The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, May 21, 1916, SECTION THREE, Image 42

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Newspaper Page TextTITE SUTTO AT OREGONTAN, P0KTCANI, MAT 21, 1 91 6. anxiously awaited. H is working in them now, but the first picture will not be shown to the public for a. number of weeks. Another matinee idol who is Koins to dip into pictures afraln shortly Is Richard Bennett, the star of "Rio Grande." His "Damaged Goods" was so successful that he contemplates a series of appearances and will leave for the Coast at the termination of his engagement in New York. Tyrone Power. - who has quite deserted the speaking stage these days, is the star or a new picture that la crowding the Globe Theater. It is caned "Where Are My Children" and its press agent is Dr. J. Victor Wilson, formerly of the Strand Theater and well known in theatricals the country over. Dr. Wil son, a real M. D.. has outlined a fine publicity campaign and his name as physician adds much to the cleverness of his newspaper notices. lie is well known in Portland on account of former connections here. NEW YORK THEATRICAL SEASON IS RUNNING MUCH LONGER THAN USUAL Gotham Now Assumes Role of Summer Resort and Managers Show No Disposition of Depriving Visiting Crowds of Opportunity to See Late Plays. BROOKLYN SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE . DELIGHTFUL, ACTORS IN PLAYLET "The Land of Nod, Merry Operetta, Is Successfully Given and Teachers ajid Pupils Are Showered With Congrat- ulations Negro Ballads Add to Programme. SCHOOL IS 25 YEARS OLD 10 N. .lit'? rrh ( h V) III U 5 V rl iA jl iW ; t Hi vw v-W JUL , Co - Jtcir h'ef Sfo o oAr BY LLOYD F. LONERGAN. NEW YORK. May 20. (Special.) "To close or not to close, that is the question" which is perplex ing the New York theatrical managers just at present. The theatrical year should close early in May. but, from indications, it will be prolonged con siderably this season. Several matters have been responsible for the unusual length of the season, the cold weather, the large number of visitors to the metropolis and the sudden interest in theatricals by the general public. New York, too, is becoming a Sum mer resort, with more visitors each year, and it Is from these temporary residents that a grreat harvest is reaped. The railroads sell round-trip tickets into New York at greatly re duced rates, but woe to the New Yorker who expects the same .consideration when leaving town for another large city. To Chicago, for instance, there is absolutely no reduction. Yet from the Windy City to New York and back a round trip ticket may be purchased for $30 (one way is a little more than 120.). "New York is a 'Summer resort.' Chi cago isn't." was the apt response of one ticket agent of a large railroad. So. with reduced rates in and extra rates out. the war with its limit on travel abroad, there should be the big gest crowd ever in New York this Summer. Few closings, have been an nounced and a- number of new produc tions have already been planned, which will be carried out unless extremely hot weather mars the attractiveness of the "Summer resort." 'ew Edition Prevented. Instead of closing at the usual time this year, the Hippodrome has offered a new edition of "Hip. Hip. Hooray," with just enough of the original pro duction to keep the good flavor. Char lotte has a new dance number, "The Moth and the Flame." in the skating scene. Against a background of moun tains with the deepening twilight around, she gives a wonderful dance. Gliding between two rows of lighted candles, her performance thrills with Its attractiveness and daring. Another novelty which she' introduces in the new edition is a dainty Oriental dance, equally graceful in rhythm and dainti ness. Sousa's band has some new airs, some corned bits have been added to 2- torn?. V) Ik V.;. ; sYdSi Jiz. 'Come, the Grand Central " scene, and Irving Berlin's song, "Kverything Is Rag time," was greeted with much applause. "The March of the States" has been kept intact and is still the signal for much applause. " By the way, there always seems to be a sprinkling of Oregonians present, and the pretty girl who represents us, never fails to be loudly welcomed. The clowns have new stunts, of course, and Toto, the chief one, . has introduced more nonsense into the snow scene, where he emulates the skaters, and other advocates of. outdoor sports. His efforts are ludicrous end amuse chil dren and grownups as well. Silhouette 'Pictures Attract. . Children and grownups seem also: to continue their allegiance to "Treasure Island." which seems to have-become Jules Eckert Goodman's rather than Robert Louis Stevenson's work. ' so clever is the dramatization! A novelty recently introduced which has attract ed any number of people before the an nouncement boards of the Punch and Judy Theater, is a new series of pic tures of the different characters in silhouette. One is Bhown here of Jim Hawkins (Mrs. Hopkins) delivering Jber letter to Long John Silver. Others depict various scenes in the play - and they have quite rivaled the other photos of the scenes as they really are. The black and white effect will prob ably be copied by other managements and introduced as "original" a little later,. after the public has had time to forget the good impression. . Miss Edith Chapln, who is" well known in Portland, though her home is in Brooklyn, gave her second oper etta, "A Spring Fantasy." before a' large and appreciative audience the other'night. Besides writing the book. Miss Chapin sang the leaning role and Woodruff Rogers, the composer of the music, sans opposite her. The operetta will be given other performances later and it is Miss Chapin's ambition to be heard in Portland at some future time. . Miss Georgene Faulkner, of Chicago, whose stories are appearing In The Oregonian (she is better known as "The Story Lady") also made several appearances before New York clubs during the past week. At the white breakfast of the Republican Club, of which her sister. Mrs. William-Rogers Chapman, is president, she told. some of her clever stories as well as appear ing before- the Woman's Press Club informally. New Things In Slgrht. " "A ' Lady's' Name" is the title of Marie Tempest's new starring venture which -is by Cyril Harcourt. The pre miere performance at the 'Princess Theater, Montreal, was- a gala event. All the officers of the Irish-Canadian Rangers attended in a body in appre s46 ana' o v6arvT7f"" ciation of Miss Tempest's work for re cruiting at the outset of the war. Miss Tempest playB the part of an authoress, one Mabel Vere, who has all sorts of witty and interesting things - happen to her while she is in search of ma terial for a new book. "A Lady's Name" succeeds the "Fear Market" at the Comedy. "The Fear Market" will be sent out on the road next season, and . there is a chance that Portland will have' the opportunity of seeing Amalie Rives' sensational play, which revolves about a certain . blackmail sheet which flourished in New York not many years ago. "A Woman of No Importance." the Margaret Anglin-Holbrook. Bllnn ve hicle. Is proving that names sometimes go by contraries! The Oscar Wilde play, with its many clever lines, is all the stronger for the fine acting of the two - principals and their well-balanced company. So, too. "Come to Bohemia." which opened the same night, is doing well. Natalie Alt has some good songs, graceful dances and the necessary gowns to attract envy. . The chorus Is stunning and the good impression of the first night continues. Elsie Krrgunoa Seem as Portia. Theatrical critics can hardly wait for Sir Herbert Tree's production of "The Merchant of Venice." Not so much be cause of the great English actor, as because of a new American "Portia" who will be seen with him. Elale Fer guson's friends say she will make the role a wonderful one and present an unusual character study of the first woman lawyer, while others prophesy only failure in the new and difficult role. Sir Herbert Tree, therefore, must be prepared to sacrifice his popularity the first night and give way to the clever little actress in her new attempt. Time will tell which critic was right, the pessimist -- or the optimist! . One thing, the third critic who predicted that the announcement was a press agent's story. that . Miss Ferguson would never be. seen in "The Merchant of Venice." Is feeling mighty -cheap just now when the . posters with the announcement of Miss Ferguson's ap pearance In that role are all over New York. . . ; Sothern Benefit la So ere as. The revival of "If I Were King" by E. H. Sothern, was awaited with great interest. The part itself is one of Mr. Sothern's most happy ones, and the an nouncement that the entire proceeds would be devoted to the Actors' Fund or America' in their million dollar campaign,- was an added- Inducement for crowds to attend the theater. So suc cessful has the "venture" been that the engagement - has been extended two weeks more ' and the chances 'are that it will have another extension to meet the popular demand and the popular charity. ilr. Sothern's debut in pictures' is WASHINGTON NORMAL TO BRATIS TOMORROW. CELE- Quarter Century Boole Published by Studeuta BIk Programme at Klleasburar Plansed.' The silver anniversary of Washing ton State Normal at Ellensburg will be celebrated by both the students and the citizens nine days beginning tomorrow and the demonstration will close May SI. The Chamber of Commerce will be in charge of tomorrow night's events, and the . meeting will be styled "Citi zens Nisht," Indoor baseball games, on the campus, volley ball, music by the girls' - band, ' and short addresses will be given. In commemoration of the 25th anni versary, the students of the school have published a quarter century book, "The Kultue," which contains a. complete hitory of the school,, and of its 15 de partments. The following is the programme for the whole event: Monday 2:30 P. M.. junior ivy day: "cit izens' nlg-ht." Tuesday 6:15 P. M.. Mothers' Club sup per; 7:SO p. M.. twilight concert. Wedneaday 10 A. M.. klnderrarten Spring festival: 7:30 P. M.. T. W. C. A. re caption and festival. Thursday Reunion of first seven claaaea: meeting- In the reception-room: 4 P. M au tomobile ride: 6:30 P. M.. supper In Normal dlninc-room: H:ls P. M.. addreaaea and music; speaker of the evening. Professor Edmond S. Meany. Friday 2 P. kl.. historic oaaeant of Klt- tltaa Valley by the Training- School; 8:18 P. M.. Dramatic Club play, 'Heart's Eae" Saturday 2 P. v.. historic oaaeant of the W. 8. N. B.; 4 P. M.. alumni bualneaa meatlng; :3l P. M.. alumni banquet, srant- Ina; or llro dlplomaa. Sunday II A. M., Taecalaureate service. sermon by Dr. H. C. Mason: 4 P. M. Y. w. C. A. vesper aervlce. Monday. May 2B 2 P. M- senior elaaa day programme; 8:15 P. M.. Iadlea' Musical Club concert. Tuesday. May SO IO A. M.. closing: assem bly; 2.SO P. M.. Memorial day programme by 1. A. R.; 8:15 P. M., reception by the faculty. Wednesday. May 31 IO A. M . graduat ing; exercises; speaker of the morning, J. H. Morgan; presentation of d-lplomaa. President W. E. Wilson. CLACKAMAS PUPILS DINE Eighth Grade of Grammar School Holds Class Festivities. CLACKAMAS, Or, May 20. (Spe cial.) The eighth grade of the Clacka mas grammar school gave a class ban quet at Hornberger's hall Saturday night, at which last year's graduating class were guests. The hall was dec orated with numerous American flags and on the tables were beautiful bou quets of flowers presented by Mr. Her bert of the local greenhouse, and other friends. A social evening followed the ban quet, which was a thoroughly enjoy able affair. GRADUATES TO CONTINUE Twenty-Nine Hood River Students to Go to College. HOOD RIVER, Or., May 20. (Spe cial.) Professor L, B. Gibson, princi pal of the Hood River High School, has ascertained from a canvass of the stu dents that 29 of the 35 members of the PORTLAND GIRL STARS IN UNIVERSITY PLAYLET Miss Elsie Lee Portrays Role of Co-Ed In "Absent on Leave, Which Was Written by California Student. lkWK:-'- A PORTLAND girl was accorded honor as the best fitted of all the University of California senior beauties to lead the "Extravagansa," given in the Greek Theater, on the evening of May 13. Miss Elsie Lee was the pretty Portland girl who played the part of "Flossy," the girl co-ed in "Absent on Leave." The play was written by Miss Hazel Havermaie, a member of the class, and was a combination of new and medieval Is - f ' 7 T - I "flit -r : ' :- I J i - - 4" -aa PAUL TRACK1SE, GRACE: HAVES AND KEXSETH IIECKLEJI, WHO APPEARED I' BROOKLYN SCHOOL, J'llO- UICTIOX, UND OF KOD," FRIDAY. 0" set of the cleverest school pro grammes of the season was pre- nted Friday in Brooklyn school. Pretty little girls and manly boys ap peared in songs and specialties that would have done credit to old-time actors. "The Land of Nod" was the title of a tuneful, merry operetta in which 33 year's graduating class, who received their diplomas last night, will attend Institutions of higher education. Most of them will attend Pacific Coast in stitutions. "The past year," says Professor J. O. McLaughlin, superintendent of city schools, "has been the best year in the history of our schools. We are plan ning better work for the coming year: for we will have better accommodations and a better all-round plant." With the proceeds of a $45,000 bond issue sold last week the city school board is asking for bids on the construction of a new grade school and an annex to the present High School building. Garfield Grange to Meet. ESTACADA. Or.. May 20. (Special.) At the meeting of the Garfield Grange May 27 O. M. Plummer and C. N. McAlister. of the Portland Union Stockyards, will speak, as will also E. E. Faville. of Portland, editor of the Western Farmer. thought in the guise, of a striking morality play. Miss Lee rad - a unique role of a "regular" but remarkably pretty co ed who was cause of all the trouble. About her revolved the action of the play and "satans" and "high priests" and other queer characters. In up-to-date form. Miss Lee is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. It- K. Lee, of Portland, and a niece of Llllie Davey Thomas, prin cipal of Ainsworth School, of this city. boys and girls participated. There were two performances, both well attended and both given in a finished manner by the clever young actors. The programme opened with negro ballads sung by 15 students. Then came a "perpetual motion" number by the primary grades. The eighth grade scored a hit in the "Barcarolle" and the SPOKANE COUPLE START ON ERRAND OF MERCY Mr. and Mrs. Asa V. Bradrick Stirring Philanthropic to Endow Hospital Beds for Benefit of Crippled Children. BY ADDISON BENNETT. Asa v. Wash, and I SA V. BRADRICK, of Spokane. ash., was in the city recently had the extreme pleasure of spending a couple of hours with him. It will doubtless occur to the reader that Mr. Bradrick is the gentleman whom this paper has mentioned edi torially a couple of times quite re cently for the work he has done for the relief of crippled children in Spokane during the last few years. In brief, he has during the four years last past paid 1400 a year for a free bed in the Deaconess' Hospital of that city where in crippled and deformed children were treated. In that space of time 39 chil dren were so treated and every one of them was completely cured. Air. Bradrick, who is 52 years of age. has retired, from artive business and is going to devote the remainder of his life to the rause of humanity in fur thering his ideas- of assisting the crip pled and deformed youth of our coun try. He is not a rich man according to the present-day standard of wealth, but he has enough to live upon and to travel from place to place to bring his views and ambitions before the people who are able to assist in the good work he has begun. It should be said. In this connection, that .Mrs. Bradrick is the chief helper of her husband in this work. Further than that it should be said that It was this good woman who first brought the attention of Mr. Brad rick to the work he is doing. S20.000 Poat Given I' p. It will be difficult for some people to believe that Mr. Bradrick is acting entirely through philanthropic motives, difficult for them to understand that he gave up a business paying him some $20,000 a year Just to carry out his hobby. He is in the prime of life, at the -zenith of his mental and physical power, and the same can be said of his wife. But hand in hand, side by side, they are goina- out into the world to do battle for the benefit of man kind without the thought of gaining a single penny for their labors. Indeed, you could not irk any way insult either of these worthy people quicker than by mentioning gain to them, that is. in a financial way. They propose to pay every cent of their traveling and living expenses as they travel to and fro across the continent to the last penny of their income and they propose to make that income suf ficient for the labors they perform. It is often said that in the field of organized charity it takes $2 to place $1 in active work, said $2 going for high salaries chiefly. Mr. Bradrick. in his Spokane operations, made $120 do the work of $5000. for that would have been the ordinary cost of hos oital and surgical expenses for the 39 cases treated. Snrslral Work la Kree. Be it said with pride, however, that there was no charge whatever for sur gical cases and the best surgeons in that city were only too glad to give their services free! Just think of that, you who decry the "doctors!" And Mr. Bradrick has ' found that wherever there is a hospital there are near-by surgeons who will offer without price their best efforts for the benefit of the little unfortunates brought to them in the same way. Is that not a splen did tribute to the physicians of our country? Here I wish to give the doctrine of Mr. Bradrick In connection with his re tirement: "Mr Carnegie has stated that the day would come when It would be a dis grace to die very wealthy. My doctrine is that the same thing will appiv very soon to the successful business man and that the day will come soon when our smaller children were warmly applaud ed at the close of their Indian lullaby. The song "Land of Nod" was well re ceived and the interpretive dance "Dreamland" was a fascinating selec tion. Teachers and pupils were showered with congratulations at the close of the entertainment, for the excellence of the production. successful business men will retire from business in time to devote a por tion of their best energies and ability in trying to do something Tor their fel low man in which there is a vast field of opportunities. This is my idea in giving up business at this time, that I may set an example and follow out my ideals. Not many can be Carnegies, but there are thousands that can quit in time to give service, which often proves as valuable as money." General Appeal Made. Now here is what Mr. and Mrs. Brad rick are going to do. and be sure and remember they are going to do it at their own expense, so that for every dollar contributed 100 cents will go for the relief projects. They are going to tour the country, making their chiefest appeals in the Northwest, to get people to endow beds in hospitals where the same work can be done that was done in Spokane. He is sure the surgeons will respond the country over as they did in Spokane and treat the cases without charge and he is absolutely certain that the good women of the land, through their church and other organizations will search out the little crippled children whose parents are too poor to have their cases properly at tended to and bring them to the hos pitals. Mr. and Mrs. Bradrick are going out In search of people of wealth who will endow beds or wards in existing hos pitals in perpetuity If possible, for shorter periods it the donors are not so situated as to make the rifi perpetual. A single bed will cost from $400 to 500 a year: a ward, of 10 to 12 beds, will cost about $5000 a year; the single bed would take care of a dozen cases or more a year, the ward more than 100. Money Collected. Ah! says the reader, the Bradricka are going out to collect money. Not a. dollar, not a cent. The money must be paid direct to the hospital or put in trust in some financial institution for such payment. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Bradrick will take a penny, for there is to be no rake-off for anybody. Please get that into your head thoroughly. Just try and get the thought clear that the Bradrlcks are doing this work for the good they are doing for the little crippled children of the country and not for gain or glory of any kind. Just sit down for a moment and think this thing out. First, think of the ben efit to the hospitals. No new hospitals are needed, there are plenty now with vacant wards: think of the benefit to them. Then remember there is no tex, no creed, no politics nothing but hu manity in the project. Just the broadest and deepest sort of humanity, which is the zenith of philanthropy. None will offer their services more freely than the blessed, blessed, noble women of the land, none will respond more freely than the reputable sur geons of the land all that is needed is the money for the hospital charges. If that is offeree as it should be there will soon be a wonderful diminution its the number of cripples we daily see on our streets. I. line l)cxsits Heins Examined. FSTACADA. Or.. May 20. (Special.) Through the agricultural department of the Portland Railway, Light & Pow er Company, in conjunction with the Willamette Valley Southern Railway, Investigations are now under way to ut;iire the extensive limestone deposits near Marquam, in Clackamas County. Samples of the stone have been sent to the Oregon Agricultural College fr tests and a report should be available within a few days. If lime can be ob tnired at a price of not to exceed $4.50 a ton on the land, thousands of tons will be used in this section.