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BY LEONE CASS BAER.
FOR the first time In the history
of Smith college. Northampton
Mass , a man has been elected to
membership In a leading: sorority and
placed in line for a collegiate degree.
The man Is John McCormack, and the
- iris of Smith college voted him eli
gible for anything- within the gift of
tine Institution when, after his last
concert there, he told the president
lhat hereafter, as long as he remained
a professional singer, he would give
a concert there every year.
Appearances before college audi
ences have hitherto been the one point
of divergence between the tenor and
lennils McSweeny, his manager. John
always Insists that he Is a singer for
tha multitude and not for any specific
"class." But when he got a special,
personally signed and Illuminated, re
quest to sing for the Klrla of Smith
college In Green Memorial ball he
surrendered.
There were 26o0 girls in the packed
audlenoe and they gave McCormack
such an ovation that he was wholly
conquered. When he appeared on the
stage Chey gave their college yells,
and when the concert was over 1000
Smith college girls stood In the rain
on the sidewalk and sang "He's a
JolKy Good Fellow."
McCormack Is on a tour that will
bring him to the Pacific coast.
The question whether Mary Pick
ford did or did not dance with the
duke of York, the handsome young
brother of the prince of Wales, after
dinner at the home of the duke and
ductless of Sutherland, has ceased to
agitate London society.
Mary settled It.
"No," said Mary, "I didn't dance
with him. I do not dance with any
one but Doug."
London society welcomed Doug and
Mary Into its membership almost on
their arrival to remain over the holi
day season, but even their most en
thusiastic admirers were not prepared
to hear of their being entertained by
the duke and duchess o( Sutherland
with the young duke of York as a
fellow guest.
They are now flat hunting In May-
fair, high society's own territory,
what time they are not prowling
through the shops of the West End,
fitting themselves out with tweeds
ond woolens. For Mary said she had
bought enough Paris gowns to last for
come time and now intended to stock
up with sports clothes. She will af
fect English woolen stockings for the
winter. Doug also is now running to
..weeds, although he wore a cutaway
and topper In Piccadilly today, with
tr.e usual crowd following him.
Falrbank' upper lip is bereft of the
little mustache he cultivated some
months ago.
"No, I didn't make him remove It,"
said Mary. "I Just suggested It."
Clark Sllvernall, a former Baker
player. Is playing a big part in Louis
Mann's new play, "Nature's Noble
man." Nance O'Neil, who is a Pacific coast
product, Is returning to her native
heath in a dramatic piece, "The Pas
sion Flower," by Jacinto Hcr.avente
This is a drama of Spanish life and
Miss O'Noil Is said to have- in the
role of Ralmunda, one of the best
emotional parts of her career. Her
company Is said to be very fine. Miss
O'Nell'a engagement opens next
Thursday and continues the week out.
John Philip Sousa and nis band will
irlve an' aftertWtm and evening con
cert at the public auditorium next
Saturday and again Sunday afternoon
and evening, with a complete change
of programme on each occasion.
There are nearly 100 instrum ntallsts.
and a trio of featured artists, Miss
Mary Baker, soprano; Miss Florence
Hardeman, violinist, and Miss Wini
fred Hambrick, harpist.
The Baker players will put on
"Smooth as Silk," one of Wlllard
Mack's newest plays. This play is of
the crook melodrama type, with Sel
mer Jackson in the role Muck cre
at"d. An especially Interestlrg scenic
setting has been arranged by Walter'
B. GLlbert and the production prom
ises to be noteworthy in every de
tail. Beginning tomorrow matinee and
for the remainder of the week, Pan
tages theater becomes the sporting
headquarters of the nation, so far as
pugilism is concerned, when Jack
Dumpscy and his manager, Jack
Kear'ns, come to town for a week's
engagement at the Broadway vaude
ville house. Dempsey Is on tour, at
the head of his own vaudeville road
show, and while he is the main at
traction, he Is surrounded with un
usual vaudeville talent. I.i Gana, a
Zelgfcld Follies dancer; "Chuck"
Reisner, "The Broadway Revue," 16
Broadway beauties; Terminal Four.
Conchas Jr. and compasy and Johnny
Becker and his Jazz Buddies are some
of the acts with the Dempsey show.
Manager Johnson says it s the big
gest attraction ever booked over the
Pantages circuit.
The new Orpheum show, which will
open at the Hellig this afternoon. Is
doubly promising, as the headllner Is
Joseph E. Howard, and it an
nounced that the entire show takes
part In an afterpiece to be staged at
the night performances only. After
pieces at the Orpheum, as a rule, are
entertaining and the extra as offered
toy the Incoming show is said to be
long to the very-good el:.ss. The
afterpiece was staged for the first
time 'n Vancouver and It scored such
success there the show folk decided
to keep It on for the rest of the
tour. Ethlyn Clark is with Joe How
ard In the headline act. a new offer
ing, called "A Hodge-Podge Musical
Comedy." Other features of the show
are J;ick Kennedy and company in
A Golf Proposal," and Al and Fanny
Stedman in their "planoc.ipeis." This
show will close with thd matinee
Wednesday.
While music will hold a large place
In the Hippodrome programme this
week there J sufficient variety, to
make both today's and Thursday's bill
perfectly balanced. The Molera revue,
a quintet of soloists and ensemble
vocalists. Is to head today's h'll along
with the Chalfonte sisters In a danc
ing act.
The Lyric will put on "A Close
Shave," a musical comedy featuring
the comedian Al Franks and Eddie
Wright and the Rosebud i.horus.
XAXCE O'JTEIL HEILIG BILL
Well-Known Actress Will Appear
in Great Spanish Play.
Probably one of the most interest
ing events of the present theatrical
season in Portland will be the ap
pearance at the Hellig theater three
nights beginning next Thursday, with
a special matinee Saturday, Nance
O'Neil in "The Passion Flower," the
Spanish drama from the pen of Ja
cinto Benavente. Miss O'Neil Is now
In her third season under the direc
tion of Richard G. Herndon.
The play was written about the end
of 1D13 for the famous Spanish ac
tress, Maria Guerrero, and was pro
duced at the Teatro de la Princesa,
Madrid, December 12 of that year by
the Guerrero-Mendoza company. In
the translator's preface to the volume
of Benavente's plays published by
Scribner's he says:
"The subject' Is the struggle of the
individual conscience of the mass,
which is embodied In the talk of the
town. . . . The drama is an in
tensely emotional one, in which the
landscape and action are exteriorized
from the realms of character and con
science and partake of its nature,
vague and blurred of outline, seem
ingly painted In broad but Ill-defined
strokes, which harmonize with a per
vading sense of doubt, uncertainty,
bewilderment of conscience, and im
pending doom."
In the part of Ralmunda, the soul
tortured wife and mother. Miss O'Neil
has found perhaps the greatest role
of her career.
FAMILY SHOW AT ORPHEUM
Bill Governed by Holiday Spirit
and Good Will to. AIL
Another happy-family show gov
erned by the merry holiday spirit and
good will to all has been assembled
by the Orpheum. The show which
will open at the Hellig this afternoon
Is a sole-headliner. double-feature
bill and for good measure the entire
show takes part in an after-piece
which is staged after every night per
formance. The headllners are the
celebrated Joseph E. Howard and
Ethlyn Clark in "A Hodge-Podge
Musical Comedy" and the other fea
tures are Jack Kennedy and company
in a comedy of the golf links and Al
and Fanny Stedman in pianocapers.
This show will close Its Portland en
gagement with the matinee Wednes
day. A life time devoted t& Moomslis&i
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lng things has made Joe Howard bet
ter known than any greatly adver
tised breakfast food. Of recent years
his success has been aided and shared
by Ethlyn Clark and together they
have enjoyed headline position in
vaudeville for many years. Mr.
Howard Is a composer and Sbng
writer. His specialty Is ballads, and
popular songs i extending over two
decades have come from his pen. In
vaudeville he and Miss Clark have
appeared by themselves and as pio
neers in the revue craze. In their
new act this season Mr. Howard and
Miss Clark are at their happiest as
well as their best. The act gives
Miss Clark opportunity for her good
looks, her smiles, her voice and' her
wonderful gowns. Jack King assists
the famous couple at the piano.
Jack Kennedy and company, the
first added attraction, offer "A Golf
Proposal," a comedy of the links. The
next feature is the act of Al and
Fanny Stedman, great big-time
vaudeville favorites, who have an act
that Is high among the standard
comedy acts.
Remaining acts are: Tim and
Kitty CMeara In "Memories of the
Dance" with Rose Wright; Claude
Golden, premiere card expert, in his
first appearance here after five suc
cessful years abroad; Frank and Milt
Britton in "Say It With Music"; Mar
garet Taylor, the, dainty little miss:
Pathe News, topics of the day and
Aesop's fables accompanied by the
oroscope, an exclusive Orpheum fea
ture showing Oregon scenery in color,
and the concert orchestra under di
rection of George E. Jeffery.
MELODRAMA BAKER OFFERING
' Smooth as Silk" Will Be Clever
Offering of Stock Players.
In "Smooth as Silk," the Willard
Mack melodramatic success which
gave New York theatergoers some
thing to talk about for many weeks,
the Baker Stock company this week
has an offering in which its mem
bers have exacting roles. Miss Fran
ces Woodbury in the part of Bertha
Carrolls and Selmar Jackson as "Silk''
Mulane will appear, beginning with
the matinee today, in two of the most
interesting roles yet presented on the
Baker stage. Director Gilbert and his
aid' s on the stage are making a spe
cial effort to see that the scenic side
of the play is In harmony with other
details.
The roles of Rose and of Nellie Daly
have been assigned to Mayo Methot
and Jane Gilroy. "Snoop" Graham
will be portrayed by Rankin Mans
field, Mooney is George Webster,
Johnnie Daly Is William Lee. Frank
Powers Is presented by Guy Kibbee;
B'.oggs. Freeman Holding and "Taxi
Jimmie" are portrayed by Irving Ken
nedy, Leo Lindhard and Lonny Keat
ing, respectively.
The story centers around the life
and works of "Silk" Mulane, a safe
cracker, and the romance into which
lb xaui woen he is eennitted to es
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, ' TTF1IRER
cape in order that his "talents" may
be utilized by the influential men who
have arranged his escape so that he
can secure for them valuable papers
essential to their political safety.
Under the auspices of the Monday
Musical club the Tuesday evening per
formance of "The Songbird" will be
presented. Club committees are at
work distributing tickets for the ben
efit show.
PANTAGES BILLS DEMPSEY
Jack Kearns Will Appear With
Champion This Week.
Jack Dempsey, world's heavyweight
champion, whose latest victory was
over Georges Carpentier, Is coming to
Portland. Dempsey, with his man
ager, Jack Kearns, tops the new bill
at Pantages theater, starting Mon
day metlnee. The champion's appear
ance has been awaited by Portland
fans for weeks, and they are agog
with curiosity to see him work. It
is said that Jim Corbett must look
to his laurels, for Dempsey threatens
to be his rival on the stage. With
Kearns on the stage with Dempsey,
the two put over some comedy chat
ter, said to be highly entertaining
and amusing. The public gets a
chance to see Dempsey as he is every
day on the street with his friends.
A number of Portlanders know
Dempsey personally and are planning
to entertain him while he is here.
Following the act with Kearns, the
champion changes to fighting togs
and offers an Interesting sparring ex
hibition. The whole turn is preceded
by mation pictures showing Dempsey
in training and the events which led
up to his battling with Carpentier.
Appearing with the champion Is a
bill of real merit. La Gana, graceful
and sinuous young woman, presents
a series of dances that fwon her dis
tinction in the Zeigfeld Follies. 8he
is assisted by Johnny Becker and his
Jazz Buddies. La Gana has been a
sensation in every town on the Pan
tages circuit. Then there is "Chuck"
Reisner, a host in himself. Reisner
is a comedian, singer, song writer
and motion picture director, and he
has a repertoire of rapid-fire chatter
that makes him Instantly popular.
Later he appears in the character
makeup which he played with Charlie
Chaplin, In "The Kid." which, by Che
way. Reisner directed for Chaplin.
Fifteen stunning girls, costumed in
gorgeous gowns, assisted by a prima
donna and a little comedian, put over
a song revue that is colorful and ap
pealing. It Is called the "Broadway
Revue."
Paul Conchas. Jr., assisted by a
very clever eccentric comedian, pre
sents a number of sensational balanc
ing and Juggling feats that have the
merit of being absolutely new.
The "Terminal Four" Is a top-notch
quartet which will offer mirth and
melody with a railway station as a
background for their offering.
Despite the appearance of the
champion and his all-star organiza
tion, the picture end of the pro
gramme will not he overlooked, sjtrle
Williams will be seen on the screen
In "The Silver Car," his latest Vita
graph production, and Larry Semon
In "The Bell Hop" also will be shown.
Owing to the enornjous cost of the
Dempsey show. Manager Johnson is
forced to make a small raise in admis
sion price for one week only.
HIPPODROME HAS NEW BILL
Dunces, Comedy, Music and Acro
batic Acts Features.
The Hippodrome this afternoon will
offer a real musical treat In the Mo
lera septet of vocalists, with a pro
gramme that runs In no small decree
to music, especlallyc singing. The Mo
lera revue render classical and pop
ular selections both in solo and en
semble, and press comment on Its
work is altogether commendatory.
Kennedy and Martin are said to
have one of the best lines of darky
mimicry that has been staged. Their
sayings are declared original and
snappy, their dialect excellent and
their dancing really typical of the
southern colored folks.
Ross and Flynn, in bits of vaude
ville, have a charming little act, for
the most part singing. The fair mem
ber of the team is pretty and very
dressy.
Tina Glenn and Jack Richards pre
sent a futuristic aviation novelty In
putting over their comedy songs, pat
ter and dances. Their act has gone
over In splendid fashion in towns
along the way to Portland.
' The Aerial Macks, after an absence
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of many months, will return with an
entirely new act, according to ad
vance notices. They have always
been popular with Portland audiences.
The midweek change of bill will
number the Chalfonte sisters, a beau
tiful pair of dancers, as headllners;
Eadle and Ramsden, farcical comedy;
Conroy and O'Donnell, blackface ec
centrics; Cooke and Hamilton, hu
morous sketch, and Bollinger and
Reynolds on the taut wire.
TRIO TO BE ON LYRIC BILL
Recent Additions to Cast Promise
to Add Much to New Show.
The Exposition trio, composed of
Jewell La Velle, Ted Ullmark and
Claire Heath, will take its place in
the list of Lyric theater features at
the matinee today, when the Lyric
Musical Comedy company presents
"A Close Shave," said to be one of
the happiest farces In which the pop
ular funmakers have been cast this
season.
Ullmark and Heath are new mem
bers of the Lyric company who, for
tunately, combine talent as actors
with their ability at singing. Ullmark
will be Introduced in a characteriza
tion of Mr. Moore, Ikle Leschinskl's
prospective father-in-law, and Heath
will be a minister, upon whose
shoulders falls the task of solving
through marriage the many problems
that surround Ikie and Iny In their
notorious guest, Dugan. s
Ikle and Iny, who are Al Franks
and Eddie Wright, are celebrating on
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Ikie's wedding day. He plans to
rriarry Madge Moore (Billie Bingham)
and when the bride seeks a lady's
maid. Dorothy Raymond, masquerad
ing as Nell, a light-fingered beauty,
responds. Nell rings In Howard
Evans, as Dugan, and between the
two of them they come within an ace
of proving that Ikle is a kleptomaniac
and that La Velle as the detective
and the minister as well are fast
approaching that condition. When
Ikie discovers his alleged ailment he
wants to postpono the wedding for
fear he has a new contagious disease
But his fears are set at rest when the
real thieves are apprehended and the
curtain comes down on a triple wed
ding scene, with Ikle and Madge. Iny
and Alma (Violet Woods) and Nell
and Dugan taking the marriage
vows.
A number of charming dance num
bers have been arranged for the Rose
bud chorus, and chorus and principals,
too, will offer a series of new song
successes. Anna Chick Is to sing
"Fifty Years Ago"; Howard Evans
will offer "Dapper Dan": Miss Ray
mond sings "Love Bird." and Miss
Bingham has selected "Sliding Sis."
Jewel LaVelle's solo is "They Needed
a Songbird in Heaven, so They Took
Caruso Away."
Looking Down Pays.
NEW YORK If you happen to no
tice a down-af-the-pavement look on
the part of the habitual New Yorker,
oon't be afraid that they are being
overcome with modesty. They're Just
looking for things other people have
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lost. A woman In the subway was ex
plaining the situation to a friend of
hers. "Thousands of dollars are lost
every year In New York city," she
said. "Diamonds, furs, soda crackers,
silk stockings and other "uluables are
dropped in the crowds and trampled
under foot until someone comes along
r.nd picks them up. I decided to be
come one of those who did the pick
ing. During the last year, by con
stantly looking for lost articles, I
have found nearly a hundred dollars
In cash, a fur piece and a Jade necklace."
frlmn Itallroad mi lUgh Altitude.
Scientific American.
The British government has award
ed contracts for the construction of
a railroad from Nakuru to the Uasln
glsu plateau north of Victoria Nyania.
which will attain the greatest alti
tude of any railway of the British
empire; Its highest point will be more
than 000 feet above sea level. The
road will cost 110,000,000, and may
later be extended Into ITganda, con
necting the port of Mombasa with
the Cape-to-Calro route.
Melon Fields Covered With Paper.
Around Wenatchee. Washington,
they are covering the fields with roof
ing paper, cutting out round holes for
the melon hills. It Is found that by
this practice all weeds are smothered
rA ihr, la a SO ner rent saving In
labor for cultivation and irrigation.
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