TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, APRIL 11, 1920
DAILY MATINEES IN VOGUE
FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
People Have Money to Spend and Managers Want Increased Profits.
Call for Floradora Chorus Girls Says That No Blondes Need Apply.
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BT ELIiJABETH LON'ERGAN.
EW YORK, April 10. (Special.)
For the first time in theatri
cal history a number of thea-
ers are giving daily matinees. Easter
veek, the most profitable one in the
ear, was utilized in this way, to
bring: more dollars to the coffers of
ome of the managers. The first man
iger to announce his plans was Henry
iiller, which brings up an interest-r.g-
point. As he is also his own
Leading' man he is obliged to do the
xtra work himself! Most managers
imply dictate to the actors in their
ompanies and a few extra matinees
more or less mean nothing in their
oung lives. "The Famous Mrs. Fair,"
yhich James Forbes wrote for Mr.
f.Iiller and Blanche Bates, has had
.he S. R. O. sign on ever since the
opening night.
"Apple Blossoms" also gave daily
Viatinees, as did other attractions,
f'he Winter Garden is nlaviner thrift a
fveek now and several others are put-
ling in extras from time to time.
An interestinc- nnlnt Vin hppn raispri
fbout the overwhelming success of
Lhe theater during this season, or, to
e exact, since the signir.g of the
frmistice. There are few first-class
louses charging less than $2.50 for
n orchestra seat, with $3 and higher
r Saturday night. And even at that
iguie mo uuLauiui ul seals is a
nu rloP fxf lni'lr A i .1 r. .- r- 1.1., n v. a
ihanze on the actors strike, which
Fdded expense to the producer in the
vay or salaries. for extra perform
Wices and for prolonged rehearsals.
rhe real truth is that the public is
willing to pay any price some of
hem! And it might be interesting to
refd that it is not the people of yes-
eryear who are spending the mon-
jy. either. More often it is "the hon
fst working man," whose wages have
leen boosted by the war, who sits
Jiownstairs while the former "plung
it" is content with a cheap seat or
J.tays home to save money. Another
xplanation of the theater throngs
Ls that since the abolition of the cor-
,er saioon ana its more expensive sist
er the crowds "have to go some
where." Be that as it may, it has
Sacked theaters as never before. Even
ent had few slim days. The extra
fnatinees are paid for at strictly
:nion rates, so the actors mav be
K'red at the end of the week but will
ava no legitimate "kick" coming as
rx the old days when some managers
i n or in an CTtra nfirfftrmaiiifl tt.-n
Kr good measure, but didn't recom
pense their companies,
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I The call for chorus girls for "Flora
JTora" . stated definitely that "no
Llondes need apply." - Brunettes or
Tonest-to-goodness redheads would be
.tcelved with open arms, other quali
i ications being satisfactory, but in
rne words of a recent bedroom farce.
No More Blondes," Margot Kelly, the
Vivacious little redhead whose spirit
natches her hair, is one of the fea
ured players.
Two more Shubert openings, des
ined for Broadway theaters a little
iter, have taken place. "The Man
utside,"' a comedy by Ward Howe
,nd Kilbourn Gordon (general press
epresentative for William Brady),
.pened at Hartford for its preliminary
eason. Mr. Gordon wrote "the Big
lame." produced earlier in the sea-
Lon at the Fulton.
The second play is one by Owen
lavis, which was produced at the
Ilobe theater, Atlantic City. It is
;alled "A Week-End Marriage
The Sclwyns had hoped to have two
nore theaters ready for occupancy
his spring, but builders' strikes and
ther things made it impossible. By
he fall they will be ready, and fall
ioes not seem so far away once Eas
fr Is past. The theaters are side by
Ide and almost adjoining the Selwyn
ind will be called The Times Square
ind the Forty-Second-Street theaters,
vmong the new plays to be produced
letween now and the fall are several
y well-known dramatists. At pres
nt it is hard to find theaters, so the
opening dates are decidedly uncer-
The plays include "Kollos wild
Lats," by Clare Hummer; "The Mis- i
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rcss of Chance." by G. W.'Albyn and
W. Bell: "The Double . Bar." by
Martin Brown; "The Voice of the Min-
,rei." by Robert Hitchen. new plays
,y Edgar Selwyn. Avery Hopwood and
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Salisbury Fields. The last will star
Margaret Lawrence, who was the
original heroine of "Tea for Three"
last season and featured at present
in Field's "Wedding Bells." Leo Car
tllo is announced as one of their stars,
showing that his contract with Oliver
MorOECo has not been renewed.
Adolph Klauber, associated with the
Selwyns, but also an independent pro
ducer (ho brought out "Nightie
Night"), announces that he has se
cured a new comedy by Dorothy
Kuhns called "Have a Good Time,
Jonica," and will bring it to town, as
his next production.
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i "Keep Her Smiling," in which Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney Drew-were starred by
.Klchard Walton Tully, will be revived
shortly by the former manager with
Mrs. Drew in her old part and a new
lead. It was quite a success here as
MARY EDGETT BAKER AGAIN
ON STAGE IN BAKER STOCK
Daughter of Mayor Returns to Theater in "The Five Millions" After
Season in Pictures and Engagements With Famous Stars.
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ANNOUNC
return
the sta
NNOUNCEMENT is made of the
of MaryEdgett Baker to
age. . Miss Baker is the
only daughter of Mayor Baker of
Portland and she makes her return by
way of the Baker Stock company with
which her father was identified for
many seasons prior to his entering
politics.
Mary Edgett Baker is a Portland
girl, known to her schoolmates at
Portland academy and at the Uni
versity of Oregon as Mabel Baker.
Upon her taking up dramatic work a
I -. n n uV.a a3a...a4 V. a
few years ago she adopted the name
of her paternal grandmother, Mary
Edgett, for her stage name. She
made her debut in 1912 in a charac-
ter role at the Baker when It was
well as In the few cities where It was'f
seen after leaving the Astor. Whether
another name will have the same
drawing power remains to be seen.
Mrs. Drew has not been so lucky in
her single attempts in picture work,
but everyone is hoping that she will
strike It right soon and the same
good wishes follow her In her theatri
cal undertaking.
Belle Story's hat is in the ring. At
the termination of the Hippodrome
season she will take a brief dip into
pictures. Impossible to do anything!
now with those "two-a-day perform
ances and she is on the stage most
of the time in "Happy Days." "Happy
Days" has the third longest record
of current attractions and the long
est of 1919 runs. It opened just be
fore labor day last year with a dozen
or more shows, all of which have tak
en to the road or gone to the store
house. "Scandal," which opened on
September 12, comes next. Of course,
"Lightnin' " and "East Is West" were
of the 1918 vintage, the latter open
ing on Christmas night and Franck
Bacon's play on August ZS of the same
year. Some runs those two have had,
and both are headed by western
favorites who were known and loved
on the coast before Broadway had
ever heard of them. Fay Bainter had
appeared in New York for a couple
of seasons, but Frank Bacon was very
little known, as his parts had been
small ones. Yet, a strange thing is
that the "bits" -he did stood out. Ask
anyone who saw "The Cinderella
Man," which part he remembers best,
and nine chances out of ten he will
say that of the butler. In the pic
ture the butler was just a minor
character which he probably was
meant to be in the play but Bacon
made it a vital character. So with
everything he 'ever played. No won
der tbt "Lightnin" has been called
"the seeond 'Rip Van Winkle.'" It is
Bacon's genius that made the good
play the biggest hit of theatrical his
tory. .
NEWS OF THE THEATERS
(Continued From Page 2.)
and the sixth episode will be an ex
citing one. . "Oh, Mike," the George
Choos musical comedy, closes Its en
gagement with the continuous per
formance today, commencing at 1:30.
"EASY MOXEt" OX AT LYKIC
Crooked Race Track Follower
Furnish Comedy Theme,
Broken dishes, crooked race track
followers, women detectives and an
adventuress, along with Mike Dooley
and Ike Leshinski, furnish the com
edy and interest in "Easy Money,"
which .opens today at the, Lyric the
ater with Ben Dillon and Al Franks
,in a merry medley of fun and music
Billie Bingham will bo seen as the
woman sleuth who dons men's clothes
and poses as a waitress to snare an
adventuress (Dorothy Raymond) -and
her confederate. Bill.
Ben Dillon and Al Frank will be
seen as two men. with some money
and a hunch on the wrong horse, who
fall a victim to the pair's schemes,
and who are given an opportunity to
replenish their money supply by pur
chasing the pickpocket concession at
the tracks
There are half a dozen cross-plots,
with an added interest in a search for
a missing son, and many good comedy
moments follow the bad luck which
spurs the two to betting their money
on the wrong horses each time they
collect enough by exercising their
right to pick pockets at the track.
How they disguise as policemen to
escape arrest and how they acci
dentally help to run down the pair
of crooks makes up the plot.
Among song numbers of the Bhow
are: "Down on Bullfrog Isle," sung
by Will Rader; "Barefoot Trail."- by
Carleton Chase; "Egyptian Nights,"
by Dorothy Raymond "I'm Waiting
for Ships That Never Come In, by
Clarence Wurdig. and "The Chinese
Wedding Bells." a song by Murtagh,
which will be sung by Billie Bingham
and the chorus.
housed at Eleventh and Morrison
streets. She played "Tillie." a Swed
ish maid in "The Deserters," In whjch
Alice Fleming and Robert Conness
played leads.
Miss Baker played ingenue roles the
season of 1912 with the stock In Port
land, and played the following sum
mer in an engagement with Cather
ine Countiss. In 1913-14 she played
in Denver as second woman, return
ing to the company here for another
engagement before going to Los An
geles. She appeared with Maude Ful
ton in "The Brat" in the original com
pany. She returned to Portland last
summer to appear In pictures with a
local company and has now become
a member of-fhe Baker stock.
She opens with the company today
in "The Five Millions."
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COMPANIES DECIDE TO KA1SE
RATES 2.5 PER CENT.
Trouble Caused by Unwillingness
of Employers to Investigate
Servants Suspected of Theft.
NEW YORK, April 10.-An increase
of 25 per cent in burglary Insurance
rate3 which has Just been put into
effect has brought to light the fact
that employers, made timid by the
shortage of oomestic workers, are
tolerating thefts from their ward
robes and wine cellars in order to
retain the few servants they have
"in captivity." Officials of indemnity
companies who give this explanation
declare that in many cases employ
ers have refused to allow the ser
vants in their households to be ques
tioned about thefts, through fear that
they will quit if annoyed.
Emboldened by this situation, dis
honest servants are reported to be
helping themselves to their employ
ers' effects, such as wine, clothing
and jewelry.
"Servants are privileged characters
in the homes of the wealthy through-1
out New York." said the head of one
surety company. "In many cases
holders of burglary insurance poli
cies have canceled their claims
against the company rather than
prosecute a guilty servant, knowing
that this would mean the loss of bis
or her services."
One New York lawyer recently re
fused to allow his servants to be
questioned regarding a $1000 theft,
raying: "Don't go near the house. If
the maids suspect you, they will
leave."
One Investigator reported a case in
which a young servant girl had, in
two weeks, disposed of eight cases
of champagne and eight cases of
whisky by holding wine parties In
the kitchen for her friends and en
tertaining them with choice liquors
from her employer's private stock.
Although the owner knew he could
not replace the missing beverages, be
refused to prosecute.
VMS' I IS SOUGHT
PART OF BENEFIT, PROCEEDS
GOES TO GUARD BAND.
Programme on April 2 3 Planned.
Some of Funds to Be Used In
Hospital Work.
For the benefit of two organiza
tions tha,t mean a great deal to Port
land's civic consciousness, the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars and the Mult
nomah Guard band, an eight-act
vaudeville entertainment will be pre
sented at the municipal auditorium
I Friday night. April 23, under the dl
! rection of Frank Coffinberry.
At the close of the vaudeville acts,
by way of good measure, the band of
65 pieces will play for a special dance
on the spacious floors of the audi
torium. Dancing will continue until
midnight.
"We have often been asked to re
peat the dancing party given by the
band a year ago at the Oaks." said
Director W. A. McDougall, "and the
entertainment at the auditorium af
fords the opportunity."
The proceeds will be spent in min
istering to wounded and ill soldiers
who are at the various Portland hos
pitals. There are 60 such cases now
convalescent, or waiting mustering
out. and the organization will pay
them bi-monthly visits, bringing good
cheer and comforts.
The Multnomah Guard band, some
times called into service as the Port
land Red Cross band, will devote its
share of the fund to the retirement
of debts incurred during the war
period, when the band served In
every patriotic .drive.
Mr. Coffinberry, in charge of the
vaudeville, will announce his pro
gramme within the coming week.
OIL CLAIMS BEING STAKED
Stampede, Old Timers Say, Rivals
Gold Rusli of Earlier Days.
SEATTLE. Wash. Hundred of oil
claims, embracing thousands of acres
of land along the Alaskan coast, from
Mount St. Ellas on the boundary line
of Yukon territory to the Alaska
peninsula in the west have been
staked by locators in the few weeks
since President Wilson signed the
coal and oil land leasing measure,
according t reports from Seward,
AUDITORIUM
TONIGHT
AND MON TUES.
Ladies' Only Matinee
Tuesday, 2:30
MURDOCK
" The Super-Mental Mar
vel and Original Crystal
: Gazer,
Presenting His
Marvelous
"1920 Revue
of Wonders"
with the
Beautiful Temple Scene
of Buddha
The most awe-inspiring demon
stration of psychic power ever
presented on the American
stage.
Ask Murdock
any questions, he
will tell you all
Weird mystifications from India
and the Far East.
Latest Oriental Illusions.
Orient's Foremost Dancers
Dance of Death,
Snake Dance, Etc
in
Prices Lower floor, $1.10; dress
circle, 83c; balcony, 55c. Seat
sale at auditorium box office
after 6 P. M.
Cordova, Anchorage and other cities
in the north.
News of the bill's signing, eagerly
awaited for weeks, started a stam
pede that "old timers" said rivaled
the gold rushes of earlier days.
Seward stampeders flocked to the oil
regions of the Kenai peninsula to
Cold bay, on Shelikof strait, and to
other districts along the- southwest
ern coast. From Cordova, the rush
was in the direction of Katalla and
Yakataga, at, the bases of the Bering
and Malaspina glaciers.
Elaborate preparations had been
made to relay word that the bill had
been signed. At Kodiak, locators
were notified by wireless from
Seward, and left in gas boats that
had been chartered for weeks, bound
for the oil regions. Cordovans also
had kept high-powered launches un
der charter, that no time might be
lost in making locations.
While many indications of rich oil
deposits had been found along the
coast, the only development of any im
portance had been at Katalla, where
an "English company" drilled into oil
and secured a fractional claim of
abaut 34 acres. Discouraged by con
servation orders from Washington,
the company, after expending nearly
half a million dollars In drilling and
development, abandoned work and
sold out to a holding company. A
number of wells upon the one patented
claim have been producing oil since
1912, the product being chiefly dis
tillate used by fishing boats.
Romance of Diamonds Is
Stranger Than Fiction.
Hof.t of Rllttrrlns Bauble Has
Led to Death of TkouNindH.
FICTION in Its maddest moods never
Invented romance more bewilder
ing than the stories of the great dia
monds of India. For these baubles
wars have been waged, nations devas
tated, thrones and dynasties over
turned, men slaughtered by tens of
thousands. For gems men have
plotted, intrigued, robbed, murdered,
committed every cruelty and treach
ery, stained their souls with every
crime.
The fame of the Great Mogul lured
Nadir Shah to the sack 'of Delhi. De
sire to possess the Koh-i-Noor was
woven Into the complex motives that
led Aurung-xeb to deluge India with
blood, slay his three brothers and de
throne and imprison Shah Jehan, his
father.
The Orloff, stolen from the eye of
a temple idol and sold overseas, was
presented to Catharine of Russia by
her princely paramour to patch a lov
ers' quarrel. Swallowed by a faithful
serving man to save It from robbers
who slew him. the Sancy was sliced
from his stomach to adorn the royal
person of Henry of Franca and Na
varre i
The Great Mogul, the most mag
nificent gem of the Indian mines, dis
appeared from history, never definite
ly to reappear, its fate- a riddle of the
centuries. Popular Science Monthly.
COLLEGE EVENTS DATED
Commencement at Albany to Start
With Sermon on June 13.
ALBANY, Or., April 10. (Special.)
Dates for the Important events of
commencement week at Albany col
lege were announced today by Presi
dent Williams. The baccalaureate
Sl75i MON. TL'KS., WED.
VAUDEVILLE PHOTOPLAY
BEAUTIFUL
BEATRICE MICHELENA
IN
"THE HEART OF JUANITA"
A Photodrama of Love and Hate.
TORELLIS COMEDY CIRCUS
TALENT, GLITTER AND MIRTH.
Come and Laugh at Bessie
Playing the Role of
MA I'D THE MULE.
Seven Bis Numbers of Mirth and
Sonjc of DaDcUs and of
Happiest Novelties.
A
Always
Good
Introducing Portland's Own
Mary Edgett Baker
Direction Steers & Coman.
TRACCIARl
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Baritone
Heilig Theater, April 14
Prices: Floor. $2.5n, $2.00: Bal
cony, $2.00. $1.50. $1.00; Gallery
Reserved, $1.00; Admission, 75c.
Seat Sale Tomorrow
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Quartet
World's Ko re most Ensemble Or
ganization. Heilig Theater, April 21
Prices: Kloor, $2.00; Balcony,
$2.00, $1.60. $1.00; Gallery'. Reserved,
75c; Admission, 50c.
Add 10 per cent war -tax.
MAIL ORDERS SOW.
Tend check and self-addressed
stamped envelopes to Steers &
Coman. Columbia Building.
sermon will be delivered June 1$. On
June 14 the students will give an
open-air pageant and the annual re
cital of the conservatory of music
will be given that evening. The an
nual meeting of the board of trustees
of the college will be held on June 15
and that evening the commencement
exercises proper will take place.
Social events by the different
clasess and other affairs incident to
the commencement ceremonies will
be held during the week preceding
June 15.
Burnegat Light to Go Out.
PHILADELPHIA. Barnegat Light
one of the oldest lighthouses on the
Atlantic coast, which has afforded
a great deal of material for fiction
writers, is to be torn down because
its foundation is beinar undermined by
ALCAZAR
Starting mat. April 18
O-.: MA'I'S. 2.c, !H)C.
A X 1LCS
EVE'S 25c. SOc. 75c. $LOO
Recital
Ella Connell Jesse
Pianist
Tuesday Evening, April 13
Hotel Multnomah
Tickets $1.00
on sale at the
Wiley B. Allen
and
Sherman, Clay & Co.
Piano Stores.
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Home of Portland's Favorite
BAKER STOCK COMPANY
Starting Sunday Today All Week
THE BIG SENSATION
THE FIVE
MILLION
Companion Play to "Jim's Girl"
.Different In Plot. Yet It Deals Witt a Connie of Donaraboya Who
Bring; a Little French Bride Hack, to America
A Great Theme A Remarkable Love
Story An Immense Comedy
MT7 YT OLIVER
ALCAZAR W
THEATER
WEEK STARTING
AT THE MATINEE
THIS Tlir RIO AND
NEW YORK CO., ,
IS I Ilk UIU
ORIGINAL
THE KVN
SHOW
OK I' 11 K
WORLD.
DO'T
miss it:
skb Jior;.
ALIVE and
IN SOCIETY.
THEN TRY TO
STOP LAI fiHI.NO.
IT CANT BE DONE.
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T17 mmonl .MATINEES 50c and 75c i
L rSS NIGHT 50c, 75c and $1
NEXT THE FAMOUS UGORGIA MINSTRELS.
tho sea. The lightnouse bureau at
Washington has decided it would cost
too much to pave the strTicture, and
ANTAGE
T'neiualed VaodevIIIe Brondwur at Alder.
Mntinre Inlly, 2i30. Twice Ms;htly. 7 and .
Popular Prices Boxri aad Logei Reserved.
WEEK COMMENCING
WMaWasMtSaal
VAUDEVILLE'S GREATEST COMEDIAN
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ON HIS FAREWELL TOIR, IN
SHERIFF OF
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MARSTON AND MANLEY DERKINS EUROPEAN
In "Do You Follow Me?" NOVELTY
With "Dogville on a Busy Day."
GORMAN BROTHERS
In "Passing Songs of 1919-20." JU QYPSY TRIO
. : - Vaudeville's Fastest Dancers.
YALTER FENNER AND
COMPANY "DAREDEVIL JACK"
In "Show Me." With Jack Dempsey.
Continuous Performance
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KEATING 4t
LYIR
Matinee Daily at 2, Evenings at 7 and 9
Those Incomparable Laugh Funsters
MIKE and IKE
Ben Dillon Al Franks
Present This Week
The Laugh Show of the Season
EASY MONEY
Sounds Like An Income Tax Collector
a
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If You Have Any Laughs in Your System After Seeing
This Show You Need Fixin
"New Songs New Costumes New Dances
By the Kewpie Dolls The Famous Rosebud Chorus
Two Special
Tuesday
Country Store
D
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Always
Good
MOROSCO'S FASHION SUCCESS
"LOMBARDI, LTD."
SESSSDBEI
IT"
OTHER MATINEES WED.-SAT.
Headed by Pete C'nrley,
osephiar Sabrl, May Yalnb.
TAKE THE KIDDIES
T Sh'.K JH.t.S AL,IE.
HE Wll.I. RRIMi JOY
TO THEIR LITTLE .
HEARTS.
SEATS NOW SELLING.
it will be replaced probably by
lightship and a beacon light at t.
mouth rtf BarnfEat bay.
TOMORROW MATINEE
HIS FAMOUS CREATION "THE
HICKSVILLE."
Today, Commencing at 1:30
PAY
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JivL COMEDY
FLOOD, Maaasers.
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Feature Nights
Friday
Chorus Girls' Contest
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