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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1909)
SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 1909. Till, MOKNING ASTOK J AN, ASTOftlA, OREGON. 5 ASTORIA AMUSEMENTS. FLORENCE ROBERTS. , Florenc Robert, who ba attempt ed and succeeded In undertaking that JuMlfy the claim that no other Amerlciii actreii cm approach htr In verntility, piy " 8t compli ment to Seymour Obermer when the aver that the latter' play "The Home of Bondage" la the moat suit able vehicle alio ha ever had. Mia Roberts ha played a range of parts that Include the heroine of Shaken pare, Molltre, Sardou, Plnero and our American, Fitch; so that when she i v-llling to y that her "Lady Joan Merydlth1 In "The House il Bondage" Is her favorite, some no tice Is due. In "The House of Bondage'which tomes to the Astoria Theatre on next Wednesday, Miss Roberts en act the role of an English woman, who has suffered for years the men tal anguish that follows infidelity and neglect. She has been a faithful wife, giving all and receiving naught In return, yet the law offers her no redress. She cannot dissolve the tie that binds her to her husband whoe acts have killed her love for him. because the law says that physical cruelty, at well as unfaithfulnc, must be proved by the wife before the court will countenance her pray er for divorce.., The play Is upon this theme a big one it must he ad mitted, but It is said that In Ober mer manner of dealing with It, lies It chief fascination. While writing around the law of foreign land, Obermer has managed to make hi appeal potent to all humanity. That the suffering of the mind I many fold more poignant than mere phy sical pain, Is the lesson that the play teaches. Miss Roberts I assisted In this play by remarkable cast, in cluding Arthur Forrest, Thurlow Bergen, Ann Warrington, Mary Ber trand, Mallet Bosworth and Harry Cibbs, John Cort hss given the piece a very beautiful mounting. 4 "THE GREAT DIVIDE." production of what the New York critics have called the "long , wailed American play'," "The Great Di vide" when it comes to the .Astoria Theatre neKt Friday will nut thinl that the dark yellow unlets in the chain which play auch a vital part in the William Vnugh Moody drama are of pure gold from the same sec- tory which furnish" the picturesque setting of the play. That amount was placed in a separate j, bank , ac count to be held Intact until it coull be devoted to the purpose intituled Gold nuggets of the uniform siae de tired are not easily obtainable at this distance fro mthe source of sttppl;' AT THE BAKERONIAN. Of all the picture homes in As toria there is none perhapa more pop ular than the Bakeroniati where the bet oi tubjecta are always given. An additional attraction of no mean sig nificance at this house is the splendid music furnished by the Ilakerouian orchestra, Manager Simington has only' recently put in a new and mod ern picture machine of the latest de ign and a clear, flickerlcs picture i one of the features of tiie place. Nathan Hale proved very popular 'tt the Bakeronian for the last few days J The subject is said to be one of the (most intcreitign ever thrown on can vas being intensely sensational from start to finish. , Manager Newman has for several weeks been making ar rangements for this film and an nounce that it will be a long time before another of like standard will be seen in Astoria. Miuwiimrau' iiiyi)Muuwugt.iMMwuiii.M """ ",M"M" 11 1 ; t 'I ), i" ': if ' ' . - r , : Without Imagination. There la a certain New York bnsl whs man of a rather waggish disposi tion who contends that hla wife ha no Imagination. At dinner one night bo chanced to mention a tragic clrrumxtanee be bad rend in the evening paper on hie way home. A paMsenger on a transatlantic steamer had fallen overboard in mid ocean and had never been eeen again. "Va he drowned?" asked the wife. : "Of course not," answered the lrre preHMlble hubby, "but he sprained his ankle, I believe," Llpplncott'i, A SCENT! FROM Hl-XRY MILLE lion of Arizona in which the fabu lously rich Verdi mine, owned by Stephen Ghent in the play was sup posed to be situated. Until a year or to aeo the chain used was made bv the property man and its value wat 75 cents. The one now performing was brought from Tucson to Mr. Miller, and is the result of a resolu tion- made by hint more than two years ago. ' When the actor-manager awoke on the morning after the ,rt N'ew York performance of 'The Great Divide" and found the play fa mous, the idea came to him of spend tntr his "first $2000 profit from the R'S PRODUCTION "THE GREAT IV1DE." Folk who wUt we Henry Miller's J play for a string of real nuggets tak en from the mountains of the terri- r Sales Will Gome and Sales Will Go I This is the time of the year that all merchants, are cutting their prices, and a visit to our store will convince pou that we are no exception. We have slased prices unmercifully as we are determined to reduce our stock quick to make room for spring arrivals Get Our Prices First 4 If you are. contemplating purchasing - anything in the men's furnishing line, call on us before buying elsewhere you will save money. A BIG REDUCTION 0! AIL GOODS Everything in the store will be sold at greatly reduced prices, call and convince yourself that our prices are lowest That is for FIRST-CLASS GOODS. Mr. Miller was unable to further his desire until Mr. Moody, the author, had mentioned something about go ing to Arizona for a three cck. va cation. It wat then when Mr. Mil ler commissioned the dramatist to buy the nuggets and he succeeded in getting them though not without .1 goal deal of difficulty. Thi pieciou- chain does not live in the "prop" trunk with the other portables of "The Great Divide" production, ami eNcept when in ue on the atase it reposes in i small Steel vault widen in carried in the personal trunk of the Mage manager with the organizutior and the new program that starts to day is spoken of very highly, and will no doubt be well worth seeing. ! "BABES IN TOYLAND." There are so many very delightful incident occurring during the ac tion of "Babes in Toyland," Victor Herbert and Glen MacDottorgh's great musical extravaganza, thai one has to see this play, which w.u the one conspicuously brilliant suc cess of New York, to properly ap preciate it. Among the stage pic tures which have attracted universal 'attention is the scene of Alan and Jane lost in the woods. This scene shows the children deserted by their false friends, who send them into the woods, hoping that they may go; into the vale of Spiders and be de stroyed. After they have wandered about for hours, Alan ses a beauti ful moth imprisoned in a spider's web. He releases the moth. ThU moth prove to be the Fairy Queen, who takes the form of a moth in or der to take care of "her subjects. The Fairy Queen flies away ar.d when Alan and Jane are sleeping in the mouth of the cave, causes a great spider to come down and weave a web over the cave's mouth to keep the bears from eating Alan and Jan- up. Every' child as well as every grown person who does not :c this magnificent extravaganza at t lie A; toria Theatre next Saturday vi!i miss the chance of seeing the mo: t superbly artistic creation of years, which" was so much the rage in New York that it tilled the Majestic Theatre to overflowing for over 250 nights. HI ; Sell Shoes, t 'j , I U k, Vi Hi i Men's Outfitters AT THE JEWEL. The cozy little Jewel Theatre will Hertlei Gambler. The rngo for gambling at WMe'a and Almnck's clulM lu Loudon in other Aayn led to most outrngooua betting, ii to wlileti Walpole tells wbat he coll a pood tole: A man dropped down lu a fit before the door and was car ried In Hide. The club Instantly made beta as to whether be would die or not, find wheu a doctor was called In to attend Mia his ministrations were Interfered with by the members be er, use, they said, these would affect the foimeKi of the beta. Pitiful 8aUt, Kits of sailors lost at sea are sold regularly at auction, at the Albert dotk in London. The stale provides many a pitiful sight. Most of the lota k cotitalucd In tho regular sailor's aca choHt, all marked with the name of the ahlp from whieU they come. It is t.ot unusual for those who have lost frl nds or relative at sea to attend thttic auctions, and there are times when the first news of such a loss conies through the recognition of fa miliar objects. RICH NECKLACE FOUND. New York Man is $2000 Richer For Finding and Returning it NEW YORK, Jan. 2.- The $6,S00 ( '" ' t i 1 - v' , ' .v ' ,- - t'mmmmmmmm0mmmimmmnm iiiniiii iiwwisssM 1 " ' '" 1 m FLORENCE ROBERTS IN' "THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE." have one of the latest and most talked pearl necklace lost on New Year's of pictures of the season on display eve by Mrs. Estelle L.B.Hamlin, startinir tomorrow matinee. The title, wife "of Dr. Geo. D. Hamlin has been f the feature him is "In Shenandoar returned, mid Edward S. Wallach Valley", a draim of the 'Civil ward starts the new year with $2.000 to add "I CAN'T DO THAT," SCENE FROM "BABES IljJ TOYLAND." AMUSEMENTS. AstoriaTheatre P. M. Hanlin, Lessee and Manager Friday, Jan. 8 HENRY MILXER.Presents "The Great Divide "The Long Awaited Great Ameri-! can Plav" New York Press, i BY . WM. VAUGHN MOODY As produced at the Princess and Daly's Theatres and Academy of i Music, New York, for more than 500 times. PRICES 50, 75, $1.00, 1.50 Box Offices Open January 7 Astoria Theatre WEDNESDAY JANUARY 5th JOHN CORT, Presents The Pre-Emineut American Artist FLORENCE ROBERTS and a Company of Per fect Players in the Suc cess of Her Career "IIS 151 II Ml" By Seymour Obermer, Box Office open Tues day January 5th, 1909 PRICES: 50, 75, $1, $1.50 j.Cssg'' M J -AT THE Jewel Theatre Begining i Monday, Jan. 4, 5, 6, & 7 ITIie Great I7ar Picture "IIJ THE SHAFiODOAH VALLEY" .BAKERONIAN THEATRE.. Feature Film "FISHER MAID" "Hedgehog Coat" "Magical Suit of Amour" "Under the Sea by Submarine" Song"Bonita" ADMISSION 10 CENTS ... . . SEATS FREE ....ASTORIA THEATRE... Saturday, Jan. 9 The PREMIER MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR Victor Herbet & Glen MacDonough's Phenomenal Musical Extravaganza Success late Among the Talented Cast you will find Eddie Redway as...... ..Alan Gus Pixley as... (The Original Ginger Bread Man) Nellie Lynch as ......Jane (Late with Ginger Bread Man) Helen McLeod as ...Tom Tom Last Season with Ginger Bread Man Beth Tate as Contrary Mary (Late Prima Donna with H. W. Savage) ' ..Marmaduke John F. Ward as............Barnaby Will H. Hatter as... .The Toymakec Ida Ward as.... ..Mrs. Piptr ' All of the Great Original Cast . f ' BABES IN TOYLAND Also- May Burdock, Gertude Lawrence and the best singing Chorus ever on tour Aided by Their Own Orchestra BIG BEAUTY CH0RU5. Box Office Open Friday Jan 8 to his bank account. This is the amount he received as a reward from Mr. Hamlin. With the announce ment of the loss of the necklace every detective in the city was on the alert and plans were on the way for searching every cab in the city, Mrs. Hamlin having left her apartment in a cab on 4the day that the jewels were lost, and the theory being ad vanced that the necklace had been perhaps mislaid in the vehicle. As a matter of fact, it was lying on the sidewalk in front , of the Hamlin apartment at SO Central Park West, and Wallach.who was on his way to visit relat'ves in the same building, saw it lying sparkling on the side walk. Having no particular know ledge of the value of gems, he thrusi it carelessly into his pocket until he noticed accounts in the newspapers! appeared giving the value of the necklace as high as $65,000 which u due to an error of an added cipher made by the police. .