Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1906)
"T i i i iiiii 'ii m 1 hi 11 sTarTarcTaaTa t (R) rs 7737-,-. fJWvcW: v ar a a a saw . m m v m m mm w "a . a a - , i r , I, nu J i ' :: V v '; :. -.. -.'., I i: .vt i- - I I -Jt- . V txz'wtxx m raunn. ' HHt ndr. MoBday M TaaMlar i Blrtira. (wt UUrk la "BMDClra"i . xinM4r aisfct u4 aaumar hiw Kubcllk. . ' . Braplrt "." ! k. " Itakar Mtrrj MMM BwrkaqMH, all vk. ' - - - irrte-'ttr Vittt't Aut" all mdu Orud VasAvrUI. lta TaudtrilM). : : - ;t 1 u intra Ih. : intanf S' irlm i rrograaa- la 10 d auirea. Thla la tha raport from Maw York, and In thla modern work- . adar world much atrancar thinca nava a happened. Thara la a world of dramatic .Incident in tha food old allegory, and It 'uht to maka a rood play. If properly Iiandled. Tna Oiaiorua, wnua pavuuax, f keenly tatereatlna;. and tf rUhtly Xapokem, tha Uuea repeated on the auga .could Kir no offeoae. Binca tha unl veraal hit inado by -Eraryman," which ' Ban Great. It wUt to recalled brought - ; to "Portland a yaar .ago. " tho whole thoatrleaJ world haa been looking for 'another miracle play, or aomethlag akin to tt. Perhaps tho adventures of tha 'dauntleea ChriaUan will do. . At any rate it will be a moat Interesting as. 'perlment. . ' . i Henrietta Croaman, It ia reported, waa - Una on who conceived tha posslbUittoa '.of "Pllgrlm'g Prograaa," and ah will V take the role of Chrlatlaa., : Whether - rven mo capable a woman aa Mlaa Croa man can aaaay with auccasa ao aean ;tlally niaaeulln a role remalna to be it It" , "The Heir to th Hoorah," which played early fn th week at the Hetllg. f waa a flrat rata ahowt Th word show la used advisedly. It was not a great drama, nor Aea a great eomdy,but it v lots of fun. and everybody liked It -i. Frederick Ward gar four recitala . 'nt the Marquam, to small buslneaa. Jt 'waa rather a sham that people did not patronise tha performancea better, for (. Warde Is a fln old ehap, and ha know -hU Sbakespaar well. ..H la inflnltely more entertaining than Marshall Oar .'rach.t.Who provided almllar atudlea a 'while ago. Darrach knows nla Bhake ' speare. too. but he' a poser. ' . "Babes in Toy land- closed th week and proved tuneful, fanny and pretty. . It Is one of th beat mastoal omdle i on the stag today. .. 'ri.'.' .' t.-.: .V ' at-' This week Creeton Hark com la By Jules Bckrt Goodman. (Frnai The Joaraal's Owe Corraspaadeat) ' EW . YORK. April 7. "Garrlck declared that oomady was a - serious thing he would not - have denied that faro 1 vn ; mor serloua.'V aa ys Professor ,B render Matthewa In aa article written aome years ago.'. It is a curious thing of . many curious things conneoted with the ; psychology of th farce that th peo , pi of th fare ar all deadly serious, ' almost stupidly so. Comedy contra is ; .peopled with persons gifted in th main 4 with a sens of humor; but th realm ; of fare flourish 'mid a population of the obtuse. -Th characters of a com u etly get almost as much fun out of the -.-'predicaments in which they find them--selves aa do you who ar but th spec- tator. " Not so with th person bf th . farce; to him It is all close to tragic Fare might be termed a mallolou per t vereloa of th tragic Into th gro tesque; whereas comedy Is rather the ' Interpretation of tha traglo possibility Into th humorous. Tet w laugh up roariously at the one. while the othet - voks utber.-lh contemplative smile. . .Looked at In another way, a farce might be termed a practical Joke which a uhor and audience - connplre together to play upon a set of Imaginary per- sons of dull practicality. Th author ' "puts up tb Job" and we urge him on. 'Husbands and Wives are separated. Children wander parentleas, or more often ar tossed from on parent to : another. Smart young men lie. stupidly and Involve practically every on In their mendacity. .. Lover are saparaieo. Reputations era smirched, homes broken : ; THE APPEAL OF FARCE ' i. ' up and torture endured until we hava laughed .our fill. . Then lo, .th author gives a nod to the orchestra, w all -ry .."presto," partners -ar chosen and ' the1 whole thing end In a domestic -quadrlll. - ,, . Practical Joking. , ". But why should w laugh an) loud and apparently so heartily at these mlsfor rJ tunes of others. Is It th element of savag in as which, according to some, , w never ouigrowT . Do we really like to ae people Buffer and in trouble? Is . i It pur brat Instinct working outt Th . asm condition a tho underlying the practical JokeT It 1 not an uncommon ' thing to nurse girl and even , mother deliberately frightening chil t drea by threatening to leave them and t by other trick of this nature, a clear caa of playing a practical Joke -on the . rhIM and a rrual ana at that: thla Ida . belni colored somewhat wrtb vanity end egntlara, the delight of hearlpg th child rltnglng protestations of altee tlon whan th Joke Is over. There ar both tbes elements In the . aKmat of 4h fare. Ia th nrt . there 1 tb fundamental egotism '""' ' " : V ' .' "' ' ' v. ' "Baaucalr Booth Tarklngtdn's delight' ful story. Tha first performance will be given tonight , It will be th first of th JCJaw at Brlanger attractions t play on a Sunday night in Portland. - The Marquam was always dark Sunday, aln accordance with a provision in tho lease. Hereafter, whenever It Is possible to ar range It, there will b a show at the - Kubellk play Wadneaday night and Satnrday afternoon. SMALL TALK OF STAGE PEOPLE. : Mr. and Mrs. Willie Collier have sep arated. . Ethel Barrymore " was operated upon recently for appendicitis. - - Jesa Lynch William, well known aa an author of college atones, ha drama tised on of them. "Th Stolen Story." It Is to be presented under direction of Henry W. Savage, with Jameson ' Lee Finney in th landing role. v "Brown of Harvard" is pleasing New zork tremendously. Recently a bos) party of 200 Columbia students at tended. Three matloeea a week have been th rule. .. "Tli Squaw Man has bean running six months on Broadway. Mra Flak ha returned to New Tork for a short engagement " In "Loan Kleachna." ,' Regarding a gtag version of Th Scarlet Letter" recently produced , in New-York,, th Sun crltlo says- that a good novel was "butchered to mak an actor's holiday." ---:' - : .r Marguerlt Sylva. who waa one with "The Princess Chic," haa ben singing "Carman" with great success in Franca, Clay Clement will appear next season In his own play, "Bam . Houston ;ol Tens.'' " ' ' -John C Flaher will take 'Tloradora' ttt Cuba. i "Th Heart of Maryland. which thrills local melodrama follower regu larly, haa been revived by David Be laaco, with Odett Tyler and Edna Wal lace Hopper. Florence Roberts will appear In New Tork in Th Strength of th Weak" on April II. ' George C. Haxleton ha sold th Ger man rlghU of "Mistress Nell" to a Berlin manager, . who will present th play this season.) Haaleton, was an ob that were -we In th positions of the people on th (tear we would not be such imbeciles. : Then enter the de light of fooling such people simply be cause they ar such Idiots. But that It is th spirit of cruelty which actu ates ibe laugh la hardly true to faota, Farce, like melodrama, la essentially an appeal to emotionalism. In which ratio cination, ha little) to do. Instead of be ing llke'cpmedr, th Intellectual colored by th emotional. There Is something almost physical In its sppeal; like the tickling of th elbows, 'It Is a tickling of amotions! elbows, the etraw which Is used being that of incongruity. It I intellectual clowning, th methods of Harlequin applied to th emotions. : As a child's game, it is actuated by a cer tain anlraallty of spirits, a certain coarseness of feeling approaching -cruelty, perhaps; but because of Its in aouclanc. . merely a healthy exuber ance. - : Life Out of Focua. ' l : '.' . J Herein you have the ' moral of the fare and Its raison d'etre. JThe moral of tha play,1 say Profeesor Matthews, "I not In th happy ending brought about arbitrarily and as th dramatist pleases; It resides rather In the hearty laughter which haa cleared th air and which is a boon in Itself and a gift to be thankful for." It very fault are therefore its greatest virtues. " It arbitrary quality is assumed not only by ' author but by audience. ' An un spoken pact between tha two in which there is laid down the premise that it la all make-believe and that the whole thng la Just a Joke take away from th contention that cruelty la th basis. It may go back to a certain savagery In final, analysis, but Intermediary It is simply a sens of th grotesque, a view of life out of focus like the curious and humorous results produoed in using the camera the earn way. Fare being such, writer bar taken advantage of it and have misused It shamefully. Anything that la" too ab surd and grotesque to be called com edy la tagged . farce. Burlesque," buf foonery and acrobatic methoda of tha moat primitive sort ar all put under It broad tnantl so that It is no won der that tbla sen re of dramatic com. position has come into something Ilk disrepute, Tet any literary form that can cite among its references "Th Ri vals," "L Bourgeois GcntUhomme," end such maeterploca of humor at "Th Taming of th Sbretk," deserve a oertaln. respect The -pity Is that 1st tar-day Tarce thanks to a mistaken idea and a aervll following of mora or less legitimate Gallic methods, has degener ated "into hodge-podge in which n seek almos In vain for example com parable to those mentioned above. . On Monday tbara waa presented at THE. OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 15. r I 1 , 'J 'r scure WUdonsln attorney till pig play mad him a fortune. .James K. Haekatt, rstwhtl matinee idol, haa developed surprising manager ial abilities, and may -have to retire from th stag to take ear of his financial ventures. He will atar Thomas W- B?abrook next aeason In a oomto piece by two Boston author called "Th Alcalde." . He has . also secured the lights to Maeterlinck's lateet play. Rosell Knott, known locally through her work in "When Knighthood Was In Flower,' distinguished herself recently In Logansport, Indiana, by persuading .th audience to remain In their seats, and going quietly on with th play when an alarm .of fir threatened to cause a panic Ellen Terry has presented Maxln El liott with a parrott which has a baas VOtCO.- ' ; '' ' - ' t-.... ' Jerome K.' Jerome has contracted to writ a play for David Warfleld. He will have almoat unlimited time In I which to compos it. as Warfleld will n occupied witn rn aiasio Master' for at least two years. Cecilia Loftus, who as "Cissy" Loftus first gained recognition 'In vaudeville, with clever Imitations, has been ap pearing with aucoess aa Peter Pan In London. ' , Bernard Shaw recently revived his notoriety in London by declaring th moral position of th burglar to be superior to that of th Idle rich man whose money h steals.-- - -.- y- :- Robert Edeson, who Is playing suc cessfully In "Strongheart." say that being a stag Indian ha its difficulties. It takes an hour and a half for him to make up for th part he plays, and as much longer t get th makeup off. , MONOLOGUES. Creaton Clark Tonight at th Hcilif- Absorbing entertainment la certain at th Helllg theatre tonight (Sunday), Monday and Tueaday nights. Creaton Clark reappears in Booth Tarkington's beautiful romantlo comedy. "Beaucalr,1' a dramatlo Idyll of a century ago. In which there Is a mingling of sentiment, chivalry and heroism. . Th faro of Mr. Clark' portrayal of th masquerading French prince of the title role has gone from on end of th country to another and haa become synonomoua with court liness, grace, nobility and dramatlo th Ssvoy theatre a fare 1n three acts by Edgar Selwyn, entitled, "Iff All Tour..f'ault"Mr.- Selwyn Is a skillful actor, whose performance of Tony In "Arlsona" made one of th etrlking Im personation of that play and whoa later-effort showed marked ability and Intelligence. He has also written, rather extensively and successfully. . There fore the play at the Savoy can in pa way b considered the work -of a nov ice. . "It's All Tour Fault" has a clever Idea behind It and I planned with con siderable characterisation. Its chief fsult Is a somewhat obvious mechanical structure and conventionality. Above all It Is distinctly an actor' play, work ing toward climaxes at each curtain and making its points a llttl too appar ently: On Its credit -side,' it - may b said that It is genuinely funny and that it Is interpreted by an excellent com pany, ...... .. - - - . - ..- . v .- - Mr. Selwytfe. piece lik most good farces, starts with a lie, a falsification on the part of a young man, Howard Beasley,. who for monetary reason and future prospects, bas for years practiced on his uncle, Caxton Coulter, th de ception that h Is th father of a boy named after' the aaid uncle. - Of course ha he not even confided thla to hi wlf for by a series of skillful subter fuges he has avoided th necessity of producing th child to th already doting uncle. At last, however, finding the climax of 1)1 deceit about to overt ske him, he goes to a friend and mhkes him pose a th tutor of th Imaginary boy, A Truly Funny Child: , r The unci come. Interviews, th sup posed tutor and asks for th Coy. Th friend, his neroe.-by th way, 1 Dob bins, tries te confess th truth but only complicate matter more, when over the roofs and into th second story window there come on Archibald, a fat, diminutive creature who has es caped from a home for boy. From th moment of Archibald' entrance the 6 tlon quickens until It turns In headlong flight into a perfect - whirlwind - of movement - Archibald from - being -' th fletloned is th' Kooa Inhabited Selene has proven that the moon has sn atmosphere, which makes life. In some form possible on that satellite: but not for human bemgs, who have a hard enough time on thla earth of ours; especially thnee who don't know that Klectrlo Bitters cure Headache, BUIoue neas. Malaria. Chllla and Fever, Jaun dice, Dyspepsia, Lisslnees. Torpid Liver, Kidney complaints. Oeneral Debility and Female weaknesses. TJnequaled aa a general Tonlo end Appetlaer for weak rerenn and especially for the aged, t Induce sound .sleep. Fully guaran teed by H. O. Skldmor V Co, drugglHa. Vwitm Mijjr aOe . . power. All last season Mr. Clark won triumph after triumph as "Beaucalra," a record which he now is more than re peating. , - . j From a pictorial standpoint "Beau- calre " surpasses itself of last year. Mr. Clarke, from his. greater familiarity with the hero' rola haa elaborated th char acter this season In many details wnlch give his portrayal greater potency and eloquence. . The literary merit of Mr. Tarkington's ' play Is impressing Itself deeply upon th Intellectual audiences which Invariably greet Mr. Clark. - Tet action la never sacrificed to diction, nor oil max to rhetorlo. Th entjre : play pulses with movement, humor and amo tion. Seat ar now soiling at th box office of th Helllg theatre. Sixteenth and Washington street. Phon Main L "Merry Maidens at the Baker, .i i Th "Marry Maldena" .company, which cornea to th Baker for th week start ing with today's matinee, provide an - entirely new departure in . th original three-act skit. Th Maid and tha Mule,"' an amusing story of th many complications that arts from th unfortunate fact that a young and charming actress and a small mul possess" th same nam. Th theme la entirely new and many fanny situations ar cleverly conceived by tb author, Sam Rice, and admirably brought out by th best company that oould be en gaged and more than a score of th prettiest girls. ' In, th cast ar Billy Spencer (Grogan), Sam Rice (Cough upakl), . Farrell Brothers, . sensational bicyclists; th Vans in parodies; Pattl Carney, eoubrette; Agnes Maher, , op- eratlo soprano, and others of equal merit. New arid elaborate stag set- tines, electrical effects and wardrobe help to mak the "Merry Maidene" In "Tb Maid and th Mul" on of th best attractions of th kind on th road today. ....... Th "Marry Maidens" company, be sides today's matinee, will give th reg ular bargain day matin , Wednesday and th closing performance Saturday afternoon. . There will b no perform ance Saturday night. ., - Blanch Walah Coming. - Blanch Walsh, direct from her tri umphs at th Herald Square theatre and Madison Squar theatre. New Tork, in "Th Woman In th Case." Clyde Fitch's latest successful drama, will appear at th Helllg theatre AprU II, St, It. Th son of Beasley is toad from on parent to th other until he lands safely into th arms of., hie own, his mother being a respectable governess in th horn of Coulter, and his father, on Bill Stubbs, an expressman. But on his way to this surely laudable end h manages to plunge practically every character : in deepalr, to separata Beasley from hi wlf a, Dobbin from bis flnano. Coulter from his apouae and even to taint th name of the irreproachable governess. Th situations if obvious and even omewhat - trite ere undeniably funny. As tb play hinge upon th aforesaid Archibald much depended upon th boy playing this role. In a certain Master Plncus the management secured about th funniest thing in th way of boy that ha been seen upon th stage. Maater Plncus 1 fst and his vole ha a husklness which seems to accentuate hi corpulency. H not only acta,- but look th boy of th play, a tough llttl youngster who would run over the roofs to th second story window of th first bous in sight H Is about tb tough est small proposition seen . upon the boards In many a day. And whatever success th play may have must b at tributed In substantial measure to this am dlmlnutlv comedian who kept th first night audienc In a roar. For th rest th cast Included Mr. Selwyn himself. Miss Closser, Herbert Sleath, and " Herbert Csrr waa excep tionally good. After all th - teat of faro a said In th beginning Is th laughter which It voke and Judged by thla standard, 'It's Air Tour Fault" should b called a success. - The Circus. ,:.y, ' - . y This is th season of th circus and for th last two weeks. Barnum at Bailey's "Greatest Show on Earth" has been ex hibiting in Madison Squat Garden. The circus is on thing th delight of which w never outgrow for it Joy 1 bedded in th eternal youth which is th patent of Ufa, It appeal la th glory and glamour, th excitement and thrill, the humor and th burleaqu. Slmpl and elemental almost yet-w feel It "spell to th last - And th boy who ha not th Instinct to crawl under the tent flap 1 either anemic or too well brought up. There Is no tent at th Madison Squar garden and there th cireu 1 a far mora complex thing than It used to' be. - The on or two olown beve now been increased to something Ilk 10, and vcn at that ar lost In the mirage of "wonders" exhibited la th three rings, "all going at one." Th th rea ring clrcu 1 undoubtedly an Improve ment on the old single-ring affair, but It ha Its drawbacks; and that , many of th youth who attend do not come away with violent case of strabismus, thank to an attempt to miss nothing, speaks volumes for th strength of eye sight In th young. i Th charm of th clrcu 1 wonderful when on considers that the. character of th entertainment differ llttl from year to year. There is ever the me nagerie, with Its wonderful sebras. Its yaka, lu rhlaooeroa and hipppotamua, , scene of th play la laid In New Tork, at th present time. It characters for th moat part representing th cultnr and refinement of th social life of tho m tropolls. Th dramatlo action, which Is intensely interesting. Is supplied by -circumstantial evidence which threatens th life of th hero and which is so strong that, although Innocent, he would not have escaped the eleotrlo chair but for th cleverness and cunning of his devoted, loving wife. " Recent Instances of notorious female criminal ar said to have been Mr, Fitch's chief source of Inspiration for what la universally ac knowledged to b th beat play h has vr written. , . m ' "Roanoke" at th Empire. ' Hal Reld, on of th most popular writers of American plays, will b rep resented r Portland , tfils week by on of his bast creations, ' "Roanoke," which will open with th matinee, this after noon. . "Roanoke" Is a southern play, a tale of old Virginia In th days when ro mance and luxury moved In close sym pathy and kind harmony with poverty and toll. Each character stands out strongly and -distinctly. There is not a jar or an unweloom sentence or situa tion throughout th tntlr piece, yet It is thrilling to th extreme at ,tlme and tells th story of unusual vnts. Th cenery la all In harmony with th ideas th author intends to convey and many beautiful pictures ar shown. Th company presenting "Roanoke" at th Empire thla week -is a capable one,' at tb head of which 1 Mr. Leo Morris, a thorough and. finished actor. Thar will be but on matinee after Sunday. which will be next Saturday. "Roan eke" Is considered by many to be Hal Raid's best creation. ' ' A( th Baker Next Saturday. Th- moving pictures of th famous Plitt-Nelson ring contest, which were taken at - Colma, - September ,- will be shown at th Baker for on night only. next Saturday, April si. These - pic tures show vry blow that waa struck and throv out in full recogntambl view of th audience tb world's greatest champion. Jamas J. Jeffries. Th New Century Girls. Th New Century Girls open a week's engagement at th Baker commencing next Sunday matinee, April It. They yet with th common elephant ever shadowing all because mainly of hi domeatle accomplishment of eating pea nut. Next to th manager! come th human- menagerie, - th freaks. The giant mnfi giantess, close beside th lllllputlana, th snake charmer, the fat woman, the human skeleton,- the lion faced boy and th missing link. They ar all there and many others, some old friends and a few new. . - i :. . " Action Every Minute. . Than finally th performance with It bareback riding, th ladles and gentle man who do wonderful tricke on horse back, th tumbler and gymnasts, th feat upon th tlghtwlr, upon th tra pes, th aetiallst and the Jugglers, th trained antmala, th whole ending In th race "three times about th arena"; pony races, ladle' Jockey race, th chariot race and tha dosen or mora other race. ' It is action, electrio aotlori that permeate every moment, and that 1 on reason for th great call of th cirous to th American. It pulaea with our national enthusiasm and "vitality, with .our daring and love of adventure, with our admiration for bravery and skill.' " ' ' V. ' - Each yaar there'! one "special" fea ture," a feat of unusual accomplishment nd peril. Last year, with tb Barnum at Bailey, show It was "L'Anto-Bollde, th Dtp tof Death," in whloh.a young girl looped th gap In an automobile and which th program . described as "an astonishing and audaciously awful abysmal act with a fascinating, fruloua, fugacious, flitting flight doubly dis counting all. devilish deeds ever done." Thla act 1 sUll retained, but . another and even mor daring on has' become tb. supreme test . . In tb above, according to th afore said program, "chuckling and expectant death meet disappointment and cha grin," while In -the new one, .termed "L Teurblllon d la Morte," or "The Limit" ear a th earn eource, "a second time, cheated of his prey, th king of terrors finally fleas." .Thla feat la of tb halr-raJeing sort A girl In an auto mobile ruahea down a steep Incline so arranged as to throw the machine high Into th air' and mak It turn a com plete somersault befog It plunge for- '. . 9 ... -LX- 1 . I. .'. BSBZS . .P ' TOTJTK. , ' ? -Disease and Sickness Bring Old Air. - Herblne, taken every morning be fore breakfast, will keep you In robust health, fit yon- te ward off disease. It cure constipation, biliousness, dyspep sia, fever ei :n, liver and kidney com- rlalnte. It purines the blood and clears be complexion. , Mra D. W. Smith. Whitney, Texas, wrttea, 'April t. l0f: "I have used Herblne and find it th beat medicine for constipation and liver troubles. It does all you' claim for It 'I can highly recommend it" Prion It. Sold by Woodard, Clark Co ' c 3 1CC3. jpajm BAKER THKVTRB present on especially bright and funny purlesqu. "Th Taking of Mr. Raffle," a musical astir taken from Kyrl Bel lew's 'Rfflas ...- - .;'! ,.-:( . .: "..', "A Thoroughbred Trarnp" at Empire. - On - of th best , known of ' all th comedy drama . with a "tramp hero fs Elmer : Walter's , "A .t Thoroughbred Tramp,"? which comes to th Kmplr for tha weak starting next Sunday - mati nee, April IIV , ,. VAUDEVILLE AND STOCK. ; The Start New'BUL. , ( : Acts selected with great care will b offered at th Star next week,, starting with th matinee tomorrow afternoon. It Is not predicting too much to assert that th new program will surpass any thing th Star ha had in months. By popular request Fields and Hanson' re turn for a special engagement. - These ar two of th funniest comedians on th stag. Their act 1 novel. Tb two English Rosebuds Is th nam given to a coupl of dainty aoubrettea. who do a contortion act with high-kicking and novelty dancing. These girls will win applause, for they have something new. Th Burk brothers ar club Juggler. Berkley and Dunataa nav a novelty dancing1 act These people ar among the best In th profession. . A comedy blcyol act will be given by Porley, who come to Portland with good, recom mendations. Edmund Burk will sing "Sine Nellie Went Away." This song has been before th public lass than a month and is already th most popular song hit of th east, where It 1 ren dered by all th headline singing acts. A comical moving picture story "A Trip to th Moon,' which th Btaro scon will flash. Today th perform ancea 'will be conducted from 1:10 to 10:45 p. m. This will b th last chance to se th comedy bill ' which the Star haa offered th past week. . , At the Grand. '.' From ton to bottom, tb bill at th 0 rand thla week will be notably enter taining. Tha principal feature will be D'Urbano'a Italian band of 10 plecea. This band will glv a eompUt concert at every performance, changing th pro gram dally. Th band has appeared in Portland on two former oooaslon In ward upon a euehloned platform. The deed t daring In the extreme and per haps the program Is not over-superlative In its description. And never for get that the program is part of th Cir cus, masterpiece of a certain type of English. .. Here, then, you hav th de scription of "Th Limit": - "Tb latest and most Ingenious French mechanical device for robbing th Fat of their deserts vr conceived in tb brain of man. An awful, awe-inspiring, appulslve, aerial somersaulting automo bile act In which Mile. Oct a via La Tour, a 'daring and herolo young French lady, rides to safety after positively the moat fearleas and rash, reckless exploit ever successfully performed.- A turning, twisting, twirling, tilting transposition in mid-air in an automobile. The thrill ing,' tumbling, tremendous,' tantalising triumph of all time. A marvelous flight hitherto considered among th Impossi bilities, but now courageously essayed and successfully performed by a young and pretty girl. A staggering, stunning, startling, stupendous, surprising sensa tion, outvlelng every . feat on record. Th machine with its 'charming chauf feuse describing a hug parabola of 80 feet and whan -at It greatest height making a complete revolution, becoming Inverted, righting itaelf in space, and safely alighting on a platform, present ing th abaolut limit of human daring." - This rwas 'written bjr"Tod y" HamilT ton. by th way. Let It be aaid then that th circus Is still the clroue, with Its power still to charm and to thrill with Its eternal appeal to the youth which lie dormant in us all. --. t . -'' Old Time Travel. From the Chicago Dally News. It was in lt6l that the first regular stage coacn began running between the two capltala London and Edinburgh. It ran once a fortnight and the fare waa 14, which would be a good deal more than 120 today. Th tlm taken to th Journey la not accurately known, but between Tork and London It waa four day. Thla lavish system of communi cation was not' however, kept up, aa in 1701 th coach ran between London and Edinburgh once a month only, taking a fortnight If the weather was fa vorable, to the Journey. In 1T84 a he rolo effort wa made to Improve the London and Edinburgh ' coach. The Edinburgh . Courant for that year, con tained the following advertisement: "The Edinburgh stag eoach. for th better accommodation of passengers. win o altered to a genteel two-end glass coach, being on steel springs, ex ceeding light and easy, to go In ten days In summer and twelve In winter, to set out th first Tyeeday In March and con tinue . It rrom Hose Eaetaata'a tha Coach and Horace, in Dean atreet, Sohe, London, and from John Somervllle'e. 1n th Canongate, Edinburgh, etc Pas sengers to pay as usual. Performed. If God permits, by your dutiful servant Hosaa Eaatgate." In th day of stag coache people sometlmee clubbed together and hired a i vaudeville and has never failed t be a big card.' ' Th repertoire of number Is large... The Gregsons hay an Im portant -position on th Hat. They ar muslcil comtdy stars. Their act con slat of singing, dancing and th bright cat of repartee. .' Renfro and Jensen WlU prod uc a corned playlet, with the title. To Second Mr. Fiddle." It Is said to be a scream. Athlete and gym nast -o unusual ability ar Mr. and Mra Mead N. Warnta. Their act wilt afford a novelty: One of th beat high class musical acts of th season Is that which' Crouch and Richards will give. They , ar master of all th principal musical Instruments and ar especlaly familiar with th banjo. Master Har--old Hoff will alng'an Illustrated song which has never before been beard In Portland, and It promise to mak a most favorable Impression. Th In visible Men." a startling and comical' moving picture story, will b related on the Grand 1 scop. Today th shows will- be contlnuou from to 10:45 p. m. This will close th engagement of Castellan, th man who loops th gap. Thla I th most sensattonal bl cycl act that ha bean seen In . vaudeville theatre. No on should mles seeing Castellan perform his wonder ful and perilous feat Besides this act there ar many other strong features en th bill. . . .. '. : '.. ::. . At th Lyrie. - 'Beginning this afternoon - at 1:10 o'clock with continuous performance, th Lyrlo stock company will offor, for th last time, the beautiful rural, com edy drama, "Down in New Hampshire." which haa been played to packed houses during the past welt, ' --"- - Beginning with th matin tomor row afternoon at J: to o'clock, th Lyrlo will Introduce It regular weeklv rbui. of bill by offering a stirring fare comedy, "My Wife's Aunt." in four act. This play will be all that fare corned v Implies, affording th patrona of th Lyrlo an opportunity to enjoy a season of laughter and good cheer. Thla pro duction naturally Uluatrate the unen viable situations In which young mar ried couples ar frequently . placed through the intervention of some med dlesome relative. "My Wife's Aunt will be worth einev'T - Th Illustrated aonga and moving plo rure will b of mor than usual In terest. . v postanal for their Journey aa being quicker and less expansive, and Scot tish newspapers occasionally contained advertisements to th effect that a per son about to proceed to London would be glad to hear of a fellow "adven turer" or two bent on th asm Jour nay to ahar the expense. ', . . Ghost at a Card Party. From th Bloemfonteln Post. " A curious ghost story come from Durban, South Africa. V a speotre. It la stated, haunting a bous In a village which waa occupied by- a lawyer who died about four montha ago. . Th house wa taken by 'a gentle man who, after seeing "an unearthly ahape cross th garden and disappear," Invited om friend to etay with him. Th reault waa that two of them rushed to. the Central hotel with th story that a ghost had passed through closed doors and window and that a light had been seen in th etudy need by the previous tenant A party ef eight decided to- play a game of cards In the house. Suddenly on ef the players started up with th cry; "What is that?" Looking In th direction In which h was staring, the other .saw a horrible looking head pro truding through th doorway. Th head was Jike that f:a skeleton. '- ' -. It disappeared. The party .went' to the. door and .Into th adjoining room, but. the "spectre'' had tvanlshed. -.. .;,' '' v- . 231. - MAKCrT WASHINGTON ST, OF ' " PORTUNf : ; Mewj' . . oweon. - . r: . ,ciothcs .. t ". ii :...,;, -J i '- ..J.'.-l. , 4.i'i -J v'1. V
