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TONIGHT'S ATTRACTIONS.
The Marquam, Grand "Fiddle
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Dee."
, The Baker The Masqueraders."
Cordray's "Adolph and Rudolph.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
The Marquam Grand Thomas Jeffer
son, la "Rip Van Wfhkle," Wednesday
luid Thursday nights.
The Baker "Shall We Forgive Her?"
running for the entire week, beginning
wltto Sunday mailneee.
Cordray's "A Little Outcast," for the
Week, beginning with Sunday's matinee.
Offerings of the Week.
Considerable 1 iterest has been manifest
In the production of "Fiddle-Dee-Dee"
by the Fischer-Rebman Company from
San Francisco at the Marquam Grand
during the week. The name of Weber ft
Fields, New Tork's acknowledged mas
ters of such productions, was used to at
tract the people. The facts are that
Weber St Fields have no connection with
this "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" company, except
ing to sell to Fischer-Rebman privileges
to use their New York successes in cer
tain Western states. It is understood
that these rights cover all states west
from the Missouri River, and that
Fischer-Rebman paiu $10,000 for the
privileges during the five years beginning
last fall. Such a claim Is made by. the
management It is further asserted that
in addition the usual 6 per cent of each
day's business goes to the theatrical
trust and also 6 per cent to Weber &
Fields.
This "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" production on
the road is a venture. It Is to feel the.
pulse of the Theatre-going public, and
see If it" will beat in unison with such
attempts in the future. This company is
composed of people who came to the
West from the East, mostly from New
York, yet they were ' assembled on the
Coast and the company Is owned abso
lutely In 8an Francisco. The production
Is altered from the San Francisco pre
' sentation of the same piece, and of course
is not much like that which has been
seen In New York by the all-star com
pany of Weber & Fields.
Playing at popular prices, it has been
worthy the large attendance of this
week. It had equally as good business
In San Francisco for more thfen 100
nights.
It is a deiicate matter to speak plainly
on such subjects, . yet it Is Imperative in
honest criticism to say that Mr. Walters
has not wet the requirements of his part
as a Hebrew comedian. He does not
possess humor, much, less the ability to
express it. The management should also
tone up that- scene wherein the New.
. foundland dog appears. It is tiresome.
Madame Homa 6uld appear to better
...advantage iu aUwc ,parta than these 'in -which
she is cast by this management.
Otherwise, the production Is excellent
and gives an evening of fun and relaxa
tion. There is some very good comedy.
' Cashman, Sidman and Harris were
. greats Miss Moore was engaging and -delightful.
Some More Comedy at Cordray's.
Few comedians are able to depict the
German type without descending Into
horse play. Indeed, the one defect in tho
production of "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" was that
in spots it offers horse play in place of
comedy. Probably, the true comedian
must possess the subtle quality of ex
pressing himself from within, and be able
to make fun without physical gyrations.
Magnetism is demanded as much in the
comedian as in the emotional or tragical
actor.
And the average actor who essays
comedy must perforce remain upon the
level of what Is called technically low
comedy, and is barred by his historic
limitations from reaching anything
higher.
Let a comparison be Instituted. Take
Clay Clement, for Instance, an actor not
great but good. In his character as
Baron Hohenstauffen, in "Old Dominion."
he shows the cultivated German, and he
is funny without being grotesque.
Why cannot other such, comedians be
found and offered in depiction of German
character, and why must we always see
on the stage only the travesty mgjv
the Teuton T '" """ :
As to Mason and Mason's German
comedy, moat discriminating people grow
weary of the unvarying low German com
edy. They wish they could oftener wit
ness something on the order of Hohen
stauffen. They know that not all Ger
mans are grotesque, that that nation pro
duces most delightful gentlemen and
highly cultivated characters.
At the Baker.
The same Idea was suggested, but from
Opposite causes, in the production last
Week of "A Gold Mine" at the Baker.
In that play is an educated Dublin Irish
man, a part taken-by WHllam Bernard.
It was refreshing, indeed, to see on the
tags an Irish comedian who was not a
freak, a representation of the Celtic
character different from the usual com
edy In that Hue. It was true to life, top,
and was charmingly done by Mr. Ber
nard, who has demonstrated versatility
and- art tn every asa4gmneri ' that" has "
been given him. This week ne has been
a remarkably good villain as Sir Brice
Bkene. . He has given a performance
that Justly ranks him among the stand
ard actors.
"The Masqueraders," the bill for the
week at the. Baker, has been worthy bet
ter business than it had. It Is a prob
lem play, dealing with unhappy married
relations and the love between a wife and
man not her husband; The leading
part; Lady Skene, by Miss Cquntiss. -was
a rare opportunity, Indeed, it possesses
great 'possibilities. Its' handling was .
certainly such as to win additional hon
ors for Miss Countiss. Probably most
people have not realized the exacting de
mands this part makes. ' It is one of
the strongest lead parts assigned at the
Baker during the season. It calls for a
very wide range of expression! with some
emotional scenes that are most trying.
There has been generous recognition of
Miss Countiss' interpretation of the au
thor's ideas.
The play is disappointing In Its last
act. It Is not the ending that may be
looked for after the strong three acts that
precede. Perhaps It Is the necessity under
which the author works to try to solve
that problemthat compete -him to end It -as
he does. Yet, at the same time, he
leaves the audience in the dark as to
lust how the principals really adjust their
relations. Thereia rooni for all sorts of "
peculation as to jdst' bow" Remon and
Ladjr Skene - eventually -come together.
with, due regard for the ethical considera
tions. And that element ef doubt In a
measure limits the enactor of the role of
Lady- Skene In a position of difficulty,
unable to hold the strong Interest that
has been hers during the first three acts.
It Is only Just, however, to say that
Miss Counties permitted no defects to
creep Into her enaotment. She was ap
proximately perfect.
MANAGERS' ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Attractions at Cordray's.
The big dramatic sensation. "The James
Boys In Missouri," has made a big hit
everywhere presented. ' There is a ro
. mantle love story running through the
.play. Immense comedy and some very
surprising effects; every act Is mounted
in a new and novel manner and the most
realistic train robbery scene that has ever
been put on any stage forms one of the
most interesting and exciting stage pic
tures every attempted. John Barrett and
Harriett Lee are with the company.
"The James Boys in Missouri" will be
the offering at Cordray's for four nights,
commencing Sunday matinee, December
14.
"Fiddle Dee Dee."
Harris St Sidman's drollery as the two
Dutchmen in "Fiddle Dee Dee," which is
the attraction at the Marquam Grand this
week, have certainly made themselves
favorites with those who have witnessed
their performance so far. They ure both
artists of rare ability.
Miss Jessie Moore wears some very
fetching gowns, while Harry Cashman
has the opportunity of his life in the part
of Hoffman Barr. His scenes with Miss
Moore In the first act are highly amusing.
The burlesque on the Floradora Sex
tette Is worth going miles to see. There
will be a bargain matinee this afternoon.
The company closes a highly successful
week tonight. It is too good to be
missed.
"Foxy Qulller."
A musical engagement of the greatest
interest to the lovers of melody is an
nounced In the coming of tne jsTeut romk
opera success, "Foxy Qulllur," with Mr.
Klchard Golden as the bright and par
ticular star, to the Marquam Grand The
ater in the very near future. The tune
fulness of the music and the fun of the
rlece will be all the more enjoyed by the
regular patrons of the theater, from the
fact that its authors are suUI to liavo
returned to the more legitimate, and
there is a real slory in the plot. The
opera is produced in the most elaborate
manner, the scenery being mBniile tit.
the costumes handsome, the coloring
brilliant, ' the girls pretty ' and. the "elec- '
trleal effects startling. -
I n support tj(., M,t... Gojften... are such
wolf-known artists as Adolph Zink. the
lllliputlan comedian; Mr. Henry Leone,
who was Identified with the New York
Casino success; Mr. George Head, the
eminent basso of 'the Bostoitluns; Mr.
Melville Collins, Mr. William Conley,
Miss Carlotta GH'man, prima donna ; Miss
Daisy Hamlin, Miss Edna Branson, Miss
Marie Christie and others, who are well
known to playgoers.
Rulers of Minstrelsy to Appear.
One of the new organizations this sea
son that the alert and critical - theater
goer will have a chance to look over is
Primrose and Dockstader's Big American
Minstrels which will be seen here shortly,
and If he Is to be won over to their legion
HOWARD. RUSSELL,
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MISS EDNA
ff ndmircrs. he will- certainly say that
jh . an entertainment it replete, with
alT that noes' to, mftkg an. evaUn,.enjoik,.
"afilo. The union of these two great lir
artists in an Ideal company Is an abso
lute guarantee that there will be fully
three hours of hilarious merriment, as
the program is as full of surprises as
Roosevelt's Rough Riders were to the
Siianiarda. at the siege of Santiago. The
comedy element will be ltv the hands of
their colleagues, of which there are a
poodly number, and the singing will bo
by a double quartet selected because of
tlilr vocal quality. There will be novel
features of a most extraordinary charac
ter, and the scenic environments will be
on a scale that Is truly magnificent. If
it is minstrels that the theatergoing pub
lic desires, then surely a sumptuous feast
of it can be had by witnessing the enter
tainment friven by this splendid company
WITH THE NEILL STOCK COMPANY, AT
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POSE.
of performers,
Marquam.,(i,
When- they arrive at the
Jefferson- I Coming.
The advance sale of seats began this
morning at W O'clock 'far .Thomas Jef
ferson in his delightful portrayal of "Rip
Van Winkle," which will be at the Mar
quam Grand on Wefneada? arid Thars'
day eveTrtnws; TVtMaber M and 11. Mr.
Jeffereon appeared here a year ago and
was greeted by large audiences, owing
greatly to the fact that many were anx
ious to see how the son of our beloved
Joseph Jefferson would conduct lilmgelf
In the role created and played for so
marvy years by-lils famous father. Ho
proved one of the most delightful sur
prises of the season. It did not take him
long after the ' urtain went up to con
vince his hearers that his talent was well
worthy the greai name he bears; Jef-
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IN A FAVORITE
fefsen,
a name which for Ave genera
tions has stood, tec-all tlutt-ls- bt'st Th'
draiitlo-arti lf comes to us thlff ttwiP,
find will be received, theatrically speak
ing, with open arms; not simply becauso
he Is the son of a great father, but be
cause he has 'made himself a genuine
favorite with the theatergoers of Port
lend, and we will see him this time for
himself alone. Thomas Imitates his
father simply because he cannot help it.
He Is a chip of the old block, and re
sembles the elder so closely, both In
looks and action, that one can hardly
tell them apart, cither on or off the
stage.
lp.'homas Jefferson gives a masterful per
rormanoe of the delightful vagabond,
"Rip Van Wnlkle," and when wo telfour
readers that It Is one of the gems of th
American stage, we s,re not speaking at
random. '
The story of the plsy Is familiar to al
most every theatergoer, and they have
grown-to -love-the happy-go-lucky "Rip"
Jut as the children In the grand old
fable did. The play has taken Its place
among the classics of the American stage
and as presented by the Jeffersons will
live and be popular for years to come.
Could we but have more players like
the Jeffursons, who love are fer art's
?ake, and produce good, wholesome plays
like "Rip Van Winkle," plays that en
tertain without resorting to vulgarity,
and immodest Insinuations, there v rmld
bo little reason for the clergy to decry
rhe Immorality of the stane, and wm
chasm between the pulpit and,,,Ui
ll.hts""wouldbe bi) a., step .acra. Ji.
hore'i to the Jeftersons and their good
play. "Rip Van Winkle." "May they all
live long and prosper."
There have been but few changes in
Mr. Jefferson's supporting company this
season, which Includes Annette Marshall.
Walter Colllgan. Jwni.i Dotan. A. M.
Andrews, John Welsh. James Shaw, J.
A. Hydo. Zadle Appleton, Daisy Farring
ton. Master Willie Fink, Little Reenie,
Robert Brown, Dudley McCann and
others.
The production will be given In true
Jeffersonlan style. and when the sale
opens this morning seats will no doubt
be In big demand.
ROMANCE OF HIS
LIFE REVIEWED
Strange Vanishing of the Nephew
of the Princess Salm.
NEW YORK. Dec. 6. The disappear
ance of Frederick Johnson, son of Col.
Kdmund Johnson, a very wealthy resi
dent of Vlneland, J., and nephew of
the Princess Balm Salm of Prussia, has
set people to talking again of the strango
things that have happened to this family.
The young man started to return from
a visit he had been making to his aunt,
the Princess, at .Bonn.. Prussia, three
months ago. He had $1,000 wtien he was
last heard of. and bought a ticket at
Antwerp for his steamer passage home.
The ticket was never presented, and
young Johnson's trunk and baggage were
found- unpacked and untouched at Ant
werp. Five years ago the young man had
escape from death at his home here un
der circumstances that set the whole
country talking.
George E. Johnson of California ap
peared at Vlneland and -announced-that
he had discovered that Col. Johnson was
his father whe had deserted his mother
during the Civil War.
In 1865 Bd round Johnson married
George Johnsons mother at St. John's
Trinity Church, in New York City. Hia
family regarded Vtm match aa one. be-.
neath him, and had little communication
with the wife. Early in the war Edmund,
Johnson enlisted and became a captain
in the Untied States army. After tho
battle of Balls Bluff Johnson's srother
tame to her and told her that the can
tain was among the slain. Having no
doubt that she wae a widow, Mrs. John
son, at her brother-in-law's suggestion,
went to California. The brother wrote
her that her husband had been burled la
Greenwood Oemetofy beside one of their
children.
Years afterward Mrs. Johnson applied
for a pension and the government ad
vised her that no Capt. Johnson of a
New Tork regiment had been killed at
Balls Bluff. The sun when he had grown
to niuahvod came East te Investigate.
He found the chtld's grave in Greenwood,
but there was no father buried beside it.
The young man prosecuted his search
when ho had developed that the pre
tended death was really a desertion of
his mother, and deolded that his recreant
father was Col. Edmund Johnson of Vine
land. Tho Colonel, who had a wife whom he
married in 1&5, and had reared a family,
indignantly denied the claim and de
nounced "the California as a blackmailer.
There was a row and Frederick Johnson,
coming to his father's assistance, the
strancer drew a revolver and attempted
tj shoot him.
George Johnson claimed when he was
arrested that he had drawn the weapon
merely fo cempel tho man he claimed as
fathur Into court and was never tried.
A year and a half ago George Johnson
reappeared at Vlneland with what unr-
porttJ to be affidavits supporting his
claim that Col. Johnson's .brother had
Jr. ?eftwd tju having arranged " the .pre.
J tended death of Capt. Johnson and to
Shave begged George not to proceed fur
ther against his father.
The gossips are trying to trace a con
I nectlon between Frederick Johnson's dis
appearance and the old story.
EXPENSIVE PLEASANTRIES.
(New York Times)
Just after "Charlie" Adler, the some
time, assemblyman from-"De Ate" dis
trict, returned from a trip across the
continent, he told this story of himself:
On my arrival at Sun Francisco, as a
Joke' I sent to a friend of mine, well
known fur his aversion to spending
money, a telegram with oharges collect,
reading: 'I am perfectly healthy."
"The Information evidently was grati
fying to him, for about a week after
sending the telegram an express package
was delivered at my room on which I
paid $150 charges. Upon opening tho
package I found a regulation New Tork
street paving block on which was pasted
a card which read: . ,,,.
.... TfiiH is the weight which your recent
telegram" Tift d f rofa my heart.' " "
v b CARRIES A CLUB.
( Philadelphia Record.)
Rolllngstone Nomoss 1 always carry a
club when I'rh lookln' fer wor.
Tatterdon Tprn How's dat?
Roiiin(pwjte WtraTOgSrr r ever catch
up wld IJ I II beat it to death. " '
TOO LONG.
"What part do you wish to take in the
amateur play?"
"I think that I would like to be the
one to make lovo to your wife."
"Hut yun forget, sir. .that the action
of the play extends over six months."
THOMAS JEFFERSON, TO APPEAR
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TOOTHPICK SIGNS -AND
THE HABIT
Hour Chicago Hen Follow a Vfiljlf '
Custom wufc picks; ;
(Chicago Chronicle.) . j
We have the drink haatt, th cart
playing habit, the tobacco habit In factr-'t
habits Innumerable, but there is one
habit of which little has been said, al-'
though It is psesent among us. It Is the: '
toothpick habit, and It Is as firmly rooted '
in those whe have It as asy of the-mer4 -objectionable
ones.
Observe a man coming down State:
strest early in the morning. He has one'
of the little bits of wood in hie mouth.
Now, here is where a UtMe character
reading cornea in. If he be ef eusck, high.'
strung, nervous temperament, in a'iair!
minutes' time he will have chewed up
one end of it and turned the other end
In his mouth to masticate. This end la'
also reduced to pulp and a ftresh toot
pick takes Its place. Ha reaches hts place
of business or employment, bet the
toothpick still sticks there, nor does he'
have his mouth free ef one until rrla
stock Is entirely exhausted or he la tie
out. In the former case a match is -'
sorted to or a few .toottHk-bsj?-oTeV
from a nelgtrbor. whkih hte wHl repwy -when
he obtains a flesh spook at the
restaurant where he eats Ma luimaeon. '
Cool, phlegmatic persons wttl keep su '
toothpick in their ra oaths for several?
hours. A man of moedr or 'troubled mlejit
will let his teelfeplck dnop listlessly "
downward; a man with hJS mind intent'
on one thing will olese Ms teeth on R
and It will stick oat straight, while '
happy-go-lucky persfcn, or one with sv "
mind free from care, will hare Ma toeth- -pick
at an upward angle, or comtanUjr
shifting about In the mouth. I tell you,';
that habit Is a great index to a, man'
thoughts and characteristics.
The cashier of a leading cafe, whose) '
desk is right where the bog of tooth,
picks is, ssys the habit is growing to)
such an extent as to keep them boay fill
ing the box anew. "And worst of aU,,
she. remarked, "they seem,, uaable tM
break themselves of the habit. Afteg
gazing frutlvely around a man win grali
a handful of topthpieks and hastily thrust
tnem in his vest pocket with a auUtd
look,"
'""AN EXPERT. ' ": -
(Life.)
"Where Is that mathematical phaV
nomenon that was here last yearf Won- '
derful, the way he could juggle wit'
tlgurea." " - "
"Oh, he's left the stage and (one with!
a gas -company." - n -a
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' astonishing'.,
(Chicago Record-Herald.) '
"See here." said the ward worker, "yott '
ain't Join' what you promised before yo
got elected." .
"Great heavens! haven't you been In
the business long enough not to be, sur
prised at that?" "..
AT THE MARQUAM GRAND.