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MARCH tk 2flth U Miinl dayi
way yt. bat cmn look lor
ward to tt with ttclpstlon of
ins a good musical comedy oa that
4t. on of th Joally famad Wlnlar
Gardca abowa. to b axacu
Thla on La caitodl "Tha Ehow of Woa-
dra. acd brtaaa with oa that brtlUaat
pair. Eoceno and Willi Howard, bead-
Inc a blr caat of prlnrlpala. amoas
whom ar Tom Lwla, 'blla aaa CLay-
ton. Flora baa Qalnlan. Erncat
. lfar. Jacqoa KuiawskU Fldney I'hll-
l'P. Edmund Ualcahcy. Adcla Ardaly.
I'atay Ullarn. Arthur Davta. Myrd
Vtctortna. Iran Zolar. Ylrjrlnta Smith
thea ara Jut tha faatarad folk) and a
bta- choroa, Tha cborv ia faatorod.
loo. It ta ou of tboaa ealcbratad Win
tar Gardca bauty cboruaca.
Haatnr, thta bla; abow dooao't opaa
antil tha :oth. la tha Interim wo hara
"STrn Iajra Laa." which coma her
aMrd aa a spectacular military comedy
drama, with tha preaaat war avrrtaf;
aa Ita backaroand. and acenea that taka
tha obeerrer to warahot Loadoa. Th
tUr ran at tb Lyric In London for ona
Jr and Just now. while on company
la on tour out oa this Coast, another
romr-r la la th third nsonthj of a
New Tork run. Th encasement opens
next Thursday nlaht at th Hatllr nnd
rounds out th week, with a matinee
ftatwrday.
Noteworthy revival of playa of other
day bay beta mad la th peat two1
eeasono by tb Aleasar Play era, and
eucces baa attended on them. Mow.
"The Tw Orphans." la aeTen elaborate
acta, la to b presented for the first
time la over IS yoara. and kaea Inter-
eat la belns; manifested by Baker
patrons. Ruth Uatea and Betty Barnl
coat w ill appear In the roles of th two
orphaned Freaca aTtiia. Louise and
Henrietta, whoa ae pa ration and va
ried career mad a story that la too
well known to need discussion at this
tat day. Th enlir company will ap
pear In tbe play.
Tb Orpheum poster this week con
tain name w all know and at leaat
two hava stablishd reputation aa
drawlnc cards. These ar th Joint
headlinera. Nell! V. Nlchol and Sarah
Padden. Newspaper alone th circuit
prorlalra th new Orpheum abow to be
good.
Nellie V. Nichols. th sparkling
comedkoan of many alaJecla . and
doubtful nationality, la an entertainer
or a blh order. Her offering consists
of songs and characterization of sev
eral nationalities It la her extraor
dinary ability to anbordlaat ber real
erlf to tb character ah la portraying
that baa caused and la causing puzzle
ment to ber nationality. Whea bliss
Nichols does an Italian part ah la
enough Italian to defy detection, and
th same hold true for her when aha
poses aa French. Kaaalan. Spanish or
Scandinavian. On of Mlsa Nichols
beat kaowa and aioot popular aongs ia
-Will Soma On Nam My National
It yT and sh really means It. Her na
tionality la no aecret to her closest
friends, bat th layman seldom
gaaeaea It,
Martin Beck, managing director of
th Orpheum circuit, again presents
Sarah Padden In "The Clod. Th reg
ular Orpheum patrona will readily re
call Tb Clod."' which played her last
season. It was something entirely new
lo vaudeville, a drama with Ihm leading
woman playing a character that by no
atretch of imagination could be called
berolc Mary Traak ire "Th Clod" is
' slatternly, hollow-chested, ignorant
mountain, woman: a tired, listluss, am
bltlonles creature who looks aa brain
lesa aa ah Is dirty.
Yet Mlsa Padden makes this woman
not only Interesting, but attractive.
"Th Clod" was written as a dra
malic aketch by- Lewis Beach from
Donald Hamilton Halnea' story, of Civil
War timee, "Tbo Least of These." It
waa orlmnally ataged by the Wash
ington Square Players and baa been
accounted ona of the greatest successes
of this band of Idealists. Th scenery
used in vaudeville la that designed by
John King for th original' production
Although It represents only the Interior
of a rude mountain shack, it Is impress
Ive In Its simplicity and It is true to
detail.
There are not a great many dra
matic acts In vaudeville. Th two-a-
day la mad up of to par cent comedy.
The Orpheum management believes
ther is room for more dramatic play
lets as striking as "The Clod."
Pantages comes to the front with a
big aquatic marvel as its top-line act.
Winston's Water Lions and Diving
Nymphs, one of the most novel and
spectacular acta in vaudeville. An
other act of Interest la Leslie Clare and
company In "Th Girl at the Cigar
Stand." But interest centers closest
lo tbe big portable tank containing
(000 gallons of water and th sea lions
and the pretty maids who diva and play
In th water.
The Lyric's new musical comedy
opening today Is entitled "The Million
aire." a hodge-podge of fun with mu
sical trimmings.
SEXES DAYS' LEAVE' AT IIEILIG
Bit? London Success Will Open in
Portland on March 14.
Undoubtedly one of the most im
portant theatrical events of tho present
season will be tha presentation of
Seven Days' Leave." at the HeiUg,
next Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights. March 14, 16. 16. with a special
price jnatine Saturday.
This big London success is now la Its
12th month at .the Lyceum Theater
there, with seats at a premium since
Its advent last December, and with a
record of box office receipts tran
scending all records In the history of
th modern playhouse In London, not
even excepting th great box office
record of "Ben Hur."
"Seven Days'- Leave" has for its
author Walter Howard, a successful
maker of plays, while Robert Camp
bell, whose nam standa for the best
things in the theater, is the manager.
The company to Interpret It is com'
poael for the most part of the di-
COMING
Frieda
HE1PEL
Leading Soprano Metropolitan
Opera Company
Heilig Theater, April 3
Mt ICES
Floor tl.50. $2.00
Balcony l.ea. 11.50. $L0. 75c
Gallery Reserved T&c
(Add 1 pr cent for war tax.)
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MAIL ORDERS NOW
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order of their receipt, before the
seat sale opens, if areompanied by
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nnvelope, sent to Steers & Co man.
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tinguished players left available by the
"big thing" over there. Among the
names in the list are Lillian Lee Ander
son. W. F. Meehan, Daniel Hamilton.
John Morton, M. J. llarriroan, Maude
Williams. John Winthrop, Alfred Brit-
ton and. Rosalind Ivan.
"Seven Days' Leave" is a war com
eoy, yet attacks th great world drana
from what might be termed the inside.
Its scenes He in and about London
Tho distant roar of the guns across the
channel may be imagined if not act
ually heard, but the action pases in
environment- with, which every Brit
liher ia familiar.
"THE TWO ORPHANS" AT BAKER
Famous Old Emotional Drama Is
Revived This Week.
Our mothers and even our grand
mothers wept over the trials of Louise
and Henrietta, the two orphans, for the
famous old emotional drama was first
produced ia this country ia 1874, and
ever sine has held a prominent place
In the hearts of playgoers. But Port
land has not seen it now for something
lik IS years, and so many requests
have been mad of the Alcaaar Players
management that it will be revived for
tbe week at Baker Theater, starting
this afternoon.
The- scenes take place in Paria and
concern two young girls, orphans, one
of them, Louise, being blind. They
com to the city to find relatives and
ar tricked and separated, Henrietta
falling into tha hand of an unprinci
pled nobleman, and Louise, the blind
girl, coming under th power of th
old hag Frochard. who farces her to
sing and beg in the streets. After many
wanderings and trials the orphans are
again united, all tbe villains who had
part In their abduction punished and
happinesa reigns supreme.
In lta day "The Two Orphans"
reigned supreme in tho realm of emo
tional dramas and Its revival recently
among the stock companies has every
where brought splendid results along
with "The Old Homestead," which it
antedates. "Monte Cristo" and "Ca
mille." Ruth Gates will be seen as
Louise and Betty Barnicoat as Henri
etta, and ther ia an immense cast and
scenic production required which will
be given In every detail complete.
Matinees will be given today. Wednes
day and Saturday, an dth:s will be the
last opportunity to seen one of the
foremost plays in history outside of
the classics.
TWO HEADLINERS AT ORPHEUM
Sarah Padden Is Returning to Port
land la "Tbo Clod."
Under special arrangement with the
Heilig Theater Company, an extra per
formance of Orpheum vaudeville will
be presented at the Heilig next
Wednesday night, this concession being
granted because th Orpheum show
opening this afternoon baa two stars
of great renown.
The joint headliners are Nellie V.
Nichols, who nukes a puzzle of her
nationality and features the song, "Will
Someone Name My Nationality?" and
Sarah Padden, who is presented over
the Orpheum in a return engagement
In "The Clod." tho greatest dramatic
sucoeaa of the Washington Square
Players. Miss Padden appears under
the personal sponsorship ox Martin
Beck, managing director of the Or
pheum circuit.
Miss) Nichols, one of th most popu
lar singing comediennes in the two-a-
day realm, appears this season with
new songs and new gowns and all
along tha circuit she has been accorded
an ardent reception at every perform
ance. She Is assisted this year by Ray
mond R. Ripley, a former member of
the Baker Players.
In Miss Padden s former Orpheum
tour she established a record of draw
ing patrons to tb theater two and
three times the same week to see her in
"Th Clod.". Her reception this year
In the same vehicle has been sensa
tional and New York critics proclaimed
her to be vaudeville's greatest artist in
a role that requires consummate artis
try to portray with reality and keen
interest.
The third big-type act is that of Will
Oakland, who, with his little company,
presents "Danny O'Gill. U. S. A.," an
acf that gives Mr. Oakland ample op
portunity to entertain with his tenor
voice that has made hiin famous.
Remaining acts of the new show are
Val and Krnie Stanton, "Men Who
Laugh and the World Laughs With
them"; Phina and company, in a classy
singing and dancing act; Charles Han-
Ion and Art Clifton. In "The TJnexpect
ed," and "Color Gems," a study in light,
color and form, presented by eight
beautiful women.
Moving picture views of Calcutta,
picturesque France and the Crimean'
coast will be shown by the Orpheum
Travel Weekly and the 20-minute con
cert by the orchestra, under the direc
tion of George E. Jeffery, will com
plete the show.
F.VXTAGE3
Huge Water Lions Headline Attrac
tion on Tills Week's Bill.
Huge water lions and charming girls
will disport themselves in the largest
portable exhibition tank ever con
structed as the principal feature at Pan
tages, for the week commencing with,
the matinee tomorrow, when Winston's
Water Lions and Diving Nymphs ara
presented.
Imported especially for the purpose,
90 square .feet of two-Inch plate glass
has been used in the construction of
the tank, giving the audience a com
plete view of every feat without the
leed of mirrors or reflectors. The tank
:ontains 6000 gallons of water, and
.vhen it is ready for use it weighs ap
proximately 25 tons.
Feats that are amazing are accom
plished by the water Hons and the
eirla. The latter are remarkable divers
:and one of the remarkable features of
the performance is the skill displayed
by the lions in following the girls In
.heir routine.
The act has been one of the big sen
sations throughout the United States
and it is nresented under the personal
I direction of Peurl Wilkerson.
When J. P. Mulgrew wrote "A Jitney
Uiassic, critics oeciarea uiai me ucm,
short play coming from his pen had
been produced. "A Jitney Classic" is
presented by Dorothy Homer, one of
the beauties of the vaudeville stage,
and Walt Du Bard, a clever comedian.
Rollicking fun is offered by Al Can
fleld and Will H. Cohan, in "As You
Like It," one of the brightest of bur
lesques and in which vaudeville is made
the principal target for their satire.
Dorothy Harris, sometimes known as
the Uirl from San Francisco, is a sing
ing comedienne of no mean ability and
her songs and patter are new and
bright.
Philip DeVoe presents Leslie Clare
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ALCAZAR
WEEK
BEGINNING
An Elabor
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Revival
PLAYERS
SUN. MAT.,
MARCH 10th
Famous
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Drama
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TICKET OFFICE SALE OPENS TOMORROW.
HEILIG Ik THUR. FRI. SAT. Mch. 14-15-16
SPECIAL-PRICE MATINEE SATURDAY
B, Robert Campbell Presents
AN EXCELLENT COMPANY
Famous London and New York Comedy-Drama.
A MILITARY PLAY OF TODAY
EVE'S Floor, 11 rows $1.50; 7 rows $lj Balcony, $1, 75c, 50c. Gal. 50c
SATURDAY MAT. Floor, $1; Balcony $1, 75c, 50c. Gallery 50c
THE TWO
ORPHANS
First time in many years- By special request. Gorgeous
production. latinees Wednesday and Saturday.
Evening Prlcea; S 60c, TSrs. Matinees, 15c. 60c. Monday Bargain
Night, 35c only. Wednesday Bargain Matinee 25c
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