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THE SUNDAY OREGONTA. PORTIiANX, OCTOBER 15, 1923 7 EQUITY PLAYERS, INC., ARE MAKING HIT IN NEW YORK New Type of Spanish Drama Chosen for Opening Performance Is Well Received by Gotham Public 7 I . ' - I ! I :.2&ttit.r'- - . ..... . I "it J - - " 1 ) f J . - ' ' - I I ? - " 1 " I i - - - , ' .X III r. - - '-:.M . v - ?. . 4 V icS" v-; rX, 1 BT ELIZABETH LONERGAN. NEW YORK. Oct. 14. (Special). Naturally, the big event of the week was the opening of the Equity Players, Inc. Managers, friendly and otherwise, members of the theatrical acting profession and the ordinary public, all watched the opening with interest. And the Kquity scored with its excellent pro gramme and fine actors, all re cruited from the ranks of the society. With the vogue for things Span ish, it chose wisely in presenting a new sort of Spanish drama. It is not the bloodthirsty sort like "Blood and Sand," "The Wildcat," 'The White Peacock," "The Passion Flower" and a host of other plays that have been seen on Broadway in the last three seasons. "Malvoloca" tells the story of an unfortunate girl and the love which brings her peace and happiness. Translated from the Spanish, it is a decidedly unusual play and filled with interesting moments. Miss Jane Cowl gives a fine per formance of the heroine and the many Equity players support her admirably. Among the latter were Rollo Peters, Louise Closser Hale, Angela McCahiil, Claud Cooper. Mar garet Pareleigh. Marshall Vincent and Frederick Burt. Augustin Dun can directed the play and the set tings were Jn charge of Woodman Thompson. From present Indications, it is a case of "goodbye jaiz" this season and welcome to musical shows of the operetta type. Two such excel- ' lent productions came to Broadway and their reception was such as to j prove that old-fashioned music will soon come Into its own. This does not mean old-fashioned melodies, but the kind of musical attractions we formerly had where music was considered first of all. "The Yankee Princess." an adaptation of Emmer rich Kalman's "Die Bajadere," Is really quite close to an operatic per- formance. The original production is still holding forth in Vienna and there are several companies playing in other parts of Europe. William Le Baron and Bud De Sylva made the American version, and Vivienne Segal is the star. The music is ex tremely beautiful which will not surprise music lovers who have en joyed Mr. Kalman'3. two former operettas, "Sari" and "Miss Spring time." Among the cast is a. Portland fav orite, John T. Murray, upon whose shoulders falls most of the comedy of the play. Thorpe Bates, a new comer to Broadway, sings the lead ing man's role with great distinc tion and Princess White Deer has another principal role. 'The'' Lady in Ermine" suggests "La Tosca" and is decidedly opera - esque. It is a musical show from Germany via London and was re ceived at the Ambassador with gen uine enthusiasm. wilda Bennett sings the role originally planned for Eleanor Painter. Gladys Walton (so often confused with Gladys Walton of Portland, who is a Universal star), has a principal role and de lights with her fine dance numbers and others are: Ignacio Martinetti, Robert Woolsey, Helen Shipman. Timothy Daiy and a long list of oth ers. The costumes, military uni forms for the men and gowns of quaint design for the women, add much to the attractiveness of the settings. Altogether the Shuberts have scored again with "The Lady in Ermine." Josephine Victor, one of our clev erest of actresses, has had bad luck with her Broadway appearances. It is hoped that "Dolly Varden." the latest offering, will not share the fate of her other plays. "Dolly Jordan" is from the pen of B. Iden Payne and fn it Miss Victor again demonstrates her capability as act ress. The story shows eight episodea in the life of Doily Jordan, an Eng lish actress of the .Napoleonic. : upon to portray her In different periods of her life from IS to 60. Necessarily, his calls for varied por trayals of character work-and the star's acting was universally praised. Unfortunately, this type of play has not succeeded, except in the case of "Maytime" but there can always be an exception and it is to b hoped that "Dolly Jordan" will prove successful, "That Day" by Louis K. Anspacer and "Thin Ice," a comedy by Percl- val Knight, made their appearance' laet week. ''Thin Ice" has a faint suggestion of the Admirable Crich- ton in the hero and ex-captain of a Canadian regiment who takes serv ice in a family as butler to find his ex-lieutenant as head of the house. The amusing situations can be imagined, Felix Krembs has the leading part with an exeellent cast assisting. It seems destined lor long and successful run. With "That Day" there is another question. It deals with a man who discover a year after his mar riage that bis wife has not been a woman of good character. The play j deals with their efforts to clear up the trouble that arises as the result of his discovery. Heddy Hopper and George -McQuarrie have the leading roles with Frederick Truesdale as the other man. There is not much that is different in the handling of the problem but the play is well acted. WERE CANDIDATES CANDID THEY'D SAY A FEW THINGS Aspirant for Congress Willing to Take All Possible Oat of Office and D6 Little for It, I WAS born in Massachusetts, the the only child of parents of the best New England stock. Father held a good position, and we lived well, but as neither parent had In herited the traditional New England thrift, we found ourselves possessed of just about $2000 when father met with an acoldent when I was 9 years old that would prevent him from ever again being a wage- earner. Mother had inherited a small home in Colorado some years before, imI w decided to move there. It proved to be a charming cottage With a large garden plot in a large town, and we felt Hopeful when we stepped into our new home ana found It so much better than we had dared expect.' It was completely furnished and, thanks to careful tenants, in good condition. The tenants had been gone a week, but when we opened a bed room door, on the bed lay a baby about a. year old. A note pinned to its dress read: "This little girl is an orphan of good family. Her name is Alice Lane. She- is kin of neither you nor me. I have money: you have talent. Let's be partners in bringing her to a -useful, happy womanhood. x li send loo the first of every month you do the rest. Your Part ner." BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE. (Speech of John Smith, who desires te b cong-reesman from the 100th district to the 43d Welfare club.) - ADIES 'and Gentlemen: I use I . the term from habit only, can see few fentlemen in the house, and the term ladles, as it is employed In my set, would certainly not apply to the somewhat shabby women before me. I am here tonight not because I want to " be, or because I get any pleasure whatever from regarding people who are manifestly my In feriors, but because the- political leader who gave me the nomination listed this place for tonight on my itinerary, I want to go to congress and I suppose I have got to ask for your votes. I know nothing whatever about the duties of a congressman, being but a retired manufacturer by trade, but I should like to have the honor of the position, and my wife would enjoy the social life of Wash ington. I have a competent secre tary who would do afl the work for me. I expect to do nothing whatever for any of you if you elect me, and will thank you to write me no let ters, and not to try to call on me when you come to Washington. Having said these things, I will now leave, and I thank heaven I can get back home tonight a little earlier than usual. (Speech of Henry Browne, nominee for sheriff, to the Cbamber of commerce. Gentlemen: I don't know what a From a bank In New York city I sheriff has to do with the chamber the money came regularly; we never tried to investigate. The baby grew to be a lovely girl. When she waa j about 13 years old my father died. Two years later a man came to our home and said to mother as she opened the door, "Well, Agnes, how s our investment getting along?" Mother scrutinized the stranger. finally succeeding In seeing beyond' the changes that 25 years had brought "Jim." the most bashful boy or her school days. of commerce, although I should judge from the appearance of some of you that he ougnt sooner or later to be passing your meals through the bars. I came here after the Doss naa fixed it for me to come by getting one of you rmembers (who has a good fat county contract) to send me the invitation I have accepted. The reason I am a candidate for sheriff is not because I think the office is particuarly honorable, but Mother waa bright and lively, and because It nays a lot of money and had aever suspected this boy was carries a lot of patronage along among her admirers. But he had with it. watched her life through all the If elected I shall feed the prison- years had made a great deal of I ers in the county jail as little as money and .never been attracted by possible and make as much as can be made out of tne reeding contract. I shall appoint my brother Mose any other woman. When father's health failed he knew she had no money, so when he heard of this orphaned child who had neither money nor rela tives he conceived the plan of help ing DOUl. He sent the baby west by a trustworthy woman who entered the house by the aid of a skeleton key; had she failed to gain entrance we would have found the child on the porch, according to the arrange- ment, explained so many later. Jim's silent devotion was re warded; he Is my loved and re spected stepfather. first deputy, my cousin Egbert sec ond deputy, and George Jones, the brother-ln-law of the boss, third deputy. Putting in my own rela tions In better jobs than his Is going to start something, but, of course, I won't let him know I am going to do it till after I am elected. The sheriff can hold office only one term and with good luck I ought to be fixed by the end of that time any- years way. aii rne minor jodb wimin iiiy ap pointment will be filled by worth less relations who nave Deen Dor- rowing money from me, which I will thus be able to get back again. I thank you for your kind atten tion, and I hope you'll all turn out and vote for me on election day. Speech of Br. Rprus Roblneon, nomi nee for coroner, to the Wholesale Jillu ners association: ' Gentlemeh: The coroners' office means a great deal to me namely, about $8-000 a year. I am not doing very well as a doctor, having Jew patients left, out of what waa a very considerable number before 2 began- to treat them. - Some of these patients have gone to other doctors; many have gone to the great beyond. You wholesale milliners may not know much about the duties of a coroner.. In this respect you have nothing whatever on me. I see among you many men who have served in the party and at the polls with me, and If some of you who have been election judges and clerks count as well for me as you have for relations of yours, who have been running for office, there will be no doubt about my election. I might go on and talk a lot about trre wholesale millinery business, and tell you what a fine crowd of men you are. But I don't know any thing about the wholesale millinery business, and I think, as a matter of fact, that you are a pretty tough looking bunch. However, I've got to get votes somewhere, and it might as well be here. Speech of Joseph Jones, nominee for state senator, to the Ions-shoremen's union: Gents: I Vam not going to talk any bunk about labor, because I am personally against unions, and if elected will vote against -labor In iny f orm every chance I get. It strikes me as I stand hero to night that if you fellows would put on laundried shirts and clean your finger nails now and then you'd make a better appearance. From what I hear about you you are getting an awful lot of money eight equal IS. there are 13 letters in John J. Pershing. September 11 in that year was a Friday, but let that pasa) Anyway, according to Brigadier General Charles G. Dawea in his "A Journal of the Great War," on the great day Major General James G. Harbord, former commander of the Second division and then command ing general service of supply, sent the following telegram to his su perior officer: "Congratulations on your birth day and your fine work thereon. Nearly 200 years ago Oliver Crom well on the th day of the month, September, went into battle quoting Psalm S, now the Episcopal morn ing prayer for that date, "Let God arise and let his enemies be scat tered; let them also that hat him. Like as the smoke vanishes, so Shalt thou drive thera. a way.'" To which General Pershing re plied: "Many thanks for your birthday telegram. Your old division might well be termed the Ironsides, though I doubt whether they went lntp bat tle quoting Psalm 6S." Seattle Builds and Owns Miniature City. Comfortable Me-elera Homes - Tided far Employe of HyaV Electric Flub mm ft BATTLE. Wash.. Oct 14. A min O I&ture city lighted by electricity from Its own plant and erected from lumber cut by its own sawmill, waa recently completed at the alt of the city of Seattle's hydro lec trio proj ect on Gorge creek, 100 miles north east of here, to house employes an their families. The first step In the project waa to install the employes 1n comfort able quarters, which meant provid ing homes and means for recreation. The aite la 26 miles from tne tertni nus of a, branch line ef the Great Northern railroad without even good wagon road over which ma chinery and materials might be transported. City engineers finally decided to construct a standard gauge railroad over the mountain to the scene of their work. A few months later engines that were to drive the mill were hauled over the new railroad and presently were delivering lumber at the rate of 25.000 board feet a day. Another few we-ks and the town, with It, commissary, its athletic fields. movies, library, dance hall, home took Its place on the map of Wash tngton. Then a power plant was con structed to supply light and later to operate all machlaery used i connection with the developmen To accomplish this a timber crib diversion dam .was built on Nehalem creek nearby. From this dam 2689-foot tunnel carries the water to the power plant on the Skagit river where the generators create 8000 horsepower. This preliminary work paved the way for the construction of a plan on Gorge creek, now about half fin ished. to deliver from Its two gen erating units 60,000 horsepower of current to Seattle, representing cost of 19,700,000. It will be so constructed, however, that with th addition of a proposed second unit its capacity will be Increased to 112, 500 horsepower and the cost to $13. 000,000. The ultimate problem in connec tion with this project, according to lik nut a biicbb io l .y auuirvw , m t i , - - . . -. . . workno brains in it and you erel?" """V"' WI" V ' " ""5 always making a lot of trouble for I nI ,',Z .J J T . DAOJ.. that usiwvmu. . u w u .w j " " VX7 ?tl- TZ VriZZ. 1 3 street railway, now buying it, you fight among yourselves a good , i .... J.,, , , h fk n,v , rom a private concern, will deal and keep the police busy too often to suit me 5ut -i suppose your votes are as good as anybody else's, and I need em. That's why I'm here. I can't live on the salary of a state senator, but it will give me a lot of advertising which ought to help my law practice. If elected I shall vote on every measure just as -my district leader tells me to vote, and shall be as little at the state capitol as possible. I certainly shall do nothing; for you fellows, and m thank you not to annoy me by coming to aee me at the capitol. It would get me in dutch with my swell friends to be seen with any of you. Good night. ' (Copyright. 1922. by Bell Syndicate. Inc.) Gods gift to me: Tonight as I sit in my lonely room I feel a grow, across tne weary space that separates nre from my best be loved. ' This I know must be the warmth of your true heart, seeking to fill the great void in my soul, eo lost indeed, far from your clinging arms. Always in my thoughts I picture you in each smallest detail those blue eyes, so sparkling and eo- in finitely Deautiful to me, those glow ing cheeks and that fair akin which Day and Night Equal in Length on September .so. - Date Determined by Measuring; Shadow of Washington Monument, WASHINGTON, D. C Oct. 14. On what' date in. the fall of the year are day and night equal in length? Most persons will reply. "Why, September 21. of course." asks no aid of artifice, those golden I Arivone connected with., the Inter- curls that weave about my dreams national Fixed Calendar league will a silken we to make me still more certainly, If that were possible, your siave. And as I see you thus, clear as thought in the flesh you stood be fore me, I pity from the depths of a gratetui heart that man to whom no lonely moments bring the inti mate knowledge or a pure, eweet. reply: "September 23. of course." The calendar league professes to have proof, and this is where It nrierin&tes: The shadow of the Washington monument was measured on the Tiarkinar around the obelisk on Sep tember 2L 22, 23 and 24, exactly at do when operating exclusively under their own management. The test came and was met on September 12. On September 13 the victory of St. Mihiel was compltete. That day, by the way, was General Pershing's 68th birthday. (Five and s power take portion of the surplus, and it predicted that, with the lower rates enabled by the municipal project, th citizens of Seattle will absorb most of the remainder. In addition, a third unit to th project is being considered, the estl mated total output then being 65, 000 horsepower, sufficient It is be tieved to supply the needs of all western Washington. This unit. however, will probably not be con Btructed for many years. ' Cans Filled Run Into Millions. Hlllsboro Independent. An idea of the magnitude of oper ations of the Ray-Maling cannery this year Is given by the fact that shipments of empty cans to the plant since the season began total 1,894. 185. The figures were furnished Tuesday and by no means represent the season's pack, for shipments of cans are received constantly. They come by the carload and in case of an emergency are sent out by the truck load from Portland. The plant loving wife-to-be. the heat er n noon, when the shadow pointed can make to any man save, per- north- Tha sbadow was found to ha.n.1 a wnnrtorfn. ,.'. ' lengthen 6 feet 2 Inches between has been my great fortune also to September 21 and 22, 6 feet 4 Inches possess. . I between September 22 and 23, 6 feet To men, big In stature thmurh inches between beptemoer m ana -i . . - i n , i i u, lnnrat urrptrn ill, v jniiv fe. rnpra f n m n a. i. buuwiik . -c- - moments of vast longing craving on September 23, according to Moses t-uey jluuw nox wnax. wucn men " " . deserve no nmiii. if in "fixed calendar" idea for modern hour, they keep their path with eyes times, and secretary and treasurer that do not see another thing but of tlle league, that that day is the that well loved form which so satis- equinoctial day when day and night fies, that nothing for one Instant are equal. leads away from the sweet thought The league Is composed of persons of her who claims first place who are trying to have the present mat place is yours, my own. and yearly caienaar rearra-neeu, oo mere j li u uevu never UOUDL tor one least I S"a De x uiuuiuo uoo- o moment that, no matter the distance nor tne circumstance, you so com mand- me, day and right, that noth ing counts but the treasured fact mat you are mine and I am Always yours. with one extra day per year-, to be known as "year day," to make up the 3S5 days of the solar calendar. A similar day is included in tne plan to account for leap years. In this way, league advocates say, each month would be uniform with all When Isabel's mother died she others; each week and month would left our city to go out waa begin on Sunday and end on Satur live with an aunt. All her school aay' ,5a . .7". . - !S . . . . nDt" regularly stated times, instead of w"r" "" "a station to Skipping around the calendar. see ner off, and It was a sad part-1 The extra month, also of 23 days. ing. A coffin was put on the train. I would be called "Sol," or some other and as Isabel was the only passen- suitable name, and would be m- ger who got on at that place every- f"teA . b,tween a.n? tr"ly' . 4 . ory -year dajr" would be inserted either tuuust bub was & young wid- Hust before "Sol" or July, and would ow, ana an were extremely kind to constitute an international midsum her, especially a young man across mnr holiday without a week-dav tne way. Four years later she came back to visit us, and when she was leav ing for the west again she met n old school friend on the train. He fntrAHiiriwl hflp tn th, wn... who had been so kind to her four Harbord's Telegram to Persbsing name. GENERAL CITES BIBLE years before. He thought when she was introduced as "miss" that he had misunderstood, but said nothing. ie asaea to visit her and she con sented. Imagine his surprise when Bhe told him she knew nothing of the body that had been shipped west, nor had she known why all the passengers had been so kind. This man told Isabel he had tried to find her but failed and bad al ways hoped to meet her again. Two months later they were married. He always calls her bis "widow-' Embodied in Dawes Book American Legion Weekly. Four years ago the prestige of the American army In the world war had been conclusively estaDiisheo. Chateau-Thierry and the fighting in the Marne salient had served to boost Yankee stock from around sero to par, and allied morale along with it. But doubtless the suspi cion lurked In some pessimistic minds that the June and July vic tories might have been flukes wait .and Bee, what the Dewcomora would km v mil !W, 4 stJaV. y-"" lO' e' a1? til orea? x .JLW Vo1d V "S-" it utiiio Turirra h 3 Matinee. 3 Nights, Comroeaclng Suaday Matinee, October 1 5 th 2:10 2i??L 2:30 2'.4?. 2:SS 3:07 3:23 3:48 Orcheetrs, George IT. Jeff mty, Dirctor Aesop's Fables and Topics of the Day JOHN NELLIK OlWt ROXY LA ROCCA Harry-FABER & MC COWAN-l'rea GLENN & JENKINS In "Working for the Fiflreed" MARION MORGAN DANCERS la a New Dance Drama in Prologue and Three Scenes "Helen of Troy with JOSEPHIVI McLkAN ami CHARLES HAVKRLM Coetpoeed. Staged and Costumed by Marion Morgan ! .io a & tor av.21 BELLE MONTROSE In "Her Only Chance" WILSON AUBREY TRIO Path News :4 10 02 10.11 3 Mats. - Sun. Mon. -Tues. 15c - 2Sc -bOC 500 Choice Seats 50c Sondays and Holidays 15c to Tie Callery Alwsya 15C 3 N'ghts Sun - Mon. .Tuea, lc.2SC-SOC-7Sc-l 750 Choice Seats SI Sundays and Hntxtay lie to tl.ii The fimirt Ewm in ih. t r h - i h - , m ' fMiua caraue THIRD-OF-A-CCNTURV ANNIVERSARY WIIK Tail Aim Cardiasr InniMj to Pr-1 !;' In ui Uiauala ant (No Adrafta la Vrttmmi is atill running at full capacity and will continue at top speed for an indefinite period. The prune pack will be much heavier than antici pated, for the crop m-tll be heavy. A feature the r-lsnr la up sealnut i that early In the irtani the an: Ira crop of some growers waa rn traded on the baata rf an avr:ig year but these orrharda will di inar in some caaee double tha quantity ffprtpii ' S"" AATIHtfc. M. .0 MurtTJ7e.a Lap- sari -wane suwv-eoi"riNucHy lantfiim I f y 1 ..ttlt STAT'WQ Ot-T MATtxtt m a Mm in ; - Ut W k ' - JaV ... ' y . V - -a -ear . (HIMSELF) UrU A THE. DADDY Or JA22. AND HIS FAMOUS NEW YORK, - JAZZ BAND, FEATURING -OUUAr DAWN AND THE 3irc.lF"ROM RtCTORs 1 f VEffflfTWrDC . e " - ARCUen lrMJII 1 PS i r TUN at OS-Tne- TH&CNArALMOST HlirlAN INTELLlGENCt. PRESENTED BY LORRAle. E-V? TMt CHAiaWNO VlOl-lfSI-T ALEXANDER "Tte Man Who Knows" Last Time Today Afternoon and Evening h nut! v!rs?f "r'Sr v w u" v svy m. w r .as r mm Morrison at Eleventh Musical nicdy (ompany Now Playirt5 at 1hc SakeRtheatre Wek IUKinninn SUNDAY MATINEE, OCT. 13 Messrs. Keating and Flood Trrarnt HARRIGAN AND DAVIS in the Boel Musical Flush "NO LIMIT" Featuring the Famous Rosebud Chorus Mat. Dally at 2 P. M. A dm. Always 10 and 20c except Sundays and holidays. Eveninn 2 shows 1 0c Tuesday Night Country Storm Friday Night Chorua CirW Contett Next Week "A DoubU Wedding" You'll Like the Lyric! I ?.vri a'tmaittMfaafjsy.v ovl-t-.-s- rH Continuous 1 to 11 P. M. W. W. tLY, Keaident ilaaairr ALWAYS GOOD Moat Times GREAT Robbins Trio "Skatinj Fools McCowan &Knox -A Joy Hide- JACK HOLT TheCrim Comedian" Hal Hart ManologUt VAUDETILLK PHOTOPLAYS Bennettfi Culver "The Linrs Boat Novelty TMD17DTAI TDTA 1j 1 1111 LilVinLi 11UU Uanccrst Children Always Iflc Adnlta. Wfrk Malino- "n-, leninca 3 ,