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rubber Ijoots may alt In toa oroheatr
Vtthout extra charge. Prcneatra In bal
eqnyj ' a distinct navaltr." Dramatic
fur. , '
' James,. Brit V ths acter,' ln
tlm a Jhtt .stage fecial h arnsvas
. much ynoTley in 16 mlnutea as Jimmy
BMtt, the fighter, earned in hia brief
performance with Frank Erne, for which,
the principals divided nearly 8. 000.
May tatw, leading woman of thai
George Fawcett Stock Company, at Bal
timore, recently had a narrow escape
tram asphyxiation. Her maid acci
dentally left the stopcock turned on,
nod the escaping gas In Miss Shaw's
bedroom caused her -temporary uncon
sciousness. In the morning the - em
ploye smelted the gas. and with dif
ficult aroused her. A short illness was
fomnteiythe only bad result "
' Joseph Muller, who la p1Utin - the
Tlddle-Dee-De" Company through the
' Northwest, is one of the best informed
JDen on this Coast, as far as booking,
advertising and managing threatrlcal
companies go. Hla experience was
gained through years of active service
ft an agent.
HewiTferk will bavs another new the
atr. ft will be built opposite the New
Qaletyy at the Junction of Council Cres
cent with Catharine street. B. .Q. Saun
ders is, the owner, and the house will
' devoted to musical entertainments.
' Pradon, an old-time play writer, be
Heving that he could arouse applause
Iff Showing apparent spite or malice
gainst a play, took a seat among the
audience, in the pit. and vigorously
(issed his own composition. An indig
nant ngnbor remonstrated With -' him.
end Suggested, that he might leave if
ths play did not suit him. Pradau was
delighted that he hissed louder and
louder, upon which the man, driven out
Of 'all patience, promptly thumped the
author until he cried for mercy, but he
reft the theater highly plaased with hla
beating.
Just 130 years ago the Pantheon, Ox
ford street. London, opened. A little
ovr a 'month later Garrlpk, the great
actor, appeared there as King of the
Qypsles, in a masquerade gotten up by
tyejplnl,- the Clown.
ttichard MansnttUi. by the calendar,
la 46 years old, but standing up in tha
gray light of the December day in his
study he does not look more than a
strong- 36, it sounds. ratuor whimsical
than otherwise, therefore, when he says:
"1 the few years before I retire from
acting I should like to " He gets no
further, for an Irreverent laugh, born
of knowing the dUUculty of a man leav
lh off while fortune hus him on Its
topmost wave, breaks in. "Would you
want me to act until 1 am 60 V he
replies, with some heat. "Do you think
I Va"t people to coma comparing; me
With what I was when their fathers
were going to the (heater? Toothlessly
mumbling great lines?"
Another dramatised novel has made
a hit in New York, and, according to
telegraphic reports, Julia Marlowe has
at last secured an excellent vehicle for'
the display of her dramatic talentH.
"The Cavalier." taken from George V.
Cable's romance of that name, was pro
duced by Miss Marlowe In New York on
Monday night, and both star and play
made an instantaneous hit.
Twenty-pne years ago Maurice Bar
rymore, who had translated and adapted
"Honour" from a French play of that
name., presented at with considerable
supcasa at the Court Theater, London!
It Was, during the same year that Boucl
cault's "Mlmi" wts presented at the
same house. Paul Merritt'a "Youth,"
at Drury Lane; "Patience." at the Op
era Comlque; "Frou Frou" and "The
Lflghts 'o' London" at The Princess';
"The Mascot" at the Royal Comedy;
"Humanity" at Sanger's; "Coralie" at
the Btanuard; '.'Divorce" and "Tom
Pinch" at the Vaudeville. All of these
were 11 rat productions In London.
ffhe ' New York, lleralii ays:S s- Mr.
Orau, having disposed of the flimor that
h Is going tg do "The Mikado" in Kng
lis.li at the Metropolitan, and. agreeing
tlijit it Is as groundless as a proposal
that hep should put on a "Florodora"
seatet composed of Eames, Sembrlch,
Gadskl, Schumann-Helnk and UauPr
mlstar, with six tenors In frock coats
to ask "Are there any more at home like
you?' now announces the real news
the bills of the week.
pan Harklns. whose death has Juat
been announced, waa a farmer until lie"
was 17 year of age, and after studying
brd In Boston made his first appear
ance in 1863, at Rice's Tueater in Chi-,
calro. We then Went to the Walnut
Btjeet Theatef in Philadelphia for a
eason, thence to Laura Meene's. in New
York,. aha was playing at Niblo's Gar
dan wnen the Rebellion occurred. He
fSttght in many severe battles, notably
the great Seven Days' fight. He Rerved
SXt) eineer tinder Generals Slocum.
Hunter and Sullivan, and returned to
tha Stag after r years iimldieTtTig-. "
SB the' early days i of the drama it" was
necessary tQ. use candles for lighting the
stage, there being; practically no other
practicable way of Illumination. It was
customary to suspend sman hoops with
lighted candles fastened, around them,
Just high enough to spread the light
over the stage. A man named Win
Stan, Who was more of a comedian than
a serious actor, took a benefit at Bristol,
In which he essayed the role of Richard
III, and in his very realistic sword
play ha cut the cord which suspended
the hoop of candles, and down came the
makeshift chandelier around his neck.
Tha hareer of the fiery Duke of Glouces
ter ended then and there.
KAX9 WOBE XV STOCK.
Dramatic Star. .
San Francisco is better equipped with
Stock companies than any other city of
its also n the world; and. unlike Bos
ton and Chicago, where the players al
most Uve in the theater,, there is but
.tmrtierrtMnance. per diem at -ea'cfr of
th flan . n ranclsco houses. The actors
at tha ;Bowdoin Square and r. Castle
Square, In Boston, play two perform
ances a, day and rehearse every , morn
ing. Very naturally they think the the
aters) where matinees are given only
three times a week, excepting holiday
weeks, are very desirable places to work
In. Four afternoons a week would give
tha ladles of our stocks scant time. In
which to have the customary Sessions
with the dressmaker, and a season or
mora in a two-performance houeie -.frequently
leaves- an actress, in a danger
ous condition of nervousness- Men
stand th Strain remarkably well, but It
Is sale) that they acquire habits of care
lessness anu alovenliness in make-up.
Th Actors' Union presents itself as a
remedy for that trouble. Even though
It may hot be practicable at present 'to
touch tha question of salary and grada
tloa of services, the Actors' Union
might taake its first demand for some
thing leaa than 16 hours' work for the
people of the stage. Organization will
certainly do no harm and it may do a
lot of food.
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- GARS -THE VICTOR.
PAOVtDENCE, R. I., Dec' 40. Joe
Gafts made short work of Howard) Wilson"
of Philadelphia, last night afrtfier Situate
Athletic Cluby In tha thJcd round pf the
match Gans sent Wilson down for the
count with a left jolt In the body.
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OBVS riOM "KXCKAttO CASTS I.," AT THK H1KQUAH NZf VS,
TIGERS HOCKEY TEAM
PrincctQQ flayers &i jfetUf
for Western tiMftP
'he I rlBcetpm hokev ua4 fliiu liUu-
In tralnfng In aivtleiuutlOti t; tlie
ine
ed
Western trip durine; the i'htistkwe vneij
tlon. Th Ihen have befetr pahwV
ery afternoon in the casino nnder the
dlroctlon ofVCapV Purnell, who now has
his squadfral, uiftjael In ttm mdiments
of ' the KaM'ftim anxious to -get them
on: Ice. TM' t'ft6aa?h4-ben' reduced to
IS ' men, in.' psmtij'ects for a strong
toim seem to-.f roiMti Of the men on
la$t ' year's 'anuad t" thtfe. are, besides
Cait Purnell. whd'.'Stii''"the best 'goal
shooter on the squad, B. McClave. Lloyd.
Alexander and Leake. Ttye other men
are Sieer. Ilafferty, Larnerd, Urown,
King, Auerbach, Pntton, Koche. Perry.
Stevens, Armstrong, Freeman and
Reeves.
The lirst gome of the season wlli be
played In Pittsburg at " the IHjqnefnie
Garden Rink, December 26. The team
wUl laave J'htUuliJuhla on the evenin-g of
December 25. The best teams Irv tha
western part of Pennsylvania will U:
the Tigers' opponents, as well as several
of the preparatory school teams there.
Princeton's schedule has not l-i n com
pleted, but it Will probably include games
with the University . of Pennsylvania,
Yale and Columbia, as in former earn.
HOOKEY PLAYER INJURED.
Whitney Carpenter, a member of Urn
Andoves PraajUpry , School hockey
tAm. namrwly eVtped-MileeVlIng to d.-ath
as the result' bf mfllirlefl.'. sustained In a
match with the team xf the Cutler 8cIkm,i
of New York City. During a. scrimmage
Carpenter fell anfl struck the blade of
a Cutler Jud4 skat. Ma was iiU ked up
unconscious, blperflnst. trom u det-p cut
over the left ear.; The flow of blood w:a
stanched wlUS difficulty ami he was re-,
moVed to hlB mother's residence. Town-,
send, another Andover player, was hurt;
l.ut not seriously, although he-w as abllge
to retire from th rfrn. The game ro-i
suited in a draw, the eoprleng 3 to a.
NQT FOR 25.flO0
All doubt as to Uhe clab l ting v the
service of ftbody Wallftpe,i.he cttver
shortstop, was settled,, todny. A ropre
sentative of the National league, called
ujon Wallace and asked If he was free
to sign with ft. National League team,
saying: , .
"If so. ah ehgngment to manage and
lilay shortstop for a salary of Huv) p-r
ear JS "u jur uuj.wii. iius io
tide." ' ' 1
"1 am sorry. Soldi We-Hftce "but If you
offered mo 25,Q0U a year ll would be Just
the same, for I " signed last October to
play with, tho -St- Lula Americans and
mat keep my coBtrauU"
WIU, TURN PROfrESaiONAtl
" Peter Sinnlrud." of "tW "Veronft! Lake
ttlfsiUqg: Cluh, and ' tha'' folder of the
World's , amateur miln 'record -is t turn
I firofasoibnol fri' lfl'ebruaryr- Hef' nas' enter-
for the world a cbatnpionsiup events,
'wich take place it Montreal, February
f feoldeS; hohflng the wdrld'S mile record,
'Bateat llttsburs' one. year $no, he also
'won, the' half,' five snd . ten-mile amateur
'Xclvamuibliiihip medals Tor he UniUid
Stataa' ahd Canada at .Verona Lake last
season. :V "i ' ,
H,Spgan lis' career in 9m-den, where
he waj: the ;W,,.-l,jO ;ah"-lp.000 metre
crtntsst's atChrfMrama, Norway. In mi.
TherW is bow thrjee jneltos of Ice at Ve.
rona,i.?(iv tUt '-Slntiirud and other cracks
have dr4'i; practicing. An effort Is being
made to secure the American and Cana
dian championship races at Verona, in
February.
INDIES' BASKET HALL TEAM.
The youiig ladj'-s of I'.ic State Univer
sity havo orgnnized a basket ball team,
with tlio following ofllcera: Miss Ella
Dubie. president, unci MIkS Edua Pres
cott, of Haker City, se-reiary and treas-iu-ir
and wfllh som other Oregon col
leges perhaps' will compete for the cham
pionship of the state. Mr. Burden, di
rector of thi' gymnasium, says that tha
l.-lrls have excellent material for a team,
and, with proper coaching, ought to come
I near winning the championship.
LARIAT SAVED THEM
Ex-Cowboy's Skill With Lasso Res
cues Two Men From Drowjtnjr.
NEW rv-C-RK, Dec. JO. Wtlllartt Winter!,
a hotellreeper- at" City Island,, learned ta
swing a lariat vttvn he was a boy in the
West, and I)' skill with the , rope, saved
theJ'livesv ,of his friend tBolleemart Hugh
Mc-Tvot and Vra.nlt Bchutte anal boq,t
chpUM.1 jrevterOay; .. '
- efchuttft' lives on his canal hoaf,whiofc
Is tied t a pier at th'toovof Prospetft
ho slipped and fell. Into .the Watet.. The
tide waa -ruflnltig- out and) . carried him
away from the boat. cried for help
and Mclvw ran to the' water edffe, and
wtthout'eveiVithrowing off 'hi coat sprainj
iniafter the, helpless man, -.- i
Suhutte threw "both arms about his res
cuer's -neck and tb two men aJik.. . When
they nrose Mclvor called for help.
Winters heard them and seised h!s las
so" Mch bf uses for exerrlse;' Bwlriging
it about his head ho cast it out over the
water. It fell about the two men. Mclvor
seized It and they were drawn from the
water.
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Wltk tii Heill Stock Company as th Saksr. '
Is Looking for New
World's to Conquer
Other EVents Among the Boxers
That Are Keeping
Things Going.
Ed. Barry, the St l aul middleweight,
now in this city, Is negotiating as to box
ing a soldier, well known In fistic cir
cles, at Vancouver, W ash. The weight
Will beflo pounds. Harry, who has out
a wide swath amid ti e ranks of Western
middleweights, has scored victories over
lick Moore, Paddy I'm tell and many
others.
Flushed' by his kn.K-k-out victory over
Peter Maher before tho l'enn Art Club
of Philadelphia, Pa., last week. Kid Car
tcr, known In rink circles as the "Brook
lyn Whirlwind," h.i. through his man
ager, Joe- Maclas, issued a challenge to
Philadelphia Jack o'lirien, offering to
Stop the latter inside of six rounds or for
feit all claims to the purse. O'Brien has
accepted Carter's dell and boxing clubs
all over the country are given until De
cember 20 to Offer terms for the bout
Rube Ferns of Kansas City and Matty
Matthews have been matched to fight ten
rounds before a I'ittslmrg righting club
December 2.
John Beaton, the sturdy boilermaker,
who is listed to l.ox Champion Jeffries
six rounds at Misn..ula. Mont., Is not un
known to flatlc followers. Beaton a few
years since met JTn Fell, the sturdy
Cornish miner, wh, mice boxed the late
Jack Dempsey at New York, and ha
also met Durtenn Mfltnivahl In the or
thodox way.' "Champion Jeffrh'S agrees
to forfeit a specUled sum If he fnils to
stop Beaton in the nix-round affair,, and
eH-C-haimvio Fltwimmon may "meet
Beaton under similar conlltlons at Butte.
Joe Acton, 4Se' . -rvtwhlle world's cham
pion wrestler, bow instructor at ( Ik Mult
nomah AthJetlc t'liili. comes from an ath
letic family. Htu brother, Matthew Ao1-
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ALL CHRISTMAS WEEK
COMMENCING DEC 21
ALU LAUGHS
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HAPPY THOUGHTS
WILL ARD SIMM
In a Musical Dramatization
of the Funny Masazlne
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ORAIND CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY IV1ATIINIi3
USUAL, SUNDAY ANb SATURDAY MATINEES.
Price Evening, 25c and 50c: Christmas Holiday Matlnea Prices, same as evening; Sunday
an.fl samraay inaiinees, ast tu sn pari ut ituusc, vuuuicu, i
IeW Years Week .
Witk Bobart Oowstag-, a tha Marguam.
ton, now ;i
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land ami
years sino
Carthy. Hi
land, at I
Lest whs
pounils.
Matty M
Kerns of
20 riMin-l
proKfM-roua blacksmith at Port
1.. won n maioncs m f.ns
two In America. Some live
i- Mutthew Acton defeatod Mc
! licht awlffht champion rf Knf(
'hlhi'leluiifa Mallln w Actnn'n
Hint: Wcifrbt Waa about 125
Ief:cniht'r
nit hears of New York and Rube
Kiinsta City are llsteil to bo
l.( fin an Allpwhcny (Pa.) club
L"J. Portland sport romoti-rs
will no doubt anxlwuly awtflt results, as
negotiations ara iiendtnB as to Matthews'
vlsltjn this city and. meeting a promi
nent man In tiio -welterweight division.
N6w that7 the featherweight bat-tie be
tween Terry McOovern and "Young Cor
bett" has been definitely arranged totak.o
place before the Metropolitan Athletic
tltib of Detroit. Mich., the lighters havt!
dc1ifeft kn tto lhfrf ttctrt-6 training at once
The Tuct that tha earnest will lie limited
to 10 rounds does not mean that the rival
reathej'Welg'rrts will not have to train a
hard OS If the rnill was scheduled for a
longer distance Oh the contrary, there
Is every reason why the boys will have
to condition themselves even better than
If they were' to fight 20 or 25 rtmhdi). For
what the fight will lack In rounds It will
surely have In speed,
j Both McGpvern and "Corbett" are fast
I fighters. They crtfer to ml It up, and
! their last contest, which lasted only two
! rounds, shows that a short fight muy be
1 lookfc'l for wlltnever tey conie together
In the ring.
Sam Harris, manager of Terry MrOov
! ern, Is so confident that the little South
Brooklyn whirlwind will win. that he to-
. -. , ,i ..' asiranth Annual Tour of tat
Stanford Univef sity Glee and Mandolin Gub
A. bltflit of fnn, frolic, mosio and msrrlmaat. '
Saw musio, novaltiss, spac laities, coUg storlas, oollafa stoats, coUafs ItW
-At The Baker Theatre EST Dec 26
. AdnjIltlourrH. Jo and 50c. ' Beats -on sals at box office. -
day is willing, to wagw 110,000 on tha
result. i , .
-If the betting la tut even money, I will
cover all the Oorbatt money that is of
fered me," said Harris. . "I am sure Ter
ry will win."
HARD FtGHT Tt A DRAW.
PITTSHl'RO. Pa., Dec. 20. The 10
round bout last night between Jack Mc
(.nellnnd of Pittsburg and Eddie Toy of
San Francisco ended In a dram In the
first round Toy reopened a wound ou
McClelland's eye and kept Mao In distress
until the end of the tight.
In the third round McClelland forced
the flghSlng. Toy In this round stag
gered the Plttsburger With a blow on the
chin, but he retaliated wtth a "rlctoVsj
rush,' temporarily putting- oy to tha bad.
The fourth, fifth and sixth rounds were
even, with both men doing fast work,
and both bleeding profusely. Tha-succeeding
rounds were principally ruahet
and clinches, each man trying hard foe Si
l,nulfniit hilt ennh unable tO land.
BUFFALO, n: Deo. 20. Tom Jen
kins successfully defended his tlUa asx
the American catch-as-catch-can wrest
ling, champion last night by defeating
Jim Parr, the English champion.
Parr won the first fall in 17 minutes!
and 30 seconds by a trick. Jenltm won
the second and third in 4 minutes and Sit
minutes and 30 seconds respectively.
George L. Bakar,
Manager
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THE FASHIONABLE POPULAR PRICE THEATRE Of PORTLAND.
PLAYING TO CROWDED HOUSES AND GIVING SATISFACTION
Christmas Week, Dec
Starting With' Usual Sunday Matinee, Regular Matinees Saturday and Sunday
SPECIAL MATINEE CHRISTMAS DAY
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BAErL,
bt vsKiassiov or the i-tce in theatkb . t.) mavaoekeht.
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BAKER THEATRE PRICES All Matinees, 10-15.25c;
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