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Lv-0iyl ill - f 1 i iu' " w. v: ' : . iTit in.: 'f 1 1 ini r jM .m ,-,a m 1 ... . 7 .. 11 1 J I THE OFFICE BOY? I fXj Ta -J f f I " A A MxrmBlSSROWTt Mllll VO A,, , - j4;VA I' jH'nmxim grand: It kM tUnkla of jam ttaa test tw row u 41 m r How rov bmiuit rappott roa aot rollloc la wcaltt f ' Do fo rwmtmbtt tb Ubm tmi rlM ywv f I Ilk rou, n, and ttoa think oOov.t . WUd ltjw aklD im an 1st Mt ar twV . WaQ, I amrl 1kJ cut k Moor! 9 J M nt coin to call aro4 to ftm ttcrt. ' Hew ! DeBwT How ar yoa? Out ton la tba t Ton mat ft! laa ( Wbva roar poor tog M I Mt ao tor! ftUl kMplsi lb r-ota' fornlahlac foot stent JUk too, Blllr but how tlma llae; ef thfci rlaaa: r ios'C sat th tie at th (In, bat th-t m tbo awMirat JaatM T. Fowara, S lAHTTRI, CARMANK IfOTT Waa akM a qneatton that h bad ofua haard befora "What are th datla of an advanea aawntr ! "mr." h rapllad, "wa ermnlsa uAI wieaa, eontract blllc anaver Ultgrania nd wtita paaaaa." ' "Paaaaa! For whom?" ' ' ' r "Bvaiybady from the atraat cap con ductor to tha chaiDbarmald. That la, varrbody who rata naxt to tha fact that :mm meant ta In town and who la In a, po sition to nib) thtnaja aneomfortabla for tha a feat If ba doa not accada to thatr ; damanda. On tha lavl, it la ajattlna; mo that an ant can't ajat a trunk ehckad without fflrtn away a pair or aetata. And thajr all aaam to know a Intul- ' With which Samual Carmann Mott dlaanlanad tha aubjact mm a popular avil. Hia was not a boy1 view of tba eaaa. It la fairly wall known tha daya that tha "ataa ahad" la hampared half to , death by tha fraa admlaalon flanda; alao, that ba la th moat important part of an amuaament aatarprlae. Whan a eom panr atranda It fa Invariably du to "poor advano woafe." Whan a company fjooa through a whmln aaaaon It la du "ua." Tba a rnt navar recdvaa tha cradtt ha daaarvaa, but alwaya tba blam whlnk fraquantly ha dpaa not daaarvo. If tha wardlnt la laft to tha traupa. It waa Intaraatlaj: to hear Kaasual C. Mott'a riawi on thia aubjact, for h la wall quallflad to apoak, bavins bean In th bualnoa. I ahould iudaw. about 11 yearn. At tha araaant tlma ha U '"nrwanlalnar audtanaa" ft Jamaa A Jff rt. tha champlnn, who la oomfng to Portland aoon In tha rlp-roartnf analo dramatto nannrK "Davy Crockett." Aa I ramatnbar ft now, Lwla and Clark found flam Mott bar and built th norhwat aroand him. H waa lhn advanon a rant for tba Hoolay aompany and a aattr of MfW York. JIM CTNalll was laa Wdiai aan of taia arfmaiaa- S M A I v C --MIZZOURSP tlon.' R Bucklay waa tha Javanlla, W. H. Crana tba eomodlan, M. A. Xan ndy (peaca to bla aaha) aeeond oom adlan, Louisa Hawthorn tha leading woman, and 'a, - BUllnaa tha character "And te ail the yoara," X aakad. "hava yon nTr act ad?" , - , . V ure," replied flam I hava yon on with atany atara. But an- Intenaa Jeal ousy aeema to exist wbanarer X appear and biTarlably they get a new man for the second performance. Tha drat time X acted waa with Joe Orlamar. X played a orook. X ahould haw said, after club bing tha millionaire Into Insensibility, 'Aha, I will take than paper for refer ence. What I actually aald waa, 1 am going to take these papers for Instance.' and Ornimar flrad ma. It made anion a wad flam Ifott who managed th first "Unci Tom Cabin" with real negroes on the ataga, and out la this country ft created a sensation. Tha first tlma BHly Btnerson'a mlnatrefa earn to tha eoaat Bant Mott waa the manager. "We nad an efterpl called Mol doon'a Picnic,' continued Mr. Mott, re lapsing again ta the duties ef an agent, "and 1 bought a donkey for SIQ far ad vertising purposes. Thl waa when the Newmarket theatre waa the Marquam of Portland and first street waa th main thoroughfare of the town. Th first time thla donkey appeared ta the parade ha ran away and'entaahed up all the fruit a tenets on First street. It coat ua 141 for damage, but." with a satisfied grin spreading over hfa usually calm countenance, "we got column out of It In the paper next day. .k 1 have had many experience Once I waa with th Raymond Holmes Comedy company, playing "Nat Oood wln'a Hobblee." W had struggled en for several weeks end landed Anally at Ventura, Cal. There was eoaolutcly no advanoe sale, which the kindly manager attributed te the faot that Bill Bplfklne waa giving a euchre party that same night, "Here la where th show strands,' aald 1 ta myself. Th day; wore on and at ill no sale. I determined not to play there, having Just enough money te take th company ta tha next town, across the bay. rlvey.- a whatever It la. - flo I told tba members of th com pany to go to thiwhrf and catch th Aret boat. 'They war gathered to gether on the pier when, by rare good fortune, Lisa Harrington, our character woman, fall Into tha water. Her shrieks aa aha floundered around Ilka a young whale saved the show. Tha whole town oama down to th waterfront, Bha was d reared out, half froaen. half alive, and hurried to the hotel. We ail went with bar Having missed th boat, w bad to THE C"'KN $0K" Y JOUv poRTUA theatre. J- atay la Ventura and tha manager hv slated upon ue playing. We did aa The accident in tha afternoon had cre ated a profound sensation and tha re sult waa a sale of fill before th doors opened. . , - , "Just before the curtain want up. Hohpe loot bla voice and X had to pie tna part, ana in nis maxeup, twice too small for ma, Th wig wouldn't at. neither would th clothe. Tba reports of my performance that eight 'queered' the ahow for a week. The only applause X got waa when a man fell off a chair out In front while X waa ainging. I was so bad that Holme went n th second night and did bla role In pantomime.' i Thaae are earlier pipe draams of Ma Mott. Ha fa now with an attraction, Mr. Jeffrie, which had made him aa earnest advocate of the principle that a good advanoe agent doesn't hava to meet th looal manager. Th dramatic art has mad such rapid atrtdee within th past few years that It la merely neces sary to announce that th - champion pugilist la coming, and the house will be filled. What a rare pleasure It wtU be to see Jim Jeffries thrust hi arm through the big staples of that cabin door ana shut out th wolveo? Zoundsl Jim Bmitheoa, give me those papers! Never! - - , . And we may regard with bated breath tha undefeated pet of the ring getting the blgaeat hand of the night when he announce. "X am only ,a poor back woodamaa, dad cannot rWdr V . , Stage tM rector Bernard naa SWlded not to try any mora Shakespeare an the ataga of the Columbia theatre. Good! Th week's business with "Romeo and Juliet" may have proven satisfactory, but whep an erganlaetlon la pro nouncedly moab capable m other line, there Isn't a great deal of necessity for delving Into the Immortal bard. Today the oompany go Into "la Mixaoura," which should be one of the pratUeat ef forts of the entire season. There Isn't much to aay about the atricals In review thla morning. 1 The Marquam opened with an unprofitable fare and partially redeemed the weak with "Ollttarlng Gloria," originally musical comedy, but new a "comedy with musical number." At Cord ray's "An Orphan' Prayer" waa fairly answered. lut the great big audience, numerically speaking, war found at tha Vaudeville house. Tha Baker am to be a hit aa a dime propoaitloa. Man ager Keating aV Flood era to be con gratulated on the successful opening of their new house. The others pre sented good bllla and the usual fight for admission occurred hourly at each of then. Competition ta tha Bald mt dim WHIPPLJEFC iOF nCKluTtfi8- WH1 PPLE K ,7 , ,. ev,..:v ... .N-.V-.; vaudeville la keen and doubtless will hava tha effect of trengthnlng th Mile generally. BACK WHITNKT. SmallTalk iff Stage v:? People r - According t a note from Sydney De Orey, who la In New York, bualneae there has not been quite ao bad In many yeare aa It la at present. He atatea that only four house en Broadway are Jlaylngsto paying houses, and attribute t to tba approaching election. Rice and Cady and Bobby North, who mad big hits her in the Weber t Fields burlesques, are at present play ing in. Pittsburg. They left Ban Fran cisco on account of poor business. - M. Antolne, th famous French actor, recently appeared In a French version of "King Lear A new Yiddish theatre ha bean built Eh the east end of London. William Lamb, wh play th young lawyer la Henry W. Savagea produc tion of "Th County Chairman," waa a mam bar of the Baker atook aompauy here two seasons ago. Th big musical ootnedy success. fThe Tenderfoot," will be aa early attraetioa at the Marquam Grand theatre. "Lady Teaale," th new musical play in whlah Lillian ItuaaeU la to star thl aaaaon, la aa adaptation of "She B loops to Conquer," mad by Joha Kendrlck Banga and Robert Penfteld. Tha aoara la by A Baldwin Sloan. ' Eugenia Blair baa eeourad the right to Plnero'a "Iru," In whioh Virginia Harned starred, and will be seen la It thla season. - Harry Woodruff baa rejoined Amelia Bingham' oompany, replacing Charle Kiehman, who baa returned to New York for rehearsals with Ada Bebant "A Chinas Honeymoon" la to be tranalated Into French and acted in Pari. Tha piece ran for twa year In London, over a year la Now York, and now 1 being presented by two eompev niea throughout America. It baa bean definitely decided that tha new St. Louis theatre, tha Qarrtck, will be opened Thanksgiving week The opening attraction will be D Wolf Hop per In "Wang." The Oarrlok will be one of the finest theatres in St. Louis, and will ba the only theatre dvtd ax Oluslvaly to amusement. Bdward Tarry will revive vral of hi earlier suoceeeee during hi forfn eomlng tour of Amerlaa. "The House of Burnslda." which he I bow present ing la Engl sad, win b Mr, Tarry'a plec 4 i. w J 1- ALBERT RDCCARDI m MCQRDQJSYiS d fweiatane. but h win- also appear In Plnero'a "Sweet Lavender" and possibly In "Th Woman Hater." Th first men tioned of theae comedies will be' th opening bill on January B at th Prin cess theatre. New York. x For th first tlma In many year Bob art B. Mantell will next aeaaon fill an engagement In London, where ba made his debut aa an Irian comedian In Dion Boueloault'a "Arrah-na-Pogue." He ha arranged ts present "Hamlet," "Othello" and "Richard III." whan be return to the English metropolis. It waa In thaae playa that ha first made a success la that lty. Clara Blood good 1 taking an enforced vacation In Now York. The Clyde Pltqh IfCoronet of a XXich" has proven euch a pronounced failure that It has been permanently withdrawn and Mr Bloedgood 1 left without a play. There aeema a strong likelihood of reviving "Th Girl with th Green Eyda," unless soma other drama tl medium b found for her. - . . fllr Henry Irving 1 moating? with ex traordinarily enthusiast! receptions on his farewell tour through th English grovlnces. He recently appeared - at wan sea and after the performance of "Th Balls," whea ha earn forward to acknowledge the applauaea, tha audience rose and sang with true Welsh enthus iasm ."Lead, Kindly Light" and "God Be with You Till We Meet Again," the ac tor meanwhile standing with bowed head and being clearly deeply moved by tha tribute. - " i May Irwin, who returns to th New York stage November 7 In a new mus ical oomedy entitled "Mr. Black I Back," will ba heard In two song of her own composition. They are called "I'm Worried to Death About That" and Dat Ain't Nothln' But Talk, - Harry Mestayer, who waa for. a Mm with Chauaoay Oloott and who during th latter part- of laat season played Oswald to the Mr. Alvina of ' Mary Shaw In that actress production of Ib sen' "Ohoata," has started out at the head of a company which la to tour tha west and aa far east aa Chicago, He will ba aeen as th son In "Ghosts," and will have as th leading woman ta ht aompany Grace Reels, who for sev eral seasons was so popular aa the ahlef ec trace la the Bush Temple rganlaa Uon. The Information eomee from New York that over M.to naa been spent for artificial flowere a ten for ua in th production tomorrow night of "Th Ctngal." Tha ataga picture will be mad especially gorgeous and ft i pooted that tba mualeal awaedy, with i. ' CMUMBmTWATRE William Norrta 1b th leading role, win duplicate In thl country th auooeaa It has had In London. Mme. Bernhardt la reported to be con sidering for her next production la Pari a Bve-aot play la versa, with Lu ereela Borgia a th principal person age. The poet la aald to have presented the famou dispenser of poison In a more favorable and attractive light than that In which she la usually re garded. Henry B. Dlxey haa been having an unpleasant experience ta New York, He conceived th idea of securing the Berkeley Lyceum and presenting' there an entertainment consisting of two or threa short play and an act or two of refined vaudeville an entertainment similar In character to the delightful one given a few year ago by Roalnl Yokes and her oompany. He opened tha theatre, gave two performances, hut when bla ' patrons assembled for the third h appeared before th curtain and announced that he deeply regretted to Inform them that he could give no a tartalnment -that all th scenery had been taken from tha theatre. The audi ence departed, the actor paid off hi company and retired to hi home In Mount Vernon, If appears that whn Mr. Dlxey took possession of the theatre th less and manager of the house gave him permission te take from th storeroom such scenety and properties a he needed. This waa dona and th two performance were given. On the following morning th oeenery ana prop erties were taken out by order of Al Herman, who bwn th theatre. Mr. Dlxey was informed that h could have the properties and sets for f0, ut th actor declared that they word not worth tl. They were removed and tha undertaking waa thus effectually giuao by Mr., Hayman a action, : 'Monologue ; - xxT ajranrr wvxwx ; -By th author of 'Arliona-'" If nothing mora were aald of Xn Mla aoura," that one Statement woflld to th play-going public of today taak th older work of Augusta Thome a great uecee Th delightful oomedy of Pike county people will be th offering of th Columbia Theatre stock company for one week, commencing thl afternoon. The atory 1 familiar to moat play goers. . Jim Bad bum. a young sheriff who heart Is aa large a hla body, love Kate Vernon, a blacksmith daughter. She doea not respond to hi effect ton. but fall In lav with an ad venturous erook. Kadburn accepts th situation la Ilea, although M heart la breaking. At an unexpected turn in the play, th criminal ta discovered a a bandit and th a he riff, aever aospeotlng the Identity ef the man, rune him down. He haa cornered him pa th premise of the Vemons, where Kate be concealed th man . aba love. To arrest th robber would mean disgrace and humiliation for Kate, Nat to do eo might mean dlsgrae and worse for the shsrlff. But In hla magnanimity and lov for Kate, tha aherlff doe net think of himself, H Bet only release the prisoner, hut assists hint to eaoap by furniahtng him with a h,ore. In th end Kate discover that aha had really RTTHB loved Badbura all of th time and they are happily united. la thla play tha principal oomedy dome from an awkward girl known to the whole community aa 'Lls'btgH. Tha character will be played by Cathrlne Count! and will demonstrate the ver satility ef that popular young Vctreee. It 1a th a me role in whioh she made great hit while with Ralph Stuart. Ed gar Bauma la to play Radbur end one of hie vary beat charactertaations may be expected, Vernon, th blacksmith, win be Impersonated by Frederick Seme! ton, who make hla first appear anoe with the Columbia company on thla occaaion, and the other members i all hava, good, rolea. - ".;-v , v . i - "hTJ PATAX WBDDXjrV In The Fatal Wedding," whioh eomee to Cord ray's thla afternoon for a brief engagement, tha theatregoers of thte olty will get aomothing oat of th. ordinary run of aomdy-drama. It ta the lateet product of the masterly pea of Theodore Krmr and la a twentieth century melo drama, la every reap!. , Everywhere It haa proved lta drawing power by pack Ins the largest theatre and lta western tour haa been a rle of brilliant suo- tha plot of Th Fatal Wedding" la entirely different from anything here tofore eeen here, ana serree to tell a powerful story full of Inter- from first to mat. Tha principal Interest In ' ' th piece la th clever Interpretation of a child part by little Oueele Shir, th : ' moat talented child actress is America. ' So much responsibility baa- been at taohad to thla particular part that tag management found it neceesary te car ry aa extra child artist te rellev Uttl Mies Shires on alternate night. .The soenlo effect are truly wonderful and '' marveloue, depicting aom of th moat f1 famous localltlee In and Around New Torn. v The company la - pronounced great by all critics, , a . . .', o -., :v ' "ffBOi rrzoE Bar. : Th ffrt presentation la Portland of Frank Daniels' musical aoaaedy, "Th Office Boy," will take place at tba , Marquam Graad tomorrow night The musical score of the piece waa largely furnished hy th eminent oora- , poser of popular raemdlea, Ludwlg Sng- lander. The piece hi aald to ba replete with swelling choruses and tuneful -aohia. flaille Flaher, the prima don net haa, ft la stated, two most meritorious and beautiful numbers, whioh she later- prt la a delightful way. Clara Bella Jerome, the . vlvadou comedienne wh Jf was eeen In 'tha west teat with Francis ;, Wilson, ale, it la said, ha been given aom characteristic song and dances. The oompoeer he been exceptionally fortunate apparently, la the provision of ' v suitable aonga for th star. Mr. . Daniels take part la - number of comical dlt- ;, tiee and haa twa or three polo of hi . own. HI greatest hit has been made, report haa It, with a eong entitled "I'm on the Water Wagon Now," Which in a humorous way Ineuleat th prlo olples of temperance. - The plot C ta pleea-for, gtrang to aay, there la a plot eoncems th strug- -glee r aa office boy to appear auperlor' (ConUued am Fage FlftMa i
