THE STJJTDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, NOVE3IBEH 14, 1920
ELECTION-DAY RECORDS ARE
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English Actors and Actresses Are Coming to America After Having
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BY ELIZABETH LONERGAN.
NEW IOKK, November 13. (Spe
cial.) Election day records
were surpassed this year by the
lture crowds that taxed the theaters
to capacity. Even the poorer shows
had S. R. O. (some of them for the
first time' since, opening night!) be
cause the holiday throng's had to go
somewhere and late comers were' glad
to sret even a poor show for their
money. Only one new play came to
Broadway. "Youth," a story of the
Polish borderland, which was pro
duced at the Greenwich Village the
ater. It has been produced in several
countries abroad but this is its first
ho wing in English. Critics differed
very much about its merits. For the
moat part, they panned it unmerci
fully though a few pointed out the
beauty of the dialogue and the good
cting of Adolph Link. It deals with
the sex question and the attitude of
the clergy toward one aspect of it.
Youth Meets Youth.
Youth meets youth and the tveauty
of the association should not always
be condemned. There are two clergy
men, one old and narrow, the other
young and more human. They live
by the same book but their interpre
tation differs in every way. Frank
Conrot and Harold Meltzer, who pre
sented a lot of good things in the
early days of the Greenwich Village
theater, are the sponsors for the show
and the chief parts are taken by Lois
Churchill. Reginald Sheffield, Adolph
Link and Edward Reese. Emanuel
Relcher directed the production and
the beautiful costumes were designed
by John Wenger.
During the past few years there
were very few English plays and even
less English actors and actresses on
our stage. For "personal reasons"
they both remained across the pond.
Last season saw the two biggest Lon
don suoowases "Monsieur Beaucaire"
and "Abraham Lincoln" brought over
here and this year a number of big
things have been imported success
fully. England is having a taste of
our plays, too, and the exchange
seems to please all parties.
Comstock and Gest have gone the
ether managers one better by bring
ing over one of the biggest favorites
of the London season. Alice Delysla
who will be starred :n a musical ex
travaganza called "AJgar." The piece
opens this week and trose who have
never seen Miss Delysla have a grea
treat in store for them. ."Mecca." the
newest Comstock and Gent produc
tion is to be brought out in London
shortly with many of the same cast
who appeared in "Chu Chin Chow"
abroad.
"Afgar" is also a ourrent London
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success where it had a long and suc
cessful run at the Pavilion under the
management of Charis B. Cochrane.
It was also produced in Paris and the
notices from both cities are extremely
flattering.
Madge Kennedy's services for a
term of years have been "Cornered"
by Henry Savage and she will return
to the spoken drama within a. few
weeks. There have been many ru
mors that she intended deserting pic
tures for her first love but now it is
definitely settled that the films shall
see her no more for a time, at least.
Another new production that Mr. Sav
age will make Is "Lady Billy," which
will have the charming. Mitzl as star.
Mitzi, by the way, has been seen in
the west since her past appearance
on Broadway and Broadway is mighty
jealous of the tact. '
New Play Coming.
E. Ray Goetz, who made his debut
last season as independent producer
has brought out his second offering
of the season. It is m. pretentious
musical revue called "From Picadilly
to Broadway," and has Anna Wheaton
(of "Oh. Boy" fame), Johnny Dooley,
Clifton Webb and Helen Broderlck as
principal' players and an excellent
chorus. One of the features of the
show came in the last act when three
sketches were grouped in the per
formance. One is a delightful bur
lesque in two scenes showing the
American idea of the eternal triangle
in England and vice versa. Another
scene is a kit on the house top by Mr.
Dooley and Miss Broderlck that is one
of the funniest things seen In a Ion
time. Miss Wheaton also has a funny
number in the second act. The pro
duction is being whipped in shape for
presentation on Broadway within a
short time. Mr. Goetz's production
"As You Were," with Sam Bernard
and Irene Bordoni is making a lot of
money on the road and he hopes to
clean up also from this newest of
fering. NEWS OF THt THEATERS
(Continued From Page 8.)
of which opportunity thousands of
Baker patrons are availing them
selves every week.
CHILDHOOD TO RTJIK STAGE
Youth Comes Into Its Own at
' Pantages This Week.
Childhood comes Into Its own at
Pantages for the week beginning with
tomorrow's matinee, when two stellar
attractions whose personnel includes
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only children come as the features of
an exceptional programme.
The Melody of Youth." one of the
foremost productions with a distinct
Juvenile cast, is presented by E. W.
Wolf as the featured attraction. A
group of remarkably clever young
i stera has been carefully schooled for
parts in the entertainment, which in
cludes a number of charming dances
of novel creation and songs of all
sorts that will please everyone.
The second child feature will be the
first Portland appearance In person
of Virginia Lee Corbin. screenland's
youngest emotional actress, who is
familiar to movie patrons, from her
appearance as a Fox star as well as
the juvenile star in "Jack and the
Beans-talk," "Babes in -the Woods,"
"Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp,"
"Treasure Island" and other film pro-
I ductlons of note. Little Miss Corbin
has been a tremendous favorite in
the movies, but this is her first tour
on the speaking stage and her many
admirers will welcome the opportu
nity to greet her.
As the result of all youngsters on
the programme. Manager Johnson has
announced that there will be a special
matinee for school children Saturday,
November 20; when all youngsters
may have an opportunity .to see the
little players.
As a special attraction extraordi
nary, the Powell troupe will present
its original routine of daring tight
wire feats, including contortions,
dancing, rope-skipping and similar
stunts on the silver wire. The act Is
one that has been featured through
out the east and is certain to create
a local sensation.
Marlon da Vore and Sally Taylor
are charming and talented 'young
women who offer "Momenta Musical.'
Theirs. is a diversified p-redrramtne in
which Miss Taylor's delightful voice
and Miss de Vore's exquisita violin
playing are heard to excellent effect.
Austin and Delaney. colored come
dians, have "The Syncopated Hotel"
with which to etlr the risibilities of
their audiences.
"The Girl in the Air." with May
Lorlmer, is an aerial singing novelty
presented by B. Lohmuller.
Juanita Hansen continues as the
winsome heroine In the 14th episode
of the thrilling serial. "The Lost City,"
which is rapidly drawing to' a close.
"Sweet Sixteen," the delightful mu
sical comedy, closes its local engage
ment with the- continuous perform
ance today, commencing at 1:30.
DOMESTIC FARCE IS OJT BIXJL
"Who's Who to Be One of Pun.
makers at Hippodrome.
The new bill which will open at the
Hippodrome theater this afternoon
will provide not only one of the best
of the Drury Lane melodramas In
screen form but a programme of
vaudeville which Is said to be un
usually well balanced and thoroughly
entertaining. ,
The picture feature will be "The
Best of Luck" In which a number of
familiar screen stars are cast In the
leading roles. This is another of the
Metro master picture series.
The center of much of the fun In
the vaudeville half of the bill will be
a jolly fafce entitled "Who's Who?"
presented by Jack Russell and a cap
able company. The skit deals with
the much mooted question of domestic
authority and is said to give Russell
a splendid chanor to show his peculiar;
talents as a fun maker.
The Giuliani Trio is a combination
of three artists who will provide some
exoellent vocal music over a wide
range. William Giuliani, the head of
the organization Is a baritone singer
who has gained a fine reputation in
operatic and concert work on both
sides of the Atlantic. Mabel Marie
Baker is a coloratura soprano whose
voice is said to be extremely sweet
and Mae Lalonde, the third member
of the trio, fs reputed to possess a
captivating contralto. Both young
women are known on the , concert
stage.
"Father's Night Out" is said to be a
classic in Irish wit and pathos. Billy
Inman and Joe Cunningham are the
performers who present this sketch.
, Original dances lor the most part
will DO inose yrHBcuLCQ uy xjuncii.ii
Hall and Myrtle Guilds. In addition
to their own creations they give a
programme of aesthic, ballet and pop
ular dance offerings.
Blnns and Bert are said to be a pair
of humorists on the trapese. These
athletes have successfully combined
branches of entertaining that do not
fit well, trapeze, pantomime and bur
lesque comedy.
"JURDI GBAS" IjTHIO BILL
Love-Malrlne; in Dooley Household
Leads to Complications.
. There is a great deal of love-making
in the Dooley household. A chap
who poses as a duke, but who is only
a "hasher," does much of it. All this
in "Mardi Graa," the musical comedy
which opens at the Lyric theater this
afternoon and continues all week. It
w'll be produced under the personal
direction of Ben T. Dillon and the
Rosebud chorus will be gowned in
several new series of doll dresses.
Ike Leschlnskl's (Al Frank's)
adopted daughter Irene, (Gay Du
Vall), Is to be married to Mike Deo
leys (Dillon) son. Jack (Frank
O'Rourke). The old men arranged
this match without saying a word to
the ohildren or the Rosebud chorus
about it. But the fathers are sure
the affair will "take."
Mike has a sister-in-law, Delphine
(Dorothy Raymond), living at his
home. A fake duke comes along and
first falls In love with Irene and then
with Delphine, but Jane (Betty Goes),
who traveled with Irene in Europe,
recalls seeln- the "duke" in a down
town restaurant with a towel over
his arm. Miss Goss' memory spells
curtains for the duke. But he and
Ned (Ben Broderlck) seek to hold up
Ike for $2000 to keep from telling
Irene about her being found on the
doorstep. Their plans fail.
SNOW DEEPIN COLORADO
Forty-Foot Poles Set Up in Rabbit
Ear Pass to Keep Wires "Working.
MEEKER, Colo., Nov. 13. Tele
phone trouble shooters will . have
easier work in Rabbit Ear pass-this
year where snows often tiroes bury
poles and wires under several feet of
snow. This year the poles are being
replaced by 40-foot poles in place of
those 35-feet long.
If the 40-foot poles aren't long
enough, still longer poles will be
used next winter.
The telephone trouble shooter's job
ik none too easy at the beet. Rabbit
Ear pass ie one of the latest of the
high mountain passes to be opened
to travel each year. Snow covers the
pass to a depth of more than 85 feet
frequently and the trouble shooters
must dig down to restore telephone
service. .
Cannibalism Is Reported.
BRISBANE, Australia, Nov. 13. It
Is reported from New Guinea that two
white men and 10 native carriers are
missing and are believed to have been
killed and eaten by the natives on the
Fly river. The missiiig men were
hunting birds of paradise in Dutch
New Guinea. A searching party re
ported that on visiting a native vil
lage on the Fly river the villagers
fled. Some booklets stained with
blood, a photograph, some clothes and
other evidences of the white men were
found
CHU CHIN CHOW" REGARDED
AS REMARKABLE PRODUCTION
Nearly Quarter Million Dollars Declared Pnt in Play, Not as Invest
ment, But Just for Love of Beautiful in Stagecraft,
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CAN you imagine any sane business
man embarking on an enterprise
which ties up nearly 3250,000,
with little hope of sufficient profits
to pay back the Investment even If the
receipts came up to absolute capa
city? Would anyone, except a theatrical
manager with Inspiration and imagi
nation and a love for the beautiful.
undertake to make a production whichN
costs more than the average theater
can actually hold if it sells out at
every performance?
Yet, that Is exactly the strange
anomaly presented in the case of the
big spectacle, "Chu Chin Chow."
which F. Ray Comstock and Morris
Gest will present at Heilig theater,
four days, commencing November 24v
"Chu Chin Chow" has proved to be
the artistic sensation of many seasons.
The critics, who have declared that
this production "Out - Baksta Leon
Bakst" are probably right, for noth
ing more richly ornate, more brilliant
in coloring, more bizarre in strange
and artistic effects, has ever been
shown. ' And from a business stand
point the fact remains that even
when the play is doing capacity busi
ness and attracting all the people the
theater will hold, it costs so much
money to present this spectacle that
it will be at. least two years before
the producing managers can hope to
make a cent of profit.
"But we are all happy," declared
Morris Gest, the producer, recently.
"My firm is a comparatively young
one and we want to do artistic things.
We want to do the unusual in a the
atrical way, and while everyone wants
to make a living and we are no ex
ceptions in wishing to pay expenses
as well as to make a little profit,
we are actuated primarily because
of a love for doing artistic things.
'Chu Chin Chow' is a production which
costs so much money that it cannot
possibly make big profits, unless we
do it on a cheap scale, and that we
TRUFFLES FOUND IN GARDEN
NEAR CORVALLIS ARE DELICACY
Epicurean Treat Highly Esteemed in Europe Grow Underground and
Are Hunted by Pigs and Dogs.
(Written for The Oregonian ' by
Helen M. Gilkey, Assistant Professor
of Botany, O. A. C). .
A SHORT time: ago a handful of
truffles was unearthed in a
garden near Corvallis and this,
so far as the writer has been able to
learn, is the first time that these
Baritone
Assisted by
KITTY BKAXiE, Soprano.
Direction Steers & Coman.
Heilig Theater, Nov. 17
SEAT. SALE TOMORROW
Prices: $2.50, $2.00, $1.50, $1.
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will never do. Fortunately, wa have
several other productions on tour,
which are making a lot of money for
us, and so we can afford to spend'
some of our excess profits from other
directions in presenting a superb
spectacle and an artistic achievement
like Chu Chin Chow.'
"It has ever been the history of
our firm to strive to do things artis
tically regardless of expense. In 1911
the firm of Comstock & Gest brought
over 110 dancers from Russia to ap
pear in a series of Ruwiui ballets.
We secured the original Bakst cos
tumes from Petrograd and were the
first to introduce Bakst to New York
and to America. We presented the
wonderful ballets Sheherazade,' "Cleo
patra" and 'Les Sylphldes.' We im
ported, the best known Russian
dancers and lost over $100,000 on the
venture, .but were proud to have been
the first to introduce the Ballet Russe
and Bakst to this country. -Four years
later the Metropolitan Opera company
brought over the Dlaghileff ballet
with the duplicates of our production
and costumes.
"Again, when the Princess theater
was founded as the home of plays of
the Grand Guignol -type, to give New
York a new kind of a thrill, It was
the firm of Comstock & Gest who
originated in America this style of en
tertainment. We tried to do artistic
things. We met with the enthusiastic
support of those who appreciated ar
tistic endeavor and we lost another
3100,000 before the policy ot the Prin
cess was changed to the more popu
lar style of musical comedy exempli
fied by "Oh, Boy!" and "Oh, Lady
Lady!" We lost money, but we did
artistic things.
"When we produced "The Wonderer,'
we had a salary list of $14,000 week
ly, something unheard of for a dra
matic attraction in those days. The
total expense of that offering was
more than 325,000 every week, yet
we stood the expense because we
wanted the best possible cast, regard.
less of cost."
curious and interesting plants have
ever been collected in Oregon.
In Europe, truffles have long been
known and esteemed as an epicurean
delicacy; and many a peasant with
his trained dog or pig. secure his
livelihood by harvesting these plants
for the market. The trained animal
P
ANTAGE
Vaequled - Vasdevflle Broadway mt Alder.
Matinee Dally 2:30, Twice Nightly 7 and .
f Popular Prlees.
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WEEK COMMEJfCEIfG TOMORROWS MATINEE
Vaudeville's Charming Juvenile
Production
"THE MELODY OF YOUTH"
With an All-Star Cast of Clever
Boys and Girls
VIRGINIA LEE CORBIN
Screenland's Wonder Child
DEVORE & TAYLOR
la "Moments Musical"
THE GIRL IN THE AIR
With, May Lorlmer
CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE
is necessary if the business la to be
profitable, .because truffles grow un
der ground and usually there ie no
disturbance of the surface to indicate
helr presence. They are found be
neath trees or shrubs their classical
abode is usually associated with oaks
but a collector might waste hours
of time locating specimens which a
pig or dog could scent immediately.
A good truffle animal, therefore, is
sometimes worth several hundred dol
lars. Truffles are tuber-like fungi some
what resembling puffballs in external
appearance, though surface-characters
vary greatly according to the
kind. The three species of Europe
which are most highly valued are
dark brown or black, covered with
consplonous pyramidal or shield
shaped warts, and commonly known
as "blaek" or "queen" truffles. The
socalled "white" truffles are gener
ally light brown or yellow, with a
comparatively smooth surface. These
are also found in Europe but are in
little demand, probably because they
are less highly flavored, for the truf
fle is used mainly as a condiment. It
figures largely in "pate de fole graa,"
that French delicacy consisting of
highly seasoned goose livers, and has
an important place in many other
dishes found on the tables of the well-to-do.
It is said that the peasants
who earn their living by collecting
the fungi, rarely taste them because
they are considered an expensive
luxury.
Though they are well known in
most parts of Europe an in sections
of Afrioa and Asia, few people are
aware ef their existence la America.
Some years age. however, a physician-
ot California became interested
in these plants through the accidental
discovery of. a few forms, and de
voted the last years of his life to the
eollectien and Identification of Call
forla species. His paper, publishing
his findings, describes nine species
with 1 closely related forma Some
of .these are very common in the
state, while others have been collect
ed only occasionally. Other' states,
tog, have reported specimens of these
fungi, and it is possible that they
exist in some quantity throughout
the United States. Except in a few
instances, however, their discovery
has been accidental, and few syste
matic attempts to locate them have
been made. They have been reported
several times from New York by two
Italians who a few years ago are said
to have brought truffle dogs from
Europe and to have investigated the
possibility of establishing the truffle
Industry in that state. Apparently
nothing came of It. and it is unlikely
that this industry ever will become
an Important one in our country for
various reasons. For one thing, the
American palate has. as a rule, not
been cultivated to the appreciation
of delicate shades of seasoning and
flavors which characterize the Euro
pean. Herb gardens, for Instance,
are much less known on our continent
than in the old world. A few stand
ard flavors satisfy the American,
whereas the French cook exercises a
true artiste's skill in the construction
of highly seasoned sauces and
gravies. But aside from this, all
truffles which have yet been found
in the United States are "white"
truffles which have insufficient
flavor to be of any material use as
a condinment.
Notwithstanding this fact, their
collection is worth while to the bot
anist, because many points regard
ing their development are still un
known. The entire life history has
never yet been followed, and their
relatione to the trees and shrubs
under which they live is only sur
mised. They are not confined to lo
calities in which oaks are found, but
have been discovered under many
other'types of woody vegetation, even
conifers such as firs and pines being
Included. Many animals are fond of
;hem as food. The truffle-collecting
pig has to be forced from his find
by means of a sharp-pointed stick,
deer have been observed pawing them
out of the aground and feeding upon
them, and a recent California collec
tor has discovered that the fungi can
almost invariably be found in the
nests of woodrats. The French nat
uralist, Fabre, ueed to locate the
plants by following the movements
of a certain pecles of beetle which
burrows into . the ground to feed on
them.
Since there la a handful of truffles
in Oregon, there are probably more.
The department of botany at O. A. C.
will be glad to receive and identify
underground fungi from any part of
the state. These will not necessarily
all be truffles because there are other
forms of fungi, not closely related,
which resemble them In appearance
and grow under similar conditions;
but all ef these will be interesting for
studw and specimens will be appre
ciated. '
SEMIN0LES IN NEW HOWIE
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Tribe to Hemov From Old Haunts
to the Everglades.
PALM BEACH, Fla. Lad by their
chief, Tony Tommy, the remaining
largest slngl group of Seminole In
dians, soon will move from their old
haunts in this part of the state to a
new reservation on the Florida west
coast, about 40 miles from Fort
Myers.
The new home of the Seminole
will consist of a reservation of ap
proximately 1.000 acres, completely
fenced in and including a portion of
the Everglades. Although part of the
reservation is under water, the arable
portion is sufficient to support the
Indians with land to spare.
The Seminoles in their new home
will be provided with schools and
THE POWELL TROUPE
Phenomenal Tight Wire Stars
AUSTIN & DELANEY
In The Syncopated Hotel"
"THE LOST CITY"
Fourteenth Episode with
Juanita Hansen
TODAT, COMMENCING AT 130
CITY and Out of Town MAIL
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THESE ORDERS FILLED AND RETURNED IMMEDIATELY.
TICKET OFFICE SALE OPENS NEXT FRIDAY. NOVEMBER lv
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Entire Lower Floor, 1.50 First Halcony CRear), 1.50 Bota Sides. SI I
Second Balcony (Rear). 1 Both Sides. SOe.
RFMFMRFR mail orders filled
Jll.UIL.lllUI.il Box Office Sale Opens
AKE
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This is the first detective play which completely
fooled all the lobby guessers. Contains more mys
tery and more thrills than "The 13th Chair."
You cannot help being exhilarated by the impene
trable mystery of this play.
Thaaksgrlvtna;
Turkey-Week
The Country
Cousin
Also
Matinees
Wed-iesday
Saturday
they have agreed to submit to com
pulsory education laws.
Canyon Road Congestion Lifted.
BEAVERTON, Or.. Nov. IS. (Spe
cial. V Paving of the Canyon road
from Portland to Beaverton has been
a bigr factor in relieving the burden
of traffic on the Beaverton highway.
A close tab was kept on all automo-
LYRIC
THEATER
Keating- and Flood. Owners.
DILLON
AND
FRANKS
IN
"MARDI
GRAS"
This monlcal comedy bedns tbls
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The evenins
hows are at 7 and 9.
PAST AND KrBIOTJS LOVE
MAKING.
THE ROKRBfD CHORTjS IN WW
. DOLL CLOTHES.
Remember that Lyric matlners
are the great tbrater bargain of the
age, le Of nt for yoongiiters ud
20 cents for srown-nps.
Tuesday Night Coantrr Store.
'rtdy Nigbt Chorus Girls' Contcet.
Phone your want sds to The Orego
nian. Main 7070, Automatic 664-6.
ORDERS RECEIVED NOW,
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help insire safe return. ADD 10 PER
and returned immediately.
gbermam. Clay Co, Next Friday,
STARTING
SUNDAY
MATINEE
TODAY
AND ALL WEEK
A GRIPPING
MELODRAMA
M
THE
CRIMSON
ALIB
Monday
Bargain Night
Less Than
Half
biles Armistice day. The tabulations
show a majority of the cars took the
Canyon route to and from Portland
In preference to Terwilliyer.
Another Better Yet
Bill TODAY
"WHO'S WHO"
A. Screamingly Fiintiy Farce
Presented by
JACK RUSSELL & CO.
GIULIANI TRia
A Fantasy of Music
INMAN AND CUNNINGHAM
"FATHER'S NIGHT OUT"
An Irish Concoction of Laughter
and Tears.
HALL & GUILDA
Diverting! Duces.
BINNS & BERT
Comedy, Pantomime and Trapesew
WALTER S. ASH
On the New WnrUtaer.
The Famous Drury Lane
Melodrama
"BEST OF LUCK"
Another Metro Master Plctare, fen
turinar u all star cast. InclMdlnar
Kathryn Adams, Jack Holt, Prank
Malatesta and others.
It Will Thrill Till It Chill. '
Continuous Performance Today
(Tom 1 to 11 P. M.