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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAT?, rOKTLAND, NOVEMBER 20. 1921
FIVE NEW PLAYS MAKE REAL
HITS WITH GOTHAM PATRONS
Three Pacific Northwest Actresses Who Have Risen to Stardom
Scheduled to Appear Shortly in New York.
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-The past week saw five new
openings, and, Incidentally, an
equal number of closing of shows that
had come to Broadway recently. The
second Belasco production of the new
season. "The Grand Duke," was the
principal new offering. Lionel At
will, who appeared In " Debrau" lat
season, was the star of the play,
which is fresh from the Theatre Ed
ward VII, Paris. It Is a fascinating
story of Parisian life today, with Mr.
Atwill as a titled Russian exile, who
has been drlvan frorn, home by the
bolsheviks. He becomes instructor
to the son of one of the new aristo
crats 01 -aris, created by the war,
and there he meets -an old flame, an
ex-grand opera singer, by whom he
nas a son. H!g meet'ng with the son
Is extiemely dramatic and they both
fall In love with the daughter of the
house. The duke resigns in favor of
Us son and the one-time opera singer
marries the French newly made aris
tocrat. Then the Russian affairs are
straightened out and all ends hap
pily. Llna Abarbanel has the oppo-.
elte rtle, with Vivian Tobln as the
young 'girl and John L. Shine is the
Frenchman.
Again Mr. Dillingham has scored
with a new musical show. He cer
tainly knows how to put them over.
It Is caljd "Good Morning, Dearie."
and has Louise Groody as star. She
is a dainty little woman, who came
to New York first under the manage
ment .of John Cort In "Fiddlers
Three." She Is a charming dancer,
lngs well and possesses personality
with a capital letter. Mr. Dillingham
featured her last season In "The Night
Boat" and elevated her to stardom
recently. ""Good Morning, Dearie"
'time in with some fine out-of-town
notices and lived up to every one.
Written by Anne Caldwell and JeromS
Kern, who have been responsible for
a number of Mr. Dillingham's suc
cesses. It is delightful from start to
finish. It has catchy songs, which
soon will be whistled from the Bat
tery to the Bronx, many funny lines
and an excellent cast. Besides Miss
Groody. there are Ada Lewis, William
Kent, Maurice and Hughes, the 16
sunshine girls, Oscar Shaw and Har
land Dixon.
The new Helen Hayes play, with a
east composed mainly of boys and
girls, proved to be a delightful little
comedy of life of the sort that Booth
Tarkington loves to describe. The
authors are Marion Short and Sidney
Toler. Selena Royle, daughter of
Milton Royle, who appeared earlier In
the season in "Launcelot and Elaine"
at the Greenwich Village theater, has
one of the leading roles, with Donald
Gallagher as another of the young
sters. The grownups are all well
known In Portland Mina Gale
haynes, Blanche Chapman, Florence
Karl and Camilla Pasterfield. "Golden
Days" tels of a little woman whose
mother keeps a tea shop In a Con
necticut village. It has a sort of
Cinderella plot with a touch of pathos
at the end. Sidney Toler staged the
piece for George Tyler and A. L.
Krlanger.
Another tenje dramaTof sea life is
"Anna Christie," Eugene O'Neill's lat
est play. The scenes take place a
New York saloon of the old type and
on a canal boat. Pauline Lord is the
heroine, with George Marlon in a
, Swedish part and Frank Shannon as
the hero.
Sothern and Marlowe opened their
Shakespearean season with "Twelfth
Night." Miss Marlowe, as fair and
slender as ever, appeared In her
favorite role of "Viola." The com
pany includes Frederick Lewis, Alma
Kruger and Leonore Chippendale.
Blllle Burke tried out her new play
in Washington the other night and.
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FAIR DEAL FOR CHINA HELD
IMPERATIVE NEED OF WORLD
Nations Have Opportunity Jointly to Assist in Setting Disturbed Re
public on Its Feet for Good of All, Says. Hongkong Business Man.
BY C. MONTAGUE EDE,
Hongkong Business Man.
A A STUDENT of things Chinese
for the past 37 years andsas j)ne
who has watched China's poTiti
cal struggles, both domestic and in
ternational, I see In the conference at
Washington the long-looked-for op
portunity not only of settling Inter
national policies regarding the Pa
cific, but of giving to China the peace
and contentment that should be hers.
The crux of tha whole far-eastern
position is China, and the attitude
adopted toward her by other nations.
The talk of armaments on the part of
America, Japan and Britain arises not
so much by anything they stand to
lose in the way of their own national
possessions or territories, but because
of the desire to protect their individ
ual commercial Interests In the fertile
field of the Pacific, of which China Is
the heart. If any genuine attempt Is
to be made to solve the prcblem
which face them, there must be a
frank and ready recognition of that
fact. China lies between them all as
a somewhat helpless but wonderfully
rich country in which they have in
vested largely and with which each
desires to extend its trade and com
mercial relations.
The rivalries and Jealousies of In
ternational commerce have given rise
to the position which exists today, a
position in which it is expedient to
discuss problems rather than risk a
subsequent armed struggle..
China First Consideration
Representatives of America, France,
Britain, Japan and China are meeting
at Washington to discuss a problem
that arises mainly because of the
last-named country, and It is essen
tlonal, therefore, that the position of
that country should be first consid
ered. As she exists today her help
lessness Inspires the Jealousies of
which she is the possible victim. Make
the other countries concerned part
ners in an effort to raise China to a
better status and there Is automati
cally achieved the creation of har
mony as against conflict and the up
lift and development of a marvelous
people.
It is Interesting to study the course
of recent history in China because It
affords a starting point from which
better to study the wider problem. In
thi closing years of the life of that
wonderful figure, the empress dowa
ger, there were insistent demands on
the part of many for constitutional
reforms and for the abolition of many
corrupt practices. The imperial court
saw the threatens! danger and made
promises which It failed to honor.
With the sudden death of the em
peror and empress dowager in 1908
there seemed a chance for the reform
party,.but court Intrigues caused the
dismissal of Yuan Shth-Kal tha only
man who could possibly have staved
off disaster and the forces of discon
tent took shape in the storm of revo
lution that broke out In 1911.
"The abdication of the youthful em
peror and the proclamation of a re
public were hailed throughout the
civilized world as marking the begin
ning of an enlightened regime and as
the starting point for a new China '
long time. It Is a Tarkington com
edy called "Intimate Strangers, and
all Washington turned out to welcoms
their -native daughter." The play
opens at the Henry Miller next week.
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Grace Carlyle. Edna May Oliver anj
Will Demlng havexbeen engaged by
John Cort for his new production.
"Her Salary Man." by Forrest 8.
Rutherford, which is now iiirehearsal.
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Another film star who has an
nounced his return to the stage is
Conway Tearle, who will appear in a
new play ' by George Scarborough,
which the Shuberts will present at the
Comedy next week. It is called "The
Man Dog." and Helen Menken, who
appeared In Portland In "Three Wise"
Fools," Is featured with Mr. Tearle.
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Bessie Barriscale ' will appear In
"The Skirt" underthe management of
Richard Herndon. who also will
sponsor "The Title," Arnold Bennett's
well-known play, which is coming
soon to the Belmont. The author of
Miss Barriscale's play Is Howard
Hickman, who was her picture direct
or and Is also her husband. He was
a well-known actor before going into
film work.
Elsie Ferguson wllffollow "The
6:50" at the Hudson. Her .play is
called "Varying Shores." Right next
door at the Criterion is being shown
"Peter Ibbetson," so you can see her
or hear her, as you prefer, without
spending much energy or taxi fare.
Grace George is to play "Marie
Antoinette" in a new play of ro
mantic love called "A Royal Scandal."
Mr. Brady will produce the play be-;
fore the holidays at one of his New
York theaters.
Helen Freeman will appear at the
Park" theater in "The Great Way."
which is from the pen of a New York
newspaper man, Horace Fish. Miss
Freeman formerly appeared; with the
original Washington Square players
and later -with the Garrick organisa
tion. This is her own company of
players and much is expected of her
new venture.
Lee White of, Spokane, who has
spent the last eight or nine years
abroad, returned to" her native land
to appear as a headllner In Shubert
vaudeville. She comes with a fine
Indorsement from European music
halls, which counts for more than all
the U. S. A. trade-marks.
Another northwester who entered
also from 'Europels appearing with
the latest Greenwjch Village Follies.
She is Carene Paynter, daughter of
J. E. Paynter of Vancouver. She was
educated at the University of Cali
fornia and then went abroad. In
January last year she was Awarded
the Latin quarter beauty prise as the
most beautiful American girl. For
the last two seasons she has been
appearing in London, her last ap
pearance being in the big hit, "The
Leao-ue of Notions," coming direct
from there to Join the Greenwich
Village Follies.
.Helen MacKellar, speaking of
northwestern girls, is to open shortly
In a new play. There is a possibility
that another" star will be substituted
for her in "Back Pay," or she may
play a few weeks on the road' to test
Its out-of-town possibilities.
.
Allen Dlnehartwill appear about
the first of the year In a new -Bel
wyn piece, "Slim Reilly, Esq.," which
was produced earlier in the season
and has since been rewritten and re
named. It was originally called "The
Puppet Master," and written by Hu
bert Osbourne.
The Selwyns also produced the new
Petrove play the other night in Pitts
burg. It is called "'White Peacock.'
Next to Mme. Petrova, the hit of the
evening was made by the veteran
actor. E. L. Fernandez, as a drunken
desperado. The action takes place in
Spain and the settings for the three
acts are unusually beautiful.
finding her way undr a democratic
system of government to the unity
and concord she had not known for so
long.
Reformers' Hopes Daaked.
How subsequent events have fal
sified those hopes is only too well
known. The vision of the reformers
seems to have been lost in a maxe of
petty quarreling, public moneys have
been spent In wrong directions, fac
tions have set themselves in defianc
of the central authority and the lat
ter has been Impotent to quell them,
until today China presents an even
more sorry picture, politically, than
she did under the old monarchical
system. A president In the north, a
president In the south, a promised
president for the center, powerful
Tuchuna fighting among themselves,
and- the country under the weight of
Internal militarism all this going on
at a time when China Is standing at
the very crossroads of her destiny.
China needs help and needs It bad
ly. Alone and unaided she Is unable
to purge herself of the cancer of
disorder. To China's representative
at the conference should be given the
open pledge that the other nations
will assist, morally and financially.
In the work. The unification of China
Is essential to the peace of the Pacific
because a disruoted China, with th
other nations Jealously striving here
and tnere for advantages, would leave
the position much as It Is today. In
that great work of unification the
powers must assist.
China needs a. central authority
financially equipped to disband the
superfluous troops, strong enough to
set up a truly democratic federal
system of government, with each of
the 18 provinces sending nominees,
advised and assisted In the work of
the countrys" administration. So soon
as it can be guaranteed that the
money will be well spent, there stands
a wealthy consortium ready to
finance national undertakings, ready
to treat with China generously and
openly.
Nations Have Opportunity.
China is essential to the trade of
tne world and she stands to galn
w.iii R mjt ma prvueas or develop
ment. Her resources, her labor, her
minerals, her raw products all these
are wanted and there Is room for
every nation to give and to receive
In Imports and exports. Instead of
secretly striving to gain this or that
little unfair advantage, instead of
perpetuating the system of covert
acts and weak excuses, the nations
today have opportunity to make a
common declaration that they will
openly and Jointly assist in the" task
of making China the benefit to the
world she ought to be and the home
of peace, contentment and happiness.
The millions of Chinese workers
whose one desire is to be at peace
wXifi their fellows, the peoples of
other nations who have a right to be
protected against future wars, and
the credit of international diplomacy
demand that such a dream be con
summated. It is because I believe the delibera
tions at the conference should be
animated by some such ideal that I
have ventured to encroach at such
length on your space.
ARTIST WANTS BRAND NEW
STUFF AND SURELY GETS IT
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ARTIST AND Pl'RE "WHITE SOIL.
ONE day a pure white Soul that
made Sonnets by hand washid
ing In Its Apartment and em
broidering a Canto. He had all the
Curtains down and was sitting beside
a Shaded Candle waiting for the
Muse to keep her Appointment. He
wore an Asure Dressing Gown. Oc
casionally he wept, drying his Kyes
on a Salmon Pink Handkerchief bor
dered with yellow Morning Glories.
Any one could tell by looking at him
that he was a delicate Organism and
had been raised under Glass.
Presently he put his Mitt to the
Mansard and began to Indite with a
pearl-handled Pen ' on Red Paper.
Then there was a Ring at the Bell.
"Oh, Fudge," said the Author. "That
distressing Soupd! And Just when I
was beginning to generate Ethereal
Vapor. Hereafter I shall order the
vulgar Tradespeople to deliver all
Marshmallows at the Servants' En
trance." He began to write again, reviv'ng
himself at the end of each Word by
means of Smelling Salts. He did not
see the Artist standing in the Door
way.
The Artist was a muscular Person
with an Ashen Complexion and a Suit
that was not large enough to show
the entire Pattern. He carried a
Bludgeon with a Horse's Head on it.
In order to attract the Attention of
Mr. Swineburne, he whistled through
his Teeth, whereupon the Author
Jumped over the Table and fell among
the Rugs, faintly calling:
"Mother! Mother!"
"Cut It out!" exclaimed the Artist.
"What's eatln' yuh? Huh?"
"Oh, how you startled me," said the
Author sitting up among the Rugs.
"Just as you came in I was writing
about the Vays and Elfins. I was in
the deep Greenwood, the velvet Sward
kissing my wan Cheek and the
Leaves whispering overhead."
I see," said the Artist. "A dark
Change from an Interior to a Wood
Set. That's all right if you can do It
quickly. Who did you say you was
doing it for the Fays?
"I mentioned the Fays and Elfins,"
replied the Author.
"I've heard of the Fays," said the
Artist. "They're out on the Orpheum
Circuit now. But the Elfins no.
What kind of a Turn do they do?"
"Ah, the Elfins!" said the Author.
They dance in the Moonlight and
kip from Tree to Tree."
"Acrobatic Stuff with Light Effects,
eh? Well, you're on a couple of
Mackerels.
I never see any B""
that could get away with a Talking
Act. Tou want to give your Piece to
somebody that can Boost you. You
write a good gingery Skit for me and
Miss Fromage and we'll put your
Name on a Three-Sheet In Letters big
enough to scare a Horse.
I gather from the somewhat tecn-
nlcal Character of yor Conversation,
my dear sir. that you are associated
with the Drama," said the Author.
Is it a Kid?" asked the Artist.
Wusn't you ever in Front? Don t
you look at the Pictures in the Win
dows? I'm Rank, of Rank and From
age. Miss Fromage is the other half
of this Season, and if you seen her a
Block off you'd say. "Is it or ain't it
Mary Pickford?' We've Just closed
with- McGoohan's Boisterous Burles
Quers. We was so strong that we
killed the rest or tne urn, so we got
the Blue Envelope. Now they re
using all our Business, Including the
Gag about the Dill Pickle."
To what am I Indebted for tne
Honor of this Visitr asked the
Author.
I heard that you was a Li try Mug.
and I'm around here to see you about
Sketch for me and Miss1 tromage.
The one I've got now is all right, but
I've got to eat hard-boiiea tgge.
and with 4 shows a Day that's askln
too much of any Artist. This Sketch
was wrote for us by the Man tnat
handles the Transfer baggage at Bu
cyrus. He fixed it up,whlle we was
waitin' for a Train, i ve Deen using
it since 1901, and It goes Just as
strong as ever, but I like to get new
Stuff once in a while. So I want you
to fake up something that'll kill 'em
right in their Seats. Meres tne sce
nario: My Wife's a Society uiri ana
I'm supposed to be a Dead bweu
that's come to take her to a Masque
rade. "With that to work on. all you
need to do is to fill In the Talk."
I have recently prepared a une-
Act Play, but I am not sure that it
will meet your Requirements," said
the Author. "It la called 'The Lan
guage of Flowers.' There are three
Characters - In the Play a young
Shepherd named Ethelbert, the Lady
Gwendolin and a Waiting Maid "
We couldn't carry the People," said
the Artist. "You d better use a Dummy
instead of the Hired GirL I do an
awful funny Wrassle with a Dummy.
Go ahead and slip me the Plot." .
It is an Idyllic Thing," said the
Author. "Ethelbert is in Love with
Gwendolin, but he Is not certain that
his love is reciprocated. So he sends
her the Flowers.' The waiting maid
brings them Into the Bower wiere
Laity Gwendolin is seated and with
theal a Scroll of Verses from Ethel-
bert. The Lady Gwendolin unrolls the
Scroll and reads:
Traced in the Vfln of th Tt'
Are the Lines I fain would speak
And breathing low in tne per.umed Leaves
la the Name
"Hold on." said the Artist. "That's
a cinch. Have a Stage-Hand come on
with the Flowers. Lottie says, 'I know
who sent these,' and so on and so on,
and hl Nobs gets off. Then her alone
with tti big arm-load of Hollyhawks,
thtft I'm supposed to be eendtn' her
savvy! She says, 'Well, there's no
three ways about It, I've got this Ga
zabo chained to the track.' She goes
on to talk about Me. leading up to ber
song, 'Pay every Soldier a Couple of
Bonuses.' Bingl The' Door-Bell rings.
Then me on quick, see? I've thought
out a make-up that's sure to get a
Holler the Minute I come on. I wear a
pair of Pants made out of Tin Foil, a
Fur Coat with Lace around the Bot
tom and on my Head I wear a Coal
Scuttle with some Sleiirh Bells
fastened to It. As I come down Stage,
I make some crack about just escapln'
from a Business College. When I see
the Doll, I go over and alap her on
the Back, pull out a Sprlnklin' Can
and water the F'owers. You'll have to
fix me up a Line to introduce the
Sprinkler. As soon an she sees Vie,
she gets stuck so she hand me one of
the Flowerr, I eay, 'Ah a night-blooming
Pazizum' then I take a Salt
cellar out of my Vest and shake some
on the Flower and eat It. I did that
with a Piece called A Boiled Dinner.'
and It always went big. When she
seesfne eat the Flower, that makes
her sore, understand? She comes at
me with a right-hand Pass. I fall
over a chair and do a Head SDin. You
fix up a strong Line for me Just as
I go over the Chair. Then What's
the matter. Cull? Here Bud, open your
Eye-s.'
The Author had fajlen In a Heap
on the Antique Writing Desk.
"Hully Ghee! ' exclaimed the Artist.
"He's Croaked."
MORAL: A Classic is Never Safe
Except In the Church Parlor.
(Copyright. 1921, by the Bell Syndi
. cate. Inc.)
FLAG RAISING RECALLED
California Farmer Witnessed Tak
ing Over of Alaska. 1
' DANVILLE, Oal. Bruce W. Stone,
a pioneer Danville farmer. Is believed
to be the only iran alive today who
witnessed the lowering of the Russian
flag and the raising of the Stars and
Stripes at Sitka, Alaska, when the
American government took over the
northern territory. October 18. 1867.
department of the army at the" time
and was lined up, with the other
American soldiers and sailors to wit
ness the affair. Two hundred and
ftfty Russian soldiers were stao lined
up for the affair.
"The day .the flag was hoisted was
bright and sunny;" Stone said recently
In describing the ceremony. "The
parade ground at Sitka was oh a
plateau tliat was reached by a flight
of about 300 steps cut into a hill
overlooking the Pacific.
"The Russian flag was flying from
a pole on the parade grounds and at
a given signal a Russian soldier
started to haul it dowjn. As It was
being lowered a catsrvaw of a breeze
blew It around so that It got en-
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tangled around the staff and would
not descend. The Russians got quite
upset over the Incident and several
I wuriicn hiiu injiuicii neie iiueu
all sorts of superstitious far at the
omen.
"The Russian officer in command
turned to Colonel Davis .who was
commanding the Americans, and
asked him to suggest a means out of
the difficulty. -Davis turned to the
rraval officer In command and asked
him to lenia man to loosen the flag.
The captains ordered a sailor to shin
up the mast aM In a jiffy the bunting
was clear. A moment later the Amer
ican flag was bent into the halyards
and sped aloft, while all the ships
In the harbor thundered out their
salutes."
FINE LEVIED HELD UNJUST
Steamship China's Officers Catch
Opium Smuggler; Penalized.
HONOLULU, T. H. Captain F. W.
Wise of the China Mail Steamship
liner China Is attempting to Induce
the United States government K) ac
cept as true the old copybook exer
cises, "honesty is the best policy"
snd "virtue is its own reward." It
was revealed here when the China
stopped on her voyage long enough
for Captain Wise to make certain
affidavits to support his conention
that the government, shouid realize
the truth of the sentences!
Captain Wise Is asking that fines
levied on the vessel's last trip from
the far east be remitted. As the
China was entering this port that
voyage the ship's officers noticed a
sampan hovering In the offing, ap
parently signaling to- some person
aboard the China. The officers In
vestigated and found' a package of
opium estimated to be worth $10,000.
The package was wrapped in a water
tight covering and was dangling st
the end of a rope, apparently Intended
to be. picked up by the sampan.
The ship's officers seized the pack
age and turned It over to government
officials when the China docked. The
vigilance and. action of Captain Wiis
and the officers was praised highly at
the time by Acting Collector of the
Port O'Nell. The commendatory words,
however, did not deter other officials
from fining the China several hun
dred dollars because the opium was
not listed on the vessel's manifest.
These fines Captain Wise Is at
tempting to have remitted, pointing
out tti at the ship's officers frustrated
the smuggling plot and thta the sizure
was entered' on the vessel's loge im
mediately after it was accomplished.
MORE PINEAPPLES GROWN
Paper Mulching Process in Ha
waiian Islands Proves Success.
HONOLULU. Hawaiian sugar and
plueapple planters, hampered by a
shortage of field workers, have turned
to science for a solution of their dif
ficulties "with encouraging results,"
It was revealed here recently.
A paper-mulching process, invented
to aid sugar-cane cultivation by
nmotherlng weeds and reducing the
number, of necessary laborers, has
proved successful In the cane fields
and has been applied to pineapple
culture in experiments during the
past two years, with resulting indica
tions that the use of the process will
Increase pineapple production by more
than three tons an acre, it was stated
by the Hawaiian Pineapple company,
the orlgWiaV conoern In the Industry
here.,
The paper-mulching process Is
simple, and to s layman It would ap
pear to defeat its own purpose. It con
sists of covering the field with a
specially " prepared paper strong
enough to prevent the growth of
weeds, but not sufficiently potent to
retard the cane which breaks through
the blanket.
C. F. Eckart, former manager of the
Olaa eugar plantation invented the
process and experimented with it on
the sugar cane fields of Olaa. The
proeesT resulted In Increased produc
tion, considerable decrease In the ex
penses of labor; and Improvement In
the quality of the cane, he said.
JAZZ FAILS
IN MEXICO
American
Musical Comedy Does
Not Appeal Strongly to Natives.
MEXICO CITT. American "Jazz
devils" have come to Mexico City and
have made their syncopation popular,
but theater-going Mexicans have
failed to appreciate an American com
edy as recently presented by a com
pany of "glrly-girly girls direct from
Broadway," to use the words of the
Inspired press agent. The company
appeared here as one of the attrac
tions of the centennial celebration.
Advertised as a bit of Broadway
transplanted to Mexico, the girls were
Intended to add a bit of pepper and
test to the month of fiesta, but, after
a few nights, interest lagged and the
show concluded Its run without break
ing any atendance records.
It was not because the attraction
was below the standard of any similar
show In the United States. Old-timers
In the American colony here have long
declared that American musical com
edy wkill not pay in Mexico snd their
prelctlonst appear to have been sub
stantiated in the recent attempt.
Socialist Reported Ituler.
BAKU, Soviet Republic of Azerbai-
I CITY A.I Ol'T-OF-TOWN
PUBLIC
Auditorium
SAT., SUN,, DEC. 17, 18
MATIXEES BOTH DAYS.
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BAND
JOHN PHILIP SOU3A
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J3 TRAN-CtlNTINEN-TAb TOUR
HEAR ISrA'mStSSiSSSt
Prices. Including War Taxi
EVE'S Floor. 2:20. $1.65: First
Balcony, center $2.20, sides $1.85;
Second Balcony, center $1.10,
sides 55c.
BOTH MATS. Floor, $1.65. $1.15;
f irst Balcony, center $1.65, sides
1.10; Second Balcony, center fcic.
sides 65c.
Address letters, checks, postofflcs
money orders to W. T. Fiade,
Auditorium. Specify performance
desired. Include self - addressed
stamped envelope to help insure
safe return.
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Thanksgiving:
Turkey Week
Martina
Sunday Matinee
TODAY,
Onvld Belascn's
Delirious Comedy
Eaker Tolicys
"Best"
for Less
Always Good
A Beautiful Play PMiesNlng s Cbarm
of Simplicity ana Purity
BADDIES
"Daddies' la a Merry, Homely Comedy That Touches Hidden Spring; In
Our Hearts, Springs Whose Existence Our Plagued Sclf-l on
srlouMneMS Often Denies and so Prevents From llulilillng.
EXTRA MATINEE
Thursday, "1 hnhalvlnnr Day." AIo launl
gain Wednesday Matinee.
Jan. The latest Infomatlon received
from Persia is that the Persian gov
ernment has ceased angling after
British capital, has stopped playing
the British against the Russians, and
now devoutly hopes soviet Russia
will leave it alone. The power Is rfow
centered in Sayyid-Ziau Din, a former
editor and socialist. He came Into
control through the action of a Cos
sack division, largely composed of
soviet reds, which marched on Te
heran last February, and ousted the
old government.
SEATTLE EXHIBIT IN, PERU
Local Paper Advocates Purchase
of American Portahle Houses.
LIMA. Peru. Purchase of American
portable houses to solve the problem
of providing cheaper, more substan
tial, and better homes for the workers
of Llmajtls advocated by the newspa
per El Tiempo. Interest in this type
of wooden houses follows the erection
here of a small portable building In
which has been shown the Seattle
clumber of commerce exhibit of prod
ucts made In that olty.
The articles in El Tiempo urge the
erection of groups of these houses In
the outlying districts of the city, sug
gesting plans for the ultimate pur
chase by the occupants on a monthly
Installment plan. Practically all
houses In this part of Peru, where
rain seldom falls, have been built of
mud or unbaked adobe brick.
A syndicate Is now negotiating for
the purchase of 400 portable houses
of a more expensive type, to erect In
BEGINNING MflTIWTF7
irrSTU yU-JWJ 1 rt.selditj
OA i t mum
I continuous performance FLjJ " S'-
I DAILY-l PM. TO 1 1 PM. r i
KATCHICK HAINES CO
in "YES WDEART :
MARY MILES MINTER
IV II Kit BICifiF.ST HIT
"HER WINNING WAY"
COMING- JACKPEflPJEYS BIG ROAD SHOW
MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY
Offers a Thanksgiving Treat in
"LULU
A Lulu of a Show! A Storm of Laughter!
, Directed bAl Franks
Gay Paris in Its Gayest Moods Brought to the
Lyric Stage Be Thankful for Its Fun. "
FREE TURKEYS wJSSSS&u
Country Store, Tuesday Chorus Contest, Friday
Afternoons at 2 Evenings at -1 and 9
Another
$3.00 Show
, at
Baker Prices
Tast Comes From the Atmonphere
Symboliied In Children.
llnr-
the fashionable seaside suburb of San
Mlnruel.
SEATS SELLING
Return Concert
Direction Steers & Coman
Heilig Theater
Wednesday, Nov. 23
Entire Change of Programme.
Prices:
Floor $2.50; Bal. $2.50, $2.00,
Gal. Res. $1.50, Gal. Adm. $1.
Add 10 War Tax.
SENSATION
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THE.
GREATEST!
MYSTERY
or A
DECADE
l0P sst
HAROLD LLOYD
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