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utlmw; HtMcUs opera DOipaor In
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ln "Kl CapltaB.'r "Toa BokaaUaa
filrl" u -Tha Mikado." - --
Balaam "Tt Lata Mr. Tompklaa,"
Aoal wrra.
rnplra "A ' Flrht for MUUom.h ,
Uakar Barlaaqaa,
. LrrW Melodrama. ' V
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Pantataa Vandrrllla. ' -
- - 'By Rme Whitney. ' -. .
THE auionuncament by ibm mariar.
ment that th Belaaco tbratra,
(tar m. heroic trua;a:l of tt
. 5 weeka, will eloa en Januarr 1,'
vn a thunderbolt to disturb - a dull
weear u inuncu iire. .
i Portland la bleaaed with energy and
prosperity, flh baa a keen appetite for
'amusement . Her real estate values are
t, auTawini ainwii wtiij, uppar nun
" In r ton street is growlnv phenomenally.
There are about 1(0,000 people In town
floating population Included and un-
der these conditions is It not strange
. and pitiful that the town should not
have supported a playhouse of so many
achievements T " ..." , ' . ,
' Achievements, I say, because many of
. the productions mads (there were au
perlor In 'all respeotatO a great many
, attractions which cost play-goers twice
tha money. , The management, ia Its
eager policy, hot only purchased" the
service of high-salaried players, but
the class of plays procured represented
. thousands of dollars la royalties and
f broker's commissions.
; Just what the trouble la may not be
known. Most of the company's admirers
believe the theatre Is located too far up
, town, arguing that people from tha east
side have considerable difficulty eon-
. earning transportation facilities between
their home and the theatre. However
, that may be. the fact remains that) the
Belasco la closing, and in doing to is
establishing an unhappy precedent not
for the house, which baa frequently
, closed under like circumstances but
' t''lbe Arm of Belaaco at Mayer., .
, The breaking up of tha company will'
. be under comparatively gratifying con
dition a. Instead of "at rand," It will
. be merely tnx separation-' of a' lot of
. good f el lews, each of them with money
In his pocket. The members of the
company have not lived Improvldently.
' Profeaalonal tnatlnnt and 'occasional
glances toward the foyer probably told
thara that something might happen li
time did not improve finances. . They
knew tha Arm was "on tha - square."
. They knew that It was making a' hard
and valiant struggle to atop the Urn
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pouring of profits acquired at San, Fran.
Cisco and Los Angeles Into the Port"
land house, which had become virtually
the proverbial rat-hole. 80 they saved
"getaway" coin, and In addition, to that
win receive two weeks pay from Be
laaco tt Mayer. .. This makes matters
rather eaay for the players, even though
the management loses.
Already there is talk of reopening the
place with a less costly company, pre
senting melodrama, at lower prices. But
before that, remember, the Belasco com
pany expires with a laugh -The Late
Mr. Tompkins.",' . ,', , ,
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If tha book and score of "Buster
Brown" ware to be considered apart
from the Impersonators of Buster and
Tire, we would probably be bereft of
"cartoon corned lee." There was never
perhaps, more insipid effort In dra
matic literature, nor aa great a theft of
music.,. Somewhere, 'possibly,, w have
met np with so-called ope ratio perform
ers of lesser vocal attainmentsbut not
on this earth. And tha oomedlans
well, this meatrlcal business waa bound
to hurt something. It has robbed sev
eral industries of good mechanics.
The manager, Mr. Hodgman, who Is an
affable end optimistic soul, was not ex
actly disappointedbecause It was.no
novelty to him, nor to the show but he
was a bit blue when the money failed
to come into the Marquam after the
first performance. He-, attributed this
fact to the other distressing fact that
after the organisation crossed) the Mis
souri ,rlver coming this way it play!
before lighter audiences than' in the
east. This, Mr. Hodgman bellevek. Is
becauser westsrn people are unfamiliar
with tha nam and fama of Buster and
his unique pup. ' .
The manager's Judgment Is to be
questioned. If -the show pleases, it
doesn't take ' long for the fact to be
circulated, Of what did the average
play-goer know leas .than "The gho
Oun"T yet, being, a .high-class enter
tainment, its business fof the entire
week was capacity.
"Buster Brown" was worth seeing. If
only for the boy, the dog and m couple
of features provided by tbe chorus. But
tt waa,' otherwise,
(ration of what s
should not be.
a remarkable tllua
"cartoon . com My"
SMALL TALK OF 8TACE
:C PEOPLE. i,-'4f;v
W. H. Thompson baa given up his role
la "The Prodigal Bon.' He couldn't
stand jt he Idea of playing In a fore
doomia --failure. . ,
- The Kew York Dramatic Mirror has
excelled Itself in Ita Christmas number.
It la. probably the handsomest thing of
the kind aver published, and. though we
are far from Broadway there probably
Isn't a single copy left on a local news
stand. 1
The Vanderbllt Co p. a musical play,
soon Is to be produced hi New Tork.-
William Collier will, about the middle
of next month, try out a comedy by a
French author, to be called -ff h Heart
of a-aparrow." . .
Tha employes of the I.yrle theatre
had a Christmas tree last Monday, bight
followed by a banquet. Presents were
as (hick aa mushrooms after a storm.
The members of-tbo company remem
bered Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Aahton and
Manager Flood, while the manager and
the Ashtons remembered each of the
players. . . ... .. . , -
. Everett X. Saekett, manager of tha
Belasco, resigned aa treasurer of the
Theatrical Mechanics association Thurs
day night for the reason that the' Be
lasco Is closing and he will not remain
In Portland. Oscar Nelson was elected
to succeed him. ".-.
Bernhardt declare aha ' will "go
through" with tha project of the Shu
berta to have her appear in a tent
through tha south, the theatrical trust
having barred hr from Us theatres. -
William Gillette, after his present
tour, is to become a stock star In a
New Tork theatre, remaining off Broad
way for only a few weeks of each sea
son. He will select and stag the plays
to be produced. - -
Raymond Hltchqock has fried his nsw
play, "The Galloper," "on the dog" at
Plalnfield, New Jersey.
Joe Howard's great song hit this sea
son Is "Central. Give Me . Back My
Dime." Any one can understand the
appreciation with which it has been re
ceived. ' ..; '-,
James O'Neill's press agent says tha
popular star baa played . in "Monte
Crlato" 4.S0S tlmss.
Guy Standing Intends to star In a play
written for him and called "A Man of
Business." ,. ...('.
New Yorkers are even gushing over
"Camilla" aa Bernhardt playa It. '
7rl am told, writes Nancy Sykes, that
In the near future the following stars
will have their own -theatres In New
York, each one of them to be named
after the actress or actor owning it.
Tha list includes the Julia Marjowe, the
Dan BuUv, he ?Lloyd Bingham, the
Rlannha Rates and tha Willie , Collier.
Every theatre will be built on 'paper-
on Broadway at the corner of Forty
second street. In order that other cities
and towna may not lack for entertain
ment, Charlea Frohman la ta go on the
road as Hamlet Dava Belaaco will 'star
In hla own play, "The Villain Pursued
Him," and W. A. Brady wiU be seen In
a new farcical comedy entitled "To
Hell With the Critlcla" What do, you
think Of thlsT .
. Mra. Flake has some strong opinions
on the subject of "write-ups.", Bhe said
In speaking of the subject: T have not
words strong enough to say precisely
what I think about the ordinary Inter
view which the newspaper prints with
ths actor or actress. It makes tk sub
ject -of It , presumptuous, ' Arrogant,
egotistical, anything and everything but
what he May be. It le mortifying, hu
miliating and I oftentimes wonder why
actors ever consent To grsnt Interviews.
Imagine yourself In'-his place, and think
of slttlng.down aa4 talking for half an
hour, an , hour or twe hours atjouU
what? Yourself! Now, couldan-thing
be more humiliating, more egotlstioal
than thatr , Ws promts hereafter to
behav. . ' T
Announcement Is made that the pres
ent engagement In. New York or Joseph
Murphy at tha Murray Hill theatre will
mark the final retfrement of the veteran
Irish actor from tha stage. Mr. Mur
phy enjoys 'the reputation 0 being the
richest iotor in America, U not in tbe
entire world. In a recent Interview he
admitted that if he waa compelled to
turn all his belongings Into cash tha
total -would come close to the two-mil
lion-dollar mark. - The famous Irish
comedian Is. seventy-one . yeans old.
Ha landed at .' San Franclsoo, m
mere youth,-" without a frlenij or a dol
lar, in 1861. .His first work was as a
waiter In a restaurant. A little 'later
he went to a mining camp called Oro
vlll in the asm capacity, but being
handy with tha bones, he and two others.
A A H rl 1 n .4 n ,mmhv1Iihi nlau, Ml
an angagement to play In a gambling
hall at, $17. 60 per night each. Going
back to San Francisco .with some money
In his pockets he secured an engagement
with the Backus at Burbank minstrel com
pany. His first appearance In Irish comedy
waa made in 1167 at Portland, in a one
act play entitled "Born to Good Luck."
Ha sketched out the plot, scenes and
situations for "Kerry Uow . and Fred
Marsden wrote It for him. He has
played It without interruption for more
than 10 years. - Two years later he se
cured "Bhaun Rhue, . He hae mada
and- accumulated mora money than any
other actor in the profession. And he
has made practically all of It oui of
"Kerry Oow" and "Bhaun Rhue." ' He
is heavily Interested In real estate In
New York, Chicago and several ther
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4- MONOLOGUES.
.The Late Mr. Tompkins.- '
J For fhe closing' week of Its long sea
son the Belasco stock company has pre
pared a big production of a fare which
haaV made millions laugh "Tbe Late
Mr. Tompkins."
It is an old English play with the
Scenes laid in London, and chiefly con
cerns a heavy tragedian a type famil
iar to fare and an author who haa a
?lay which the actor haa undertaken
o produce. To the public it la ons eon
tinual laugh and to the -players them
selves It Is a "scream.".' Eddie Edouio
was in th original cast and made a
tremendous suocesa of the piece in Eu
rope aa well as in this country.
"There Is gsneral regret .that this ti
to be the last week of tha Belasco com
pany, , and It - should be ths greatest
week of all. 'The Late Mr. Tompkins?
U a bill to admire and will be produced
with the same careful attention to.dsv
tall that has mads' Belaaco production!
famous. , It l a- matter of congratula
tion, too, , that the last play to be pre
sented will afford all tha membera of
ths company favorable opportunities
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Koscian Opera Company This Week.
At ths Marquam brand theatre, start
ing Thursday, January 4, the Roeclan
Comio Opera company, an. organisation
preeenttng tha better -lass of standard
comic operas, will be the feature of an
Important engagement which will lure
lie back to tna naicyoa .aays wnen un
bert and Sullivan's star , was in Hype
rion, and "Tha Mikado" as welcome xl
"the flowers that bloom In the spring."
In the current big productions extrava
gant, brilliant soenlo and costuming aa
esssoriea are necessary to sttra( the
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attention and patronage of a fickle pub
llo, but none wlll'galnsay ths fact that
Intrinsic merit and an almost extinct
style of musical composition war suf
ficient to place tha clever sponsors of
"Pinafore," "Pirates of Peniance," "Pa
tience," "Iolanth" and "Th Mikado"
on a pinnacle from which even th ear
splitting barrel organ have . not suc
ceeded in displacing them.
' Th company announced to present
"Th Mikado" will also give Joh.i
Philip Sousa's brilliant military com'.o
opera, -"El Capltan" - and Balfe's pretty
ballad opera, "Th Bohemian Oirl.r
They have attraoted considerable at
tention and strong press commendation,
by careful attention to detail and a re
ported galaxy of Individual' com lo opera
artists who will, it is said, make th
average audience alt up and take notice.
No particular star has the center tZ
tha stage, th company depending en
tirely ror approval on all-around en
semble excellence, and a well-balanced
performance Is said to be th feature.
Claud Amsden, principal comedian;
trranic waiters, tenor; Milliard Camp
bell, baritone; John Dewey and Jack
Leelle, form th male casta. Lucia
Nola, prima donna soprano, last
son with - Schumann-Heink In ""Love's
Lottery": Hasel Davenport, comedienne:
Ros Bharron. Maud Proctor and SalKe
Wlnwood. constitute th female prin
cipals. An attractive, powerful chorus,
proper Costuming, scenic .and lla-ht ac
cessories, will no doubt serv to make
this short engagement a happy depar
ture from th high tension series which
have of lata com to. us In rapid suc
cession. Th reserved seat sale opens
Tuesday, January t 10 o'clock a. m.
The Carleton Opera ' Company.
.Th W. T. Carleton opera company
Is th real operatic novelty of years.
"When Johnny Comes Marching Horns"
will play, an engagement of two per
forms nacee at ths Marquam Grand
theatre New Tear's mat lor and night.
This opera bad runs of more than
100 nights In ths big New York theatre.
New York City, and of 10 weeks at th
commodious McVlcker'a theatre In Chi
cago, where "the gross receipts for this
engagement' were mora than $91,000.
Boston, Philadelphia- and other large
cities . Indorsed and ratified the popu
larity of the work by proportionately
large financial and artistlo results.
. These facta alone offer th moat con
vincing proofs of th merits, of this
melodious - and glltterlngly beautiful
spectaole. Further proof la shown In
these words from tha elaborate criti
cism ' of . th New York .: Herald:
"'Johnny is "Shenandoah . set to
mualc, only batter." Also In these from
th Nw York World: Th hoopsklrt
opera is a huge suooess." - Also these
written by Alan Dale la th New York
American and Journal: "The success
of "When Johnny Comes - Marohlng
Horn' was not matter of opinion; it
waa a fact." V" , ' ' '
Mr. W. T. Carleton has provided a
cast of unusual excellence for, this sea
son's company. X-
In the opera are 14 musical .numbers.
tha most popular of whloh are: "My
Own United Btatea," "Just Marry the
Man and Be Merry," "CMod-Bye
Yankees,' ''My Honeysuckle Girl.
"Years Touoh Not the. Heart," "Katie,
My Southern Rose," thexqulslts duet,
"When Our Lips In Kisses , Met" .and
the potpourri of national airs as suns
by th entire company. - v.-
Th southern belles in their boon-
skirts are a specially Interesting fea
ture, particularly) aa th mandate has
gone forth) from the man mllllnera of
Pari that th crinolln hoopsklrt, la to
be th faehlon next year.
Box office, open at 10 0 clock tomor
row (Monday) morning. , - y ,
The Yankee Consul" at Marquam.
An event of unusual Importance .will
he the coming engagement of tbe de-
llghtful musical satire, "Th Yankee
Consul." which will ba th attraction at
the Marquam Grand theatre Tuesday
and Wednesday nights, January I and I,
with a matins Wednesday.
During th phenomenal run of ''this
brightest . of all musical comedies In
NewVYork press and, publlo allk em
phatically declared that it was thSj-ciav-srest
comedy that had been seen fn a
decade. For an entire season th play
was presented in the metropolis, during
whloh tlm itplayed to record-breaking
audiences. - Its popularity was still
further, demonstrated by the. phenomenal
receipts 'during the engagements In Bos
ton, Chicago, Philadelphia and-- other
large cities. Msnager John P. Slocum,
under whose ibis direction the play will
ba seen in th larger cltlea thla season.
has selected Miss Vera . Mlchelena, a
beautiful and talented young prima
donna, and Harry Short, th noted come
dian, aa th stars, snd has selected a
supporting cast numbsiingv 60 people,
th largestvcompany ever sent en tour.
Th beauty chorus has been especially
selected, and nearly 60 pretty, graceful
girls, gorgeously costumed, are included
in th personnel. The stag settings are
magnificent productions of th scento
artist's craft. "Th Yankee Consul" Is
th Joint work of Henry M. Blossom enn
Alfred u Robyns. - - . ,
In two acta, both laid in Puerto Plata,
Santo Domingo, the story of "Tha Yan
kee Consul" Is told. It binge around th
adventure of a typical New Yorker,
who Is sent away on a consular mission
through tha efforts of relatives- who
have suffered long snd silently by rea
sons of his well-developed penchant for
turning night Into ..'day. In ths Santo
Domingo city he falls In lov with a
widow,- well supplied with th goods of
this world, and th story ' is woven
around his lov affair, together with th
love sffalrs of ths governor of th prov
ince, an American) naval officer, and the
daughter and niece of th widow with
whom th consul is enamored. . A minia
ture revolution also figures In ths story,
and there Is sufficient action . through
out th life of th opera to more than
supply laughter for th two and one half
hours It endures. " '
Th msny long hits whloh are Intro
duced during th action of th play are:
"Ain't It Funny Wbat a Difference
Just a Few Hours Maker Tn th Olden
Days." "In Old Nsw Tork," "Hola." "My
San Domingo Maid," 'Th Mosqultdnd
th Midge," "When the Hamtrtv- Qo
Rap, Rap. Rap," "W .Wr Taught to
Walk Damuraly," and "Cupid Ha Won
My Hart." '
Box off lc open tomorrow (Monday)
morning at 10 o'clock. .
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. Modjeska'a Superb Repertoire.
Th three greatest play In " Mod
jeska'a entire splendid repertoire are be
ing utilised by the great aotrees upon
her farewell tour of America., Stronger
and more sharply contrasted dramas
than ."Macbeth.". Muoh - Add ''About
Nothing," and "Mary Stusrt" cannot, be
found In th entire rang of stag lit
erature, and In non others does tbe
power, .th subtlety and intelligence of
Modjeska'a aotlng and -the. charm and
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magnetism of her personality show more
pronouncedly. It does not matte which
play is chosen for presentation at the
Marquam Orand theatre Thursday. Fri
day and Saturday nights, January It, 13. .
and It, with a matlne Saturday, for .
whatever th choice, the certainty rt
mains that th favorlte-'jrtlate will b
seen at best advantage and in on-of
th roles with which her Mm Is in
delibly associated. - Advance .sal Tues
day, January I. at 10 o'clock. ' . . v
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.' . Dreamland Btirlesquere. ,f. ''J,
The Dreamland Burlesquer an3 Big.,
American Beauty Exhibit will .b th 1
New Year's attraction ' at th, Baker,
starting with, today's matinee. 'There 1
will also b a special matlne tomorrow
afternoon, (Monday) and th regular
Wednesdsy bargain day.-
The organisation, now on Its ln-
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be briefly described as a representative 4
Illustration or , th progree -and th
volution of that much abused but ver
popular form ' of entertainment known,
as burlesque. - Individually or col
lectively speaking it la beyond question
a high-grade attraction of its class,
numbering people, all of whom have
previously been connected with th best
of New York's musical and comedy suc
cesses, and th register Includes th
names of suoh celebrities" a Jolly Zeb,
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