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PORTLAND, 8UNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14. 190. or Ofi fODAY NEW YORK. Oct- iI.Thr has ha been nothing slugetsh In til thearleel situation in New York during tha paat faw dare. Mew attraction hare come tumbling into town ovar Uia other and moat of tham have wuoeeeded 4a aoortng aulft. clently well. Ineere. than at leeet talr average metropolitan run. Out or thla horse of theatrical evente two or throe of the attractlona ahina brilliant ly; for lnetance, down at tha Bijou they are playlne a new farce. The bll board call It "The Oenlu.- by W. C. aJd Cecil Da Mill, but tte real nana la "Nat Goodwin Revlvlvue." It la ao long alnoe thla njoat dallght . . m . i. nan, urtiaMllinf has nao a role which fte hla droll peraonaUtJf that the production or una ihu. a w.v hin an onnortunity to range from light comedy all the way to hear burleoQU,! reauy a i- ki. lo.i.r.iinv career. For yean In far louder tonao than King Riohard rer offered to "ewea Me kingdom for a home, Mr. Goodwin haa been profferrlng all hla royalty to any one wno WOUIO aecurw nuu ate atage vehicle. For aeaaona he haa tried that weary way one can scarcely call H a prim roue path which lead by many slc-sags from William Shakes peare to Clyde Fitch tapping at nearly very other playwrlghfa door en route and clamoring for a play. Ha pro duced "Jk Mldaummer Nlghfa Dream, and tha bottom Immediately fall out of It. Hla Shyloek was ona of those thlnga over which the moat charitable of ua rw veil. Then ha Induced Mr. Fitch to adapt Mr. Alfred Lewie' "Wolfvllle" for hla uae, and thereafter he never had the allghteat difficulty In Heaping the audience away from the ejoqr. Hla preaent place, "The Genius. while aa a stage vehicle It may rank; aomewhere between a 40 h. p. Mercedea and a hand-car, really afforda him an opportunity to ahow hla old admlrera what a capital actor he atlll remains. Hla now -leading woman, Miss Edna nAIUi,uh ! an evtresnelv nrettv girl and with a little more experience aha will probably become a capaoie actress In the little apeech which he made be for- the curtain. Mr. Godwin said: "TAMlvht T am wind to 18 V that mm nraeentlna- myaelf. I have found Um in 4Ka varlaai manaeers who ora aented me' during tha paat few aeaaopa I have only aucceeded in erecting a Hh of tombatonea to' my own mem ory all over the country. Tonight you aeem to like my play ao much that I anaii maka.lt mv bualneas for the reat of thla season to era Be aa - many of thoae epltapha aa possible," "A Stolen Story." Several dramatlata have eaaayed tha difficult task of placing a newspaper office In all lta hldebu undraaa upon the stags. Nona so fe haa succeeded completely. At tha garden. Manager Ha van la present n Mr. Jessie Lynch William's newspaper drama, "A Stolen Rtnrv " nlav which ha haa founded UDOTI a magssine tale which he wrote some aeaaona ago. Two or tna acta are wra in tha twtarlnr of "Tha New York Bun" office, and a, rather faithful picture of the city room Just before tha first adl- -m 1 r, nraaa haa haam nlenrilrilv gtaged. managed by George Marlon. But la order to' make a play. Mr. Wllllame' short story haa been padded and length- M ., .vAMrfln am mtmnm 1 fa al- Ulltll, , . ..,.. O -- moat unracoanlaable. For three aota the . . . . i . - - . BIV. uav IB innr rnae mrwuiui. ana . scene, however, may save u. n ere that BtUy Woods, tha atar fe ar ..ho haa -tnst Haam- fired" trkrJI nor itut saw aiiiaiaiWI ' at a Mar aii. Itat'ia rival ahaat ohtatna a araat new beat. He coma absent-mindedly neoa in to nia own newspaper owina. and sitting down writes the atory which ahnnliT reallv have cone to Ufa new em- nlorver'e ratner. The frantic efforts of tha city editor and all the cub report ers to keep "Billy" from realising what ha haa dona until hla copy la all In make, thla act both Inaenlous and In teresting. By thla act, tha play mast either stsnd or alL "The Great Divide." Ana a anma tn tha tnnat Imnnrl ant theatrical event of many aeaaona. In ona respect, the production at the Princess by Henry Millar and Margaret Anglln of William O. Vaughn Moody's American drama, "The Great Divide The production of thla play marked tha dawn of a new American dramatist. I had almost said that It alao marked the birth of tha great American play. That statement might be a alight exaggera tlofibut It la undoubtedly true that by hla splendid work In thla. his maiden ef fort for tha stage, Mr. Moody tea stepped Into tha very front ranks of contemporary dramatists. Hera la a play which la going to arouse mora dis eu Baton than any problem play that haa been produced In the last five years, and with all lta problems It has romance, noetrv and a story as exciting and thrilling as any that can be found In melodrama. Ona newspaper went: so far as to label it "a melodrama," but that's a downright libel. "Tha Great Divide" Is drama pure and simple. It's a big play, handled la a big way by a big man, for any playwright who can take a New York first night audience careless, carping and critical aa they usually are and hold them hushed and tense In their seats aa.he did at tha flr.t narfnvmanre. ta a man to ha reck oned with and from whom even greater thlnga may oe expeciea. many peopia im a-nln to be shocked bv the first aot of thla Dlar. but It would he the moat ridiculous thins for any one to call It an Unmoral drama. Hera's the plot la a nutshell: Ruth Jordan, a highly brad. ahIiihwI airl frnm Maaaarhuaette. la by accident left alone In her brother'a ranch in Arlsona. Three thugs, two of tham Mexican creaaers. tha other a a-nVan American break Into tha cabin Thy aelae the girl. Their Intention la obvious. The girl In despair after atudytng th three types of men for a mafcaa har Aanlalftn mllrklv Piuumi. I - - - a She turns to the drunker! American and declare that If he will protect her from the other two aha will marry him at ,taaa Tta amaaa IT a ahoota One alaal- can and appeaaee th other with a chain of gold nuggets. After nia Bargain nas beam mad th woman weaken. She aelaea hla nlatol which lie upon th tahle. His back Is toward har and he ha a chane to kill him. But ah does not do It Inatead. ah point th pistol at bar own head. Again aha weakens, crying out lis she lat th re volver tall. "I cannot do It: I love my Ufa too much." The curtain falls as she and tie druBKBn man sian i th nlshrto be married by th. nart mogtatrst. Then She Reforms Him. Tire aecond act Is a year later, pne living on hr husband's place On a mountain top in another fart of Arl sona. Gold has been found on th taoun- tatnetd. H Is a rteh man, but sjsjtn with her New jsngianu conwnw (ng overtime loathes his rlehe more than ha did hla poverty. H ! h" with present and with money, but he us neither. There 1 a trig Summer hotel two or thre milt away and, un known to him, aha make ft-Mvtal for herself by plaiting baskets, which she eU daring his gbsno to th visitor at the big hotel Th man haa re formed completely undtr her lnftuenob. He loves-uer devotedly and she. though she will not even admit It to hslf. is equally In love with him. But th feel ing that sh is only a cbatttl, a thing that h lurs bought for a faw gold nug gets, always proaominaies m . Eventually hr brother and apter track her to the mountain top. one Birrrn w make bem think that she Is happy with her husband, but wnen in.y mi j w. her to oorae east witn them sh elects M go. . Th husband welcome hr de parture WHDOUT aaying one wvr. final act take place In her' old home In Massachusetts. A child has been born to bar. Her mother, a dear, sweat, wo manly Nw Bnglsnder. haa small sym pathy With nr aaugnier in, i her. daghtr-ln-law ha. told her what a really nne nan tywpnen una Tha mother, unknown to Bum, naa sent for tb hueband. When the act opens he 1 an th adjoining room. Th moth" tell Ruth that ha ia thar. and Ruth, calling har brothsr into the room. tan her two relatives tne true siury " her marrlag for the first time. Th mother. Instead of sympathising with her. turns to her in norrmea proiesi. crying: "Add you married him after that-" Th brother tart a for th li brary to kUl him, but th wlf Inter- poms a no witn ,ner oaca asamai m door, for the first time sh plead her husband's cause. Power of the Play. T Au.jn. i,la nana, aha realizes for th first time that ah haa broken her own vow end promjsa. Finally sne ana her husband meet and after a splendidly dramatic scene In which she confesses that eh has broken her word ahe take from her pocket the chain or goia nug gets which sh has since bought back from the Mexican and placing them about her neck begs him to take har back. No synopsis or tnis piay can give any reasonable idea of the power, simplicity and poetry which Mr. Moody haa Infused into hi drama It is a splendid, vital, virile work In which both Miss Anglln and Mr. MUler score the artistic successes of their career. Aa a play, it ranks higher than either of those two other powerful dramas now fn view, Plnero's "His House ir Or der" and Jons', "The-Hyprocrite." Mr, l.angtry, looking almost aa Ai,n. an1 nulla aa beautiful a ever. haa at last taken the Inevitable plunge into vaudeville. She 1 crowding Keith aV Proctor' new Fifth Avenue twice a aay With a class of audience which recalla th old Fifth Avenue at th height of it faahtonable career rather than the aver age assemblage, wmcn M aeen ai a con tinuous performance. Hr tableau drama, "Between the Nightfall and the Light." ia dramatic and interesting, and pro vides hr a rote In which aha la seen to great BO vantage, sir. i-rocwr announces that ahe haa keen th biggest hit of any star who haa yet gene Jnto vaudeville. And a aha Is receiving a salary ef I2,00 a week she certainly must be "delivering the good" to make har man ager say anything ao enthusiastic as that. At the other theatre th attractlona are as follows: Belaaco, "The Girl of the Golden West"; Empire, "His House in Order"; Knickerbocker, "The Red Mill"', Cri terion, "The' Little Cherub"; Hudson. "Th , Hypocrite": Savoy, "Th Chorus Lsdy"; Oarrlck, The Price of Money"; Lyceum. "The Lion and tha Mouse": Hippodrome, "The Society Circus"; Ca sino, "My Lady's Maid"; Herald Square, About Town"; New Amsterdam. "Paota and Franceses." . Majestic. "The Tour ist": Weber's. "John Hudson's Wife'; Academy, "Miapah"; Wallaek's. "Popu larity"; Dalys. "Marrying Mary, HaeK ett's, "Th Wall of Jericho"; Manhat tan. "Clothe" 1 1EATRE lay Evening:, Oct. ISth 830 o'Clock: ORZA BARITONE DIRECTION LOIS STEERS WYNN COM AN PRICE8-8JK), W OO, $1.60, $1.00; Boxes, $15.00; Gallery, reserved, $1.00; Gallery admission, 70c. Voors open at i p. m. wsMsSSStt w. t. PAJrei The Heilig theatre Diractloa X. W. Theatrical eSSkVoAv NIGHTS 335? tli Henrtj's Greatest Minstrels AN ENTIRELY NEW- COLOSSAL COMPANY OF SO All Whits Performerg gO PROF. FRANKS and BABY LILLIAN SPECIAL EXHIBITION TODAY Also all next week. Now program dalljr. FALL OPENING Masquerade Carnival Tuesday NlfW. October Hth. ' Also Fir Act hy Profeor Fraalta. So prise In Woodard a Clarke's window over trie nw mam SPECIAL. MUSIC JONES HAND AIL. -' LYRIC THEATRE Beginning Monday. Oct 15th Allotlicr's Secret ZaT TOtTat Follow- the Crowd. Continuous Performance. AdBbsroi Kk. Bescrved Scats 20c rntw FIRST PART IN MINBTREIaSY, ENTITLED THE PALACE OF ALADDIN Oeorgeoue Costumes. Beautiful Singing. All ef lacing Mu sical Bololat, Star Vaudevlll, Plantation Bcenea. Orand BlaptrleaJ sad fleVnlo Effecta, Moving Clouds, Rising Moon, Rippling WatrKand all the t ..... iMiniHi. anrt Hlactrlcal Effect Evening Prices T.nwer Floor. zcsnt last t 11.00; last S row. 7Gc. Balcony, first 4 rows, 76c; last 10 rows, toe. Gallery, Ite, tie. Bargain Wad. Matinee Prices Entire Lower Floor, lee. Entire Balconys tic. Children under 1 year of eg 15c to any part of the theatre. SEAT SALE OPENS TODAT. SUNDAY, 1 A. M. . ........... : He Play By Johnston McCuIley. Yesterday afternoon at the Helllg theatre, Jane Corcoran pleyed Ibeen'e "The Don Houa." Thla delightful llttM ectreee, who so Immensely pleased ua in "The Freedom of Suaann." tripped onto the atage aa tha caprtcloua Norah. roused the small audience to a high pitch of enthusiasm In a vary short time, and then, ea tne piay eeiuea down end the eetreee warmed to her work, gave ua a philosophical sermon through, the medium of Ibeen'a lln that sank deep Into th heart of every one In the theatre. ur. kava Man "Tha Doll' Hon a" pleyed before, but never with Just quite th Interpretation whlh Jn Corcoran glva it Haretofor actreeac have been wont to look anaa in me piay ana forecast the tragls climax of th drama. Not ao with ails t:orcoran. one was at first th madcap Norah, nothing mere. Then h allowed tne eerpent or worry to enter her character, let It broaden until worry gay way to doubt, to enslety, to luestlonlng. to a great fear, and on to despair. The character In Jane Corcoran's hands changed grad ually. The climax wee reached by proper stag. Th ranaltlon from a happy "doll" to a woman whoee soul la fraught with the myatarl of the fun damental laws of a disorganised and corrupted society, whoee heert I torn with th anguish of quaetlone h can not solve, whose brain emerges from torment of fever fe e cool, scintillating reason wherein all things are weighed In the eeale of fltneee thle wrr on FAREWELL 'test Day of ta Seaaoa a THE OAKS Laat dance In the pavilion; two beautiful door prise for lady and gnt. DUrbanos Band "Auld tang Syn." Your last chance this season at Chutes. Tempi of Mirth. Bumps. Giant Whirl, Old Mill. Figure Eight, Carousel. Hal' Tour Cars. THE MORRISSES In the Vaudeville Theatre. Christian Science Lecture BY Mfe Garence G Eaton C S. Be FREE I Moving Pictures "FIREBUG" Interesting from beginning to end. ,,ih.. UlaonlUnannl flubiacta. very evening 7:10 o'clock. Bring th children. COTTER MORRISON AND THIRD. Chang of Program Weekly. HARRY SHCMAN. general AdVrtl r. asae THE HEILIG THEATRE W. T. Vsael. Maaw. MreetVai W. W. T. aeatoaa, C. the play nmmn mmwx aar wfpaBAT the most BtATlHBa, VARIED. s;r,.rr TCoUeoe Widow TH WORD Wfm&aAM CHARACTER -SUCCESS.' I prlc 50e to ft.SO. seat Friday. COMEplKS. th. awaa of Ta na r'nrcnran was work that should put her name on a par with any actress In the una. Jan Corcoran's power la peculiar Ti li. m in tha nnlrk chanaes of tempera- mant of which ah 1 capable. "Th Doll'a House," In the role of Noran. rur Tti.ha, Har with a nart that oults her aa nothing else. She Is not an empress of tragedy; she is not a queen of com a. aha nailiatea helween the two and It is only in roles Ilk Nofah where ehe . . mm- Wa km! a d van f aas. There wee only e small audience to reat her vesterdav afternoon. Those . eallaJ , Ka i hare missed a Per fnrmane hlahlv artistic The wdrk of ik. mMAriln, rnmianr was exoellent Rut u waa Mtsa Corcoran who took and held the center or the stage, not by virtue of being a star, but Uy virtue of rfnlnar actlna akin to genlua. We are not aavlna Mies Corcoran Is groat aataaaa In tna hroadeSt BenBS of th term; but we ar aaying that she played Norah better than it nas vr own pleyed In Portland before, end If haa nlaved here or aoxra sauvra greet. Hie lee Corcoran and her-exoellent eom- nanv will cloae the preaent portieno engagement tonight by a farewell par forraance of "Th Freedom of Susanna.' 1 . MEIUIQ THEATRE 11 waVSStts October 19, -20 end 21 MESSRS MARTIN & EMERY'S MAJESTIC PRESENTATION OF THE GREAT SACRED FESTIVAL DRAMA PARSIFAL The Moot Imposing ProaucUon Ever Sent on Tour Performance at 7:45 Sharp AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA Carriages at 11 PRELUDE AT 7:80 "A production that approaches 'Ben Hur.' "Spokane Chronicle, October 8. PRICES : Lower Floor, first 10 rows. Lower Floor, laat t rows . . . Balcony, first 4 rows ...... Balcony, next ( rows . .... Balcony, laat 6 rowe Gallery Advance Seat Sale Opens Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 10 A. M. Out of town orders addressed to W. T. Pangl. Manager Helllg Thea tre? must be accompanied with money order and a eelf-Bddroed stamped envelope for safe return. X Member of OF TACOMA, the Chrletlen Sclnc Board of Lectureship of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass. AT THE Heilig Theatre, Thursday, Oct, 1 8, at 8 p m, -ia a bia mM tfl sasMaO annnA HHlllVhAfl Of ChrUt. Sclentlt. gk (jiven unair awiwivb vi ADMISSION FREE Reserved Seats may be had Without Charge at the Boa Office, at It a nr., Wedneaday. October IT. f Week of October 15th PANT AGES Fourth and Stark Sfs. Beat Family Theatre J. A. Johnson, Reaideat Manager CONTINUOUS ?Rf0mhNCS TOO A Y BEATRICE LOME Tha Scottish NlgtU- - ingaie. PRESTON SISTERS Juvenile oharaoter change artlata LEO WHITE Illustrated song. Ths Novelty tlon. "GARKA HUMANUS" Genuine aeeehanloal figure. A vaude ville innovation. HART AND O'DELl Green lake Come diaaa . RAYMOND MERRITT The Fanny Man. TIE BIOCRAPH Latest Moving Pla tura. a. lnc Rnxes. lie matinee for 10 cents. Ledlee and children take any eeat at weekday F-rrln, Roy Eldredge, turee. r... a, a, ia Tamnle. alias Currln and Mlaa The Pierce Sisters. Leo Whit. Latest Moving Pie- BAKER T H t ATRt Third tnd Yamhill SH. 'She biau psfFvifiniv r-e-i OHO. I BAKsCR. HOMB OF THE SUPERB RAKER STOCK COMPANT All Week Beginning Today s Matinee, Sunday, October 14th BT SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WIT DANIEL FROHMAN, Lady Huntworth's Experiments AST IWTwm- OOMBDT EE TaEBMB ACTS, naa oartob. Produced under the Personal Direction of' JOHN M. SA1NPOLIS. Lavish Display of Scenery, Stage Settings and Beautiful Qowne. Produc tion complete. Eveolng Prices: 25. 35. 5ICts. Matinees 15 and 25 Cto. MATINEES SUNDAY AND BATURDAT. INext Week-UP YORK STATE IN PREPARATION: "THE BORCBRE88." EMPIRE THEATRE AttraoUoaa Only. Note the Reduction In Prices I Starting Matinee Today, Sunday, October 14 ELMER WALTER'S LATEST AND GREATEST SUCCESS, The New Bwdlh Comedy-Drama. Pete Peterson aU. a foe eh B roge. PRICES: Evening tO, 20, 30 Cts. Matinees 10 and 20 Cts. MATINEES SUNDAY. WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY. Next Attraction - THE HOLY CITY Week of Oct 15th THE STAR Telephone Main 5496 Allen Stock Company PRESENTING THE WORLD-FAMOUS MELO DRAMA "THE TWO ORPHANS MATINEES TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAY8 AND SUNDAY8 AT 2:30 Prices 10 and 20 Cents EVERY EVENING AT 8:15 O'CLOCK Prices 1030 and 30 Cents Secure Seats for All Performances by Phone Main awa-sataTattaMaaea BIG 0RPHEUM VAUDEVILLE THE GRAND WEEK OF OCTOBER 15th Another Vaudeville Carnival Headed by the world fa med acrobats The BERRY TROUPE eiwisBBt aVBesw. srv Special Added Attraction Performed by Miss Lilian Chick The Beautiful and Daring Cyclist. CUFF DEAN 6 CO. In Married Life." one of the funniest sketches on tha eteere. 1-B-o-Y-h-R-n-ri-h-E.w Not a ller lust a story teller. MARGARET NEWTON CO. Refined stearins set. MISS MARIE LECLAIR Serlo-coiale and vocalist, " MASTER HAROLD BOFF Th peerleee illustrated inset- GRANDASCOPE Tha very latest path film. aT SI matinee eseeet Sunda ana nsrs,