The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, February 13, 1916, SECTION FOUR, Image 49

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Newspaper Page TextTTTE SUXPAT OnEfiOXTAy. rOKTLASP. 13, 191G. 1 ' FEMININE TITLES PREDOMINATE IN NEW YORK'S LATEST DRAMAS "T Elrnu! Mf dl" Atrrady Ha Road Companies Out, One Bound for Portland With Florence Roberts. Ron SlaM la Drlif ktfaJ New PUy Go than Folk Turn Out as Never Before to Theaters and Fill AIL i - t I vV 4 -V i . : - - - :' - ( Cdco' J 1 . . i V- "adio n nil pia Ma' - f:fi A . 'I ur ixoto r. l-onkro vn. New York. ru is. $pcii An lntrtin coln.-ld.oc about th um ot tb aw ptara of lb Ma. I thm pronlnanc f frklly rtmtnln, tldva. Alrvadr tbr b bi "Vor McCtiMo.r" wtfe Kthl I!rTj-mor ). Trlncj rt (fc,-:.or rlotr. "Vajor tor-br- ;r,.-. Uors. "Sdt t" i V.rMri. Kr"bu). -Katinh" Adl ktfi.i. -Mlir lJuli- tind.ron -Kr.iwfc... iiaiin ! rub. -C-oo i.ht lrir."" Hum ucahf n J- t. fc JJ e-'ii atW-l "L ..jr inu tn. ut. tft -lrar rt.-iit:r. wi'S E . rnon prfl -i ia4-ky tKH ( tb Anil r- Yh obr p!f itn BlmltAr 1 1 f ! sh Vior'p thorny? comiafUa are ln It bll tha oriflnal on. beJ.l by Julia Arthur iDd in 'lrn Company, which l bouhxi to appear oon In Portland. U badl by t"lorn Roberta. "Maria Odila- (Krancea htrr-a p!ay of laat mtMQ) haa alo been aea In New Tor tbl aeaaon. Aa to tha title for men. tbey ara few In rotnrorlon. Thera arc -ilit-the-TraU-Holllday" Kre4 Niblo. anl -The Cinderella Man" lib new Mornuo pl-e. "Abe ini Mauru. "Very Hood. Eddy" and -Hob-one Choice.- but t.ley lnk Into IniiiniriraDct in comparlon wllb the former !lt. And frv-ro preiirllor.a allll lucre are comlDtf- Roe atabl IKrllabtfal. Roae PtM" app-arancre In New Tor are alaaye l.ai': with drllabl. few actrea haying tbe paraonal lol lowlna that h haa. Iter moat ur ceeeful rola waa la Tha Chorua L Jy" and ever slnra aha abandoned it for other play, tha public baa been sorry. Now come "Moonlight Mary" with a imllCT part for tho clever Utile ac tre. It In the atory of a alster'a lova without tha neceniiltjr of maklnn a ac riflra tor her. Lrftura. the older alMer, played by Mian tStaiil. dlrrovera that her itrr lleien la about to run away to New York anil go upon the f'aire. To Helen a eurprUe. he eeetna willing, but It la only becuuao ehe kni) that her aelf-wllled aiKter will ko anyway. The eecond act waa exceptiutially well drawn ard ehowed the Interior of a theatrical office, the typea belnr clev erly ihoitn. Tho Intereetlnir Informa tion com a out In thin act that I-nura la tha real author of the play, which la be Ina- produced by Grayim ftbe inll lionalra villain) and that the star Is to be hl protege, Helen. This wor ries the blir plxter. but In the 1:ihI net the whole affair Is atralshtened out. and all ends happily. Mlai Ft.ihl has a slangy part and yet opportunities to how her fine artln? ability. It UK-a-eeta tha "Chorus 1-ady 1 but only dimly. Just enouch. In fact, to add to tha good Impression. Blackmail Play Pradareat. Tho Fear Market- was produced tha same nlirht at the Booth Theater. It U the first play from the pen of -e Rives and applies to the state of mind of those who are blackmailed by the newspapers Instead of by bombs or threatening letters. "BUckmall" was the original title of the play and one that seems better suited than the longer nsme. Major titone Is the prin cipal character and Is tha on who trarta mcney from the rich but enre ea. Ills one vulnerable spot Is his daughter &ylvln. whose sudden return from Europe causes him embitrruss menc ne belongs to the smart set. moves among tha very people from whom her father estracts toll. To add to the complication, tsylvia falls In love with the man who Is her father's enemy, the one who la working to undo him. No one auepecta the rela tionship of father and daughter and there Is a dramatic moment when one of the characters goes to Stone and aska Mm to keep Sylvia's namo out of bl dirty sheet. The play centers about an actual casa that created a great sensation a few years apo and the characters are easily recognisable Edmund Breese waa Ftone. Sidney Shields his daugh ter. Excellent work was done by Ed win Nl'sndar and Lucille Watson as Mr. and Mrs. Sayre. tha two principal objects of Stone s blackmail. The lines were clever and the satire delicious and everyone will want to see It to place the case. The papers do not mention tbe real b'ackmall case by mall, but anyone familiar with topics of a year or two ago can place II easily. Tha story created such a ecan aal and so much was written about It. that even outside New York It ran be recognised. The laws of blackmail, bowever. prevent calling the original case by Its real name. Tawa Tasilea Revive!. There I" a close connection between the Winter Garden and the Kiegfeld Kolllca these d-iys. N'd Wayburn was the creator of "Town Tcl.lrs" ard ftr Ita breakup, due to the "hooHoo" of tha Century Tseater surroundings, he was engaged fy Flcrens Zl-feld to conduct the pew Follies. Then, the Shuberts bought the rights to "Town Topics' and rushed It Into tha Winter Garden to open on precisely tha same night as the new Follies show came on lop of the New Amsterdam Thea ter. Both parties refuse to admit whether the dates were purposely se lected. Tha "Town Topics" Company has been reorganised but many of the principals have been retained and the best part of the old show has also been kept. It will occupy the Winter Garden until the new revue "Robin son Crusoe, Jr." Is ready, which will be In a few weeks. The Follies Is an unique lntltutlon In New York, aa the performance docs not begin until mldnlzbt. Situated on the New Am sterditm roof. It has a great attrac tion for theater-goers who are not In a hurry to get horn" and who enjoy entert-'lnment with tblr after-theater bite. The shows are always good, the girls the prettiest in New York, and consequent; seats are at a premium. -Hesasere- Tesarararlly Dispelled. Everyone has been wondering how the next lessee of the Ill-fated Century Theater would get on. The Ballet Russe moved in a few weeks aero for a limited engagement and closed on Saturday. With prices to five dollars they had a successful engagement, but the fact that it has not been extended looks as If fears were entertained for continued success. The ame with the old Garden Theater. Visitors to New York will remember the Garden, which Is part of tuo Madison Square Garden. It Is too far down town now. Just as the Century Is located too far north, but Emanuel Relcher has accom plished the Impossible with "The Weavers." He haa actually contrived not only to fill the theater but to have 8. R. O. slsns once in awhile. "The Weavers" la strong, virile play with clever lines and though a bit "deep" aa compared with the majority of plays of the year, has taken splendid ly. Mr. Relrher will produce a second play shortly and may use another theater, eo that the "Weavers" will be undisturbed. The Hippodrome has certainly a year of plenty, or about seven in one. Last year the attendance was so poor that it seemed Incredible; this year, it is Just the opposite. It Is almost an Im possibility to get inside the big play house. To the Hippodrome Is given the credit of starting the ice skating erase and the large ballot includes many premier skaters. Hilda Rueckert and Ellen Dallerup share with Char lotte the titles of "Queen of the Ice." while Miss I-allerup goes further and Is "Queen of the Film Ice Skaters," acting for the I'araniount pictures as mannlkin for their swell skating cos tumes, and giving a few sample glides and curves. If the skill as well as the costume showed upon the screen, dressmakers could ak fabulous prices for the wonderful creations designed for ice skating. Nenr Tklogs oa Horlna. Margaret Anglln is to desert shortly "Beverly's Balance" for "The Vein of Gold." by Rupert Hughes and Gertrude Atherton. The first performance will be given In Atlantic City on February It and soon after will be seen in New Tork. Alice Brady, who temporarily forsook the stage for the ecreen, will have a new romantic comedy for her reappearance as speaking star. It is called "Will o the W isp." Francis Wilson will soon appear in new rolo under the Krohman man agement and Laurette Taylor's produc tion of "Happiness" Is anxiously await ed. Eva Tanguay Is to appear shortly In an entire musical comedy, meaning that It will not be a sketch out a musical comedy und-r the manage ment of A. it. ana . i incu, uun. course, tho wmriwina coiueuivuuo change her mind. N'eutrals. oro-German sympathizers and pro-AIIy-ltes are excited over tha announcement that nn aiasier rpy la to be dramatised and produced on Broadway In March. l'r. Armganrd Karl Graves' two books. "The hecreta ot the German War Office" and "Se crets of the Hohenxollerne" are used aa the bases of tho play, which Is sure to causa comment. How can the neu trality plea bo kept under such cir cumstances? A bit of Interesting news Is that a new Cohan revue may be expected soon and also that "The Great Lover." in which Leo imrtchsteln Is appearing under the Cohan and Harris mannge ment, will be shortly seen In England with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in the leading role. The English rights were purchased by the latter a few days ago. NEWS OF TH THEATERS tfr ntlnued TToni re ! three clever artists. with Kodney Ranous playing the stranger: Marie Nelson, his wife, and Clayton Macklctn, the huaband. ' It Is thoroughly delightful to have an opportunity to enjoy the artistry, of j these three noted performers, and the, playlet is powerful and Interesting' enough to display tneir nisinonn: acu ity to splendid advantage. Ralph T. Kettering, the author of this produc tion, makes use of three characters, and so powerful are his lines, so true his situations and so logical the work ing of the entire proposition, that he makes his playlet preat-h a powerful sermon. The Four La Pclla Comlques will be a special feature in a good comedy acrobatic act with many astonishing features. There is one young man In the troupe who is a tumbler of extraor dinary aliillty and who accomplishes some almost Impossible feats. Gray and Graham offer one of the funniest comedy musical turns In vau deville, called "At the Fort." Fred Gray is a comedian who really Is funny, and Miss Nellie Graham is an accom plished Instrumentalist. They have Just completed a big successful tour of the world, playing a year In Australia and New Zealand, and appearing in South Africa. Colombo. Esypt, France, and were for two seasons in England. Ireland and Scotland. Mile. Lily Lenora and company are ' . - i n T 1 a lnnri I u coll llll"M ii h n 1 1 n i ... - - - ... assisted by Mile. Irma Komlossy. They I demonstrate three distinct styles of artist!'- dancing, the "Colonial Minuet." the Interpretative, such as the "Humor esque," which .Mile. Komlossy dances, and the classical. The Aerial Mells will offer a routine of gymnastic feats of strength and skill "upon the Spanish flying rings. Davenport and Kerr will present a ringing and comedy skit called "At the Dairy Farm." Hyman Meyer will present a clever pianologue act. "THE GOOSE GIUL." IS COMING Dramatization of Topular Novel to Be Given by Baker Players. Nothing appeals to stock lovers like a dramatisation of a popular romantic novel, and in securing Harold Mc Grath's wldelv-read story, "The Goose Girl." the Baker Players touch the right note. Thousands have read the story with Ita "Graustark" scenes and char acters, and thousands also have seen the motion pictures, but the spoken play with all its rare charm has never been seen In Portland before. It Is the story of a little girl, known as "the goose girl" in a small European principally, an American Ambassador, a beautiful woman who thinks she Is the real Princess, a King in disguise as a vintner, and a lot of other ex tremely Interesting charncU-rs. who play the picturesque games of near roy alty Intrigue, romantic love and uu romnnllc hate. "The Goose Girl" is the sort of play that appeals to the best in us. For who Is not the better for seeing something that charms the senses, appeals to the Imagination and awakens feelings of love and chivalry In the ncart? Who Is there but recall "Grauatark," and Us Economy Basement Store "Where You Spend the Least aitd Get the Most for It" Offers Extra Special Sales for Monday No Phone Orders for Economy Basement Sales IpmarxotSe &d fix crMorcKand.o of J Meril Only" Special 25c Hot Lunch Every Day llto2o,Cock Basement Washable New Spring Dress Goods Are here in abundance the most-wanted weaves and colors for Spring and Summer new materials, shown for the first time Mon day, including checks, mixtures, wool crepes, French serges, storm serges, etc.. in black and white, gray and white and plain colors. including the new blues. They range in width from 36 to 44 inches. 47c Yard These materials are really remarkable, and at this price cannot be duplicated Basemeat. 45c Yard New Importation of Pongee Silk We Cannot Buy This Pongee Today for 45c Yard The orders for these pongee silks were placed last February, just a year ago almost to the day. Silk prices have increased almost unbelievably since then, and we certainly count ourselves fortunate in getting this small shipment, when deliveries are so uncertain. The quality of these silks is excellent, and the weight just right. At 45c the width ranges from 33 to 34 inches. This same quality pongee in width 25 to 26 inches, special 35c yard. $1.00 Attractive Breakfast Sets Made of pretty figured percale and trimmed with piping. Set consists of a full-gored skirt and long jacket, with V-neck, kimono '7Q- sleeves, belted all around, two large pockets. They are entirely new C and come, in light colors. Basement. FIRST SHOWING IN THE ECONOMY BASEMENT New Spring Wash Fabrics Both novelty and staple fabrics, in all the most desired weaves and Spring like colorings. Profit now by special prices and an unusually large assortment. 25c Modelte, Special 19c Yard An entirely new fabric for waists and dresses, especially dainty. Has all the appear ance of voile, but in a finer weave, in a variety of stripes and floral patterns. 36 inches wide. 25c Tissue Voiles, Speciil 18c Yard Over 20 different stripes to select from, in a large vareity of colors. 36 inches wide. For waists, dresses, etc. 12' ' c New Perca'es, 10c Yard 3000 yards of 36-inch percale, in floral and stripe effects, in light, medium colored grounds. Splendid assortment. 12i2c Standard G'ngams, 10c Yard Full 27 inches wide. New checks, stripes and plaids that are so popular for Spring. Good grade, closely woven. 15c Yard Wide Percales, 12V2c Yard Medium and light grounds, plain colors that are new, in this splendid woven cloth Full 36 inches wide. 25c Nevj Madras, 18c Yard The best, most popular material for men's shirts, boys blouses, waists and house dresses. New Spring patterns. 25c Junior Clo'h, 20c Yard A new cloth resembling a poplin weave, with all colors of stripes so desirable for waists and dresses, especially for children's dresses and rompers. 27 inches wide. Basement Opening Up a New Moderate Priced Shoe Store IN THE ECONOMY BASEMENT During Our Great Semi-Annual Shoe Sale Offering for Monday the Following Specials Women's Shoes to $6.00 $2.00 Broken sizes, in black, gray and brown suede, button style. Women's Shoes to $5.00 $2.95 Patent leath er dull calf, glazed kid vamps, lace or button, cloth tops, plain toes, welt soles. Women's Shoes to ;3.00 $2.45 Patent leath er and dull calf button and lace shoes, with cloth tops. Women's Slippers to $2.00 95c Felt Slippers, in odd lines and broken sizes. Children's Slippers to U.50 85c F e 1 1 slippers for children and misses, in a good assortment of sizes. Sale White Dinner Ware SELECT A WHOLE SET FOR EVERYDAY USE At Very Special Prices Dinner Plates Breakfast Plates Tea Plates Fruit Plates Coupe Soup Plates . . . Large Fruit Saucers . Small Fruit Saucers .. Individual Butters .... Large Meat Dishes . . . Medium Meat Dishes . Small Meat Dishes ... Smallest Meat Dishes.. Sauce Tureens Sauce Boats ... Open Vegetable Dishes ..8c ..7c .6c ..5c ..6c ..5c ..4c ..2c .25c .15c ..8c ..4c 45 c .15c .15c Open Vegetable Dishes. 10c Covered Oval Vegetable. Dishes for 45c Covered Round Vegetable Dishes for ...48c Large Salad Bowls 15c Small Fruit Bowls 10c Cake Plates 10c Covered Butter Dishes.. 35c Cups and Saucers 5c Sugar Bowls 25c Cream Pitchers 12c Large Jugs 18c Small Jugs 12c Basement Demonstration of Elec'rical Appiances All This Week by Miss Elting Direct From the Factory These lectures will be a great benefit to the housewife who wants to do her work in the easiest, quickest, best way. Do Not Fail to Attend the Demonstration Every Day New Kitchen Section, Basement companion story. "Beverley. with any thing but pleasure, as well as Anthony Hope' "The Prisoner of Zenda." and all auch thrilling- and detiehtful tales. In seeing "The Goose Girl" they ,are seeing- another play of like character and one that is entirely new to Port land. It will open the week at the Baker next Sunday matinee. "THE MIXtP" IS AT LYRIC Dillon and Ring as "Ike and Mike" to Pre!ent Laughing Skit. Plllon and King as Ike and Mike and their large mimical stock company at the Lyric will prenent for their new bill tha laughing- kit "Tuo Mixup." It has 57 varieties of funny Jokes. laugh able situations and tuneful musical se lections. It is one of those farces where one 'complication follows an other in rapid successsion. continuing throughout the piece. The Plot and story leals chiefly with Ike and Mike as hated rivals af ter the same girL Mike finally wins and marries her, despite the advice (riven him' by his bachelor brother, Dan. Ike mixes in the complications and assists in the fun by trying to make love to Mike's wife, not know ing they are married. The plot then gets much mixed up and involves the whoole company and explanations are soon In order. Finally one starts confessing, then everyone joins in and everybody helpa bring Iha skit to a happy conclusion. The costumes and stage settings for the week are up to the high standard set by the Dillon and King company. There will be several Eastern song hits and the Ginger Girls will add to the perform ance with several carefully prepared ensemble numbers. The popular and tuneful Columbia Quartet also will bo featured in several bigh-class numbers. The profit-sharing night, held every Tuesday, is becoming popular. The management really pays one money for seeing a good show, as all attending receive a share of the protits for that evening. On Friday nights another feature night is held after each per formance, tne Ginger Girls hold a con test of sorigs, the audience Is the jude and each day is a bargain matinee.