TITE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, MAY 16, 19IJ '
which is heralded as being among the XX iSif T' Vt i - ? .
best ever assembled lor the Western RS ' vJ IT- 'ft' ft , r f , &tl t. 4 V -V-" 'r -"'-. .
tour by Marcus Loew. V VlR ' ' ' Ji I 7 'JLi"" ' f- ' -
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professionals, who are ambitious to V VaVtLTrt r WSr ' -tfjw I I it , ' ',; ' i
enter vaudeville, will give try-out ex- . VV f, jSffiWMaaggL TT SZf sJr I I Sr' " r . . ,-rJ "
hibitlons of their acts. Try-out night SX,1 tVw friP&-JS AP&t I si - .- ' :
now is a regular feature at the lim- ""aS' 5y!J VSy tl I V' n , ' ' "s3T? .
LTJS1TAXIA IS FEATTKE ' 'y VS U f"?' " 4 -.
".Motoring" Vies for Headline lion- f? 2455 S I I V ' V -
ors on Pantages Programme. g JVA k3 A t - - i; l
cially strong one, includes Shelley Hull, I fsg. S ai XV" " ' A ' J i
who has been Miss Burke's leading' "vA. 5T k ' t 'V J-ZSTyoZ'G.'SS i002'
man in several plays; Selene Johnson. yf?7j9f ' - mSW ' r ' . " - "' 0w'
EdwirBurcb" WM i vociy f ' v '
The production is an elaborate one, feHSa JJZyZ, 1 V "' i v ' ' '
conforming to the Frohman standard. VjCvrfy XNS" If N.V ' v f v
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ET LBONB CAS3 BAEK.
MOTION pictures are going to pre
vail at the Hellig this week, a
most exciting and out of the or
dinary run of them. too. if one cau be
lieve one's eyes. Six reels of real per
fection, a photo melodrama called
"Sealed Orders," is the attraction. They
start going today at noon and run
every day for the rest of the week.' be
ginning every day at noon and running
continuously until 11 at night. "Sealed
Orders" has romance and thrills in it.
adventures that read like a modern
war story and, truth to tell, there is
n. hint of the martial in its theme.
Tou might euess that much from its
title.
On the night of the 27th the
Apollo Club gives a concert, and
on May 28, 29. 30 and 31 "Omar, the
Tentmaker." returns, with Guy Bates
Post in the title role. On June 1-2 the
Reed College students are to present
Professor Josephine Hammond's mod
ern morality play. "Everywoman's
Itoad. and on June 3, 4 and 6 that
adorable comedienne, Blllie Burke, ar
rives in "Jerry." For the week of June
7 we are promised Chauncey Olcott in
"The Heart of Paddy Whack," and
Klsie Ferguson In "The Outcast" the
week of June 14.
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The Orpheum has become a home of
motion pictures for a while at least
aid will open today with "The Eternal
City," a. picture dramatization of Hall
Caine's novel. . Pauline Hall will ap
pear in the role of Donna Roma. At
Pantasea and the Empress and the
Lyric vaudeville continues merrily. At
Pantages Harry Tate appears in
"Motorng.', an automobile comedy, to
top the bill, and motion pictures of the
liUsitania leaving the New York dock
.nd pictures of prominent Americans
who were aboard ber will be shown.
At the Empress Franklyn Ardell. a
clever comedian, wiil present "The
Buffragette" as the headline act, while
the Lyrio offers an Australian duo.
Brown and, Lawson, in songs and
dance.
'SEAIiKD ORDERS' COMICS TODAY
eu-Reel Film Is at Heilig Theater
for Run of Seven Days. .
"Sealed Orders." a. spectacular war
story in photo-play . form, will begin a
run of seven days, and nights at the
Heilig Theater, beginning today at
noon. The film, which is in six reels
nd ts said to be an achievement in
cinematography art will run continu
ously from noon to 11 o'clock at night.
The story of "Sealed Orders" is pure
melodrama,, produced on a most spectac
ular scale. The plot is finely wrought
and clear of understanding. Through
a. cleverly conceived combination of
circumstances Lieutenant Van Houven
Is believed to be a traitor to his coun
try which has just gone to war. His
father, the Chief Admiral. . seeing his
duty to his country ahead of his af
fection as a parent, sternly orders a
courtmartlal which condemns hia son
to death. How the Lieutenant is suc
cored and his good name finally re
stored to bim through the efforts of
his devoted wife constitutes the cli
max. The story teems with tense sit
uations and incidents.
The European - diplomatic machine,
the espionage systems so thoroughly
built up abroad and other Instructive
phases of tho European situation
shown in the photoplay are of espe
cially timely interest now on account
ef the European war. The production
of "Sealed Orders" has been carried
eut on a large and spectacular scale
so as to include all this In fascinat
ing detail, and for this reason among
others the play is booked as one of
the vhotoplay sensations of the year.
The cast, which Is large, is also capa-
X. 1 T" I. nhnintrfinhv i KHirl to be
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in accord with the latest science In
motion pictures. xno mro win
shown at popular prices at the Heilig.
COMJKDIAX LEADS AT EMPRESS
lYanklrn Ardell Has leading Role
in "The Suffragette."
"Tho Suffragette," with Franklyn
AT.ioiisTid comoanv. will be the head
line attraction at the Empress this
week. Ardell for two years was with
Marie Cahlll and Eddie Foy in "The
Orchid." He has played with Margaret
lllineton and other stage ceieDrities,
but scored his biggest hit in "The
Family Cupboard" during its IS weeks'
run in New York. Ardell has trav
ersed the Orpheum circuit in "The Suf
fragette." which is a comedy playlet
with a laugh in every line. Ardell is
known as one of vaudeville's best "ad
Jib" comedians. He has been playinjr
"The Suffragette" for several years,
but never recites his lines twice the
same. His prsonality and ability as
a comedian are largely responsible for
the tremendous laughing success of
"The Suffragette."
Next place in the new show is filled
by Maude Tiffany, pretty song star,
who has Just returned from abroad.
Miss Tiffany has method and original
ity all ber own in singing popular
bongs.
Moss and Fry, colored, comedians.
are a feature of tho new show. These
funsters have the reputation of being
the funniest colored men in vaudeville.
Fourth place in the new show is
filled by Georgo d Alma, who is listed
3 the world's greatest banjoist.
D'Alma. plays popular and classical airs
on the stringed instrument, on wbicu
he is so expert that the tones are so
blended one would imagine two mu
leal instruments were being played.
The Kanazawa trio, marvelous- Jap-
anese foot Jugglers and equilibrists,
will complcto the. new Empress show.
The only authentic and exclusive
motion pictures of the last voyage of
the Lusitania will be the special feature
on the programme at Pantages for the
week beginning; with the matinee to
morrow. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and the
other notables who went down in the
greatest disaster of recent years are
shown on the deck of the gigantic liner
aa she left her dock at New York for
the last time. The loading of bag
gage and the hundreds who boarded
the wonderful vessel only to find in her
a grave are clearly shown.
The regular featured attraction will
be Harry Tate's great English farce
"Motoring," in which the original Lon
don company will appear. The act Is a
bright travesty on the ways of the
modern motorist anl It Is a real laugh,
lng success.
Ethel Taylor and Earl Arnold in. their
original song conceptions have an act
that is noticed for. its brightness and
refreshing entertainment, the material
being new aad the players having
sparkling personalities.
Johnson, Howard and Lizette appear
as an extra added attraction in a
cyclonic acrobatic act which is termi
nated with surprising feats of balanc
ing. These stars have met with distinct
success and they are deserving of the
prominent position they hold on the
programme.
Von Klein and Gibson in "Odd Bits
of Vaudeville" have an act that will
be ' appreciated by everyone. Curtis
and Ilebard are pretty girls who sing
and dance in the most approved way.
Nolan and Nolan are expert Jugglers
whose work is quite different from the
ordinary and the latest movies from
tne war are suown by the Mutual
Weekly.
Uavid Reese, the wonderful tanni-
and his vehicle, "The Garden or the
Rajah." will be seen for the final oer-
mances today and tonight, with an all
star vaudeville bill.
LYRIO ATTRACTIONS UNUSCAl
Clever Vaudeville and Interesting
I'llnis ou Programme.
The management of the Lvria Thea.
ter has obtained another remarkable
programme for the first three days of
me weeK commencing with today. The
feature attraction will be Brown and
Lawson, of the Rlcard circuit of Aus
tralia, who will make their first ap
pearance in America at this cosy playr
house. They have a line of UD-to-
date songs and dances full of ginger,
ana a ragtime specialty of their own
is said to be immense.
The Storys. who first introduced rasr-
time in Australia, will be seen in a
musical specialty of merit. Jimmie
Starr, the inonologist, will have a few
witticisms to spring and " inaidently
sing a number of the late parodies.
.excellent photoplays have been ob
tained. The feature film will bo the
Biograph's great two reeler. "The Con
fession." in which Franklin Ritchie.
Mary Malatesta, Jack Drunieir, Louise
Vale and Gretchen Hartman are the
central figures. This story is full of
neart Interest and has a thrilling' cli
max which brings the entire story to
a happy ending. "The Haunted House
of Wi!J Island," a Kalem two-reeler,
Is another excellent feature. "To tfave
Ulin for His Wife" is an excellent
comedy by the Vitugraph stars. Ow
ing to the hundreds or requests, a Mary
Pickford film wiil be shown. The en
tire show lasts more than two hours
and the prices are always the same.
lower floor and front rows balcony
at uiKht, 10c. gallery 6c. In the after
noons the lower floor is the same, but
the entire balcony and gallery is 5
cents. The shows are continuous from
11 A. M. to 11 P. M-, and on Tues
day and Friday nights amateurs are
on the programme.
MISS BILLIE BCRKE IS COMING
Star to Appear tn "Jerry" Comedy
That Won Success In New York
Miss Billte Burke comes to the Heilig
Theater June 3, 4 and 5. Her play this
season is Jerry, the American coin
edy by Catherine Chisholm Cushing, in
which she scored a notable success at
the Lyceum Theater, New York, last
Spring and in which she has been play
ing to crowded houses wherever she
has appeared this season.
Miss Burke, being an American girl
herself she was born in Washington,
D. C often has expressed a strong de
sire to impersonate an American girl
on the stage. In this play she is given
a chance to do it.
"Jerry," the girl whose name gives
the title to the play, is from Chicago
and one of the liveliest products of
that city. On a visit to relatives in a
Philadelphia suburb she has an adven
ture that provides a plot for the play.
The role, it is said, fits Miss Burke
and enables her to wear' several of
those - pretty girlish costumes that
women theater-goers always like to see
her in, and also, in one act, a fascinat
ing suit of ptnk pajamas that tet all
New York talking and that never fail.g
to delight an audience..
The supporting company, an cspc
BATES
'Omar the Tentmaker'
at Heilig on 3Iay 28.
Guy Bates Post will day his much-
heraldod engagement at the Heilig
x neater ror a return engagement or
four days, beginning Friday, May 28.
Omar the Tentmaker, a spectacular
Persian romance, by Richard Walton
Tully, based upon the life, times and
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Per
sian poet and mystic of the 11th cen
tury. This attraction was the dramatic
sensation of the past theatrical season
in New York and comes to the Heilig
Theater, Broadway at Taylor, with the
original superb cast of 100 and all the
elaborate scenic achievements - that
have made the presentation so distinctive.
In the title role, Mr. Post, by his
marvelously subtle and commanding
performance, has entrenched himself
flrmiy as the most eminent dramatic
artist upon the English-speaking stage.
Not since the passing of the late Rich
ard Mansfield has our stage seen so
splendid an example of romantic char
acterization, and Mr. Post's Interpreta
tion of the merry-souled Persian poet
bids fair to occupy a most conspicuous
niche in our National gallery of notaDlo
histrionic achievements.
"Omar the Tentmaker" Is the third
triumphant success from the pen of
DRAMATIC STAR FOUND
IN MUSICAL COMEDY ROLE
Elsie Ferguson, Coming to Heilig in "The Outcast," Recalls First Part
of Any Importance, With Its One Speaking Line.
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TIME was when biographical
sketches of all stage folk started
with a reference to some produc
tion of "Pinafore," but Elsie Ferguson,
who will be seen at the Heilig Theater
soon in "The Outcast," is one of the
younger stars and her theatrical be
ginnings were made not so long ago.
It takes no venerable theater-goer to
remember the craze of "The Belle of
New York." in which Edna May sang
the Salvation Army lassie song, and it
was in a "No. 3" road company giving
that musical comedy that Elsie Fer
guson started. That first season meant
28 weeks of one-night stands, a tour
of 175 cities, a grand cbanco to see the
United States.
Her next engagement .was in "The
Strollers" and then came "Liberty
Belles" and a chance to speak one line.
That was at the Madison Square The
ater, New York, in 1301. For the life
of her Miss Ferguson cannot remem-
cr what that line was. "in that same
company were lovely Pauline Chase,
the late Lotta Faust, Sandol Milliken
and Edna Hunter. Then came an
other season without a line and then
several seasons with increasingly im
portant and distinguishable roles. She
was getting on.
She was in London after an engage
ment with lvyrle Bellew in "Brigadier
Gerard," when Cyril Maude offered her
the part of Ella Seaford in "The Earl
of Pawtucket. It was, said Mr. Maude,
a typical American girl part. "Ha!"
said Miss Ferguson, "then I can .play
it. unless you happen to be obsessed
with the idea that a typical American
girl talks through her nose."
The next American part was in
"Pierre of the Plains." Her later his
tory is more familiar. "The Battle
"The Travelirfg Salesman," "Such
Little Queen" the electric lights came
then), "Caste, "A Matter of Money,
"Ambition.- "The iJ'irst Lady of the
Land," "Rosedale." "Arizona," "Te
iatrangc Woman," and nuVj "Outcast.
Richard Walton Tully within a space
of six years, his other two picturesque
plays being "The Bird of Paradise" and
"The Rose of the Rancho." Of the three
plays, "Omar the Tentmaker" is far
atid away the most elaborately staged
and plctorially beautiful. The lavish
settings designed by Mr. Tully and
Wilfred Buckland, depicting rose-bow-
ered gardens in old Persia, huddled
streets and busy bazaars in the ancient
City of Naishapur, and majestic palace
halls, have never been excelled upon
the American stage. The story unfold
ed in "Omar the Tentmaker" is of un
flagging interest and abounds in beau
tiful and gripping love scenes inter
spersed with thrilling; and blood-qulck-ening
episodes.
News and Gossip of Plays
and Players
Edltwl by Leone Ceaa Be.
ENRY B. WANER and Rita SUn-1-1
wood were married last week In
Chicago. Mr. Warner is known
as "Alias Jimmy Valentine" because
cf hid creation of this role. He played
it In Portland three years ago. Miss
Stanwood has been appearing In his
companies for two seasons. Three
years ago. Just after Mr. Warner had
finished his Pacific Coast tour, bis wife
was killed tn an automobile accident
in New York.
Warda Howard has gone lntd thq
movies. Warda used to be a Lyric
leading woman here In Portland, tibe
has Joined the Eesanay company.
Priscllla Knowles, who has been
vaudevllltag tor several months, has
gone back to stock. She Is playing
leads at the One Hundred and Six
teenth-Street Theater. In New York.
Not so long ago Priscilla won a motor
car in a coupon voting contest, in
which she was heralded as the most
popular leading woman In New York
State. Prlsctlla used to play in Port
land at the Lyric
' Laurette Taylor has brought down
upon herself a storm of criticism for
closing the Globe Theater for one
night In order that she might attend
the premier of ber husband s new play.
Miss Taylor is playing in "Peg o My
Heart" In London, and because she
wanted to witness "The Panorama of
Youth," the latest play by her bus
band, J. Hartley Manners, she Just
shut up shop and went. Here is how
one of the London papers commented
on her action: "The position occupied
by. stars In London, especially it would
seem American stars, is one that man
archs might envy.
"We have known of theaters being
closed because the liing desired a pri
vate performance at W indsor or be
cause of illness or the Derby or for
other good reasons. And now we have
had a theater closed because the lead
ing woman desired to be present at
the first performance of her husband's
play elsewhere. We know that at
one playhouse the deservedly popular
American leading women is undis
puted ruler of the entire company and
staff, and this, added to the closure of
another place, in order that the chief
performer might grace her husband's
premiere, makes one envious of such
aespotlc power."
All the London papers are wanting
to know why on earth Sir George
Alexander produced Hartley Manners
Panorama of Youth, anyway. TheF
say It would be so enlightening to look
into Sir George's mind.
The Panorama of Youth." they
agree, is neither a bad play with the
savins virtue of originality nor a good
play with the flaw of conventionality.
It Is Just a mediocre play, without
charm or skill or much cleverness. Its
'plot" is turgid and Its dialogue blgh-
falutin". The reason for his production
of "The Panorama of Youth" is a mys
tery. Mere error of Judgment does
not explain it. The St. James' man
ager has had hia .errors of Judgment
Ilk the rest but it has generally been
possible to detect the motive which
persuaded him to present a play to
the public This time, however, Lon
don playgoers are entirely befogged.
In Minneapolis, Bert Williams, the
negro comedian who w-as in Portland a
few weeks ago with the Ziegfied "Fol
lies," baa given the local papers a
rather interesting interview on the
subject of the negro and his proper
place in society. Williams has been so
candid and startling in some of his
statements that, throughout the Middle
West, many newspapers have com.
mented upon them editorially.
Here are a few of Williams' side
lights on his own people:
The colored man who holds himself
detached Is happiest.
The colored man who tries to get
into the white man's class is making a
bad mess of it.
"There is no such thins In the world
as social equality.
The poor white man 'kids' himself
Intrj believing he Is as good as any
other white man.
"The rich white man derives much
solace from contemplation of how much
better he is than the poor white man.
"The colored man with money h-? it
all over the poor white man without
money.
"The whole proposition jt ocl:iI dis
tinction, viewed from a detached posi
tion, is humorous."
Williams lias evidently tvo illusions
about the social fctatu of any member
of his race. He says, "I have no social
ambition myself. Individualism is tuy
guide word. I went thruu?h high
school as a youth and had ambition.
Once, like Eddie Foy. I fancied .T.y
self playing Hamlet. But I diacovered
that pigment in the fckln made a dif
ference. IJid I break my heurt over
it? Not at all. The world says that
since some people are white and some
are colored there must be some distinc
tion made a social distinction. I ac
cepted the inevitable. If there are pub
lic places that do not want to serve me
well, they are the public places I do
not care to patronise. From the white ,
man's standpoint I am socially out of
it with a large body of citizens. But
look at it from my standpoint. Con
sider my position of social aloofness.
And consider my Independence. And
money in my clothes.
"Colored boys of good looks and edu
cation who have come out of school to
face the world and who have run into
what I ran into when I started, have
come to me and asked me what to do
about it. My answer is always the
same: 'You are a negro; then Just be
what you urn. As to social recogni
tion, forget it. Ievelop yourself indi
vidually, and individualism will make
you far more distinguished among men
than you would be If you were tnergeil
in the mass of white men, most of
whom live humble lives, never have
much money and never gain any promt,
nence in the world."
Bert Williams has in his employ a
sort of secretary, .a negro man who
goes ahead of the comedian into every
city where he is to play. He arranges
for Williams' board and lodging vory
often in a private home rather than
In a hotel. He is unassuming, attend
strictly to his own ailairs, stick
rather closely to his dressing room and
walta for his fellow artists to speak
before he even so much as says good
morning.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell is in New
York reorganizing her company. Late
this month she will resume her tour
in "Pygmalion" in Milwaukee, and
strike out in the direction of the l'a
clrlo Coast for an lndeiinlte period.
he is booked for Portland in July.
HIlor!an ray that mora than 10 inline
of flit lowtr Nllo wera protct5d by artificial
ertibuiiK nientM aad oOiar wurka of tusinttr-
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MAIL ORDEIIS RECEIVED NOW
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