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TEW YORK. Feb. 28. (Special.)
l Rachel Crothers, following
" the footsteps of George It
Cohan, made her appearance as star
of her latest comedy." He and She."
ther authors have been featured in
their Awn olavs. but onlv Mr. Cohan
and Miss- Crothers have appeared in
the three-fold capacity of author, pro
ducer and star. Both the play and
Miss Crothers' acting came in for a
Cood amount of praise. The story
tells of two sculptors, husband and
wife, who go along cheerfully side by
side in an everyday sort of exist
ence. No jealousy or friction until suc
cess. In the shape of a prize award,
comes to the wife. The husband is
envious and sulks the first rift in
their home life. "She." by the way,
has never bothered with the problem
of the home, but when the young
daughter arrives from boarding school
and adds another side to the situa
tion, she is mighty perplexed. In the
end, mother love triumphs, and with
her new attitude toward life, the
trouble with her husband is also ad
justed. As in her other plays, there
are many clever snappy lines.
Cyril Keightleigh, who played the
lead In "A Little Journey," has the
role of the husband and Faire Binney
(sister of Constance, star of "39
East") is the daughter. Other parts
are well played by Margaret Johnson.
Arthur Elliott. Fleming Ward. Ethel
Coxzens and Frances Bryant.
Miss Crothers' plays are very well
known, and several have been played
on the coast. Besides the two com
edies of last season, "A Little Jour
ney" and "39 East," she is the au
thor of "The Three of Us" and "A
Han s World."
who provide much of the musical en
tertainment for this country promise
to strangle the music of France, Rus
sia, Italy and England, to say noth
ing of the music of our own country,
and it will be done with such appar
ent lack of intention that it will be
impossible to make the Innocent pub
lic realize it.
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"Parsifal" had its first English per
formance . at the Metropolitan - on
Thursday afternoon, something ' it
would have had many years ago had
Alfred Hertz had his way. The ques
tion of opera in English came up
on one occasion and when that
great Wagnerian authority and con
ductor expressed the belief that it
would be a great day for this coun
try wben opera would be given in
English, the writer seemed more than
astonished and asked him how he
would like to conduct "Parsifal" in
English at the Metropolitan.
"It would be the greatest moment
of my life," he replied. "Imagine
how happy I would be to know that
the audience could follow the lines
and could understand what was hap
pening on the stage through the text.
and to understand the text:"
"Alas!" was the reply, "few peopl
in any audience would understand
those philosophies, even if they heard
and understood the language. It is
not a mere understanding of words.
it is a matter of philosophy, of psy
etiology, and you ask too much when
you ak understanding.
Two more weeks of opera at- the
Lexington and the Chicago opera as
sociation will carry its offerings to
Boston and elsewhere before the ar
tists disband. Tiie great surprise of
the week was the first appearance In
New York of Carlo Galeffi. who was
on the stage but a very few moments
when the audience knew that here
was a great artist and a great singer.
His entrance was effected in the role
of Michele in the first of the Puccini
trigolttte, "II Tabarro," when h
demonstrated his great powers in
tragedy, which he quickly matched
in the comedy of "Gianni Schicchi.
Interesting it was to note that the
one who aDOlauded it the most heart
ily was e Luca, original creator ol
the role, whose masterly Interpreta
tion of it will remain a matter of
history. Marinuzzi gave marvelous
readings to the Puccini works which
had several distinguishing teaturcs of
which the presence of Edward John
son. in the same two contriDutea
greatly.
THE MIKADO" IS FITTING CLIMAX OF
ALL GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SUCCESSES
Vogue First Attained by This Tuneful Opera Has Survived Through 34 Tears of Unabated Popularity and
Always Wins Approval' of Public
Dorothy Dalton's appearance in
Aphrodite" was the first of several
cases where film stars are return
ing' to the legitimate. Miss Dalton
did stock work and also appeared in
vaudeville, but was not well known
until she entered the picture business.
Now Theda Bara is following her ex
ample and the New York opening of
"The Blue Flame. in which Mr.
Woods will star her, will be early in
March. There have been reports that
Miss Bara was on the stage before,
but others, more authentic, tell that
she was in an entirely different line
of work before that memorable time,
when, as extra girl, her work at
tracted attention.
Mrs. Leta Vance Nicholson wrote
the original story, which has beet
dramatized by George V. Hobart an3
John Willard, and the supporting cast
will include Allan Dinehart, Donald
Gallagher and Miss Thais Lawton
(who played the lead with Guy Bates
Post in "The Masqueradcr"). The play
is described as a melodrama anu Mr.
Woods' experiment of transferring
screen staars to a similar position on
the stage, will be watched 'with in
terest by other managers. Also, it is
a long time since Mr. Woods has an
nounced a "melodrama." Several of
his plays have turned out in that
class, but the advance advertising has
cleverly disguised the fact.
Elsie Ferguson is another who will
return to the stage, her first love,
after devoting a long time to picture
work. Billie Burke returned to the
fold earlier in the season and Doris
Kenyon, after a successful season in
"The Girl in fhe Limousine," is now
touring and her screen followers will
turn out in great numbers. Kitty
Gordon is another who is due back
shortly in a musical play, after an ex
tensive tour in vaudeville, which did
not include New York. The unusual
success of the theater in New York is
one attraction, the extraordinary de
mand for stars making it necessary
to press every available one into
service.
Then, too. the wonderful advertis
ing value of a picture star proves
always a great drawing power. For
every one person who has seen, or
heard, of a dramatic actress, a hun
dred are familiar with a start of
similar rank on the picture screen.
When the celebrated character actor.
Maclyn Arbuckle, was appearing in
the film version of his stage success.
"The County Chairman," at the Strand
theater. New York, several years ago.
two well-dressed ladies were heard
discussing the much advertised announcement.
And the gist of their discussion was
that his fame was probably because
he was related to "Fatty" Arbuckle,
taking for granted that this was the
reason for featuring him. So, too.
there are many who are ignorant of
the fact that Mary Pickford and Mar
guerite Clarke, both were well known
on the stage before pictures were
even heard of. They feel that the
fame of their favorites began with
pictures.
Notwithstanding the fact that
travel was almost impossible, all sur
face lines being snowed under and
taxis stalled on ail sides, a large
audience was present at the Lexing
ton to witness Ralsa's second per
formar.ee. although the role of Alice
Ford in "Falstaff is not a very at
tractive one to those who know the
tremendous possibilities of the great
dramatic soprano. he was the re
cipient of applause at every occasion
and she lent much to the performance
which had Rimini in the title role,
Schipa as Fenton, Defrere as Ford
Myrna Sharlow as Anne Ford, Irene
Pavloska as Mistress Page, Maria
Claessens as Mistress Quickly Mojica
Oliviero and Lazzari. Chief interest
lay in the score as read by that su
preme artist. Marinuzzi.
Mary Garden's "Louise" was one of
the rarest treats the Chicago opera
association brought to New York and
that the Charpentier opera has the
same vigorous hold upon the public
as it had when it first saw light
through the combined efforts of the
late Oscar Hammerstein and his mar
velous air, Cleofante Campaninl, was
not to be doubted. Miss Garden has
brought to it many points of interest,
much psychological force and her cry
of "Paris! Paris!" brought a yearning
In many hearts. The long list of im
personators was a most excellent one.
Including Pufranne, who has sung it
many times: Madame Claessens, on
taine. Warnery and Dora de Phillipe,
the latter perfactly inimitable as the
street arab and as the apprentice.
MARINUZZI IS PROMISING
MUSICAL POST CANDIDATE
Possible New Impresario Is Declared Musician of Widest Sympathies,
Boundless Knowledge and Man of Appealing Personality.
Exhibition Shows Many
Novel Uses for Wood.
"Silk" Sox, Sausage Casings and
Phonograph Records Among
Products.
AN ELABORATE exhibit of the
unique uses of forest products is
a part of the display of the New York
state college of forestry at Syracuse,
in its campaign to educate the people
of the state to the necessity of pre
venting waste of the forest areaa of
New York.
Here are some of the strange uses
seen in this exhibit:
"Silk" sox, made from wood fibre.
LITTLE GIRL TO DANCE AT
B'XAI B'RITH.
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EMO.IE FRANCES BAITER.
EW YORK. Feb. 28. (Special.)
an amusing city.
g more so than in the
fact that it would rather gossip about
music tnsn near it. News factories,
of course, run riot at present manu
facturing successors to the revered
dead maestro, whose personality,
force and tremendous genius for or
ganization will be as much missed
as his superb musicianship and ar
tistic scne. Perhaps one of the
greatest achievements in behalf ol
grand opera for Chicago and the life
of the Chicago orera association in
geiicral ws tne associating with the
business side such a man as Herbert
John.-on. who probably could if he
would divulxe the entire scheme for
the future.
Perhapi that brilliant young con
ductor. Giro Marinuzzi. could tell
what Mr. Johnson might leave un
told. Marinuzzi has already proved
himself a ma.i of the first rank for
the most important musical post of
the world. A musician of the widest
sympathies, of boi ndless knowledge,
of sympathetic and pppealiric person
ality ai:d above all of perfectly sane
manner, in Marinuzzi the late Cam
paninl left a tremendous bequest to
the Chicago opera association.
Everyone has been named as pos
sible inipivs-iri-i even impresaria
for lo! Miry Garden's name loads all
the rest. Then there are such wild
guesses at Tcscanlni. but why with a
Marinursi in the saddle one should
think there- would be room for Tos
ranini is more than anyone with dis
cerning powers can imagine.
Apropos of Toscanini. amusing
propaganda in his behalf is beins
waged ly one New York paper, which
newsitatea ?oing into history a bit.
When Tos-aninl left the Metropolitan
suddenly, it was said, sub rosa. that
during a rehearsal of Beethoven's
lnth sympnony ne became so in
furiated at one of the first violins
that he struck the plaver in the fi ce. '
at which the. men laid down their in
struments and informed the great
Hunan leaner mat as a body they
would never play under him again.
inra may or may rot have teen true,
but when a few weeks ago news ar
rived from Italy that Toscanini had
struck a member of the orchestra
ever the head during a rehearsal of
beet.ioven s Ninth symphony, it be
gan to look as though Beethoven's
-intn symphony was worse for Tos
canini than Friday the 13th. It cer.
tainly brought to mind the old story
and made many people feeL that it
mignt nave been true.
xircnestra leaders have a perfect
riaeni to oe irresponsible at times.'
mis paper says. "Thev ?nd other
great musicians are justified in doing
iiunBs mat would never be forgiven
in men or women of less artistic tem
perament. These ere decisions reachet
by the Italian courts in the case of
Arturo Toscanini. the distinguished
maestro, who was charged with
smashing his baton over a violinist's
head because the latter plaved a little
flat."'
ine writer will never admit that
the war has lessened the value of
Germany's music, but insists that the
menace of German music again looms
large on the musical horizon, the
great trouble with purveyors being a
lack of moderation. It was a great
and wonderful thing to get all Ger
man music out of the way for a
while, and it is equally a pity that it
should come back so soon." Bu a
greater pity will be to have tne on
slaught which is expected, put us
back to where we were before the
war.
The business end of the different
orchestras Is pronsbly the chief of
fender, because there are little if any
royalties to pay, little if any rehears
ing to do and enough Germans to
supply larce audiences for the Wag
ner offerings. In addition to thcGer
mans themselves, there are great
numbers of Americans who had been j
tauirhf hnr tn hour V u in r. - v.
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Photo by Lowell.
Leah Senas.
One of the featur'es at the
ball to be given tonight at 4
B'nai B'rith hall by the ladies'
auxiliary of Congregation Aha- t
vai Sholom will be solo numbers I
by little Miss Leah Schas. The I
little girl, who is 12iyears old, I
received her training -In Port-? t
land and Is a talented toe danc
er. She has appeared in nu
merous local entertainments,
among them the "Night in Ha
waii" production at the audito
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which look like silk, feel like silk,
but are far cheaper than the real
thing..
Sawdust sausage casing, in which
wood, converted by chemical processes
into viscose, is used instead of the
old type of sausage casings, produced
from the by-product of the slaughter
house. ,
Wood-flour phonograph records, 1
compressed under enormous power, to
help make music from sawdust.
Paper milk bottles to help fight
the high cost of living, by saving the
breakage of enormous quantities of
glass bottles in the kitchen and by
the dairyman.
All of these unusual commercial 1
articles are made from what was once
waste of the' sawmill, and their. dis
play is part of the campaign of the
New York college of forestry, to show
how close utilization of wood will
help to cheapen articles of commerce I
and at the same time end the enor-1
accompanied
- vROBABLY nothing in theatrical
r history ever equaled the craze
which followed the first presen
tation in London of "The Mikado" on
March 14. 1885. and the subsequent
production of the operetta at the
Fifth Avenue theater. New York, a
few months later. It came as the
climax of three Gilbert and Sullivan
crazes, beginning with "Pinafore,"
and followed by "Patience" and "The
Pirates of Penzance," not to mention
the lesser clamor over the rich polit
ical satire of "Iolanthe.'" The vogue
attained by "The Mikado" was so
great that business men went to see
it two or three nights in succession,
when called to New York, and de
luged this continent with letters home
about this wonderful little opera.
Presently companies were playing
The Mikado" in all parts of America
as fast as comedians could be shipped
from London and educated in New
York to the art of singing Gilbert's
highly complex and glittering verses.
Even families by whom the theater
was regarded as a Satanic institution
relaxed discipline sufficiently to en
ter the doors of the playhouses, on
learning that there were no hussies
in tights to corrupt the mind. Re
spectable citizens argued on the way
home from cnurcn as to tne proper
pronunciation of 'this new word
Mikado" that was appearing in tne
ewspapers. All the children were
taken to see the piece, as something
to remember all their lives, lor 11
ever seemed to occur to the parents
of 1885 that a work so light and giddy
would survive after they were in
their graves. However, that made
it all the happier for the children, and
good many of them have been hum
ming the airs at odd moments ever
since.
And now after 34 years, "The Mika
do" is just as fresh, joyous and wholly
heartening an entertainment as it
ever was, and probably will make the
same appeal 100 years hence. Prob
ably Gilbert and Sullivan themselves
builded better than they knew; lor
Gilbert intended his libretto merely
as a satire upon a contemporary fad
the craze for everything Japanese
hich had been assimilated by the
preaching of Whistler, and Sullivan
was taking seriously the constant
nagging of critics that he should de
vote his great talents to "something
serious. A year or two later ne aia
produce "The Golden Legend," an in
tensely serious work, which is to all
tents and purposes dead, in train
Sullivan was always serious in the
hest sense of the word. A rigid
artistic conscience is apparent
every bar of "The Mikado, with its
exquisite decorations, at once spon
taneous and scholarly, its rerinea ana
colorful scoring, its wonderful fit-
ng of musical accents to the text.
Few musical works in any field
possess such sustained perfection.
And Gilbert, who scoffed merrily at
everything, was also a serious artist
despite his all-pervading satire. He
did not mind introducing a few topi
cal jokes, but he wrote a book of
such literary excellence that- it had
given proverbial phrases to the lan
guage that will be quoted, conscious
ly or unconsciously, as long as Eng
lish is spoken. It is not Gilbert's
most brilliant book, the satire of "The
Gondoliers," for instance, is finer;
and Sullivan himself regarded the
score of "The Yeoman of the Guard"
as better than that of "The Mikado":
but the latter of the best-combined
effort on the part of both men of
genius, and that of most sustained
interest.
It is stated that the present pro
duction of "The Mikado" by the Gallo
English Opera Company, which is
soon to be seen in Portland, is the
best that has been heard for many
years. The reason lies in the fact
that for the most part revivals have
been associated with the ambitions
of comedians who wished to show
their talents in the part of Ko-Ko.
Mr. Gallo, on the other hand, has
revived it because of its musical mer
its, and his aim has been to give a
production which should emphasize
the artistic beauties of the whole
rather than the japes of the Lord
High Executioner. Thus he has one
of the most gifted and efficient mu
sical directors of the country in Max
Bendix, an adequate orchestra with
such delightful instruments as the
French horns, oboe and bassoon in
competent hands, and what Is said to
be the best singing chorus that has
been heard for many a long day. in
der such treatment "The Mikado"
assumes its true proportions, and a
just idea of Sullivan s wealth of re
source, finesse and inspiration as t
composer is obtainable.
FOREST PROTECTION WEEK IS
PERIOD FOR ECONOMIC STUDY
Campaign of Education Will Show Value of Oregon's Timber Resources
to Resident and Visitor Alike. 1
BY WELLS GILBERT.
Member Forest Protection Committee,
Portland Chamber of Commerce.
THROUGH the efforts of the forest
Protection committee, Portland
Chamber of Commerce, Governor
Olcott will declare May 21 to 29,
Forest Protection week.
The committee in 'charge, consist
ing of C. S. Chapman (Western For
estry and Conservation association),
George Cecil (district forest, United
States forest service). Miss Mar
guerite A. Salomon (Portland Cham
ber of Commerce) and the writer is
desirous of interesting civic bodies
and school children in the coming
celebration.
With 'the extension of railroads, the
improvement of highways, and the
development of the automobile it is
now possible to reach beautiful virgin
forests in a few minutes time. They
present one of the greatest charms
around Portland both to its inhabi
tants and the ever-increasing throngs
of tourists. Some of these forests
are destined for destruction and will
be transformed into lumber doors,
posts, piling and the thousand and
one things used by ourselves and
the whole world. Their loss by "fire
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would be a calamity. There are also
fine stands of young timber which
nature automatically provides, if
proper protection is given, as unlike
the eastern pine which is superseded
by deciduous trees, tne western fir
and hemlock reproduce their own
species.
It is aimed to carry on a campaign
of education which will largely do
away with unneccessary waste by
showing both the value of the timber
to the state and the methods by
which campers and visitors can live
in the forests and pass through them
with safety. Safey not only to the
forests but to themselves, for every
year forest fires take their toll of
humf.n life.
The destruction of forests affect
our economic life in so many ways
that volumes might be written upon
the subject. They 'harbor many In- 1
sect-eating birds which are a rreat
protection to the farmer and the fruit
grower. They hold back the winter
rains and feed them more gradually
to the lands In the valley. China was
once covered with great trees, and
now the ancient highways often tra
verse deep, unsightly ravines worn
down by constant travel and the ero
sion of the waters. In the rainy sea
son the floods pour over the slopes,
wash away the rich land, turning it
into an unproductive area seamed
with gullies, and carry destruction
to the villages and cities below.
We understand the state of Wash
ington is to carry on a similar
campaign. Eastern states which
have awakened too late to the value
of their departed forests have been
working along similar lines for many
years. Abroad the Importance of this
work has long been reeoRntsed.
WILLOW
TREE
By J. Harry Benrimo and Harrison Rhoads
as Played With Wonderful Success by
Fay Bainter. America's Daintiest Star
Matinees Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday
WEEK numing urn, me iruin
ALCAZAR
STARTING MOW MAR. 1
MABEL
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AND 40 PLAYERS
IN GEO. M. COHAN'S
'The Man Who Owns Broadway'
BUBBLING O'ER WITH COHAN WIT & SONGS
BARGAIN NIGHT MONDAY
SPECIAL PRICED MATS. WED & SAT.
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all in all, German music and those berinff.
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A Lively. Snappy, Peppy
Show ef
TAIDEVILLE,
PHOTOPLAY.
THE SEVEN BROWNIES-
In "The Syncopated Schoolroom."
"HIGHSPEED'
The Season's Greatest Motor Rac
ing Play, Featuring
GLADYS HILETTE.
' TDK KOt R SAI.OBKS.
The Daredevils of Vaudeville.
TED A VD CORIXXK BRETON,
Comedy and ilusic "On the Board
Walk."
GARTKLLE BROTHERS, .
Grotesque Comedians.
BIALTO A WD lAOST,
The Talking Juggling Boys."
COBTELLI A'D ROGERS,
Oh, My Gowsh!"
Matinee. 17 Centnl Krfilaia, 25
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Prlers Include War 'lax.
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TJneqnaled Vaudeville Broadway at Alder.
Matinee Daily. Zt30. Twice Nightly, 7 and .
Popular Prlcea Boxes and Logea Reserved.
WEEK COMMENCING TOMORROW MATINEE
- THE! MUSICAL COMEDY HIT OP 1930
A Holiday in Dixie
With Will Maxtin, Virginia Richards, George MeCleuon and an All
Star Colored Chorus and Cast
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EDWARD BLONDELL & CO. MARY ANN
in Late Prima Donna "Not Yet
The Boy From Home" Marie"
SOL BURNS THE SUPERLATIVE FOUR
The Funny Little Fellow In AH Sorts of Harmony
THE ACT "HARD LIONS AND
BEAUTIFUL TENDER HEARTS"
The Story of the Hunt The First of New Sunshine Hits
Matinee Daily at 2 Evenings at 7 and 9
Week Starting Sunday Matinee. Feb. 29
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Ben Dillon
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Snappy Song and Chorus Hits
Just Nonsense, Music and Pretty Girls
2 Special Feature Nights 2
Tuesday:
Country Store
Friday:
Chorus Girls' Contest
CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TODAY, BEGINNING 1:30 P. M,
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Motion Picture Acting and Make Up
Producing picture companies are now preparing- to start work
In Portland. Local talent will be used at sahirien of $5 to 16 per
day. This office will be prepared to furnisn talent ina types lor tne
various companies, w ny nvi ei prtjii-ii irin.-H wmi
fled director, which will enable you to fill one of the many posil
that will be open .'
Barney Furey, director. Lester B. Phillips, manager.
For appointment S12 Merit Bulldiaar. Broadway at Oak.
Phone: Broadway 1677.
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