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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 1, 1918. nie mm j sr 7 A ? A ' ' J 1 x i V 22LC it 4? r, xScerzc Tom "(sooal Cn-ci ct'ou-s- frrrtcx& e&. c1 i. 1 Vr tf "cave c yV BT I.EOKB CASS BAER. AVE a Heart" la tha title of tha big musical comedy Henry W. Savasee la aendinr to th Reins' this week. Guy Bolton and Percy G- Wodebouse wrote the book and lyrlca and Jerome Kern wrote Ita music The music Is said to be particularly lorely and a croup of sparkling- new songs are to be sung here for the first time. There are 11 musical numbers In "Have a Heart," each written In Kerns' well-known lilt ing musical way. "You Said Some thing" la one of them: "Look In His Eyes" is one; "The Road That Lies Before" la another: "Sa mark land" and "Daisy" not the old one about "give me your answer, do-o-o" and "My ! Wife. Man" are a few of the other. It Is Interesting to learn that Guy Bolton, who wrote the lyrics to "Have a Heart." Is an architect by profession and lyric writing la his hobby and dl vertlsement. Percy wodehouse Is newspaper man and has several work lng namea. His Winter home is In Cen tral Park West. New Tork City, hence the name C. p. West, which he fre quently uses. P. Brook-Haven la an other of his names, derived from his Bummer home at Brookhaven. For years he was a fixture at the Gaiety Theater. London, and many of his pop til ax lyrics from there have found their way across tha big pond and have been aeard here. The engagement for "Have a Heart' opens on next Thursday evening at the Heillg and continues for threj days. with a matinee on Saturday afternoon, When two such masters of the stage as the late Charles Frobmin and David Belasco select a play. It must be good. And that Is what they did with George Scarborough's drama, "The Heart of Wetona," which the Alcazar Player will atage for the current week. Mr. Frohman went down with the Lusltanta before he saw "The Heart of Wetona' produced, but Mr. Belasco spread his magic over Its scenes and contributed to the stage another wonderful piece of atmosphere. "The Heart of Wetona can be classified with ' the ""punch' plays. It deals with white men and red bad whites and good Indians. There Is a forcefulness about the un folding of the plot which keeps the au die nee on the edge of the aeats, least waya that was the case when "The Heart of Wetona" was offered In the East, and Portland theater-goers will very likely follow their example. Alice Fleming and Edward Everett Horton will play tha leading roles and the en tire Alcazar company will appear In their support. The Baker Stock Company, with Its new leading woman. Olive Templeton, will offer for the week Clare Rummer's spark 11 rg comedy hit. "Good Gracious, Annabelle." In which Lola Fisher and May Yokes appeared at the Republic Theater. New Tork, for seven months straight. The story revolves around the person of Annabelle Leigh, one of the most original and attractive young women t:r created In the brain of a playwright, and a woman playwright at that. The part will give Miss Temple ton an unusually striking opportunity to jump right into the hearts of Port land stock lovers. Lora Rogers will have one of those alavey cook parts in which she always scores, with Albert McGovern In a a romantic role as a wealthy Western mining man. Another lac 0h show Is promised by the Orpheum. - The show opeulng at the Hellig this afternoon has "For Pity's Sake' as the headllner. This, it will be remembered, is a travesty on an old time melodrama, the opera-house owner and manipulator operating the show from a platform o which he climbs via ladder. "For Pity's Sake" has the 'Broadway reputation of offering more laughs than any other comedy act In big-tlnu vaudeville and when It was here last season it lived op to the herald. A real Countess is the extra attraction of the new Orpheum show, fche is "ountess do Leonard!, who pre sents "he Futuristic Revue." a happy assemblage of operatic singing by a large company and violin playing by the Countess aerself. Orpheum book ings now are back to normal after the I enforced closing. The shows are com ing intact from Seattle as If nothing at all had happened te disturb tha regu larity ef the big-time route. At the Lyric in musical stock, Dillon and Franks will offer a county fair stunt, entitled "The Fakirs," In which Mike and Ike become past masters of the art of extracting coin from the pockets of the emerald natives seeing the sights, extracting also laugba from be Introduced in which the principals and the Rosebud Chorus appear to ad vantage. , MUSICAL COMEDY AT HEILIG "Have a Heart" Promises Gladsome Diversion for Portlanders. Because of its brightness, humor, cleanliness, witching melody and all around novelty, "Have a Heart." the musical comedy hit of last season, promises gladsome diversion when that master producer, Henry W. Savage, of fers it at the Hellig Theater Thursday. Friday and Saturday nights, . December S, and 7, with a special matinee Sat urday. It will be all the more welcome at period when amusement seekers need something Joyous and cheering. Assur ance is given that one will hear music the score is by Jerome Kern, whose melodies have become a sort of eras that is tuneful without being blatant, that blends the American and Viennese qualities and that has already set thou sands of young feet to dancing through out the land. Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse. wh first scored with "Miss Springtime" and next with "Have a Heart," are provid ers of book and lyrics. There 'are two settings, tasteful in design. In which loud color schemes are absent, and that harmonize with very beautiful and ar tlstio costume creations worn by chorus of loveliness and singing quality who satisfy the eye without removln three-fourths of their wardrobe. When the final curtain falls the audi ence will take home haunting memories of such song hits and fox-trotting airs as: "Tou Said Something," "I'm So Busy," "Look in His Eyes," "Napoleon Honeymoon Inn," "Can the Cabaret, "Daisy," "Samarkland" "My Wife My Man," "Im Here Little Girls, I'niHere' and "The Road That Lies Before. particularly satisfying feature will be the special orchestra provided by the company. This Is the only company playing "Have a Heart," and is under the personal direction of Henry W. Savage. BELASCO IIITS AT ALCAZAR "The Heart of Wetoya" Is Vivid and Entertaining Drama. In offering "The Heart of Wetona" for this week, the Alcazar players pre sent to Portland one of the most re cent of the Belasco hits. George Scar borough wrote the play originally. David Belasco gave It the finishing touchea and created the atmosphere. It will be found one of the most vivid, real and entertaining dramas ever presented at the Alcazar. The Belasco produotlon will be carefully duplicated,. and the leads. Miss Alice Fleming and Edward Everett Horton, will be found n exceptionally strong characters. Around the pretty daughter of an In dian chief is built the story. When Wetona, the girl, admits to her father, Quannah, she !a In love with a white hman who has taken advantage of her innocence, the Chief denounces her, and with revenge burning in his heart. sanctions the uprising of the Comanche tribe. To discover the Identity of the man, Quannah follows his daughter to the home of John Hardin, an Indian agent, whom the Indians trust. When the chief sees Wetona telling Hardin her story, he wrongfully construes the scene and accuses Hardin of having be- rayed his daughter. Hardin has long loved Wetona and marries her to save her. telling her she Is free to leave him. obtain a divorce and marry her lover as soon as the trouble has passed. Instinct tells Quannah he Is mistaken hi the Identity of Wetona's betrayer and he craftily aolves the mystery and play comes the climax, when Wells' teacher l the Indian school, is the man. In the strongest scene In the ay. comes the climax, when Wells' perfidy is exposed to Wetona. who realises the real worth of her husband. Vengeance is wrought upon Wells by the Indians who surround the house, and the final curtain finds Wetona safely in th arms of Hardin, while from without Is beard the death chant of the Comanchea. "Good Gracious, Annabelle." The Baker Stock Company opens the week this afternoon in the famous Clare Kummer comedy. "Good Gracious, An nabelle," in which Lola Fisher and May th audience. New song numbers wlU'Vokea scored so heavily at th Re- V I. .efV hi -1 mmmr V 'W Aec&MoK y -v r,s V A- X. It publio Theater, New Tork, where ran over seven months. The Tlay on this, its first production In this city, will serve to Introduce to Baker patrons a new leading woman, Olive Templeton, who will of course play the role of Annabelle, with Lora Rogers in the May Vokes part and Al bert McGovern as Jojin Rawson, the Western mine owner. . The opening scene takes place at a fashionable restaurant in New York and introduces a number of bard luck victims, who are later joined by Anna belle Leigh, one of the most unusual of young women, with a phantom husband somewhere and an allowance which she has already spent and pawned her two shares of mining stock as well. These two shares play an Important part in the untangling of Annabelle'f life later on, but just now they all get Into what promises to be serious trouble and to escape Annabelle hires them all out to a rich country estate as serv ants. It is here that so many extra ordinary and laughable situations de velop, but it is here also that the good gracious Annabelle recovers her two shares of stock and incidentally finds her long-lost husband. The play la rich iu comedy, with romantio love story Interwoven and any number of clever original characters It will continue all week, with matinees today, Wednesday and Saturday and bargain night Monday. FOR PITY'S SAKE' AT ORPHETJM Show Opening Today Teems With Music and Fine Comedy, "For Pity's Sake," which Is reputed to be the greatest laughing act in big- time vaudeville, is the headline attrac tion of the Orpheum show to open at the Hellig this afternoon. "For Pity's Sake" is a travesty on the old-time melodrama, and during the action of the thriller the opera-house owner and manager, Cy Splivens, ia seen in his sanctjm over the stage manipulating 11 tha traps and effects. To reach the flies." Mr Splivens climbs a ladder on which he halts to make an an nouncement or two as to coming attrac tions. The role of Splivens is taken by Thomas Duray. "The Futuristic Revue," presented ny Countess de Leonard!, billed as Europe's celebrated violinists. Is the extra at traction of the new scow. This act is gorgeously staged. Airs and arias from grand opera are sung by a company of male and female singers and violin solos ar played by Countess de Leon ard 1. Other acta ar Joseph I Browning, in A Timely Sermon": Harry -Laughlin and Clara West, in "Cafe Lonesome"; Lander Brothers, "Pills for Ills"; "A Wedding Day in Dogland," a new and screamingly funny playlet enacted by Id dog and cat actors; Reno, eccentrlo pantomimic comedian; the Official War Review and the Orpheum Travel Weekly. The Official war iievitw uas been as- signed to closing position in the show, as it is beginning to picture events on the battlefront shortly before the ar mistice was signed. The War Review is programmed last so that no Orpheum patrons will miss this feature. The Orpheum show this week will close with the matinee Wednesday, as engagement of the Hellig Wednesday night for a concert prevents the staging of an extra vaudeville perform ance. PAXTAGES HAS .VARIED BILL "The Love Race," Smart Musical Comedy, Teems With Action. speed, musically and wittily, pre dominates in "The Love Race," the smart musical comedy success which comes direct from the East as the fea ture on the programme at Pantages for the week commencing with the matinee tomorrow. Marty Brooks has never written brighter music or more tuneful lyrics than in "The Love Race," while the composer-producer has staged a spec tacle that is particularly pleasing to the eye, "The costumes have been se lected with the greatest of care, and the electrical effects are striking. Jack Hallan, the musical comedy favorite, has the principal role of the novice automobile driver who Is dared into a race in order to win the love pledge of a girL Harry C Green, in his book, has conceived a wealth of droll lines, and the action is fast. Lew Harris and Christy McLean are among the capable assistants, and the com pany Is surrounded by one of the most graceful and prettiest of choruses. Following an engagemeat of more than a year as ' the principals at the Palais Royal, New Tork City, the Three Bullowa Girls, queens of the silver thread, come with their astounding of fering of terpslchore practiced on, the tight wire. Theirs is an exceptional attraction, and it will receive more than ordinary attention. Check Tour Hat" is a comedy brim full of fun and with John T. Ray, th noted comedian, in the leading part. The plot is weaved about a hat and the consequent comedy never lags. Mr. Ray is supported by Miss Grace Hllllard and Dan Gordon. Helen Morettl, the famous Italian Nightingale, will offer her golden voice in a eong cycle marked by orig inality. Miss Moretti was until re cently in grand opera, and she is mak ing her first tour of vaudeville. Bert and Harry Gordon offer the best in rollicking fun. Their songs, patter and dancing are classy, and they will be popular. Jack La Vler, the flying monoiogist. has something new in vaudeville to offer, for all his humorous patter is offered from his trapeze high in the air. where he divides bis time between joking and thrilling feats. 'Hands Up." the thrilling Ruth Ro land serial, continues to hold Interest for the movie enthusiasts, and Miss! Roland will be seen in a striking role in the latest episode. "Oh. That Melody," the big musical comedy with Jack Henry, closes its en gagement today with . the continuous performance from 1:30 to 11 o'clock. CANARIES TO SING MELODIES Hippodrome Promises New Feature In Trained Animal Line. Something entirely different in the trained animal line is promised on the new Hippodrome programme beginning Monday. Joseph Belmont, himself an imitator of bird sounds, has, by great patience and perseverance, trained 33 canary birds to warble old-time melo dies. Fart or these birds are Toners, those who are taught to sing the air of the melody, and part of them are choppers, those who act as the cno rus. Several novelty features are added by Mr. Belmont and his assistant, in connection with this offering. "The End of a Perfect Day" contains a plot which gives a number of comlo sidelights on the life of newly-weds. A quarrel, following a misunderstand ing, develops into a regular mixup when the woman's brother takes a hand and tries to fix up things. Billy Mann, a minstrel of Interna tional repute, is returning with an en tirely new offering composed of comic stories and songs. Billy Mann Is one of the few good blackface comedians now on the etage who can entertain an audience with his own peculiar ideas of character makeup and presentation. Signa Andres comes from the Land of the Midnight Sun. She promises an offering in dialect stories and songs, impersonating the Scandinavian immi grant, which aj-e, said to be very funny. Her partner, Betty HylanC, is an Amer ican girl, entertaining with song se lections. The Shaw duo, with banjo, harp- guitars, and other stringed instru ments, offer novel musical numbers. and Frank Cotter, the nut comedian, will present an exhibition of acrobatic and comedy feats. The programme will close with June Elvldge in the screen drama, 'The Appearance of Evil." - "The Fakirs" at the Lyric. series of typical fair grounds adven tures calculated to make a horse laugh. At the finish Ike is arrested for the theft, but in order to save Wm Mike pays the money to settle it. He is onlj paying the money he stole and Ike gol blamed for. but Ike thinks he is mak lng a great sacrifice to save a friend, That's all there is to "The Fakirs, but the way Dillon and Franks do 1 and the way they pad it up with the! funny sideplay makes it one long scream of joy. Many late song hits will be Intro duced in which the Rosebud Chorus will be -seen. There is a matinee every day. Country store texiraj Tuesday and chorus girls' contest Friday night. STRAXD ATTRACTIONS MANY In Paris', with the final scenes taking place In New York City. The play has a rare fascination, espe cially for women, and It will afford Mr. McGovern one of the best oppor tunities he has had this season for strong dramatio climaxes and romantic love scenes. French Hotels Are Center of , Community Gossip. Newspaper Man Finds Small-Towa Hostelry Marvel of Comfort. Life at a county fair Is realistically portrayed by Dillon and Franks in "The Fakirs," the Lyric Musical Comedy Company offering for the week starting this afternoon, depicting the adven ture of Mike and Ike at the annual fair grounds. The scene takes place along the con cession street, with its fat lady, living skeleton, wild man, tatooed man, etc, and it is here Mike and Ike arrive, hav ing sent their wives to the mountain while they attend the fair. First they are a couple of balloon peddlers, but that graft goes up in the ir; then, after Ike robs a visitor of 25,000 and Mike gets the money, they hire out to a concessionaire as a couple of educated Chinese, Lissen and Askem. Alt th time they are undergoing a1 "Automatic Soldier" Among Offer lngs in Unusual Film Pictured The "automatic soldier," a recent in vention, forms the most interesting feature of the newest William Fox comedy, featuring the clever children, Jane and Katharine Lee, which will open today at the Strand Theater for a limited run of three days. The pic ture is called "Tell It to the Marines,' In addition to the many tricks that Jane and Katharine perpetrate, the film itself abounds with surprises. Trick autos, trick fireworks, trick acrobats and triclc scenes contribute to a most enjoyable afternoon or even lng entertainment. Manikins come to life and show more speed and pep than human actors. They form large armies, fight battles, are seen in the allied and Hun forces, and depict accurately every phase of modern warfare. It required thcee months to complete the picture. Edward Bagley, the 300-pound actor ever In demand for comedy roles, plays the part of the butler in "Tell It to the Marines.' The result Is a picture unlike anything ever before shown to the public It is not strictly a chil dren's picture, but one also which the adult will enjoy thoroughly. The Strand s vaudeville also promises several good things In the way of clean comedy, which will turn away the blues, good singing and dancing, featuring Greenoff and Tiny, interna tional dancers, who have toured not only America, but part of Europe. Tiny formerly was a member of the Rus sian women's "Legion of Death" bat talion, which scored so heavily before Russia collapsed and made more his tory for that nation. Alfred Boeck's Rag pictures" off s ring is new and novel. May and Eddie Corse a clever entertaining couple who present a comedy, singing and talking number, which abounds with wit and humor. Eddie, as a comedian. Is too well known to need further word here. The Gil lards close a bill replete with variety enough to please, In their own farce comedy sketch. Th Animated Weekly always pleases at the strand. CORPORAL JOHN WILLARD SHAVER, attached to the Chief En gineer's office of the Technical Infor mation Section, A. E. F., writes inter estingly of -his observations on recent travels through sections of France in connection with his official duties. Cor poral Shaver was formerly an Orego nlan reporter, who left the news room to enter military service. The work on which he was detailed was of an Im portant and technical character, and it is probable that in Its execution the Portland man had a chance to visit several sections of the front before signing of the armistice terminated ac tivities. He writes: "I 'am writing this letter in a hotel in a small town, and like American small town hotels it Is the canter of village gossip. There are four women, one man and two babies In the small room here, and war, as always, is the principle topic of conversation. One white-haired lady, of perhaps 70 years, is reading news of the success of the Belgian army. Injecting into the read ing her own excited comments. "One of the other women is walking up and down the room with one of the babies in her arms, for the baby is sick. She is singing to it, the words com prising the song for the most part 'Ma petite chere.' But all are talking, as French women do, in high and excited key. It is just 5 o'clock, and colder than the dickens, for wood and coal re scarce, even in the small towns. The only place I can get warm Is either by going to bed or visiting an American troop camp. There at least, you are sure of finding a good fire somewhere around the cook shack. ''The French people do know how to eat, drink and sleep, and the beds at every hotel, whether it be great or small, are marvels of comfort. When one is excessively tired and falls into a French bed, one rather paradoxically just sinks Into heaven. I have undergone three emotions regarding m being here, the third of which has Just been born. When I ar rived I suffered from serious fits of homesickness, due mostly to the entire change from environment. When here long enough to become adapted, I set tled down to that state wnere i iookbu upon a return to me states as some thing far, far In the future, and not to be thought of seriously. "Then, within the last lew weens. there has come to me a feeling that the war is going to end very suddenly. and that my homegolng is witnin a reachable possibility. The last feeling is the most poignant, and sometimes I go wild drawing mental pictures. To think that a few 'months may see me In the States is almost beyond hope. But to be there inside the two years I gave myself seems not ImproDaDie Hun Dugouts Said to Be in , Dirty Condition. Ex-Oregon Agricultural College Maa Telia of Experiences. "Blind Youth" Coming. For the week following "Good Gra cious, Annabelle," the Baker Stock Company will offer for the first time here Willar'd Mack's and Lou Tellegen's romantio love play, "Blind Youth," in which Tellegen starred so successfully after his motion picture triumphs. "Blind Youth." which has the Mack punch, coupled with the rare artistry of Tellegen, makes - one of the most sensational love dramas of the day and will be ideally presented by the Baker Stock Company, with Albert McGovern in the Tellegen role and MiBs Olive Templeton, the new leading woman, in a strong acting part alsq. It depicts the love story of an American artist REGOrf AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallls, Nov. 23. (Spe cial.) Hun dugouts are anything hut desirable as living places. They are full of rats and Insects, according to Lieutenant Hurley G. Fellow a for mer student in agriculture at the col lege, and now with the S6th Brigade Field Artillery who writes of his ex periences in France. "Boche dugouts are filthy places full of rats and bugs," he writes. "They can't keep me awake, though, for one can get used to anything. For some time we have been living underground all the time? and since the rain started we often do not know whether we are underground or under water. I have a good pair of rubber boots, so I don't mind it. "Haven't had much excitement here lately, but I bad a close call about a week ago, when I rode up on a hill and parked my motorcycle and went out to take a look over the lines. About that time , Fritz began shelling where my motorcycle was and also where I was. It was a case of wading through to the motorcycle. One shell went Just over me with a shriek and a bang, another Just short, and one along beside me. Believe me, there was no time lost get ting out of there. I saw others coming out on stretchers. "At present I am in the most desolate country you ever saw, bare bills on every side, torn with shell holes. What used to be little towns are swept to the ground, just a few rocks left." Lieutenant Fellows received his com mission at the second officers' training school at the Preeidio, and went over in one of the ships in the convoy with th ill-fated Tuscania. t