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PLAY DUE AT HEILIG IS
SMALLTOWN MIRROR
Comedy With Rose Stahl Shows Hour Dreary Village Changed Under In
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HEILIG
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BROADWAY AT TAYI.OR
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NIGHTS
NEXT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24
COMMENCING
SPECIAL PRICE MATINEE SATURDAY.
THE HENRY B. HARRIS ESTATE PRESENTS.
Broadway
at Stark
1305 Matinee Seats at 25c
Week Beginning Sund.y Matinee, March 21
INITIAL VAI'DEVILIE APPEARANCE
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IN THE NEW COMEDY
TITE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTXAITO, , MARCH 2U 1915.
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IS "A Perfect iAay." the new comedy
in which Rose Stahl will appear here
a.t the Hellls. there Is brought into
strong relief the drab dreariness of the
average small country town. In the
first act the minister tells how they are
trying to build a church, how they
have weekly prayer meetings and the
Kpworth Leagcue. and the Bus Driver
makes of the fact that Bryan lectured
there the past Winter as though It
were an epoch-making incident in the
social life of the village. This is in
fact a record of all the social activities
of the place and. while at first glance
it may seem overdrawn, it Is in fact
very true to life.
Analyze the social activities of the
average town of from two to four thou
sand and what do you find? Just ex
actly the condition pictured by the
words written for the characters In this
play. And It is this deadly monotony
of the average small town that drives
the young folks to seek situations in
the cities and puts in them a desire to
live in an urban community.
Three members of a smal burlesque
troupe land tn Sycamore. Kan. They
bring with them the ideas and spirit
of the big outside world in which they
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MAGGIE
T E Y T E
HEILIG THEATER
Tuesday Evening, March 23
SEATS SELLING
Floor, except last five rows $2.50
Last five rows 2.00
Balcony 2, l-50. 1.0U
Gller- reserved 100
Gallery, admission - .75
Doors Open 7:30 P. M.
have lived. They realize the place
which entertainment holds in the lives
of all folk, and how very essential it
is that we shall be happy In order to
be good.
Under the directing nana or leucine
Hisglns. who was known in the bur-
lesaue world as Lucille le Jambon, they
proceed to put some new lire into ine
village. Their methods are subtle, for
music by an unseen player instills them
with a desire to keep pace witn tne
melody. . Then they are told the dance
is easy to learn and soon the craze for
the tango has firm noia on tnem.
And the village under Inspiration of
the social element of the dance broad
ens and brightens and Is happier than
ever before in all Its history. That is
the lesson which Miss Stahl In A per
fect Lady" brings to many small com
munities and it is a lesson which, if
learned, will make for the upllftment
and advancement of the people of the
community which tries the plan.
Stage Settloa; la of Town.
Stage places generally assumed to be
just stage places, so far as locality Is
concerned they have no direct bearing
as a rule, but in Rose Stahl's new
comedy. "A Perfect Lady," Channlng
Pollock and Rennold AVolf have put i
real nlac-R on the staare. Sycamore. Kan
sas. is a real place, as any one can ten
you who nas been compeuea to wan
over there for the combination passen
ger and freighter familiar to that part
nf thu. world.
The spontaneous applause wnicn
c-reets the scene on the rising ot tne
first curtain is usually led by tne
traveling men in the audience. l ne
scene Is pnotograpnic in us imencw
and. while this happens to be Sycamore,
Kan., there are thousands of similar
junction points scattered through the
length and oreaatn or me lanu wuitu
resemble it In every aetan.
Company Is Waiting; for Train.
As the curtain rises the company of
burlesaue players Is reveaiea waning
A PERFECT LADY
BY CHANMNO POLLOCK AND RESOLD WOLF.
THE TANGO CRAZE DRAMATIZED
Evenings Lower Floor, 11 Rows, 2.00; 7 Rows. $1.50.
Balcony, $1, 76c, 60c Gallery, 60c
Special Saturday Matinee, $1.60, 1, 75c, 50c.
BOX OFFICE SALE OPENS TOMORROW
7 Nights Beginning SUNDAY, MARCH 28
Bargain Price Matinee, Wednesday Special Price Matinee Saturday.
' Oliver Moroseo Presents the Comedy
PEG 0' MY HEART
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,TH PEGGY O'NEIL
NEW YORK,
CHICAUO
CAST
German Girl Wins Mr. Dieck
to Side of Irish.
Donghty Commissioner Resents Ap
proach to Bay Shamrock Tag, but
Yields to Countrywoman.
-T N St. Patrick's Day Commissioner
J Dieck. who is of German descent.
was approached by a young woman.
who asked him to buy a shamrock tag.
"You've got a nerve to ask a German
to buy an Irish tag," Dieck told her.
"Oh. it's all right" replied the girl
Tm German, too."
Dieck purchased.
Bill Warren, secretary to Mayor AV
bee, went in to see City Attorney La-
Koche. Reaching, the office, he was
informed that Mr. LaRoche was bu3y
In his private office.
"I just want to see him a moment,''
Bill explained; "Is his business in his
office Important?"
"Yes." explained the doorkeeper, "he
is meeting with a Jitney driver and i
member of the Safety First Commission."
"Please don't disturb them," said
Warren as he hurried out.
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The Council was hearing arguments
for and against the proposed jitney or
dinance. One speaker declared that he
represented the streetcar strap-hanger.
"You've pot to give the jitney credit
for one thing." said this man. "It has
eliminated the strap-hanger."
A streetcar conductor Jumped up and
declared that if the women passengers
in streetcars would sit in mens laps.
like they do in jitneys, there would be
no such thing as streetcar strap-hangers.
A woman living in Laurelhurst tele
phoned to Mayor Albee that there was
a vacant lot next to her home which
needed cleaning up badly. The Mayor
reported the case to the Public Works
Department and C. K. Atlas, secretary
to Commissioner Dieck started pro
ceedings to force the owner of the
properly to clean the lot. All the red
tape and lingo necessary in such pro
ceedings was gone through in careful
order after the name of the property
owner was ascertained.
The city notified the owner that if
the lot was not cleaned by a certain
date the city would do the work and
assess the cost against the owner.
After the lengthy proceedings were
gone through with the city sent out
men to do the work. The workmen
came back and reported that the work
had been done. The woman next door,
who made the original complaint, an
nounced that she had got tired of
-watting for Use city and had done the
work herself.
Commissioner Daly received a nice
newspaper writeup. The story was ac
companied by bis latest photograph.
Comment was made that Mr. Daly
showed his remarkable will power by
quitting smoking. One of the most
noticeable features in the photograph
is a smoking cigar In Mr. Daly's
band, . ,
WOMANLY WOMAN HELD
TO BE GREATEST HELP
Peggy CNeiL, Who Is to Come to Heilig, Says Old-Fashioned Lady Is One
She Admires and One Who Does Most Good.
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,Pe??y O'feY
"jw" FTER all, it is the womanly
i a woman wno is 01 me greuieai
aid in the present day," sayt
Peggy O'Nell who comes to the Heilig
next Sunday tn "Peg O' My Heart."
"In the war in Europe, for example.
it Is the nurses on the battlefield and
the girls they left behind them who
are doing the feminine work or tne
world. I am not necessarily alluding to
the ballot for woman, for I, personally,
have not followed it up closely enough
to really know Just what my position
would be on that. But the women who
are at home caring for and comforting
motherless babies, the dainty or old
fafhtoned as the stone age woman is
the one I admire.
'In case of storm and stress, as well
as peace and calm the womanly woman
shines when the so-called new woman,
with her fads and fancies is shown a
thing of artifice.
livery evening in watching the
characters In "Peg O' My Heart." I
think of one of the lines of Peg. 'That
thing could never be the President of
the United States, but if you had a
baby it might grow up to be.' This
prompts the idea that a woman Is most
beautiful when she is looking down, at
baby in her arms. If you haven t a
baby of your own. why Just borrow
your neighbors' baby; or if you live in
flat borrow the janitor's or the
cook's, babies are not snobs. They will
cuddle up to yon Just as comfortably
as though you were their mother. God
created dogs and other animals with
four feet so they could stand alone, but
little helpless baby has to be sup
ported, and" when you are holding a
Pomerenian in your lap you might bet
ter have twins.
"The sum total of being attractive is
Kvenlnirs Lover Floor. 11 Rows. $2.00
75c 50c. Gallerv. 50c Wednesday Matinee. $1
oaiunjtty mttuneQ, i.ov u Due.
MAIL ORDERS NOW. BOX OFFICE SALE OPENS NEXT TJHCRSDAY
Rows. J 1.60. Balcony, tl.
IOC, bUC, 39C. Z3C
for their connection train. Of course.
the train does not connect and there
are various delays calmly announced.
as is quite the customary thing, by the
station agent.' And if there is any
more dreary. desolate, abandoned
place in all the world than one of these
junction points Just before daybreak
or shortly after dark, it must be in i
class entirely by Itself.
The far North could not be so deso
late, for there at least you know you
are away from all the creature com
forts of the world, but here they are
and are not. Probably if the truth
were known it Is not the scene alone
which makes the applause of the trav
elers out front. It is more than likely
they want to express their sympathy
and fellowship for the weary waiting
ones who are looking anxiously for the
coming of No 27.
A "Perfect Lady" will be at the Hel
lisr for four nig-hts, beginning Wednes
day, with a matinee Saturday.
News Gossip fo Plays and
and Players
Edited by Leoae Caes Baer.
BY LEONE CASS BAER.
Now it Is Catherine Countlss who
has gone to Los Angeles, following 8
trail of stars of the legitimate into mo
tion pictures. Miss Countiss has gained
unique distinction In silent drama.
Recruits from the legitimate usually
act for a feature film or so and then
are seen no more. Miss Countlss has
been starred in four photo-dramas
within the past five months. One of
these, Haddo'n Chambers' "A Modern
Magdalen," is Just released. Last week
Miss Countiss left New York for Los
Angeles to act in a five-reel picture for
the Oz Company. All this is significant
of her popularity on the screen.
Margaret Illlngton wears men's socks
and defends her half-hosed position
thusly: "I like them because I won't
wear garters and because a silk sock
costs exactly half as much as a silk
stocking. The perfect principle of art
in dress, to my -mind, is not wasting
money and In wearing what gives one
the most comfort.
Margaret Illlngton, by the way, is
nearing the one-hundredth performance
of "The Lie," Henry Arthur Jones new
est play, at the Harris Theater, in New
York.
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H. B. Warner is featured in "Under
Cover," which is coming to this Coast
soon. "Under Cover should not be
confused with "Twin Beds."
Oliver Morosco recently invited young
playwrights to submit their plays to
him. To give every contestant a fair
deal he organized a play-reading
bureau conducted on. business prlncl-
ples. It promised to read every play
and pass an opinion on it In writing
with the return of the manuscript. A
number of plays have already been se
lected and these will be tried out With
Jane Cowl as the leading woman. If
there is a hit among the selected plays
Miss Cowl will be sent to New York
In It to ooen early In the Fall. Miss
Cowl was the original Mary Turner In
"Within the Law." In private life she
Is Mrs. Adolf Klauber. Her husband,
who was for many years dramatic critic
on the New York Times, Is now Identi
fied with a theatrical producing firm.
''"The Dickey Bird." which Harvey
O'HIggins and Harriet Ford wrote as
a curtain raiser to their drama of Mor
m on Ism. "Polygamy," has not merely
afforded a vast deal of amusement to
the Park Theater audiences. It has add
ed a new phase to the current slang of
Broadway.
"The Dickey Bird" in the playlet is
a man who was Just born to be hen
pecked who extricates himself from
the toils of one dominating woman,
only to fall into the hands of another,
of a different method, but no less effi
cacy, and who does not even know. In
the second case, that he Is being hen
pecked. So sucessfuly did the authors con
vey their ideas concerning the man
who was born to be some woman's vic
tim, that one hears from every quarter,
"Oh, he can't do anything with her
he's a Dickey Bird."
The name arose from the fact that
the man of the playlet was called Rich
ard Bowen, and that both his first wife
and his second called him "The Dickey
Bird" with only thinly veiled contempt.
In the most dramatic moment of the
piece, when by an amusing- complica
tion, both women confront him at once,
he says that the reason he revolted,
from his first wife, and deserted her
was that she had dragged him to see
Ibsen's "Doll House," and that a real
ization of his true position had come
over him there.
I saw that all my lire I had been a
male Nora." he says. "I had been bul
lied and exploited, and disregarded. So
when Nora went out into tne nignt, j.
went out after her."
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According to a gossipy letter in an
exchange: a little bit of Inside infor
mation is that Mrs. Leslie Carter will
acaln be seen in a play next season un
der entirely new management. She Is
at present appearing in vaudeville In an
abbreviated version or "z;aa." unose
who have seen her say her Iigure is as
slender as that of a girl of 18, ana
age has made very little impression on
her. From all accounts Harrison Grey
riaka will be her manager, wniie jvirs.
riflkn will orobably appear- under en
tirelv new management as the result
of her husband's financial misfortunes.
Por some time past there nave Deen
aulet rumors that Mrs. Carter might be
reconciled witn jBeiasco. ana mere were
those who were positive in their decla
ration that ere long the Titian-haired
actress would again be under the man
agement of "The Wizard." This now
seems doubtful, if there was ever any
real ground for the report, it is true
Mrs. Carter speaks In most respectrui
not the question of birth, or breed, or
clan. It Is being the best of what we
should be. It is womanly women who
are helpful. Helpful hands are more
attractive than manicured ones, but it
is easy to have both with little extra
trouble and no extra expense."
"Peg O" My Heart come to the
Heilig March 28 with a matinee
Wednesday and Saturday.
AKE
THEATER
Main 2 A 5360
Geo. L. Baker. Manager
HOME OF THE FAMOUS BAKER PLAYERS
TOLD IN
THE HILLS
Week Opening
Sunday Matinee,
March 21, 1915
Today
TOLD IN
THE HILLS
First and only dramatization of Marah Ellis Ryan's famous
and widely read romantic novel ever seen in this city.
GENESEE of the HILLS
The true American romance. Scenes laid in Northwest
ern Montana. A Western play that is different. A story
that appeals to lovers of the wild country. .As played in
New York by Edwin Arden. Staged under the direction
of Walter B. Gilbert.
TOLD EN
THE HILLS
' Evening Prices, 25c,
BOc and 75c.
Box Seats, l-OO.
Sat. nnd San. Matinees,
25e nnd Cve.
Box Seats, 75c.
TOLD IN
THE HILLS
And the two special bargain performances
MONDAY WEDNESDAY
NIGHT All Seats (Except Box), 25 MATINEE
Next Week, Starting Sunday Matinee, March 28, Most Startling
Dramatic Sensation Ever Staged.
DAMAGED GOODS
By Eugene Brienx, of the French Academy.
A sociological medical thesis, delivering a terrible warning against
the most dreadful scourge of the human race. Special matinees
for women only. No children under 16 admitted unless accom
panied by parent or guardian. No advance in prices. Mail and
"phone orders promptly attended to. Seats now selling.
MUSICAL COMEDVS FAVORITE PRIMA UONW,
The GREEN BEETLE
IMibj. A TrrnifidDM hit
4 I an V 1 t A V f Y aakBa
Chinatown. Most Imiwrtant and IK-ltlu-atf lrmafi Offrrluc of Srmmmm.
THE SEVEN COLONIAL BELLES
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THE
KERVILLE FAMILY
TRICK BILLIARUISTS.
GALLON
AID HIS LUNATIC STICKS.
CHARLEY MAY
BROWN and NEWMAN
OSes AND PATTKR.
MAX LAUBE
THH HUM 111 HI).
50c Nights-Matinees 25c
Beginning Monday, March 22
UCED PRICES
Will Go Into Effect at the
ORPH
EUM
For both
Night and Matinee
.50c
NIGHT PRICES
Any seat on lower floor.
Balcony
First eight rows 25c
Last nine rows 15c
Boxes and loges 75c
Performances, us Follows:
MATINEES
Any seat, except last nine rows
in balcony 25c
Last nine rows in balcony. .. ,15c
Boxes and loges 50c
MATINEES SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND HOLIDAYS. "
First 15 rows, lower floor 50 cents
Last 19 rows 25 cents
Balcony, first eight rows.., 25 cents
Last nine rows 15 cents
Boxes and Loges 75 cents
50 CENTS NIGHTS MATINEES 23 CENTS
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terms of the man who brought her out Meanwhile Mis. Carter Is hiiKrly enjoy
before the footlights when she dls- lnfr herself In vaudeville, hc Is said
cuBses her affairs with friends: but to be- happier than she has been for
many think that the original cause of years. Surely, sho lias had her share of
the rupture is too deep to be mended, sorrows and dlnnpntntmonts.
LTnequaled Vaudeville Broadway at Alder
Week Beginning Monday Matinee, March 22
Oh, You Little Stars, Go Hide Your Hrads la Ike Prearaee of This Monster
Afeareicatlon of Vaudeville Artists.
Here's the BIr; Kill Topper That Yon Ort W hen You Slip Five JKnrra
Aero a the Marble Slab In Front of the llox Offlrei
The Six Tasmanian Van Diemans
They Do Thinas In Midair That Yon Couldn't Io on the Ground.
This Is a Knockout
Green & Parker
These Chaps Have Lightning;
Cheated,
The Juggling Barretts
Whlrh Are Your
THE DEVIL, THE SERVANT
AND THE MAN
Italy's l.oxa l America's
Gain,
The Bernivici Brothers
Have Yon Ever Listened to That Mttle Still Yolret If Yon Have
Then Listen to
THE GREAT LESTER
Who Alexander rantaaes Offers to Yon to Fill Your Cnp of Gladness
to the Overflow.
BOXES AND FIRST ROW BAtCOVV SEATS RKSERVF.D BY I'IIOK.
MAl.t -MUll, A iiail.
aSn&rrlSS BROADWAY AT YAMHILL
Afternoons 10-1 5c
Nights. . . 15,25c
Week Commencing Monday Matinee. Mar. 22
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