The Oregon daily journal., September 13, 1902, Page 8, Image 8

jTim'TnmGU "irjcrcTa uu liflAr; roimaLrsOTtm September ig;ico2.v
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" The Mk closing today hu been filled
tth amUMEMpt events, with remark
fely rood business at the theaters against
tfc compettlion of the Carnival. The
coming week brings torn good things to
all three houses.
- - The encasement of James Nelll at the
Mai-quam, aa , given . lndetail tn Mr,
HaUlg's announcement, 4s ft star attrae
tlon; the Nelll stock company at the
Baker wlU no doubt win new laurels dur
ing the week of "Lady Wlndermero'a
ran," and Esther Rujaero In "A Broken
Heart" at Cordray will be well worth
eetng. r
The lecai managers aanouasv
I . 4 V ,4 0Y MR. HEILIO.
llamas NsM Opens In "The Red Knight
S . Monday.
- The Neill Company proper, headed by
- Mr. James Neil, with Its cars of costly
i special seen cry, rich stage trappings,
splendid, dramatic artists and .match
: less repertoire of high -class plays, will
; Inaugurate the regular season 1n a most
, - auspicious manner at the Marquam Grand
' ; i6a Monday evening. For three seasons
bow Manager ' Melllg has put his best
efforts forward to secure this fine attrac
tion to begin his season and the wisdom
. of his selection has been commented upon
on all sides, There Is no more accepta-
ble an attraction that comes to this city
. than this one; there are . none that could
give so many fine plays In such a, de-
llghtfut manner in so brief a time. The
' organisation's engagements here present
ft kaleidoscopic view of all that is most
delightful In . modern plays given In a
. faultless manner. They come this time
direct from a. twenty weeks' engagement
In Ban' Francisco; ft record that no other
dramatto organisation can boast of, and
. for ft list of strongly contrasted plays
- of the first' class read this list for the
- coming week and see if 'It can be com
pared by any other attraction that has
ever made Its' appearance In this city:
r Monday-" and Tuesday nights and
Wednesday matinee, "The Red Knight, ft
romantic comedy,' by George H. Broad
' hurst that was especially written for
,Mr. Nelll. '
Wednesday night, the ever 'delightful,
"X Bachelor's Romance."
" Thursday evening, : "Prince Karl," a'
high-class German comedy, made famous
by Richard Mansfield. ; -.' V ".'':?
Balance of the week, "The Starbucks,".
Opie Read's latest comedy of character
that has been ft tremendous success with j
' he Neills and In the east,' . .; -.-?.!,
- The coming engagement will doubtless
' be' the farewell one of the Neills in this
city; for next season they will tour the
' south extensively, winding up probably
with tour of the Orient, i . "
.-JThft Red KnlKt---
The opening play has 'been described
s reminding one-of ft fruit punch a little
flavor of this, ., ft taste. Of that," a,avor
of the other, all well mixed and easy to
: swallow, in fact decidedly pleasant to
take. There is hint of the classic ft
dash of the romantic, big pinch of high
class comedy, and at the end one of the
v most delightful epilogues ever written.
'. The location -of the comedy-is in ths
Kingdom of Rhodoland, a mythical coun
try of Europe, created or the occasion.
The time Is today and the story well it
is a combination of small events hinging
about the amours of Prince and
Queen who fall in love with each other,
neither showing the true status of the
other in society. Even after the Prince
- appears to espouse the Queen a wedding
arranged for state reasons she cannot
believe him to be other than the hlgh
v wayman with whom she has fallen In
love,' masquerading as the Prince for the
' purpose of meeting her again.
One of the most effective situations In
- the play is where the Prince, disguised
as highwayman, holds up the carriage
of the Duke of Burnell to secure certal
state papers and while thus engaged Is
confronted by the original Red , Knight,
with whom he proceeds to fight a duel
. for the privilege of robbing the Duke,
j, -Mr.- Nettl -owns the"excMstver rights for
this play for this country and It is re-.
-. ' garded as a very valuable piece of theatri
. cat property.
vi-, Pollard's Tonlaht."
The. last performance In the , United
Stales prior to their departure for Aus
tralia will be given tonight at the Mar-
".. quara Grand Theater by the wonderfully
. . clever- children- of the Pollard Juvenile
Opera Company. "In Town,", receiving
the largest number of requests, will be
v.,. the opera presented. No more fitting one
could have been selected, as each and
every one of the favorite children are
happily cast to the different characters
In which they have made such a hit
BY MR. BAKER.
i: "Lady Windermere's Fan," an
Oscar
Wilde Comedy-Drama.
Sunday afternoon at the Baker Theater
.the Neill Stock Company, which has In
- mo short a time won the hearts of the
theatergoers, will open the third week
. With Oscar Wilde's famous comedy
drama, "Lady Windermere's Fan." De
spite the Carnival and the unfavorable
.- Weather conditions, the company has
drawn large houses at . the Baker every
performance, and will, no doubt continue
to grow In the popularity they deserve.
The Staging of these attractions has
never been excelled in the city, and the
inaKter hand of. Robert Morris, who was
James Weill's stage manager for so long.
Is apparent in every little detail. Every
one .who has attended the performance
this season. for the first, time, while ex--pectlng
v considerable, has," nevertheless,
&een most agreeably surprised a the evi
dence of artistic taste displayed both In
the worM of the interior of the house
during the Summer and the richness of
the stage settings.
: . BY MR. CORDRAY.-
Jtsther Rujaero's f A Broken Heart" Be
gins Sunday Night
' The 'pathos which underlies the beauti
ful play; "A Broken. Heart" has been a
source of wonderment to many "theatre
goers and critics and that a woman so
young as Miss Rujaero should write of
the sorrows of life in such a masterly
manner la much commented upon.
Miss Rujaero has been shrewd enough
to make the dark side of life a constant
study, and in all the scenes which bring
MISS COVNTISS
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a tear to the eye, she has some fact from
life to go upon. So with her comedy, so
with the sterner scenes, and in "A Broken
Heart" there is not one' unnatural or Im
probable scene. It Is a living, breathing
picture of a man whose heart almost
breaks, and a woman who tries to-break
It but who meets her day of reckoning.
"A Broken Heart" Is a fitting successor
to "Human Hearts," the play In which
MISS ESTHER RUJAERO
Miss Rujaero appeared so successfully
for two years, and the part she plays
teaches a lesson which appeals to alt
Denver Times, September 17, 1900:
It can be said for Miss Rulaero's play,
which was produced at the Denver Thea
tre yesterdays tha It reaches and pleases
the people for whom It was written. Tne
audiences were enthusiastic yesterday as
the tale of virtue and villainy was un
folded before them. The stOry is of a
young man and noble miner who goes to
a great city and Is trapped Into marrying
an advertturess. The. adventuress after
wards ' follows the young man to his
mountain home in order to secure more
money from him, and. In an altercation,
kills his best friend with the hero's knife,
thereby fastening the crime -on him.
After committing the murder, the adven
turess repents, by degrees, until at the
climax .of the following act representing
the trial of the hero for the murder, she
appears and confesses. Ths last act lees
her in the prison hospital dying, but sur
rounded by the friends who have forgiven
her waywardness. The company assisting
the authoress-actress is, In most portlcu-
woman and played the cold-blooded ad
axturess without feeling, which should
be the case with adventuresses, - i -----
"A Thoroughbred Tramp." 1
for four nights, commencing Wedoes
day, September 17; and Saturday matinee,
A Thoroughbred Tramp." "A Thor.
oughbred Tramp" is like- all other thor
oughbreds, the real article. At the ter
mination of the performance of "A Thor
oughbred Tramp" In New Tot city re
cently a well dressed Chinaman dashed
breathlessly into the stage door and In
terrogated the doorkeeper: "Where Hop
Li?" "yhat Hop 14 r "Hop tl . In
play?" "In his dressing room, I sup
pose." "Where dlesslng loom?" "I'll show
you." Accordingly the Chinaman Was
shown Into the dressing room of the actor
who played the part of Hop 14, and as
the door closed behind him the actor who
was sitting with his make-up and ward'
robe still on him, minus his wig, faced
the Celestial. "Where Hop UT" the Chi
naman inquired. "Right here," was the
reply. "No-no, me no Jokee; where Hop
L4T "Right here. I'm telling you," "Ton
no Hop 14, you Mellcan man!" The ac
tor turned to his dressing table and.
picking up his Chinese wig, faced the mlr
ror and placed it an his head; then turn
ing, he faced the Chinaman. John gased
at him speechlessly a moment then sets
Ing hs hand let flow a string of Chinese
that would have .confused an expert In
terpreter. The actor let him ' babble on
for a few moments, then placing bis hand
to his head slowly removing his wig
the flow of language ceased; the China
man stood aghast. Slowly he backed out
of the doorway, then stood a moment.
"Tou no Hop LI, you., dlam He!" The
door slammed and th Chinaman was
gone.
BY MR. SHIELD.
Ths Last Performance Takes Place 8on
day Night.
Tomorrow night marks the close of one
of the most successful Park enterprises
run anywhere In the United States this
summer. Nothing to compare with Its
success has ever been consummated In
Portland before, during a summer sea
son. The place, has been crowded night
sfter night and On Sundays the grounds
Were totally Inadequate to hold the peo
ple. A special program has been arranged
for the closing nighl. The only hold-over
features will be Helen Lamar and the
Japs. Miss Lamar will repeat the stmt
Ing transformation, "Her Last Letter,'
and the Japs will produce one or two acts
new fn Portland.
- One of the new features will be Edward
Shields' illustrated talk on the "Life of
McKinley." A musical act Is another new
feature, and Joseph Thompson will re
peat two of the best Illustrated songs of
the summer.
Architectural Beauty Elks' Carnival
Today marks the closing of the, most
successful Carnival and street fair ever
ttepipted o Portland. .The causes that
havq contributed to the grand succes of
tins ; tne last mxr carnival, are many
and varied. Great credit la due the sev
eral committees for their seal In per
forming the duties allotted to each; to
the exhibitors who have been lavish In
the expenditure of money .and . time, in
arranging attractive exhibits; and to the
generous, good-natured public for its lib
eral patronage. The part played by the
Elks, " the exhibitors'" and ths publics, In
fcrmglng this success about is plain to all,
but there are persons, who, upon occas
Ions like this, play equally an important
a part In making' success possible but
Who are never thought of in that con
nection. People whose names are seldom
lars, capable. Miss Rujaero "la a pretty
mentioned .and of whom the general pub
lic rarely hears. How many of the Car
nival visitors who were charmed by the
stately beauty of the Grand Arch at Sev
enth and Wahlngton streets, stopped in
.their admiration -off its beauty to think in
what mind was born the thoughts that
had taken form In this handsome Work,
to charm the mind Into holiday mood
even at the very gate of King Carnival's
domain. - f '
The question of the plans for buildings
and arches was by no means ft small one
for the Carnival committee to decide and
when It was elected to place the entire
matter In the hands of Mr. David C.
Lewis, they certainly; made no mistake.
Mr. Lewis has spent a number of years
abroad, traveling and studying art- and
the Influence of foreign art upon his work
Is plainly tracable In the buildings at (tie
fair. The grand vftrch was designed fn
the Italian Rennalsaace; and had the de
tail been a lltfle more faithfully carried
out, the arch .would have been a pure ex
ample f that style of art The Building
of Manufactures was designed after the
stvle of a mosauo at Agra, noted for its
Iflffll'lfflll
. q - THIRD WEEK, Commencing Sunday Afternoon September
Firmly Established
Note Our Prices:
EVENINQ
15c, r 25c, 35c and 50cJ
. MATINEES
10c 15c and 25c
A NEtf YORK PRODUC
TION': FOR THE ABOVE
PRICES. . . . . . .
NEXT WEEK, Starting Sunday Afternoon, '"NANCY & CO."
CALVIN HEIUO.
Msasger.
Direct ;
From
Twenty"
Weeks
of
Unprec
edented Triumphs
in
San v
Francisco
EVENING PPJCJtS
73c, last 6 rows
sisLlayy
HIS FEARFUL THREAT.
3s i '
She And
He Then
If I
refuse 'vouf
II Loop the Loop tonight at
architectural beauty and the Temple of
Music was planed in tee same beautiful
style. It was impossible, la the short
time at the command of the builders to
faithfully carry out he details as de.
fined In the plans furnished by Mr. Lewis.
The omitted details would have added
greatly to the beautf ;of;!the atructurea.
but It is safe to. say that visitors .to t!
Carnival will carry In their minds, pleas
ant recollections of the pretty buildings,
long after other Carnival Impressions
have been effaced.
The classic beauty of the Grand Arch,
the Oriental effect of the Temple of Music
and the pelaslng proportllns of the. other
buildings were contributing causes to. the
success of the fair just as much as large
gatQ receipts and when praises are b
trig bestowed It will not be out of place
to remember David C. Lewis, architect,
who designed the beautiful at the Port
land Elks' Carnival. 1901, and to whose
genius is due one cause of its shecess.
FLEIDNERONSTREETS
Large Realty Owner Who Believes
in Compulsory Improvements
Caoltallst William Fleidner. who Is
deeply Interested both in business and
residence property, said "this morning In
conversation with City Engineer Elliott:
We will never have good streets by
trusting to the property owners, I found
that when I was a member of the City
Council. Compulsion is the only. 'means
the city can adopt in getting good streets.
believe the city should be divided Into
districts and each district compelled a
get down and improve the Streets In front
of their property. ' V
"1 am a property owner to a consider
able extent- and I consider every dollar I
have outlayed In Improvements has been
well expended. I have not only added
to the beauty of my own home' but to
those of my tenants, but I have very
materially added to the value or my
holdings. Who wants to pay rental on a
house, no matter how fine it is, with an
old rattle-trap of a sidewalk -and a street
compelling delivers men to stop a block
away and carry their goods the balance
of the way? I wouldn't, I know."
Heartily agreeing with Mr. Fleidner,
" LADY WINDEHMERE'S FAN"
Entire NEW SCENERY Painted by Mr. Frank King
MARQUAM GRAND T H EAT RE
Monday Night. September 15
MIL JAMES NEILL neill CTpany
The dramatic fashion plat of the season. PreMntbis her with that 'rare pert action of
detail characteristic of this matchless, attractloo. th followins RPIULTOIRE
Monday Nl;ht, Toesday Night and Wed. Matinee
The Neill's Latest Romantic Comedy Susoess,
&q RED KNIGHT
Especially written by Oeorge H. Broai hurst for this
Company.
WEDNESDAY. NIGHT
A Bachelor's Romance
By Request.
-Entire lower floor $1.00; Balcony, first 6 rows
50c; Gallery 33c and 25c; Boxes and Loses $?.50
SEATS NOW SELXlNG. t CARRIAGES AT 10:50 O'CLOCK.
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the esrnlvsl and die a tragic death.
Engineer Elliott shook his head and ex
pressed himself as being pleased to be
allowed to proceed with what work be
has on hand without being held up by
a remonstrance.
Portland Day at the State Fair. .
:' Thursday, September 18, will be "rrt
tand Day" at the Fair this year, and the
management Intend, to make it the gala
day. A hpecial program has been ar
ranged. There eUi be a grand parade
of the blooded live stock on exhibition,
and a big event will be the special racing
card, for, which unusually large purses
will be offered. The display of the agri
cultural, horticultural, mineral, dairy and
other exhibits will excel all former tf
forts. The Southern Pacific Company will sell
tickets with coupon of admission to the
Fair and races for the lowest rate, ever
made Sl.60 for the round trip from Port
land, and will run a special "Portland
Pay" excursion train, leaving Portland
at 8 a. tn. .and the Fair Grounds at ( p.
m. on the return trip. -Tou should not
miss this opportunity to - see and learn
about the wonderful resources of our
great state.. . v
FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES
Portland Aerie, No. 4, received an cf
ficlal visit from the State Deputy Grand
President last Sunday.
The new Aerie recently organised in
Vancouver Is in a prosperous condition
and new members are received at every
meeting.
Judge Chas. I. Flynn, of Baker City
Aerie has been appointed Grand State
Deputy President vice Brother. John La
most, .whose term expired.'
Oregon City and Salem will shortly
have Aeries of the F. O. E. Brother
Ralph C Clyde has been requested by
Judge Flynn,. G. 8. D. P., to organtfe In
the two cities. Brother Clyde will pro
ceed next week to organise them. Pros
pects are good.
Judge Chas. Flynn has orcuitzed and
will institute an Aerie at La Grande. The
new State Deputy Grand President Is a
hustler, " t ;:.
WHITE COLLAR. LlNE-BOATgV-
Astoria daily Tl. m. except Sunday. - j
The Dalles, dally 7 a. in., except Sun
day.
Alder street dock. , Both 'phones. Main
Presenting with Careful Attention to
A Comedy it 4 Acts by Oscar
Author of An Ideal 1 Husband,"
Importance of Being Ernest,! Etc,
l;..TmmsiaN night K .
P R I N C KARL
1 Richard Mansfield's Comedy Success,
Friday Nisht, Saturday Night, Saturday Matinee
., The newest thing In Comedy Character
1 Creations,
&e S T A R B U C II 5
By Opie Read.
SPECIAL MATINEE PRICES, Wed. and Sat. 2:15 o'clock Entire low
er floor TSe; Entire balcony 30c; Entire gallery 25c : ; " -j . ,
POPULAR WITH THE PEOPLE
CPRDRAYS' THEATRE
v.. . x. ' - . JOHN P. COBDRAT. . Manager. - -
THREE NIGHTS
COMMENCING SUNDAY 'EVENINQ
SEPTEMBER THE FOURTEENTH
A BROKEN
k s v r : BY ESTHER RUJAERO v
Who will herself enact the leading role
With a powerful cast, ; rnagnlflcent
., ,;,' scenery -r -i,
A PLAY OF TRUE HEART, INTEESTTAiOlJNa..
SENSATIONAL AND TRUE TO UFE 7
Evening Prices, 25 and 50c
POPULAR WITH THE PEOPLE
CORDRAYiS THEATRE
JOHN r. CORDRAY, Manager.
4 Nights Gommencing September I T
... turday Matinee : -JQ ' '
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The play, company . and scenery guaranteed to please every
theater-goer partial to sensational comedy dramaE. WALTERS
- -Ladlea' and Children's Matinee Saturday at a o'clock.' ' vr
Evening Prices, 25c and 50c. Matinee Prices (to any
part of. the house) 25c, Children 10c ' '
' Seats now ready for purchase , 1 t
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