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I MARQUAM I GRANDJ fTHEATRE j
Marquam Grand Theatre
ON THE
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I Wednesday Evening, May 25, 1904
THE, OREGON. SUNDAY JOURNAL", . PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 22, im
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CITY WATER
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FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 27 - SATURDAY MATINEE, AY 25
Prof. Begs Class of Fancy Dancers ;:'
Will Present the Fairy Spectacle, Entitled
'The Queen's Bouquet"
By 30 Boys and Girls
Assisted by Mrs. W. O. Perkins and Miss Grace Shaw
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GRAND TESTIMONIAL!
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fEWSBpYS'MCIATION
; T0 FURNISH THEIR LIBRARY AND GYMNASIUM
THB WATER FRONT AT. BONN, GERMANY, SHOWING RECENT IMPROVEMENTS AND , THB1 STEEL BRIDGE
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PorUknd clrlj lmprevtnnk Bthttsl
Mta, from Mmror Gorr . K. Wltllama
' down, r pfanninf and uffitln
rlons methods by whteh th appearnc
of PortUnd BtroeU and Portland door
Tarda arc to b lmproTod; but tha big
(at aut restloa rt : mad ' la that of
Frank Dayton, vbo farora tha acquisi
tion of a prattr rlrr front plaaa near
tha heart of tha cltr.'-
- Although, at first thought, , thia ftus
- castlon of Mr. Darton's may stem Im
possible or - Impracticable It . will be
tha same thins; that has been dona with-
. In recent years In Now York, In Philadel
phia and n many of 'tha cities of. the
old worldand dona at rait expense,
because of the gain In nearby property
.Taiuea wnua me euy xatnera were man
In up their mlnda. . ,
Such a plana would prorida an Ideal
brsathlnt place, would flvs'a marolfl
oent view of tha river and the ahlpploa;
and would be one of tha btnest adrer
tlsementa that tha city eould possibly
(St
If tha surreatlon of Mr. Dayton was
still further carried out, a syndicate
eould be formed and build facln tha
plan tha macnlfloent hotel which Port
land ao much needs. Both hotsl and
Improved water front would ba riverside
attractions that would spread tha fame
of the city far and near.
It haa bean argued that such a plasa,
or In 1U stead's nioa river front street,
would take up too much valuable apace,
and would run he risk of being annually
overflowed. In Philadelphia an exactly
similar condition existed where the mag
nificent Delaware avenue now stands,
and which la nearly all made land and
for years was overflowed by the Annual
high waters.. Now the embankment and ;
covered piers and pleasure pavilions fa fl
ing the -avenue ara among tha ahow fea
tures of -Philadelphia, The Quaker Qltjr
did not wake upv to the Importance of
these water front1 Improvements until
In recent years, when adjacent property
had Jumped to an Immense, value al
though Stephen Glrard. tha philanthro
pist, had provided In his will for ths
gift of much of tha avenue water front
to tbs city.
In hla argument for a Portland plasa
or fins watsr front street, Mr. Dayton,
who haa traveled sxtenalvely abroad,
points to the Watsr front of Bonn, a
picture v of which la herewith repro
duceda, plasa and water front famed
throughout the world. In tha belief of
Mr. Dayton the. increased value that
would accrue to property In tha lower
part of the city would far more than
make up for the ost of such an Im
provement in. Portland.
' As yet the water front Improvement
scheme, like most of the ctvlo Improve
ment believers' work, ts only a Sugges
tion, but It may follow what seems to
be a tangible, plan already started for
bettering the appearance of Portland
a plan which started lsst. week when the
msyor recommended thst telegraph and
telephone poles be painted. With tha
painting would go the removal of to
bacco and balr tonlo signs which now
disfigure msny of the poftts. Other
cities suffering from the post nuisance
hava used paint and all agree that -the
Improvement was pronounced; and was
ths first atep that resulted in some of
the cities having the wires placed under
ground and the poles removed alto
gether an Object which the local civic
improvement folks hope to see accom
plished In Portland at no distant day. j
A step In this direction la la tha strong
objections started within tha past few
days against permitting any mora lines
or poles to ba erected In the city streets,
ta soma streets there are as many as
three lines of poles for telegraph, and
telephone wires and for trolley ear guide
wires. ' There ara short posts and. tall
posts all of which posts,-with the poast
bis exception or those for tha guide
wires, ahould .vanish, according tothe
belief of the civic tmprovementera.
. Anothsr agitation that la being made
and that la said to be. favored by tha
city officials If to atop ths hit-and-miss
system Of laying sidewalks. This sys
tem In tha past has resulted In one
property owner plscing his sidewalk two
feet from tha fence, and probably tha
owoax of the next lot placing hla walk
four feet from the fence.
Still another Improvement that la
looked for la that which will require
Uniform street crossings In tha suburbs.
And other reforms planned ara to hava
a uniform aystem of street grading, ao
thst the curb on one side of a street
msy not longer be only three Inches
above the edge of the roadway while tha
curb on tha opposite slds of ths street
Is 14 Inches above tha level of the bed
pf the street
These are a few of ths Improvements
which have started In Portland within
the past few weeks,-and which ths clvto
Improvement people are arranging to
put In execution. The cult In thia city
haa. been - watching the work sccom
pllshed In Dayton, In Los Angeles and
in other cities that ars planning to bring
about a result .that will be Just as satis
factory In Portland leaving this city
with its wonderful natural landscape
advantages, the most beautiful city In
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Germany's Complicated Kaiser
Collaborates in Opera
B
ERLIN. April ii. Four or five I Ished emblem of municipal Independence.
yeara ago, when Leoncavallo I Wllllbald Alexis, a German novelist of
came to Berlin to direct tha pre- I the last century. Immortalised the Ber
miera of his "Pagllacclr Em.
peror William, In a characteristic burst
of enthusiasm, intrusted tha Italian
composer with a commission to Write
a grand opera entitled "The Roland of
Berlin," which snouia perpetuate in ro
mantio fashion one Of the imperial capi
tal's most cherished bits of - history
the Berlinera' struggle far liberty
asainst an autocratlo Prussian raark-
rraf. After a long period of delay,
popularly ascribed to Leoncavallo's lack
of sympathy .witn nis tneme, is now
annodnced that tha opera haM been com
pleted and that the composer will come
to Berlin In May to aeiiver me piano
score Into the kaiser's bands. Mean.
time the Italian text In which It haa
been written will be translated into
German and adapted for presentation
at the Berlin royal opera, which will
be the aceae of a gala first perform.
ance next October. It will undoubtedly
be the muslo event of the year.
- Kaiser Bdlted Text and Mnslo.
While Leoncavallo's name is attached
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wie nnprw uuaHii win uuuuhwbh w
apparent throughout "Roland of Ber
lin." It la understood that bis majesty
has suggested innumerable cbangea in
text and music particularly with refer
ence' to the finale of the atory, which
Leoncavallo waa compelled to rewrite
In deference to the kaiser's teste. It
will ba Interesting to observe how Ger
man critics will approach tha delicate
o"uty- of passing-Judgment on- William
li s operatic atyle wherever they think
they dlsoern Its earmarks.
i Kent Oomooisr to Task.
" "'Amusing stories, are in circulation as
-to howtha kaiser, who is not accus
- tomed to being put off, haa had to nag
Leoncavallo into hurrying "Roland of
Berlin" to completion. After the Ital
ian had recovered from the early ef-
fects of the Imperial compliment, so
the story goes, he was sorry he had
undertaken a contraot to write opera to
order on a ready-made theme, and en
deavored through procrastination to ln
t dues Emperor William to forget It But
the head of tha house of Hohensollern
Is gifted with a good memory. After
weeks "had grown Into ; months,,. and
" months Into- a year, and etill no signs
Of "Roland of Berlin" were forthcom
ing from sunny Italy, ., his majesty
caused gentle intimations to reach
Leoncavallo that his muse would bet
ter bestir itself.
Letters and telegrams Inquiring how
about the opera are said to have piled
In on the distracted Leoncavallo. They ,
would nursue him. so the people say,
veiY when he sought seclusion In the
monntains or on some peaceful Medi
terranean ehore. Finally he roused
himself and began submitting the opera
. , to William act by act but hla troubles
- seem only Just to have commenced; for
the kaiser, who knows a thing or two
about tnusio. nroceeded to rive bis crlt
leal faculties full sway, and "Roland of
Berlin" became thenceforth practically
the Joint production Of king and com-
rnoner. , : . '
V.rigfat Waa for Olvio Bights. ;
' "Roland of Berlin" deals with, the
fight. of the burghers of Berlin in the
year 1J50 against an autocratlo Hohen
, sollern prlnee sent by Kaiser Frederick
: '"Iron . Tooth" 'to rule ; the province of
. Brandenburg, In which Berlin lies. Like
, all towns and cities of the day, Berlin
possessed sovereign rights, particularly
. power over life and death, and the sym-
' bols of such municipal freedom and au
thority were "Roland-Saulen," or "Ro
. land : statues,?;.' showing huge knights
holding aloft a great two-edged sword
' Bf JUStice. .' "' V,
' ed - by - their plucky - burgomaster.
- Ryke, the Berlinera oMSSO defied the
' . attempts of the haughty markgraf . to
,' circumscribe their civic liberties, where
. upon be challenged them to war. Their
troops were no match for the armored
legions of the markgraf, who conquered
' them, and as a mark of humiliation de
molished their "Roland-Saule, the cher-
llners' struggle . In a romance called
"Der Ronald von Berlin," and Leon
cavallo'a opera will be a musical version
of that book, with incidents of love and
dramatic Interest necessary for operatic
treatment
Bo land of 'Bo mantio History.
Bow ths early Germans came to
choose a Roland as the symbol of civic
might Is not definitely known. It is
probable that the name and lnspira
tlon came from Charlemagne's great
nephew and paladin, Roland, who shed
the luster of his martial glory over all
Europe by his military exploits in the
eighth century. Romantlo history rep
resents Roland as "brave, devotedly
loyal and susceptible. He stood eight
feet In height and had a voice like thun
der. Ha was slain In the valley of Ron
ceavalles as he was leading the rear of
Charlemagne's army back over the Pyr
enees from Spain to Franca.
Charlemagne himself had reached St
Jean Pled de Port at the time, the
story books tell, heard the blast of his
nephew's horn , and knew Jt . announced
una
rescue. Roland s hora was won in dead
ly combat from the giant Jatmund, and
"might be heard at a distance of (0
miles." Birds feU dead at its blast
we are assured, "while the whole Sara
cen army drew back In terror when they
heard It"
Many Other Boland Statues, .
Roland's mafio horn figures In ail the
Roland-Saulen" -scattered throughout
Germany some 20 or SO in all. The
handsomest and most famous stands
in ths marketplace at Bremen, which
along with Hamburg" and Lubeck still
retains the rights of civio sovereignty
which the statues in olden times typi
fied. Berlin's "Roland," commanding
the entrance to the marble Avenue of
Victory in the Thlergarten, was erected
In 1S02 as the. personal gift of the kal
ser to the city. It Is of many fantastic
colors, the various stones being an ex
act reproduction of the old painted wood
and plaster affairs which did service as
"Roland-Saulen" seven centuries ago,
It Is ground this pretty story of war
and romance that the kaiser and Leon
cavallo have sought to idealise in music
great modern com.nercial Berlin. Whetb
er the combination haa been potent
enough to Inspire a masterpiece remains
to be seen.
nr hat.
Again the fields srs green
And bursting buds are seen ,
Appareling the trees;
The robblns hop about;
And from their1 hives are out
The long beleaguered bees.
Forever earth returns
Unto her youth and earns
Rich payment for tears.
Within her cheek there glows
The whlls departed rose
That sweetens all the years.
Age to us is beauty lost
Come, look upon the frost
Encroaching on our brows, - .
For,, once ou youth in gone,
No juvenattng dawn
Reanimates ths boughs.
And so we fall asleep.
And In the speechless deep
Of nature's wisdom trust
Contented, Just to know
The sweetest buds that blow
Ars rooted in the dust
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Elaborate Production of the Sacred Opera
ESTH E R
(THE BEAUTIFUL QUEEN)
MARTIN L ROBINSON, of Chicago, DIRECTOR
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GRACE M. L CHOIR AND EPWORTH LEAGUE
Cast Including Some of the BEST SINGERS OF
PORTLAND and Magnificent Chorus
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5-MARVELOUS BELFORDS-5 4 FLYING LA VANS -4
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THE TWO HALLS
The Original Bowery Boy and Olrl
In Songs and Dances.
WILSON &.M0RAN
Presenting a Comedy Skit entitled.
i oeir j irst wuarrei.
JOSEPHINE GORDON
An Artistic Singing Soubrette, who
Dances Divinely.
KIPPY
' Klppy Is a Comedy Juggler,
name Is funny, and ao is he.
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In the Dollmaker'a Dilemma, J,.
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The Popular Baritone Soloist in Blue
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' THE DELACES 4
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