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    HIE OBEGOK DAILY JOURNAL, rOHTLAND, SATUKDAY' EVENING, JUtY ?5, 1003.
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Confetti and two legitimate vaude
villa entertainments have bean the
week's tribulation and compliment ao
far aa general entertainment la con
cerned. Rlslbles, of certain persona
pot worth mentioning, have convulsed
with the unurbane practice which waa
largely the ahow at the carnival ran
br a traveling band of mountebank but
for whose grafting proclivities that
popular order of Woodmen of the World
re required to be responsible.
There la no patienoe with It
To be taken in onoe, there la aa ax
euae.
To be fool. Is to be pietled.
To be e, rogue, ia to be despised, and
that'a th end of it
80 much for th tribulation that haa
affected th men and women of Port
' land aln'c th putattv wladom of a
City Council granted the right of th
city streets to fakirs.
And th queen T Ood save the
queens.
It 1 refreshing to recur to different
thing, and It la with pleasured mixed
with a atreak of regret, that th Em
pire Theatr la recalled. Pleasure, be
cause there happena a bright 'place of
amusement out at Twelfth and Mor
rison streets, where the treatment of
patrons ia courteous. There haa been
a wholeaom show a-going ail weak and
the exclualveneaa of the audlencea haa
been noticeable.
Satisfaction permeates the Empire,
: Show Shop, and aa It la "to be or not to
be," with th new enterprise, It la a
safe guess to say that Ufa will be long.
By regreta is meant that unavoidable
'happening which now and then bring
. an actor or two into town whoa only
ability Ilea in a capability to sail under
, falae color. However, th Empire
how are good. They are so largely
likable that every night they are be
. coming more popular.
At Shields' Park there bar been food
times going on all week, and it ia judge
that they will continue. Out In ths
open, 'neath summer's stairs,' with
breaths of nature's cool gladness MA
' ding one be happy, ta an event. When
to all this ia added worthy enter
tainment, by laughing, dancing, staging
players, then th vent become epeehle.
" Shields' garden la enjoyable. Th I
manager has dona well toward tfcose
who have visited him, and th people I
who have worked to plea th aud
lencea are capable, nearly euL
Th contents of every egg In bushel
Is not good, and It Is believed that there
could be none quite ao bad a th qual
ity to be found ta th shell which goes
on Shield' stage by th nam of Marl
Stoddard the deplorable "Six Parkin,"
or "Si Hopktos." or whatever you Ilk.
W. A. V.
plenty of singing and dancing sprinkled
throughout It. , To see this team la to
laugh.
BurdeH and Zarelll are vocalists and
light-footed dancera of the highest rank.
They plajr a aketch "Th Stage Struck
Maids," and It glvea a funny Idea cf the
ambitions of two damsels seeking a po
sition as soubrettes. Thl turn 1 dressed
In a natty, effective fashion and 1 aald
to be a hit wherever presented.
Edward Poulter. monologlst, will
chs th blues sway a far that they
will be unable to find- their way back In
Drima donna In this or any other coun
try. Her Inooma began with $16 a week
In a Fourteenth street concert hail ana
reached 11.100 a week with Weber
Field. During her IB yeare connection
with th stage Mia Russell haa earned
more than a million dollars. She la tn
most generous of singer and H still
Drodlaral. 8hi has kept her daughter,
Miss Solomon, away from theatrical folk
and given her a good education at uar
den Cltv and abroad. Georgia Cayvan
earned ItOO a week and saved most of
It yet a benefit was necessary last yea
The Bmplr.
Th program at th Empire Theatr
this week continues to please the rasn
lonable audience that nightly gather at
thl popular resort, while the special at
tention of the feminine world la centered
on Miss Lillian Leslie' gowns. Th
, I1.S00 gown made originally for Queen
y Alexandra of England 1 worn at each
performance by this great songstress.
Matinee tofnorrow.
t - Vest Wk at axnpir.
First among th summer's gaieties
mast always be reckoned th program
of th Empire Theatre. Next week, be
ginning on Monday night, July 17, a
hoajt of new performers will cast pearl
of mirth and melody at the feet of Port
land's amusement seekers.
A man who can shoot a candle off
another man's no In th dark I only
a little more wtmderfuS than th i
who will allow him to d It but two
such marvels are Lots Brothers, the
specialty artists, who com direct from
the San ' Francisco Orpheus to top th
Empire program.
Th poetry of motion will be exempli
fled by Fred WaddelL th swmger of
Clubs. This Juggler of Indlaa clubs
produce many wonderful kaleidoscopic
effects, surrounds himself with bias
Ing circle of spinning lights, toss
the club through the air in a masy
tniri. and evokes as much applause as
an enthusiastic audience can extend
aim.
Neither the quality nor the quantity
. or the mirth furnished by Robinson and
Grant, the Lilliputian comedians, can
be measured by their sis. Th two
diminutive fun-maker do a laugh-producing
sketch which 1 calculated to
make everybody happy. George W.
Moore haa that huororous ability which
enables a man to do a monologue turn.
the most difficult and most laughable of
Ml the comedian different lines of
work.
Loralne and Howell are as spick a span
--ef -specialty speaker as -ever -faced th
Empire, footlights, while Waldron Broth
ers, the German character artists, are
two enterprising entertainers who ex
cel as exponents of the odd. Their
Dutch dialect will be heard in amusing
fllalogues and the brothers have a repu
tation second to none in this line of de
lineation. Dllges, the gymnast, the man whose
inuscles would make Hercules envious,
Will also appear at the Empire for' the
coming week, while Allen J. Shaw, the
marvelous manipulator of coins and
cards, the magical mystifler of the
people who watch him. has also been retained.
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GZOBGE W. XOOBB,
Honoloflist, at Empire, Starting Monday.
"th legitimate
in th memory.
which will linger long
Llnl. Evans, whose fame was made
several year ago 4n "Fogg s Kerry" and
kindred playa, but who has been appear
Ing of late in th vaudeville theater In
ketches adapted to her sprightly style,
1 going to head her own company again.
In September, under the direction of
Claxtpn Wllstach. Miss Evana will ap
pear In "At Cosy Corners." the pretty
play which waa last season successfully
presented by Adelaide inurston.
Olga Nethersole hss secured a play
from th pan of Jean Rtchepln, the
French dramatist that is said to glv
her amotions! powers full scope. Mrs.
Craig 1 at work on to adaptation, and
when completed Miss Nethersole will
bring th play out in London thl win
ter. In the meantime n win suck to
"Sapho," taking it on a provincial tour
covering the time that she will be away
from London. If her new play is a suc
cess It will b brought over to thl coun'
try latr.
Upon th Palisades, somewhere be'
tween Union Hill and Guttenburg, N. J.,
is to be a structure built for the pro
duction of th "Passion Play" and dedl
oated to sacred music. The project Is
an assured fact according to the state
ment made Dr. Wolfgang Ooets of
Hoboken, who has held a copyright on a
version of the "Passion Play" since
April 14. 1883. Th building will be
known as the Temple of Music, and
will cost fl.000,000.
Mrs. Frank J. Mackey gave a private
theatrical performance In London on
June 29 thai was one of the most ex
pensive affaire of its kind In recent
years, Bhe engaged Maaame Jeanne
Granier and her French company to per
form "Lea Amants." Th performance
lasted three hour. Mr. Mackey guests
numbered only 110. and the cost to the
hostess was in the neighborhood of 110,-000.
Miss Mabel Dlxey. a pretty girl who
received flattering notices for her por
trayal of Celeste, the young French in
genue In "A Fool and His Money," dur
ing the New Tork run of that comedy,
111 play the same part next season.
Miss Dlxey Is a sister to the noted come
dian, Henry E. Dixon, and is clever in
dialect parts.
The news comes from California that
Flora Zabelle, the young Armenian sou
brette in "King Dodo," will soon be a
comic opera manageress. Miss Zabelle
organizing an American lyrlo com
pany of 40 people to present comic opera
In Constantinople and other large cities
Turkey and the farther Orient. The
project has aroused considerable Inter
est, not only In theatrical circles, but In
the world of venture generally, as it will
be the first American theatrical enter
prise in the Orient.
DIAMOND GLISTENINGS
Going. ;
Heavenward.
Some advice 1 good.
Thtelman.
Th bamboo tree.
Tho whole team.
And Van on first.
She was ther with th bell.
Who failed to ee his great stop.
And soni rejoice when Mosklman
lose.
That double play has never been
equaled. i
There were two familiar faoag missing
yesterday.-
It waa executed fen nolltel and
cleverly that on couldn't keep , track
or the ball.
Again it must be said that sacra-
mento should hav been whitewashed.
The run was a gift.
Everybody rejoiced when "rolling pin'
Cr6U waa thrust from the limelight
That fellow has no room for brains,
abnormal conceit supplementing that
roqulslto commodity.
Mr. Levy was Justified In fining and
ordering Captain Graham to th bench.
Graham is a splendid fellow, but he
lost his tamper.
If Mike Fisher can't defeat the
Browns with thre pitcher, Cutter,
iwsgaraia ana , Brown, in the game,
then how In th nam of wild gees
doe he expect to capture victories?
"If we don't win today, says Fisher,
1 am determined to don a uniform my
self tomorrow and proceed to the ooachr
Ing line. Then you can reat aaaured
that there will be a few feather fly
Ing. And I want to say right her, that
don t believe in 'advice to umpires.'
Should wo loae two more I will take
the team to Arlsona, where I fqund
Hogan several years sgo. Surely we
will fly today." If Fisher would don a
policeman's uniform and arrest several
of his boisterous player. HUdebrand
for one, thing would go along better.
Cutter really thought that he was the
star from the Eaat selected by Sacra
mento and not Providence, to caat a
spell over the Browna, but th result
was a rude awakening, one more show
ing the weakness of human nature, the
folly of day dreams, the sadness of It
all.
Andy Anderson's admlrera proceeded
to shower him with flower when he
approached the batter' box on two oc
casion yesterday. They were deserved.
nd Andy responded by sacrificing
cleverly and hitting safely.
The bluff of the "incompetent" rarely
lasts long. His shortcomings are dis
covered as soon as he essays to do any
thing that requires thought. In at
tempts to be funny his productions are
crude, censure becomes abuse and his
whole tenor has the flavor of sour ridi
cule. The worth of such "things." call
them by their proper terms, are useless,
nat, stale and unprofitable.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sadie Martlnot's new play Is an emo
tional drama combining the merits of
East Lynne" and "Frou Frou," and
treats of the love of mother and daugh
ter, and will, therefore, appeal strongly
to- the sentiments of women. The work
AJCEBIOAV UAOOTB.
Standing of th Clubs.
Won. Lost PC.
Boston 80 28 .41
Philadelphia 48 33 .59$
Cleveland 41 .532
Detroit . 38 38 .514
New York 8 J7 .49$
Chicago . , 84 V. 42 .447
St. Louis 32, 42 .432
Washington 26 63 .329
At Detroit,
R. H .E.
Detroit 4 16
Chicago. 8 12
Batteries Mullln, Kissinger and Mc
Guire Patterson and McFarland.
the same evening. He make hi appear
ance a Happy Hooligan and look the
oart avarv minute. Th ioke and oaro-
w -.
die offered by Poulter are fresh from
th box and hav none of th earmarks
of age so frequently found in mono
logues.
Bolll and BoIII will sing selections
from grand opera. This Is th couple
which created such a favorable impres
ton on the patron of Shields' Park
during the current week with their ren
dltlons of Italian opera.
Th illustrated song will be new and
th polyscope win be loaded with new
moving pictures.
Bad of the SUL
Tonight will be the final offering of
the current bill at Shields' Park. This
is th bill of which everyone la talking.
It Is great
The Winter Oardm.
Th worth of the splendid musical
concerts given every evening in the
Winter Garden by the Polmatier Sisters
of New York Is being thoroughly ap
preciated by the people of Portland.
Each of the five sisters Is an artist.
thoroughly skilled in music and capable
of playlag any instrument The cornet
playing of Mlsa Helene Polmatier Is by
far the best heard in this city in a long
time. Her intonation, pure and true,
and possessing the ability to produce on
her different instruments tones of
sweetness and delicacy. Miss E. Phyllis
Polmatier excels In playing the trom
bone and In singing. ' Her pleasing so
prano voice has all the rich qualities.
strength, clearness and sweetness, and
her selections are sung with the feeling
and confidence of an experienced singer.
Miss Pauline Polmatier Is the accom
panlest, besides being a master of the
soft and sweet clarinet. Miss Lou
Polmatier and Miss Inez Polmatier are
leader and drummer respectively, and
both are extremely cjever in their dif
ferent lines.
Shields' rark,
Out at his park Manager Shields will
five a complete change of program com
mencing with the performance tomorrow
night. With a single exception, the bill
will contain nothing but new faces, and
what the public wants is constant
Change.
For the headline next week.M&na-
Er Shields has secured Karl and De
mer. This team presents work on
e trapes which is hair-raising and
bordering on the sensationalism. They
lo a casting turn which has earned for
them the title of "the flying flames." It
Is promised that this is ths finest and
most novel aerial turn offered in Port
land this season. High above the stage
the couple awing and cavort without
fear or trembling and their performance
is said to be marvelous.
Professor Hunt's dog and monkey cir
cus is something out of the general run.
Educated animals are always interest
ing and the collection gathered by Pro
fessor Hunt are above th average In
Intelligence and cleverness. The monks
snd the bow-wows are up to all sorts of
trick and will send the children into
convulsions of laughter.
Wallers and. .Haggan have n act
tailed "Why la a Crowr Th title Is
nost mysterious' but the answer to the
tussl Is even funnier than a Joke nook,
foe team 4oe a knockabout turn with
Kiss Amelia Bingham.
Amelia Bingham's forthcoming ap
pearance here Is certain to arouse the
keen interest of patrons of the drama,
for although muoh haa been heard of
the actress-manager, this city has not
been visited by her since her attainment
of that title. Miss Bingham will
Inaugurate a limited engagement in the
near future at the Harquam Grand
Theatre, presenting one or more of her
famous successes. They number "The
Climbers," by Clyde Fitch, which played
for six months at the Bijou Theatre,
New York; "A Modern Magdalen," by
Haddon Chambers, which ran for 150
nights at the same playhouse, and "The
Frisky Mrs. Johnson," Clyde Fitch's
wittiest play, for three months at the
Princes Theatre. These plsys have
provoked wide discussion and have been
popular with all people, "The Climbers
affords a picture of life of the so-called
"400 ' of New York, "A Modenwwagda
len" tells the story of a youngr woman.
In a lowly walk of life, .who sacrlfloes
her honor for the happiness of those
she loves, and 'The Frisky Mr; John
son" is a brilliant satirical Illustration
of the gay American colony In Paris.
For their presentation here, the actress
manager will bring new equipment and
gowns and a company that promises to
excel many of the so-called "all-star"
organisations.
,Tr?v 4
-'A j v.
At Cleveland.
R. H .E.
St. Louis 2 12
Cleveland 0 6
Batteries Sudhoff and Kahoe; Dorner,
Bernhard and Abbott
At Washington.
R. H.E.
Washington 8 11
Philadelphia 4 9
Batteries Wilson and Drill; Bender
and Powers.
At 2few Tork.
R. H .E.
Boston 812 1
New York 2 12 2
Batteries Gibson and Crlger; Griffith,
Howell and Crowell.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BJATZOBAX LBACrTS.
Standing of th Clans.
Won. Lot P.C.
Pittsburg 64 2 ,(75
New York 47 11 .608
Chicago 49 34 .690
Cincinnati . . ....42 89 .619
Brooklyn . .......39 87 .518
St Louis 33 89 .458
Boston 31 46 .408
Philadelphia 25 65 .313
At Pittsburg.
R. H .EJ.
Pittsburg 7 14 6
St. Louis 4 9 2
Batteries Phillipl and Smith; M.
O'Neill and J. O'Neill. Umpire Moran.
At Philadelphia.
SOX.X.X ABS BOUX,
Popular Operatio Artists at Shields' Bark
Bext Whs.
Com Actor's Salarle.
Joseph Jefferson and Chauncey Olcott
risk nothing on play and little on play
ers, and by pursuing this economic sys
tem for many yeara each is a' million
aire. Lillian Russell has received the
highest salary ever paid a comto opera
to pay her way In the insane asylum in
Flushing. Henry Irving cleared close to
$76,000 his season In America, much
more than he can make In London. E. S.
Willard'B Income in America is at least
$50,000 a season. Star actor risk
more, but earn more than the
best leading players. Julia Mar
lowe has made more than $300,000, and
this season will take a chance with B.
H. Sothern in Shakespearean plays. Les
lie Carter for many a year has been re
ceiving $900 each week. John Drew re
celved $760 a week.
Otis Skinner Is in London, a is Miss
Ada Rehen. where they are to meet
George C. Tyler, to arrange the respec
tive division of time for the plays In
their repertoire for the coming season.
Great interest naturally attaches to Mis
Rehan'a resumption of her roles of
Katharine and Lady Teazle, but there
is little doubt among those who compre
hend Mr. Skinner's remarkable "talent
that his Impersonation of Shylock will
also prove ine which this gentleman
will not be likely to forget With Otis
Skinner as Shylock and Ada Rehan as
Portia, they supported by a caet which
is worthy of them, and appearing In the
original Augustln Daly production, thla
presentation should prove a revival of
is a dramatisation of a Volstol novel,
the stage version having been made by
A. E. Lancaster.
R.HJEL
Nev York 0 6 1
Philadelphia 3 13 1
Batteries Matthewson and Warner;
Duggleby and Roth. Umpire Emslia.
At Boston.
R. H .E.
Brooklyn 7 8 2
Boston 312 2
Batteries Jones and Ritter; Willis
and Moran. Umpire Johnstone.
: At Chicago.
R. H .B.
Chicago ....i 6 11 0
Cincinnati 811 l
. BatteriesTaylor and Kllng; Hahn
and Bergen.
Maclyn Arbuckle, who is to create the
title role in George Aae s new spectacu
lar comedy-drama, "The County Chair
man," next season, maae his first ap
pearance upon the, stage in Shreveport,
La. Before that he was a lawyer in St
Louis and later in Texas.
Esra Kendall will open hi season In
"Th Vinegar Buyer" at the Columbia
Theatre, San Francisco, Monday, August
3. All the cities of Importance on th
Paoiflo Coast will be covered, and the
return to the East will be by th way of
Denver and. Kansas City.
Mclntyr and Heath may not be aeen
In vaudeville for three years to come,
being under engagement to a Western
manager, who will star them. They have
been working together-for S0years.
Constant Coqueliri, who played in this
country in 1900 with Sara Bernhardt.
will come back In the fall of 1904 with
his brother and son for a tour under the
management of Charles Frohman.
A dramatisation ' of Oliver Wendell
Holmes' "Elsie Venner" has Just been
brought out In Kansas City.
BACXXIO BATZOBAZj kbaovb.
Ttrday's Booms.
San Francisco, 6; Salt Lake, 4,
Tacoma, 6; Seattle, 1,
Spokane, 9; Butte. 1,
Los Angeles, 6 ; Helena, 8.
Los Angales .
Butt
Spokane . . , ,
Seattle
San Francisco
Tacoma- .
Helena .
Salt Lake
Standing of th Club.
Won. Lost P.C.
64 83 .631
62 32 .619
.49 86 .683
.48 40 .646
.43 43 . .600
as 0 .419
31 60 .883
7 IS .818
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"CORTWELFTH
and MORRISON
PHONE. MAIN 78
" OEOkOZ L bAkt.
. BesMeat .Haasger.
A REAL, VAUDEVILLE'SHOW
Week Starting Monday, July 27
9 - STAR ACTS - 9
.HEADED DY THE-.
Lutz Bros.
...DIRECT FROM THE ORPHEUM.
FRED WADDELL,
KINO OF CLUBS.
ROBINSON & GRANT
MIDOET COMEDIANS.
GEO. W. MOORE
MONOLOOIST.
Lorraine Sf Howell
UNIQUE SKETCH ARTISTS.
WALDRON BROS.
GERMAN COMEDIANS.
AERIAL ARTIST SUPREME.
AND THE
LAST WEEK OF
ALLAN J. SHAW
EMPEROR OF COINS.
Evening, 30-20-10; Matinee, 20-10. Matinees Wednesday,
Saturday and Sunday.
LAST TIME TOMORROW (SUNDAY) OF PRESENT BJLL.
Matinee 2:15; Night 6:20.
Thirteenth and Washington
3300 SCATS
ONLY OPEN-AIR THEATER IN THE CITY
COOL AND DELIGHTFUL
Beginning Sunday Night July 26
PROGRAMME THAT ECLIPSES ANY
THING EVER SEEN IN PORTLAND
10-BigStar Acts-10
Featuring the World's Greatest Triple Bar
Experts
Karl and De Elmer
and Prof. Hunt's
Dog and Monkey Circus
You'll Hear It Everywhere!
"SHIELDS' GIVES THE BEST SHOW
IN THE CITY"
Big Amateur Night Friday
GENERAL ADMISSION, 10c COME EARLY
QO TO CORDRAYS IN CASE OP RAIN
J
gssttls Wins from OsJcUnd.
SEATTLE. July 21. Seattle defeated
Oakland yesterday by perfect fielding.
Score:
R. H .E.
Seattle .O0OOSO2O 5 0
Oakland ........ .0 0 0 1 J 6 0 0 08 t 8
Batteries SemDle and Boettearer: Lee.
Ciooper , and Lohman, Umpire McDonald.
Jbos Anreles Downs Trisoo.
BAN TRANCISCO, July 25. JLos An-
geles defeated San Francisco by supe-
rlor battlna- yesterday, score;
R.H.B.
San Francisco ..010020010 10
Los Anreles ....3930 2000 114 15
Batteries Herr, Hodson, Leahy and
Kelly; Corbett snd Spies, Unapt
O'Connell.
TUrers Sows Beattle.
SEATTLE. Wash.. July 26. St. Vraln
was too much 'or BeatUe yesterday.
Boors:
St. H B
Seattle .1 0 0 0 0 0 CO 0 1 S
Tacoma 0 30 Q1100fc 9 I
Batteries Maupln ana Stanley; St.
Vraln and Byers. Umpire Mahaffey.
LATEST TO MIKE ;
The following; was received this
morning- by Mike Fisher: t
"SACRAMENTO. Cal.. July 8i. 03.
Mike Fisher, Manager Sacramento
Baseball team, Portland. Or. Neblch
mahula drumpf souris aistmna plots
and come home. "MOSHER OIKS."'
HAVE EMERGENCY FUND
Th Degree of Honor, Orand Chapter,
Decides to tsvy an As
sessmsni.
At the recent meeting of the Grand
Lodge of the Degree of Honor' it waa
decided to create' an emergency fund.
An assessment of II will be levied on
every full-rate certificate of $1,000, and
BO cents upon half-rate certificates for
this cause.
Ths "following standing committees
were appointed by Grand Chief Mrs.
Ada B. Colvig:
Finance Mrs. Fidelia Mann. Port-
land; Miss Bessie L. Houch. MeMInn-
Tllle; Mias Lena Hooker, Portland,
Grievances and appeals Mrs. Mar
garet Herrin, Ashland; Mrs. Wilda Bel
knap,., Prlnevllle; Mrs. Julia A. Oault
McMinnvllle. .
Medical examiner Dr. Lee. Junction
City.
The Degree of 'Honor's Grand Chan
ter will meet-nei year at the same
time and place as decided upon by ths
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