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- - - , - - - V I , C - -. V. - ', " JtTy"THE OUAffCftMNl) dJWUtWmNES TUE3.72C2L 'HE bast of It la that the Outlook I a great the past apeak ' In, now, of the preaent the atrical aesson. It started" eft I wonderfully wall that managers wr - n llttls bit doubtful that tha paea could 1 a . maintained. But we hava ae many l ich thinga tn proapect that ntf ona can ifeljr aay thera will ta a let up (or k A.l of Fortland'a theatrei ara maktnc wiener. limy Irwin, tba vrtneeea of oomadlannea and. tha (oooe) queen of boon "' fB, put la (our luacloua oar 1 1 tha i arquem laat week with er new t eucceea, "Mn. Black la Back." and - fie houaa finished tha week with tha Lottie I lair Parker Idyl, "Under Sooth- ! acart a. "On the Quiet." to enorraoue - I atronaca. Tha Empire had lta weakly I thrill In "The Convlcfa Dauchtar," and C'loaed with tha pretty comedy-drama. "Bweat Cloyar." Tha Baker la making warm (rtenda for burleaque. Bualneaa at all tha houaea, l (act, far earpaaeea apeetatlona. r.cr.OLocuES. ' Tha EnallBh -farcical ' comedy ' with Muaic, -"Tha Girl rrein Kay"." will be . . -.a 1.1- u . A 4 Via Marquam Grand theater tomorrow and Tmadav nlahta, wltk aneelal plica aatlnaa Tuaaday. by tha Mlller-Kllpat- fick company, i no piuuucuu. m v.m w tJie most ax pen tire made la yaara, the eoatnmea poaaeaalnv particular beauty. Tha atar of the bit company la Bobby Kfortb and Jhe featured member of the reanlsatlon la Ula Blow. " . ; " Tha "1rr of tha Otla, Winnie Har orouxh, la a demure' young milliner, fond of flirting, eiyadoua but discreet. 4 . & . am ntJ ..NH.lMtlllM A If... Gordon, a man-ebout'town, wHo, wbaa tha play opeaa, baa Juat bean married to Koran Chalmere. Unfortunately, Juat ftar tha wedding braakfmat. Winnie ar rlTea with Norah a hat. Tha girl from Kay' thua meet Harry and whan aha takes leave of him In a burst of good-' CIIVWMIiy wrajwajB) aaeaa sbib uih aive kiaa. Norah. who wltBeaaaa the ta ' cideat, believes that Harry. Instead of - bring the receiver of tha osculation was tha giver of It, becomes vary Indignant I and insists upon living apart from bar b ua band on tha honeymoon. TkemooBvaa Winnie with a millionaire. Max Hoggea helmer, and hi sponsor and hanger-on, Percy Fltsthlstla. Hoggenhelmer Is be witched by Winnie- charm and make grantle affcrts to win her regard. Of course.- Winnie and tha groom meat ver of bar husband's perfidy. .Winnie fcas bad a raw with Tfggie." as Hog arenhalmer Is known, and wtahas txi aa caps htm. Without realising what they bra doing, Barry ana Winnie run up to JUondon to forget their trouble. The couple go ta the Bavoy restaurant In tendon and there they ara found. Ex planation ara tn order, and everything Is aatlafactorily explained. In tha casta ara Kathleen Clifford, Helena Hunlon, Paul Eecker, Harry Hani on, Frank Lyon, Alex FY no la, Oeerga Twohy. Sthal Morton and a rhm, tit Vartv. Maaita ara now BeHlna? for the three parftfrmanoea. Curtain at :Z o'clock, j .) -MCTCIJ aaary turn. t This city la to have Ha first oppor tunity of aeelng Miss Eleanor Robson 9..Miir UmmI. U m w Ann" at tha Marqnaa Grand theatre next Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sat urday nights and Saturday matinee, Oo tober 4, i. and T. This young actress tr. It develops that - Lancelot Is of artatoeratlc family and a talented writer of saaele of too fine a quality to find a purchaser. In his loneliness bo turns to Mary Ann for. sympathy and bar ohlldlan innocence ant patbstle Ignor ance fascinate blm. Hla klndneaa, perhaps - the only klndneaa aba baa aver known, makes her bla alave Indeed, and when be announces that be 'Intends to seek other lodging aha pleada to go too. : ho consent at laat. but on tha ova of their departure comes tha unex pected news that tha alavey has bean ' left a fortune by a brother who had "struck oil" In 'America.. Lancelot' pride and Conscience ara reawakened and ha refuses to take advantage of the lnftttMnc of Wa rv Ann saw that . ha a become a- somebody. . Her grief la pitiful,, but ha peraiau and they Icpa- raiat nix yun tar wnea ana oecomes now standa at tha very head , of the ,, llat of International stars. . Tha play which baa been the-Vehicle of MU Robson sucoesa. la a charm ingly written little comedy which telle . a atory of life In London that la full f pathoa and humor. The acene Is Mre. Laadbatter's lodglng-hoaaa In " South London not a a-ery aristocrat le neighborhood, aitd tha audience la Intro duced first to variou lodger Including -a. .tolly. .Irish Sunday Journallata drunken medical student and a pair of lively murie hall "step dawos ahrtera. I ' icalot, the hereof tha play, and hla f nd rtr, alas appear on the scene, " '-"1 as V.ry Ann. tha a'ava heroin .'. ai1 inra. Leadhatter, .t..a lodg I nuae aier, and Koala, 1 r tfua;b. -1 jl .uoaU4 a tajuaad young UJr bad hhHP v. ! n V 1 ILL J AN. linwTSENCTi l ' 7 NorttH Aj5 H06GENHElMbR- ? K ;. -- '.- ........ -'-..:,.'. ho la a popular writer of operas, and. a society lion they . meet .again and . tha play anda happily. Tha complete company la aa follow: H. B. Warner, Erneat Malnwarlng, Mor ton Belten. William -A. Hackett. Charles Martin, Thomas Graham, Arthur Story, Mlaa Ada Dwyer, Mlaa Margaret Fuller. Mis Bertha Morris, Mlas Annie Geary. Mrs. C. WrBrokke. Mre. Kate Pattlson Belten. Miss Ida Hamilton, Mlaa Helen Ormsbee and Mlaa Isabel Merrill Rich arda. r ' ' - A apeclal matinee will be given Friday by Mlaa Robaon. when ah and her com pany will present for the first timo In Portland Robert Browning's celebrated play entitled "In a Balcony," Mlaa Rob aon assuming tha character of con atance. . - -.- Tha advance aale of seats will open tomorrow ' (Monday) morning at It o'clock, for the engagement, , v . . V,. I-'. ;B Hut", Comtaf,;; J, -i Klaw tk Erlanger'a towerlJg prodil- tlon of Ben Hur, unquestionably the largest and moat plctureaque aettlng over made of a dramatio spectacle In th annals of the stage, and which aeorod. aucb an immense aucceas In Portland two years ago, la to be again presented In this etty at tha Marquam Orand on Thursday evening, October 1 a, wheat an engagement -ci six nights and two matins perform an cea will be Inaugurated- It la queatlonable If, any pleaaantar news In ths amusement line could bo chronicled. Tor on th previous staging, although seven performances war given, many thousands who deelred to attend could not secure seating ao commodatlona. It will not be surpris ing If tha nam staM of affairs mark ths present engagement, for "Ben Hur" attract the public from all points with in a 360-mllo radius. Slnea July. Man. agar Helllg of the Marquaia Orand baa anawerod over 40 Inquiries from points In Idaho, Washington and this stats, In quiring If th Wallace play was among thax booking for th present season. , Flortnc Kobrta Id a New Plajr. Portland's favorite actress, Florence Roberta, with an excellent supporting company Including Alexander .Von Mlt sel. Max Flgman, Robert McWads, H. . - Nortbrup. Clifford Leigh. Wilbur Hudson, Norah Lamlaon. Meroelta Es monds, Luolls Tork, Florence Robinson and Lllllam Armsby, will present Paul Armstrong a great problem play, "Ann La Ment" at th Marquam Orand tha- atr on th evenings of Thursday, Frl day- and Saturday, October. 11. It and It, .with a special matine on Saturday. v - . ,'!."' ..'.- ' ,Th Charity BalL. ''-.'-J'; For th first time since th opening Of th bouse, ths Belasc stock company will take up a bill this week that has been anaoted In Portland by preceding stock companies. It will give patrons their beat opportunity to compare the skill of these player with those who nave gone away, "Tha Charity Ball" la an Ideal type of American drama and haa been re garded aa a standard for many yaara It was written by David Belasc and Henry De Mil la and wa played with great auoceaa by. Herbert Kelcey and Effle Shannon, - and later by th lamented Georgia CayAn. It story of tn two brother one a preacher, the other a broker and their respective loves, la familiar to moat playgoers, but haa never grown tal. The new bill goes on tomorrow night' ; . Ths- final pei f oi uianco- of JOn the Quiet, la ' which tho company ' has created a sensation, will be given to night. Tho uaual matinee takes plao tnia arternoon, . T, - . ft 1t I Old Kent-cky" Coiiitef. 'Jacob Llit's' big organisation preaent Ing "la Old Kentucky" will be th at traction at the Marquam Orand theatre Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday matinee and night, October , 1 and 11. PUya may com and playa may go, but "In Old Kentucky goes oq ferever. Now In ths thirteenth season of Its unparalleled career a th American stats. It still has th lead In th list of popular stage offerings. Th sam company announced for appearance her presented th place In New Tork. Chicago, Boston. . San Francisco and other big towns. Th ad vance aals of seats will open next Fri day, morning, October , at it o'clock. fThn Bridgt at Midnight" - The coming of Kllmt Oaaaolo's cele brated eomedyrama "On ths Brtdgs st Midnight," to tha Empire theatre, start ing with the matine today, will be an vent, for this play Is of tho genuine orb It haa aa uueqaaJed equlpmcat of .lm vv- '-'if.- A fe3 i if v I . .ihi.ii. . Jl liti l4 lU.wuoiiimii)., I .li 853 scenery. Including t th ' great brldga scene. There la an excellent story to tho play ahowtng how a blind and de voted mother courted every difficulty to find her kidnaped child. Genuine comedy brighten all th acta and a clever com pany of actors fill out th entertain ment. Germany, ; th professor, and Rsddy, th bootblack, are two most suc cessful comedy characters Th regu lar matin will b given-Saturday. . ;' .;' ; ;' JJLWv Comedy, at Empire. ' "Uncle Joah Perkins, a brand new comedy-drama with aa original plot, plenty of thrilling dramatio action, a pleaaing Injectloa of lovely comedy- and a sprinkling of "high class musical and dndng speclaltlea will be the attaae lli nl tha Empire theatre for one wee beginning Sunday matine, October S. -. .:, ;.:', At the Lyric ..': I. " Th new stock company at the Lyric theatre haa more than fulfilled expec tation and haa proven Itself very ver til. For th coming week th play will be a southern romance, ."Virginia ot Virginia," and a drama or mors than ordinary merit, dealing with th Civil war. Virginia Is a beautiful aouthern girl whoae sympathies are with the aouth, but whose heart Is with ' tha north,, aa bar lover la allied with the northern force. - Virginia's father, who la a atanch aouth emer, becomes very angry with his daughter for being In fatuated with a northern ooldler, and an estrangement follows which Is tha cauee of th girl being turned from her horns. Many complications and dramatic Inci dents follow. .. . - i Comedy Is cleverly Interwoven. ' Mr MoLeanvbsa, become a general favorite with th clientele of tha Lyric, aa has Maxjorle Mack, who will play tha part of Virginia. Special scenery has been painted.' Today will be th laat oppor tunity of witnessing Dr, Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." -- ., - . ; Ne-t Biker Attraction. ( -.All th lateat musical numbers ara Introduced by Ma y-Howard j nndf ' her capable company aa well aa all the lateat dances, comedy succssss. conceits and apeolaltle. In in greateat of all musical auocesaea, "J lie.. Fl FV which come to th Baker theatre, commencing wltk a regular ma tine next Sunday. h , v , , Great Leoa a the Grand. , . Thf Is the last day that th great Leon, th Uluatonlat. will b at th Orand. Performance 'today will run contliraously from 1:10 to 10:4ft. Leon ! tn man wno panorm tn floating body Uluaion with a brilliantly irghtdtage. Instead of In darkness, aa Hermann and KallSr perform the feat. Hla disappear- aao act Is another astonishing stunt. Starting with th matine tomorrow th Orand present a new -weekly program. There ar a number of particularly strong acts In ths list Principal .on ths program is Mlas Mabel Howard, the Scottish nlghtlngala, who was la Port land a few nlghta ago and mad a hit. There probably haa never been a vo- allst-ln this city In ths vaudeville house who made such a deep and fa vorable Impression a Mta . Howard. Teed and Lnaelle ar German dialect comedians who ar considered as good la their Us a Kolb and mu, and juat .T ,"'" Sl I CLJ ;i ' ' ''. ' ' ' v ' ' "I d':' Y'-. yt"i''"'-"; ' : r - v. . U......U aim.. . . ill I n " : aa funny. ' Th thro bounding Gordon ar acrobat and know thatr buelnee from A to Z. Herbert, th minstrel man, a funny aa they make them, la booted for a few minute of his side-splitting stories and hla original parodies. The Stephen Fttspatrtck company will offer a comedy -playlet called "Th Welcome Quest.' i Th Orandiscopa has a sensa tional and realletio film called "The Firebug." Fred Purinton will contribute tho Illustrated song. . Hereafter the Grand's first ahew at night will a tart at T:0 and tha aeoond performance will begin promptly at :i. ' The Star's New Show. At tho matinee tomorrow th Star pre sents aa entire change of bill and Intro duce an exceptionally strong list of at tractions for -the coming week, with singing, comedy and novelty as tho fa turea. Heading the llat Is th Royal trio of singers and dancers. Th trio makes a specialty of th latest popular songs and comes with th best possible recom mendations a high class entertainera. Th Oet tinge will b seen In a refined comedy sketch. In In way of novelty Fred Symonda will do an aerial ladder act, which I considered to be on of th most unique specialties on th stage. Homan. Levy A Co. ar a trio of en tertainers who bill themselves aa Tun ed lan s." They do dancing of tha ec centric kind, have funny thing to talk bout and sing original parodies. - Lot tie Wast Symonda, a bright and enter. talnlng comedienne, has some new things In tha soubrett line. Franklin Confera selection Is 'My Own," a lata song with prtftty words and tuneful music .The Staroaeopo -will' show "Th Impossible Voyage," a humorous film. , There will be a changs In time of opening th even ing ahowa and hereafter the first per formance will start promptly at 7:10 and ths second at t:15. Sundays ths how runs from 2:84 to 14:41 p. m. xlil-Sam Devre at 4m&xsrr ' Sam Dover' own company will be ths attraction at tha Baker theatre this week, starting with tha matinee today, including Saturday night, presenting an entirely new organisation. For- many year sam Dever ha been putting shows before the public, but this is held to be Ma best. When th name ar announced of th performers engaged ths assertion will be verified.' Among those appearing besides Sam Devere ar: Andy Lewi sndcompsny,'ln a new and original comedy novelty entitled Th Queen of Bavaria. by-Barney Gerard and Mr. Lewi: th Schrodea, acrobatic comedy act; th Bijou comedy four, linger and comedian; tha Newell sis ters, singers and dancers; Minnie Gran ville, - vocalist and Harry Wood, comedian. . A bargain matine will be given Wednesday, whan th seat, will b 41 cent to all part of th houi. ..pMeatukn Bate i rhaj Southern Pacific ns Bouinrn ..pacific company placed oa aale at all - rortland fftee found trip ticket t Newoort at rat of 14. limited to October 1. lt. and tor i sMUuraay- to- Monoay ' tickets. Ample hotel acoommalatlon at reaaen able rates are provided at this popular If I Ww -r wan i i m v. - W W A-O ' a,- ,. - S M -fl T . SM--i-a-r-, W-t-F X. sWr Ft Tf-w-4 OA rvv sTicacLiT iiwi jnnn j By Jules Xcksrt Goodman. (Prom The Jowaal's Owa Osrraspoaoast) . N' EW TORK, Sept !. -"XJIv th publla what It wants." said a manager to a rising ' young dramatist tha other day. - "And If th pubUo doe not know what It , wants r queried th young man. ' ' - , "Ah." ; said th manager, ' "that I where th manager work come In. He must show the public what It wanta." . . '.-',-'.-' ' It la a aaylng true almost to trlte nes that tha American public know what It wanta and geta It Thia prob ablor bolda good alao In lta artistic crav ings. If the American public has any cravings for- tha artistic. . Surely It knowa what It wanta In th drama and if It does not always get It there la no doubt left aa to- what It does not want - The trouble with th manager I that hi idea of what audience appreciate, go farther than mar form, doe not plero to th -underlying principles. Tou will hear him aay, "it is melodrama,! they want" or "Give ua a lot of faro. That what fetches them!" ,- Whet Doe the Public Want? It Is neither -mslodrama nor fsrea. Tt la neither comedy nor tragedy. Sim ply because a play of on or another genre ha a big success, a succese, which may b due to any number of external cauaes, I no sign that It 1 that type of play. which tho publla enjoys.' Ons of ths greatest suooesses of last year, from a popular standpoint, waa a play of vary small merit la Itself, cheap and sentimental, but It waa carried Into great favor by th splendid acting and clever production.' - Shalt w reason from this that thla la th aort of a play the public detnaidsT What the public wants and haa I always wanted haa been and la a play of vltalltyand real, Ufa, playa . which' ahall picture either an emotion or a struggle which Is absorbing and real. The artificial and merely stagy may for a time have It appeal: In th end It I th play that ! true to life that win out . And Of course, characterisation I In on way the clue to It alL Occasionally a great actor will k out th dramatist' fall ing by th ebeer power of hi art and will thua giv to what ta essentially not natural a - aemblane of reality. After. a 11 human nature I th .most Interesting thing left for our amuse- tsrent and atu4v aiui that author .who 1 saa take a eliee of It and aymboUxe. It r ' "" .. . . . . ' : ' . -4-i i r . In . aom definite character, haa standards and legitimate worth, real The Prince Chap." ' '. ,. :"'; Never waa thla fact more forcibly at tested than In little play now running at th Madison Square, entitled Th Prince Chap," tha emphasis being put upon ths word, "Prince.", .The" Ingredi ent of it atory ar not very new nor surprisingly . original. . Even Its local la our well-worn Bohemian life of th tudlo.. i Yet 'Th Prince Chap" 1 as harming a little play aa w have had In many a day and It grip on and com pel one' Intereat It la th sheer force of characterisation that does It alL Mr, Papla, It author, knowa how to draw character, and .aa a .result what might have been maudlin and treacly 1 pa thetlo and moving. - , , Th story I almpl In th extreme. A young American artist, William Peyton, has found no rsspons to hi work In hla native land and as he la vary much In lova with a young lady whom he la too poor to marry he aalls for Ldndon In hope of bettering hla fortune. It la ttt hla London - atudl - that th play opens. : Peyton haa not yat met the re turns which he had hoped for, but he I till full of entbueiaam and still hard at work.:-'- Thither come a Mrs. - Errlngton, to whom Peyton ha on many occasion been kind, knowing her ad atory. Mr. Errlngton had j one been an artist' model. . Then sha had married. - Her marriage had proven moat disastrous, her husband having turned out a brute. She. was now left alone with her little daughter Claudia. The fight against th odds of life had become too heavy, for her and aha waa dying from eonaump tlon. . 8 he I barely able to atagger across th room and Peyton catche bar In hi arm a he la about io fall. Peyton'i Charge. ' ,' ; ;; ';; ; ;; ,: ;v Her tale la soon told. Sh realise she I on th point of death. It I not th thought of th and that sh fears, but the dread of what may become ot little Claudia. Plteously ah beg Peyton to promts to take care of th child and .bring her up. Peyton, although trying hla best to uag her grief, tells her how Impossible tt 1. He Is alone. Ha ha barely enough to live on a It I. He la engaged to be married. It la quite cut of the question. Still, Mr. Errlng ton beg and begs, and all tho while ah la atruggllng for enough breath to keep her alive until ah ahall extract hi promise... At laat .he give- hie f , t .- ...y - y. - wearing that h will take the -child. , Then the will that had held her life to- ; gather until that second forsakes her, and ah drops bach; dead, boon th aofa, - Hers la a young man, an Impecunlou ' i n,t 1.A nllk Mint M lM MM kl. mm mm., .v.. wa.n m mi,, v. bi.m vm ...m- hands. Th scene In which the two ' j nm rem is dune wnn m ym.iitrm miiu compelling realism that of It kind I exquisit. The tray In which Peyton, without telling th child, makaa bar be Dhlld, make bar be- i lieve that her mother r Mm ui tj i mi w mi ww uiiib. i w- the simplicity of th t child' word with I -eat, all thla was I brought tear. Fl- ' I tin In hla AeAASlfiar . 1 their pathetlo eon treats. dons In manner that nally ahe 1 cuddled up in hla dressing gown and eeated upon hla knee. t "Tell m a atory," aha says ' ""Very well. he answers. , "Shalt It Be a true atory or a make-bellev on?". - "A true one," b return, "all about a prlnoe," .,.:,' ... - And a he begin to tail th atory ef hla own struggle. "Once upon a' time," h says "there was a chap ..." "Oh." cries th llttl gtrt. "wee th chap a prlnoT" ? "Maybe." be any, and continue with th story and when hs corns to the f part about the girt ho loves, he calls i her th Princess Alloa,- - u- . Then as he hesitate, h says, "And Vj what I th nd ef the etoryt" C I "The story Un't ended yet," he an ' were. , tr s ,. "Will row tell me the end whn it tar ah asks. & - : ' .' i. Tea, dear," he answers. "Now fee . Down upon her knees she goes and with his hslp prays th prayer that childhood ha learned for generation. ' But when he would aay amen, sh re-1, turns, "Oh. that ian't alL There lot -mere yet" and goea on alone to pray for her mother and father and rinally for th Prtnc Chap and th Prince . Alice. " ...... i "That was a bully prayar." sh say . when she has finished, "wasn't Itr - "Tea, dear," he murmurs, "a bully r prayer." , - - , , --'-' ) " " : . The Growing Actrgea."' ""Tejea .- By ths aecond act three years have lapsed and Claudia la now I. "It la' tho night befor Cbrlatma and Peyton and Claudia ar preparing aurprlce for each other, la the midst of their prepe- ration a tsiegram comae. . it la from th Princes Alio and . says that ah ha arrived in London. 1 Peyton tm boyishly happy -end ha dance with Claudia like a child. "He ta a boat to vhatn out to A (Continued en rage Seventeen.). ; t rmm'iMmv... "'V .-'
