The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, June 13, 1915, SECTION FOUR, Image 46

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Newspaper Page Text"2 w t i : c Iff . ' i BT LEONB CASS BAEK. I PORTLAND has never been visited by Elsie Ferguson, and that is .'one of the reason her engage Went at the Heilig this week will be regarded as an important incident. Elsie Ferguson is a young actress, who rose from the chorus and remem fcers the rising. . So many who have risen forget the first steps on their ladder. She Is said to have no equal as a comedienne or an emotional artist am oner the younger generation. I i all that distinguishes the actress of really artistic instinct and the capacity to give it expression and in the beauty that singles out one woman among others of the world. Miss Ferguson is eminent on the American stage. "The play she brings us is "The Out cast," written by Hubert Henry Davies, and is a story that reflects phases of contemporary . London life. Mr. Davies is of English birth, and returned post haste to his native land last November, the week after his play, was firstpro d'lced in New York. He was .desirous of joining the allies. Word has just been received that-he- failed to pass as a soldier and is now serving as an orderly In a hospital - In France. Ho Is known chiefly to American theater goers through "Cousin Kate" and "The Mollusc." "The Outcast" Is con sidered his most sincere contribution to the theater of today. With Miss Ferguson's company are Marguerite Leslie Leslie Palmer, a nephew of Ad miral Sturdee in the British navy, and Charles Cherry, who has been leading man with Maxine Elliot, Mary Man nering. Henrietta - Crosman and . Ethel Barrymore. Miss Ferguson's engage ment begins tomorrow night and con tinues for one week,, with -matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. And after little Miss Ferguson bids us adieu Maude Adams arrives to fill an en gagement of three nights and a mati nee at the Heilig. On Monday even ing, June 21, Miss Adams presents "Quality Street" by J. M. 'Barrie. Barrie's first play, "The" Little Min ister." gave Miss Adams- her oppor tunity to come forward as a. star. The Scotchman's second work, ' -"Quality Street." enabled the little actress to steel rlveA her hold on the American theater-going public. . The. comedy was first presented in New York In Novem bcr of 1301, and it was then said; of it that it was -JTnerry, - quaint, delicately pathetic-and of charming simplicity." The comedy, scored a great hit, but arrangements made in advance of Its production, for .the presentation of other plays .caused its withdrawal at the end of the second season, and long before' it had been seen throughout the country. So this will be agreeable news to many of her admirers who have never had the opportunity of seeing her in a role in which she is credited with hav ing scored one oT : her : greatest ' sue cesses. 'Quality Street" is in four acts and takes its name from a little thoroughfare in the village which Is the scene of the action. The period Is the early 19th century, and there is a military flavor to some of the scenes which makes the revival seem oppor- tune. Barrie was in a sentimental mood when he fashioned "Quality Street," and his story deals with the love affair of Phoebe .Throssell and Valentine Brown. Several prominent players will be seen in the .supporting company. To round out the week that opens with Maude Adams, the Hejlig will of fer the Hampton Virginia Jubilee Sing er a quartet, together with motion pictures of the sunshiny south lands. After that comes Mizzi Hajos in the comic operetta "sari. . . With the object of impressing upon the minds of the American people the might and magnitude of our new Navy, as represented by our latest floating fortresses and life aboard them. Sec retary of the Navy Daniels has con ceded special courtesies to Lyman H. Howe to reproduce on hlms all the in numerable scenes, incidents, duties, ac tivities, etc., of life in our Navy. The film will be presented by Mr. Howe at the Baker Theater all this week, be ginning this afternoon at 2:15 o'clock and in the evening at 8:15. This close range acquaintance with long-range guns cannot be seen at any other ex hibition. The pictures show our blue jackets at home, at work and at play No less interesting are the close-up detail views showing the fine mechan ism and manipulation of the monster guns. Uncle Sam's methods of taisforming the wild tribes of the Philippines and getting them to adopt the ways of civ ilization comprises another exclusive feature. From head-hunting to wed ding cake is a far Cry. but the film shows just how it has all been accom plished. The absorbing process Of manufac turing machinery more accurate and careful than human hands or minds forms another feature of Howe's new programme. The scene show the making of a National cash register. An adequate conception of the magnitude of this plant at Dayton. Ohio, is im possible without witnessing this repro duction, but a faint idea may be de rived from the following facts: Forty tons of steel are used daily, besides an annual consumption of 5.000,000 pounds of foundry metal, over 400 carloads of lumber, over 200.000 pounds Of tin, 7" 1.000 locks, 4.000.000 pounds of cop per, 40.000 tons of coal and 5,000,000 pounds of paper. The exhibition is continuous for the week. . . . At Pantages Arizona Joe and his troupe of farmers, cow boys and girls with real horses tops the bill, while the Empress offers as its headltner a dramatic playlet called "The Master Move" with Beresford Lov-ett and, Mabel Florence as its prin cipals. Leah .Cohen, a Portland vo calist, is the added attraction. ELSIE FEKCISON AT HElLlti Popular Star Opens AVeek's Engage ment Tomorrow in. "Outcast." "Local theater-goers are eertaitrwto take a- keen interest in the engage vvj .vi3.!. ;. ment of Elsie Ferguson in "Outcast." play in four acts by Hubert Henry Davies. Miss Ferguson, who is ap pearing under the management of Charles Frohman Klaw & Erlanger, comes to the Heilig Theater, Broadway at Taylor street, for one week begin ning tomorrow night with matinees on Wednesday -and Saturday. Outcast ran for six months at the Lyceum Theater, New York, and was a veritable sensation. It has just closed, an engagement of two months in Chi cago, which was marked by record business: In addition to these achieve ments, the play, without Miss Fergu son, however, ran all last Summer In London, and was the only dramatic Offering there which did a profitable business at that time. Most of the Lon don theaters, as a matter of fact, were closed on account of the war. Elsie f erguson is easily one of the most popular stars on the American stage.. Mr. Davies. author of "Out cast." is chiefly known to the playgotnsr public for "The Mollusc" and "Cousin Kate." "Outcast" differs from these in that, while it, is not lacking in comedy, its central theme is serious, and there are many moments of great Intensity. The story tells of a love affair between a middle-aged English man-about-town and an American girl whom Ke cnances to -meet in London under un usual circumstances. The inevitable triangle is there, for the man has been In love with another 'Woman, and she turns up during the play's progrees3. As Miriam, the American srirl Miss Ferguson has the best part which has yet fallen to her. and in it she shines to extreme advantage. The original company, the one which supported her in New York, will be seen here. Some of . its more Important member." are Charles Cherry,- Warburton Gamble, J. Woodall Birde, Leslie Palmer. Mar guerite Leslie. .Nell Compton and Gil lian caife. The scenes of the four acts of "Outcast" are laid in London at the present time. Miss Ferguson is to visit San Fran cisco and Los Angeles, after leaving Portland. She has not hitherto appeared on me uoast as a star. PORTLAXD GIRIj IS AT EMPRESS Miss Leah Cohen, Graduate of Port land Academy, Takes to Stage. . Mies Leah .Cohen, a Portland girl praised by Madame Jomelll as possess ing a marvelous voice,' will bs the ex tra attraction at the Empress . this week. Miss Cohen will make her first appearance at the - matinee tomorrow afternoon and sing at every show throughout the week. She will feature "The Kiss Waltz," a sOng introduced by Patti, and "The Swallows," by Cowan. Her repertoire also will include several old-time songs. Miss Cohen was born and reared in Portland and is a graduate of the Port land Academy. She has been studying vocalization since early childhood and returned to Portland last year after coaching under noted singing masters in New York. She is a member of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, the McDowell Club and the Madrigal Club. Miss Cohen scored one of the greatest hits ever made by an operatic singer at a recent Press Club jinks. She sang at the orpheum at', the benefit for the firemen's fund and the police band and it was her appearance there that led to her engagement at the Empress by H.- W. Pierong. manager of the Empress. Miss Cohen is the first Port land songstress booked by John W. Considine since his resumption of con trol of the Empress circuit. The headliners of the new Empress show are Beresford Lovett and Mabel Florence in "The Master Move," a play let of gripping interest. This playlet is praiEed as being one of the best two- person acts in vaudeville, the sltua lions, dialogue and surprise element having the finesse of a play with large cast. An old-time favorite fills second place in the show. He is Lew Wells, Who is programmed to play a return engagement of his act, which consists of laughable monologue and saxophone eccentricities. Then come Grannis and Grannis, Ital ian operatic stars, recently recruited from big-time vaudeville. They feature classical selections, and popular airs also find place in their repertoire. Elmina, "The "Venus of the Flying Trapeze." is another feature artist of the new Empress show. Elmina per forms thrilling feats and has an amus ing monologue, which she goes through noncnalantly while she is in midair. The two Bryants. European panto mimlsts, complete the show. A make believe dummy is a feature of this act. . Portland entertainers who are ambi tious to enter vaudeville will give try- out exhibitions of their acts at the Em press next Thursday night In connec tion with the second show. WILD WEST ACT AT PANTAGES Cowboys and Covrglrls and Bucking Horses Present "Arizona Joe." Sweeping upon the audience like the wild, unfettered Western breeze in which its action is laid; the striking drama success, "Arizona Joe," with its huge company of cowboys and cow girls, its bucking horses and its tens moments, comes . featured at Pantages for the week commencing; with th matinee tomorrow. ' . One of the striking figures in the production is Miss Adele von Der Ah! a prominent American horsewoman who gives a. demonstration of the art Of riding bucking horses and of lasso throwing. Her work will be a revela "lion, even to those familiar with the gay. free life Of the great plains. Every member of the company is masterly horseman. The production is one of the larges presented . in vaudeville, and the pro Auction is widely Known as the Be Hur of Vaudeville. ' Bucking horses an two carloads of scenery are employed in making the act the most striking. "When Caesar C's Her" Is a hilarlou laughing hit, a wonderfully clever bur TIIE SUNDAY OITEGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 13, 1915. " -tew . : yk(f:2Si fc &fl' esque on "Julius Caesar." in which Leonard, Anderson and company appear as the special added- attraction. The dialogue- is designed to create laugh ter, and its object is easily accom plished, for the lines are admirably bandied by the talented players. Jack Northlane and Edna Ward are musical - comedy favorites who come with an extensive record of Eastern successes, and they will be heard in their latest song hits. Mr. Northlane and Miss Ward are winning dancers and they will offer their latest dance creations. Venita Gould is a charming songstress whose chief bid for "fame Is an able mpersonation of such notables s Mine. Naaimova, - Mme. Petrova. Julia Eltinge and other favorites. - Miss Gould -has made a careful study of the manner- sms of each noted player and. conse quently, her actis a most artistic one. September Morn in Africa is a laughing hit given by the .three Rainos, who are notable acrobats and tumblers. Their work is finished and they will not only offer daring athletic novelties. but the humor that is mixed in the act will provoke many a laugh. The Mutual Weekly will show the latest in pictorial war news, and Pan tages' Concert Orchestra will be heard under the direction of Professor H. K. Evenson. Stuart, the male Patti, one of the famous folk of the stage, will close a successful engagement with his ner- forraances this afternoon and tonight, supported by a programme of un equaled vaudeville. IIEILTG GETS HAMPTON STAGERS Best Plantation Quartet in Amer ica" Coming Here Juno 24, 2 5, 8. "The Best Plantation Ounpf in America" is the title by which the Hampton singers are known through out, u.u r.njov. anu it is this famous quartet of singers that will appear at the Heilig Theater, Broadway at Tay lor, June 24, 20 and 26, on their way to fill a two months' engagement at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The programme nere will be the same as that to be given In the great music hail at the exposition, and inMnrf. tn9n of the original negro plantation melo dies wnien were sung in the cabin on the big Southern plantations before the war. Musicians look upon these melodies as the true American folk songs, o Some of the well-loved maloiti.. ir, be heard here, sung as only the Hamp ton Chorus can sing them, include "No body Knows de Trouble I've Seen," "My Lord. What a Morning, When the Stars Begin to Fall," "De Ole Ark a-Moverin' Along.". "Old Black Joe" 'Way Down Upon the Suanee River," There's a Meeting Here Tonight," 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." "Mv old Kentucky Home"' and other favorites. In addition to the singing, a series of most interesting moving pictures, showing life in the cotton fields in the South, will be shown, with an interest ing description by William S. Dodd, the well-knOwn lecturer, who Infuses into his talk many amusing Incidents of me ana customs beyond the Mason and Dixon line. ' MAUDE ADAMS IS OX WAY HERE "Quality Street" Will Be Noted Of fering at Heilig Soon. Maude Adams comes to the Heilig Theafer, Broadway at Taylor, three nights, beginning Monday, June 21, with a matinee Wednesday, when she will be seen In a special revival that she has been planning for a long time of "Quality Street." This Is one of the early plays by J. M. Barrie, it hav ing come immediately after "The Little Minister." In the first play Barrie showed that he was a skilled dramatist; in "Quality Street" he went further and proved It. -His first work, was no accident, and there are any number of people who will hail the opportunity of again seeing "Quality Street" with positive pleasure. To them. Phoebe Throssell always will remain one of Miss Adams' most charming characterizations. It is a great tribute to Barrie's skill as a dramatist that his Plays have lasting qualities that do not eeem to be pos sessed by the. works of his contempo raries. There is no age limit to romance and sentiment. Years after "Peter Pan" was thought to have run its theatrical course it was revived and Miss Adams found it more popular than when It fWm . 7 lMli Al- II J tc; V v - : x x; W was first made known. She Is now having the Same experience with "Quality Street" In the cities in which it already has been given the sweet ness of , Its story and the pictures of 1 the life that it depicts have won for It the most sincere appreciation. "Quality Street" is the name given to a narrow little place in England in the long ago. The story deals with America in Time of War GermaAmtrleana Would Be Loyal and Efficient Help. . Gregory Mason, in The Outlook. EVERYONE is thihking of what few dare mention: If it comes to war, what thent Would We be prepared? If not. what would we have to do to get ready, and how much .time would this preparation require? ' " In the event of war with Germany, would the German-Americans and the Germans living in this country be loyal to America, hostile to her, or neutral? These questions have disturbed the peace of mind of Americans with in creasing insistency. But. because of the half-formed popular superstition that to speak of trouble invites it, few men have Spoken of these things direct ly or have faced the situation squarely. The myth that la Washington and other cities concrete foundations have been built for German artillery has .been, perniciously active, and audacious the people who live on this little street, principal among whom are Susan and Phoebe Throssell and the manly young doctor, Valentine Brown. There is a love story, you may be sure, and it is in its working out -that one's interest and sympathies are aroused. A com petent company, will be found sur rounding Miss Adams in the presenta tion of the play. gossip -has even had it that in case of hostilities With the Kaisers govern tnent an army of 250,000 German Americans from New York City and vicinity would "hasten to seize the metropolis in the name of the father land. To get for the readers of the Outlook the facts of these matters from the chaff Of idle tittle-tattle that en velops them I recently talked with offi cers of our Army, Navy and militia, and with several prominent Americans of foreign origin. Officials Not Disturbed. In regard to the possibility of danger from German-Americans and Germans here not yet naturalized, it was the unanimous opinion of the officers with whom I conversed that: 1. The talk of "concrete foundations' and Of other preparations fof invasion and Of organized resistance by Ger mans and .German-Americans, is very malicious poppycock. 2. The German-Americans would be loyal to the last man. 3. At the most, trouble from the un naturalized Germans would-be confined to isolated riots and small disturbances -which the police could handle. Bernbard Kidder, a son of Herman Ridder, editor of the New York Staats-Zeitung, who assists his father in the management of that leading or gan of German-American opinion, said that "in the deplorable event of war between Germany and America the po- ition of Oerman-Americans would be most painful. It would be analogous to the position of citizens of Kentucky and other Middle States in the Ameri can Civil War. "There would undoubtedly be rioting on the part of unnaturalized Germans living in America," Mr.- Ridder de clared. "But," he added, "thore is a great difference between the Germans here and the German-Americans. Invasion Would Be Repelled. If an army were raised to help the allies in Europe, German-Americans Could not be expected to enlist, but I would like to point out that if the United States were Invaded the German newspapers in America couid. and would, raise a volunteer army of more than a million German-Americans be tween the ages of 25 and "40 who have had military training" m bermany. Than men would fieht as valiantly as the 180.000 Germans fought with the North in the Civil War. Thus America micrht be saved from invasion by adopt ed citizens trained under the very mili taristic regime which Americans pro fess to desDise. I went to Charles Winter, tne Ausiro- Hungarian First Vice-Consul at New York, with this suggestion or air. bin der's, and asked him about the Ameri cans of Austrian birth. "I should estimate that there are over 200.000 Austro-Amerlcans who have had military training," said Mr. Winter, "and who' would fight as bravely . as arty other . Americaps to protect their adopted land from a foreign foe." 'Points of Weakness Cited. War tomorrow., next week, or next month, -Would find the United Slates unprepared. We are not only too proud to fight, but we nave been too proud and too stupid to anticipate and to pre pare for the-posslbility. of a. fight being forced upon us. Space forbids going into many details and - statistics to back uo this contention, but there is ample proof of the" truth of It in the following statements .vouched for by all the Army officers with whom I talked: ' 1. For' the defense of this country there are now ' within' Continental United States only 90,000. widely scat tered mobile troops, including militia. 2. After the landing of an enemy at a point on one of our coasts 30 days would be required to concentrate these 90.000 effectives against the hostile army. 3. We could jiot provide the neces- sarv field artillery, ammunition and ammunition trains to equip an ade quate army" of defense for 18 months after the landing of an enemy. 4. "Wis have no reserve to reinforce our slight army of regulars and militia. - 5. In case of Invasion by a first-class power' we would need in regular and militia field forces, coastguard forces. volunteers, etc.. about 1.000,000 men. For nine-tenths of this force we have today practically no reserve or uni forms, tents, transportation equipment and other military supplies, and atmo- lutely no artillery, .We should also 3 find ourselves minus 30,000 orflcers to lead the volunteers. 6. The recent fleet maneuvers in the Atlantic proved that our Navy is alto gether unready In the matter of battle cruisers, fast scout cruisers and sub marines to meet the navy of ono of tho great powers. So much for our unreadiness for war in the future with any first-class power. Now. as to any possible war under present circumstances: If in the near future we are forced into the present world war. for sev- " eral months we could do next to noth ing. We might send our fleet to the Dardanelles, but it would not be a tre mendous retnforcement- to the allies, for we have only eight first-line bat- tleships. and by the end of tills year England alone will have turned out 13 of such vessels since the war began. We might begin to raise and train a volunteer army of 600.000 men to send to the trenches in France and Belgium, but at least six months would be re quired to train such a force, and then to transport them wo should have to charter foreign ships or confiscate the German vessels in our ports. In short, it is an open question whether the allies would welcome our participation as a belligerent as much as they wel come the munitions of war from a neu tral nation. INFORMATION IS REFUSED Women and Census Takers Keep Chief Manhattan Director Busy. NEW YORK. June 7. The telephone buzzed all dav recently in the office of Alexander Wolf, chief census director for Manhattan ahd the Bronx. "ine second Isy of tho census brought in besides 40.000 more names, maKing a total of 740,000 enumerated, queries and complaints from exasperated census takers and a bewildered populace from the battery to Yonkers. "Is this Mr. Wolf?" a voice would ask. "This is Blank, enumerator In the Bronx. A woman won't give me any information at all; says it is none of my business. What shall I dor' "Oh, go back at nisht when her hus band's home," was Mr. Wolf's answer. "We have lots of those cases," he re marked, when the bell cut in again. "I am Mrs. Pash. There's a man here says he's a census taker and he asks me all kinds of questions and writes down the answers. Has he any right to do that?" "Certainly, madam, the law requires it," Mr. Wolf answered wearily. $20,000 FOR PROFESSORS French Prizes Awarded for Vnti Typlioid Vaccjne Discover ies. PARIS. June 10. The Osiris and De brousse prizes, amounting to 100.000 francs ($30,000) were today presented to Professor M. A. Vincent, of the Val de Grace Military Hospital, who re ceived 50,000 francs, and Professors Chantemeese and Vldai who received 25,000 francs each. The prizes were awarded for dlsre verios in connection .with anti-typhoid vaccines .