BY LEOK CASS BAER.
IF any of you were, by chance, dis
appointed last season over not be
ing able to obtain seats for the
Cohan and Harris attraction. "It Pays
to Advertise" you're going to have a
chance at it again in a few days,
too. For next Thursday night this
hilarious farce-comedy returns to the
Heilig for three night and one matinee
performances.
"It is easily counted as one of the big
successes of the play firm, who are
known to sponsor only successes. Roi
Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett
wrote this play and It's meaty with
laugh lines.
For instance, have you forgotten that
one about the egg? One of the men
asks another one, "What sort of eggs
do you eat," and the answer is "hen's
eggs, of course," and the first man
says, "Yes and the reason you eat
hen's eggs is because a hen advertises
her wares with a. cackle. Dy'e ever
hear a duck say anything about an
egg she laid?"
Of course I haven't quoted It exactly
as they said it but you get the idea.
Then there was another one typical
of the theory of advertising advocated
in the play. Rodney a son of a rich
father having been coerced into enter
ing upon a business career, decides to
launch a big advertising campaign,
which is not approved by his sire.
In an effort to convince him Rodney
ays:
"Oh! You don't believe in advertis
ing? I guess you do: what makes you
go to the theater? Don't tell me. I'll tell
you. It's something you've been told
about a play. And what you've been
told, the other fellow's been told, and
the fellow that told him read it some
where. "Ninety-five per cent of the
public are sheep, and. all you've got to
do is to start them right and they'll
fall over each other trying to follow
the leader. Do you know that the day
after Bryan Indorsed grape Juice the
sales went up 9999 gallons a day?"
Coming Down to Today.
An honest-to-goodness ballet is with
us. It is the big act of the Orpheum
show at the Heilig. where Ivan Bank
off, Lola Girlie and Madeleine Harrl
sen will shine for four days as the
stars. The aforementioned ballet eight
coryphees is with the stars. Anything
ballet is remindful of Russia, and, in
this instance it is fitting because Ivan
Bankoff is a Russian.
Bankoff. by the way, made his first
appearance in America at the Metropol
itan Opera House in New York, where
he was engaged to understudy the fa-
Hmous Mordkin. Mordkin sent word one
day that he was unable to appear at
the. next performance, and the under
study's opportunity arrived. He as
tonished the spectators by his skill, and
Mordkin soon recovered.
Eankoff. however, had made a name
.for himself. He went into vaudeville
with Bianca Frolich. and he has re
mained in the two-a-day ever since
with the exception of a few occasions
when he was engaged for productions.
Now he is a shining Orpheum light un
der the. personal guidance of Martin
Beck.
v Bankoff is not the only notable In
the new Orpheum show. We also have
with us today, Anna Chandler. "The
Debutante." in a study, of song. A
peep at the Orpheum time sheet indi
cates that Miss Chandler is "some" en
tertainer. On the official time sheet,
the time allowed for Miss Chandler is
23 minutes. This is nearly twice as
long as the average act that appears
before the front curtain. Twelve to 14
minutes is the average length of time
for these acts, and if they stay longer
they very quickly destroy the good
impression they have made. In the
case of Miss Chandler, however, 20-odd
minutes seem as one. Her song studies,
say reviewers along the line, are never
overdrawn.
Anna Chandler is an American girl,
but she is as famous as a comedienne
in the British Isles as she is here. She
is one of the few "single women." as
they are technically called, referring to
their act and not their matrimonial
status, who really has an international
reputation worthy of note. It is sev
eral seasons since she was last seen
over the Orpheum circuit and since
then her name has become a byword
on two continents.
At the Baker, the Alcazar Players
are opening today in "The Song of
Songs," adapted from Henry Suder
man's book of the same name.
It is a sort of glorified "easiest way."
Some folks find a tremendous moral in
its telling and some find it quite ob
jectionable. So it all depends on your
viewpoint. Ruth Gates will appear in
the role created by Irene Fenwick. and
Albert McGovern will appear in the
role created by John Mason, In the
original production in New York,
where, by the way, it was a six months'
sensation at the Eltinge Theater.
Since then it has been a big success in
stock. In San Francisco the Alcazar
Players presented it for a three weeks'
run. In the keeping of the local Al
cazar Players "The Song of Songs" is
insured a splendid production. Right
after "The Song of Songs" comes "The
Miracle Man," one of the Cohan and
Harris successes of last season.
Readers of Harold Bell Wright's fic
tion will rejoice in the announcement
that a dramatization of his novel. "The
Winning of Barbara Worth." is coming
to the Heilig the latter part of next
week. Mark Swan made the dramatic
version and the play is said to have re
tained all the charm of the original
text, with especial emphasis on scenic
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ter types. "
A brace of interesting personalities
are coming to deck the new bill at
Pantages, opening tomorrow afternoon.
George Primrose, famous minstrel man,
is the top liner at this vaudeville home.
Another interesting person is Resista,
you can't lift her. just try It. Resista
grows heavy or light in weight. That's
her act.
At the Hip the seven Bonamar Arabs,
in a whirlwind acrobatic act will top
the list of vaudeville plus pictures.
Additional interest is centered in the
song and dance act offered by Harry
Baker, who is Harry Germanus. the
son of M. Germanus. of Portland. Harry
Baker and a clever partner offer "Song
Sayings."
At the Strand Hugh Emmett. one of
the best-known among musical mimics
and vontriloquists will be the. big' num
ber on a bill of acts and pictures.
"THE SOXG OF SOXGS" IS HEIiE
Manager of the Alcazar Players Pro
cures Play Before ltoud Shows.
At last Portland is going to have "The
Song of Songs" and in advance of trav
eling companies. Manager Seaman of
the Alcazar Players, has secured the
rights for it in stock by paying the
largest royalty that has gone East for
a play since the original release "of
"The Girl of the Golden West." It will
open at the Baker this afternoon for
the week with other matinees Wednes
day (bargain day) and Saturday.
Although "The Song of . Songs" has
proved to be one of tne greatest sensa
tions since the first production 0t
"Camille" in this country, there are
doubtless many who do not know just
what it is, as comparatively few keep
up on things theatrical in New York
City, and "The Song of Songs" has been
seen in few other large cities in the
country as yet.
The play opens in a little Oriental
shop on the boardwalk at Atlat-' 'ity
and introduces Lily Kardos. a ir
old Greek girl, whose father de
serted her, leaving only a manuscript
of a song he had composed, which she
believes will find her happiness and
love and keep away evil. But evil be
sets her, haunts her, taunts her and
carries her through a maze, of living.
Lovers of all sorts kneel at her feet.
One marries her. One seeks her de
struction, another seeks to turn that
everlasting happiness into sorrow and
degredation and so on, she seems to
follow, -always against her will, the
imperative call of sin.
In the end. Lilv finds such happiness
as is left her and such honor as an
other marriage could give her before
the world. She had found her song of
songs, but fate decreed its memory
should be "short lived.
It is a play of tremendous effect and
by tomorrow it is safe to waper the
whole town of theatergoers will be
buzzing about it. It ran more than six
months at the Eltinge Theater. New
York, with a cast of people such as
John Mason, Irene Fenwick, Dorothy
Donnelly, Tom 'Wise. Ernest Glenden-
ning, Cyril Keightley. etc.. and will be
produced by the Baker in an unusually
sumptuous manner.
"TIIE MIRACLE MAX" COMING
George M. Cohan's Dramatization of
Frank Li. Packard's Novel at Baker.
The coming of "The Miracle Man"
for the first time to this city means a
great deal. It is the dramatization by
George M. Cohan of the noted Frank
L. Packard novel of the same name.
The popular Alcazar Players will offer
it for the week beginning next Sunday
matinee at the Baker.
Hundreds know the story of the old
patriarch in the little Maine village
who healed people and of the expe
rience of the gang of petty crooks who
attempted to commercialize his powers
by deceit and imposition. It takes a
master like Cohan to write a play
around a subject so important and far
reaching as this and make it effective.
In. "The Miracle Man". Cohan reached
the zenith of his powers, according to
many New York critics.
How eagerly everyone grasps at the
possibility of being healed of physical
and mental infirmities without recourse
to the usual medicines or knife and
what miserable frauds- have been per
petrated upon credulous victims Is too
well known to need comment. In this
case the healing is re.al and genuine,
but the kindly old man does it for the
love of humanity and the attempted ex
tortion and its startling consequences
are the work of the petty gang of
crooks. The play is at once power
fully dramatic and delightfully funny,
as are all the creations of George M.
Cohan.
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STRAND HEADL-INER IS COMIC
Burlesque on Automobile Mishaps
Forms Unusual Offering.
There are burlesquers and bur
lesquers on the vaudeville in automo
bile specialties, but the Strand The
ater has been provided with one of the
most comical of them all for the new
bill which will open Sunday.
McCall and Kelly, in their reluctant
little burlesque auto, have found the
funny spots in every phase of the
motorist's mlBhaps ,and present them
to the audience in a . merry chain of
comedy, singing and patter. Their skit
Is entitled ."Blocking the Traffic," and
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let a whole procession of laughs go by.
Hugh Emmett has something new
although this is commonly regarded as
Impossible in - ventriloquism. . . His
musical mimicry and imitations are
especially entertaining.
Collins and "Lee, the 'dancing super
man and the pretty girl who serves as
a sort of floral display to make it an
act beautiful as she is have an offer
ing that moves wjth a rush and finishes
with a surprise. Comedy singing and
dancing of dizzying variety are their
feature.
The Strand has had the privilege of
introducing to Portland in the past
few weeks several exceptionally fine
acts typical of the "Wild West." and
it will offer in the Sunday bill another,
quite as striking as any that it has
presented in previous times. George
Newton, a champion roper, who knows
how to accompany his act with -delight.
ful patter, is the . offering In this -line
in the-new bill, and .he comes to Port
land in a cloud of glory accumulated
in a long and successful tour.
Ruth Stonehouse in "Kinkaid, the
Gambler," the forty-fifth Redfeather
production, will .be the photodrama
feature in the new bill.
A woman detective, a love affair with
the man she seeks to entangle In the
net of the . law, her successful cam
paign and then the triumph of her
love for her victim and a beautiful
love story happily ended: these are the
outstanding points of the plot.
There is plenty of thrill in the film
and plenty of interesting scenery in
the background, for a large - part of
the action takes place on the Mexican
border.
WHiniAYIND,. EXHIBITION BILJj
Arabs Have . Sensational Act at
Hippodrome Today.
For a whirlwind exhibition of sen
sational acrobatic ability, it will be hard
Indeed to equal the act of the Seven
Bonamar Arabs, who came to the Hip
podrome with the new show that opens
this afternoon to run until next Thurs
day. These . clever performers come
from the deserts of Arabia and their
work Is of the character that can really
be called remarkable. They are . pic
turesque athletes of rare ability.:
Music lovers will be pleased with the
act of Hughes, Leyden and - Hughes,
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Uiree classy girl musicians, who are
masters of both vocl and Instrumental
music. Superior ham playing is one
of the features of tiu act and the
songs are delightful. . .. ..
The Van Sickle and Leander Trio,
who introduce comedy pinging,- talking
and dancing, have an ait that all will
like. The audience will laugh, too, at
the drolleries here presnted. Superior
fun is the offering of these three.
The Llndemans have performances
on the tight wire that are really thrill
ing. They do jumping, dancing and
cycle riding in wonderful fashion and
the act is a big one on any stage.
Harry Parker and Violet Butler offer
Song Sayings." Mr. Parkers real
name is Germanus. and he Is the son
of M. Germanus. the well-known busi
ness man of this city. When Harry
Germanus essayed the life histrionic,
he left off the name of his sire and
adopted Parker as shorter and simpler.
He was educated here and has many
friends in this city. With his clever
partner. Miss Butler, he has an at
tractive act.
Ziska & Co. present "The Comedy
Side of Magic." being one of those
favorite numbers that combine tricks
and fun-making. Ziska works with
the greatest ease and the act goes fast,
keeping everyone laughing.
Performances at the Hippodrome -will
be continuous today from 1:15 to 11
P. M. On the other days, except Sat
urdays and holidays, shows run from
2-to 6 and 6:45 to 11 P.'M. There Is a
big motion picture programme in add!
tion to the vaudeville, combining
drama, comedy and Fathe News.
ORPHEUM HAS STELLAR , ACT
Ivan Bankoff -and 'Lola Girlie - Are
Appearing In Headliner.
Ivan Bankoff and Lola Girlie, with
Madeline Harrison and a corps de bal
let, are" the headliners extraordinary of
the Orpheum show which opens at the
Heilig Theater this afternoon. Bankoff
and Girlie are well known in Orpheum
vaudeville, as they have appeared here
thrice as a duo.
This season, assisted by Miss Harri
son, they are the stars of a production
which is sent along the circuit under
the personal management' of Martin
Beck. A ballet of eight beautiful girls
accompanies - the stars throughout a
series of nine dances. The act is elabo
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scenery and apparatus for special light
ing effects.
Bankoff formerly was understudy for
the famous Mordkin at the Metropoli
tan Opera-House in New York. Miss
Girlie is regarded as one of the best
toe-dancers ever seen in vaudeville.
and Miss Harrison, a protege of Loie
Fuller, was a feature with "The
Elopers." under the management ot
John Cort when recruited for Orpheum
vaudeville.
. "The International Comedienne,"
Anna Chandler, is the extra attraction
of the post-Thanksglvlng show. Miss
Chandler is one of the few American
"singles" to score success abroad, and
her hit In the British Isles led to her
appellation, "The International Come
dienne." At the Palace Theater in New York
recently she was a tremendous hit,
even though she followed great sing
ing stars. Miss Chandler, this sea
son, is presenting a study in song
called "The Debutante" and she holds
the stage for nearly 25 minutes. As a
rule singing "singles" finish their
vaudeville acts in 12 minutes, but Miss
Chandler offers so much variety the
audience calls upon her to devote twice
that time to their entertainment. Aside
from her talent as a singer and come
dienne Miss Chandler is one of the
beauties of the stage and her gowns
are gorgeous. She has a wide reper
toire of songs, many.of which are used
by her exclusively.
Josephine E. Bernard and Hazel Har
rington, well-known players, will pre
sent. "Who Is She?" a comedy playlet
written especially for them by Willard
Mack, with whom they were affiliated
in stock before entering vaudeville.
Remaining acts of the new Orpheum
show are: Kenney and Hollis, tne
original college boys, in a new act en
titled "Freshy's Initiation": the Misses
Thea and Winnie Lightner and Newton
Alexander, the jolly trio, and Mademoi
selle Doria. "The Parisian Pet Player."
in an original canine sketch called "In
the Maid's Absence": Frank Carmen,
hoop roller and baton Juggler: the Or
pheum Travel Weekly, showing wild
birds and their habits, dahlia cultlva
tlon and garden flowers, and the Or
pheum Concert Orchestra, under- the
leadership of George E. Jeftery.
GEORGE PRIMROSE IS BILLED
Famous Minstrel Making Farewell
Trip.
George Primrose, trie heroic figure of
the age of modern minstrelsy, will
make his farewell appearance on the
stage as the featured attraction at
Pantages for the week commencing
with the matinee tomorrow.
Supporting Mr. Primrose will be his
seven blackface artists in a miniature
minstrel show. Mr. .Primrose will tp
pear. In the dances that first won him
fame a generation ago . and later
brought him to the center of the stage
as one of the leaders of modern mln
strelsy. Mr. Primrose's support is ex
cellent and there will be plenty of
fun mingled with the numerous song
numbers. At the conclusion of Mr.
Primrose's tour of the Pantages circuit
the noted star will retire from public
life. ..
Mr. Primrose is not the only star on
the new programme. Resists, the 98
pound marvel, is presented by Frederic
Melville. Resista will post a forfeit
which will go to any person who can
lift her against, her' will. Resista is a
marvelous human magnet and she has
permitted such strong men as Gotch.
Cutler, Wlllar.d and others to attempt
to. lift her, only to meet with failure.
This-, is. ResLsta's first appearance . In
Portland. She has been one of the
principal features of the early Fall
season in the East. -
Gilroy. Haynet and Montgomery, in
their musical nautical scene, "The Good
Ship Nancy Lee." have a hilarious vehi
cle, which, will . appeal to all. There
are many song hits and the lines are
filled with lively fun. The stage settings-represent
a huge ship and the
Illusion is excellently produced.
Izetta is a. charming girl accordion
ist, a unique feature in the musical
world. : Her selections' have a wide
range and she is an artist.
Weber and Elliott are singing come
dians whose songs are new and Jolly
and whose antics provoke many laughs.
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Their material is clever and their act is
a genuine mirth pYoducer.
Leo and Mae Jackson are astound
ing cyclists, who have a routine filled
with thrills. Their feats are original
and quite new to Portland audiences.
"The Lass of the Lumberlands," with
Helen Holmes in the principal role, has
reached its sixth installment. This
powerful motion picture drama of the
Oregon woods Is attracting more In
terest every week and It is a genuine
success.
The closing appearances of Raul Pe-
reira and his own string orchestra will
be at the continuous performance to
day from 2:15 to- 11 o'clock, a pro
gramme of excellent vaudeville beig
seen In his support. '
JOBS OFFERED TRAINED MEN
Federal -Examinations Are
to Be
Held for Eligibles.
The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces open competitive ex
aminations as follows:
Junior structural steel draftsman, for
men only, to fill vacancies in this posi
tion in the bureau of yard's and docks.
Navy Department, W ashington, D. C,
and in the department or in the Navy
yard service throughout the United
States at salaries ranging from $3.52 to
$4 per diem. Until further notice and
on account of the urgent needs of the
service applications will be received at
any time, and the papers will, be rated
immediately upon their receipt in order
that appointments may be made with
the least possible delay. Qualified per
sons are urged to take this -examination.
December 26. dairy manufacturing
specialist, for men only, to fill vacan
cies as they may occur in this position
in the dairy divison, bureau of animal
industry. Department of Agriculture, at
salaries ranging from $1800 to $2500 a
year.
Petroleum accountant, for men only,
to fill vacancies in this position in the
Fnucci 1F. In Artistic Dancea,
at Strand Theater.
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bureau of .mines.' Department of the
Interior, for service in the field, at
salaries ranging from $1300 to $2500
a year.
Petroleum economist, for men only,
to fill vacancies in this position In the
bureau of mines. Department of the
Interior, for service in the field, at sal
aries ranging from $1S00 to $2500 a
year.
January 3. scientific assistant in drug
plant investigations, for men only, to
fill a vacancy in this position in the
bureau of plant Industry, Department
of Agriculture, Washington. D. C. at
a salary ranging from $1400 to $1800
a year. ,
Laboratorian, qualified in strength of
materials, for men only, to fill a va
cancy in this position at $3.04 per diem
in the Navy-yard at New York, N. Y.,
and in positions requiring similar quaj
iflcatlons at any Navy-yard or other
naval establishment in the United States
or in the department at Washington,.
D. C.
Lay inspector, grade 1, for men only,
to fill vacancies as they may occur in
this post at $S40 a year. In the bureau
of animal industry. Department of Ag
riculture. Further information and application
forms for he above examinations may
be obtained from M. K. Wigton. local
secretary. Board United States Civil
Service Examiners. Postoffice building,
Portland, Or.
CAMP PLAN IS ACCEPTED
Centralia Business Men Propose
City Tract for Site.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Dec. 2. (Spe
cial.) A committee of business men
Wednesday afternoon submitted a plan
to the City Commission whereby seven
acres owned by the city on the banks
of the Skookumchuck River are to be
turned into an auto camping site and
public amusement park. The Commis
sion approved the plan and promised
to lend their support to the project.
The tract in question is at present
used for burning garbage, and the
committee and Commission will devise
means of securing a new location for
the city's dump pile. It was proposed
at the meeting to purchase a garbage
incinerator, and. if it is not too ex
pensive, this plan will probably be car
ried out.
POWER GRANT DISCUSSED
Mass . Meeting - Held . at Klamath
Falls Preliminary to Election.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Dec. 2.
(Special. J A large and successful mass
meeting was held here Wednesday
night to discuss the proposed franchise
of the Keno Power Company, upon
which a special city election will be
held Tuesday.
Charles F. Stone made the principal
talk in favor of granting the franchise
and Alexander J. Rosborough, secre
tary of the California-Oregon Power
Company, which now distributes elec
tricity and water in this city, made the
main address against such action.
Klamath Election Costs $2000.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Dec. 2.
(Special.) For salaries of judges and
clerks of election alone, the recent
election for National, state and county
offices cost Klamath County $975. In
addition to this must be added the cost,
of election supplies, of rent, heat, meals
on election day and the various other
incidental expenses.. Charles F. De Lap.
Deputy County Clerk, today estimated
that the election cost this county some
thing like $2000.
Marshfield School Levy Is 9 Mills.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. Dec. 2. (Spe
cial.) The School Board and electors
of the Marshfield school district levied,
a tax of 'S mills for support of the
three schools in the district. The levy
will supply $23,351. sufficient to pay
teachers, current expenses and provid"
for transportation of children living
more than two miles from the school
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