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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. C PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNINO. DECEMBER" 10, 1905. V V V - 1 ' I ; t ? I r I X 7t A r lis 1 irrrrTvar nrron. Tnf7.! ;?7H? VRIHCE OFPILSBK CO. . , - mW DANDY MND HHRW WELSH xtz. ' - " TRB PRINCE OP PI L 6E7" 2r thb. . im wrrx at thx tkxatku. . Manpum Grand Twaday, WdHM , dT aud WVdstada au tinea. "Tea frlnra of Pllnffa." ... (Wlaaro "Th4 Onr"W.M all waalu -' Bmplra "Tba Ulrl rraa wadea," al Mk. ' flatrr Borleaqoa ' all ,-wttk; Cut' -Tborouabmia.' '. Lrrlc ll'ludraroa, aU Trek. Grand VaadrvlUa. - Ctar Vaadavlllr. . , . Ibrrtr ViadeTllta. Br Rc Whitney. " THE next three week will be of more or lea note for a procee Ion of musical comedlea that should aatlsfy the town In that line of entertainment for a season to come. We will hear little besides music at the Marquam and aee little besides the blithesome, tripping chorus airls who have of late years become such an Indlspennable aaset In the show busi ness. Which reminds me: v "How comes a flrl to ret into the chorus?" asked the cigar man, rasing at an allurlnr three-sheet acroas the way, I don't quite understand where they all come from." It was a pertient Question. . Whence comes the chorus rlrl. and how does she manare to break Into the business? It has been asked of every manager f musical organisations, and they are Just now beginning to realise the Importance of the ahow girl In every musical comedy or operatic performance. Manager Henry W. Savage, who Is ending ua "The Prince of Pllsen" once more, and who haa had experience In de veloping, and placing talent beyond that of any other American manager, per. haps. was asked recently for a statement covering the conditions of - a girl's chaances for operatic recognition. Th subject appealed to him. Baaing' his talk on the fact that It ts to the chorus that the stage must look, to a great ex tent for Its prima donnaa, comediennes, oubrettes and even leaders In grand opera. Mr. . Bavare prefaced an Ilium! ",a!n?,k on th u,,br. 'Aj:'n difneulty TovglrlBe,t temperamentrt vocal gifts -nd charms of person- to enter the stage profession through the basement door, so to etpeek. tbavstaga would soon find Itself seeking In vein for-actresaea and singers capable of ful filling the requirements of the leading rolna In Its productions. " Ha did not think It true that girls who dealred. to go upon the stage and had the requisite qualities found It dif ficult to get a' hearing.-' Of sours msny applicant-are turned away and In the natural play Of human nature ascribe failure to eeur poaltlon to the Inci dent that they have no Influence or pull" wuiklnr tnr-thelr penal rr--Kee hot occur to them that they may be unsulted In age, physique, voice, ara 'tnatlo lnatinct or gny of ths possessions that are vital to persons adopting the .jalag aa a calling.. But sa a matter of fact Influence other than that of the material Itself haa no part l enabling -girl V secure chorus position In Mr. Haras e companlea. If the aspirin debutants can demonstrate real worth she will recelre a considerate bearing . 9 ' " - V '' ' "" sjifs-asaa."" HHTWEE WEDNESDAY ZEC. 23 and be assigned to the first vacancy to which she seems suited. The Hat of girls who have graduated from- the chorua ranks of "The Prince of Pllsen" to excellent positions In varloua musical organizations is an un usually . long . one. In fact. Manager Savage looks upon thla musical comedy as a school of advancement for chorus girls. Rose Bottl. who played the soubrette role In "The Yankee Consul" for two seasons, was a "Pllsen" chorua glrL Helen Hale, who was prominent in the cast of "Woodland" last season came from the same school. Pearl Ousman, one of the -City girls In "The Prince of Pilsen," waa given the promi nent role of Mrs. Crocker for a season the role now played by Louise Willis. Ida Stanhope la another who stepped from the ranks of the city girls Inte prominent roles. In Manager ' Savage's New Tork of fices 1 is thgj-ule to hear the voices of all applicants; regular hours are named for thla work and music masters of recognized ability devote their attention to this department' . Those who pass the ordeal are fully described In Indexed memoranda,- so that they may be sent for when caata are being filled or when vacancies occur. No girl with the at trlbutea of volce. appearance and the Indescribable but "essential element of adaptability need fear to' attempt get ting Into, the chorus and she does not need introductions nor Indorsements. The doors are always open to her. - The pity is1 "that few managers are like Savage. He,' above all others, bears the reputation of remaining true to the people who earn money for him. "Make good with Savage." theyay on Broadway, "and you're fixed tor life,' He advances his principals conscien tiously from season to season,, and let one of the chorus girls exhibit the leant l. t.l..t m ., A t 4a mfrm.n m n oonortunlty to rl to greater thing.. . . h df r,llimoni. rjonrter this than the case Of Diamond Donrier, ths Portland girl who uaed - to repre sent Dixie fn the "Song of the Cities." Savage immediately advanced her fot her graceful dancing and. although she did not remain under Ms management. It waa by hla influence that she became prima ' donna of ""The Billionaire a year. ago. Encouragement goes a. Jong way with the average chorister, and It is not a wonder, that Savage, with his liberal nature, haa practically the pick of the lot that traverse the long whits rlnlto In the good old summertime. To ths management of the Belasco theatre we 'are heavtry-Indebted -fmay uperb production- of a superb play, Th Girl With the Oreen Ryes," which kept the popular playhouse practically filled -throughout th week. The most ardent admirers-of Miss Lawrenc eon' ceded a point In." acknowledging her im personation of the Jealous wife . of Fitch's "creatlen the greatest work she ha done locally As a matter of fact It was a play admirably, suited to the company.. There was net a lufl part - - " ' T.. - ftmwDDRWMLrmdup mlsplayed. And a a play, students of Fitch readily agreed that he ha done nothing better, it quality lying large ly In th philosophical depths which hf haa managed so cleverly to throw out upon a surface. Nobody should have missed It. Few of the regulars did. There Is reason to expect quite as much Of "The Only Way" this week, though It is not so distinctly a novelty. Aside from a minstrel show, which still traduces the venerable name of Haverly, the Marquam remained dark after th concert of Monday night: The seaaon become more active with the opening, - of the , Pllsen show Tuesday night. SMALL TALK OF STAGE -upEOpLE. Portland rata "It first glimpse of "The Shogun" next week at the Mar quam Orandand for Christmas-week (all -week) "Buster BrownV' Both are musical comedlea.' ' The' siege and taking of the clty of Constantinople by the janissaries wilt be the great spectacular feature of Klaw a Erlanger's production of "The Prince of India." Thirty-four charactere from General Wallace' romance will tell the tory In stsge form. , Melbourne MacDowell M Km- playing "That's,-John'a WayT.at the Schubert Park theatre, Brooklyn, with success, It is said. v Viola Allen has scored something of a hit. In Clyde Fitch' comedy, 'The Toast of. the Town," at Daly's theatre, New Tork. Bh is supported, by Robert Drmiet. William Gillette ha salted for Amer ica after a stay of four months In In don. Hewilt "rpen hli home m'ggoli at Boston Christmas day In "Clarice." Charles F. Bhattuok. the famous min strel ballad Writer, Is dead. One of hi Celebrated songs Is "A Hundred Fathoms Deep." which bassoa In minstrel shows till use with profit v Alberta Gallatin, lost Seen her In "dbosta," Is starring through California la "Cousin Kate." , Charles Wyngata. once a favorite coast stock actor, la la th oast of Nlrd- 1 1 .4 zk rm"B oifurwm conmricim sm.TKP.mc io Ilngert new musical comedy, "Spangles," which Is written along satirical line made familiar by George Ade. Effort are being mad to ktar Ro selle Knott next season In "Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall," which has not yet been seen west of Chicago. - Miss Knott was here recently In , "When Knighthood Was In Flower." F. G. Whitney has produced 'The Rose of th Alhambra" In Chicago, with a east Including Mme. Lillian Blauvelt, KMrln Btavena and Kusene oOWlea. It Is deseribed-.as light opera 4n th orlg-l Inal meaning of the term and I xar removed from musical comedy. Otis Skinner has scored heavily In a revival of Clyde Fltch a "Hi Oraca. da Orammont" in Chicago, Portland will probably be visited by "The Woman .In the Case," In whlob Blanche Walsh made a Broadway uc ces. Her role wUl be played- In the west by Margaret Bennett Wagenhals and Kemper ar managing thsveuv "Hasel Klrke" seems to hav had It day. With Effl Ellaler In th title role and a company , of well-known playra the tour waa, recently, abandoned In a Louisiana -town for lack of patronage. Robert Mantell seema to hav mad New York accepj him In Shakeepeare. HI ' Macbeth"- ts pralaed without - re straint by th critic. . . - Tim Murphy, for want of a suitable new play. Is to revive "A Texas Steer'' on January 1, with aa many of th orig inal playera as posslbl In th cast. . Emma Eames sang recently for " phonograph company In Chicago. . She received 11.000 for flvecprds. Ttmothy Daniel Frswley ha been en gaged to play Captain O Malley In Rich ard Harding Davis "The War Corre spondent." lit which Raymond Hitchcock will star, " v. Oeorg Ad ha rewritten-."The .Bad Samaritan" and changed tha title - to " Fl ft y w 3Te Mr Toun ir" It ll prub able that Raymond , -Hitchcock will be anked tcr "play th leading role late In the eason. ..Viewed commercially, there I ne busi ness in. which the rink Is so great a In th theatrical, and It moat difficult branch I' that of a hlgh-Clasa comic opera company. In many cases thou sands of dollar must be spent 1n prep aration before there la any possibility ot knowing whether that expenditure : A: i'fj'ii.r' d3 A -n J will bring any return, and that In ease of failure th good you hav paid o much for to - offer to your customer hav no Value whatever. - It coat th well-known prima donna. Pauline Hall, 164,000 for operatla failures until she struck "Dorcas." It was only after a fabulous offer made to th well-known English writers. Harry and Edward Paul ton, that they would, eonalder the writing of "Dorcas." .-.. . " MONOLOGUES. "The Only Way" at Belatco. Th week Just closed ha been one of the most satisfactory, from a business standpoint. In th history of th Be lasco theatre. The excellent Clyde Fitch comedy gave th member of th com pany, and especially Mia Lawrence, tha opportunities for -which they had waited long, and It was1 conceded that the ren dition, of "Th Girl With th Oreen Eye" waa far superior to th average road company' productions, ... Beginning thla afternoon, th manage ment offera another great play -"The kOnly Way." It I th same version used by Henry Miller, which added great luntr to hla ham, and la claased as th best dramatic representation of the famous story founded on Dickens' "Tale of Two CltleaT A many show-shop-pars and -most reader will remember, "Th nty Way" la a romance of th French revolution and an xpoa of th frightful condition which followed th fall of the Bastll. Th self-sacrifice of Sydney Carton, who goes to - the guillotine rather thaji betray th rival In love tq whom ha bear such a strlk Ing resemble nr. Is never recalled wlth- ment It la a play that ahould suit th company perfectly.and th management la to b congratulated and thanked for having secured It for local- production. Mr. Walling will, of course, essay th heroic Carton, with Mis Lawrence as hi opposite, while strong role com Into th hand of Mr. Salnpoll. Mr. Sumner, Mr, Montaln and other mem- (Continued oa Pag Nineteen.) - tmi vuj.v r . v gi t 1 - a - ANN IE' ABBOTT. 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