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LOL IS MANN Is brinsringr his comedy-drama.
' Friendly Enemies.'
to the Heiligr this week with the
original New "i ork company in his
support. Jess Daudy is one of the
players. The engagement opens on
Thursday night A. H. Woods is
sending the company. The plav is
Galled a ' message of undivided citi
zenship' and is said to be especially
timely in its argument.
In the following week Is TSooth
Tarkingtona latest comedy. "Clar
ence." on the order of '"Seventeen.
here last winter. The Chicago com
pany is coming to Portland, with
Gregory Kelly, Ruth Gordon, Byron
Beasley and a dozen others in the
roles. This play opens June 16.
The new Orpheum bill, opening this
afternoon looks interesting, with
Nellie . Nichols as its headlines A
musical comedy with several girl
also is on the bill and the third fea
ture is Bert Hanlon. a comedy philos
opher. 'Liast Nighf' is the tabloid of
the show. In this act Earl Cavanaugh,
who has a great reputation in the
east, is the stellar comedian and he
is supported by Anna Francis. ar
miner and seven lively companions.
This show will ciose w-ith the pel"
formanee next "Wednesday afternoon.
"The Follies of 1920," the newest
of the George Choos musical comedy
productions, is scheduled to top the
bill at Pantages for the week begin
ning with matinee tomorrow. In ad
dition to the usual programme of a
little bit of everything that pleases
will he Little Pipifax. vaudeville's
funniest clown. His anctica have made
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special attraction.
"l me Jync "The Merry Whirl" is
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FAVORITE ACTOR AT 1IEILIG
vaudeville, her profile having been
selected by an artist in New York as
having perfect lines. As indicative of
the prominence of Miss Nichols in
vaudeville stagedom. she is the sole
headliner of a show that boasts
other big names.
'Last Night," the musical comedy
feature of the Nellie Nichols show.
is one of the latest tabloids won from
Broadway. The stellar comedian of
this act is Earl Cavanaugh, and he is
assisted by Anna Francis, Earl Miller
and several congenial companions.
Last Night" has been praised as be
ing on of the merriest and most me
lodious concoctions of the Orpheum
season.
Bert Hanlon, the third feature, is an
eccentric singing and talking come
dian wtih down-to-the-minute ma
terial, and he is registering one of
the big hits of the show everywhere.
Other acts are Oliver Smith and
company In A Touch In Time ; Jack
orchestra under direction of George
E. Jeffery in a special programme at
every show.
of a Song"; Werner and Amoros trio
in "Love's Follies"; Emile and Willi'
in "Just a Pair of Eyeglasses"; Kino
grams and Topics of the Day with
beautiful Oregon landscapes as the
background, and the Orpheum concert
Oponins Xight Vnder Auspices of
Progressive Business Men.
ine iavorite actor, Louis Mann, will
appear in "Friendly Enemies" at the
Heillg Theater next Thursday, Friday Baxter and Lillian Porter in "The Call
and baturady, June 10, 11 and 12, with
a special matinee on Saturday. .
This engagement should easily prove
one of the most successful of the lo
cal season, for no dramatic offering
in several years has left Broadway
with so much to commend it to play
soers. When A. H. Woods first pre
sented Mr. Mann and "Friendly Ene
mles" nearly two years ago, he hardly
i:uuiu nave areamea that he was
launching the most successful play
of a decade, but that is what the rec
ords prove when studied from any an
gie. ror more than a year "Friendly
Enemies" has played to capacity
business in New York and its original
run of 52 consecutive weeks at the
Hudson theater is an achievement that
reflects fhe quality of this interesting
play. Besides the New York engage
ment, the play set new records In Chi
cago and Boston and its fame has
spread to other continents, where it
is enjoying sensational success in both
Australia and in London. The choice
of Mr. Mann for the role of Karl
Pfelfer has proven a nappy one for
both the play and for Mr. Mann him
self. The New York critics were
united in their opinion that the role is
the. best that Mr. Mann ever has
created. The opening night, Thursday,
is under auspices of the Progressive
Business Men s club.
'CL.U5EXCE" OX HEILIG BILL
Successful Tarkington Comedy to
Be Staged Four Nights.
The attraction at the Heilig theater
for four nights, beginning Wednes
day, June 16, will reveal "Clarence."
the successful comedy by Booth
Tarkington. George C. Tyler organ
ized a. special company for the Chi
cago engagement at the Blackstone
theater, where it recently closed a 15
weeks' engagement, because the orig
inal production is the great success
of the New York season, and no doubt
it will remain at the Hudson theater
for a year or more.
"Clarence" is a humorous treat
ment of the returned soldier idea of a
typically Tarkington point of view.
and is said to revreeent not only Mr,
Tarkington's top notch in playwrit-
ing. but also his highest flight of
humor. The cast that presented
"Clarence" at the Blackstone theater
will be seen here intact, and includes
Gregory Kelly, Robert Adams. Byron
Beasley, Grace Filkins, Betty Murray
Ruth Gordon, Clara Blandick, Joe
Wallace, James
d'Ennery.
The Clarence company is now on
an all-summer tour of the Pacific
coast. There will bo a special matinee-
Saturday.
PAXTAGES BIIJj UPROARIOFS
"Follies of 1920" Opens for Week
at Matinee Tomorrow. .
Just the right sort of summer-time
amusement is in order at Pantages
for the week commencing with the
matinee tomorrow, when the latest
George Choos musical comedy suc
cess, "The Follies of 1920," comes,
featured with an all-star cast includ
ing a typical Choos beauty chorus.
"The Follies of 1920" is a big. mer
ry, tuneful and spectacular satire on
current events, so arranged that the
audience is kept in a gale of laughter
from rise to fall of the curtain. Mr.
Choos, who has been responsible for
so many musical successes in recent
seasons, has exceeded his former pro
ductions in the lavish staging seen
in "The Follies."
Jack Henry, late star in "A Bach
elor's Honeymoon"; William Pollard.
a musical comedy favorite of note
since his early appearance with the
original Pollards, of which Daphne
Pollard, the famous London favorite.
was a member, and similar players of
ability are in the cast, and Mr. Choos
has selected some of Broadway's
prettiest and most shapely girls for
a chorus. The music is lilting and
the comedy never lags.
As a special attraction, Alexander
Pantages has been fortunate enpujjh
to book Little .Pipitax, vaudeville s
funniest clown, who presents
tricacies of the "Vamping Vamp."
Their skit is full of eccentric step
ping, bright satire and songs.
When cats and mice will play to
gether, something unique has been ac
complished in the animal world, and
th's is what has been done with
Swain's cats and hats. These are un
usual actors and are said to perform
a variety of tricks.
".MERRY WHIRL," IS AT ISTRIC
Waiter Poses as Prince and Tries
to Catch Rich Wife.
"The Merry Whirl." In, which a
waiter poses as Prince Dandy to
catch a rich wife, and in. which a real
baron tries to Jilt his better half to
marry a richer though homelier girl.
opens today at the Lyric. Al Franks
as Ike, a servant to the pretending
prince, upsets the' plans of the waiter
and Ben Dillon as Dooley. the wine
merchant and hypnotist, flits in aud
out of the picture, bringing laughs
with each entrance.
Carleton Chase will be seen as the
pretender. Will Rader will be the
baron and Dot Raymond will be sten
as the ' giddy young wife who has
forced the baron to thoughts of an
other soul mate and money. Made
laine Matthews will appear as the
sour-visaged old maid with a terrible
face and a million dollars by way of
atonement.
Song numbers of the week will be
particularly attractive. Billie Bing
ham and Clarence Wurdig will sing
a duet of School days and Dot Ray
mond will have a novelty arrange
ment of "Old Folks at Home," with
"Humoresque" as an accompaniment.
Other songs will be "Who'll Take the
Place of Mary." by Carleton Chase:
"Cairo Town," by Clarence Wurdig.
and "Since I First Met You." by Will Dillon will display his comedy talent.
Rader and the entire company. I will be one of the mirth features of
A hynotizing scene, in which Ben the show.
EYES" ON WARSHIP DESIGNED
TO LOCATE LURKING ENEMY
Hydrophone, War-Time Invention, Discloses Presence of Other Craft in
Water, Warns Against Shoals and Otherwise Renders Service.
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YOUTHFUL LEADING ACTORS
TO BE SEEN IN "CLARENCE"
Gregory Kelly and Ruth Gordon at Heilig Theater June 16 Delineation
of Character Spoken Of as Particularly Good.
original laugh-producing scheme, as
sisted by his own company.
'Fashions de Vogue will be pre
sented by Alphonse Berg and his
company, in which Mr. Berg designs
the latest Parisian costumes on liv
ing models, using only raw material
and a few pins, completing each de
sign in less than two minutes.
Miller and Capman present comedy
rope-spinning, soft-shoe and eccentric
dancing in a way that is just a lit
tie different and a little better.
The Weaver brothers appear in
their original creation. "The Arkan
saw Travelers, in which their re
markable characterizations create
distinct hit.
Billv Small comes with his violin
in a novelty ragtime offering that
will Dlease everyone
Jack Dempsey is seen in tne utn
eoisode of the thrilling serial, "Dare
devil Jack.
EW YORK. June S. In olden
times when Chinese shipbuild
ers designed and constructed
their lateen-sailed- craft for war or
commercial purposes, prominent and
ofttimes ferocious "eyes" were located
his I on either s,Ide of the bow,
Today modern America, now the
leading nation In ship construction,
is proposing to equip her merchant
vessels with "ears," the location of
which, like the eye of the Chinese
junk ships, are on the ship's bows,
but under instead of over the water.
While superstition induced the China
man to equip his shla.so it could "see"
its enemies and work its way into a
safe port through shoal water, hid
den rocks and through crowded wat
erways, science has designed the
"ears" for the same purpose.
With the destroyer Breckinridge
equipped as a demonstrating ship, 40
or more representatives of leading
steamship lines have just had an op
portunity to see and test the effi
cacy of the listening device. It is
accuracy the depth of water wherein
the ship so equipped is floating.
The apparatus includes 48 hydro
phone receivers located in a tank of
water in the bow of the vessel so
that an equal number is on either
side. In the test the sound of the
propellers of a steamer five miles
distant was heard. The depth of
water is ascertained by listening to
the noise made by the propellors of
the vessel carrying the hydrophone
as it is echoed back from the bottom
of the sea. In depth beyond 100
fathoms, however, the hydrophone
refuses to record, it was explained,
but as a majority of collisions occur
near coast lines .and at congested
harbor entrances, the inventors and
officers of the navy predict that its
adoption will remove many of the
hazards of navigation now induced by
fog.
You'd Be Surprised" closes its lo- now a government-controlled inven-
XEIXIE XICHOLS AT ORPHEUM
Popular Actress Featured on Bill
With Glrly Musical Comedy
A three-star Orpheum show of
Treat promise will open at the Heilig
theater this afternoon for an engage.
ment of three nights and four mat!
Dees, closing with the performance
next Wednesday afternoon. The head
liner Is the popular Nellie V. Nichols
herself, and the other big-type fea
tures are "Last Night," a girly must
cal comedy, and Bert Hanlon, the
modern philosopher. I
Nellie Nichols is one of the most
popular entertainers in Orpheum
vaudeville. She makes a tour of the
circuit .every other season and she
has built up 'such a clientele of ad
mirers that she. is one of the big
drawing cards among women "sin
gles." Miss Nichols is very versatile,
being at home as a singer, a dra
matic actress and comedienne. She
also la Usui among tlie beauties of
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cal engagement with the continuous I
nerformance today, commencing at
1:30 o 'clock.
MUSICAL ACT HEADS BILL
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YOUTHFUL pair of actors are
Gregory Kelly and Ruth Gordon,
who play the leading roles in
Clarence," which will be at the Heilig
for four nights beginning June 16. The
company has closed. a four months'
run at the Blackstone theater in Chi-'
cago and is coming intact to Portland.
Gregory Kelly plays the role of Bobby,
the 17-year-old son of the Wheeler
household, and Ruth Gordon is cast
as his sister, the pet of the Wheeler
home. Chicago reviews speak partic
ularly of the splendid character-drawing
of these two youthful players.
The story Is Bootli Tarkington's
yatest comedy in play form, and is sent
out by Its producer and manager.
George C. Tyler.
The mysterious. Crafty Clarence, a
discharged soldier, saxophone player,
pi nist. plumber and bug expert, keeps
the whole Wheeler household (where
he is sojourning) and some of the
troublesome neighbors guessing. The
manntr in which the enigma is solved,
and the real personality of Clarence
revealed, brims with merriment.
' The play was conceived and written
entirely in the vein of light comedy
and is said to be one of the most con
tinuously amusing productions given
to the American theater- in many
years. Portland theatergoers saw an
other of Mr. Tarkington's comedies of
this sort in "Seventeen," which came
.to the Heilig this season.
Hippodrome to how "Trilby" a
Film With Happy End.
"A Musical Divertissement." as pre
sented by two young men. Coscia
and Verdi, will be an entertaining fea
ture of the new bill which will open
at Loew's Hippodrome this afternoon.
Coscia and Verdi are said to be mu
iirisnn r iiniisiia.1 ability, whose vir
tuosity is displayed in cello ana
violin renditions of classical, popular
and musical-comedy selections. Tney
ere also reputed to be comedians
whose character work is productive
of continued laughter.
The Dicture clay will be Clara Kim
hall Tounir In "Trilby." with Wilton
Lackaye in the" role of Svengall. The
play is too well known to require
any description further than to say
that the screen version varies in tne
conclusion, the end being happy.
A dancine novelty is promised by
the Terpsichore Four, a quartet which
includes Stone and Manning and tne
Kashner sisters. A novel introduc
tory prologue starts their offering
auspiciously, after which they offer a
wide variety of dances, interspersed
with. song numbers. Dainty costumes
and picturesque special scenery are
used.
A humorous domestic larce. "Check
mated," as presented by Tom Davies
and company, is said to be brimful of
amusinsr lines and funny situations.
Mattie Choate, formerly seen here in
"His Honor, the Mayor," plays the
role of the femininst wife, who in the
end finds that union labor rulings
sometimes go wrong when applied to
domestic difficulties. Davies is th
author of the sketch.
Lex Neal and Billie Stewart take
the audience right into the heart of
a movie studio to show them tha in-
tion, used on fighting ships during
the war as a protection against sub
marines and officially designated by
the navy as "The M. V. type hydro
phone." Its object is to disclose in
surrounding waters the presence of
other craft, to foretell the approach
to shoal waters and apprise the navi
gator of the vicinity, of lightships
equipped with submarine bell signal
ing devices. , It is expected also to
disclose with a remarkable degree of
part of the way. but this is fast dis
appearing and the forest highway will
soon be made ready for motor traffic.
Dr. H. C. Hayes, formerly of
Swarthmore college, said the device
had been installed on the transport
Von Steuben and on one occasion
probably saved the ship from running
aground on the Long I&land shore
during a heavy fog. Dr. Hayes also
claims that the invention will en
able the mariner to locate icebergs,
through the reflecting back to the
operator from the submerged portion
of a dangerous berg the sound of the
operating ship's own propellers.
Visitors at the lodge the past week
included Mr. and Mrs. Henry Allen
Russel. 1 Harry K. Love. Kenneth
Beebe, Chester A.- Wheeler, Harry J.
Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rupp. Mr.
and Mrs. Willis K. Clark, Mr. and'Mrs.
H. G. VanDuzer. Mrs Lawrence
Wheeler, Miss Jean MacKenzie. Dr.
and Mrs. F. D. Whiting, all of Port
land; Stanley Bowlby, James H. Haz
lett. F. E. Skinner, Miss Katherine
Skinner, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Og
den, of Hood River, and Mr. and Mrs.
William E. Walton of Lake George,
N. Y.
Jazz and Crowds Fill Ant
werp Cafes.
Sailors Lean on Tiara la Saloons
Bearing Kamillnr ames.
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TOURIST SEASON OPENING
Motorists Already Going to Mount
Hood Lodge.
HOOD RIVER, Or., June o.-r-Spe-clal.)
The summer tourist season Is
opening at Mount Hood Lodge with an
influx of motor tourists, according to
Homer A Rogers, who ODerates the
lodge and Clou Cap inn, which will
be opened before July 4.
Norman Rupp and Willis K. Clark
of Portland, hiking the seven-mile
distance, were the first this season
to reach the inn. The men made the
triD Wednesday in three and a half
hours. Snow covered the road for
COMING
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Election Costs $1.70 Per Ballot.
HELENA. Mont., June 6. It cost
$1.70 per ballot cast to hold the pri
mary election here, April 23 last, at
hich the people expressed their
preference for president and chose
delegates to the national conventions
and also named presidential electors.
Such are the figures prepared by
local county official. About 50.000
votes were cast in the state and it
thought the election cist at least
$100,000. '
NTWERP. June 6. The cafes of
werp, where American "Jazz"
music resounds nightly unt'l the
early morning hours and champagne
corks pop continuously at 50 to 10
francs a pop, are o crowded even
now with tourists, sailors in for a
shore celebration and local - spend
thrifts that their proprietors wonder
what more can happen when Antwerp
is crowded with visitors to the
Olympic games.
There are no spirits sold except
surreptitiouely but the wine flows so
continuously in the gilded cabarets
and the beer so continuously in the S
sailors' "estaminets" down near t-lva"
docks that the noise and dancing
know no bounds.
Some of the dock saloon have
been especially rechristened since
Antwerp became the chief American
port on the continent to catch the
trade of the American sailors and
make them feel as if they were down
by the docks at home in the anti
prohibition -days.
One finds American sailors reach
ing out their unpracticed feet for
the bar rails in "Dirty Dick s Place"
or "Sailor Jim's" down by the docks,
consuming huge schooners of beer
that look like the pictures on the
frosted windows of "the biggest beer
In town."
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