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THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX, PORTLAND, SEPTE3IBER 17, 1916. 15 HEILIG SECURES BIG WINTER GARDEN PRODUCTION "A WORLD OF PLEASURE" New York and Chicago Cast of More Than a Hundred Persons Coming Show Is Practically Gigantic Vaudeville Entertainment. assass8f(. I J ssa THE Winter Garden's most sensa tional production, "A "World of Pleasure," described as a musical extravaganza in two acts and. nine cenes, comes to the Heillg Theater four nights beginning: next Sunday, September 24, with the big New York and Chicago cast of 125 persons, in cluding William Norris, Conroy and Le Malre, Collins and Hart, Margaret Ed wards, Franklin Batie, McMahon, Dia mond and Chaplow, Wanda Lyon, dar ling; little Kosie Quinn and 100 others. The names alone speak, volumes for the style of entertainment, because, robbed of the scenes, music, dances, costumes, ensembles, ballets, etc., these perform ers would be able to give an entertain ment taking rank with the most satis fying vaudeville bill ever staged. The large cast was engaged for this very purpose, that is, to supply beauty, comeliness and comedy. Mace of Soldiers Shown. Tha Winter Garden always goes in for magnificent scenery, striking and bizarre costumes and popular music, and. In "A World of Pleasure" there is ah abundance of all of these good things. There are also several ideal pictures, such as "The Melting Pot" scene, in which a bewildering maze of soldiers, dresssed in continental Euro pean military costumes, enter a huge pot and are soon transformed into peaceful young Americans. This fur nishes the finale of the first act and is the most fascinating finish ever con ceived for a musical production. It literally brings the audience to its feet. Big Chorus Is Included. Of course there is the Winter Garden ehorus, which is always the chief in gredient of this colossal entertainment. Needless to say, the girls have every opportunity to display their charms and beauty. There are 30 of the clever- est little dancing girls ever gathered togetlr in one organization. The re mainder of the 65 devote themselves to wearing so many costumes that the ladies In charge of the wardrobe de partment found that their hair turned gray In keeping track of the great number of costumes. The music of tha present production is by Slgmund Rom berg and the book and lyrics by Harold Atteridge. J. C. Huffman has staged the production. NEW YORK'S CIVIC ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SEASON TO BE SHORTENED Thousands Delighted by Magnificent Music Which Is Produced In Spite of Intense Heat and Dread of Infantile - Paralysis for Period of 15 Weeks Musicians Plan to Aid in Low-Priced Offering. BY EMILIE FRANCES BAUER. NEW YORK. Sept. 16. (Special.) Not less than 8000 persons, and probably more, heard the final concert of the CiVlo Orchestral Society Tuesday night at Madison Square Gar den, when Walter Henry Rothwell en joyed one of the greatest triumphs of his life, as the Immense audience lin gered long after the last notes of the orchestra had died away for the pur pose of cheering and showing their ap preciation and gratitude. Mr. Roth well upon this occasion had tha valua ble co-operation of Mme. Melanle Kurt, of the Metropolitan, and her success was as gratifying to Mr. Rothwell as his own, because it represented part of the great scheme in which ha has become an Idol of the public and It heightened the quality of tha offering throughout. The programme was made up entire ly of numbers by Wagner and Liszt, Mme. Kurt singing the Senta ballad from "The Flying Dutchman" and the "Liebestod" from "Tristan und Isolde" and Mr. Rothwell supplying with his energetic, poetic and convincing read ings the "Rienzi" overture, the intro duction to the third act of "Lohengrin" and the superbly colored "Tannhauser" overture. The Liszt numbers were the aymphonic poem, "Les Preludes," and the second Hungarian Rhapsody. Conductor Merits Applause. Throughout, the audience manifested the utmost delight and the rafters (airly rang with the applause and the acclamations. Mr. Rothwell has en deared himself to New York audiences as few men have ever done it before aim in one season. Indeed, looking back upon his first appearance, it may be said that it was an instantaneous con quest and that the feeling grew with each appearance. He proved a master at making a. programme and a genius at delivering it. Mme. Kurt proved again the Tight that she has to the hold she has al ready exercised upon the American audiences and she won new admirers on Tuesday evening. Her graclous ness In giving her services upon such an occasion and for such a purpose has further made her a part of the musical life of this country and has given her more appreciation than many seasons at the Metropolitan could have done, because it gave a glimpse of tha wom an as well as of the artist. There is little doubt that Mr. Roth well will be heard again next Summer, when the society will be placed upon a firmer footing. It is interesting to note further that he has received many offers for permanent posts of honor since he made such a distinguished place for himself la this country, both East as well as in the West. - Undertaking Is Colossal. The Civic Orchestral Concerts may be regarded a success in the last ac ceptation of the word, as only those understanding what New York has en dured and suffered this Summer can realize what a colossal attraction they must have been to have brought out each week for 15 concerts not less at any time than 3500 persons at the Bmallest audience and 2000 tnrna away at the largest. Every effort has been put forward to prevent people from going into crowded places, tha suggestions have been disquieting and depressing, to say naught of a record fexeafeinK heat nearjy pxsrz pisMX p the concerts. The press has been most enthuslatic, not alone In expression but each night tte oritlcs were seen in their places and with obvious enjoy ment, real pleasure the sort they sel dom show during the over-rushed Winter season. No undertaking aver has elicited finer support or more gratifying ex pressions from the editorial columns of the great dally papers, and none ever succeeded in upholding the high est Ideals of music with no regard to anything except the art itself. And this was Just what the people wanted. Such an undertaking would have passed for naught had Mr. Rothwell dropped into lighter vein.. As was to have been expected there was a great deficit because there was not one cent withheld that could have made the orchestra better. Eighty-six men received the highest pay that they can command In the height of tha Winter season, and there is no more expensive man that Mr. Rothwell. and they understood this from the begin ning. Flans Made for Next Season. The guarantors feel that in the face of all unsettled conditions at present It is better to transfer their efforts to next season when undoubtedly they will begin anew the efforts to make this an annual self-supporting organ ization. Perhaps they may have in mind a great auditorium for the peo ple Instead of the makeshift that the old Madison ' Square Garden offers and to Otto H. Kahn, tha public owes a debt of the deepest gratitude for making the experiment this season. That the artists of the Metropolitan have felt It a pleasure to assist in a schema of this sort as well as to lend their drawing powers to the enterprise of Mr. Kahn was evidenced first by Mme. Gadskl and then by Mme. Matzenauer and Alme Kurt, while Sembach and others had already of fered to appear in the subsequent con certs. One of the regrettable features of eliminating tha last five concerts will be found in the fact that Miss Katherlne Ruth Heyman had been en gaged to play the Saint Saens con certo in which she had such great success at the Panama Exposition that it led to her remaining in California the entire year. Miss Heyman has not appeared in New York in. H years, having passed all of, this time abroad Bave for the year Just completed In Californta and there was much interest ATTRACTIVE EAST SIDE COTTAGE OF NEW ENGLAND TYPE IS SOLD FOR $6000. "v-:'..v"- :.. ": " "wa r.-.s.- -r&A .w.:.;flcc',X2.. .... -a-. Ml 4 X F y S 5 Z ' k a - ----- - UL, H4 Bai'h lit NEW HOME! OF" J. B. KAPPf 715 EAST NINETEENTH STREET NORTH An attractive eight-room residence, built faithful to the lines of New England architecture, has been sold recently by F. E. Bowman & Co. to J. B. Knapp, at a reported consideration- of $6000. The lo cation is at 715 East Nineteenth street North, in the block between Klickitat and Fremont streets, where six beautiful homes have been erected by the Bowman company. The new Knapp residence has white enamel finish, hardwood floors, fireplace, tiled bathroom, Dutch kitchen and paneled dining room. Tha house has a cozy, cottage-like appearance and yet equipped with every accommodation and convenience of a much larger residence. MID-YEAR MODEL 7 New-Type Bodies 12Z-ia. Wheelbase 48 Horsepower S1325 f. o. b. Racine For Touring Car ' Bit ff. One Winter Car The Coupe "My S cientific Car" A Statement by John Bate, the Efficiency Expert j The First He Has Ever Signed The latest Mitchell, in every detail,' typifies my ideals of efficiency. I have never said that before. Yt I have devoted 13 years to thfTTar. I have made some 700 improvements. And this is my 17th model. We have all kept silent on my objects until my work was done. Efficiency is This: Efficiency means doing things In the best way possible. In the factory it means economy. It means minute-saving at every point. It means right arrange ment. It means trained men. It means machines to perform each operation in the quickest way. We have that now. The Mitchell plant is the model of this industry. We have worked out here a factory saving of at least 50 per cent. A car like the Mitchell, in most modern plants, would cost the maker at least one-fifth more than here. A Lifetime Car I consider that efficiency also means a car built to last a lifetime. A car's life is affected by use and abuse. But seven cars of my build ing have already averaged 175,000 miles each. That's over 30 years of ordinary service. One has already run 218,000 miles. That is due to my policy of giving every part at least 50 per, cent over-strength. To do that, and get lightness, I use much Chrome-Vanadium steel. I use more drop forgings, more steel stampings than any other maker, I believe. There are 440 such parts in the Mitchell. . I use almost no castings. Took 55,000 Hours I have devoted to this Mitchell some 55,000 hours. For I work both night and day. I have worn out fifty cars in comparing one idea with another. Each part has been tested in every known way before I adopted a standard. Now, by watching materials, by endless tests and inspections, we keep every part to that standard. When I drive a car I want it built as I build it. I want it for safety's sake, for the sake of en- Mitchell Models 3-passenger Roadster, $1325. 5-passenger Touring Car, . $1325 7-passenger Touring Car, $1360 K4lpp4 wltfc XteaomatabU Top mlr. MM Xxtr 3- passenger Cabriolet, $1775 4- passenger Ccupe, $1850 7-passenger Springfield Sedan, $1985 7-passenger Limousine, $2650 A O prices t. a. b. Racine durance and for economy. I know that able engineers look for a car of this kind, because so many buy the Mitchell. And I believe that all men, when they know the facts, will demand scientific cars. , Luxury Bodies This year our artists have de signed seven types of new-style luxury bodies. Before they did so, I had them examine 257 new models, European and American. So not an attraction is missed not a dainty touch, not a new idea. There are two all-season models the Touring Sedan and the Cab riolet. There arc two winter cars the Limousine and Coupe. There are open cars, and a top that detaches. All the beauties and luxuries known to body-building are com bined in these new models. TheyJ are exhibition cars. 26 Extra Features These new models contain 26 extra features things that other cars omit. Our factory savings pay for all of them. Our luxury bodies contain a score of . touches which you do not find else where. That is my idea of efficiency to make the Mitchell, in every detail, typify the utmost in a car. I believe that every man who knows and every, woman will say that I have done so. J .an JOHN W. BATH.' MITCHELL MOTORS COMPANY, Inc., Racine, Wis., U. S. A.) Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co: East Morrison and East First Sts. Portland, Oregon evinced in the fact that she -was to have appeared with Mr. Rothwell. Opem-AIr Opera Planned. The Metropolitan artists came for ward not only for the concerts but they also have pledged themselves to two performances of which details are now arranged. For the first time in Kevf York open-air grand opera will be essayed with Metropolitan opera stars, orchestra and chorus and full assistance of all the forces available. Artur Bodansky will conduct "Die Walkure," and the Italian operas. "Cavalleria Rustlcana" and "Pagliacci" will be under the baton of Arnoldo Contl. formerly of the Boston Opera Company. The names announced for both performances Include Amato, Botta, Braua, Maud Fay, Mme. Gadski, Mme. Kurt, Anna Fitziu, Kathleen Howard, Mm:. Matsenauer, Sembach and others. "Die Walkure" will be suns Monday evening:, September 18, and the double bill is announced' for Thursday evening, September 21.-" Notwithstanding the fact that a damage of more than J6000 was done in the Lewisohn Stadium of the City College of New York, the directors have offered their field for the purpose. The management will be In the hands of F. C. Coppicus. Max Elser, Jr., and E. I. Bernays, all of the Metropolitan Musical Bureau. A fact worthy of note is that this will be the first time that the Metro politan artists will appear in opera at prices ranging from 25 cents to $2.50. Opera Popular Priced. America looks Justifiably to the Messrs. Aborn for the best' that can be supplied in popular priced operatic, of ferings and this season these energetic impresarios probably will exceed any undertaking with which they have ever been identified In the past. They will give not only the old standard operas in English, but they will take on the road such works as "Jewels of the Ma donna," "Samson and Delila," "Tales of Hoffmann," "Boris Goudonoff" and Other operas that have not been done until they have become over familiar even In the cities where the public Is not surfeited with opera. It is said that these operas will be given in the original wherever , the preference will be expressed, as the company will con sist of thoroughly competent people.. The season will open in Washington and the cities to be visited by the Aborn Opera Company will -include Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Cincinnati and following the Pittsburg engagement the?, will come lo Jsew York, in Jan uary for the rest of the season, where they will give their well-known per formances from 25 cents to $1. It was stated 4y some of the dally papers that Messrs. Aborn had engaged the Manhattan Grand Opera-House. but they disclaim this, or arrangements are not quite completed. IXamraersteln Makes Plans. From the Manhattan Grand Opera to the Lexington Opera-House Is not a far cry, the name of Oscar Hammer stein being so undeflably associated with both houses. The Manhattan has held Its own as an auditorium where everything from prizefights to "Pelleas et Mellsande" has ever sees. Mr. Hammerstein Is still studying the opera situation and rumor now has it that the Metropolitan directors will not antagonise him In the attempt to give grand opera at the house he most recently erected for operatic purposes in the event that his highest price shall be la. It Is believed that he is working upon a plan by which he will give IS opera at S2. Whether once again lie "goes to the wall" or not makes little difference to this most in trepid, most interesting of all men that ever figured in the amusement life of this country, but if he goes In at all the public may be perfectly sure that this Is what tie will do and only Oscar Hammerstein knows how to do it. Before long the operatic world will be able to claim another Impresario, one who has won his way as an artist at the Metropolitan Opera-House. This is Andrea de Segurola, who is arrang ing for a season of grand opera id Havana. He will not, however, come Into competition with the Bracale Op era Company, as the latter is due to open at the National Theater December 26. while Mr. de Segurola, the Spanish baritone-Impresario, will take his com pany there following the season at At lanta. He will present Geraldine Far rar, Martlnelll and Amato and proba bly .Mile. Borl, Scottl and - Caruso, If his plans cary correctly. EXHIBIT IS ON BIG SCALE Albany Exposition to Rank' Second to State Fair. ALBANY, Or., Sept. 1. (Special.) The stock department of the coming Central Willamette Valley Exposition, to be held at Albany in connection with the Harvest Festival October 12. 12 and 14, will be the biggest held in the jutg outside. o the. state, fair, ac cording to A. L. Fisher, president of the exposition association. Owing to the fact that the exposition is not a county fair the herds of all the surrounding counties are eligible to compete, and many have already en tered. A good prize list Is being offered In all departments, with special emphasis placed on stock and dairy cattle and upon a milk and butter fat-producing contest, which is to be a feature of the dairy department. NEW SECRETARY CHOSEN University Y. V. C. A. Has Trmpo rary Officials. UNIVERSITY OF OREGOtf. Eugene, Sept. 16. (Special.) Miss Mary Gillies, last year secretary of the Y. W. C. A. at the university, has resigned and Is now at her home in South Pasadena, Cal. Her place has been filled tem porarily by Mrs. C H. Eflmondson of Eugene. Miss Gillies did very creditable work at tUe university ' and has been offered three similar positions in Cali fornia. The advisory board of the university Y. W. C. A. has chosen Miss Terza Dins dale, of Galena. Ill- to handle the work but she will not be able to report here until January 1. Miss Dlnsdale was formerly secre tary at the University of Wisconsin. Klamath W ants Grazing Toll. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, Sept. 16. (Special.) A movement to secure for Klamath County the taxes said to be due it for the grazing of transient live stock within its boundaries has been started here by the Klamath Commer cial Club. The club is compiling data concerning the amount of such stock grazed in Klamath County during the season of 1916. The state law provides that owners of livestock grazed in oountles In which the owners of the stock do not reside are liable for a tax on this stock. Big Cedar Chest Order Placed. ALBANY. Or., Sept. 16. (Special.) Albany will be shipping headquarters for the entire country on one article for one of the largest of the Nation's mall order houses. This firm has placed an order with local manufacturers for cedar chesta and, fcau arranged that after it receives orders will ship them directly from this city. Read The Oreronlan Classified Ads. HOT WATER THE BEST LIVER AND BOWEL MEDICINE Says glass of hot water before breakfast washes poisons from system. Physicians the world over recom mend the inside bath, claiming this la of vastly more Importance that out side cleanliness, because the skin pores do not absorb Impurities Into the blood, causing 111 health, whllo the pores In the ten yards of bowels do. 'Men and women are urged to drink each morning, before breakfast a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phospbjate in it, as a harmless means of helping to wash from the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels the previous day's indigestible material, poisons, sour bile and toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and puri fying the entire alimentary canal be fore putting more food Into the stom ach. Just ss soap and hot water cleans and freshen the skin, so hot water and limestone phosphate act on the elim lnatlve organs. Those who wake up with bed breath, coated tongue, nasty taste or have a dull, aching head, sallow complexion, acid stomach; others who are subject to bilious attacks or constipation, should obtain a quarter pound of lime stone phosphate at the drug store. This will cost very little but Is suffi cient to demonstrate the value Of in side bathing. Those who continue it each morning are assured of pro- nounced results, both in regard. t health, and appearance. Adv,