. ,;THIS VVTSEK AT,THS .THEATRES, , V., X i I ? ' '.'
BAKCR All waak, with matlaaaa today, tomorrow and Saturday, Bakar
etock eompany la.Tb Crlala." ' .'f-v -r-
EM PORE All waek, with nattnoaa today, tomorrow ant Saturday,
-Uchta of -rrtaoo."
LTRIC All waak, with dally matinaa, Lyrlo atook eompany In "Acroan
. tba Plalna" , . . - " -
BTARAU waak, wltk oaUy maUnaea, Allan
-Stowaway." .';-,
GRAND Vauderllla, all waak, with
: COHINO ATTRACTIONS.
HEILIO William Col liar in "On tDa
.bcalnnlni: . SDtambr It.
BAKER JUl uaxt waabv "Baoaua
, EMPIRE All next waek. Tba World.".
By Johnaton MoCallay. 1 ;
'1TH th oponlng thin after-
iioen of the Baker aha tba
'Emplra, th tbaatrlcal
aon may. be aald to be an
Her way.'" Bator na atratebaa a multl
i tude of weeka which , may bring forth
o monotony or pleaaura. .:: - - "
. Th HaUla will open SapUmber It.
, . with William Colllar In hla auooaaa "On
- , the Quiet." Thereafter there will coma
th Helllg direr and aundry dramas,
omedlea, operaa and, musical aztrava
; aranaaa -without and. Som of th bit
, atara will be aen her thla aeaaon.
: Soma of tba tiny eandlaa who reach na
every year will flicker at periodical ln
' tarrala,
At th Baker thla afternoon Wlnatoa
ChurchlU's "The Crlala" wlU b th
- .. opening bill. It la expected that there
' . will b an OTation for th returning
p'ayera. IAlliaa Lawrence may eipeot
ona Ura Oleason haa a right to ex
pect one, and that Bowie and Russell
-' will get one almost-goea without say
Ing. The member or th cast may ex
pact a cordial greeting and a fair ohanc
work their ways Into th hearts of
., tba Bhkar'a patrons. Th house for to-
- . y's performances is almost sold out
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At the Empire the opening bill today
WlU be Lrlf hU of Frlaco." a melo-
t . drama, which 1 said to be extraordl
- rary in many respects. It is supposed
' "' i to depict a part cfdarkeat San rran
" clsoo betor the earthquake, and bring
- In a glimp of Chinatown. Thera ar
noma clever people in the cast of th
road -company, which open th Xmplr
. ,.wita this snow.
' Though llttl is known at present r.
' araraing coming aitractiona, it is an
- fiounced that for th second week at
. th Bakr th bill will be "Becauae Sb
,' XOvd Him So," and at the Kmptr "Th
World." a good old melodrama that
mad a kit toward th cloae of last ea-
aon. -
. - Th Stewart Opera eompany wlU be
at tba Hellig th latur part of Septem
ber. It la a John Court oraanlaatlon.
- which opened In St Paul two week ago
and haa Men making good on th tour
acre th northern atatea.
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- Indication ar that there will he
aom thing doing in th theatrical Una
. before th aeaaOB is half through,
though these -whispering ar nathlng
more at praaeat It ha bn persist
ently rnmored that the Marqaam Grand
, 1 to be mad to comply with th fir
ordinances and opened again.
Th aam rumor says the Relllg will
also be maintained. Other rumor
aay that the Hellig management will
' re back to the Mara. u em and tha
Hnig beoom an ' Independent houee,
' while atiU other ar to th effect that
It is th old Marquam which 1s to be
oom th Independent house. With tw
syndicate fighting each other and be
tween them cornering erery actor, ac
' treaa and playwright of repute. It would
be Interesting to know Just who would
' ahaw In an Independent house,
' Tba amall-chang theatre eontlno
th an tnor of their wy. Th Lyric
la as proa parous as r, and aven mora
aa. alnre it flnde Itself o prosperou
that it ha to rata the roof and put
' a tlcony. Th Allen Stock coir jiy
TIIC
stock company; la The I j . y II 111
daily matin,'
Qulat," thraa nighta and maUaaaa,
Sha tOTad Blm So."
Is rapidly making friahda at tha Star,
while tha Grand and Pan ta gee ar dish
ing up regulation , vaudeville to rgu
latiosi orowda. . :'v . - ..
SPOTLIGHT FLASHES.
' 8. Millar Kent, who supported the late
Johnston Bennett In a vaudavill aot la
to star la "Raffle.
Thomas Q. Saabrooka la going lata
vaudeville again.
Jane JKanmark la to Star la Th
Toast of th Town." : 7
HUda 8 pong la preparing to opa la
Nw York In "Lady Jim."
Nail Burgess will play hla eighteenth
Sear and hla first scasoa la the south,
i "A County Pair."
Margaret Anglln Is to begin her aea
aon In The Oreat Divide," a play by
William Vaughan Moody.
Miss Elaanor Robson will make her
ft rat appearance In October In Israel
EsngwlU's play, "Nurse Marjoria"
Th nam of James CNeiU'e biblical
play, in which he Is to Impersonate
John th Baptiat, Is "A Vole In th
WUdarneas."
Robert Drout B. M. Holland and
Mary Hall will play th principal parts
in Cora Maynard'a play. The Measure
of a Man."
A new rural drama this season la
called "Jonathan's Courtship."
Nat C Goodwin has recently bought a
handsoras plao In th vicinity of Lo
Angele and it Is reported, that th will
make hla home there.
Jefferson Do Angell has great hopes
of "Th Spring Chicken." in which h is
to appear tba coming season.
Jama Slavln, a young California, la
th author of "Th Voice of th
Mighty," In which Jam CNalU la to
appear this aeaaon.
"The Hypocrites," the new play by
Henry Arthur Jones, is lo b produced
at the Hudson theatre, New Tork, within
the next few weeka.
Viola Allen will basin her hum i.
Waahlngton early In October, when she
wiu do seen as Imogens la "Cymbellna"
"Sherlock Holmes" Is to be presented
In French in Parts this
"Peter Pan" 1 among th plays that are
ii om tried in Australia. .
A group of actors sat waiting for
Henry W. Savag In th Garden theatre.
New TArk Ka.waam Mkl.M.i. w ...
day, when th conversation turned to
h. , . , .
.""wi ui aman ooya -"When
I was on the staff of tha Naw
Tork Dally News," aald J. . Harden-
viarenaon, wno haa now givea up Jour
nallsm to play the part of artla in
The Prince of Pllaen." "we had an
offic boy who was th greatest succeaa
as a failure and the sreateat failure aa
a atiecess that you ever saw. On on
occasion I sent hire to Richard Harding
- w ... W ( , 1 .1 If
aoon We heard a clatter of feet en th
taire ana m ourst in noy entiraiy out
Of breath." . .
"What th trouble! wasn't h
"'No, sir, ba's put, and da Jolnrg all
lAsiVskJl aiaa .
. " Then why the dlcken didn't you
wait for htm, aa I told your I asked.
"!Wh-wh-why, oera .wua note a
''.OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND. - SUNDAY
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lVk DIRECTOR. Ml 13-
"M "'W .' "-I I I
i . ..--..: , .:-- ., , . jcn : . . . ..- - - ... - jfsn i
f I th d(Xr dat uld, "Btturn at one," to 1 1 fculld. In th war cmrri him It t .vw,,.,wi.i T Act I. Judr Whipple law offlc I m Mtarmliy r the many ismu t I
tha door dat aald, "Return at one," ao I
fought you a wanted ma back quick."
Not nnllk the ytm In vogu dur
ing tha last theatrical deoade, Maoda
raaly, after suing a etock-etamn an-
araa-eraent of aevral weeka In lenver.
la now playing a similar engagement at
St. Louis, wher the earrent two weeka
wlU mark th laet appearance oi atiss
raalv in stock work. She will go di
rectly to Naw. Tork to begin-rehearsals
of Th Illusion of Beatrice," tba naw
Martha Morton oomady which will in
augurate, her contract to star under th
direction of John cort for a trm ox
ears, v- ', ..
John MoCulcheon.- the Chicago car
toonist and eellag claaamate of Georg
Ada, haa on the wall of his studio an
old photograpn or . in maiana play
wright which tend to prove the one
mad and denied assertion that Mr. Ad
Intended a correct .plctur of himself
whan ha draw Bub Hicks, th bucolic
freshman ot Th Collg Widow." Th
photograph was taken whan Mr. Ad,
fresh from th farm. ntred Purdue
university. Th picture la the play
wright's pet aversion; On hla recent re
turn from abroad h called on Mo
Cutcheon and, seeing th comedy photo
graph In Ita old place, xclalmd: '
"Bay, giv m mat v
"What fort" asked the artist, Tra
kplng It aa a warning." ?
That'a why Z want It," czpiainea
Ada '1 a .another paper .any a I'm to
be married, and I want to aend th
dltor that picture to aav writing a da
Kncourased by th cordial recepUon
accorded Florence Roberta on her first
appearance in New Tork, John Cort haa
engaged, an actrea eonsiaereDiy leee
known either in the east or west but in
whose ability the western manager has
much' faith. Beatrice MoClure is the
young' woman's nama and while aha Is
aid t be on of Seattle1 society buds.
Mr. Cort believe one wiu prove as
IntereeUng to theatre-goera aa aha 1
attractive In appearance'.' i Beyond th
amateur performances, which form aa
adjunct Of Statu'' social .entertain-
menta, - Ml Mcciur nas aaa iitu
theatrical exparlanee, Sh he been In
trnated with a part of considerable Im
portance in the comedy In which Max
rigman-wtll Star this season. Mlsa Mo
Clure la th daughter of a well-known
Seattle newspaper publisher and editor.
Wo. l-lchfd Tkontma.
There is one thing about- the new
leading men at th Bakar that a person
notices as - first glanoe he look a
great deal Ilk H. W, Ooode, preeldent
of th Portland Railway, Light, dt Power
company.
This I noticeable In Mr. Thornton'
facial prsloa, la bjg volee, in hla
, t f -
; INDIVIDUALITIES.
build, In th way ha earrea himself.
When he eweepa onto the stage during
rehearsal his face seems to awaken and
ha "gets Into th gam with hls-whols
aonL His vole thrllla, aad he does
more than walk around and read hi
lines. He begins to act at th first re
hearsal. When he gets on th stage the
others of the Bakertte catch the cue of
enthusiasm and get Into tbe game, too.
' And If Thornton does that when th
play la actually on, tha Bakeritae will be
enthused at every performance. . They
will be unable to be passlva They will
find themselves playing up to Thornton
with avtntMBet. UU.,-'-'"""
It Is evident that Lillian Lawrence,
th popular leading woman, will work
well with Thornton.- Though, th naw
leading man haa been with th eompany
only a week, h haa mad a friend of
every member of It Bo the others of
the eompany amy.- He la a big, hearty,
clean-looking man who cannot but be
popular with patron of th Bakar.- It
Is safe to assume that he will win the
hearts of the play-goers as did Edgar
Baume and! Howard Gould.
- Aa to Thornton' acting we will a
thla afternoon. As Stephen Brio In
Th Crisis" he has an xeellant'ohanoe
to make good. He haa a little of a vary
sort of acting In th role acme pathos,
soma humor, aome heroic. 'Ha will be
able to give the audience thla week aa
Indication f what they . may- expect
throughout th aeaaon. ,. ,
Edgar Banma, leading man with- th
Bakar theatre company during tha sum
mar aeaaon,-has Joined- the Daly force
at Nw;York and will b leading man
thla aeaaon In one of the "Man and
Supermen" eompnniea It-la probable
that he will be assigned to a weatern
eompany and be .seen sometime during
the season at the Hellig In th Barnard
Shaw play which mada such a sensation
In Oct ham laat season -..
William Dills la still In Portland but
may go to Chicago within a ahort tlm
to visit hg mother In that ety. - Th
comedian lost a great deal of money In
th recent seneatlonal bank failure
there. So far h haa not algnd for th
eomlng season. It la rumored that he
will be' retained by one of tbe smaller
Portland play ehopa . and . featured
throughout the season.' -
Last Monday, when tha rehearsals at
tha Baker began, was Just four years
from the day the rehearaale of th first
Baker theatre company began. Howard
Russell, who was a member of the first
company, was . full of reminiscence.
Th flrt eompany did capacity bul
nees for 14 weeks, th first bill, which
started ths record popularity, being
Th Girl I Left Behind Ma" It Is s
coincidence that th opening play this
year will be something similar ta a way.
Whether the coincidence win extend to
th "capacity bualneea remain to b
eciy but th prospect ax favorable, ,
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; PLAYERS WE KNOVVVvJ
MOILING, ZZVTZUZZP.
; MONOLOGUES. ) I Aot ll. Tba Lawn of Colon! Car-1 ooa aoanaa In thU atlrrtnc malodrama I
Baker, Opening Todsjr.V.
This aftmoon th naw season of th
Baker atook , company opens at th
Baker theatre-- -The. bill I. Winston
Churchill's famous play. The Crisis."
The cast will include Lillian Lawrence,
Donald Bowles, John Salnpolls. Howard
Russsll and William Harris of tha old
favorites, and many new face who will
perhaps be well and favorably known
within a few weeka - Th Gleaaons,
wall known to Portland playgoers, will
also be In the oast, and ar expected to
receive an ovation.
"Pot The Crlala" specter scenery haa
been painted that will add to Manager
Baker's' reputation for 1 dressing - the
tag appropriately and richly. The
furnishing ar tru to th period de
picted In th play. Great car haa been
taken In tha manufacture of costumes.
.The opening of . the nw season cannot
but be eucceaaful. - v ' , . . ,. .
In the role of sweet Virginia Carvel,
Mlsa Lawrence has a chance to delight
her audience. . Every player In th
cast has been given a part euited to hla
or her capabilities. Aa for th plskr it
self, any one who haa read The Crisis"
know ths sweet story It tells, the aagsr
and passion of war time and 'civil atrlfe,
th humorof contrasting paraonalitiaa,
th tender friendship of men opposed tn
political life aad economlo beliefs, the
hot-hcadsd Impulsiveness, of . Clarence
Colfax, the typical young southerner,
th arlstocratlo set of old St Loula, th
Invasion of tha Yankees and above all,
the aweet love atory of Virginia Car
vel and Stephen Brlea, one of th wt
tst that . has ever been told on tbe
American stag. '
The Crista ". will be the bill all weak.
With matin today, special Labor day
matinee tomorrow, and regular matinee
Saturday. The bill for the second week
will be "Because She Loved Him So."
Th cast of characters for Th Crisis"
follow: '
CAST OP CHARACTERS.
Stephen Brie.. Richard Thornton
Colonel Carvel......... William G lea aon
Judg Whipple. ...... .John - Steppling
Clarence Colfas...... .Donald Bowie
Carl Rlchter Howard Russell
Ellphalet Hopper John Salnpolls
Tom Catharwood. , .. ,, , , Jame Gleeaon
Jack Brlnamade.. ........ Curtis Wilson
Maurice Renault..... Charles Seymour
Mr. Carter.. ....... .Harry Lang
Josepbu ....... ........William Harris
Enhura ....Thomas Harper
Virginia Carvel.. Miss Lillian Lawrence
Mrs, Biioe..,,.,,,Mra Mlna C. Oleaaon
Mrs. Colfax. ....... .Mis Prancee Arno
"Puss" Ruasell. ..Miss Pranoe Sloaaon
Anna Brinamad. .Miss Bertha Ahlgren
Maud ' Catherwood. . i. .......
.....Miss Luolll Webster
Eugenl Renault. Ml Ethel Grey Terry
Nancy.,.,.. Mia Ethel Jonas
jnworsis.
S, V.
Act L Judge Whipple law office
at St Loula U Ul year HIT
Aot 1L Th Lawn of Colonel Car
vel' country houee outside of St Louis,
two years later. ..
Act lit Parlor In Colonel Carvel's
town nous. Bt Louis, Camp Jackson
nay. May lift. , '
Aot IV. Same as act L Two years
laxar. v...
Empire Opens Today Matinee.
Thd Empire theatre, Portland's home
of the Statr-Havlin road attractions.
which consist principally of the high
est order of melodrama, will open its
regular season with the matinee this
afternoon In a new and thrilling play
entitled Tght of. 'Frisco." A pro,
perou season la predicted for tha Em
pire, aa tha class ot plays It off era It
patrons are firmly eatabllahed and wall
known with th beat claaa of amuee-ment-eeekera
Laat aeaaon the Empire
had the record for being the most pop
ular theatre . with tha people In Porl-
land,-and vry effort will s .mad to
aphold thla atandard.
Th company presenting the "Lights
ot.Trisco", 1 headed by Mlsa Or aaa
Arleeworth, a young amotlonal aoties
of marked, ability, and aha la upported
by a big Naw York eompany of, flrat
elass melodramatli peopla Th play
Is presented In a aumptuoaa manner and
is full of scsnlo sensation and thrilling
realism.. There are many mechanical
effects and tha . entire production la
moat natural and llfelik. Som of th
principal - scene preaanted , are . the
Golden Gate harbor at night, tha. won
derful eleotrlo fountain,, the beautiful
rose garden In full bloom, ths terrlbl
artbquak seen and a Chinese opium
den. after dark. These , features ana a
few of th sights that help to mak old
Sad Francisco famous th world over.
Th story ot th play and the plot are
natural and true to life, and the entire
production will doubtless prove a great
aucceas tn melodrama for many seasons
to . coma Besides today's matin,
ther will be given a special Labor day
matinee Monday, and regular Saturday
matins. Seat for th entire waek are
now on eal at th Empire box office.
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"Because 8he Loved Him So."
' Starting " next Sunday matinee th
Bakar theatre ' company will open Its
second , week with William Gillette's
three-act farcical comedy, "Because She
Loved Him So." This wi one of the
best plays of . ths first Baker theatre
company and Will , well warrant being
repeated. It Is a scream of laughter
from beginning to and, and fare com
edy of tha highest order. , . . ,
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-The World."; r i
Th oond week at the Empire will
be . an immense production of th fa
moua malodrama. Th World," which
will begin It ngagement next Sunday
matinee, September t, .
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mambartna-with obrloua rallat'tha fact
that daaplta tba alf acta of Imagtnatloa
thay.ara atUl aafa on land. ; V '
VAUDEVILLE AND STOCK. ' ;
VAUDEVILLE AND STOCK.
;: ' ' . At ths Grand.
Vndv111, th beat In the land, la
promleed thla week at th Grand, be
ginning with the matinee' tomorrow.
The program which the management an
nounces Is -striking in th number- of
prominent artists. The acta, without
sxoeptlon. have played th big circuit
of th eaat and mad their mark.
Th headllner I Tha Onion Trust,"
which, aa an eastern oritur aald, Waa im
properly named, sine It should be called
Th Laugh Trust" This Is played by
Charles A. Mason, who waa starred here
twice In "Rudolph and Adolph," and
Law Kelly, featured with "The Head
Walt era" These man, consequently, aro
known to Portland's theatre-goers, for
each of th comedian, baa mad a hl
her on former oooaaipn. "Th Onion
Trust". la a scream from start to finish
and haa played .with the best, managers
of th country. . -
Another faatur I tn Mexican Tour
iat quintet with five, cultured flngera
Th act carrie Its own plotureaque
aoanerv and 1 warranted to b on of
th. specialties that Portland will re
member longest - Joleon, considered
on of thd moat amusing blaok-fac.
eomedlana and whistlers In the vaude
ville profession, comes with new laugh
ter "material. Loul PrltskoW I a
Tyrolean warbUr . and Chang artist
Th aot will bs novi in many respects.
"Hotel ' Asker" hss been selected by
Mark Sullivan and B1I1I Davs for x
posing their knowledge of fun and
hnmor. Tha act la a travty along
original line end requite th aervloee
of several people to preeent The Illus
trated song wlU be rendered by James
Bourk and th Grandlaoop win flaah
a film of funny Incidents. Today la th
laat of th program, which has been
srltnaaaed bv thousand tnc last Mon
day. It numbers Bu-sjnyoar, tn fa-
moot cyclist; cnarie bow, tn won-'
derful xylophon artist Dav and
Percle Martin, sketch artists; the two
Pack In a singing specialty and other
equally attractive entertainers. : Usual
Sunday performance. - , ' ' ,x
, . ' At.the Star. ''' ;
At th Star -thla week, starting with
th matinee tomorrow afternoon. theVVl'
Alien aioca company win proauo tn
thrilling melodrama, "Th Stowaway."
Perhapa this la th moat famous melo
drama that has ever been offered on th
American stag. It wa for years th
strongest attraction that a theatre could
offer it patron and a dosea years ago
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