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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 1, 1918. FRANCIS STARR MAKES APPEARANCE IN "TIGER! Please turn to Page 1 of this section of this paper, for other Lipman, Wolfe & Co. ad. Please tarn to First Section of this paper for Lipman - Wolfe ad for men. TIGER!" WHICH PPvOVES NOVELTY OF WEEK Unusual Theme Is Handled in Excellent Manner, Assisted by Lionel Atwell, Leading Man Producers Are Wonder ing if War Plays Are to Continue as Popular as at Present Sequel to "Bluebird" Makes Its Appearance. .JpVCiyz Shop. i if -i. i i . . - , -siN! f?rrr ?f. : ttvV i . a ,-,1 i? ... - 7-,' rr iM' - ' 4 v ... v vcan er character rola aa the girl's faithful lover. Daisy Belmore. who appeared at the Orpheutn In a feminine version of TrlaI by Jury," Is aleo a member I oi the cast. The play la beautifully I stag-ed and runs with the usual Belasco smoothness. War Plays Popular. The Chan re In war conditions may I seriously affect the present theatrical I iltuatlon. To be sure, nine chances out of ten, it will be for the better (some manager think conditions I couldn't be worse!), but the question I that Is troubling certain producers Is I In relation, to the new theme that will come with peace. Will the war plays continue to be so popular? No less than 15 have been produced this sea son, and some have been wonderful money-makers. "Friendly nemles" played- almost a I solid year In Chicago before coming- to I Broadway, and one company has been playing; tosTahdinir room only" since last July, while another has been ac complishing the same feat In Boston for several months. This has been an unusually popular play, because of the I theme, but after the war will people! wish to be reminded of what has been! the cause -of much sadness? One critic I remarks: "The end of the war may I bring- an end to the public's Interest in having- the Issues and the emotions 1 that the war has brought to the fore I rehashed for their benefit." "Bluebird" Sequel Appears. It ts Interesting to note. In. this con-I nection. that the sequel to the "Blue-1 bird" should be brought out at this I particular time. when It was pro duced at the New Theater In 1910 by vvinthrop Ames. It established a new style In drama, and the new edition comes just when a reaction in drama I seems imminent. It Is said that Mae terlinck's royalties were fabulous, for I the play netted almost Jl. 000,000, and so It Is not strange that he should write a sequel to the charming little I fairy play. The remarkable part Is I that wlnthrop Ames should agree to stage it. Mr. Ames has been called a rival of Mr. Belasco as stage producer. He is tireless In energy, and the won derful effects he acquires show the skill of the producer. Mr. Ames has been devoting much of his time lately to the organization of players to serve "over there for the entertainment of the -soldiers, and has accomplished I much, thanks again to his tireless I energy. Another "stunt" was pulled off at the Hippodrome when the entire big organ isation responded to a recent call to be filmed in a big "Smile Army,, at City Hall Park the other day, the films of whicn will carry a greeting to our boys overseas. Almost a thousand perform ers took part and the service was lov ingly tendered, for there are many of the staff "over. there," and If the list I of relatives of the performers were in cluded- the total would be an astound ing figure. Special banners were prepared car rying the good wishes of the Hippo drome staff to its friends, and espe cially to the 137th from its own ranks. They represent every branch from ushers to office force, and there are five who have been lost. It Is planned to flash this Christmas greeting on every screen in Y. nd K C. huts, and the showing of the film will be a treat In this country, too. De Wolf Hopper's stunt with the elephants, which is al ways greatly applauded, occupies a few feet of the greeting it would not be complete without it, and some of the superstitious members of the cast feel that the making of the picture so suc cessfully will be the means Of bringing their own particular boy home in time to see It "over here" instead of "over there. "GlortaaBa" Is Revised Comedy. "Glorianna." the new musical comedy which John Cort selected as Eleanor Painter's starring vehicle, was seen in New York seven or eight years ago un der the title "A Widow By Proxy,' with May Irwin as the pretended widow. The wonderful musical settings by Rudolph Frimi, the urban., scenery and the beauty chorus with, their won derful "up-to-the-minute" gowws and their dancing ability make "Glorianna" I which will mean as much to the C Merchandise ofC J Merit Only" "Direct Immediate Attention Now That One May Satisfy Their Taste for the Ar tistic (as War Bans Are Removed) To of Imported All Over A Rare Collection Art Pieces From The World, Offered At 60, "OFF For nearly two years of . war, during which America's shopping was confined to the purchase of essentials, the adornment of the home with the unique in art has been neglected. And for more than four years of world war importa tion of art pieces has been nil. The sale of our collection of imported glass, bronze, marble and other art pieces has therefore been light, and, because of war embargoes, has become unbalanced. If collection was our business, we could hold this merchandise for future gain; but we are storekeepers, which is why we offer Thousands of Dollars' Worth of Rare Merchandise at Lower Prices Than It Cost Us to Land in This Country Seasons Ago People from all walks of life can now have the artistic touch in their home that years ago was prohibited by price and more recently was prohibited by patriotism. They may buy now lone or more pieces at much less than the price of a short time ago. Prices start at from considerably under $t and run on up, and 60 per cent has been de ducted from the original price of every imported piece on the flo"or, irrespective of present demand ' or value. And what better gift than costly look ing art pieces to a real friend? Everyone Can Thus Gratify Their Longing , for the Artistic at "Once-in-a-Lifetime "Prices the Sixth Fl. Art Shop. You will be amazed at the prices, at the f foresighted, you wil esv rarity of the things here, and, if foresighted, you will come at once while choosing JSSf JU The Art Shop, . I The Art Shop, f. Sixth Floor. - ffiJxt- ' Sixth Floor. . 2 N BY ELIZABETH LONERGAX. Ing Is the talk of the town, Miss Lea was born in Berkeley, Cal ifornia, but spent her early days in the Orient with a company in which her paronts were the principal players. Un doubtedly, like many others who are doing well in New York, she has a reputation in the West and Northwest for her dancing, but great stress is laid upon the Far East record.- Anyone can Instant he realises that the four years appear in this country of ours, but not rot f ey a K W YORK. Nov. 10 Snrl11 I have been wasted veara. that thouirhlso many across the Pacific. She ap The sole theatrical novelty of he has risen in Parliament, he should peared in tne rouies oergero ana ana the oast week was the aoDear-lnve been serving his country at the a little bit in "High Jinks," but this is nee of Frances Starr In "Tiger! I ". nd ne cu"e thf , . ... .! wasted years. In a sti iitr sv a ram a oy tavua &noDiock, ouniry at me i nmo uu m isu ino, - elrl for those I her first big chance and she makes the wasted years. In a strong scene he most oi It. i ne. trgoiu mini nave m who wrote "Marie Odile," in which she appeared several seasons ago. The theme is rather unusual, aa the title would lead one to infer. It Is to the effect that there is a tiger confined In the breast of each one of us, which Individual will or elr-disclpllna can not at times conquer. So it is that the hero, a rising member of Parliament, meets a young girl on the streets at night and brings her to his hone. She Is his Intellectual Inferior and the tie between them la merely one of pas sion. She continues to go her own way. Independent of him, and some time passes before he discovers that she Is a servant In a nearby house. He has not cared to know of her other life, for he loves her and Is content, though realising that she is not his equal. As In similar cases in real life, friends try in vain to break off the alliance, but they will not separate. Under the girl's Influence, he overcomes his taste for liquor and straightens up won derfully. Twmr Tears Wasted. Then one day a quarrel comes and the girl decides to leave him. In am renounces her and goes away to Join clever numoer cauea ineneiip ana kih his colors, and she determines to marrr tinjn" in which they Impersonate thi a young man in her own class who two little "good luck" dolls which have knows of her past, but Is ready to for- come to us from France with the war. give and forget. Miss Starr gives an Ala , Ren.ea. work is very convincing, and in the The story tells of a- widow who will renunciation arena aha does nartiru- I not acoept money from her husband larly well. I people because they have refused to Mr. Knoblock has drawn the charac- meet her In his lifetime. She is badly ter very humanly, and Miss Starr, of "a OI r nM p.r- course, makes the most of every bit. suades her to have them change places Lionel Atwill Is the leading man. He temporarily. " , Jr ,7 has made wonderful strides in the past tions ensue before the affair Is finally couple of years, following his appear. I setuea. i,. "t - t'lav.. I JoseDh Leotora. who played the prln tlon" with a season as Naslmova's fead- cipal tenor role In "Going Lp, which ing man. where his artistic perform- had more than a year s run at the same ance of difficult roles won much praise theater, plays opposite Miss Painter, for him. The good Impression Is con- ana joroiny juuiu ..V . tlnued by this last part, for he makes real widow. Miss South has a beautiful the member of Parliament a living voice and a charming personality. As creatnre. strong in some ways, but in the past. Miss Painter has surround- wlth the "Tiger'" aa his weakest point, ed herself with a company of unusually The overcoming of the passion, which high order, rew stars wuum u threatened to ruin his whole life, made generous. One hit was the "Why Don t hla mrt even more Imnnrtant In the I.You Sneak for Yourself, John?" in Armm than uiu Riirri I which Miss Painter Impersonated fris O. P. Heggle. that excellent actor, cilia Aide i, stepping from the ancestral played the role of the sympathetic picture frame and tho chorus of Puritan friend, and Whitford Kane had a clev- I maidens was mui NEW YORK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERTS FAIRLY OPEN GOTHAM'S MUSICAL SEASON Andre Messager and Great Orchestra From Paris Appeared Sunday Night at Carnegie Hall Antonk) Stti Will JIake Tour of Country at Head of His Own Grand Opera Company "Tosca" Being Requested. N' EMILIE FRANCES BAUER. ' O matter how many musical events may transpire In the early sea son, never until the orchestral concerts are fairly upon us. Is it pos sible to feel that we are in the new season. With the pair of concerts by the New York Symphony orchestra under Walter Dam roach behind us the season may be declared formally open. There was a huge disappointment, one which well-nigh threw a gloom upon the audience, notwithstanding the op portunity that was given Leo Ornstein to have the most important appearance of his life. This because he replaced Osslp Qabrilowltsch, who was to have played the Tschaikowsky concerts and who was absent owing to the serious Illness of his wife. Clara Cleroens-Ga-brilowitsch. Personal friends had been informed of her Improvement, also that she was, not suffering from the dread malady which has taken such a terrifying toll. but the public in general was un happy over the event. Otherwise it was a delight to welcome to the Car negie Hall rostrum the conductor of the New York Orchestra, knowing how thoroughly he'had been Impressed with his visit to France and that he will be faithful to his intention to present the music of that wonderful country with deep affection rather than in the nerfunctorr manner in which 'it is often given to us. The programme opened with the Beethoven Seventh Symphony Thurs day afternoon, following which Mr. Damrosch secured an exquisite effect by playing for all the strings of his orchestra two movements from Debussy's string quartet. This number was given exactly as written, no hand having touched the masterpiece, but Instead of its being played by one, far to be preferred to the wholesome, nubile as to himself. The audi Duxoin wtaow oi oiaen a ays. in aaai- i ence received blm with great Kindness tlon. some of the best dancing of the I and aDDreciatlon. although his perform- year Is In the show with Gilbert Wells ance reauired no apologies. Sunday and Balfour Lloyd of vaudeville fame afternoon at Aeolian Hall an "equally and Kmille Lea, whose wonderful danc- I "full houBe" greeted Mr. Damrosch and his musicians In a programme given without soloist, the "Bonvenute Cellini" overture of Berliox replacing the pianist and his concerto of the Car negie Hall concert. French Orchestra Appears. Sunday night Carnegie Hall was brilliant scene when, for the third time, Andre Messager and his great orches tra from Paris appeared in New York. The programme was heightened by th presence of Alfred Cortot. avj)ianist. who does credit to tne country mat sent us the ever beloved Pugno and Saint Saens. It was further lnterestln to hear this splendid artist heighten his virtuosity by the deeply musical reading he gave to the Cesar Franc "STmnhonio Variations. As he was playing, one recalled with pleasure the fact that he is announced for a nlano recital in Aeolian iau moo day afternoon, because his perform ance with orchestra merely served to whet the appetite v for more. In th more familiar surroundings of Car negie HalL In the auditorium, at least, where we have been accustomed to Judge tne tonai atiriDutes oi inn umer ent orchestras, it was a aengnt to near the Paris conservatory organization and to realise what an extraordinarily beautiful tone it has. Messager again revealed his admirable powers, his po etic fantasy based upon a splendid and commanding intelligence, and while one Ight have wished for sometning less fatiguing than the "tsympnonic .fan tastique" of Berlioz, It was obvious that the conductor understood how to secure contrasts by offering on the same pro gramme Chabrier's "Spanish Rhapsody,' which has all the color, aasn ana noise possible to produce with orchestral In struments, a masterpiece of its kind and never more welcome than upon the programme which included otherwise D Indy's ' Camp or wauensiein. Faure'a "Nocturne" and' La riieuse and the works already named. Again Messager's broad and stately perform ance of T;he Btar-spangieo. Banner and his stinTing, even thrilling presen tatlon of "La Marseillaise" were among the most wildly applauded numbers of the evening. Symphony Concert. Friday evening Walter Damrosch and his orchestra faced tne most remark able audience that ever assembled to hear his concerts, unless the American conductor may hav had a similar audi ence when he played in Paris last Sum mer for our men and the allies over there. The New York Symphony con ductor arranged a concert In Carnegie Hall for the soldiers and sailors, for which no tickets were sold, but the men in uniforms were admitted to hear programme made up of favorite works. A march from Verdi s "Aida," the "Oberon" overture, the andante can tablle from Tschaikowsky's Fifth Sym phony, the intermezzo and "Toreodor Song1" from "Carmen" by Bizet, the largo from "the "New World"' sym phony by Dvorak, "Dance of the Sylphs" and "Rakoczy march by Berliox and "The Beautiful Blue Danube" were the offerings. string quartet it was given by all the first and second violins, all the violas and cellos, the effect being ravishingly beautiful. Following this, Leo Ornstein played the MacDowelr concerto in D minor. and in it one might almost have felt that he found himself as he has never done before. He commanded more re spect than usually falls to his lot, be cause one felt that be arose to the situation becoming a musician who thought of the art and the composl tlon. forgetting temporarily the in terpreter. There has never been any doubt of his talent, aa he has an un usually fine equipment, but the insist ent manner in which the Ornstein characteristics were permitted' to dom inate everything he did detracted greatly from the possibility of regard ing him as a serious and reverential artist. He was different on Thursday and stepped onto a new plane, one membered that when there was talk of eliminating all composers of the enemy countries from the programmes Mr. Damrosch said that he would still give the Johann Strauss waltz, "The Blue Danube," but that he expected the Americans to find their enthusiasm in the fact that some day they would cross this river in triumph. The evening that Mr. Damrosch closed his pro gramme for the American sailors and soldiers with this number, some of the evening papers had the headlines that the allies were "now going up the Danube River." He may not have thought that it would come so soon, Boston Is Eager. -Never.within the history of the great Boston "Symphony Orchestra has the anticipation been so great as this week, for the reason that it will represent a new organization, a new conductor and a new spirit. True, It may be that there will bj some to miss the military- like precision of what we were pleased to call the greatest body of musicians in the world, but in its place will be the spirit of the great Ideals which have saved the world from the tyranny of which the Boston Symphony Orches tra received a fair example. More than 20 Teutonic musicians were dismissed from the Boston Sym phony Orchestra, most of whom were replaced by admirable French artists and the rest of the members will rally not only around the flag, but around the French conductor, Rabaud, in whose "hands the destinies of the or chestra will be safe according to his record In his own country. Before New York, or even Boston, will have the opportunity to hear him. one pair or concerts wi" have been given in the home city, in New York and Boston and for the first time in over a rear in Washington nd Baltil more with Pierre Monteaux at the ba ton. Tr y conductor had a sensational success in Boston, and New York is awaiting his appearances Thursday night and Saturday afternoon in Car negie Hall with open arms. 8 -tU to Make Tour. It will be joyous news to the entire country to learn that Antonio Scotti, one of the greatest idols of the stage today, - he was when he first ap peared at the Metropolitan, will make a tour of the United States at the head of his own grand opera company. It is due the great Italian baritone to state in the same breath, -which recalls that he celebrated his twenty-fifth year's service to the operatic stage recently. that lie was' barely 23 when he first became a jnatlnee idol and he has re mained so eve? since. There Is no artist, man cr woman, who has had more adulation, more af fection and. more enthusiastic support. has there ever been one who for purely artistic reasons eo well de served the position 1. - has attained. Strikingly original i. everything " - has ever been identified with, Scotti is pre eminently eo upon this occasion or rather occasions, as he plans to make tour in the Spring and one in the Fall of 1919 with a company recruited prin cipally from the soloists, --orus and orchestra of the Metropolitan which ill "h a known as the ootti Grand Opera Company. - He will present a double bill consisting of Leoni's tragic from all parts of the country to see the great artist In opera thta while most of these requests have asked for "Tosca" which has been' made famous through the length and breadth of the land on account of his marvelous Im personation of Scarpla, he decided to acquiesce to this desire on the part of the public as above outlined. Scotti will be particularly interested to present the Leonla opera in San Francisco, the plot being laid in Chinatown of that city as it is a musical setting of the well-known western ctory, "The Cat and the Cherub," altho'igh this section Is not named in the itinerary which Includes the South, East, Middle West and Southwest for the present. s In addition to singing the role which has become as famous at the Tletro politan as his Scarpia, Scotti will stage every detail of both operas and hi artistic sense cannot fail to raise the Mascagni opera out of the common place features which too great famili arity with a work frequently entails. Scotti will have one of his busiest sea sons at the Metropolitan this year and is now training off some of the super fluous weight he took on during a restful and altogether profitable Sum mer. N Air Battle Likened to O. A. C U. of O. Football Game. Hen "Root" When Boehe Plane Is Downed, Writes Panl 'Amort bayonet, helmet, etc. We got tired of having the stuff hanging around, so we threw it away, except the helmet, which we kept to carry water in for our radiator. I picked up a pair of Ger man pants, too, and the darned things were full of tear gas, and I wept over them like they belonged to some dear departed friend. "The usual method of collecting sou venirs is to get a Boche, grab bis throat and go through his pockets. If he objects, Just scowl, stick out your lower lip, assume a Jess Willard pose, and he usually sees things as you do Few of them get by with more than two or three buttons on their clothes. Most of them are happy. The war Is over for them and they are glad of it." In a more recent letter he writes: "The war here isn't as good as on the other front. The first night here an aeroplane greeted us with three bombs. They lit about 40 yards from us and did no particular damage. One fellow got a piece of shell in the leg. and a hunk of dirt slapped me in the face. Another piece hit the fellow next to me on his new mustache and he claims that the short whiskers were driven clear through his Up, and all he has to do is to wiggle it to brush his teeth. The life for the Germans must be just one thing after another, judg ing- from the way we have been han dling Bhells lately. France is fuller of peace rumors than prisoners." OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallls, Nov. 23. (Special.) A battle in the air is almost as exciting as an O. A. C.-U.' of O. football game. according to Paul Amort, the snappy little Aggie athlete, now in France. "Oh, it's a great life!" he writes In a letter to his home folks. "When our aerial alarm sounds we are supposed to get under cover, but Instead we all go out and see the fun. We often see our machines bring down a boche, and you should hear the men "root" for them while the battle is on. You would think you were at an O. A. C.-U. of O. football game. They get very exciting at times. The air is so full of them they look like mosquitoes." Amort pays high tribute to the work of the Red Cross. "We certainly have fine-service from the Red Cross," he writes. "They have a warm corner In every man's heart over here, and when all the rest run away they stay right with you and make hot chocolate and sell cookies and candy. You have no idea what a help those things are after you are in this place for a while' original production In Covent Garden, and the ever favorite "Cavallerla Rustl- a Ainf.Mnij that was falrlv uncannv I cana. must be recorded. It will be well re-1 So many requests nave Been maae Jess Willard Pose Enough to Convince Boche. George Ross Picks Up Hun Tronsers Filled With Tear Gas. SHORT COURSES ARE OFF Buttermakers and Cheesemakers to Convene In January. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallls, Nov. 80. (Special.) No Win ter short courses will be held at ths college next January, according to of ficial announcement. This decision was due to war conditions which make It impossible to carry on the usual pro gramme. Due to unusual interest In dairymen and creamery work in the state, the decision has been made to hold a short course for buttermakers and cheeso makers January 6 to February 1, 1919. A class for experienced help will be organized and another class for inex perienced help. The course In butter making will be open to both men and ' women. GEORGE H. ROSS, son, of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Ross, 435 'East Forty second street North. Is In the 65th Ar tillery, Company C, in France. He writes home: little opera "L'Oracolo" in which hel "The Boche is going back so fart that created the part of Chim-Fang at its! we have to use the truck almost con tinually to keep up witn mm. xney surely had it soft, with concrete dug outs, rugs and stoves. I have picked up various little articles, German gun, SCHOOLS FAR OVER QUOTA Hood River Boys and Girls Aid in War Work Campaign. HOOD RIVER, Or., Nov. 30. (Sne- clal.) The Hood River County schools. In the campaign of the Victory Boys and Victory Girls, with W. H. McCJain . in charge, exceeded their quota of the county's total of $10,200 by CO per cent. ' The Parkdale School headed the list In enrollment, every boy and girl of the district contributing. The respective Bums subscribed by the county's schools follow: Hood River High School. $331.05; Hood River Junior High, $52.05; Parkdale High, $60.50; Parkdale Grammar, $6.75; Odell High, $45; Grammar, $44.50; Pine Grove, $13; Oak Grove, $7.60; Barrett, $9; Mount Hood. $1.60; Middle Valley, $1.70; Cas cade Locks, $44.70.