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MAUDE) ADAMS' popularity la such
that she would be enthusiastical
ly welcomed in Portland or else
where, though It 1 with ourselves we
axe most concerned. No matter what
her vehicle might be, .we should hall
her gladly. But we are particularly
fortunate in that she brings us J. IS.
Barrie's "Quality Street" In this play
there is to bo found the rarest of com
binations of play and players which
will yield the deepest delight. It is
about 10 years since Miss Adams laid
aside this comedy reluctantly, but with
- a determination to revive it at some
later, day. Its presentation this sea
son' has more than Justified the faith
reposed in it by the late Charles Froh
man and his most famous star, Maude
Adams. In this connection it is inter
esting: to know that just last week Al
fred Hay man, for many years the right
hand man- of the late Charles Frohman
and manager of all his theatrical enter
prises, went to San Francisco osten
sibly, to see the Exposition, but in real
ity 'to see Maude Adams. Billle Burke
and John Drew.
He wanted to ask them if they would
continue to play under the Frohman
name, in spite of the fact that they
are bound only by verbal contracts
All three stars save. Mr. Hayman
their word that they will continue un- '
der the Frohman banner. For those to
whom Miss Adams" play is utterly new
the following: brief resume may prove
f Interest: When Napoleon was
threatening Great Britain. Valentine
Brown, a huge, manly fellow, was a
physician without patients. Near by.
In the same quaint village street, lived
Susan and Phoebe ThrosselL Susan
was an old maid and Phoebe was rap
Idly becoming equally confirmed in
epinsterhood. But she felt in love with
Mr. Brown and be fell in love with her.
The romance was the center of tremen
dous interest along Quality street.
While tongues are wagging fastest Mr.
Brown visited Miss Phoebe, He was in
great mental anguish. Surely he was
about to speak his mind and avow his
passion. But he didn't." He merely
called to tell the Throssels that he
was about to enlist and help the
wounded at the front. Then he de
parts to the wars, after having given
Phoebe some advice in a. business way.
which advice she follows and is re
duced to actual want. When he re
turns as Captain Brown he finds her
In this distress and he also discovers
that he cannot live without her, and so
he doesn't. The play thus ends in true
Barrie fashion.
Miss Adams will again be seen as
Phoebe with the ringlets and she will
be surrounded by a most excellent com-
party. Her engagement is for three
evenings, opening tomorrow evening at
the Heilig. There will be a matinee on
Wednesday.
To round out the week the Hampton-,
Virginia quartet of lingers will be at
the Heilig and besides a concert every
evening they will be heard at a mati
nee on Saturday. At each concert mo
tion pictures of the Sunny South, will
be shown between whiles.
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On Sunday evening, June 27, arrives
the fascinating Mizzi Hajos in "Sari."
which is said to be the biggest success
In the way of an operetta in Europe or
this country for a number of years. It
rivals "The Merry Widow" in popu
larity and contains many song hits
with which the public is already famil
iar from having heard them In the
cafes and at dances.
The piece ran for a year and a half
in New Tork and has made & corre
sponding big success in Boston, Phila
delphia, Chicago and San Francisco,
Mizzl Hajos. of "Spring Maid" fame,
created the leading role in "Sari" jn
New York and is said to be quite as
delightful and sparkling as when seen
in her former success.
Also in Miss Hajos company Is
Charles Meakins, remembered here as
the dashing lieutenant with Mabel Wit
her in "The Merry Widow."
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Along in July the 12th. to be exact
Mrs. Pat Campbell is to be at the Heilig
In "Pygmalion" and. in "The Seeond
Mrs. Tanqueray. staying for a week in
the alternating bills.
Dramatic playlets top the bills at
both vaudeville houses. At the Em
press Irving F. Cooper presents "Ev
erybody," with four people in the cast,
while Pantages offers the well-known
Eastern stock actress, Sara Padden, in
a thrilling sketch, "The Little Shep
herd." ...
MATJDE ADAMS DUE T03IORKOW
Popular Actress to Be Seen in Bar
rie's. Cbanning'Play. 1"
Maude Adams . comes to the Heilig
Theater, Broadway at Taylor, for three
nignts, Beginning tomorrow (Monday),
with a matinee Wednesday, in a revival
of J. M- Barrie's comedy. "Quality
Street." This was the second play from
Barrie's pen that Miss Adams made
known In this country, it having imroa
diately followed "The Little Minister."
Upon its original production its due.
cess was pronounced, a.nd it was with
regret that Miss Adams laid It aijde.
She always felt, however, that she
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would some day take it up again, and
her decision to do so this season seems
to have been & wise one.
Admirers of the Scotch dramatist
have found him in many delightful
moods. In "Quality Street" he Is senti
mental, quaint, sympathetic and humor
ous. His heroines have all been charm
ing, and Phoebe Tbrossell will always
remain one of his most adorable char
acterizations. Phoebe and her sister.
Susan, lived in the long ago in a little
village that boasted of its gentility.
It had its respectable poverty as well
as its riches. Susan was a confirmed
old maid, and it looked as if Phoebe
would be the same until Valentine
Brown, who Jived in the same street,
came into her life. .Then the neigh
bors wondered if it were going to be a
"match." But instead of the expected
proposal there came word that the
young doctor was going to the Napol
eonic wars and- so It looked' as If
Phoebe's romance was at an .end. Of
course the young doctor returns. He
finds that Miss Phoebe, having taken
his business advice, is in penury, and
he finds other things, including his love
for the little woman with the ringlets.
Barrie indulges in metaphor in de
scribing bis play. He likens the love
affair of Phoebe and Valentine' Brown
to a garden in which a weed appears.
But one can feel that though sorrow
overtakes the sisters, and a weed at
tacks the garden of their simple- lives,
the audience- can smile through dim
eyes while knowing that the flowers
will yet drive the weed from the gar
den. The comedy is in four acts. Miss
Adams will essay her old role of
Phoebe. In-the supporting company are
Charles Hammond, Morton Selton, B.
Peyton Carter, Fred Tyler, Stafford
Windsor, Eliae Clarens, Leonore Chip
pendale, Angela Ogden. Sarah Converse
and Katharine Rodgers.
ALLEGORICAL- "PLAY 'IS BILLED
"Everybody" Headllner at Empress
Theater This Week. .
"Everybody,", a companion piece cif
the celebrated road production, "Every
woman." will be the headline attrac
tion at the Empress this week. "Every
body" is- the biggest dramatic produc
tion in present-day vaudeville. It is
presented by a company of 12 persons,
all of whom were selected from Broad
way successes. "Everybody" is In four
scenes and a carload of special scenery
is carried that the production may be
presented in the , Far West with the
same finesse that 'marked its New Tork
presentation. The four scenes depict
"The Luncheon Hour," VThe Pleasure
Hour." "The Darkest Hour." and "The
Future Hour." The act requires 25 min
utes and is said to be full of reasoning
tending to elevate the standard of liv
ing by all who see the wanderings of
"Everybody." . .
The allegorical playlet shows bow
"Everybody" leaves "Honesty" for
"Shirk" and "Pleasure" after taking a
chance with "Luck" despite the warn
ing given by. "Advice." Then an "Old
Sport" comes along, flirts with "Luck"
and fickle "Luck" leaves "Everybody"
for her new acquaintance. "Everybody"
is spurned by all except "Advice" who
brings him back to "Work" and "Hon
esty" through whom "Everybody" wins
"Fortune."
Next in Importance In the new Em
press show is Elizabeth Cutty, former
ly of the Six Musical Cuttys. an .Or
pheum feature. Miss Cutty will present
song and violin selections. Miss Cutty
Is a handsome woman and wears beau
tiful gowns. - ;
Then comes George Teomans, a monol
ogist new to the West. Teomans wins
countless laughs with his recital of the
discomforts of living in New York. He
tells especially about subway jams and
the Inconvenience of dining in cuiek
lunch restaurants.
Shaw and Lee, a clever dancing duo,
will entertain with brand-pew steps.
These entertainers were recruited re
cently by John W. Considine from a
New Tork cabaret.
- The Ahearns in novel feats of strength
will complete the new show.
Portland entertainers who desire to
enter vaudeville will give try-out ex
hibitions of their acts at the Empress
next Thursday night in connection with
the second show. ,
Miss Leah Cohen, Portland vocalist,
will sing farewell at the Empress to
night. ..' -- -. , -
SA3UH PADDEf AT PANTAGES
Star of "TWrd Degree" in New Play
Heads Remarkable BUI.
"The best ' aggregation of "big-time
vaudeville attractions at popular prices
to be brought to the Coast."
So said Alexander Pantages at Seat
tle recently when he saw the bill head
ed by the distinguished artiste, Sarah
Padden, In Howard McKent Barnes'
striking production, "The Little Shep
erd of Bargain Row,
This same bUJ is to be the attraction
at Rantages for the week commencing
with the matinee tomorrow, and Port'
SUNDAY OR
land patrons of vaudeville can rest as
sured that the programme will be one
of the best seen here.
Miss Padden, former leading woman
with "The Third Degree," in which she
achieved a nation-wide reputation, has
a remarkable vehicle in her present
one. and she is presented under the
management of the United Play Com
pany. Inc. and her support has been
selected from some of the most clever
players . in the East. x
"The Little Shepherd of Bargain
Row." with Miss . Padden in the cast,
has been a positive sensation through
out the East, where it was presented
at top prices, and she will appear only
on the Pantages circuit on her present
tour. , - '
Royal funmakers are Friend and
Downing, who hold a niche of their
own in vaudeville's Hall of Fame. With
the Ishikawa brothers, four Japanese
athletes and tricksters, they will ap
pear as the special added attraction.
Mr. Friend's characterization of the
Hebrew type is an artistic one, not re
lying on horseplay or questionable wit
for success, and Mr, Downing proves
a capable foil to keep hilarity at Its
height. Friend and Dowling come di
rect from the East, where they, have
scored heavily. "
Acrobatie feats which only expert
Japanese can accomplish will, be of
fered by the Ishikawa brothers, who
make their first appearance . here in
vaudeville, and they do not confine
their amusement to this work, but they
offer numerous episodes which enter,
tain In admirable fashion. They have
the distinction of appearing in the im
perial playhouses of Japan.
Dorothy Vaughn is a charming sing
ing comedienne whose sparkling per
sonality and original manner of ren
dering her songs has made her & pop
ular attraction wherever she appears.
Her numbers .are new and her gowns
are striking.
West - and '.Vafi SIclen are excellent
musicians, introducing artistic num
bers on the French' horns, cornets and
novelty Instruments, and the Randow
Trio is composed of cyclonic acrobats
who keep ttelr . audience laughing
with .thiir madcap gyrations.
The latest, pictorial news from the
European war will be shown by the
Mutual Weekly.
"Arizona Joe." the gigantic produc
tion - of life on . the plains, with Miss
Adele von Ah I, will conclude its en
gagement with the performances this
afternoon and tonight, the first night
performance starting' promptly at 6:30
o'clock . ..
HAMPTON QUARTET DrEBEKE
HelHs. Theaterspcrs Soon to Jiear
All Old Southern Melodies.
The attraction at the Heilig theater.
Broadway- at Taylor, for threo nights,
beginning next Thursday, June 24. with
ft bargain matinee Saturday., will be .ths
THE HAMPTON QUARTET AT HEILIG THEATER NEXT THURS
DAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY.
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LEFT TO HIGHT-rCHARlES TVSES, TE.OR jOHS WAINWRIGHT,
BASS) SAMUEL PH1LUPS. BARITONE) CHARLES BAILEY,
ration.
The famous Hampton quirtot, together with motion pictures ef the
old South, will be the attraction at the Heilig Theater for three nights,,
beginning xt Thursday, with, a matinee Saturday,1. '
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famous Hampton Quartet, who will sing
all the beautiful old Southern melodies
loved so well and beard so seldom.
They will be sung by the : most cele
brated quartet of negro singers in this
country, who are now en route" to' fill
a two months' engagement In the big
Music Hall at the Panama-Pacific Ex
position. In addition to the plantation melodies,
the programme will include a series of
most interesting moving pictures, por
traying life and scenes in the old South
beyond the Mason and Dixon line. Mr.
William S. Dodd. the well-known lec
turer, will accompany the pictures with
interesting descriptions and amusing
incidents of life in the old days, as well
as the present. - - -. -,
The Hampton Quartet to be heard
here includes the same ' singers who
have charmed the fashionable residents
of Newport. Bar Harbor, and the other
leading Eastern resorts during the last
several Summers. They also give an
nual concerts in the largest halls and
auditoriums in New Tork City. Wash
ington. Baltimore, Philadelphia, and the
principal cities throughout the Middle
West. .
OPERETTA "SARI" IS DUE SOON
Musical Success of Eastern Cities to
- Be Given at Heilig. '
"Sari,'1 "with Miszi Hajos. now dupli
cating on' 'the- Pacific '; Coast the tre
mendous hit which It achieved all last
season and half -of- this In "New York.
City, and- has since ' repeated ..in Bos
ton, Philadelphia, Pittsburg. Chicago.
St. Louis and Denver, will come to the
Heilig Theater. Broadway at Taylor
street, for four nights, beginning Sun
day, June 37,- with -a Wednesday mati
nee. .v .; .- -; . .....
As an operetta,' , critics have pronounced-
It superior te - "The Merry
Widow." Both operettas were produced
by Henry W. Savage, and Mr. Savage's
name as. producer Df a musical' offer
ing is . a guarantee of its - excellence
musjcajiy,. scenioany ana., as .an entertaining-story.
"Sari" has been -adapted to Ameri
can requirements by : C. C'S. Cushlng
and E. P. Heath. It has real comedy,
and tells a consistent and- Interesting
story. The -music has all the fire and
passion of the best Hungarian light
opera music. Jt will be Interpreted
by a. '. large special Savage orchestra.
The name part Is' acted and sung- by
Mtril Hajos. who demonstrates in this
role her great gifts as oubrette, prima
donna,' comedienne snd dancer.'
Others in the . original , New Tork
cast, which will be seen here, are
Charles Meakins, Bert Gilbert, Gretchen
Hood, Howard- Marsh; - John Squires
and others. .
Academy Graduates Eight.
SALEM, Or.,' June 1$. rSpecial.)
The following, .are the . graduates of
5"M ' . - 'W.-V-
JUNE 20,
Sacred Heart Academy of this city,
which held Its commencement exer
cises Thursday evening at the Grand
Opera-House: Latin course. Cecilia
Gertrude Campbell, Eliza Nolan. Caro
line Mary O'Connell, Gertrude-Patricia
Robison; modern language course, Mary
Helen Barr, Vera Mildred Brunk. Ruth
Ann Cooper: senior pianoforte course,
Louise Elizabeth Berndorfner. Rev. A.
A. Moore, pastor of St. Joseph's Church,
presented the diplomas to the gradu
ates and Rev. J. M. O'Farrell, of Wood
burn, delivered the. principal address.
News and Gossip of Plays
and Players.
Edited by Leone Cass Baer. -
PHILADELPHIA physician has de-
clared that sunshine has a bad ef
feet on the temperament of blonde ac
tresses. Just so. But I never knew a
blonde actress or any other shade who
ever, saw the sun rise.
Besfdes, they can always walk on the
shady side of the street. -
Dr dye. V , '
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. V Actress leaves husband after a quar
rel ' over the 'Goldfish,' " says an ac
count. My'ldea of an absolutely Ideally
congenial pair would be that couple
who -could fight over a mess of gold
fish.
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When will vaudeville flayers learn
that the public which patronizes the
aters is not one bit interested in the
Players' billing, their position on' the
bill, or the size of their dressing-rooms?
All we want, or care a tinker's conti
nental for. Is for the player to deliver
the goods on the stasre. ' A musical
horse or a trained goat or a humble
rooster walking a tljht rope is as much
to a-jferson In the ' theater seat as a
man ' who dances or a woman who
shrieks a song. - Some day .vaudeville
players will understand that if they
receive a fair share of the applause and
are paid their salaries at the end , of
the week they should be satisfied.
Occasionally we run across vaude
ville folk who - seem to labor un
der the idea that they are-the entire
show, and that the curtain pever could
struggle up without them. They are
the - self-appointed , autocrats of the
playhouses. Which is all brought to
mind by the efforts of powers that be
in New Tork back of vaudeville book
ings, who are doing the best they can
to - disillusionize' ' these conceit-filled
ones. One player Is dissatisfied with
his position on a bill and he' quits. An
other is fretted because some woman
headllner is not billed to suit him and
he threatens to take her off the bill.
The way the names are displayed in
front of the playhouse is trying to an
other temperamental vaudevillian and
trouble follows, the act is canceled and
at the eleventh hour some one else is
engaged to fill in. And so it goes. The
players, however, are learning to their
cost that they cannot dictate to the
powers.
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No further light has been thrown-on
the circumstances surrounding the
death of Alice Patek. That she died
from asphyxiation is known ' and her
family and friends scout the suicide
theory. Miss Patek's death occurred in
a hotel in Chicago a few days ago. She
was appearing there in Jack Lait's
comedy, "Help Wanted." and had scored
a big personal success. Her father is
Alfred Patek, once managing editor of
the Denver Post, and now retired in
that city.- Her sister is Florence Patek,
a free lance writer en the Chicago
American. The season of 1913-14 at the
old Eleventh-street Baker - playhouse
Miss Patek was ingenue. Later she
went on tour with Leo Ditrichstein in
"The Concert Master" and appeared in
stock in Denver prior to her engage
ment in Chicago In "Help Wanted." She
rwas about 20 years old, and was a
lovely." cultured young girl.
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Bobble Lawlor.' who . appeared with
Cathrine Countiss in stock here.' Is
juvenile in stock at the Columbus The
ater in Santa Rosa. Cal. Auda Due is
leading woman. -
Julie Opp will return to the stage
neKt year to assume leading roles with
her husband, William. Faversham. For
the past two' and a half years' Miss
Opp has been ill, but her phycisians
now declare that her health has been
sufficiently recovered to enable her to
resume her work. Upon the conclusion
of Mr, Faversham'a tour in "The Hawk"
Miss Opp willtbe.a member of an all
star company that Mr. Faversham is
organizing for next Spring to appear
in a series of Shakespearean revivals,
and Miss Opp will play the role as
sumed last season by the young French
actress. Mile. Dorziat. .
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Answer to Aida rMizzi .. Hajos Is
Hungarian. . Her name Is pronounced
as if spelled MItsy Hyosh. The name
of her musical comedy Is "Sari." and is
pronounced as. if spelled 'Shar-ee, ac
centing the last syllable. . -
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At the Denham Theater in Denver
the stock star system is being tried
this Summer. The management hopes
that because of the excessive railroad
rates now in force, many stars will be
glad of the chance t make a tour of
atook houses instead of carrying their
own companies about the country at a
prohibitive expense. A circuit of star
stock houses may be the outcome of
the Den ham's movement.
Florence Roberts Is the first of the
stars to appear at- the- Denham, her
plays being "Zaza." "The Strength of
the Weak," and "The . Claim." Next
comes Otis Skinner In "Kismet" and
"The Honor of His Family."
Anna Held may be as temperamental
as Eva Tanguay and Michael B.
Leavitt. who has dealt with actresses
for nigh on to 60 years, man and boy,
swears she ' is but she has a legal
right, in the eyes of an American jury,
to change her mind, if it puts money in
her purse.
It took a Jury in Justice Dugro's
part of the Supreme Court two hours
to determine that after listening for
two days to testimony pro and con
in Leavitt's suit against Miss Held for
$5000. Leavitt told the jury his pock
etbook had suffered to that extent
when she had changed her mind about
sgning a conract with George W.
Lederer to appear in this country and
had chosen instead to head her own
company in a vaudeville revue for
John Cort. Leavitt was to have had
$250 a week in commissions had Miss
Held signed with Lederer.
Leavitt admitted he had no contract
with Miss Held, but said he had relied
implicitly on her solemn word that she
liked the Lederer proposition very
much. The comedienne, in a deposition
taken in Paris, where she's pursing
wounded soldiers, admitted her" prom
ise, but said ' she just couldn't resist
the Cort temptation when she found
It would mean $1000 more a week.
As attorneys for Miss Held, Harry
Steinfeld and Leon Laskl. tried in vain
to find her manager, John . Marinelli,
and bring him to court as a witness.
They were unsuccessful and had . to
rely on cross-examining Lederer. Out
two hours, the Jury returned a verdict
in Miss Held's favor.
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Although formal announcement is
yfet to come, the arrangements are all
completed for Ethel Barryroore's ap
pearance in a eta are version of Edna
Ferber's stories, "Roast Beef Medium"
and the others in which Edna Mc
Chesney is the central character.
The Frohman office, in consummat
ing this arrangement. Is merely car-s
rylng out plans formulated by Charles
Frohman several months before his
death. He was able to acquire the use
of this play for Miss Barrymore by an
arrangement with Joseph Brooks, who
pwns the dramatic rights of the
stories, and who more than a year ago
commissioned a. playwright to adapt
them to dramatic form. The version
which Miss Barrymore will use Is be
ing written by George V. Hobart.
'A rather curious coincidence under
lies the consummation of this plan.
Last Summer, when Miss Barrymore
and her husband were dining with a
party of frl-nds at Long Beach, the ac
tress mentioned that she was eager to
acquire the rights of "Roast Beef Me
dium," slnoe she regarded the charac
ter of Mrs. McChesney, the traveling
saleswoman, as Ideal or her. She
added that the following morning she
was going to New Tork to negotiate
for the rights. '
It happened that the following day
a member of the dinner party met
Joseph Brooks, who mentioned in the
course of conversation that he had
purchased the Stage rights of the
Edna Ferber stories. He remarked
also that he considered Ethel Barry
more ideal for the role. The acquaint
ance then informed him that Miss
Barrymore agreed with- him, and a
few days later Mr. Brooks, after a
conference with Mr. Frohman. arr
ranged the details of a contract.
The production will be launched
early next season.
Elsie Ferguson observed the other
day that it's strange that one little
letter should mark the generic differ
ence between ee respondent and com
respondent, when a big bunch of let
ters frequently makes the two indi
vidually identical.
Portland may now heave a sigh of
relief. Billy Sunday says in print. Tra
not going anywhere I'm not wanted."
Faye Cusick, a Portland girl for
merly In May Robeon's company but
now with the Cecil Spooner stock la
Baltimore, was married lately to Vic-,
tor C. Sutherland, leading man wita
Miss Spooner s company.
Nana L. MacLean, leading woman
with Kolb and Dill under, the stagre
name of Nana Bryant, but who is
better known to local divorce court
attaches as "the long-distance di
vorcee," received a final decree in
Judge Van Nostrand's Court yesterday
from Phineas MacLean. an actor.
Mrs. MacLean brought suit for di
vorce In San Francisco In February,
1914, at which time she was leadinf?
woman with "The Traffic," which was
playing Chicago. Her attorneys sought
to get the divorce on depositions.
Judge Morgan, however, emphatically
declined to grant a "long-distance"
decree and the case was stricken from
the calendar.-
The following June Mrs. MacLean
came to San Francisco and obtained
her decree in person. She ramained
here to be leading woman for Kolb
and Dili:
She was awarded the custody of
minor son, but no alimony.
nrnn.A.A Tin . . . , - .
iiiarsnci lEitngion says in an in
terview In New York, where she la
appearing In "The Lie." that her dead
liest foe lies In the lovely out of doors.
"Until this year," says the charming
Illington. "I've never found a way to
beat him." The villain she refers to Is
sunburn and she tells how she eludes
him.
"My whole life has been a struggle
between my desire to be out in any and
all weathers, and my dread of havinsr
to spend my nights, and two days out
of three, healing -the wounds that the
sun makes on me. I don't know why
I should be so susceptible to It, nor so
overwhelmed by it but I am.
"And now I am victorious. I have
built my own lake where I have a row
boat and canoe, and I have arranged
It so that the sun never touches it, ex
cept for odd spots here and there, at
noon. The lake was once a thickly
wooded ravine. It is surrounded by a
thick fringe of trees, and is protected
by the hills that tower so up above it.
"I can go out In early morning and
I usually do and row myself to a place
that pleases me, and simply lie off till
they call me for dinner. I can read, or
ew. or juai laic aim i dcq my won
derful day Is over I can go and look at
myself in the mirror and see an'un
blotched face for the next day's enter
prise. "It Is absolutely wonderful to be rid
at last, of my tyranny of veils and
creams, and powders."
A bill amending the present New
Tork law permitting children unler IS
years of age to perform on the stage
has been Introduced in the Legislature
and is now before the codes commit
tee, with a good chance, it la said, of
being put through during this session
of the Legislature. The' bill was In
troduced through the Influence of the
stage ' children's fund.
In London a large-sised scandal has
bean unearthed involving several well
known managers of musical produc
tions who have been paying "war sal
aries" under the excuse that they ar
forced to do so by reason of "poor busi
ness." when In fact business has beeri
fair and they have made a good profit.
The Actors' Association has been called
upon to make an official investigation
into the situation and the producers
have been asked to permit representa
tives of the association to Inspect their
books to determine the truth of the
charges.
Briefly, the facts are as follows:
Taking advantage of the general de
pression that existed some time ago in
the theatrical business, certain mana
gers cut salaries in general In half and
stated that the reduction was neces
sary in order to keep their theaters
open. . Meanwhile business has picked
up and is about normal while the re-,
duced scale of salaries stilt Is main
tained. In several cases the chorus
girls of musical companies playing to
good business are paid only 16 shil
lings a week, or about $3.80 American
money. This is not a living wage. It
will barely keep a girl In carfare and
tea and cakes, but is, all that they are
receiving in several West End theaters
and in a number of the musio halls that
have revues on the boards. There is
the most bitter feeling against the
managers who have thus imposed upon
chorus girls and minor actors. The
press has taken the matter up ana
there is a general demand for the sum--
mary punisnment oi an wno navo oecu
guilty of taking such an unfair ad
vantage. Great influence is Deing
brought to bear upon the Actors' As
sociation to hush the matter up and
stave off any public exposure of the
managers in question.
PEACE PAGEANT ARRANGED
Pupils of Woodmere School to Give
Exhibit Tuesday.
A "Peace Pageant" will be given by
the children of the Woodmere School,
Tuesday afternoon and evening. Among
th manv figures of the procession will
be the representation of states led by
"Columbia" and "Uncle Sam." Playlets,
with the abstract qualities, personified,
will be another feature. The "Nations
of the World," and the judges of the
international courts also will be repre
sented.
The costumes for the affair have been
selected, and a number of them are real
native costumes of European and Ori
ental countries. Some of them are
especially rich and valuable. Songs and
dances with a number of recitations
will be combined to make a varied en
tertainment.
A fee of 15 cents is being charged.
which will be used for school equip
ment. ,
In 1SS3 It took 274 minutes cf labor te
care for and raise a rjiwbel of corn. In the
year 3 6tH th average tima renotTl btta
been brought down to about 41 minutes.