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TOE SUNDAY OltEGOXTAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 3, 1918,
BT LEONE CASS BAER.
j m VEKT occasionally some coutnt
H . tloalat takes als sometimes U'a
hr pea In hand and wrltaa
tho papers a plaintive plea, tor ton
attendance of pUeti of amusement dur
lac these war dajra. If there out
thlaa; wo shouldn't conserve on or
HooTyln" about tt la food. healthful.
aae entertainment.
All work, you know, and no play, can
snake na all Into tha saddest and sorrles
Jacks and JiUa Imaginable. Theaters
are anlsbty rood placea to visit during
war time, flays and vaudeville taka
ones mind oS the slaughter folnf on
across tba aaaa. At theaters wo can
rains mentally and wban tha play la
var. ratnrn to our homaa foaling la a
better frama of mind that la, of course.
If tha play hasn't had to do with war.
and forcad It all on ua In tha nama of
entertainment.
Theaters tend toward making opt!
anleta of na. A Uttla bit of funnlnr la
rallahad by all of ua, and a cheerful.
hopeful thoucbt halpa a lot. All play
Bouaea ahould b patronised, not alone
for tho actual good It doea ua to at-
tend. but. because It puta money In
Uncle gam'a pocketa. faying tha war
tax helps tha Government, you know,
aot tho theater manager.
Portland'a offerings thta week to the
mueement aecker Include beatdea tha
A leaser Stock Playera' presentation of
"Mile-a-Mlnute Kendall." and the new
Bills at tba Orpheum, I'antagea, Hippo
drome. Etrand and Lyric, a bl lenent
given by tho T. il. A, on Wednesday
Bight, which will offer acta from each
of tba aforementioned houses. Tba T.
if. A. baa an entertalr-ment each year
for Ita relief fund, a fund devoted
cluslvely for aiding and helping tba
dependents of atago folk.
It la a big and worthy eause and
deserves every support. Acta from all
the vaudeville bouaea will combine to
naka the entertainment an excellent
one. Tba data la Wednesday evening
The place Is tha Helllg. On Tburaday
night wo are to hear Madame Melba In
a concert and Friday night wltneaaea
a return of Maud Powell, violinist. In
a new recital.
"Mlle-n-llinuto Kendall" waa writ
tan by Owen Davis and Oliver Morosco
Jiroduced tt last seaaon In New York. It
on tha order of Mr. Davis other play.
-Dinners.- wmcn was given earlier tbia
season at t!y Baker and which proved
to te or rexi Interest.
-Mlle-a-M!nute Kendall la a fine
commina-llng of Broadway vices, with
rural vlrtoee, and la ao cleverly done
that one la offended at neither and
Interested In both. Tba play la a com-
ear. in which a sweet, young girl re
forms an aristocratic rake.
Ruth liaise, of course, la tha a. y. g.
who reforms tha a. r., and Edward
arverett Morton la tba a. r.. Mlle-a-Mln
ate Kendall.
Next week tba Alcasar playera are
going to pot oa an elaborate revival of
-rne Two Orphans-
Aa tba T. M. A. benefit will engage
tba Ifeillg Theater next Wednesday
night, there will not bo any extra per
formance or Orpbeurn vaudeville thla
week. and. necessarily, the Orpbeum
how will close with tbo Wednesday
aaatlnee.
-Vanity Fair." aald to bo tbo most
elaborate and pretentious of Boyle
Woolfolk'a musical tabloids, will be
tha atallar act at tho Orpheum. com
mencing this afternoon. The ahow la
beaded by Jack Tralnor. well known
la musical comedy. Mr. Tralnor la coa
aldered one of tho funniest men play
ing In thla atylo of entertainment. He
la supported by an exceptionally atrong
"V- ,ncindln DeBauah. Esther
Walker. JuUua Jenkins, Earn Kelly
three harmony bojro and good coterla
f choristers.
A cMo little gypsy lass named Coun-
Verona la ono of tho Interesting
Members on the new- bill at Taatagea
Blhy King's spectacular "Exploits la
Africa- Is another, and Eileen Floury,
tno UtUe girl with tho big voice, la an
other. Besidea three, there aro four
mere acta and tho Fan tagescope. Thla
new bm opena tomorrow.
The patriotic melodrama, aa English
dealing with the war. la -Jfeven
" Leave." which cornea to tbo Uellla
a March It, IS and It.
SETEX DATS LEAVE COMIXG
Intcrcstlns War IMay ta Be &eu mi
Hclllff March 14, IS and 1.
In -Sven Iaya Leave.- which comes
to the Mollis; for an engagement. March
It. li and 1. the author. Kobert Camp
hell, gtvea civlllana an Insight Into
Just -bow much can bo crowded Into the
"biighty- of tha man from tha trencbea
The play shows how tho war haa put
topsy-turvy all social conventlona and
has shattered barriers In society.
There la to bo aeen a young lord
f the blue blood and true blood demo
cratic typo who Inalata oa eervlng in
tho ranks, oven though ho haa to do
the menial work of Second Lieutenant
Arthur Keys, son of the cook of bla
Id friend the, rector of tho old home
town. Aa In moat military dramas
where lovo and duty are concerned thla
ae ahowa bow tho aoldler or offioer
must sacrifice hla personal Intereata
in behalf of those of hla country. Tha
plot Include dramn'.lo eptaodoa In tha
running dowa of two clever German
aplea who aro paastng aa Belgian
rsfua-eea, and a thrilling acene depict'
tng tba atnklng of a Hun U-boat.
An excellent company la to present
thla patriotic melodrama at the Helllg.
It la said to be well mounted and la in
four acta, with the scenes laid on the
aat coast of England. It la presented
by Waltsr Howard. The drama la not
of tho nerve anatterlng description but.
ta rather of tho family type, which
adulta and children can attend and
relish from rise to fall of tho curtain.
MILE-A-MIXITE KENDALL DCE
Oliver Morosco's Speed Limit Play"
la Offering- of Alcasar Flayers.
Known aa "Oliver Moroaco'a apeed
11 rim pur." "MIle-a-Minute Kendall"
will be tbo offering of tho Alcasar
Plars at tho Baker for tbo week be
ginning thla afternoon.
It toils a romantic lovo atory of
jeung J ask Kendall, who la; flral In
troduced aa a ne'er do well rich man'a
aon oa aa alopament trip with an ad
venturess. Before tha marriage cere,
mony caa be performed Jack'a father
overtakea them and manages to get rid
of tho girl, after which Jack takea 111
and la nursed by tho daughter of the
innkeeper. Joan Evans, back to health
and hope.
Determined to atart Ufa anew. Jack
starts to complete aa Invention and
la asalsted and encouraged by Joan
and aomo of her friends, who raise
$:000. A month later wo find Jack
greatly discouraged. He haa been
handicapped by lack of flnancea and
machinery and Joan'a father, tho old
hotel-keeper, la making hla Ufa mis
erable. Thla old Joy killer furnishes
moat of tbo comedy In tho play and
ater when Jack'a father and mother
arrive proceeds to tell them how the
boy haa swindled him out of I100Q.
Mother Inalata that father buy tho
stock, which ha finally doea for 1250.
and when Robert Blake cornea along
representing a large automobile con
cern bo discovers what la wrong with
ha engine and from that time on Jack
fortune la made. Whan old man Evans
learna what ha haa lost ho la driven
to drink, but tho play ends with mar
riage belle for Jack and Joan, as well
as the happy ending to another Inter
esting lovo atory that runa through
the plot.
Mile-a-Mlnute Kendall" la ono of the
late aucceases Just released for stock
and with Edward Horton aa Jack and
Ruth Oatea as Joan will bo found one
of tha moat entertaining a lock pro
ductlona of the year. Matineea will
be given today, Wadneaday and Eat
nrday.
"VANITr FAIR" 19 IS COMING
Orpbeam Jleadllner I Luminous
Production From Broadway.
No Orpheum ahow will be presented
Wedneaday night at tho Helllg thla
week aa tha theater haa been engaged
for tha Theatrical Mechanics' Assoc I a
tlon. Thla necessltatea closing of tha
Orpbeum ahow with tha matinee next
Wedneeday.
The ahow opening today haa a turn
Inoua production direct from Broadway
In headline place. Thla la "Vanity Fair
f Isll. a musical tabloid la aeveral
acenea presented by a company of SO.
pretty girla predominating. Jack Train
or. aa accentrle comedian or note, ana
olgn Do Baugh. a beautiful and versa'
lie young woman, are tho atara of the
act. -Vanity Fair or IMS" is presented
nder direction of Boyls Wool folk and
It haa been praised aa being tha mas
terpiece of this mualcal comedy chief
tain. Tha acenlc Investiture of thla act
elaborate, tho coatumo changes are
umeroua and It baa eight lilting mual
cal numbers. "Vanity Fair of mt" la
aecond mualcal comedy to traverse
the Orpheum this seaaon. It Is ataged
tth all the magnlficenco of a three-
hour mualcal comedy and newspaper
reviewers along the circuit extol It for
Its vivacity, sequence of plot and
comedy. The glrla are lauded aa beau
ties and their gowna are gorgeous.
Tho Orpheum Travel eekly will
show Interesting moving-picture acenea
of foreign landa and tha 20-mlntite con
cert by tha orchestra under direction
of Qeorare K. Jaffery complatea the
how. Mr. Jeffery featurea selections
requested by Orpheum patrona Many
patrona of tha Orpheum coma early to
ear the concert and the orcheatra la
applauded at every concert.
MCSICAL COMEDY AT PANTAGES
Exploits la Africa," by Billy Kins;,
Is Feature Attraction.
Musical comedy at ita beat will be
found at Pantaaea for tha week com
mencing with the matinee tomorrow,
when the metropolitan success, "Ex
ploits In Africa." will ba offered by
Billy King, tha Bert Wllllama of vaude
ville, and hia own company.
Rollicking llnea and tuneful mualcal
numbers will ba the baala of one of
ba beat musical offerings seen here
this seaaon. Mr. King la a comedian
la hla own right and ba will keep the
audience In an uproar of laughter from
the rise of the curtain. '
There are many aong hits. Including
"Dahomian King." "Zulu Rag." "Let
La Alone." "Bleeding Moon" and "Ala
bamotodolo," the great aong success
of tho eeasoa.
Tbara la a dlatinet plot, and tha
staging - and costumes aro extraor
dinary. .
Supporting tbo principal attraction
are numeroua all-etar featurea. in
cluding tho charming Countaaa Verona,
tha glpay musician, who Introduces her
exyrnbaloa, a unique Instrument, from
which aha wooa many a wonderful
melody. Included In the Counteaa Ve
rona's repertoire is "The Verona Rag."
"Forward. Bore, Tour Country Call."
her own compositions, and varloua
patriotic and operatio offerings.
Kulolla'a Hawallana promise to be
one of tho big hits of tba programme.
Five men and two women Introduce
tha haunting, luring musle of the 8outh
Seas in a way that has never before
been offered.
Lew Hilton and Alice Laxar are
laugh creatora extraordinary with their
original comedy. Introducing various
aong successes, patter and dancea that
will appeal to everyone.
Lawrence Johnatone, America's fore
most ventriloquist, will Introduce, hla
unique offering which will provided a
laugh. Ha la assisted by Eileen Fleury,
the little girl with tha big voice, whose
aelectlons will appeal-to everyone.
Tho Stelner Trio haa a startling; rou
tine of cyclonic bar work to offer. The
feats are new and original and tba act
will bo a popular one.
Dorothy Harrla Is a 'clever singing
comedienne whoae new songs will ap
peal. Ruth Roland, one of tha moat popular
movie atara, will appear In the third
episode of tha lateat Patbo aerial sen
sation, "Tha Price of Folly."
Gruber"a animals, tba act that haa
been so successful among the younger
patrona of vaudeville, will conclude Its
engagement with the eontlnuoua per
formance today, from 1:30 to 11 o'clock.
"BARGAIN HCNTERS" AT LYRIC
Laughable Farce, With Trimmings
to Feature This Week's BUI.
"Bargain Hunters." a lively farce
with musical trimmings, will open the
week of trie Lyrlo musical stock com
pany thla afternoon and it la a sure
fire laugh-getter that never fails. It
opena with Doollttlo and Tessie keep
ing a notion and confectionery store
where? there la positively no business.
They aro craiy to sell out and a friend
gets a whole lot of college studenta,
etc., to drop In at tho right moment,
when a couple of rich Klondykers are
on band, and make thtnga hum. The
Klondykera (Mike and Tony, the Wop)
fall for tha frameup and buy tha place
for 110.000. Then their troubles start.
Tha beat customer they get is Ivan,
tba terrible, who haunts the place
looking for Tessie, his former sweet
heart, and who makes life more miser
able for tha two partnara than tt la al
ready. People buy ataraps and charge
them, beg loana. make touches, steal
and do everything but buy goods, and
the entire ahow la one big laugh. Of
courae, tha. lifelong partnera get to
fighting, as partnera always do when
business Is bad. and .finally there la one
grand burst of flreworka and tha busi
ness of Mike and Tony vanishes. Dor
Ing tbo play many new and tuneful
aong numbers will bo Introduced.
Among tho lata aong hits will be "I
Thank Ton, Mr. Hoover," and half
dosen others equally popular. Monday
Is bargain night, Tuesday country store
night, Thureday ladlea souvenir and
Friday chorus girls contest. Matinee
every day.
HIPPODROME BILL HAS MERIT
Life of Rasputin, the Black Monk, Is
Depicted In Photoplay.
Rasputin, the Black Monk." the five-
part picture of the man who contribut
ed materially to the downfall of the
Romanoffa In Russia, and a six-act
vaudeville programme of great merit
will be the unusual offering at the Hip
podrome. The picture will be shown
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the
vaudeville bill the four daya beginning
Sunday.
Tbo fact that there are aix mighty
pretty girls, besides Miss Phyllis Days,
In "Small Town Opry" beapeaka Its tak
ing qualltlea right from the start. The
number haa to do with tha arrival In
a small town of an opera company.
There la plenty of good, clean humor In
the performance and plenty of good
sin King.
Florence Bell, an actress well known
In tha Pacific Northwest In stock, heads
the production. "The Acquittal." This
Is a highly dramatic aketch and holds
the audience's Interest without relaxa
tion from atart to finish.
Mao O'Neill la a Scot and an enter
tainer. Of that there la no doubt. O'Neill
haa a fins voice and a burr that Is aa
thick aa a London fog. His offering
la of the Harry Lauder type, but he
talka with Incisive distinctness and
coneequently none of hla humor la lost.
even though the hearer doea not under
stand Scotch dialect.
Seymoura happy family la an ag
gregation of 14 excellently trained
dogs. Seymour's offering Is peculiarly
Interesting because ha haa developed
the remarkable Intelligence of the an
imals without the use of punishment.
reviue and Brock have a well-
dressed singing and dancing number.
Both aro good dancers and have excel
lent voices. Cecil and Bernice have an
oddity, which they entitle "The Girl
Who Is and the Boy Who Isn't." It ia a
capital offering.
"Rasputin, the Black Monk." la a
motion picture In which the producer
haa undertaken to tell the truth histor
ically. The picture la declared to be
unique from a dramailo standpoint la
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W rC J f" vV . if- V""-V" "-- 1 b V'A'-"iC I -"v ' ' ' is amaxed to find In Richard's boots, than two years ago. but because of ona
11 . A v: V, ' r . A J --Zi 1 1 Jf Z&ldi-i I Richard, the meek, absorbs some or the delay or another tho contract wag not
VSl ' i '' w-w Vrf jf " t - T it if I " " ' qualities of "Breeae," the brazen and let until last week, when C. A. Scott
JLIf y" " J ' V'Jfvw' -ctJ- v t ,r I , . i v' f I' wina out In a scrappy finale. was awarded the work.
kCii g t y 2L- , yw l;r ' T- ; I i'-jn Vl II It f ' X r Tho Lloyd KoVada Company, with Its .
Til " t -"v.' "' t ' ' ft) 'li MVV I I i V" i "L . comedy novelty show, a funny clown to . . ,.
Miff St, i L-f- ! - VVJ I j I I ' ..-t' capture the youngsters and electrical Ridgefleld Dogs Are Fewer.
IIJl " i-a 5 , .m-ytZfrr- " ; f J i j I I I i V " ' ' f J A&a effects giving a glimpse of a battle be- RIDOEFIBLD, Wash., March 2.-.
I lr 1 : 2 ' - -i' -i 'it t i- -3 II & - tfiiiirf" v g vVyk. tween an aeroplane and a submarine, ..' ,Q17 .i,.
IE i ! Yrj'Jfl. IV I II f ' . 7T JnTO. furnishes one of the features of the (Special.) During the year 1917 tho
lr I, t if- i ! vl 1 hd I I , &2&iPi five-act vaudeville bilL town of Ridgefleld sold only three or
III- i I ' I l I II Tt : S': 'l ' s" i5"tTJ?ll four dog licenses, although the streets
I I K . Il i t I t j 4 i i f 'J'JI; Hr - - f fi Ayilll were fairly filled with canines. Samuel
I t, li. . H" ;i 4 i -J vii- S ';" 4P? 2J I I ' " . .. ir.r Milton Idbrarr Began. Funkhouser was last month appointed
I -- Si' . - ' 1 J - r "V XeJrfirf M-"- ' " mUum" Sl: lllfl . city marshal, and he haa made quite
I . , VA. jji 'ViL-''i I II MILTON, Or., March 2. (Special.) a record along this line. During the
i i "Timj'" ' '' ' in ' SkjETT J I I, - 'J &Sjf Construction work was begun here this last 80 days he has killed 18 does and
rwSjy '""'-'!I,.- - " r week on a new' l10'000 Carnegie licenses have been sold to 25.
i 1 ' 1 1 i tmfW&'l I Lv V ; :f ;' -v tLZl Library, to be comDleted by September
I ' ' , ' jr J I I I I '. X 1. Funda for this building were ap-1 Phone your want ads to The Orego-
"XJ ' I proprlated by tha great lron kl"g mor wlan.- Main 7070. A 6095.
that, although it is Just aa complete
a story dramatically as any play ever
staged, the producer has not been com
pelled to deviate from actual truth in
order to get a narrative to carry the
thread.
Remarkable as it may seem, the life
history of this strange man who raised
himself from the peasantry to a posi
tion more powerful than that of even
the Cxar himaelf contains a narrative
theme, and so, instead of having to go
Into tha realms of fiction to supply this
element, the producer had to bend all of
hla energies to cram into five parts the
flood of dramatic incidents with which
thla man's career is filled.
"THE TWO ORPHANS" REVIVAL
One of Foremost Emotional Dramas
of Past Generalization a Baker.
' In tho same class with "East Lynne,
"Monte Qrlsto" and "CaralUe" la "The
Two Orphans," which has not been seen
In this city for' at least IS years and
which will be given an elaborate re
vlval .by. tha Alcazar Players at the
Baker Theater for the week following
"Mile-a-Mlnute Kendall," and openlns
next Sunday mattinee. First produced
In this country in 1874. it always haa
been more or less prominent In the
public mind and has never been forgot
ten. Every now and then soma stock
company makes a revival of it, but
Portland has not been favored In this
direction for a long time. There la
hardly a boy or girl but who haa at
least heard about the two young
French girls who came to Paris to find
a relative, fall Into the handa of what
now would be termed white slavers and
who are subjected to so much suffering
before being restored, to each other's
arms.- Louisa Is blind ana tno oia nag.
Frochard, forces her to sing and beg
in the atreeta, while Henriette la taken
to a dissolute Marquis home and un
dergoes many adventures and expe
riences. Tho cast Is a large one. with
elaborate scento vesture and costumes.
Every detail will be correctly staged
by the popular stock company.
"ROUGH LOVER" IRRESISTIBLE
Play at Strand Today Picture of
Laughs and Thrills.
Which do you prefer, the "genteel"
style of courtship or the "caveman"
mode "Jhe Rough Lover." tho latest
Bluebird photoplay offering, which
comes to the Strand Theater today with
that aunny athlete, Franklyn Farnum,
in a dual role, deals with thla problem
if problem It la.
"The Rough Lover- is a picture or
laughs and thrills, with the accent on
the laughs, numerous funny situations
resulting from mistaken Identities.
i o., uum. iftio is supported by a cast
headed by that blond beauty, Juanita
Hansen, plays the part of Richard Bol
ton, a studious individual who knows
naught of the art" of lovemaking. and
also "Breeze" Bolton, pugilistic cham
pion, whose caveman tactics prove irre
sistible. Richard, the studious, is in love with
Helen and pursued by a Countess.
"Breeze" steps in. Is mistaken for his
half brother, wins the Countess and
Helen almost succumbs to the chap she
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ZENITH OF MAGNIFICENCE IN MUSICAL COMEDY
VANITY FAIR OF 1918
JACK TRALNOR anFoLGA DeBAUGH
OA D.,l Direction of BOYLE WOOLFOLK
L) I CUpiC
Harry Hol
man & Co.
In "Adam Kill
Joy," a new
comedy playlet
by Stephen G.
Champlln
Chas. M.
McDonald
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Jas G.
Rowland
In "My Good
20 People
Nick Basil
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Dick Allen
In a novel
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A Breeze from
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V "At the Old
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Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday
Small Town Opry
' A Bevy of Pretty Girls.
Florence Bell Co.
Ia the Acjultal.
Seymour's Happy
Family
Dos; Comedians.
.Other Sore -Fire Acta 3
Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday
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