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Iff c THE OREGON ' SUNDAY ' JOURNAL, PORTLAND, , SUNDAY ; MORNING, ' MAY "1, 1004. -uuuliuihb". ; . PEOPLE WHO LIVE TO " AMUSE , r r 1 4 3 1 f v " I. 1 & HOWARD GOULD In The Sign ot the four" at Baker's Theatre. Theatrical managers ia Portland and generally throughout tha Paolfio coast are unable to account for lomt peculiar conditions that , prevail in their bust nees. : Much capital appears to be avail . able for theatrical undertakings an the coast, and yet It la generally asserted ,,- . that business conditions In that line have not been worse In years than they are today. Ia Portland particularly .it s 1s Indeed a dull day when some new theatrical venture . Is not planned or ' actually launched.. Looking the field over, the average manager will say that 1 the time is coming when some of the weaker show-houses will go to the wall. It la no doubt true that, wise managers are preparing to weather a storm the , signs of which they see above the horl . v son. The greatest keenness characterises - the rivalry between - the - managers in every city on the coast . Here the fight - le Intense at times, but little of it aver gets far above the surface of ordinary events. Conditions, the managers say, have been bad on this coaet during the past season, but much worse In tha east. . Mr, 'Russell, of Cordray's, declares that the season Just ending has been tha most disastrous In many years. Tet here on . the coast .managers are constantly bat tllng for control of playhouses that are .for sale or likely to Da sold, and there ., Is no diminution, of the desire Of the average manager to extend the scope of , ma operations. - That Portland will be overdone the- , atrlcally Is declared by almost every man In tha business. Tet last week two i new amusement resorts were opened, and ', . , two more are In prooeas of construction . here. The weekly patronage given the lS-oent houses Is enormous, and yet the - - supply of vaudeville seems constantly , growing. Portland now has the reputa . tlon of being one ot tha best theatre i ! towns In the west w w ' Mary Mannerlng and Mrs. nke In Portland in one week tells the story of ' the past seven days theatrically. Both -played to large houses. People gener tally should regret the departure of the - Olympians from Cordray's. They gave good performances of standard operas, . i and the company is much stronger than when It first oame here. The offerings - tola weak ara good.--'- w -One point on which the dear mummer . Is much In the clouds Is what to do with " rtha newspaper folk, says the , Matinee Girl In the Dramatic Mirror. , T -, Of and thing he is sure, the newspaper ...v. folk are useful, but now to manage them that is tha question. . , Out of the wreck and storm of Maud's . . i protesting moods I have gathered these adjurations:.-. . - - Don't talk "newspapers to newspaper -folk-unless they Introduce the subject - and don't tell them your precious opinion that the Clarion Call la vulgar, and its ;Owner a nincompoop. Tou may be right 'but they are etlU drawing money from . . both, and they may feel compelled to dlf , fer from t you. Don't , try to extract from them office secrets. If they are worth while they v won't tell, and if they are not you may be world to know it Don't you remember your glad cries when you were graduated from a "super" to a "parf'T Remember and reflect and grow wise by analogy. If you value your life or your standing, don't offer a writer money, before or af ter he has written about you. This seems superfluous advice for many rrVons, but It Is sadly needed In tne kindergarten Instruction the Matinee air! Is trying to give "the profession'' concerning the other profession. If you have been charmed and helped by a story some one has written about you, why not writs him a grateful note about KT He will like It Be sure he receives enough of the other sort. Or If your gratitude cannot be confined by those bounas, send him some trifling souvenir as an expression of your bursting sentiment. But let it be a trifle. If It be more, or If It take the form of a check, .you may expect It back by return mall, If the writer have any pride -of pro fession In him. Don't eee In every writer you meet a poaslble press sgent Don't ask him to be your public promoter. If he yearns for that high office he will ask for It . Don't say at every other word, "Don't put that In the paper.'.' Very probably you couldn't Induce him to put In the paper. . . . . - '. ; Don't hold a writer "too .rigidly ac countable for what has been published about you. Remember that' behind hire Is a Frowning Presence called the Edi tor, and between the two a ailsnt In termedlary known as the copy reader, wno must earn nis salary by a few alter ation. Very likely these two have done the obnoxious "touching up" and ths writer Is too sore hearted, or too loyal to tell yotl so. So salth Maud. WW The sensitiveness of most artists and particularly of most musical artists to criticism la both a tradition and a living fact Of course, there sre actors who resent criticism, which often is Instruc tion, although seldom or never so ac cepted, but more commonly-It Is the muslo artist either singer or instrumen talist that regards unfavorable comment as ths most distressing discord In life, ssys the Dramatio Mirror. Kubellk, the young violinist evidently has the failing of his kind, for soms tlms ago hs sued tha Frankfurter Zeltung for an alleged libel in Its comment on one of his performances in Vienna. Ths pa are unravelled by . the skill of Holmes, ' The motive : for ; the crime has Its Origin In tha treasurs of Arra. which consists of a wonderful, collection of Jewels looted by English soldiers during the flepoy .rebellion. JFor this crime they are confined at sn English 'penal colony, of which Sholto is governor, end to whom they, confide the secret af its hiding place. He treacherously confis cates the jewels, leaving his convict confederates to languish In prison.': At Pondloherry Lodge he leads a hermit uxe existence, unui nts .nemesis an pears in tha person af Jonathan Small. who escapes from prison, accompanied ty an East menan awarr. a . . They reach . London, - tracking Sholto and tha treasure to Its hiding 1 place. wnere tne awarr muraera Bhoita in mysterious manner, and tha treasure Is recovered. , Although .long In Sholto's possession, it. is rightfully ths Inherl tance of Mary Moreun, a beautiful or phan, who. In the play, afterwards be comes Mrs. Sherlock Holmes , The de ductive method of the detective solves ths mystery, tracks tha murderer and recovers the . treasure. All of Doyle's cnsraciers appear in the cast SXXBmiOX ZS OOMXsTfJ. mTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTmy3 society:- UAAAAAAaAAAAAj ' (Continued from -Pagf Fourteen.) The last meeting of ths season of the Ladles' Aid Literary society of the First Congregational church will be neia in -the church parlors- on Wednesday after noon. May . 1904. The. literary pro gram win oegm at s:s p. m. . Mrs.Wsirn E. Thomas will give a talk on "Parsifal." telling, the story of ths drams, snd telling her own Impres sions of the .New ;York production of It, which shs'saw. - :v ''. . -v t-- - Mrs. Sherman D. Brown, violinist wfll plsy tha "Good Friday" music, whjcb Is 1 one of the most besatlf ul themes of ths opera. ; f-.,. -,x.t Mrs. Fletcher Linn wftl be the vocal soloist of ths afternoon. , All Interested are most cordially, in vlted to attend, as it Is aertala that the afternoon will prove a fitting climax to a most successful season for ths so ciety. Mrs.' S. D. Smith, Mrs. . Ella Rapp, Mrs. A. Z. Stslaer. and Mrs. A. M. Smith , will be hostesses for -tha after t The fact Is announced by Miss Lois teera that Ma reel la Sembrtch. held taC-oon, oe ine sxeateai lvno innmnn 'nr. thai - - 1 ' , w i age, will appear In Portland under ber I : Tha Mary and Martha soolety ' will direction Friday, Msy !, This news.l",v nulc'e la Mispsh Presbyterian vuniins mm it uoes .aier ins most re-1 , mmj , markable cohcert aeason Port Una has I ' v .4r w--- ever known, will be helled with mingled I Tn Women's Missionary society of delight as the crowning event of the P" rresnyterian church wU. meet year, ror not ana of the famous sUra I w,ln lm- n- eaaer, sis , jsast that have been In the city thla season 'fhth street, wednesdsy af tef noon. inroiten ih inimr a ui.. atmm i juar . . - . w . EMMA MARIE DAVIS With The Punkla Husker" st Cordray's Theatre. 1 . W i t test against freedom of expression by I critics that Is voiced by the wounded serves only to call attention to this fact "A ozsz. fbox sixxa." At the Msrquam Grand theatre next Friday and Saturday nights. May I and 7, with a special price matinee Saturday, Messrs. Sam 8. Shubert, Nixon and Zim merman will present the . original pro duction of another of their big musical shows, "A Olrl from Dixie." which scored a triumph at the Madison Square theatre and previous to Its New York engagement, created a favorable Impres sion in the Isrger cities of the esst. "A Olrl from Dixie" is - essentially a big musical comedy organisation, embrac ing soms oT the best comedians and singing artists of the New Tork stags, shd a large chorus of handsdme Broad way choristers snd show girls. "A Olrl from Dixie" which, as its title Implies, Is a show or the southland, and is a mu sical comedy, bright in its fun, melo dious In muslo, beautiful in its costum ing and all in all a snappy, witty and thorbughly enjoyable entertainment. The chief funstsrs are Beatrla Bronte. D. L. Don, C. A. Beane. Charlee K. French, Clifford Leigh, Charles Bowers. Blanche Adams, Olga' May and Elsie Lyons. Ths choral contingent Is par ticularly attractive In faoe and figure. having been selected with a view of establishing "A Olrl from Dixie" as ai been given on the coast before. Starting today a. matinee will be given every day at prices lower thsn the evening schedule. The Punkln Hunker" will be the at traction at Cordray's this week. This Is the subject of such homage and wor ship on the part of muslo lovers as the! - The Ladles' Auxiliary to the Troo captivating Sembrlch, Nordics, with ths I graphical union will hold their next orchestra of tha great Metropolitan op- meeting at hall No. g, Mulkey building, m nouso, new rc-ra, LUiisn Blauvelt. oornsr vecona ana Morrison streets. Harold Bauer, Schumann-HeInk, ' all of I on next - Thursday evening, "May B, tnam-among the greatest stars In the at I o'clock. After, tha regular worm in ineir special lines, vet not l order or business, ths roiiowinn nrn. ona of them has the, Irresistible witch-1 gram will be rendered and a social time ery or presence Dorn of a sunny js-1 enjoyed: Printers' Msndolln club; song, ture and devotion to the hlxhest- form I selected. Mr. Kundret: address. Mr. of art that chsracterlses Sembrlch. Harry Rogers; vocal solo, Mrs. Coo vert; ner voice is ons or the nurest and intermission: Printers' Mandolin club: most beautiful that tha world hsa ever i selection by mala Quartette: ddrwBM. iirwru. . hh ins wen Known rrltln. w. I Mrs. Trumbull: Mann duet Mra win Henderson of New Tork. Its com-1 berger and Miss Lewis; volcal duet Mrv pass rrom ma u oeiow ths treble clef f Beeiy snd Miss bhupe. to tha F above It Her mastery of the I The auxiliary was but lately orsanlsed art of song Is perfect Her recitals sre land stsrtsd off with a membership of ine mosr nesutirui musical entertain- attout e. it la expected that the mem- menu conceivable." fbership will be largely lnoreased at the The "New fork Tlmea. Niwtmiwr is. I next meeting, and from ail indication,. itvs, saia or her: "smi Ssmbrioh u baa a brlaht future before it - - i - me vest Lied singer now bafora thai public The publio knows it too, and The Carpe Diem dub has Invitations inererore it wss no wonder thst her ana out for a dance In tha new Woodman song recital of the present season, which hall, East Sixth and East' Alder streets, iuuk pisce yesierasy afternoon In Came- Monday evening. May 1. The natron- m nan, snouia.navs been attended by lasses are Mesdames 11. Alger, O. F. Ful an audience of immense else." Iler, F. Thorn, J. H. Thatcher and How- iin., ii muBi oe remeraoerea. was dur-isro ueiiinxer. xne dun mambera ara ing uie last season while Sembrlch waa Messrs. W. Harvey Wells. Oeorae W appearing regularly in opera at the Met- Dustln Jr., Arthur , Kerron, A. Hen tm . -..I a.. ..i ,. u I -. ..Buri7 in opr ai n.M,n. e VkI J. ropollu,n Pera houss. There wss fra- drlcks. Fred MoCarver, Edgar Alger, queni opportunity of hearing her with Leonard, Thatcher, -.Frank McMahan. an ins accompanying splendor and pa-1 Morton Alger, Howard Bellinger and geaniry or grana opera, yet ao potent I "07 Thatcher. was tha fascination of her voice and I w presence that sha was able to draw a I 'The Tuesday Afternoon club Is plan- recbrd-breaklng audience for a almple "'a" aoclal evening with the gentle- rwiuu, WW UTABBiri sow or lUtt" Merriment, song and beauty are the predominant features of "McFaddan'a pathos of the country people of south ern Indiana. Their lives being more closely associated with nature, lack the veneer of their city brethren. Lawrence Russaii has lost no opportunity In utilising every piece of material ob tainable In building up his structure. It is a consistent, natural, and original piece of dramatic work. The scenes sre quaint the charactera odd. the com edy brilliant and the pathos refined. The harvest field with Its harvesters, ths 17. county fair with Its cosmopolitan e-ath. Row of Flats," which comes to tha Ma. ering. and the old farmhouse with Us 2uam arnd Tuesday and Wednes typlcal surroundings, do not require fcn ay n'hts, Msy 3 and 4, at popular . . a . . ... ... rtatn.aa 11'.. I A a j - 1 men Tuesday evening, May w w The Z. B. R. S. club will give their closing psrty Monday evening. May a, in the new woodmen hall. . This is one of the popular clubs of the city, snd the many friends who hsvs spent pleas- I ant evenings with them will be sorry lU::Zrtr .-...rr . 'nr."! orlcea Writi.; k r i mJZr "I Uo learn that this party will close the -v... "Hl"', mi it imia " -. "r ,ii,v, , M,r-til-rfi-I.J-i.. nd rivet the attention. The " u 'ionn Macuonougn, "McFadden's "rr " " -n iV, IV 7 ' ' uT Its sensstlonal features.-but Rw ?f ?a" W c,avr ir "mor- lJf .tfj "P!l?a F'ntrl.fK In keeping with ths atmoe- H" tandpolnt and well. balanced from ,ne,,V, h.II "1 IkV., umniBuu awnapom. in mis year s I 7 . . " "-" edition of this popular farce-comedy tha aapaolsaiy written for this club by irmniramtni oii. , I FTank E. Smith, one .of ths membeia. ' -nvamiaa TO Ornoa." clever bmdK h hv. k-. .115 Tha program will be unlattrepreaent- " . . . 7 I . T, ... J... J .... the eye and rivet play has they are phere of the piece. w xne four onsns ana tneir Dig com- for this nnrnnltntinn Amnr.. k. pany of 71 people, under the direction ber are Ada Boshell, Belle Gold, the Ex of Mr. Fred Nlblo. presenting George position Four, Joe Wlllard, Prett Reed M. Cohan's greatest hit "Running for Jerry Sullivan. Tailv nimmn, n,l Ofllce," are now on a tour of the United Yellow Kids, May Baker and Libby Hart States, Canada and British Columbia, Beats are now selling. snd will cover a distance of 20,000 miles. r ' i . - i 1 -7 s'.:s MME. MARCELLA SEMBRICH, Who will sing in Portland. the means of adding to the city's ex penses. Don't call them all "reporters." There are special writers and copyreaders, and "desk men," and rewrlters, and "Idea men," besides city editors, Sunday edi tors, editorial writers, managing editors. editors-in-chief, editors who edit editors, snd lots of things, in a newspaper office. When a keen-faced man or woman is In troduced to you as from the Argus you msy be meeting any one of these, so don't guilelessly refer to him as a "reporter." Newspaper spurs are won by much lebor and fierce fighting, and the Park Row people are Jealous of their honors.. The reporter is an ancient and honorable In stltutlon, but after he evolves Into a special writer or an editor he likes the per named described his playing as a "specialty," and his expression as "stu pid and brooding." The court, after con sidering his case, dismissed the com plaint holding thst the language used by the critio "did not pass the limits of permissible - criticism.'1- While ths mood of young musical gen ius s a rule often may be described as "brooding," It Is not ' amiable in a critic to use the word "stupid" in associa tion with any clever manifestation. But from the decision it Is again mads clear that a critic, on general principles, will be upheld in the use of language that may be an offense to the person crit icised, such holdings have been multi plied in courts of all countries that have art institutions, and the occasional pro- ""j ii ai i-. nun i...i-S.trt fin,r?.r ,t- i-:...;.I..t.nr. f. --..r-, , it"...- ij f" "s va. A 'V if ' WW - . Tn XOOZBS BBOS. XJT LOIDOI.' At the Marquam Grand theatre in ths very near future the attraction will be "The Rogers Brothers In London." a vaudeville farce Droductlon made br -Claw and Erlanger. in which they wilt 1" j, nr.u.1 ik. u . .... oay. May 1 sixth annual tour under their direction. Thle. like its Ave predecessors, was writ ten by John J. McNally, who has at tained prominence aa a . comic writer reached by but one . other American author, the late Charles H. Hoyt The muslo Is by Max Hoffman and Melville Ellis. Ing a girl's head. It was designed by William Ssndercock Jr., and dedicate. i to the ladles of ths club under the name of "The Zebress." - WW The Ladles' guild of Trinity church will conduct a sale of useful srtlcles Monday afternoon, from I to i o'clock, at Parsons' halt Tea will be served. WW The ladles' classes of Professor Rlig Isr's school for physical culture are planning to give an open evening, Mon- PERSONALS. Mrs. E. A. Vaughn and Mrs. T. W. Ayers of La Grande Sre visiting tneir sister, Mrs. A. A. Roberts, at 2io Seventh street. Mrs. Roberts will soon The lyrics sre by George V. Ho-lao to La Grande, whare her huahHmi bart asd Ed Oar denier,, widely known Lhss been appointed receiver of the laud verse writers. . I office. Mrs. John Williamson of McMlnnvlIle, Tiff OSASTISBMSHT OP mVSSZA. who has been visiting her son, George T. Murton, at 16S North Thirteenth General Fukushlma, tha author-of I atreet. raturnad ta"haf "hnma "WHn. v the following song, waa one of the chief afternoon. officers of the Japanese in the march U Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Long, who have on Peking In 1900. It is called "Russia bean vtuitin th.ir a Seibatsu" (The Chastisement of Rub sla). The translator1 writes: fit is sung In schools by tens of thousands of pupils, and is on sale in book stores all through the empire. It is set to vtune that combines the Japanese minor strain with a martial Occidental tempo. 'It wss sung -at the farewell meeting of 800 their home in Salem Monday morning. Mrs. - N. Mosessohn left- Tuesday evening to Join her husband, Rev. Dr. N. . Mosessohn,- In Vancouver, B. C, where ha haa recently accepted the do- eltlon of rabbi of Tempi EmamiL - Mrs. T. Kretmsn and daughters. achool rhiMn a.n.iaiiv trmtmA .t f"1". fc Bn rsnclsco on sn ex- Prof. J. Shikams, Ths following free , translation, which is less emphatic, If BELLE GOLD With "McFadden's Flats at the Marquam Grand Theatre. anytning, tnan tne original, gives an Idea of the manner in which Russian character Is being taught to Japanese ennaren oy thla song." Hall the rising sun, the emblem Of our world-renowned JatianI - In ths morning rays her banner Oleams across her kingdom's span. Great her people love of Justice And of fellow-man imbred, - With a brave and loyal eervice . to her great imperial head. Lo, our foe a land that knows not Truth and righteousness by name: Lies and treachery its usage. Fl under and rapine the same. Miss Emma Wuhderll snent several days of Isst week in Salem, the aueat of her sister, Miss Wunderlt Miss Ernestine Falling, a student in ths University of Oregon.. visited at har home 883 West Psrk street, during the week, having come down to attend her sister's wedding. A Mr. snd Mrs. Lewis G. Clark left Thursday morning for New Tork. whence they sail, May 7, for; an extendod trip through Europe. , The Misses Etta and May Faiiin win sail for Europe In May.. Mrs. Richard Koshlsr and her daurh. ter have gone to New York, whence thev sail for Europe to attend the Wagnerian musical festival. Her son will Join her THE) "HONEY GIRLS." IN A GIRL FROM ."DIXIE At the Mrauam J Friday ftnd Saturday. perfect beauty show. The young wo men all have clear, sweet and fresh voices and during the New York en gagement gained for the ensembles of the show the maximum of praise. A cleverly woven plot tells the story of a young Maryland .girl, born and reared In a country town, suddenly falling heir ess to a fortune. . mm tne quiet 01 a schoolhouse she. Is hurried to a fash ionable seminary and from there to the gayety Of New York Society. Fun and muslo are closely interwoven from the rise of the curtain and through the run of the piece not a dull moment is to be found, i The advance sale of seats will open Wednesday morning. May 4, at 10 O'clock. ' - '.'WW- Cordray's theatre will tomoarow start tha summer season by cutting their prices about 40 per cent, and will prob ably continue the cut through next sea son. Cordray's thsatre has the. largest capacity of any In ths city, and ex pects to present established eastern at traction at prices lower than have aver Burning homes that rise no mora Witness to the Slav whose practice uods and men alike abhor. Broad the Iandr-a storm-swept desert; peoples mixed and lawless hordes: Cowards, at . Peking they faltered in the face of Chinese swords. ' Cossack name, once famed in story, This trio commenced on Bentemhor Now Is but an ancient lay: Newport, R. L, and will not be finished Melting snow in Morning sunlight, until July 23 at St. Louis. Mo. The aa- usn armies laae away. rreaiitrt rallronil farea an4 ahiMu u be 331,000 and the Pullmttn expenses UP and torwa.rO, steeds and warriors! over iu,uuv. xne company will piayi.., in 29 states and In British Columbia and Righteous war admits no fosman; Guiltless babes and maidens murdered, n th" Mt Mr"- Walter J. Burns and Canada, while 37 states and territories will have been traversed. The railroad equipments will Include two 60-foot bag gage cars, a day coach and two 1 -section Pullmans. On the coast trip, a din ing car wijl be carried. The Four Cohans wilt be a'n early at traction at the Marquam Grand theatre. "1MB BZOBT OP THB rOTTB." 'The Sign of the Four," the next pro duction of the- Nelll-Morosco company at the Baker theatre. Is, a i dramatisa tion of one of Conan Doyle's famous Sherlock Holmes detective stories of the same-name. The week opens with , the matinee this afternoon, and great Inter est has been Shown In the production. The scsne occur In London, and at Pondlcherry Lodge the residence of Major John Sholto where a -mysterious murder occurs, ths Intricacies bf which Joy is burs, with naught to fear. Break the ramparts of Port Arthur, Tear the walls of Harbin down; On the heights of Ural mountains y Floats tha banner Of the sun! v Drive the Slav into' tha forests: ' Let him hide within their shads. Ancient. Moscow be his refuge. There his bloody hand be stayed.: Then unto our sovereign's glory c '. Praises sound and never cease,' . While our hearts unite, rejoicing . In a great and world-wide peace, , . Snsplcloos Compliment. , -i : ? From Judge. - Mrs. Gramercy -Weren't you pleased when your husband said you looked pretty In that dress f . Mrs. Park No; I'm sure ha Just said it in the hope that I wouldnt ask hlml You cannot go forward without leaV- 10 ouy me m sew one. , - , - t ing some tnicgs behind. her son will leave In two weeks, and they also will attend the festival. Miss Kathleen Burns has gone east where shs will be Joined by her mother and her slater, Miss Carolina, in a trip to Europe. She was accompanied bv Miss Patsy Bryan, who goes to her home in Virginia, and Mr. and Mrs. George Good, who also will travel In Europe. . Miss Seller, of Boise, Ida., is visiting Mrs. Fred Sellar at her residence. 64 Davis street; Mls Hess of San Francisco is viait. ing Mrs. M. Fisher at her home on Ella street. ,'y-;;,.';.,:;-'s. ..-v. . . Mr. Horace Fenton la viSitina frianda In Eugene. Mr. Fen ton was obliged to give'1 up his work in the University of Oregon on account of sickness. Mr. and Mrs. C M. Klstrlna will mn to Boise City, Idaho, Monday. Mav 1. Mr,.Klgglhs has been . princlnal of tha Holladay school of Portland. Mrs. Rig ging la prominent in the Sunday school work of ths state, having been formerly state primary supsrlntendent Miss Ella Doble, a student st tha rrni. 1 versity of Oregon, passed ths week at her home, 114 Thurman street. ' She returned to Eugene Saturday morning. Miss Alios Bretherton. a V. O. aonho. mora, is visiting this wsek at her home, " 46S East Twenty-sixth street , . v 4 ' Mr. uonaon Bean of Portland Electrte company, visited with friends In Eugene qie first of tha week. : ( -A