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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU " PORTLAND,- SUNDAY 'j MORNINO. . ' JANUARY tj UVt. 7
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1 ' A new. atar has come out ot
- th Weati ' . . .! "' .. . v ; . .
JHla same IA 'Whiff en Tnoraaa .
Whlffen. son of Mr. end lira.
Thomaa Whlffen. whoM aatna ware so
- emlnenUy- linked., with -American . ther
atrtrala a generation ago that tt la really
' worth knowing a eon who threatena to
ahed mora lustre, on' the family name
una profeastou.
'Few-people. If any, who Visited Th
Sultan of Sulu" were aware that ,the
impersonator of Ma hllartoua highness,
Ki-Ram, waa'. part: and - parcel - of - the
.'tin Whlf fen .fraternity. It la true.
" . though. Young Tom'a, bosom awella
just a little, aa It properly should, whan
" ha admlta that ha la th eon -of hta
llluatrloua carenU.'
," . Ifnfottunately 'the - prent Thomaa
h hut few lntereatina exDerlencea in
the nrofeaalon. In which respect, ha
'differ widely from most actora. Or.
If he la not really different, he speaks
- of himself -with reckle disregard for
' 'color.- Or. possibly, with a fear- In hie
hurt I hut aoma .one will eall him' an
-indivldualr-prcsa-agent.- At aliAvantaX
went to the young man Tor an exciting
aocount of hla career, ana -ha handed
ma a story which cloaely resemoieo an
- .extract from th -Congressional tteeora.
i There waa ao little "good tuf f" in what
ha astd - about hlmaelf that ,1 waa
aihamed to hand It to the copy-reader,
Wherefore.' at my urgent solicitation.
- Thomas the yoiihger; talkedO of Thomaa
the elder and aald a lot or. tnings we dm
not heard before. -' . ' - .
"My father was an Englishman' said
- Wblffen. Jr- "and began life aa a choir
boy In the Rochester cathedral, altiglng
Manor. Although ha- grew up in cnurcn,
' - u waa not to hia liking, end whn"h-."
came of age ha started out to. bow the
. few wild oata which ha had Inherited,
. Vou -crobably, remember - Dlckena" de
acrlptlonB--ef--tl-KBglIh aong bouses,
- where- nrofesalonal people- of the 'better
das -gather to eat their mutton chop
' and drink their beer,, an wnera, aner a
certain period of t ha night, the gather-
ina- becomea . a. . foodies- oanquet.
' toeatmaater la appointed and at inter
' vala he call upon the guta to per
form
-Father waa a ginger on.thasw occa
sionsthe tenor of a quartet, ana in
' that oarttcular circle ha bore conalder-
- - able of a reputation, -It waa from these
: functions that ha derived the. notion of
- . aolna on tha stage. My father was also
a violinist, and played In the private
- orchestra of Quean Victoria, ana l
member, that ha uaed to borrow the
W'hlf f en f amUy'n'vlolin, bellevln . It to
, t on of the finest la all Europe.- '
2acyantuaUxMrwlilf I enwent on. tna
ope ratio stage. Ha came to America aa
the buffo alnger .of the Oalton Opera
company, "of whlcb. my mother, Blanche
Oalton,.waa -the -prima dnnna. , Ijter
ha oraanlsed his own company. In this
country ha was th. original 8lr Joseph
Porter Ifh Tinafora" and the first Pooh
bair In' 4t1kadq,'. while tat mother, waa
the original Butter-Cup. ' ' . : i
'?lot long aftap:thlavTiiir- fathar- ioat
; his einglng voice, and want in for llf hi
comedy. . He" joined -the eia jaaaiaon
. Knnaro stock "company and originated
' the -Tola of Pittlcua Green In JHaael
Klrke.' From that day until bia death.
even years ago, he remained under the
. tnanasrement - of Charles Fronmsm- At
the tlmr .of,. hlaa 1
the, chariot pa
i death Iha its playing
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Mrs. 'Thomas Whlffen-is now in her
twentyostxth consecutive . yaar. under
Frohman'a direction.,.. Bha baa been
loaned to the treble maiiaeneht for
- -"Merely Mary-Ann.--'-;- i-..-J.;..
i " It waa In the Frohman lyoeum alock.
.that the? younger Whiff en . made hia
-aurt aa a euper In. fTba Flra . Gentle
man of Europe." sfhat waa onlf-aeven
lyear ago, and today be la playing star
" paxts , Mr, Whlf fen, ; graduated from
Stanford university in the claaa of '7,
and tt waa shortly after his father's
, death that he took to the atage. ' For
flva waeka ha went on with tha mob,
without salary, and wag then given a
thinking part in' Plnero's "The Prlnoeaa
' and the Butterfly. " . Hia salary In
1 creased to $ a week. 'After tha first
performance. Frohman put In a piece of
tags "1uslness.'ln which Whlf fen par
ticipated, and again doubled nia aaiary.
"I rather liked the way things were
coming.'' continued tha young comedian.
"and I was overjoyed when, Mr. Froh-
man once mora doubled my income..': I
determined then to stick to tha stage.
- - For three yeare . I played -everything
that cam-alonavi from boys of 14 -to
dukes of T. I became assistant atage
' manager, then ataga manager, The reat
' la. brief. I managed, tha atage for
James K. Hackett onergeaaon, for Henry
MiUer one season and then joined Three
Little Lambs.' playing a atraight part
In tha mualcaj, comedy at tha Fifth
Avenuevtheatra.-- Nagfr lBUceaaded -Cyril
.cott In JMIseBpb Whlta' JTha" flrat
character part 1" played 'in. .musical
comedy was the Chinese In The Oelsha.'
" Had one season with The Chaperons'
aa tha old millionaire, than-reached ray
goal a flva years' contract with Henry
W. Savage for leading roles.
The lat -
row be-
ter was accidental, doe to tha row be-
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ren Mr. - flavav. and Frank Moulan "
From. aupeP to star in Seven years
la something of a Jump. Better still,
c-r. Whlffcn la anly- 1 1 yttrs of rsga
Ills future la assured, If ha maintains
. tha ' standard of hia - Work In, George
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f - Henry W. ; Savage, the -n,.Am'erl(,an
- manager- who - la prejudiced , against
1 foreign ' iheatrlcnl : products,. ta- our
-" thanks for sending, at last. Ada's 'The
' Sultan of 8ulu." The verdlc,t waa Quits
. general in Portland, aa it haa been elae
wbere Oa the- coast, that no ; cleverer
musical comedy has been presented.. In,
. tha wast, In many seasons and none of
' American'' origin even approaches the
wealth of humor In-Ade'a book or the
- Infectious beauty.. of Wsthall's music.
Mr. Savage haa established a: good
'reputation for the quality of his west
ern 'companies. He may hi" "depended
r upon to send tha beef he has for the
first engagement, at least end ha never
dropa hia standard on He aa low tha se
- ond and third times aa other managers
. notably th purveyors of, "A Chinese
Honeymoon.': th Bchubetta The aul-
tan e court was numerous and aa A whole
' of regal, splendor, albeit that only pna
original snrvlvee. , . -
Whlta Whlttleaey and hia; company oe-
Z copied th first naif of tha week at tha
- Mamuam. and were neartuy welcomed
ertenila aM and AW. ( , . - .
' At the kaleidoscopic Columbia, The
wife1 proved on of th beat of the
- IMncfc rompany offerings. Thl week
th' organisation Uke a" plunge Into
very heavy drama, the Henry Irving
varston of, Tha Crlm 9t IXiboso." with
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Jamas Kaine- tnthe dual rola : Nest
week Howard Oould enters the cast aa
leading man and tha ' week . following
Frances Sloeson will succeed tiouisa
Brandt aa tha Ingenue. Alwaya some
thing new-at the Columbia." " T-''--T
Tha Empire pursues the- even tenor
of. Its way, having for this week th
genuine thriller. "Nettle the-Newsglrl."
It ought to stand 'era 'up If anything
can. , . 4 ' ... r. ..
Vaudeville? Two houses. change policy
beginning tomorrow.- The Lyrlo and tha
Bijou have concluded' that rather. thgn
drift In an overcrowded aea It wilt be
better to furnish cheap stock produc
tions. Which la a sensible conclusion.- -
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SMALl, TALK OF STAGE
nr.-r people.'
Th theatrical trust, la "oo Its ear"
about some criticisms written by James
Metcalf of L,lfe and baa barred the critic
from all ' theatres undar Ita eontrnl. It
M needless to say that Life will . not
lauffer bV tha tranauctlnn. -
Mrs. Carter's new play. "Adrea." la a
distinct metropolitan-till It places the
actress' In the tragedienne class, belnd
eavl!1 "rhaJS "Dubarry" and " her
other recent successes. . ' '-, .,f ... ...
A three-art farce of "freniled finance,"
entitled "The Money Mkra,'' ha,.
openea -si xne . juioerty ineaire,'. -piew
York,- Introducing Ida Conqneet aa a
star. T ........'.. - ''"V
. .The theatrtral novefiv nn RrAftdwa la
the English musical comedy, "The Duch
ess of Dsntslc." which Oeorga Edward
brought - from London. It la founded
on Bardou a - "Madam - Sana Qene." and
follows th story-elosely, with Napoleon
as a central figure. , , t
r rang. von vecaey, aged 1J, la the
latest mualcat irrodlgy to act New ork
oa Ore. The- Ud ia 4 Hungarian vio
linist and la said to be a phenomenal
performer. - " ' - .
So great Is tha demand at tha Empire
theatre. New York, for Maude Adams
that Frohmag. has cancelled a lot of out
side tint-to. prolong her engagement
In 'The Little Minister." .-- - -
"Mrs." Lefflngwell a Boots." tha. new
Augustus Thomaa comedy, threatens to
outlive 'Th Earl of Pawtucket" at the
Savoy. ... -. , '-'
Edward Terry has revived "Bweet
Lavender". In the mtropills.T-H has
played . the part of Dick Phenyl, which
he Originated, over 4,004 time a.
,. Francis, Wilson appeara to bays en
tered upon1 a Very successful season ;n
the Clyde Fitch farce, "Coualn Billy."
Although thla haa been a -notoriously
bad season from Broadway to the Pa
cific, tha Dramatic . Mirror laat Week
printed a two-pag "ravlew of tha aea-,
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son- from its '"hundreds of correspond
ents" and every one1 sayg business in his
particular section -haa been good-
laughable. ! tj-:'":
Ethel Fuller has joined Thomas Jeffer
son's company to play Oretchen In "Rip
Van Winkle." - J , -. - ' .
Frank U. Parley Is to present Marga
ret Anglln In a new play February 1,
to (be called "A Wife's Strategy." i
The appearance of tha "Sultan of Sulu"
company one day ahead of their date In
Portland resulted In a considerable boost
for the actorg, fund. -Over 4- member
of th company applied -for professional
courtesy, for the. last performance of
Whlta Whittlesey and each waa aaked
for the cuatomary 10-cent stamp. -
Juat after tha Iroquois fir Life print
ed a cartoon ahowlng th doors of the
Ill-fated house padlocked on th onttlde
arid fire Issuing from the bulging doors.
Beneath th picture - were -4ha words,
"Klaw ft Erlanger' preaent'Mrr"BIue
beard.'" f Th ayndlcate sued for $100,-
000 for libel, and a jury haa juat de
cided In favor of Life, tha verdict stat
ing that there was nothing libelous in
the cartoon. . 1,..
--Mm. Schumann-Heinle haa announced
her Intention of becoming a rltlaan of
th IT nited States. 8h will : fetchher
two children from Dresden.
Edna Walfac 'Hopper will donate
ground for the building of a newsboys
home in Oakland, bar native town.' " '
Victor Herbert has ' won his suit
aginnstaHuaTcarwantr"ToT'IT',004
in the higher court. -
r- Frltsl Bchef f is reviving; all the-iBld
oparas "n"t "the Broadway theatre. Her
next .will be "CTrofla-Qlrofla,". and "Bo
cacclo" Will follow. - . - .
- Mary Mannerlng Is soom to return to
th stage on a. new play By Paul M. Pot
ter, a dramatisation of "Nancy Stair." -Th
. Jefferso-ns Joseph, Jr., . -and
Thomas arrived In . Portland laat even
ing with their company. - rhey will ap
pear at the Marquana tomorrow night In
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, "Thg Crimi of Duboaq."
Thla la tha laat week of Edgar Baum
at tha Columbia. Tha. engagement of
Howard Oould. tha new - leading man,
begins next Sunday. ,
-By special arrangement with, Morris
B. Dudley, Manager Ballard haa Secured
tha right to present - Henry Irving' s
great .London success, "Tha Crime .of
Dubosq." frff Its Initial American 'pro
duction, with tha romantic young actor,
James Keane. aa star, surrounded by the
entire - Columbia stock company in
prominent and- powerful part a 'The
Ciim of Duboaq'' will begin wlttt th
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Bundar matinee Today "and continue for
ow-waes: only:,--? .
Tha oiav la k atrona romantlo drama
ilaken from an occurrence in Franca In
Leaurques 1 a young French cltlaen
who bears atriklhg resembUnc to one
Dubosq. x Notorious criminal, fit Duboaq
and wo confedet; JUurrlol and ' Chop
paiid, plan to rob ttaej coach oanrylnq the
mall Lfrpm .Lyons t tBoraeauK. They
select as a place for JJte robbery th inn
of Ix Jimioe' fat'hef. The robbery take
place and tha courier- la murdered ' The
elder Lesurque arrive on th scene aa
th, robbery is enacted, and- seeing
Dubosq, Relieves him to be hia own son.
Jollquet;'- half-witted boy,; employed a,t
th Inn, also aeea tha crime committed.
Young Lesurques is about to be . mar
ried to Julie- Dubenton, the - beautiful
daughter of . a magistrate of tha' diet
trlct. The wedding la Interrupted by the-l
arrival of tha gendarmes with Courrlol
and Choppard, whom they have i cap
tured,. Dubosq ' having -escaped. - The
prisoners are brought before tha magla-
trate and Identified by Jollquet. During
the trial young Lesurques appeara, and
Jollquet believing him to be "the evil
Duboso. identifies him as the third mu-4
derer,
j In the, meantime there appeara on the
scetta one , Jenne--aiiwoman whom
Duboaq haa betrayed and- abandoned.
She haa learned of the ;murder and of
tha fatal' likeness, and seeking revenge
on Dubosq, telia tha story and reveals
hi biding place. Dubosq Is captured
Currlol and Choppsrd confess, Lesur
ques Is liberated and all ends happily,.
Mr. Keane will be seen In the dual
character - of - Lesurques and Dubosq.
Mlsa Counties will be seen aa Julie, a
role originally plaved by Ellen. Terry.
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Strong Melodrama?"..
At the Empire theatre, starting with
th matinee today, and continuing, all
tha week. Manager -Baker will preaent
Oould and Freed's scenic production.
"Nettie th,JNewsglrL"rwhIch la aald to
have scored a success in all the princi
pal -eastern cities. "Nettle the , News
glrl," aa her name Implies,- la 'one of the
waifs of New York, who earns her way
by Bailing papers, but Is found afterward
to be the child of rich parents, who hnr
been abducted by her uncle, a scheming
rascal., who wished ta obtain her- Inner
ttance,- i i' -"--" -r - '- -
ffiiam Br Parker.
with little Wanda Ludlow In the title
rola Th acenee In tha play are laid in
New York City, which affords an ax-
.wu.ejn.tjpportunjtyforja lavshacenlc
display, and - that this Tact Has "been
taken advantage of 1a evidenced bV the
fact tha two cars are-uaad far the
transportation of tha scenery and acces
sories. : .- - - ..- , '
' Among tha most striking scenes ot the
play are the new Pennsylvania railroad
tunnel beneath the North river. In .which
Julia, the heiress, la placed by Dan Har
per and laaao Lastnaky, to be entombed
alive, also th Fulton ferry at night, the
lirooklya bridge.-with Its rapidly mov
ing boats underneath. " y
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Jeffersons Tomorrow Night
: Undoubtedly , one of the best Mgti-
clasa comedy presentations -of th sea
son will be on Monday-and 'Tuesday
nights, January it and 14. when 'The
Rivals," with Joseph Jefferson, Jr. and
William W. Jefferson knd their ''all
Btar" cast may be seen at the Mar
quam Grand theatre.; Joseph Jefferson
look up Sheridan's "Hlvala" In 1IT0. and
altered and eondanaed It to meet tha re
quirement of - modern theatre-goers,
who. aa he explains, had beeom avers
to abundant dialogues unleaa It reveals
prot. and vwa demand ntrtalnmnt
for th eya rather than for tha eat. The
production met with Success, and In
H7f ha waa Invited t produce it with
tha other great playa at tba big dramatic
festival la Cincinnati. Mr, Jefferson
baa lten .playing -Bog Acre "6vr 8JJ
yea;a That ne,aiwaya uvea im cnarao
ter, and that his heart and. soul were in
tha production of it, I evident from tha
following "xtract fromhi "KutoMbtra-
phy: t-- """" : '
- 'Thla comedy kept, running. In. my
head of late years with almost the same
persistence tt "Rip Van Wlnkle'l had
done "In. the' olden time. Bob." too.' was
an attraclTve fellow to contemplated
Sheridan naa niiea nim wun aucn
AiiAlntnaaa and accentrldtv that ha be-
came to me Irraaistlbla I wouid often
think or him in the middle of the night
At odd times, when there. Was appai
ently no reason for nlnarto call, he
would pop up before me like an old
acquaintance for I had ' acted , him
years before, but alwaya with a new
expression! on his-face. I will not say
that the methods by which I treated
the various phases of tha character
were all thought out prevloua to tte re
vival. Some of them came to, ma after;
and many at tha time of their represen
tation: for during th late run. of, the
comedy ! . had acted Acres at least a
dosen times before I had hit- upon a
satisfactory effect with which to end
tha second act and even then it did not
strike ma until . tba yery moment of Its
execution,;
. " Lewi tiiorriaon at Mephiato
Sir Henry Irving production, of
"Fsusf waa conaldered the acme pi
atage realism until Lewis" Morrison de
cided to return to the stage this season
In his creation of Mephlsto, with a, pro
duction, that surpasses all prevloua er
fortsw British eleetrlelan ara not at
skilled as, nor are scenio artjsta In. tha
race With, onr New York artists like
Ambruster and Beaver. Lewis Morrison
can be seen aa Mephlato In the near
Marguam Grand theatre.
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..lJMntlli' Intcrettjng Carct
Th career- of Eugenia Mantelll, who
appeara With her company-at the Mar
quam Grand Wednesday night in Verdi's
masterpiece "II Trovatore," ha been
so universally successful that like pow
erful government that are said to have
no history. It might be thought to be
devoid of Interest Tha reverse will be
seen to bo true, for It la a career hon
estly won by hard work aa well aa by
splendid natural talent . "
Bha Is still a young woman and waa
born In Milan of parent who were them
selves great musicians. -When aha waa
acarcely In her teens little Eugenia en
tered tha conservatory of Milan and
studied the plan and tha voice. When
only 14 aha made-her debut In Opera,
Ingtng th page In "Lea Huguenots."
At II aha made tha grand -tour-of
Italy, singing In Milan, Roma, Naples,
Venice and her success was Immediate
and spontaneous. Now waa tier career
fixed, and next we a her at Lisbon
a th leading soprano of th San Carlo
theatre next aha sang In South America,
opening In Buenos Ay real. In "La Fa
vorlta." Sh quickly , became tnsldol
of th South Americans.1 ;
, On her return to Italy Msurh-e Orau
took a paclal trip to near bar in Milan,
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with the result that be engaged her at
a high salary for five year .for yti
MretropoIlUna operaTliouaB,. INew "TefrW
Cftyl A " ti oonJualont- of t i' NW
Ybrls enagmnt alf Bia4e a tout of th
principal cities of . Europe.; with Blgnor
Tamangrtowintnjr f reah laurel In Paris,
uerun, ytenna ana Bt. - retersourg. .;
Mme. Mantelll la not only , a, great
singer she : la a .moat" charming and
cultivated .woman, speaking almost ks
easily aa her native Italian four other
languages, French, German! English and
Spanish and singing her rolea . In them
gll.'. Seats are. now. Belling. . :rs.
: - Collier : in. "The ' Dictator." .
William Collier,, who J to appear ion
January 21, 17 and 2 at the Marquam
Chrand theatre, naa undoubtedTy tnade a
great sucoesS in the Richard Harding
Davie farca, "ThaJMctator. .Mr. Cojller
haa lately coma under tha management
of -Charles. Frohman. Both Mr, Collier
and Th-Ditator"-v have -evidently
scored heavily. - The llnea and situations
in the comedy are aald to ba very funny,
and Mr. Davla muat have -made a close
study of tha eomedlan and th unusual
methods adopted by. Mr. Collier. It Is
understood that it r, Frohman has ar
ranged with sevej-al well-known authors
to writ eomeoy for Mfr COIller, but
from the success with which Tin Dic
tator" ha met; It' would look as if their
chancee of adding tq.. their Incomes In
the way of royalties were very allm, 'as
a auceeeaor to Tha Dictator" Should
not be needed for a very long time. Re
served seats will ba on . sale Friday
morning, January 24. at 1 o'clock. '
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f-' St6ck at he Bijou. -'' v
t A "Play " that" . for sprightly . comedy,
stirring incident arid cleverness of dia
logue haa never been excelled on the
American:- ataga la Th Colonel," a
threa-act ' comedy ' from tha French,
which will be given it flrat production
In Portland tomorrow afternoon. at tha
BIJOU, . - ' '.: ; ) -.
' A large and talented company of ar
Uata haa been secured from New Y'ork
and -.other - theatrical canter, and will
appear at the Bijou for the rest of the
eaaon. Bom of the beat' known play
era in -thetr-Hn who havwwvar appeared
in . the city - will hav - tb - important
place in the organisation. Th Bijou la
going , to make theatrical history, . for
never before ha such an ambitious play
bean attempted for a la-cant admission
B on hand at tha opening cerform-
ince of the Bijou atockcompanjr at
o ciock tomorrow arternoon ana aea ror
yourself. Five performance a day, two
in the arternoon and three at night
Tha laat atraight vaudeville bill of the
saaaoa will conclude today -with contin
uous performance from ! until 10:10
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':Z; Orogt BUI at th Star, 'ZZ
The only woman acrobat in America
today who. works continuously through a
performance Instead - of leaving the
greater-portion of the work to tha man
or men of the team, la Madame Emoselle
Chameroy, who appears In an eccentric
athtetle sketch at the Star theatre" hart
week, beginning on Monday- afternoon.
, There are all klnda of singers, but the
famous Tourist Trio are without a doubt
the greatest singing and comedy trio be
fore the public. Another very excellent
musical act I that of Claudius and Cor-
bln, America's leading ban Joists. -
a rural comedy entitled 'The. Village
Billposter" will be presented by tha
comedy aketch team, Ifanson and Drew,
and apeclal attention la Invited to Miss
Drew' Impersonation of Sis Hopkins.
nan ford and Darlington ar jesters
whoa work ha the polish which en
able them te rank with th greatest
f antertalnera of tha day.
Daisy Vernvv.
tha great alnger. and eoubrette, will ap-
pear In Illustrated songs. -and the great- 1,
eat' of all th Japaneae-Ruselan war pie- -turea,
entitled. Th vhero of - Lino , '
Yang." -will be ahown, on- th projecto- , .
;. Tho Grand Theatre. 1 - -
' Th saw bill at th Grand theatre (
a -long ona and a -thoroughly good one.
Cora Mlskat and her-ooai black -"picks
hav won' favor at -. Keith' and Proo-
tor'a and ought to meet with a cor- v
dial . reception here.r Fannie Donovan ..
,wlU present parodies - that , ara bright.
aparkltng and original. Huntresa, a deep
mystery, will, do daring things on the
revolving glob. - Wills and Barraa hav '
a new comedy aketch. J. Fulta la a 1
eomfeal ganlua who 'work hia laugh
out of an ordinary: cornet. Kohler and -Seymour
are comlo duatlsta Th Qar-.'J,
no slaters, .tha Auatrallah nuggets, ara
f reah from triumph at th antlpodaar- -Alf
- Bonner sing tha new Uluetrated .
ballad, "Oenevelve," andthe grandl- -cop
exhibit 'The Chicken Thief," by',
long odds the funniest story film aver
shewn In this country, 4 Today Is tha
laat ebano to ae thl week's great hill j '
and -tha-parformanc will b contlnu-'.
ous.tron.l to. 11 p. ;"
li:f4v fiakerVUmtroaUilL: r
TThU.waak at tha-Bakarlbldg fair to
outdo any bill . that popular theatre ha
avar plgoed -on lt roomy atage. -f It I -headed
by an axtraordlnary arUat MU. -Venita.
in her. lamoua apoetacular .and .saw
scenio danoea' Mile. Venita comes di
rect from New. York. In wbloh city-she t
won unuaually fine press pot ices. Tha
remalndar. of the,
muchjl mbj thin'
bUlaaoa mtworth 'f
tha f admtslosiw Th - I
Chameroys.
marteloui : lacrobkta anJrt
hand-to-hand1 balancer; will . eho w . Ba
kerlte aoma wonderful ' tumbitna and
feata of it rength,- Marl Wilson . will
charm with " her alngtng "and dancing -specialty;
- XVUla-, and ' Baron, " comedy ' ;
aketch artists, offer a 20 minute roar ot '
laughter;- Jamea -Hetineaay- la a -eaenn-logu
artist-of no-lltMe.'fame; Living-
ston and :Ward, comedy sketch -artists."' :
will convulse' their, audle'hcewlth their ,i
funny Jokes: Stella Rhodes, a petit adu- '
bretu,- John W, WoodVHa tUnatratadr; z
songs and the blograph wltr a new film
wHJLcpmplete the bUL , , , .-' 5-- , L
' .'. it '-it' . ' -:,'':'-','"
. A Clever Oerman Comedian. . h, 4
T-hyllveTHsllrirrlrreat. apec
sensation at the- Broadway' theatra In -.'
New-York. dty. and which cornea to tha r
Marquara Grand theatre ahortly. haa for J
its chief comedian Snita Edwards. The -.
nam Itself lsone to conjure with, slg--i
nlfying aa It does an original vein of
humor, gestures -and gesticulations that
Invariably throw an audience- lnto-oon"
vulslon of laughter, and a Dutch dla
loot as novel aa 4t Is comic. Much of
the success of "The Sliver Slipper" la .
due: to th lavish expenditure on stage '
settings, costume and musle, but th ;
cast after all Is as much responsible a a
anything els for its popularity. . .
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Stock Company af " Lyric. " .
With-the .laat performance tonight the
Lyrlo . closes as a straight vaudeville . . -housexV
As announced. In today's adver- -tlaement
the Lyric management will In- ' -troduce
for the flrat time at tomorrow' i.
matinee tha new Lyrlo stock company
In "What Happened to Smith," a laugh-
abl .farce comedy, THia? company 1-. '
composed of aome well known gnd tsj.
ented enurtalnera. Notable among them
ere Thomas H. Clarke, Robert Athon, '
Thomaa Delaney, Ella Wilson, Lillian
Griffith, and Ella Mclntyr.' Speclaltie
will be Introduced between acta, that not ' '.
a second of - tlm . way- drag. 'Harry
Wright, a singing and talking comedian, ;
Thomaa Ray, an Illustrated song and the
vltaacope will entertain 'tween curtain ' -rlsa
and curtain fall hla-week..-;Th--?:
price ot admlslon wlil.remalnv th- a
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