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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, AUGUST f, .1915.
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reek tne sola source of legiti
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mate' entertaJoroent In tne Port
land theater. The Weat no longer
knows an actual -closed" season o(
theatricals, as Is common In tne more
nested East and Middle West, but oc-
, caelonally a lull cornea, as has been
the case at the Hetll for tne last ween
c- 19 days.
Hoever. the scenery for Al Jolson
and -Danclnsr Around." which opens a'
the HeUlf next Sunday. August (. for
a week's run. with matinees Wednes
day and Saturday, has begun to arrlre
and the players of this company of 5
actors, actresses, comedians, penlesand
what net In the tun and musical way
will beg-In to be abroad In the streets
f Portland this week. The company
packed up at San Francisco last week
after a prolonged engagement and the
JndJTkiual members disponed al . tne ex-
position for a few days.
F. J. Wilstach. who was In town In
advance of the production the other
day. gave a little description of one
of the big hits of the show. - It Is
called the Cubist Carnival and sup
posedly It takes place upon the banks
of the Grand Canal. In Venice. Air.
Wilstach describes It as follows:
- .-To begin with, the scene Itself Is
one huge splash of color, applied in
troed affects, impresssing one as does
a -.huge Scorlla canvas. The columns
outlined against the moonlit Venetian
sky are transparent and lighted from
behind with rose-tinted lamps. The
sails of the boats in the offing are
also transparent and the windows- of
the Doge s palace glow with concealed
lights. A crowd of merry revelers
are assembled as the scene Is revealed.
As the mad gayety progresses cloaks
are thrown aside, disclosing odd and
bizarre costumes. From the rear of
the auditorium come trooping the va
rious members of the chorus, clad in
marvelous creations, ranging from
Oriental effects to absolute Futurist
designs. Then come the principals In
modern evening dress, which lends
pleasing contrast to the baroque attire
r tne revelers. This scene Is only
one of many which go to make Dancing
Around quite the moat unique . and
elaborate musical spectacle which has
ever been sent out from the New York
Winter Garden. 1 believe. . .
"ancing Around" goes to prove. 'ac
cording to those who have taken time
to figure it out. that the American peo
ple have become mad disciples of the
goddess Terpsichore. There is rhythmic
oanctng, shadowy dancing, dancing of
motion, brisk, vivacious dancing, void
or meaning, and there Is dancing which
la mils every promise of beauty. Be
sides this Mr. Jolson. who. by the way.
is just a young lellow. about s years
old. Jams in some of his Idiosyncracles
In the wsy of fun making, a veritable
concert of songs, and for diversion
gives one or two rather serious inter
pretationa of entertainment. One of
his recitations Is said to be touching In
Its sweetness.
It Is to. be remembered "Dancing
Around" carries one of those runways
Into the audience always a delight for
musical comeoiea.
The Pantages and Emnres offer vi
rlety bills beginning tomorrow. The
rive of Clubs juggling act holda the
neaaune place at the tmpress. but Rev,
Frank W. Gorman.- a Portland naator.
who sings. Is the extra attraction on
the bill. At the - Pantages Waunda
Lyon stars In a superior sort of mu
sical comedy tabloid. -The Pan-American
Beauties." sometimes known also
aa tne -Shadow Girls."
.PASTOR HEADS EMPRESS. BILL
Rev. Frank W. Gorman Engaged to
Give Kepcrtoire This Week.
.a. roruand clergyman will be. the
trs attraction of the show, at the
J-.mpress tnis week. - He Is Rev. Frank
Gorman, 'pastor' of Atkinson .Memorial
Church, at East Twenty-ninth and East
i-verett streets. . "The Si rutins- Parson
will be heard, in a repertoire of old
time ballads and other sons in whir
he attained fame as a concert tenor.
Ir. Gorman.' in contracting himself to
enter vaudeville for a week at the
. impress, provided that his Sunday pro
srramme would consist. of sacred sonrs.
Dr. Gorman Is the first minister of the
gospel In the Far JV'est to ajear la
vanoevuie.
T. R. i onion.' manager of the Em
press, engacrcr Rev. Mr. Gorman Thurs
day immediately after the clergyman's
return, from. California, where he was
director of. music for the Asilomar Con
ferenre on Missionary Education, which
was held at Asilomar. near Pacific
Grove, on Monterey Bay, Congrega
tional clergymen assembled from every
part or tne United states for the seven
day conclave, and .the post held by Dr.
Gorman was . an important one. his
principal duty being the leadership of
an immense choir.
Dr. Gorman has won high praise
from the leading critics of the United
States for hia stellar musicianship. He
has a melodious tenor voice and his
artistry has been likened to that of the
famous John McCormack. The clergy
man singer has appeared la .several
concerts in Portland. After a con
cert at the Armory In May. 1915, J.
Hennessy . Murphy, in extolling Dr.
Gorman, write; , -
"Our people left the -Armory with
praise on their Hps and humility in
their hearts. An the oratory- from
Hades to Havre da Grace could not
have touched them as your sweet notes
and deep and sympathetic translation
did. and when an artist -can step into
tne breach as yon did last night and
bring hearts together long apart over
the curse of creeds obstinately ml sap.
prah ended, I know aa an Irishman that
St. Patrick on high applauded yon. and
that the secret prayer of those -who
S rank in your harmonious meCodies was
God bWa you. '..
Dr. Gorman will make his first ap
pearance at the Empress at the matL
aee tomorrow and will sing all week,
concluding his vaudeville engagement
Bt fianday. night, ija teen, fven
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place of honor on the programme, and
the star dressing-room has been set
aside for the clergyman.
"The regular headliner of the new
Empress show will be "The Five of
Clubs. an aggregation of jugglers and
clubawlngers famous for their light
ning speed in a perilous act.
Next in Importance la a comedy play
let called -An Irish Arden. offered by
Maurice Downey and company. This
act is crowded with laughable situa
tions and a vein of pathos courses the
playlet. The sketch was written by
Fred J. Beaman. a noted vaudeville
author. It is replete with humor, and
the ending, while sweet and aad. de
livers a -punch that makes the sketch
a notable success.
Then comes the Broadway Comedy
Four, singers and comedians, who offer
one of tne standard quartet acts in
present-day vaudeville. The quartet Is
composed of Henry Prather. first tenor
Cleveland Davis, second tenor; Charles
Williams, first bass, and J. Arthur
Williams, second bass, who comprise
the original Broadway Comedy Four,
which has been featured along the
world's greatest vaudeville circuits.
Next In the new Empress show is Ei
Jenks. The Country Sheriff, who pre
sents a novel dancing, ainging and
talking act In portraying a -rube tak
ins- in the sights of the town.
The show will be completed by the
Brissons. extraordinary equilibrists.
AL JOLSOX COMtXG TO HETXJG
Comedian Will Appear In "Dancing
Around" In Role of "Gus."
Al Jolson in -Dancing Around," the
Winter Garden's . "H-hour show
sqneezed Into three," will be the at
traction at the Heillg Theater, Broad
way at Taylor street, seven nights.
beginning Sunday, August s. with mat
Inees Wednesday and Saturday. This
will be Al Jolson's second visit to the
West In a Winter Garden ahow. his
last visit being as the star of "The
Honeymoon . Express." In all Winter
Garden extravaganzas In which Jolson
has appeared five in all he has im
personated GUS.
It promises to be simply Gus with
Jolson to the end of the chapter: bu
in -Dancing Around be will be seen
as Gus disguised; Gus as a Hindoo
Prince, as a barber, as a Swiss guide
and as Magnesia, the Maid. This so-
cauea -Vesuvius or ournt cone" will,
of course, introduce many of the pop
ular songs tnat he has made famous.
One of the songs which he sings in
Dancing Around" and one that Jol
son brought from England last Sum
mer, is -Sister Susie Sewing Shirts for
soldiers.
This sontr . has been captured bv
other performers, but Jolson's singing
ot it nas Deen a great bit everywhere
utner ditties which he has made his
own are: -When Grown-L'n Ladies
Act uii Baotea.- -seeking for Sier
fried" and -Everybody Rag With Me."
But the- number of songs that Jolson
will sing in a night depends on the
temper of the audience. Jolson is al
ways willing to oblige and his budget
of songs is limitless. But there is a
whole lot to "Dancing Around" be
sides Jolson. .
The piece, -which has been called
"The Mastodon of Musical Extrava
ganxa." ia in two acts and 12 scenes.
with many Important sitectacular ef
fects. Some of the latter are "The
Pursuit of the Edinburg Express."
-The Ballet of Shadows." "A Night on
Venetian Canal" and "The Cubist
Carnival." It is said that . "Dancing
Around" does not. belle the title, for
besides having upwards of 30 musical
numbers, dancing of various kinds is
one ot the features of the show.
Then. too. "Dancing Around." unlike
many eaowa ot nae promise, has a
story a story which Al Jolson la Ilk
ly at' any moment to halt for a half
Hour or- more, for he lately admitted
tnat he had spoiled the Plot of everv
Winter Garden show in which he had
appeared. Among the important prin
cipals are: Frank Carter. Kitty Doner.
narry tiarae, -Mary Robson. FTed
Leslie, t.ileen Molyneux. Ru RnwHin
Harry War dell and Ted Doner, and not
to overlook the "dainty dimpled divin
ities i on tne rose-tinted elevated run
way.
BKACTY SHOW HEADS BILL
Pantages Featores Eight Pretty So
ciety Girls This Week. -Eight
pretty American girls aDnear
aa' the members of the noted beauty
chorus of the idrllle musical operetta.
The Shadow Girl." which Whitney.
Mclntyre ec Newman present as the
featured attraction on the bill at Pan
tages for the -week commencing with
the matinee tomorrow.
"The Shadow Girl" is something new
In story and plot, and acenically it is
one of the moat pretentious acts in
vaudeville. There la a definite plot.
and the mnsical numbers will include
such gems as "Hall to the Dawn." "The
Walts of Long Ago Days." "The Shad
ow Girl." -I'll Be Back When the Music
Begins." "Those Inspiration Eyes." "It's
Going to Rain" and others.
Miss Margaret Whitney, who Is re
sponsible for the words, lyrics and
music, will also appear aa the musical
director and general manager of the
company. . The cast includes J. W. Sum-
merbays, ntndt Lyons. Douglas Mar-
In and the beautiful Toung sisters.
Virginia and Josephine, granddaugh
ters of the tamoua Salt Lake bishop.
Fresh-from the land of the heather
and kilt come the Musical Gordon High
landers, four in number, and present
ing the Scotch dances that are so pop
ular; the sweet Scotch melodies and
the musical Instruments that touch the
hearts of the clansmen. ..The act has
been- "brought direct to America by
Alexander. Pantages. aad it will be
presented here for the first time.
-Much Ado About Nothing" la a riot
ously funny act in which Clark and
McCulIough. aa two eccentric tramps,
keep their audiences laughing from
rise to XaU ot curtain. The act starts,
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as a parody on the well-known Shake
spearean play and then, the entertaln
tainera introduce a series of burlesques
and parodies that never tire.
The latest in song hits and Drignt
nonsense will be offered by the Victoria
Four, one of the best quartets in vaude
ville. The members have excellent
voices and they render their numbers
Jn charming fashion.
Acrobats without peer are Mint ana
Wertz. who have one of the real nov
elty acts of the sort. Clever feats of
hand and Head oaiancing are iuiru
duced with startling around work and
enough comedy is Introduced to keep
everyone amused. Marvel movies, show
ing the latest in animated events,
round out the programme. -
The Hanlon brothers in their remark
. v.i. nrnHnctinn. "The Haunted Hotel.
conclude their local engagement with
the matinee today and tne evening per
formances.
Tha management wishes to can at
tention to the curtain time of the thea
ter performances. 2:30. 7:80 and 9. and
assures perfect seating capacity it
patrons will observe this time.
New and Gossip of Plays
and Players.
By Leone Cass'Baer.
m. ICE little writer on ine diiuii6
il paper solemnly avers that "the war
must come o an .
Well. now. for a year a lot of us have
thought that way. But of late we can't
put it in circulation without laugning
ourselves to aeatn.
Geors-a Arllss Is to have a new play
from the pen, or typewriter ot asraei
Zangwlll. Mr. Arliss is In London, nav
ing concluded his long engagenemt in
Louis N. Parker's "Disraeli." He had
made plans to appear In another of
Parker's plays, '"The Aristocrat," this
nut season, but these plans have
been abandoned and he has turned to
Zangwlll for a new piece.
Grace Reals, once a Baker leading
woman, is playing tn screen arama
now in support of Julius bteger. Austin
Webb, another former Bakeronian, is
in support of Mr. Steger. who is Just
now being put into a picture of "The
Master of the House. "
Dallas Welford will appear with
Julian Eltinge In "Cousin Kate," a
new play one of the last . Charles
Klein wrote. Olive Tell is to be Mr.
Eltina-a's lead In a- woman, unless one
could say that Eltinge Is his own lead
ing woman and Miss xen is next in
line.
The completed cast for the touring
company of "Trilby" will include Phyl
lis Nellaon-Terry in tne titie-roie, i,yn
Harding as Svengall, George Mac
Farlane as The Laird. Charles Dalton
as Taffy. Ignaclo Martlnettl as Zou
Zou. Regan Hughston as Little Billie.
R. Paton Gibbs as Gecko. Rose Coghlan
as Madame Vlnard, Cecil King as the
Rev. Thomas Bagot, and Carrie Rad-
cliffe as Mrs. Bagot. The company will
open at the Cort Theater. Atlantio City,
on August 10. The company comes to
the Pacifio Coast next season. '
Boeaklng of Trilby, Sir Herbert Tree
is making a tour of English vaudeville
bouses in a condensed version of thaPJ
piy.
Also over in London Elsie Janls is
inging a new war ditty, "What is the
number of your trench?"
Teddy Webb is playing In musical
stock the Royster and Dudley Opera
Company In Elmlra. New York. ,Teddy
la an Ola facmc t,oast lavorne.
Stella Mayhew and her husband.
Billie Taylor, are In vaudeville again.
This week they're at the Majestic in
Chicago.
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Margaret Illlngton owns one of the
most valuable and envied books in the
world a philosophical work of Mark
Xwaia caUed "What Is Mann -which
was refused for publication in Ameri
ca, afterwards published in England,
and finally suppressed and bought up
so that only three copies of it now re
main In existence. And -What Is
Man 7" was given to Miss Illlngton
after Mr. Clemens' death by his secre
tary, acting under the Instructions of
the great humorist that "the little
Margaret" was to have the book after
she was old enough to understand it.
The objection to the book here and
abroad was that it was too somber in
tone, too iconoclastic for the Twain
public and too far removed from Mark
Twain's customary style to fit into
the artlstio entirety of his work.
When it was first published Mr.
Clemens chOBe a copy, inscribed it to
Miss Illlngton, told her of the inscrip
tion and then laid the book away "till
.she should grow up. -
Incidentally this is the only one of
Mark Twain's books, whether person
ally inscribed or not.- which Miss Il
llngton will never permit to leave her
library.
One other copy Is owned by H. T.
Craven, former dramatic critic of the
Philadelphia' North American, who
bought the book in England at the
time of its first publication, and has
spent much unavailing effort ever since
to buy another. '
Florence Malone has been engaged
by Selwyn & Company to play the role
of Ethel Cartwright in Roi Cooper Me
grue's record - breaking melodrama.
"Under Cover," next season. Miss Ma
lone has been for the past year the
leading woman -of the Alcazar stock
company, where her variety of roles
has eclipsed even the average in that
protean field of entertainment; and be
fore the Alcazar she had played with
Tully Marshall in Marion Fairfax'
ALFRED HERTZ EXRECTED
FAME TO
Great Symphony Conductor Going:
x Young
BY LEONE CASS BIER.
A
GREAT mass of satisfaction is
felt all over the United States at
the announcement that Alfred
Herts has been engaged as conductor
of the San Francisco Symphony Or
chestra. There is no man in Amer
ica today who is ' better fitted to
make an important musical center of
the Golden Gate city than Mr. Hertz,
who will bring more than his- splendid
musicianship to bear on his results.
In the first place, he has a winsome,
lovable spirit, one which makes itself
felt the instant he faces his audience.
He wins not only affection from his
men, but also a deep respect, and no
one who has ever witnessed the man
ner In which he was received night
after night during 13 years at the
Metropolitan can doubt his sway over
the public.
The Metropolitan orchestra stands as
an example of what Mr.- Herts has ac
complished in the way of building a
great responsive Instrument out of a
body which was noted more for num
bers than for efficiency when first he
came to the house. It was Alfred
Hertz who arrived early eaoh season
to begin rehearsals, it was he who
tested every musician before be was
engaged and it is an open secret that
he was the right hand of Giulio Gatti
Casasza in all that concerned the se
lection of repertory, artists and in
every great issue that arose at that
house. -
Perhaps nothing has endeared this
great conductor-more to the American
people than the untiring interest he
manifested in the success of every
thing that had ts do with the develop
ment of musio in this country, and his
record at the Metropolitan not only
Includes the preparation and first per
formance on any stage of Humper
dinck's "Koenigskinder," the first per
formances in this country of Sa
lome" and of "Parsifal," the latter
given for the first time anywhere out
of Bayreuth, but he also gave the same
interest, the same eager enthuslsam.
the same devoted care to such Amer
ican works as have been produced,
which Included . Horatio Parker's
"Mona" and Walter Damrosch's "Cyra
no de Bergerac."
His latest achievement, the produc
tion of Horatio Parker's "Fairyland.'
is another laurel he has won for an
American and according to the con
ductor it will not be bis last.
There is no one who will be mora
on the alert for American orchestral
works than Mr. Herts, as he has im
plicit confidence in the musical life of
this country and he who has been so
gracious, so kind., so helpful to the
young American artists who have had
the almost unheard-of opportunity to
get into the Metropolitan - forces dur
ing his sojourn at that house, show in
every detail of their work what he was
able to do for them. Nor was his in
fluence in the artistto direction to be
narrowed down to the accomplishments
mentioned; there are no artists in the
Metropolitan who came during the
earlier days of their careers who have
not been made greater and more fin
ished artists through the musical un
derstanding, the personal Interest and.
above all. the determination to secure
the best possible results of Mr. Herts.
The writer recalls a memorable per
formance at one ot .the Sunday. nlrM
drama. "The Talker," which had a long
run in New York at the Harris Theater.
To continue giving her biography back
wards, she was in the company of "The
Commuters," and toured with It . for
two years, and before that she was one
of Mrs. Leslie Carter's supporting com
pany in "Kassa'V and "Vast a Heme."
Walter J. Klngsley, in the Dramatic
Mirror, speaks ably and pertinently
on the subject of putting playlets over.
"First catch your actor or actress,"
says Mr. Klngsley, "and then mold
your Idea to their personalities as a
dentist takes an impression of your Jaw
to fit a tooth." Mr. Klngsley knows
whereof he speaks, for he has put
a lot of sketches and playlets across
the footlights and besides he is an
authority on subjects of the stage. He
edits a clever department in the Mir
ror weekly, and it gets, clear and
far away from the smack of press
aeency. Going right on about writing
sketches. Mr. Klngsley advises a would-
be author to cater to - the actor - or
actress in every way,. shape and man
ner. "Write what they want, accept all
their suggestions and then, maybe, you
wm get a production. That is the
ro'val road to royalties. Flatter the
actor and your battle is more than half
won. If you are writing, for Foy, put
in a touch of pathos, and if you are
preparing a script 1 for a tragedienne,
give her a clown scene. They all want
to go outside their specialty. Honestly,
the best way of all is the personal way.
Deal direct with the player. Edgar
Allan Woolf writes to order only, and
he puts over a score or more hits in
as many months. Write entertain
ments; stick to comedy if you seek
long life for your little playlet. The
tragedies have a brief life as a rule.
Vaudeville audiences want to laugh.
GOLDEN GATE
to San Francisco After 13 Years at Metropolitan Opera House Chances of
Artists Are Weighed by Emilie Frances Bauer.
concerts of -the Metropolitan when this
conductor supplied the accompaniment
for the Tschaikowsky concerto, with
Gabrilowitsch as soloist Never has
there been a more beautiful blend of
color, never a warmer, more dramatic
performance.
What a Joy his Brahms symphonies
will be! No man ever had a more beau
tiful spirit of interpretation and un
derstanding of the underlying beauties
than Mr. Hertz, for whom the inner
message is as throbbing as- the outer
melodic lines.
Needless to enumerate the delights
in store for the Western music lovers,
for they have a precious . gift, one
which they will be able to appreciate,
because they are sincere in their de
sire to understand and enjoy. There is
no man wielding a baton today that
can present Richard Strauss as he can
and his wide sympathies take him into
the realm'of Debussy and Cesar Franck
with the same enthusiasm, the same
understanding and. the same spirit.
There is also little doubt that San
Francisco soon will know more about
the American writers of orchestral
works of merit than the patrons of
many of the Eastern orchestras, be
cause Mr. Hertz comes free from prej
udices, as open to a symphony of Mrs.
Beach as he is to one by Chadwick,
Parker, Hadley or Goldmark, and it
will not take him long to find out that
there may be worthy manuscripts by
HEIUG7StsSUN.aug.8
- ' MA IX ORDERS NOW BOX OFFICE SAXE NEXT THURSDAY.
Evenlnm: Floor, except last 3 rows, $2; last 3, $1.50: balcony, 5 rows. $1.50: 4
rows, il: 5 rows, 73c; 8 rows, 50c; gallery, SOc. Both special price matinees;
Floor, 11. rows, $1.60; '7 rows, $1; balcony, $1, 75c, 50c; gallery, 50c
The Winter ti arden "s Torrid Tempest at Ten8ichorean Triumphs.
A REELING RIOT OF
Be the George M. Cohan of the sketch.
That is to say, learn how to get yonr
characters on and off the stage rapidly
and make laughs crackle like the fire.
of a machine gun. Flee the high-brow
drama as the very devil. Most of us
recrard Brieux as the . name oi a
cheese.
"CalHon the players; write to them
and set forth your idea. Waylay them.
See their agents. See playbrokers who
handle sketches. Call on Charles
Feliky, the erudite sketch expert, in
the offices of Martin Beck, whose duty
It is to give first aid to authors. He
really and truly helps. Advertise your
sketches.
"Sometimes the artist will give you
bully ideas which you must not. be too
Droud to absorb. In fact, the average
writer for vaudeville doesn't consult
one-half enough with the players.
"Nazimova knew that "War Brides'
was the piece for her as soon as she
saw the script. She stopped rehearsals
on another piece and cried: 'This one
came from Heaven.' And so it did.
Most of them, however, came from the
city dump. A good tip is to . have
Arthur Hopkins read your sketch. He's
a wizard in spotting strong scripts.
"Here is Robert T. Haines eager to
play ' a masterpiece Kipling's 'The
Man Who Was' and no one will give
him any encouragement. Belasco s pro
duction of 'The Drums of Oude' was
magnificent, but it was not vaudeville.
If we wanted sheer drama we could
find hundreds of bully one-act plays
in England and on the Continent. An
adaptor could turn out a tabloid a day
for us from the available supply.
- "Write amusing, swiftly moving
stories that permit the plot to be
planted as soon as the curtain rises.
Beware of the gruesome or tne somber,
no matter how artistic"
TO BRING
ORCHESTRA
such Californians as W. J. McCoy, Fred
erick Zech, H. J. Stewart and others
whom he will put onto the musical map
Max Rabinoff is working In the
musical field and adds to his operatic
forces the magnetic names of Zenatello
and Maria Gay. Needless to say for the
"Carmen" production, Mr. Rabinoff in
tends to make it one of the most
lavish productions that has ever been
offered on the road. Wide interest will
be manifested in Mr. Rabinoff's enter
prise, involving as it does one of the
greatest dance artists the world has
ever known Pavlowa and her ballet
and complete organizations, and the
operatic appendix which is marked by-
artists of- tho rank of the aforemen
tioned Riccardo Martin, and others.
Moreover, inasmuch as Mr. Rabinoff
has acquired the settings and costumes
of the recent Italian success by Mon
temezzi, "L'Amore del tre. Re," it is not
unlikely that this will be presented in
the course of his performance.
Mr. Rabinoff will open his new sea
son in Chicago, where Pavlowa is now
delighting thousands, as she always has
and always will continue to do.
"L'Amore del tre Re" is one of the
works promised by Campanini, who
continues to show that he is much alive
by the news with which he furnishes
his headquarters. .Not the least In
teresting engagement that the Italian
SPECIAL TBICE
MAT. Wed. and Sat.
DANCING
AROUND
The Mastodon of Musical Extrava
I
ganza. WITH
AL JOLSON
The Bouncer of the Blue,.
- UPROARIOUS UPHEAVAL OF
LINGERIE AND LAIGHTEB.
A 12-hour show Squeezed iuto 3.
With Frank Carter. Kitty Doner
Harry Clarke, Mary Robson, Fred
Leslie. Eileen Molyneux. Rae Bow
din, Harry warden. Mae Dealy,
Harry Wilcox, Ted Doner and -
ONE HUNDRED DAINTY
DIMPLED DIVINITIES.
An Effulgent Ettervvscenoe or
Engaging Hnchantressea.
A SHIMMERING SHEEN
OF SCENIC SPLENDORS.
The Startling Ballet of Shadows.
The Cubist Carnival. A Night on the
Venetian canal. Tne Tnrllilng Pursuit
of the Edinburgh Express. The Bal
Masque of the Gay Hussars and the
Marvelous Danse Eccentrique.
OUTSHOWS ALL OTHER SHOWS. .
One Hundred Dainty Dimpled Di
vinities on the Rose-Tinted. Elevated
itutiway.
RESPLENDENT REVELRY
impresario and musical director of the
Chicago Opera Company has made 1
that of the delightful American artist.
Florence Easton. who will be present
ed ia. the title role of Richard Strauss
"Elaktra." . .
Florence Easton and her splendid
tenor husband, Francis Maclennan, for
some years have been regarded as
among the finest Wagnerian singers
of the Berlin opera, where the two
Americans were a credit to their coun
try. Their return will be welcome.
While on the matter of opera in
Chicago It is worth noting that all the
great cities of this country might well
take example of the splendid attitude
of Ravinta Park to this form of amuse
ment. The day has passed where an
incongruous mass of stage people as
sembled for Summer opera will be tol
...... ...r 4. I. furtVia,- rartain that
CI ICU, ' UU ,b ,0 ... .'..-I
grand -opera forms an infinitely higher
degree of-entertainment than the eter
nal moving picture.
Taking advantage,, naturally, of the
exceptional number of. high-class art
ists available in this country this year,
RavinU Park has enlisted the services
of Morgan Kingston, the splendid
Welsh tenor; Louis Kreidler, whose
successes at the Metropolitan and at
the late Century were widely appre
ciated; Bettina Freeman, also heard In
several successes at the Century:
Florence Mulford, of the Metropolitan,
and the excellent conductors, Josef
Pasternack, and Ernest Knoch.
fPk... .AAm m n Vt. on iAam thnt whe-R.
.-- .hall ht r.,tnrn in
the earth ' that musical matters will
resume their normal course, ana wnn
.this in view there are many who are
loaine the best hours and opportunities
of their lives.
It may be that things eventually will
-n ... V. thnv wpro Vill f it will
not be in our day, and inasmuch as
we have to live in our own time we
might as well shape conditions as best
T . t jjAtihtfiil if ihftM will hA
opportunities in Germany for Ameri
can singers to gain experience, repuia-
. I .. .. .J Efao-A ilfivalAnmnt f) n H mil"
ILiirii .uu ' - i
students should not wait for the time
when they may return mere, nor
should they be discouraged because
t. Vnw nntlot fnr them after
the study which they" have already
done. As a matter ot net, musi m
.W.m 4,.mrw tntn th, iinmPRS too HflOn.
and -seriously interfere with ultimate
success by so doing, so tne aeiay may
be of benefit rather than otherwise.
- ftr haryti if Germany will
be closed to the American students
and singers, iingiana win oo mum
ready for them than ever before, as
14. la ..nonmhltf Klir, thflt COVent GST-
den will not open Its doors to the
German artists as it has done in the
past. .It is too early to speculate on
France and Italy, but insofar as they
have never harhorea many ioreignor,
and particularly no Germans, the con
itiAn -arm rtn tie materially differ
ent, unless they will have such a great
number of their own people to care for
that there will be no room for any one
else.
Will Mexico remember that It was
ever the home of music, culture and
T- havn fnrflrotten it
Vfjci n. I " b-6"'
already, and yet there were some ad
mirable successes there ror some jl
our beat artists. Truly there will, be
Mnv, mnaiAsl hiiiWiinar II ! as there
will be the rebuilding of home, state
and commerce throughout me worm.
-
. .11 cn -(, nnlcrt l tint tn be
Ji.LI.13l M.H -4,w.-w
deprived of the pleasure of hearing two
of our own spienaia artists, mo jhuch
on Poitl Aithnuse. and the
American 'bass-baritone, Arthur Mid-
dleton. These artists naa creaiea nu
.m.n no-iAA nf interest when they
were announced as soloists accompany
ing the Apollo Club, of Chicago. When
. i i . nroo aHanrinnori 1 1 P TO W'H 8
LU1B lliui rw a.e .. ......
, . Ji.gnnntmpnt evnresed. In
...a v. rtn'oioi- th-v have been en
gaged' as soloists for the great perform
ance OI me ueeuiuveu i-tin.,- nit..u,..-,
i. i.k ill .A-va 4a Intr-dur Alfred
W 1 J 1 1. 14 nji4 . -
Hertz as symphony conductor In his
new home. The renowned Sohumann
Heink and Marcella Craft will be the
noteworthy contralto ana soprano
kl. s.-.4-at nnnaainn OttO GoHtZ and
Johannes Sembach, of the Metropolitan
Opera-House, were to have been the
baritone and tenoi
Portland's Great Amusement
Park. FREE PROGRAMME,
2:30 P. M. and 8:30 P. M,
Musical Comedy
New Bill 20 People
Children's
Day
All children under 15 will be
admitted free to the Oak
every Wednesday as guests of
Manager Cordray. Mr. Cord
ray also will entertain them
on one of the big park rides.
Mile. Tryon
Dramatic Prima Donna'
Oaks
Hawaiians
SWIMMING
SKATING
DANCING
' Admission to Park, 10c Express
Cars, First and Alder, Sts., 5c
Launches, Morrison bridge, 10c
The
OAKS