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Newspaper Page TextTHE . SUND AT . OREGONIAX. PORTLAND, 3IAY 27, 191" TICKET OFFICE SALE OPENS TOMORROW . THREE BARRIE PLAYS PRESENTED IN NEW YORK AT ONE TIME ALL UP TO STANDARD THEATER "Always a Show of Quality'- LIMITED ENGAGEMENT HEILIG Beginning "The New Word" and "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals" Deal With War Situation and "Old Friends" Is Tem perance Theme "His Little Widows" Playing to Capacity . Houses. Portland's Only Exclusive Home of Spoken Drama. Broadway and Morrison St. Milton W. Seaman, Manager. . .BAKER t t v i. t J- 4. 4 4. I i i 'A w i 4 4 a 4. i i i i i. u r 4 J? ill p : - ' jMmmmammM WV - '-v-rro - . IL- jtHfl I i 4T f - f ' A' i r - : ,.4 f U - ' f . - ' A x i J1 -1 it! s ' ' r f l ' J r f 'f I l ;i f t 's 4- 51-: - ' - - rt fl ':-4 H I Little Club.". i ' XT' I K . & JSrA - v - --' r-: ' "! " c'V I J - - ' J - - . - 4 -v--'- - - ; .. ,. - v - BT LLOYD F. LONERGAKT. -V EW YORK. May 26. (Special.) XI An "Evening "With J. M. Barrie" J- ' is one of the features of the sea son. Th three offerings now at the Empire "The New Word," "Old Friends" and "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals" are fully up to the Barrie standard- for pathos, humor and dis tinct themes. The ' Charles Frohman Company, it is announced, will donate the profits of tfru run to the stage women's war relief. All of these plays are distinctly timely, for "The New Word" and "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals" deal with the war situatfon as' it affects the British people, while "Old Friends" is a temperance theme. "The New Word" concerns a middle class British household and the nat ural British distaste for' emotion is brought out, when the son, who has heen called to war, is taking leave of his parents. Father and son are both cold and restrained, until the mother rebukes her husband for not having treated the boy with more kindness and blames him for not having won their son s conriaence. Roused by his wife's words, the father in a very tense scene with his son, reveals his great affection for the boy and finds that the son fully returns his feeling. The play shows that it takes the influence of a great occasion, such as a war, to stir emotion in the hearts of some fathers and sons. i Norman Trevor", as the father, gave sterling performances. Betty Daintry and Winifred Fraser were also in the cast. "The Old Lady Shows Her' Medals" gives us the woman's side of the war and the principal character Is an old Scotch charwoman who feels keenly that she has no relatives tn the trenches. It transpires that a certain Scotch soldier, who has distinguished himself for bravery, has the same name as the charwoman, so she "adopts" him. sends, him little gifts under a fictitious name and shows the neighbors letters which she claims to have received from him. The soldier comes, to London On a furlough and meets the - old woman. Being a Scotchman, which is the same thing as being "from -.xissouri," he de sires to "be shown." to- know whether she is really worthy and in the parting scene she. "shows . her medals." the .tender, .. beautiful . Qualities of. her nature. The play ends with news of her "son's" death and, she sadly puts away his little belongings. The old charwoman is excellently played by Beryl Mercer. . while . John -i- McFarlane is the soldier who won fame in France. "Old Friends," the' temperance part of the programme, tells the story of a former drunkard who learns that his weakness is inherited by his daughter. Lyn Harding and Eileen Huban play the two parts effectively, -while' Ger trude Berkeley . gives a sympathetic performance as the mother. - "His Little "Widows" Is playing to capacity at the Astor -Theater. Rida Johnson Young's comedy of New York still includes Carter De Haven. Flora Parker. Hattie Burks. Frank Lalor and other well-known favorites. A rumor that the Hippodrome was not to be under the management of Charles B. .Dillingham -was -disposed of when 'Harry S. Black, chairman of the United States Realty & . Improvement Company, owners-of the theater, an nounced that, while Mr. Dillingham's contract expired at the close of this season, it had been renewed: ' '.: Everyone, in New York seems to be working for the recruiting sergeant. In almost every shop window you see appeals to enlist; the vaudeville artists urge-you to fight for "Unce Sam", and the motion-pieture theaters throw slides on the screen in the effort to secure, volunteers for the Army and Navy. Jane- Cowl is . among; the num erous ones who are trying ' to stimu late enlistments., ........ r . f In "Lilac Time," of .which Miss Cowl is the star and part -author, the plays the role of a French girl whose Eng lish sweetheart is killed in battle. Miss Cowl was told that the play was-being used. by those opposed to recruit ing as an argument to dfsoourage-' en listments, and, while-she liked the play Just as it was, she. promptly wrote - a new ending:, -bringing the here back to his little French sweetheart, and the iresult .is , thaf the . final curtain -falls Holmes- with the characters happy instead of tearful. The result: More men "hit the trail for the recruiting offices. - While "Lilac Time," with Its new end ing, will bring recruits to the Army and Navy, the new soldiers and sailors will find that they are fully appre elated as the defenders of their coun try at the Shubert Theater, where "Her Soldier Boy" is playing, for tickets are sold to soldiers and sailors In uniform at half the regular prices. The Shu berts also extend this courtesy to our allies men. "Hltchy-Koo," one of the first Sum B1 HIPPODROME . THE BIG SHOW BROADWAY AT 'YAMHILL -" v, SIX GREAT ACTS, FOI H DAYS. STARTING TODAY. EARL FLYNN & HIS AMERICAN GIRLS SONGS. HOVEL DANCES. ORIGINALITIES. ROBERT CARTER & KATHRYN WATERS IS "THE HUNGER STRIKE" The Jolly Trio Alliston & Trucco Real Snappy Song.' Incomparable Whirlwind Daneera. Carlos Caesaro & Co. Taz Weatherford The Unman GyToseope. Imitations True to Nature. PHOTOPLAY FEATURE FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN and BEVERLY BAYNE f " ' nr THE SENSATIONAL METRO -SERIAL. ' - . . "THE GREAT SECRET" H : Emm performance Continuous Today, NEXT THUR. MAY 31 AFTERNOONS 2:15 EVENINGS 8:15 - i ... ,. GREATEST OF ALL D. W. GRIFFITH'S COLOSSAL $2,000,000 SPECTACLE STH! LOVE'S STRUGGLE THROUGHOUT THE AGES NOTE The only feature D. W. Griffith has produced during the' past three years.' Two years were consumed in the actual production of this marveL SPECIAL ORCHESTRA FOLLOWING PRICES INCLUDE RESERVED SEATS) MirilTC FLOOR 75, 50 A lllUm J BALCONY 75, 50, 25 rtf mer shows, will come to the Cohan & Harris Theater early In June. Raymond Hitchcock and E. Ray Goets are the producers, the book and lyrics are by Harry Grattan, Glen McDonough and E. Ray Goetx;, music by E. Ray Goets, and staged by Julian Mitchell. The cast is of the all-star variety, includ ing Mr. Hitchcock, William Rock and Frances White, Grace la Rue, Leon Errol,- Gypsy O'Brien. Florence Crlpps, Eleanor St. Clair and George Moore. The Zelgfeld "Follies of 1-917" opens on June 11 at me new Amsieraain Theater, after a 'tryout" at Atlantic City the week of June 4. George Bald win, tho tenor, and Vira Amazar, the grand opera singer, are among tnose in he cast. The 1 A. M. closing law has had Its effect upon the Cocoanut Grove, and. after closing for a short time. It Is to be reopened, not an an after-theater resort, as in the past, but as a roof theater, dinner and dance establish ment, opening at 7 o'clock. The theatrical performance will commence at 9 o'clock and continue until mid night. The restaurant facilities will be greatly increased. " Patrons will be permitted to dance before and after the show and during the Intermissions. Whether the closing law will have its effect upon the theaters themselves. great proportion of which open at 8:30 or 8:45 in the evening, remains to be seen, although It is possible that the 1 A. M. curfew will create a demand for an 8 P. M. opening. As yet, how ever, there has been no clamor for it. m m m William Gillette for years was one of the few American actors who ap peared in plays of which he was the author as well as the star, and this year, by a curious combination of cir cumstances, his present vehicle. "A Successful Calamity," is by anqther playwright, while Jane Cowl and Maude Fulton are appearing in plays which they . have written themselves and which have both proved very suc cessful. "Lilac Time" has proved Miss Cowl's ability as a writer, while In "The Brat." Miss Fulton's first attempt, we nave a play fully as entertaining as "Poly anna" and one which appeals to all classes of theater-goers. It is dis tinctly a "sunshine play." but It appeals to the men in the audience fully as much as the women, for it is thor oughly human and teaches a good moral without being preachy, and men dislike being preached to. Even men of "the tlred-buslness-man" type laugh heartily at the many humorous touches in the play. The question Is thlsr If more and more of the stars prove their ability as writers and provide their own plays. the playwrights will have to hie tnem selves to dramatic schools and take several months of "intensive training" .at these dramatic "Plattsburghs" to become Btage stars. "Peter Ibbetson" is to stay" at the Re public Theater Indefinitely because of the great success it has attained. John Barrymore, Constance Collier, Laura Hope Crws and Lionel Barrymore still head one of the best casts seen in New York this season. Henry E. Dlxey ts soon to appear under the management of Arthur Hop kins in an early season production of "The Deluge," by Hennlg Berger. Mr. Dlxey was last seen in New York in the all-star production of "Treasure Island," which ran nearly two seasons at the Punch and Judy Theater. a An echo from Plattsburgh is the an nouncement that John Taintor Foote, who is training there for a commission lilS to II P. M. Ceme Early. DTCDXTAAXTC FLOOR - 50 lLIUtUUllJ BALCONY 50, 25 in the new Army has beVn granted a furlough so that he can watch the re hearsals of his play, "Toby's Bow," which has its Initial performance at Stamford, Conn., on June 8. CHEHALIS PLANS MAY 30 Boy Scouts Will Be Guards for Vet erans Organizations. CHEHALIS. Wash, May 26. (Spe cial.) The programme for the observ ance of Decoration day In this city has been mapped. In the forenoon the Che halls Auto Club will tak the Grand Army of the Republic and Women's Re lief Corps to the cemeteries, the Boy Scouts attending as honor guards and assistants. In the afternoon a large parade is planned, which will Include all the school children. Moose military band. Company E, Home Guards, Boy Scouts and as many organizations as possible from this city. Following the parade special Memorial day exercises will be had at Mlllitt field, including drills and music. Rev. H. W. Thompson, of Centralis, has been chosen by the G. A. R. organi zation to give the addresses of the af ternoon. Business men will be request ed to decorate their buildings and the streets will be decorated with the Na tional colors. W. 0. W. WILL INITIATE Class From Hood River Will Join at The Daljes Tuesday. HOOD RIVER, Wash.. May IS. (Spe cial.) Accompanied by a class of 15 neophytes, the local camp of Woodmen of the World will visit The Dalles Tues day evening, when the local novices and a large class at The Dalles will be ini tiated. The Woodmen of the world re cently made radical changes In their ritualistic work, and the meeting at the neighboring city will be held for the purpose of exemplifying the new work. Hon. I. I. Boak, of Denver. Colo., con sul of the Pacific Coast division of the fraternal organization, will be presont- Rogue Cannery Prepares to Open. MARSHFIELD. Or.. May 26. (Spe cial.) The old Seaborg salmon can nery at Bagnell's Ferry, on the Rogue River. Is beinsr prepared for the -1917 HEILIG BDWY AT TAYLOR MAIN 1, A-1122. 3 NIGHTS MON. TUE. WED. BEGINNING TOMORROW MONDAY. MAY 24 HS" MAT. WED. JOHN DREW IN LANG DON MITCHELL'S COMEDY MAJOR PENDENNIS From Thackeray's NoveL Staged by Iden Payne. EXCELLENT I SPLENDID CAST I PRODUCTION 1 PRICES EVENINGS Lower Fir., $2, $1.50 Balcony, $1, 75c, 50c; Gallery 50c Wed. Mat. Entire Lower Floor, ?1.50; Balcony, $1, 75c, 50c; Gal lery, 50c. . TICKETS NOW SELLING V eek Beginning Sunday Matinee, May 27 ill u r "-n r- I x Wins 1000 laughs. Latest, greatest, fastest, funniest farce of the day. Beats "A Pair, of Sixes." Prices: 25c, 50c, 75c. Matinees Sunday, Next Week: "THE Ashing season by the Frank C. Barnes Canning Company foremen. Charles Hlldyard and J. B. Mullay. The can nery is four miles from the mouth of the river. The cannery was tied up In litigation and was not released until recently, some time after the fishing season opened on Rogue River. The Macleay cannery already has shipped several cargoes of canned salmon to Astoria and Portland.. MILL ON FAST SCHEDULE Plan at Cascade Looks Turning Out 100,000 Feet Lumber Dally. HOOD RIVER, , Or., May 26. (Spe cial.) Following the recent purchase of the Wind RJver Lumber Company's plant at Cascade Locks by the Bridal VeU Lumber Company, which also op erates a large plant at Bridal Veil, the former mlll is now operating 12 hours dally, turning out 100.000 feet of lum ber each day. Three hundred men are employed at the Cascade mill, according to A. o. Adams, postmaster of that city, who was here this morning. Plans are under way to run the mill on a 24-hour schedule. The Wind River Company's holdings are st the head of Wind River. Just Let's Go! OAKS AMUSEMENT PARK Grand Opening Today Sunday, May 2 7th Portland's beautiful popular playgTound. Always with new attractions and Epecial features throughout the park and in the bis auditorium. FOR THE OPENING WEEK Director W. E. McElroy and his famous band of soloists, with special patriotic and popular programmes of the world's best music every evening at 8:30. Sunday afternoon and Dec oration day at 3 o'clock. ELOISE ANITA HALL. Portland's favorite prima donna -Progressive Business Men's Quartet Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Bring the family. Picnic under the trees. Use the electric kitchenette free to prepare your lunch. Five-cent car fare from all parts of the city. Splendid car Bervice has been arranged from First and Alder. Watch for announcements of that great war drama, "Civilization," free for 'Oaks patrons. Wholesome pleasure, rest -and recreation for old and young. THnANTAGE (I J Imeqaaled Vaedeville ywfR- Matinee Dally. SsSO. Pttaltf Price WEEK COMMENCING TOMORROWS MATTNEE. First Tta continental Tsar of the Celebrated TTnderseas Star. Captain Louis Sorcho Presenting II la Monster Sabmarlne Show, Assisted by a Large Company. ta Thrilling Events. . ANDERSON'S 1917 REVUE A Galaxy of Girls and Song. Freddie James & Co. The World's Worst Juggler. GEORGE MORTON The Minstrel Man. First Installment of the Latest and Greatest Patae Sensation. - HTHE NEGLECTED WIFE" . WITH RUTH ROLASD. . ... NOTICED Today the curtain will rise promptly at 2 oVlock doors open nt 1. Last appearance of The Girl From Amsterdam" and an all-star bill at this continuous performance. The Alcazar Players Matinees: 25c, 50c Wednesday, Saturday. GIRL IN THE TAXI across the Columbia from Cascsda Locks. In Skamania County. Washing ton. The logs are brought down in rafts. A logging road to tap the rich r and cedar holdings, however, is pro posed. 21 IN BROWNSVILLE CLASS Commencement Exercises to Be Held Monday Night, Jane 11. BROWNSVILLE. Or.. May 28. (Spe cial.) This year's graduating, class of the Brownsville High School includes 21 students, six boys and IS girls. The baccalaureate sermon will be given Sunday. June 10. In the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. McLain W. Davis, of the Presbyterian Church, preaching. The commencement exercises will be held Monday night, June 11. In the City Auditorium. Those who will graduate are: Nita Sperry, Margaret Coshow. Gertrude Tycer. Beulah Dinwiddle, Hasel Leonard. Harold Miller. Marie Smith, George Howe, Mable Leonard. 'Frances Pugh. Percy Schrunk. Ruth S. Klllman. Ralph Dannon. Eva Love. Mae Church. Charles Kidwell. Eva Proebstel, Ber nice Coshow. Blanche Dillingham. Mil dred Johnson snd Wyatt Tindle. Broadway at Alder. Twice lightly. 7 aad 8. Boxes and Logee Reserved. Jerome & Carson In Nifty Vaudeville Breezes. Stoddard & Hynes In The Absent-Minded Professor." MESS