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MOVIE
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PROVES BIG NEW YORK SUCCESS
New Rialto, Last Word in Perfection, Opens to Big Audience Sothern Plays Return Engagement for Benefit of
Actors Fund Shakespearean Drama in Spotlight Great American Game of Poker Immortalized on Stage.
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their feet as they pronounce the funtir
words which make a comedy of the
clever A. H. Woods drama.
Mr. Woods" two new plays will soon
be with us. "His Bridal Night." wito
the lovely Dollies. Is being rushed
through and At Dawn" Is also planned
for an early presentation.
The two Frohman plays. "Rio
Grande and "The Heart of Wetona"'
(the latter production made with David
Belasco). are both -stories of army life:
"The Heart of Wetona" has a different
setting:, however. The majority of the
characters are Indians and the hero.
the Government official in charge of
the affairs of the reservation. In "Rio
Grande" It is a typical Army post.
with practically all the people connect,
ed with the military service. Both
heroines marry men older than them'
selves. Doth are tempted by younger
men. but remain loyal, and while the
happy ending in "Rio Grande" Is ob
scured for a time by the attempted
suicide of the little heroine, all turns
! out well. William Courtlels-h Is an
Impressive figure as the Indian father
' and Lieonore Uhlrich does some of her
I best work as Wetona.
The other Frphman show, which Is
selling seats many weeks In advance.
is oioyi.' vntn tnree stars such as
Julia Sanderson. Donald Brian and Joe
Cawthorne, a play could not fail to be
a success. Add to this clever lines.
tuneful music and a real beauty chorus
and "Sibyl's" success can be under-
stooa at a glance.
The season is nearlng an en-J. yet
many more novelties are promised, a
the attendance this year has been vn.
usual and shows no signs of dimtntsh
! Ins. The possibilities, therefore, are for
. a prolonged theatrical season for 191S.
1916.
PRI?"CIPALS AND CHORUS IN PLAYS TO BE GIVEN BY 1916 CLASS OF ST. MARY'S ACADEMY IN BAKER
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BY LLOYD F. LOXERGAX. , ,
NEW YORK. Jlay 6. (Special.) De-j
tying all superstition, the new Rialto j
Theater opened its doors to a specially
invited audience on the evening of
Good Friday. The official opening, to
vhich the public was admitted, came
the following day. but in spite of the
lay, the theater was packed to over
crowding with one of the most notable
audiences that has gathered in any the
ater this season. A.side from the lea-ding
lights in the moving-picture indus
try, theatrical critics and others who
would re expected to attend a similar
"first night." the audience included
many of the prominent society folks
and representatives from the various
city and state departments. Mayor
Mitohel was there and Governor Whit
man had expected to attend, but was
detained at the last moment.
The theater is positively the last
word in perfection. Artistically it is
beautiful, yet comfortable, to the high
est detrree. It is the first theater built
in New York which has no stage. This
shows plainly that it is to be devoted
to pictures exclusively. In place of
the stage there is an alcove divided by
Ionic columns into three parts, with
steps on either side. The screen oc
cupies the center of the space. An
other innovation is the massive dome
which Is over the auditorium, and from
which a mysterious indirect system of
lighting is emanated. No lights are
visible to the audience, yet it is evi
dent that the dome controls the sys
tem, which sheds lights of different
. colors over the audience. The color
eeheme of this new playhouse is ivory
and gold.
OrrheKtra Vnuxunlly Fine.
There is, of course, an unusually fine
orchestra and the whole theater was
conceived by S. L. Kothapfel. who is
managing director. Mr. Rothapfel. who
is known as the "Belasco of moving
pictures," spoke in Portland lat Oc
tober and was entertained by the ex
btbitots of Portland at a banquet, so
his new venture will be of unusual in
terest there.
K. H. Sothern's two weeks engage
ment at the Phuhert Theater Is of un
usual interest. Not only because "If I
Were King'' is one of his best-known
plays, but because of the announce
ment that all the profits of this series
of performances will be devoted to
the actors' fund. The date of opening
will be early in May. Mr. Sothern will
have his usual fine supporting cast and
the play will be mounted superbly.
There were several novelties of Eas
ter week, which will be reviewed later.
A new Vienese operetta, "Rome to Bo
hemia," was launched at the Maxine
Elliott Theater, which had among other
clever rlayers in its cast Miss Olive
Reeves-Smith, daughter of H. Reeves
Smith, who made her debut on the New
York stage. Beautiful Natalie Alt was
the star.
Arnold Daly opened his season as
'Bean Brummel" at the Cort Theater,
replacing "The Blue Envelope." The
great Clyde Fitch play, immortalized
by the late Richard MansHeld. had a
fine setting and was played by a won
derful cast.
Another feature of Easter week was
the special matinee on Easter Mon
day given by Sir Herbert Tree and his
associate players in honor of Shake
speare's birthday, the proceeds cf
which were devoted to the Red Crops.
A series of ehort scenes from different
plays were given and Laurette Taylor
and David Bispham were among those
who appeared and gave short talks.
Sir Herbert and Constance Collier first
srave a scene from "Macbeth"; scenes
were given from "The Merry Wives of
Windsor" (with Sir Herbert as Fal
staff): from "Richard III." assisted by
I.yn Harding. and from "Twelfth
Night." when as "Malvolio" he was as
sisted by Fhylis Neilson-Terry and
Edith Wynne Matthlson. Needless to
say. a large and fashionable audience
was present and standing room was
at a premium. The exact .amount
raised will be announced later. Only
a short time remains for the "public
to see "Henry VIII." after which "The
Merchant of Venice" will be put on at
the New Amsterdam Theater.
The testimonial to F. F. Mackay, the
veteran actor, which was to have been
held on April 28. has been postponed
until. Fall. This was done al the re
quest of John Drew. Otis Skinner,
Cyril Maude and others who were to
have taken part in the benefit.
Poker Is Immortalised.
It was H. H. Frazee. the theatrical
manager, who immortalized the great
American game of poker in the selec
tion of titles for plays. If his choices
had been poor ones or the plays them
selves of no account, his idea would
have amounted to nothing. But with
good bets like "A Pair of Sixes" and "A
Full House" to his credit, he can well
afford to continue the good work and
use more titles. Perhaps he had better
copyright the idea. The next play, al
ready in rehearsal, is "A Pair of
Queens" and is the joint work .of Otto
Hauerbaeh. Seymour Brown and Harry
Lewis. It opened in Toronto last Mon
day, then goes to Chicago for a Sun
mer run and will be one of the novel
ties of the theatrical season in the
Fall. An interesting rumor about the
Longncre Theater gained considerable
notoriety last week. Mr. Frazee is
the owner and lessee of the big house.
which has been crowded to capacits
for many months with the Cohan &
Harris success. "The Great Lover."
It was announced that George M. An
derson ("Broncho Billy" of- the Alms)
has Invested a slice of his fortune in
the Frazee concern, including the Long
acre Theater. Wise ones were certain
that meant that the Longacre would
be added to the list of film houses, but
the rumor was immediately stilled by
an announcement from the Frazee of
fices that there would be no change In
the tfolicy of the theater, that Mr. An
derson's money was invested in the
theatrical company.
Shows Advertise Each Other.
"The Great Lover" and the Cohan
Revue advertise each other. Not tha'
such publicity is necessary, for both
shows play to crowded houses, but the
burlesque serves to exploit the real
article and vice versa. Juliet has & fin
takeoff on Gaby, which brings memo
ries of "Stop. Look and Listen," which
, is now ending; its days in Boston, and
Valll's impersonation of Jane
in "Common Clay" turns the
tense courtroom s.cene of the latter Into
one of the funniest comediea that cap
be imagined. The lines are all given lr
ragtime and the court attendants ar
well as the witnesses keep time with
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cordially praised. Soloists were Miss
Geardls Rasmussen. Miss Kathryn C.
Short. Miss Dixie I. Storey. Miss A.
Hallene Pierce. Miss Orma Burdlck.
Mrs. Harold S. Gilbert. Miss Lura Blair.
George F. Karnapp. Mrs. E. D. Morgan I
Fowle and Miss Beatrice Palmer. Mem-I
bers of the Bischoff Choral Club who
sang are Mrs. George K. Benell. Lura
Blair. Ossle O. Brooks. Florence
Browr.ell. Orma E. Burdick. Mrs. Hilda
Burdick. Ada Carpenter. Grace D.
Clark. Grace Ellis. Mrs. E. D. M. Fowle.
Mrs. O. H. Gertz. May Griffin. Lura
B. Houghton. Jean O. Jacobs, Helen
M. Matthews, Mrs. F'rank J. Meyer.
Elizabeth Norberg, Beatrice Palmer.
Oline Perkins. Freda Pfaender. Ruth
Pfaender, A. Hallene Pierce, Geardls
Rasmussen, Claudine Sumatawet, Cath
erine Sinnott. Dixie Irene Storey. Hilda I
Toering. Mrs. Jesse Thompson, Mrs. E.
F. Kidder, Geraldine Kirk. Bernice
Lelhammer. Mrs. Frank Lewis, Ger-1
trude O. Matthews, Mary G. Town send.
Bertha Wfdek and Theresa Wedek.
Two piano students. Miss Barbara!
Lall and Miss Jeanette Rierson. as-
sis ted by Mark D. Daniels, baritone.)
were presented in recital by Misses
Marjorie and Eda Tratter at Arcanum
Hell last Thursday night. The pro
gramme rendered was much enjoyed. I
1 om. uobsori, the young concert en
tertainer whose mother and other rela
tives live In this city, continues to have I
a busy musical season In New York
.City. He has been engaged lately al-1
most every evening and afternoon at I
some concert or other. Among the big j
things ne has done are: To sing rnd
play at the Venetian Pageant, given by
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt. at which Mr.
Dobson and Nljinskl (Russian ballet I
star) were the solo performers. He also I
went to Chicago last week, where he
performed at Mrs. Meeker's home. 303J
Lakeside drive. Chicago, and was the!
guest of the composer. John Alden
Carpenter, who made up-some Japanese
music for Mr. Dobson to play. At
Washington. D. C, he recently played
at the home of W. r. and Mrs. Frederick
Hicks. Mr. Hicks Is Representative In
Congress from New York. Mr. Dobson's j
tour took him also to Sweet Briar Col
lege in Virginia and at Wells College,
Aurora. N. Y. Among the soloists who
have appeared at Wells this season are.
besides Mr. Dobson. Gabrilowitch, Van
Warllch and May Peterson.
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Piano and voice students of the
Christian Brothers' Business College
contributed music between acts of the
play. "The Toastmaster," which was
staged by the seniors in Alumni Hall,
corner Grand avenue and Clackamas
street, April 2!. The quartet of this
college sang at the Parent-Teacher As
sociation meeting in the assembly of
the Homestead School. Albina. Mon
day afternoon the students presented
i complete muplcal programme in
Alumni Hall, consisting of glees in four
parts.' songs, duets, instrumental and
vocal solos. Special features consisted
oi Dass soios ry jonn Layman, piano
solos by Mrs. M. T. Carty and an in-
MOUNT ANGEL COLLEGE PAPER HAS A MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
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1 To Row. Left to Right ElotM Condon, Mary MrDcaild, Marie Kirk. Mary Gaffaey, Bernadlne Aaatraoa, Blanche
Minor, Joaephlne Mann, Roa 1'arlol. L-oniae Allehvff. Marie UrliM-oll, Margaret Kern. Margharlta lappa. Alice
Knnla. Madeleine Cnppn. Florence De l.ano. eraldlne Met lellnn. HMtam Row. Lfll to Hlsrht lanay l.a prour,
hrlaa de la Fontaine, Alta Kelly. Anna Haghem, Agnes nacher. Catherine U't'onnur. Mary Collier, Kather.
Ine artlew. Madge Neloon, Helen Knsl. IKirah Uoolry. Helen A It a. toe It. . 3 Ton Row. Left to RlRht -Ladjr
Blanche," Mary UaflarM lella." Marie Klrki "Florlan.'' Louise Allehoffi The I'rlarr," Row Parlslj -Cyrll.
Hrrmlaa Alberat "The I'rlncewa. Mnry Colllert -.mmM." Marion Naaal "Lady Pa," Marie nrliwolli "Violet."
Alice Knnii -I B-. Kdaa l.laar). 3 Left to Klaht "Aunt t.lla." Marv MrDoaalflt "Angnsta Mood," Anltn
llurleyi "Suale Mallor." Margaret Fltageraldt "Mm. Mallory." Harriet llarrtaaai "The Jiul f ragette," Catherine
U'Conaelli "Helen Wilson," Dorothy t'ondoni "Katie the Maid." Uorah Uooleyi "MIm Uatta," Maude Uwyrr.
Much interest centers In the llttl e plays to be given the latter part of this month by the 191S class of St
Mary's Academy and Coilege. One, "The princess," will Include about 24 girls. Many musical numbers charac
terize this little fantasy. Another, a comedy, "The Suffragette." is causing a great desl of merriment during the
rehearsals, the parts to be taken by eight of the class. The title role will be played by Catherine O'ConnelL
Mary Collins will portray "The Princess." and will be assisted by a capable cast. Many of the senior dass
are excellent musiciuns, and their talents will be displayed in this little play. The performance will take place al
the Baker Theater, the data not yet having been decided upon, excepting that it will be the latter part of this
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MEMBERS OK STAFF OF PACIFIC STAR.
MOUNT ANGEL COLLEGE. Or.. May 6. (Special.) With the June Issue
the Pacific Star will close its seventh successful year in the literary field.
Under the guidance of an able and energetic staff of editors, the Star has
risen gradually until It commands an enviable position In the college journal
istic world. The business manager. Mr. Leipzig, has increased the subscrip
tion ust to 13UU.
The staff Includes the following m embers: Censor. Father Basil: editor-
in-chief, Joseph C. Heesaker; associate editors. John Friedman, J. Clement
uuriy. Aipnonse K.-ik.ronoerg. John Dunn. John Engersberger. Vincent J
Christie: department editors. Frank W . Albers. Charles Simon. John Sohler.
Frank Franclscovtch, G. Edgar Gal lan t; business manager, Frank P. Leipzig:
circulation manager, Louis urowney.
strumental duet by A. Manning and
Mrs. Carty. Monday night the quartet
and Senior Glee Club presented several
numbers at the opening of the Irish
fair, held by the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians in their hail on Russell street.
May 9 these students will be presented
In several numbers at Si Philip Nerl's
Church party.
An admired programme was heard
last Tuesday, at a party given by the
Overlook Women's Improvement Club
at the home of the president. Mrs.
Robert Berger: 'Cello solo. "Nordlsche
Komanze" (Bohm). Miss Gladys John
son: piano solo. "Hungarian uan-e
(Brahms). Frederick Ferlnger: so
prano solo. -villa ' i thenar , .miss
Grace Failing: violin solo. "Barcarolle"
(Hoffmann). Harry Parsons. The ac
companists were Miss Orrel Rose. Mrs.
Paul Shats and Mr. Ferlnjfer. The
programme was arranged by Mrs.
Steckle.
Mrs. Alice Brown Marshall gave an
admired lecture-recital Tuesday night
at Sunnystde Methodist Episcopal
Church, and the church building was
crowded to capacity. Mrs. Marshall
assisted by Dr. Stuart McQulre.
Frank G. Kichenlaub and Miss Speer.
Mrs. Marshall gave a description of
"Peer Gynt" (Grieg), and applied the
music as given by Ibsen in bis drama
"Peer Gynt." The recital was much
liked and each soloist recalled.
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Charles McNeil, dramatic tenor, sang
solos In excellent style from Stainer s
"Crucifixion." at St. David's Episcopal
Church, under direction of Hartridge
Whipp. Mr. McNntl sang "The Trump
eter" (Dlx) and "I Heard a Thrush at
Eve" (Cadman) at the concert of the
Portland Salesmen's Club.
Mrs. Walter Kendall, soprano, will
I give a short recital before the Wom
an's Club Friday afternoon.
Hartridge' Whlpp. baritone, has been
reappointed baritone soloist and choir
director for the ensuing year In the
choir of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church. Mr. Whlpn's singing is a real
delight to hear. His splendid voice Is
one of the most powerful and resonant
known In this city, even among
I artistes en tour, and he Is pre-eminent
among Pacific Northwest singers. He
has been a success In professional
grand opera, concert, and church choir
circles.
Miss Genevieve Gilbert. soprano
was recently soloist at the annual con
cert of the cadets' band. Oregon Agri
cultural College, and won a pleasant
succei-s. She has a fine voice, graceful
stage presence, and has had profes
sional opera experience.
At Sunnyside Methodist Episcopal
Church the monthly sacred concert by
the combined vested choirs of the
church, numbering 160 voices, occurs
tonight, under the direction of Jssper
Dean MacFalL choirmaster, with Mrs.
Samuel F. Grover at the pipe organ.
Following a preliminary programme,
the cantata. "The Daughter of Jalrus."
will be rendered, with the following In
the solo parts: Marie Keller Fisher, so
prano: Clifford Woodland, tenor; W. H.
Gil'.is, baritone, and J. . brake, basso:
Miss Emma Leitner. Virginia Miller,
Kathleen Fry. Madljn Sibley. Arthur
Finney and William Warren.
Mls Fritzie Eppensteln was pre
sented in piano recital by Miss Kath
arine Kern. Her programme was a
difficult one. and exceptionally well
rendered for one of her year. Her
selections Included numbers from Bee-
thoven, Wachs. Rhelnhold and Liszt.
Shirley D. Parker, baritone, substi
tuted successfully last Sunday in the
White Temple quartet In place of Henry
Scounall. who was out of the city. Mr.
Parker is a member of the Progressive
Business Men's quartet.
The Alberta chorus had an enjoyable
rehearsal last Monday right, with 25
singers. The chorus will meet tomor
row night In the Vernon school, and
John B. Matthews, the director, hopes
to have additional singers In attend
ance, particularly of bassos and tenors.
Miss Emma Kllppel's excellent work
as soprano soloist of the quartet of the
First Baptist Church (White Temple)
has resulted In her reappointment for
next season, bealnnlnr In September.
She Is the possessor of a dramatic so
prano voice and Is a vocal student of
George Wilber Reed. Miss Klippel is
also a musician in a broad sense, hav
ing studied pipe organ with Mr. Leo
nora Fischer Whipp, harmony under
Lucien E. Becker and at present is
continuing her piano studies under
Dent Mowrey.
A splendid sacred concert took place
last Sunday night at the First Meth
odist Church South, under the direction
of Robert T. Jacobs. Miss Genevieve
Fisher, who will be presented in re
cital short'.y by J. William Belcher, was
one of the soloists. Mr. Jacobs was
presented in recital by Mr. Belcher
April 26.
Mrs. Virginia Spencer Hutchinson
has been re-engaged for the ensuing
year as contralto soloist at the White
Temple Baptist Church. She Is one
of the principal singers of the city,
and It is always a rare pleasure to
hear her voice In song, sacred or
secular.
Larry Mann, baritone, has Just re
turned from an eight months"tour with
"The College Trio." In a singing act.
on the professional stage. He was a
student at the University of Oregon, as
were the other members of the rrio.
when they began thetr professional
work. Their singing met with such im
mediate success that after a try' out
they were booked over their tour to
the Pacific circuit, and finally played in
IS states, enotng at Chicago a few
weeks Ago. Mr. Maon. baa a baritone
voice, with a full, manly quality, and
he has a splendid stage presence. Ho
received all his vocal training In Port
land with John Claire Monteilh. He
will remain In Portland, where he has
gone Into business. While in Chicago,
Mr. Mann heard the famous Chicago
Apollo Club in a remarkable perform
ance of the oratorio, "Ruth."
The Progressive Business Men's quar
tet made an excellent impression on
their second appearance before the club,
April 27. their pianissimo singing be
ing especially commendable. The quar
tet sang at the Lincoln High School
Auditorium, under the auspices of the
Odd Fellows' lodge. Especially well re
ceived was "The Mldshlpmite" I Adams ,
which brought an enthusiastic recall.
Miss May Van I'jke was accompanist.
The Mayday programme for chil
dren, arranged by the MacDowell Club
and heard at the Little Theater last
Monday, was a delicious afalr of splen
did enjoyment and entertainment. The
numbers were: "Robin Hood" story.
Miss Jessie Hodge Millard: "Bagatelle"
(Beethoven). "Pierrette" (Chaminade).
"Austrian Song" (Pacbner). "Knight
Rupert" (Schumann). Frances Louise
Wardner; "Dane of the French Doll."
Mildred Keats; "The Woodpecker"
(Nevlni. "Time to Rise" (Del Riegot.
"The Woodplgeon" (Lehman). "Mar
Day" (Walihew). Mrs. Charles E.
Sears: ballet. Miss Laura Shay: story.
.Miss Millard; "French Minuet." Mildred
Keats and William Hawkins, Jr.;
"Ninth Concerto." first and second
movements ( De Berlot , Barbara Lull,
with Miss Evelyn Paddock at the
piano: Dutch dance. Miss Shay; story.
Miss Millard: "Once I Was a Bachelor"
(Gay nor i, "The Knave of Hearts"
(Gaynor), "The Chrysanthemum" (Sal
ter), "The Sugar Dolly" (Gaynor), Mlsa
Shay; Polish dance, Mildred Keats.
BRIDGE ENGINEER DIES
M. J. Goodr, Stationed Here for
Several Years, Snceumbs.
The death of M. J. Goode. bridge en
gineer of the Northern Pacific Com
pany, who waa for a time siationed
at Portland. Is related in the Missoula.
Mont-. Sentinel for May t. Mr. Goode s
death occurred In the Northern Pacific
hospital at Tacoma and he was burled
In Missou la
Mr. Goode was in Portland from 1SS!
to 1897. During that time he was In
charge of the bridge construction
woi k of the O. R. & N. Company. He
was later employed by the Northern
Pncific. being sent to the Rocky Moun
tain division.
Thcosoplilst to Hold Memorial.
Memorial exercises commemorating
the death of Madame Blavstsky will ba
held at Filers Hall at s o'clock tomor
row night. The exerci&es will be open
to the public