6 THE SUNDAY " OREGOXIANy PORTLAND, -DEQEMBER ' 19; 1915. DREARY WEEK AT HAND FOR.PtAY ENTHUSIASTS ALL ALONG BROADWAY Graal Ent ( Pre-HoBday Sease. U Third ProdiKtioa by Graf Georfe. "Major Barbara." a Scintillating- and lacraiooa Story of Coaflictins Station la Life With Rich Father and Poor Danf hter Ceaterlnr Attention. inter . Jis.6." f v -V . v t - -' 1 i-TTA v'v' t ?" ':- ;i V-s' -' I .brS : I y.- :) . i -iWi ;-; r.v.- r N.Lv. ; . hy -V: - S 7; 7::v ' -r IT ' '.'""3 ?V ;,ri m H' 7 -1 7 ;f- ; I h :y .7 f 1 ' 1 '' ?' ' J Jk. i i XT T1 irri.t of (rtlit U bror ' o" Itr4tjr opBtac annouar4 tf r rhrltm . a4 th-pal k 0 & ui4ul!y dutL k' iU ol4 thry abost th holKlay ln i.i ort of lb yar. awr Nr York U fitl4 tta OfulMi tttr from al ef leva, ta f t tftr h boa fcr 4oin t.ivtr copiri arlr la moalh. and. If lb bU N torHr a no lima atlna llwtf. crliolj Ida out- I lonr t anj lo Oaa crltte aer4 tn opinio tn.i "oUJ tma ara l. tc thl r k all J aaj pr- fca U ric&L Tm rt Mill of l&a ant-hoIltr aaaaa a tAa t!irS P roi u t un antr h ie4iuml of Orr loraL Hr rTtou (Uri li bB mwot u-. cf il aa4 ta irurt araa aait4 i(b - cla.-T It l4 us lo tta aUaJira atariura at lb 'ugkw. hi "M4lof Hr6r" cava IB cl artraa mora copori'jai t lo dUplar htf lalaaL rrom t aaa of IWraard !. It falrtr avnli:iata aiia ! atuaa Itnaa an4 tha csaWr I rlaaa arf al:ntful from aiart a fmLr-.. "Xior Hrbra l laa diilr ot a lr rasttai'al. a tri,ltoair naaar ef raaiMa. nulla la taat la arrfar to HM ana (ti u.t aaaa. aal f!t! an-f rrrlaac. bal avoar aa4 V unpowii-r Ta play t a aia af Uw. a cenfUrt ba lnlU.-tul aa4 aairienal: (or. akn lrtli(l (ia4 taal bia tftcttr baa ao-ma laar ac4 In tho ralvalota; Armj. bo Irioa lo ntaba II r'":a la br (al kio a af Ufa U btl.t ibaa kra. llrbra a ntxhor aa4 ftftoo haa baoa aoparao4 fj- yoara aii4 wiot tbor aat aba la alroarfv "Mloe liapAara aa4 ha. laa rk b m-a. urio lavlloo bim la o bar ar. KJ b laatlaa nr la aao bta f " la'T aaa la la whir bo b la Hm. poeplo trajb tmplointal. T' ara - r rtr blt ef a or 4 tM 4'aa" laoM .-n. allarhlnc atl aorta af altiaa caa4iaai. Mtaa nori a a-t.a aurpaao4 aartbiaa aba Baa aaar aa4 lo ipprila rajt. a&!cS fa'u4oa Loala Calvarl aa l adr.aft. traat Laa(or4 aa Caaina. Marr aa a aat(lo Ar-cr laaata. iarta(ta Ornl.l. Cubit Tara aa4 JooopMsa Laaoll. 'Major Barbara i;i aMoraato wti To LJara" at Ibo flaThoaao aalti faarta arodactioa W ooooua. 4. A moo tba ptara aa4 a'aiars atlii aUt 6a O Jartni taa bol:? A. Jaxician Ap&eLraj-iJtze, yVdy tLOTO r LrEHJAX.' i ara: Mauda Arfarea la "Patar Paa" EW TOKK. rac. 11 !pocUL Uia6y PaatTa la hr Br musical how Tho Daatra tSardan." Kdllh Ellla; aramatiaallon of tha clbrtd lnwtl br H Maaarall: "Ku((lM of Had Hap,- with Katph Mara: tno rrvil of -tmvld Uarrlck" by V- 1C. othrn "Kanaka." Iha Baar Arthur llatnmar alola mualoal ahow; "Kullr Thai." tha Marbury-Comstock raaua: "ary Good Kddt" br ISo aaroa mn(rminl a -Tho 1 aotrara.- which will praaanl 4 la :lla for tho flral lima at lha tiardra Thoatar wltn manual ltirbr la Iba loadla rolo. other plajta will prabaBty bo announead al tha laal mo moat la add la tho lone 1 1. 1. Manaar baa a craal babll of ataantk-hour aanouacamaata. ikm of IB aawromara will raplaca popular piaya that -will ba aadly mloaod. joba ima and "Tho Chlof.- ono of hla moot au.'coaaful tUya In many aoa- on tnvi.l inaba way for btaoda Adatsa and -rotor Pan" tha play leal win MtvrKrow o!4. rro" to il'a tiar4aa will raaao "HoUInc lo laka to lha road attar a aoa.oo of four crowded montta. but tha wddoat of all mo-rina dm witl ba whn Mntaornarr and Mom dpart wllh tha irrrproaalbl "CMn CM" from lb Ulobo. Km ;abr' charm alit. hard y maka up for ISair lo. itany limoa Iba farawail wook ba boaa anaouncod la tho !. an! many paorl ara boplnc laal tb a I anolhar ' Paltl farawail' aa-4 lat lha rharmln Oaby will laka hor play Into aaolhor l.aatar. Hpak In of -Chia I hia. Frod Mooo la ra- coa-fI tor a 'nc that ha bo- coiwo oo popu'ar I "t oaa of Ibo baw Marbary-raaaatorb flay a la riamod for It. II la -Very Uood. Kddy." Tho wbo baa aol aaaa "Chin Chin bavauaa Nw Torkara ara o aatflah that I Say haa bald oa lo II for two a or do aot bnow that tho two atara Imparaoaata all aorta of funny paopla In ihoir rlrxua tt jnu la on acn w padarawiki and haar a wondarful piano aulo. Tha ttluotoa la porfort until lao piano ho;- on playlnc without Iba ad of "t'adorowakl m. loo. ara lhar juimpinc alanla and tichtmpa walkin. II aipood lAlar lo lha audianc who a. 'oy tea laugh at tb ipa of Iba actor. Tb t jnr.laot aumbar la whan IHooo oppoara with what tmm to bo a maa:kla and doaa a aantriloquiam act. Cddy" la Ika mannlbla ai.tfl porforma all aorta of latpoaatble faat. Thla trick la o sood that oTaryona la orprld lo lear a tr-at "Kucly - la a raal child. "Vary Uood. K'Jdy" I aald ao many ttmaa during tha act that It ba cauht tha public's fancy and I th lattal ad dition to tha alanc dictionary. Aa avant of craat Importanr wa tb raturn of Lauretta Taylor from Lon don, whrr ah haa been appoarlna; In "Pea- O' Mr Heart.' th rola which aha created In bar huaband'a play. In aplt of th war. th play mad a great aua cea In Indoa. and at laaat four other "Peira" ara pJayina It la thla country at thla vary moment. Mtaa Taylor -kill ret awhil and than appear In a new play by her husband. J. Hartley M ar. Mm Taylor haa expreaed an ambi tion for a rola of more depth than "Pes O' yty Heart." and on that will be ao difficult that a dosen or more other actreaaea cannot play It. aa In tha caa of her eurceasful rot now Interpreted by all aorta of "Pea-a." 8he la clad to b back In America away from th scenes of war which are Inevitable In Lxadon today. For there aeems' a possibility that th Pelwyna will aand It abroad, and then her life's ambition of a London ap pearance will be realized. This Is the third play that haa "almost rone." "Th Ue" waa promised a London theater, then ""I'nder Coyer." and now "Under Kir. If Miss llemlnc luck la in threes then ah will surely find th everything- . goes through right this time. he waa born In London, coming to this country to play Wendy In "Peter Pan." and here ah haa stayed ever alma, though many of her relative are famous on the Knglish stage. Agnea I torn tee. another Knglish actress, ha a clever comedy role In "llobson's Choice." and her own mother would never recognise her In the stage makeup. For Miss Dornte is attractive off th stage, but In her part well. It Is a decided change from reality! "Hob son's Choice" has proved th most sue coarul Kngllah Importation this year and has eattled down to aa Indefinite run. . Among the prima donnaa In the lead ins musical a hoar a. are two In neighbor In theaters, who come from different countries, but who have made great successes In their two roles. KIranor Painter Is th American girl who waa "diecovered by Andreas Dippel and pre sented In he Lilac Lomino laat sea son. Her appearance anet wlth'lnatant approval and the critics prophealed great thlnga for her In light opera. This yer aha came to New York In an American operetta by an American composer. Victor Herbert. Its aettlnga are In the vicinity of York and the main theme la In ternational marriage and Its compile lions. In thla lntance. th couple art in love with each other and only need a little jealousy to make them aura that their romance la a perfect one. Ml Painter makes her entrance oa horse back and weara a number of very tx-autiral coetumes during the'play. Her eonge ara wall aung and her vol. haa lost none of Its charm of the "Lilac lxmlno daya. . It la a musical comedy sun a distinct land Interesting) plot. a4 lb baanitful prima donna adds much to th charm. fo. too. doaa "Around th Mid" lha Maw 4t Krlanger lucre depend much upon It prima donna. LlAe Alder, who cornea from Vienna, to make her play luneiui ana Deeuurul. Thla Is Miss Alder's first trip to our rountry, but h 1 a charmed with ua as we all ara with hr datntenea and many tal ent. Kurop givea ua much that adds lo our Joys, but w reciprocate now and than. For instance. A. M Wnoda haa Just anaouncod that tha Knaltah rlghta lo Fair and Warmer hate been bought by b!m from the Selwyn and thai It will b presented soon with hla two aucceaaea. "Common Clay" and "A b MawrosV lo delighted London au dience. Can Ihe first and last fall lo arouaa that dormant (and aom Umea doubtful aenae of humor. In the production. Th costumes are elaborate. Alice Teddy, the educated bear, will b an attraction for the young people. Thla wonderful animal la a (killed wrestler, an adept skater, and a gen eral funmaker. Alice Teddy Is support ed by her own company and on Satur day. December 25. she will give a re ception to th children. Immediately after the regular matinee. Laurie Ordway, th merry English comedienne. Is to raturn by special re quest and will be heard In the latest war song auccess. "The Hed Cross Nurse." which Miss Ordway created, and which haa produced thousands of dol lanr lor the Red Cross. Miss Ordway will introduce other original song numbers. . "The Boy of the Regiment" Is a powerful-war-play which la well presented by Laura Winston and her own com pany. Tha plot has to do with a youth who deserts his military post because of homesickness. The father is a veteran, and when he learns of the boy's act he casts the lad out. T"a climax Is a striking one and la exceptionally well played. Messrs. Frankel. Stanhope. Drury and Pickett compris th Big Four. Kings of Harmony. They are wonderful sing era and the Introduce the latest song hits. ' "See America First, the striking and Instructive film, exclusively shown at Pantages. will continue as a feature. "The Oirls of the Orient, the spec tacular musical comedy with Josepn Mack and n large company, will be aeen for the final performances at the continuous performance today, com mencing at t o'clock. A TIOirEHAXCE TOWN BILLED Baker Players to Give Production of Satire! on Dry Town. Starting with the matinee next Sun day the Baker Players will devote Port land's final "wet -week" to Hoyt s famous satire on prohibition. "A. Tem perance Town." which has not been seen her for many years. t'p to th minute In every way and affording on continual stream of laughter and merriment for those who are willing to accept It in the vein for whli-h It waa written, "A Temperance Town" Is surely timely scheduled. When It was written, some years back, the movement was just starting to at tract attention, and not or a kindly sort. Many cranks and persons in terested for selfish reason were mak ing the most noise, while sincere peo ple were beginning to think seriously. Hoyt made all hla heroes out of the bums and saloon-keepers, and all his rascals out of the would-be reformers. It Is all pure and simple fun, and should be taken In no other way. The scenes take place In a narrow little Vermont village, and there are more than two dosen Interesting characters involved, with old Demon Rum ducking around between them. BAUGAIX HO'TEHS' AT LYRIC Comedy Is Based on Difficulties At tending Christmas Week. "Th Bargain Hunters." that's ' the name of the merry show that Dillon and King, with their Ginger Girls and associate players, will offer Portland theater-goers Christmas week. com. menclng with the matlne today. The new comedy Is an appropriate holiday offering and contalna many new and novel features. Routine In an up-to- date department store Is realistically depicted by the various members of this clever organisation. The comedy element is decidedly strong In this tabloid, while the musical numbers will be unusually pleasing. There Is the usual plot, of course, and Mike and Ike. during their. Christmas shopping, mix up - things generally. This week they turn a department store topsy-turvy looking for fun. The girls behind ' the counter, the floor walker, the cash boys and all are In volved in th comedy. From start to finish the action is fast and furious, with no regard to the speed limit. The cast of characters is unusually long and Includes Ben T. Dillon. Will King, Charlie Reilly. Frank Harrington. era Lawrence, Grace Allen. Olive Ar tell. Teddy LaDue and Hazel Brown. There win be half a dozen catchy musical numbers participated In by the principals, Columbia quartet and the famous Ginger Girl chorus. Today and Christmas day - the per formances will be continuous from 2:30 to 11 P. M. Tuesday night Lyric patrons will be presented with some money for Christmas presents In the regular profit-sharing plan, which is in vogue all that evening. Friday night, after each performance the chorus girls' contest will appear in an extra added attraction. Every weekday afternoon bargain matinees are specialized. CAMILLE IS TO BE PRESENTED Raker Players to Glie Special Pro duction of Great Emotional Drama. It has been several years since a first-class production of Dumas greatest of all emotional dramas. "CamUle." haa been seen here, and the Baker players will offer It for the week beginning today with the matinee. Hundreds of dramas have', come. shone with special luster for a time and then gone down into oblivion since CamUle was first produced . In this country at the old Broadway Theater, New York, December 9. 1853. "CamUle s still accepted as a distinctly modern play. Its dialogue, stage settings and situations are of the highest standard, and the stock company that can do jus tice to it must of necessity be one or exceptional merit. The story of Camille is said to be founded upon fact and it is written arourrd a notorious woman of Paris. It depicts her wanton, spendthrift life. which is already showing signs of the beginning of the end. A new interest. however, is suddenly awakened by what is evidently the first real, honest love she has ever experienced, the com Ing of Armand Duval, a young man of ordinary parentage and no money, but who shows Camllle a side of life that immediately appeals to her. In order to get her away from the influences of her surroundings Armand Induces her to take a house in the country, where they live for three months in great happiness. Armand'a father, however, seeks her out. and by showing her that the young man s in fatuation .will prove his ruin and the ruin of his sister, induces her to give him up. which she does in an abrupt manner, leaving him to suppose she has returned to her former lover, the Duke. The last act shows the final scene in this tempestuous butterfly life, and It Is one that few can look upon without tears of pity for a young girl who really wanted to be good but who seemed to be the football of fate. Frances McHenry will appear In the title role and Edward, Woodruff as Ar mand, and a beautiful production Is promised. The usual matinees will be given Wednesday and Saturday. The Best of Vaudeville Week , Beginning- Sunday Matinee December 19 LILLIAN IRUSSELL NEWS AND GOSSIP OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS BY LEO.E CASS BAER. SIR JOHNS' SON. the who mad NEWS OF THE THEATERS nontlfac4 from a 5 l TUa company will appear In "Great Moment From Grand Orveras," an act so skilfully arranged that th popular aid of srand opera apr-eala at once. n a I la sumptuously put on. Kach chapter la lltlnctly mounted and mora than a carload of ace aery Is used JOHNSTON FORBES-ROBERT- famous English actor de his farewell appear ance In Portland at the Helllg last seaaon. is on the Coast again, but will not be seen In Portland because of the fact that he refuses to reappear in any city that he has said farewell to. For this reason, though he will play sev eral Oregon cities. Including Medford. Eugene and Salem, during the week preceding Christmas. and will pass through Portland on his way. to Aber deen. Wash'., he will not act here. He refused to return to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle for the same rea son, and haa time and again declined the invitation to appear In New York City, where he said his farewell two years ago. He la probably the first actor In the history of the stage, with the single exception of Macready. who refused to break faith with his public In the metier of theatrical farewells. Forbes-Robertson will spend Chrlst niaa day in Aberdeen. Wash. It was near Aberdeen. Scotland, that be was born ti years ago next Janu ary. His repertoire Includes "Passing of the Third Floor Back." "Hamlet" and "Th Light That Failed." the three plays h acted In Fortland last season. . a a a Still gossiping about the Forbes Ilobertsons. thev named their baby girl, born last Christmas day. Diana, for Lady Diana Manners. Still talking about them. Maxlne El liott, who la Oertrude Elliott s sister, and Oertrude Elliott, you know, is Lady Robertson has a new play. She . Is planning to come to America in it after the holidays. Just now she la. nursing wounded soldiers. a a a A former Baker player. Oza Waldrop. .,in in "Petticoats." It's a m.v. not a condition. John Hymer wrote It. This week she Colonial In New York City- Is at the Answer to Edna B. Stars under the management of the Charles rronman estate are Maud Adams. John lr'. Ethel Barrymore. Blanche Bates. W lll lam Olllette. Otis Skinner. Ann Mur- ir -nH Klale Farguaon. The latter i. ..wi.ted too. with Klaw and Er- i.ne-er management. A trio of artists. Julia Sanderson. Donald Brian and Joe Caw thorn are Frohroan loik. a a vim Manhattan, who writes clever litii. accountings of theatrical happen- Inga In tha ew lor icwjriju, thla: -Acromnanled by my entire vocabu- i.rv of medieval French (a very ame.ll locket would be quite large enough to contain It), and gaily be. k.rl in a Moves age blouae. I be took my ahlverlng self up to th un veiling of th Jeanne d'Arc statue the other day. Poor, dear Jeanne, wrestea from a warm and lively oeaui ai wic i.ko mint have been snivering wnen her ranvaa coverings were removed to u... her to tha biting blast that al . . hlowa down the drive. 'She looked uncomfortable, but. I suppose. hee armor waa aoma protection. know you aren't going to believe this story, but It la unite true. Standing between me and Julia Marlowe was an actress wno is very " r.ma and to fortune, but wno is rather a etranger to the history and tha literature of Franc. 'What an honor to Maude Adams. she burbled or should I say piiinerea . -io mo shoulder of her neighbor. IIow honorr faltered these two lips. Vt hy. to have a part aha played celebrated like this. It s an honor to the whole American Stag-' "But Jeanne d Arc was cele brated for something mora man mat, I whimpered coldly. Oh. was shT Was ah a real personT I thought ahe was just a atage character. Ilk Peter Pan,' aid the act re. So what'a the us?" Derwent Hall Calne, son of the novel ist ard playwright, has juat arrived In New York. He came with a party of British friends and Miss Itoma June. Thereby hands the tale. Ship gossip did it all. 'I awoke this morning to find myself an engaged man." Mr. Calne laughed as he carefully explained the predicament. "The newspapers did it, I don't have to propose, it seems. Just came to Amer ica and some enterprising reporter turned the trick for me. The interest ing part of it all Is" Mr. Calne halt ad, abruptly. "We were just on the ergo of It when the morning papers ;ame out. Mr. Calne has come to the United States with a new play written by bis rather. "I have just sailed fom London, and I guess the war is the most important subject In every Briton's heart." Mr. Calne ssld. "I cannot get used to your lights and your music London is so grim. We are forgetting how to play over there, and learning how to fight. "Broadway seems like fairyland. The gloom in England is intolerable. More people are killed in traffic accidents In London every week than In the Zep pelin raids put together. Thirty people killed in a night because of the black, unllghted streets Is not uncommon. "The war has aged father terribly." his son said. "His hair has turned white with a grief that seems more personal than National. He feels a personal responsibility, somehow, for deep in his heart' he hates war as the most loathsome thing on earth." Derwent Hall Caino has not an announced his engagement yet. a a . Failing in their efforts to persuade the Shubert faction of theater owners to quit selling cut rate tickets, Klaw 4 Erlanger are now placing tickets. for their own attractions in the hands of cut-rate agents, it has been -learned. With th other "syndicate" mana gers they have Insisted that the cut rate was bound to demoralize the busi ness of the theater. But their attitude at present, it was said yesterday, is that the action of the Shuberts, Wil liam A. Brady and the Selwyns has forced them to follow suit. The new move by Klaw &. Erlanger I affects the New Amsterdam and Gaiety Theaters. Their othi-r New - York houses are not affected now. because they are devoted to the movies. Wil liam Harris. Sr.. a K. 4c. E. ally, has also gone In for cut rates with the Hudson Theater, and Cohan & Harris with the Candler and the Astor. Practically all the profits from the cut-rate tickets go to the managers themselves. According to Joe Le Blang. "the Cut-Rate King," he gets a profit of 10 per cent on his sales.' His average dally aale is 6000 tickets. he said. 5000 of which are for the cheaper seats in the balconies and gal leries. "I don't car a rsp for the orchestra trade." he said. "What I want to do Is to fill up the galleries and balconies with the people who have been drift ing away from the regular theaters because the movies ara cheaper. The upstairs trade has been hit hard .since the movie came In. and I figure if I America's Loveliest Woman Singing Her Own Favorite Songs Vj iv - V is - 1,1 1 & 2 4J U Li 1 -. COMFORT & KING REYNOLDS & DONEGAN BAYONE WHIPPLE and WALTER HUSTON in "Spooks" GEORGE AUSTIN MOORE & CORDELIA HAAGER JEAN CHALLON LE HOEN & DUPREECE ORPHEUM TRAVEL WEEKLY Matinee Daily: 10c, 25c, 50c Nights: 10c, 25c, 50c, 75c 1 can get the people back I'm doing some good for- the theater." . Up to date the only prominent firms that have no agreement with the cut rate men 'are the Charles Frohman Company. Charles B. Dilingham and David . Belaaco, Le, Blang said. Some tickets for their attractions, however, he said, fall Into the hands of cut-rate agents from speculators who . are stuck ' with tickets they purchase at box office prices and have to sell at sacrifice just before the curtain rises. Theater managers generally agree that their empty, balconies and gal leries are due to the inexpensiveness of tho movies. The $2 orchestra trade is Just as good as ever but only an es- pecially popular attraction can fill the galleries with people who could h:ve orchestra seats at the movies for the same price, it is held. Early this season on September 1 the Klaw & Erlanger managers grot the Shuberts to stop selling cut-r:itcs by agreeing to distribute tickets sold at a premium through a certain agency. A statement was Issued that there would be no more cut rates and that choice' tickets ' at hotel stands would never be sold for more than 50 cents over the 12 box-office price. The agreement broke up November 16 because Klaw i Erlanger gave eight weeks' supply of "Around the Map" tickets to asents, without distributing them throuyh the Tyson Company. Unequaled Vaudeville Broadway at Alder World's Best Vaudeville at'Popular Prices. If It's Good. You'll See it at Pantagea. Week Begininng Monday Matinee, December 20 Here's Some Real Christmas Vaudeville The Mualcal Sncceaa of the Year The - Doree Grand Opera Co. With Mne.'Dgrrr, In - "Great Moments From Grand Operas" TODAY OJiLY -Caatlaaoua Performance. i to 11 P. M. DOXT FORGET l.-O MIXl'TES f BlK-Tlme Acta for ISc and 3e Boxes and Flrat Row Bal roay Reaerved by Phase' Main 4U.-IH. A 2'--.1t. Three Shows Dally 21.10, 7 and 8i05 P. M. ALICE TEDDY The Wonderful Educated Bear LAURIE ORDWAY England's Merry Comedienne LAURA WINSTON & CO. In The Boy of the Regiment" THE BIG FOUR America' Kings of Harmony The Marvel Movlea "SEEING AMERICA FIRST" THIRD CONCERT PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TODAY 3 P. M. Sharp HEILIG THEATER Waldemar Lind, Conductor Prices, $1, 75c, 50c, 35c, 25c .' SSI The Real. Joy of Portland. Week Commencing Matinee Today. Dillon & King Present mike . The Bargain Hunters An up-to-date musical comedy of Department Store Life Two Performances Nightly 7-30-9:10 Bargain Matinees week days Any Seat 10f? Tuesday Nights Profit-sharing. It means money to every patron. Friday Night Chorus Girls' Contest. Today and Christmas Day Continuous Performance, 2:30 to 11 P.M.' ! .JV. i i 11- r IKK