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THE OltECJOIT DAILY JOURNAL. FOItTLAiTD, SATTTHDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7. 100S.
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BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS
MARQUAM GRAND THEATRE TTST
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Nights, Nov. 9-lO-li
J. B. BTEaxava, presents the Dramatlo Comedy SToralty fnocesa of the pact three- aeaaon
Welcomed political and popular allusions
a nnrt mid parcel of the perrormanoe.
In Us revised English form pantomime
hna never been granted much or a wel
come In thin country, but the gorgeous-
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nrna of each succeeding production so;
enhanced the particular form or enter
talninant that lta value as a money
maker win recognised, and here appar
ROSE
ently, it Ima come to atay. In the pres
ent day popular song have taken the
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place of fiilry ditties, and instead or ona
transformation, t tie whole production
glitters from beginning to end.
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SITKA WTXUAXS, TEWJTBSSISII'S FAmDWEB.'
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The pausing of the Empire theatre aa
it home for flrst-claas vaudeville did not
come na a great surprise to those who
have kept tab on thing theatrically fn
Portland. It wan. a foregone conclusion
t hut tlio end must come, aa it .hHS, for,
barring the two weeks that Julian Roae,
the famous Hebrew lmperaonator, held
the board na topllnor at tlie Twelfth
dtiet t playhouse, the aeaaon haa been to
the bad flnimclally. The ownera simply
got tired of putting up the extra cash
nerrnry to keep the pot boiling and
have called a halt.
Just what future plana Manager Baker
Ima nip hla aleeve la representative of
an unknown quantity. He refuaea to
divulge and the public muat aatlafy all
curiosity by guessing. The Empire will
not stay dark long I that can be reasona
bly relied upon. Barring the dlaadvant.
age of being quite a dlatance uptown
the place la excellently equipped aa
ahow houae and la not deatined to go
down and out for any great length of
time.
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One wealthy, but haying loat his for
tune by the -failure of a banking ln
atltution, Vllmoa Tttkary. a Qerman
with a remarkable tenor voice, la sing
Ing at the Empire in thla city for the
necessities of life. It la a strange ro
mance, the lire or una foreigner wno,
so many thousands of miles away from
home, la nightly entertaining the throng
who clamor for vaudeville, that he may
keep the wolf from the dor.
Tltkary la no ordinary alnger, he Is
a thoroughly educated musician and
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' "There ain't no sense In doln' nuthln' for nobody, what never done nutbln' for you." SIS HOPKINS.
TWO PASTOSAXi COMBOT HIT BEIT GOBCVJUTT TIT. . ' - . ' i
Hew and Special Soenery I Hew Mnalel Hew Speolaltleel
, last TUnel Last Obanca to See the Pamoas "BAItltEaTTm BAsTCTB."
a rur or nrmposm a plot or bbhsbi a rappt susxrvxwa or rms Aim ijaxsxsti irvui or
I.AUOH8I X.ATXOMI X.AVQXSI
P1UCES Lower Floor, except last 8 rowa, tl.OO; last S rowa, 76c. Balcony, first t rows, T6o; last I rows, 80c
Gallery, 25o and 35c. Boxes and Loges, $7.50. SEATfl AJIE ZTOW BELLIXQ.
Marquam Grand Theatre
if 4 W. T. PANOLE, .
&y , Resident Maaazer.
Tonaxrs attkactxosb.
Marquam Grand "King Dodo."
Cordrajr's theatre "At the Old Cross
Roads."
Baker theatre "Secret Service."
' Empire theatre Hlgh-claaa vaude
ville. Arcade theatre Continuous vaudeville.
COXXS9 ATTRACTIONS.
Marquam Grand Monday. Tueadiiy
nd Wednesday nights. Roae Melville in
''Sis Hopkins;" Thursday. Friday. Satur
day matinee and night, 'The Christian."
Cordray'a theatre "Tennessee's Pard
ner." Baker theatre Initial week of Baker
theatre stock company In "The Dancing
Girl."
Arcade theatre Continuous vaude
ville. ,
; Empire theatre Dark.
rTTODAT, when the copying adaption
I seeraa to be one of the telling
- acts of stage craft, the orlglna-
.... tor of anything that hits met
. with public favor stands nut above those
i-:' people who have only succeeded by muk
' IngTise of other men's brains
It has long been aatd that there la
nothing new under the sun, and recent
ntage productions tend to advance that
. theory, but there was a beginning to all !
things, and In "the clamorlnga of the
public to be pleased the originator of a I
r, favorite act Is often overlooked, while J
, aeme adapter wlna unmerited applause. !
Unfortunately' it Is not uncommon!
i - that the "original people" are ao modBt I
they prefer to talk of other mwn'a suc
cesses and are willing to let their own
names pasa with alight notice.- Such Is j
the case of Frank McNIsh, the veteran I
funnv man. with "Rnhen In New York." !
which appeared at the Marquam Grand
: theatre.
-. . - As the originator of the pantomimic
farce, "Silence and Fun," he ia known
from one end of the continent to the
, other, and In England, where his Idea
' baa been copied extensively.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday Nights, November 12-13-14 Special Matinee Saturday at 2:15 O'clock
HOME AQA1N AFTER A MOST SUCCESSFUL TOUR OF THE MIDDLE WEST AND SOUTH
The Qreatcst Success In Dramatic History HALfciAJNE'S Powerful Play ' '
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CHRI
AN
By permission of Liebler & Co., New York. Direction of OEO. L. BAKER.
CATHRINE COUNTISS as Glory Quayle
AND A SPECIALLY SELECTED NEW YORK COIIPANY.
The verdict of the press arid public everywhere A GREAT PLAY BY A STRONG COMPANY.
' The play that has broken records everywhere. No other modern play has, had such a whirlwind of success. '
PRODUCTION CARRIED COMPLETE.
ZVZimrO PRICES Lower Floor, except last three rows. $1.00; last BFECXAXt SATTTBDAT KATZHBB PBICES Entire Lower Floor, 75c.
three rowa, 75c. Balcony First alx rows, 76c; last six rows, SOc. Gallery, Entire Balcony. 60c. nailery, 25 and 35c.
26 and 36c. Boxes and loges, 17.60. The advance Bale of seats will 'open next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
COMING
TO THE
MAQUAM GRAND
THEATRE
JAM
AND 5e INCOMPARABLE
Neill Company.....
DIRECTION W. N. WILKISON
in the Romantic Drama Triumph A llENTLEMAN OF FRANCE"
JOHN C0RDRAY ) -WM.
RUSSELL ) mts
Phone, Main 993
CORDRAY'S THEATRE
(HOT ZIT AVT TRUST.)
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Portland Pamlly
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JTight Prices, IB, 35. 8. 40, SOe.
Matlnes Prices, as, 1M.'
Tomorrow (Sunday) Matinee Last Time AT THE OLD CROSS ROADS" '
WEEK STARTING TOMORROW NIGHT, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8
EOW1SS BTSSEX.Xb
Of the Baker Stock Company.
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knows the parts to SO operas and In
five languages rljlngllch, , Qerman, Hun
garian. Italian and Swiss. He has a
'grand tenor robusto voice and his muBl-
cal knowledge has been imparted from i
some of the most noted teachers In
Vienna and Paris. His career has In
cluded parts In operas before distin
guished audiences In most of the great I
European cities.
ARTHUR C. AISTON
SUBMITS HIS FAMOUSLY WELL KNOWN PLAY
Tefiioesee9
Estha Williams
as
Nettie Bice"
possible and the e.-tra "S" absolutely
superfluous. The name of Mr. Kent
new play will be learned later.
Manager Pnvld Bolasco fears that
theatricals are overdone In New York.
In nix months he prophesies that It will
be the worst place for the business In
the country. "There are too many the
atres," Is his explanation, "and I doubt
if the theatre-going public has Increased
to any extent. There are too many new
playhouses to divide the patronage with.
It is like trying to spread a very small
piece of butter over a very large piece
of bread."
It will be a strange coincidence that
both of Manager Baker's theatrical com
panies anouia reach Portland the sama The crasy Marquise of Anglesey,
we. we iimvb ins roau production or whose mania Is a belief that he can act
"The Christian." with Catherine Countlss u coming to America with his glad
ui.u aku. I, wniaiu in me leading rags, his priceless jewels and the $1G
roies, ana trie regumr naJter siock com- 000 automobile In which he travels. An
pa rffr to open the full season at the American company of speculators will
cosy imru-Hireei piaynouse. joom com- exploit him
puiurn, ii imK'ii ' anuea, nave oeen
notaoiy successful since the season I -Tls said that Joy never kills, but It
opened and bouquets of praise are does worse things sometimes. A young
Nnu uy in oruur. Parlslene actress was left a large for
tiinp flhfl nut on n nlcturesnun and air
ins very mention or nermann tne nnora rlnalf hind herself to n nnlt at a
Great brings to most people pictures of tion In Paris and wanted to bo placed
conjuring scenes unrivaled in this age. nn a monument as Venus. She was sent
mat attraction, witn tne famous presti- to a sanatorium.
James M. Brophy
as
Caleb Swan"
Pardoer
And the
ALL-STAR
CAST
American 4' Quartet In New Songs
NOBMA HTATT.
Of the Baker Stocfc Company.
"Oh, I really do not think thore Is
anything to any about it." the nctor
very modeatly explained, when reiiiifnted
tr en interview. "Hut. Just a little
tr.llt on pantomime wil.n referenc to
the stage," the reported insisted and the
comedian graciously proceeded to the
slaughter, tilting his f?et up against the
back of a chalx at an angle that was
Bohemlnally comfortable.
Well, I worked in t he farce, 'Silence
and Fun,' for about 30 years," Mr. Mc
NIsh explained, ''and 1 only gave it up
because t preferred to ft and on my feet
Instead of my head.
' "I worked In a paint factory In Cleve
land, away bactc in the 70's (but, for
goodness sake, don't put that 1n), and
in 1(71 appeared on the stage' of the1
old Burba II It theatre In an acrobatic
stunt. This Is possibly the first time
that legitimate tumbling was combined
with farce-comedy on tne theatrical
tag ttt this country. Such business
k4 always) ben coniced to tha circus
tent, but the public accepted It willingly
una since that time I have traveled
buck and forth across this continent and
to Kurope a number of times. I went
to London in 1888, and was described
as the first "crooked tumbler" ever ap
pearing on a Kuroppan stage, I gireps
that Is nbout all tlipre is to It," and
outside of generalities of the past and
present the funny man had nothing,, to
say about pantomime.
But if Mr. McXlsh had dispensed with
the cork and haa adopted the grease
paint and bids for recognition In another
line of comedy work his former efforts
Will not be forgotten.
' Pantomime has really been curious In
Its evolutions, until at last it has be
come an actual misnomer, or at all
events nearly crnfined to the sphere of
the acrobatic stage. The word lost its
significance 'when extravaganaa was
added to its humor and was entirely
metamorphosed, whoa children began to
fe worldly, wise before their time and
dlfratator in a series of new Illusions,
together with the military musicians)
the Laskris. wllbe an early attraction
at the Marquam Grand.
"t'nele Josa Spruceby," sad to relate,
was here one night during the week,
For the benefit of the public generally
it ran be definitely stated that the at
traction will not repeat the offense. By
cutting out the horse play and Intro
ducing a more agreeable set of char
acters the play might survive. In Its
present form 11 is t!entln5d for aiJ early
grave.
In bidding farewell to the Neill-Mo-rosco
company; for this Is their
week at the Baker theatre, it is only
fair to enthuse upon the class of plays
and the merit of the players who pro
duced them. Really.- without beating
aoout tne Dusn, those- people have pre
sented Portland theatre-goers with an
exceptionally high grade of attractions
productions which must have required a,
neavy royalty, xne company will el-
ways tys reef f'ed wtth ofem arms here
and each and every.one of the members
have made life long' friends, of Portland
theatre-goers. Here's luck.
Well, well, well! Of all . strange
things, 8. Miller Kent has at last con
cluded to drop "Fighting Bob" and
also thiit handle vto his name, - which
always reminds one of a Knife without
any blades, entirely, useless. . Good for
y.ouj a M, K. The play was, really, lm-
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Theatres where the curtain rises at
6:46 sharp are a novelty, but are now
the regular thing at Salem. The semi
matinee Is due to the necessity for
large and expensive road companies not
to miss, a day en route between Port
land and San Francisco. Therefore they
reach the town in time to play and get
away the same evening.
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"The Dairy Farm" tour, which was
originally booked to cover 10 weeks, has
turned out so well that Belasco and
Mayer have extended it up until the
middle of December. G. 8. C.
PRESS AGENTS' MONOLOGUES
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It was only a few years ago that
America was forced to look to Europe
for big spectacle, but now that Is a
thing of the past and in one bound
this country has put forth, a production
that has not only startled the world In
Its immensity, but captured the admira
tion, and commendation of the most im
portant personages in all - classes, in
cluding the -late pope and (he present
king of England. ,
That play is "Ben Hur," a religious
romanc from the pen of Gen Lew
,VYUaca It U ataged tog Klaw. &
Erlanger. Produced four years ago at
the Broadway theatre, New York, with'
out any pretentious heralding,' It elec
trified this country by the sumptuous
manner it - was staged. Its presenta
tion of startling mechanical effects and
Its introduction of scenes which were
always looked upon as too sacred to
dramatize, when shown to the public
were accepted in Just as religious ana
sacred a manner as the dramatist and
author Intended and have succeeded as
well as the clergy, "Ben Hur" is
scheduled to be presented In this city In
December, "
BAKES TKXSATXB COMPA1TT.
The reputation earned In Los Angeles
by the Baker .Theatre companyduring
tne recent jmccessiul engagement In
that city is just cause for Portland
play-goers to feel proud of them. To
celebrate the home coming of the sterl
ing organization a eplendld production
or Henry Artnur Jones emotional
drama, "The Dancing Girl," will be pre
sented at the Baker theatre for the
week starting tomorrow afternoon.
The scenes of the play are laid In
the island of Endelllon and in London
and the story deals with the life and
adventures of Drusllla Ives, daughter of
David Ivee, a resident of the sleepy
little island. The girl leaves his home
for the exciting life of tha metropolis
and in the wild atmosphere of the dance
hall contracts a desire to appear upon
the stage and win applause for herself
aa she haa seen others do. Her fall and
bitter remorse in quick succession and,
realizing that she has sacrificed all, she
resolves to play the part to the end and
lead the world a merry dance, finally
dancing her wayj'out of it.
The following' action deals with her
infatuation for Valentine Danecourt. hla
refusal to make her his wife, their part
ing at a grand reception given in her
honor, tha old father' unexpected en
trance, hid terrible curse upon his way
ward daughter, her subsequent end In a
London, hospital, and the final happy
marriage of Valentine Danecourt, now
reformed, to Midge, a young woman who
saved him from death by poison, . -
Mr. George Alison will be seen to ad.
vantage as. Valentine Danecourt, while
Miss Edna Archer. Crawford, one of the
Christian Science Lecture
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Judge Septimus J. Hanna, C. S. D.
Boston '
Member gf the Christian Science Board tt Lectureship tf
The First Church gf Christ, Scientist, Boston, Msss.
at the
MARQUAM THEATRE.
Sunday Afternoon, Nov. 15, 1903, at 3 O'Clock
Admission Free
Tickets which will reserve seats until 2:45 p. m. may be had without
charge at the Marquam box office, Saturday, Nov. 14.
most talented leading women on the
stage; will be seen as "The Dancing
Girl.". William Bernard. Mina Crollus
GleaSori, i , Howard: Russell, Gertrude
Rivers, Charles Clary, Norma Hyatt,
Bennett Southard, Harry Cashman, Wil
liam Dills, Miss Frances Denson, Mr.
Carlyle Moore and Glenn A. Buyers will
all appear in roles calling for clever
acting. The production earned; ; the
unanimous praise, of the juos Angeles
press and public.
JAKES HEH.li OOKfJfCr. 4
There are eight scenes in the new
romantic tlav. "A Gentleman! of France."
which will' be presented here during the
enaraaement of James Neill at the Mar
quam Grand In the very near future.
The action", takes place in France and
around the court of Henrv of Navarre.
Great' apprehension, prevafts among the
court followers Jest the king of France
form an alliance - with the Catholic
league. Mile, da la, Vlre, the fairest
lady in the court, is the bearer of urgent
state secrets to Henry or Navarre. She
arrives at the court .surrounded by
courtiers wno vie with each other for
her smiles and poses. To each of her
admirers she tosses a flower. M. de I
Brum, a man of but very little principle.
Conceives a violent passion for the court
beauty and she Is made the recipient of
his ardent attentions. He pleads with
ner lor tne last rich rose she Is about to
piit' to her train. She1 hesitates, and
tnen, noiding.it aloft. ! exclaims. "Nav.
here is one whose beautv claims for
place on the helmet of the bravest
knight that lives." News arrives that
the Duke da Guise has been assassinated
by xrder Of the king of France and the
court is thrown Into a state of great
excitement In the midst of the noise
and murmurlngs of . the assemblage,
Gaston de Marsac, a most lovable char
acter; of the D'Artagnon .order,. 1 an
nounced with a petition to Henry of
iContlnued on Pan Seventnerf.)
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