at the
Heilig will open- tomorrow night, and
online for six nights, with matinees
Wednesday. Friday (New. Tear's day),
and Saturday.
."The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary,"
which was the big comedy success of
two seasons ago for May Robson. will
le the Baker attraction with Florence
Roberts, excellent actress that she Is.
. in Miss Robson famous role of the
ctualnt nld-fashioned old mRid, who is
made young and devilish by a Jaunt
"along the gay white way in New York.
Speaking of May Robson brings to
mind the date of that charming come
dienne's appearance here. On Janu
ary 4, 5 and 6, she will be at the Hellig
Theater in her newest comedy "Mar-tha-by-th-Day,"
written by Julie M.
Lippmann.
Diversity will reign at the vaufievilie
houses of the city this week. The
Orpheum bill will be headlined by
Frederick V, Bowers, singing comedian
extraordinary, and his company.' At
the Marcus Loew Empress top honors
will be. divided between the Mainour
Twins, song and dance artirts. orul
"The Bower of Melody," a spectacular
musical specialty wjth 10 people. The
Pantages brings The Imperial-Grand
Opera company with an array -o,f pop-
ular and classic songs In its repertoire, f V V ' f t ' ' - V jfT' " x 5lK 1 AvTtCL
The Lyric theater will feature Dr. Jg-,-. V . ' , V - ' -XAS' V V?KV
Henry George Lorenz, spectacular -f? . vw" a - ; ' - CrfE"- ' 'dtS PTWX
hypnotist, and he will begin his en- 'f - ?M' t- V,i " JCC ff-C'V ' TLTv " ?' 4 4: 1 t J
gagement today although the new bill : . If ; , .-i - V , f V L Z - SV
"The Merry Wars" will not open until " A''-V4 1 ' " H;J i'' i - ,V. " V
tomorrow. Dr. Lorenz will remain all i - ;r is r , -J I ; 8 , ' i V," At I I-
week showing matinee and night and t -- - U. t"v J-T I ' ll - -! - $ i
hie performances are said to put him t f V ' -f I X' " j " 1 x v . -
among the great exponent of hypnotic , . ' J- 1 t - ' t ! t, . . , w 5 7
The Hellg theater, temporarily In the . A t I UW.h - 1 nr i
moving picture business again, .offers I - v?l V I f" j-ijV $
11 reels in diversified moving pictures -. I - ' ' x ' f$J&&ZS i $k t- ' JJ -A v 3tS&&X& 'vl
today and tomorrow, running contlnu- V . - "W "- . fcvt,. fsf tVl Vsi'-n f i8V'lC.- v.- 1& X
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BIG PLAY IS DIE AT HEILIG
David Warfield Will Be Seen in
David Belasco will present David
Warfield at the Hellig Theater, Broad
way at Taylor, for six nights, beginning
tomorrow, with matinees Wednesday,
Friday (New Year's day) and Satur
day, in a brilliant revival of his first
great success, "The Auctioneer."
Mr. Warfleld's remarkable creation
of Simon Levi in this play,- as a hu
man study, has been classed as worthy
of a Dickens or a Balzac. He Is a
complex creatur.ei at once crafty and
hard, yet generous by impulse, staunch
and loya) in his family affections and
pathetic in his uncomplaining courage
amidst adversity. To provide scope
for the development and display of all
these varied traits is no easy task for
playwright; to embody them in a
living, breathing, convincing person
ality, as Mr. Warfield does, is a work
of artistic genius.
"The Auctioneer" ' was originally
written by Lee Arthur and Charles
Klein, but for its present revival Mr.
Belasco -has made alterations in the
manuscript suggested by the changing
tastes of the theater-going public, and
now it is said to-be a more satisfac
tory play than formerly. Its story is
familiar to the older theater-goers, but
for the benefit "of the younger genera
tion It may be related briefly that
Simon Levi is at first seen in his East
Side auction store and home, .building
up the fortune begun with his peddler's
basket. -
When his adopted daughters Helga.
is about to become the brldo of Dick
Eagan he moves into a Lexlngton-aVe-nue
mansion, has a "good time" while
it lasts, becomes suddenly penniless and
then has to go back downtown and
cheerfully begin life . over -again with
his peddler'B basket. The story is in
teresting, human and presents situa
tions which call for the sudden transi
tion from broad fun to pathos and sen
timent and tears, which no actor on the
American stage today can accomplish
with the same remarkable finesse and
effect as Mr. Warfield can.
The supporting cast numbers 50 and
some of the prominent names are Ma
rie Bates, Lola Clifton, Harry Lewellyn.
Guy Mllham, Louis Hendricks, Eva Ran
dolph. Frank Nelson, Harry Rogers. Es
ther Sacheroff, Richard .Lembeck, Alice
Avery, Leonard Doyle, Giles Low and
Tony Bevan. f ..
BAKER PLAY IS BIG COMEDY
"The Rejuvenation of Annt Mary"
Is Brimful of Fun. '
The Baker Players, starting ths aft
ernoon, will be seen in "The Rejuvena
tion of Aunt Mary," May Robson's
greatest success, for the New Yaar
week offering. This is a comedy along
entirely original lines and is a de
lightful commingling of buoyant youth
and old age, bringing them closer to
gether, making their likes and pleas-;
ures meet and showing how entirely
natural it is, after all, for ach to
find much of interest and congeniality
In the other. .
In the beglnning, "Aunt Mary is a
typical New England old woman, with
extremely - narrow - views of life and
people, and a strict bejever in the old
oonvvntionaliUe$. Her - nephaw gets
mixed up in a scrape or two, and she
disinherits him In a fit of anger, send
ing him to New York to make his own
way. Here she follows him, repenting
of her act and fearing he will fall into
bad company. When she arrives in
the big town, she falls in with a crowd
of Jack's young friends, who proceed
to take charge of her- and show her
the town before Jack arrives.
It all moves along so naturally and
good-humoredly with the whimsical old
lady gradually thawing out, opening
her eyes; yielding to temptation after
temptation, until finally she succumbs
to th fascinaiion and excitement, and
when she returns to the village rouses
the whole place by her unheard-of acts.
Of course, in the end, she forgives
Jack for something ha never did and
with the happy consummation of sev
eral highly-interesting love stories
nmcua" the young people the play
comes lo a most satisfactory ending,
it lll he a weeK of triumph for F!or.
ence Roberts, the popular character
woman of the Baker Players, who will
have-the star role of the aunt, backed
by all the splendid players In the o
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THE SUNDAY
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ganization. The regular bargain per
formances will be given and a special
New -Year's Day matinee, Friday.
OKP'HEtJiC HAS SCXXY KILL
Fred V. Bowers and Sir. and Mrs.
- Jimmy Barry Lead Jjitcrtainers.
No matter what the state of the
weather over the city, nor that the tem
perature may kick the bottom out of
the thermometers, it will be a warm and
sunny week around the Orpheum. where
such noted stage personages as Fred
erick . V. Bowers and Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Barry will lead a splendid list
of entertainers this afternoon. There
will be old friends on the bill and acts
which want to acquire that distinction.
EMINENT HYPNOTIST WHO OPENS SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT
AT LYRIC THEATER MATINEE TODAY.
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and the combination promises well for
a big week.
Frederick V. Bowers, of the Orpheum
bill, is the same Frederick V. Bowers
whose songs have been sung by every
musical throat. in Portland, and who
has been featured in many of the musi
cal comedies, such as "The Ham Tree,"
"My Cinderella Girl." "College Days"
and "The Sweetest Girl In Paris." He
has many imitators but no equals.
Everybody remembers Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Barry. "The Rube" which Mr.
Harry, is depicting is not the bumpkins
so much portrayed, but a bright and
witty son of the soil. Their sketch of
this year carries a new idea and is
cleverly worked out.
Again does Charles F. Semen return.
The "narrow fellow" is Just as thin
and musical as ever, and has added a
few new articles of furniture to the
stage setting from which he extracts
music.
Rebia, the unconcerned farceur, is
classified among the new faces in this
part of the world. The sangfroid with
which he works is particularly pleas
ing. The Australian McLeans come to
America via London, where they hesi
tated long enough to score one of the
most substantial .successes ever made
by English dancers.
The Aerial Contas are a quartet of
women considered one of the foremost
foreign acts recently Imported.'
Billed as the wonderful boy 'cellist,
Alfred Wallenstetn will be found to be
a youth in knee breeches. Declared to
be a genius, thin lad is making an
American tour to secure funds for
studying under the great masters. He
is accompanied by Adele Freebejr, for
merly accompanist for Madame Yaw.
Thirty minutes of concert precedes
each performance.
J1EIAOTTE TWINS AT EMPRESS
Dainty Favorites Earn Heudllne
Honors by Clever Work.
As a headline attraction on the bill
which opens at Marcus Loew's Empress
tomorrow afternoon, Portland will wel
come back two old favorites, tn
dainty little Melnotte twine, who are
new to headline honors, but highly de
serving of the distinction. If popularity
Is any gauge. The two clever little
artists will bring an entirely new
repertoire of songs and stunts, and will
wear some stunning new gowns.
A spectacular musical production ' of
unusual quality will be Frank Bohm's
Bower of Melody." In which a brilliant
scenlo background will enhance the ef
fect of the varied musical numbers. A
Wide variety of Instruments, including
the giant tube and the sousaphone. will
be used by the ten different musicians,
who will play in solo and in concert.
Jack Princeton and Agnss Yale, a
clever pair of funsters, will be seen in
"Six Hundred Miles From New JforK,
which is a skit with lively action and
clever lines, done in slang.
Stanley Warner and Pauline Corbett
are two song-and-dance artists with a
repertoire of catchy new hits and
fancy steps. Nipp and Tuck, acrobats
and contortionists. who do teome
startling stunts, will add variety to the
bill, and the Aerial La Vails, who do
some remarkable feats In the air. will
conclude the bill. A good selection of
flret-run photoplays will be provided
for those who are fond of moving pic
tures. ..
IMPERIAL OPERA AT PAXTAGES
Favorite Musical Organization Fea
ture or Holidays.
Holidays at the Pantages will be
celebrated by the advent of the Im
perial Opera Company, which comes
topllned for the week commencing with
the matinee tomorrow.
New York's favorite musical organi
sation will . be heard in the several
operas that are best appreciated by the
public and the programme will Include
scenes from "Cavalleri Rusticsna,"
"I" Palliaccl," "Carmen." "11 Trova
tore," "Lucia -de Lammermoor" and
others.
In the company are sterling soloists
who have been heard in the principal
music centers of the East and the
chorus is one that will be appreciated.
The scenery is umisunllv elaborate,
a different set being carried for each
scene and the electrical effects and the
gowns will be, additional features.
"The Kidnaper." a thrilling story of
love and adventure will be presented
as the special attraction by Sherbourne
and Montgomery, who have attained a
name for themselves in Atlantic dra
matic circles. The action of the playlet
is rapid and ever enjoyable.
Acrobatic head balancing and other
athletic, feats that are truly amazing
will be' shown by The Four DeKock
Brothers, who recently came from Eu
rope, where they were one of the big
succsses of the season. The. DeKocks
are the cleverest acrobats of their kind
in vaudeville and their performance
will bt enjoyed by all.
The lutest songs and the latest say
ings will bo offered by Ladell and
Hughes, whose programme Is diversi
fied and clever. Chicago and New
York found. them admirable entertain
ers, so tney should meet with popular
approval here.
Best known to patrons of vaudeville
as the Man, the Maid and the Monk,
Haley and Haley will have some of the
biggest laughing hits of the year. Not
only are they clever fun makers, but
their songs are of the sort that never
fail to , please. The Pantagescope will
show the latest in interesting "movies."
Walter S. Howe and company in "In
and Out" will be seen for the final
performance at the continuous pro
gramme today, the first bill starting st
1:30 and the curtain dropping at 11
o'clock.
If EI LI G BILLS NEW COMEDY
"Martha Bj-the-Day" Full of
Wholesome Fun.
May Robson will be seen In a new
comedy,. "Martha oy-the-Day," on Mon
day, Tuesday ana Wednesday, January
4. S and 6, with a special Wednesday
matinee at the Heilig Theater. Broad
way, at Taylor. It has the advantage
of most promising reports of Its value,
from all of the cities in which it has
been presented, this season.
To every American reader who is a
lover of quaint characterization and
wholesome fun. the "Martha" stories,
written by Julie M. Lippmann, have
carried a great appeal, and no actress
of today is better qualified to portray
the philosophical heroine than is May
Robson. To her Impersonations she
always brings a comprehension of the
inner humor and the pictorial possibili
ties of phrase or line, a telling reserve
in pose and gesture and an easj and
fluency of quiet delivery that are in
the better spirit of polished experience
and original comedy.
In "Martha by-the-Day" humor and
pathos are skillfully blended, and Miss
Lippmann is said to have been rarely
successful in having selected from her
novel the most telling incidents, in
fectious comedy and homely sentiment
for her play. Martha, the character
played by Miss Robson, is a big
hearted, impulsive, plain - spoken
woman, with an Irish accent. She lives
in New York, where, to get little lux
uries for her growing family, she finds
odd jobs at chorlng. Her charities are
unending, and it is one of these, the
advancement of Claire Lang, a girl who
has been all but bested in the battle
of the city life, that forms the basis
for a well-conceived comedy plot
Martha starts as a scrubwoman, but
ends in the whirl of fashionable life.
STARTLING HYPNOTIST HERE
Dr. Henry George Lorenz to Be Ex
tra Attraction at Lyric.
The Lyric Theater will offer its pa
trons with its regular programme this
week, beginning today, an act which
has proven a sensation an over tne
Pacific Coast. Dr. Henry George Lorenz
will be the stellar attraction, coming
direct from a two weeks' engagement
at the Grand Opera-House in Seattle,
where his sensational performances
broke, all records for crowded houses.
Dr. Lorenz has not appeared in this city
before, and Judging from press reports
from all over the country his act will
cause a sensation.
Dr. Loreux is one of the most impres
sive hypnotists appearing on the stage
today. He presents a programme that
U startling as well as a screaming nit.
During the week he will present a com
plete change of programme daily. One
of his startlers is his famous audience-sleep,
in which he causes a hun
dred or two persons to fall off their
seats while he is on the stage. He will
present the audience-sleep here and
also the lip test, in which he will sew
the lips of a dozen men together with
an ordinary needle and thread without
pain or blood.
The Seattle l'ost-Intelligencer said
last week:
"Never In the history of theatrical
events In Seattle has the Grand been
packed nightly as it has the lust two
weeks, with Dr. Henry George Lorenz,
the hypnotist, as the feature attrac
tion. Lorenz presents a performance
so far ahead of other hypnotists that
there is no comparison. Lorenz keeps
the audience either spellbound or awe-
stricken at some of his uncanny work
or has them falling oft their seats with
side-splitting laughter at the funny
stunts he presents under hypnotism.
Dr. Lorenz stands at the head of his
profession and broke the house record
at the Grand for big business."
Dr. Lorenz is the first person to use
hypnotism successfully in extracting
teeth. He is a licensed physician and
Is praised by the fraternity. Dr. Lorenz
will open with the matinee today.
Owing to the length of the show the
curtain will rise on the lirst night per
formance at 7:15 o'clock sharp.
The Lyric Company will present for
the last times today "Mike and Izzy in
Mexico" and will open tomorrow with
an entire new show, "The Merry Liars."
A matinee will be given eery day and
special performances will be given Fri
day (New Year's).
"BLINDNESS OF VIRTUE" DUE
Baker Players to Be Seen In Noted
Social Play Next Week.
One of the most widely discussed
subjects of recent years has been along
the lines of parents' duty to their
young children in properly instructing
them to meet problems and conditions
that are bound to be encountered later
In life. Cosmos Hamilton has writtem
a powerful play with this in mind aud
it has proved one of the modern suc
cesses. It is entitled "The Blindness of Vir
tue." and will be offered by The
Baker Players for the week immedi
ately following "The Rejuvenation of
Aunt Mary," opening next Sunday mat
inee, January 3. It was seen at The
Heilig a year ago and played to en
thusiastic houses that packed the the
ater to the doors. The plot centers
around the blissfully ignorant young
daughter of an English vicar and
youth who has wasted hie lifo so far
in the London whirl.
The action takes place at the home
of the vicar, deals with a highly com
promising situation brought about by
the girl's lack of knowledge of the
world, its resultsX and the lesson
brought home to her parents by the
incident. "The Blindness of Virtue"
will be given an excellent production
by The Baker Players and there will
be a special matinee performance for
mothers and daughters only on Thurs
day. PEN IS GIFT TO STATE
Relic Used in Admitting Washington
to Union Is Presented.
OLYMPIA, Wash.., Dec. 26 (Spe
cial.) The pen used by President Ben
jamin Harrison when, in November,
1889. he signed the proclamation ad
mitting Washington to statehood, has
been presented to Governor Lister, on
behalf of the state, by Mrs. John L.
Wilson, widow of the late Senator Wil
son. Senator Wilson, then Washing
ton's first Representative-elect In Con
gress, was present at the signing of
the proclamation and claimed the pen.
The relic will be placed in a cabinet In
the rotunda of the Capitol.
A gold inscription plate, from the
Government mint, for the painting of
the cruiser Olymnla, also was sent by
Mrs. Wilson. The Olympia was so
named through Senator Wilson's ef
forts during the time he represented
this state in Congress.