THE OREGON. SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1CC3. 1 Scene From "The Sign of the Cross," Which Will Bt Seen at the tititig -Theatre- Next Tuesday - and - Wednesday J Nights, - N-7 '. vembcr 20 and 21. ', ' " i V - from th original costum plates of th Lyric, London, production of Tba Sign, of th Cross. ' Ths- story of Th Blgn of th Croaa" I wove around th lov of Marcus Superbus, Roman prefect--Merlv beautiful Christian maiden. Although Mareua Superbus haa been commanded J-t tha-lnhuman- tmpm; Hero to. a4 terminate th Chrlatlana ana to apar none men, women nor children he au oeeded In saving her life when It was In dancer, and whan ah resolved to uffer a martyr's death rather than re nounce her f a' th, Marcus, convinced at laat of th truth of her religion, went hand In band with her to th horrible death in th Roman arena. It la such a grand and sublime climax as thl that, has brought "The Blgn of the Croaa" to th wide and full support vf prteats and clergy wherever played. . Although . "Th Sign of th Croaa" ha. a peculiar hold upon church people. Its dramatlo force, atlriing . climaxes and sumptuous spectacular representa tion has even made It a favorite play with regular theatre-goera. Seat ' sale open today at 10 a. m. THE THEATRES. (Continued from Pag Forty-eight) Interesting and artistic production Is as sured. 'Th Sign of the Four" tells of the efforts of a band of criminal to obtain possession of a fortune which four men scoured In India. These men haunt an English girl and endeavor to kill her In rder to eecure th fortune. tTh mat tar is brought to th attention o Bher- ' lock Holme, and with th aaalstano of hia friend and companion, Dr. Watson, he accept - the, caae and eventually . saves the girl and the fortune. Th action takes place In th rooms of Sher lock Holmes, In Baker street, and in a boathcuse on" th Thames river. - Th horn life of Sherlock Holme 1 shown, th wonderful aleuth astonishing Dr. "Watson with his deductions as be alts smoking his strong pip In his dressing-room.- The scene In th boathous Is particularly thrilling and th manner of Holme disguising himself and escaping after he has been tied to a keg of ' powder Is thrilling. i Holmes is assisted by a street waif who helps to outwit a Scotland Tsrd de tective named Jones, who takes no stock ln th Strang powers Pt Sherlock Holmea On of th character In the drama is an East Indian, who . treads like a snake and uses a blow gun, from which he shoots poisonous darts. This blow gun ts on of th important fao tors In th plot snd it is whll trying to shoot th -detect! v". with a poisoned -thorn from th gun that th East In dian kills on of his fallow conspira tors. There are opportunities for strong dramatic action in "Th Sign of th Four" and the are in vivid eontrast ' td th ever cool and collected actions of Sherlock Holmea Every on who has read th atones of Dr. Doyle will -want to see iTtie Blgn of th. Four" at th yrlo this week. There will b a dally matinee and on performance -nightly, escept nest Saturday and Sun day when there will be three perform ances. i . Thl afternoon and evening th Lyrla stock company will preaent for th laat time "Forty-nine," th western drams written by Joaquin Miller, th Oregon poet. , , " . r At the Grand. ' With th matinee tomorrow th Grand will present a bill of th highest class. For th new bill th management has several exceptionally strong features. but th greatest, from a dramatlo stand point. Is "Aunt Louisa's Advice." Thli sketch was originally written by Blanch Bates snd Georg Arllas, th English actor. Miss Bates presented it with Eugen Ormonde at th Grand as a matinee attraction with "Madam But terfly" laat year. This time It will bt anted by Mr. and Mrs. Trueadall. Theae people have been uslng"Aunt Louisa's Advice" in all th prominent vaudeville theatres of th east, and were head. liners at Hammersteln'a Victoria, which Is considered by Judge as th aero of vaudeville houses In this country and G Coming Wednesday A Dec. 5 I IIEILIG THEATRE o w I Direction ol - -teers-Wyn Coman. T S Prices: &ow TToor aa, 9180. Balcony ai JO, 9140. fteUery miaerved Tl. Boses aiao. Oat sff towa orders promptly in th place where only th best special ties are presented. Th Truesdalla were especially engaged by Bulllvan A Con Sldln for th coast circuit, and they com direct across the continent to open at th Grand tomorrow. It Is an act which can be recommended to every ex pert theatre-goer In Portland, and the aet snd th acting are of th vary bast. Another feature which is of more thsn ordinary Interest to young and old will be professor J. W. Clark's dog, monkey and eat minstrels, said to be one of tb most amusing and interesting animal acts in America. This Is th only act In' which trained monkeys perform without the necessity of being held by a chain. Be sure to take the children to see this act Billy McRoble la I eomedlan who- also comes with high In doraements. He sings the latest paro dies on th latest song hits, and there la laugh in every line he utter. Mas ter Harold Hoff. the boy balladlst, will contribute a new ditty, with colored pic tures, "There Is No On Else Like Ton." This song will be whistled all over town this week. - - a - "Secret Service" la the name of th sensational moving pictures which th Grandiscop will flash. Today th Grand wilt glv th last performances of th blight vaudeville entertainment which haa occupied lia stag during th past week. The program la long and filled with clever entertainers. - . - ).- ' - - At the Star. "Polly and I" will be th offering of th Allen stock company this week at th Star theatre starting tomorrow night This Is a comedy, but there is sufficient plot and excitement to call It a comedy-drama. It is a new play and has never before been played in Poi land. . . . . . Th plot tells of th lov of a rich young man for th maid of his mother, his lov being reciprocated. The girl. nowever, Dei l eves that her father Is a tramp, who is continually blackmailing her for money under th threat of expoa- i . . . i . . , . ins inoir reiauonsmp. in reality, th girl come or good parents and stolon when a child by th tramp and a rascally lawyer. Th mistress o th girl hands her a valuable diamond neck- lac to take car of whll she goes to a oaii. 'in maid and her lover have an appointment, but in th meantime her supposed tramp father demands $500, saying h will kill the hero unless th money is forthcoming. Th maid tells her sweetheart that sh muat raise th sum. and he. In Jest, tells her to sell th diamond necklace. Later h eaye he will borrow th tnoney and glv her th 1600. When th young people meet, the tramp enters and while the lovers walk on th porch, th tramp attempt to shoot the young man. Just as he is on ue point or firing he sees th lew elry and steals th necklace. Later the lovers return and when the long of th Jewels Is discovered each thinks th other guilty. . This is th nd of th second act. Anerward th cnaractera move west ndrotherblg sceneaccurs In.. tuning a stranded company, who loves th as sistant of tha villainous lawyer, discov ers that th tramp stole th necklace ana mat m neroin Is not his daua-hta. With these facts in her possession th ena quirxiy comes and all nd hspptly xeept for th villain. r-ony WM D played by Miss Vertia Felton; the hero will b in th hand of Henry McRea and th comedr lien. win d piuyea oy r orreai Be&bury. There wiu oe matinees Tuesday. Thurariav BMurday and Sunday and seats are now selling. Today and this evening "A Man of Mystery" will hav its conclud ing performances. lTht -Siga of the Cross." A magnificently mounted nraducHnn of Wilson Barrett's stirring religious drama, "Th Sign of th Cross." will be on of the season's greatest attrac tion at the Helllg theatre next Tuesday and Wednesday nights. November ia and JL . This great play, with Its blendlna- of deeply religious feeling in th triumph of Christianity ever psgantam, with strong historical significance In deplet ing scenes snd action In th darkest days of RomS under the tyrant Nero, haa for years carried th banner of high Cnrlstlan thought Into all theatrical ter ritories. It was th first plsy .to bring th church Into close association with th stage, and it remains the on the atrical production which priest and clergy recommend their people to se. For soms seasons Mr. Barrett's master work haa been sumptuously offered In this country by William Greets famous London company. . R. G. Craerln In our- cnaalng the rights of thl play for the Vnlted States snd Canada had as his first thought -th maintaining of th hlh standard Of performance and tra duction held tn the visits of th English company, They therefore- secured - a many a possible or Mr. oreet's London company to appear In tha roles whloh they mad famoua in this country, and engaged also many American actors -tt renown to complete th cast of 2S im portant characters. .Th superbly gor geous scenlo Investiture from th Lyrto theatre, London, which gav "Th Sign of th Cross" such, distinction as a spectacular drama, ha also been pur chased by Mr. Craerln. and has; been carefully and artlatlcslly rfpalnted for this seaaon by that noted artist, Matt Morgan. - The costume are entirety new and mad of I ths richest materials i OBJECTS TO HORSE'S GRAVE So, Mr. Selden Wants to Buy the Old - Cemetery Where Ancestors Lie. Because he found that an old, gray horse had been burled near his ances tors In th burying ground In Hadlyme, Connecticut. Georg B, Selden, th in ventor of the gasoline engine for suto mOblleST "Ha "declares. ' Yccor'dlngrta thr town gossips, that be will buy th whole eemetery and own and run It htmaelf. Some time ago Mr. Seldon came to town la a touring oar and mad in quiries as to where hi first American anceators war burled. Somebody di rected him to th old burying ground that was abandoned nearly a century ego,raod after poring - over th old tombatone h finally waa abl to lo cals th last resting places of aom of hia kin. Many of the monuments war so de faced and worn by rain and snow that th Inscription wer ineligible tn whole or. in part. One of the -oldest inscrip tions now legible Is "Ellakln Selden, son of Joseph Selden. died June , 1718, In y seventh year of his age." This waa five years before the ceme tery was laid out Tha town tradition la that a funeral procession to th Cov burying ground waa overtaken by a sudden storm 'and the mnurnlns- friends Stopping by th wayside burled their dead. This deter mined th town committeemen to lay out tha cemetery. Th highway leading to th old grave yard was discontinued in 1827 and th oemetery was no longer uaed except for special purposes, Tha story is that some years ago a townsman ' lost by death a faithful old gray horse who had been a family, pet. Wlahlng to glv th animal a resting place wher his bones would not b disturbed, h selected a spot near tha old cemetery, hnt not strictly within it borders. ' None of the residents objected, but Mr Selden became highly - indignant when he learned of thl. H at one set about buying th cemetery. His agent has Just secured th right pf way to th old graveyard and som adjoin- in nronert which IB neaea to carry out Mr. Selden's plsns for th dmprov. nM a th last resting plac of hia Befor Mr. Selden bad hia ancestors .uut-hv ha had a. nlctur taken or bira mmt n an automobile and on of his .. Arivin a. voke of oxen aa illus trative ef the oroare mad atnc hia father In an ox cart drove out of town to seek hi fortune, -r---r - .WOMEN'S CLUBS (Continued from Pag Forty-Svn.) Nine sti aid IfaiatRgtssSu. Ttje Geiug Theatre PImm Mall I W. T. PANOLE. Mgr. f Direction N.W. T. Ass'n. ' C HEILIO.' Prest i TEIESDAY AND FK1DAY MGUTS, NOVEUEER tfniil - AND SATURDAY UATIXEE, NOVEUSEK 21 The Greatest Drama"tk;Attraction ,' HENRY B. HARRIS V-rf TTTv T1 A . m Tl :! ;In the Successful Comedy-Drama i STEIONGHEAEV.T Third Year of the Strongest Success on , th vV. American, Stage JRICESOScLQ0e-ilOJ$2a- Seat Sale opens : next Tuesday at Box Office, Ileilig Theatre, 10 a. m. , . ,ja0. L. BAKER. Manager. Th Ka rowolaa isniseisas rue ta rorUaa-na Mom f th'Ta-." saoaa Bak gtook Oosapaay. THE ATRC Third and Kix.ll'A l All 7eel( Cvsaencla. Uatlnee Today SlM. FiOV. 18 ' . Oa ef th Hatsi Sraaaaa Bras WrtMea, ' nno . ti ti Tie IMMW u an rtm IOXX MC Aurvoxja as "Oyrns aiaakan," the rast Made . - raanoaa by a. a. WiUarO. . On of Henry Arthur Jon' greatest . successes (author of "The Hypocrite," now playing to Immens success In New York. Tba'Maa uradrs," fjudah" and many others), - - MJTTXMM OOSOPAJfT STBOVOX.T OAST, ' - ' ' Piegaaad trade th r arson, I SlreetiOB of XCr. SaiapoUa. - 'PBOZAXi KOVSAT jnaXT. All patrons attending the Baker on Monday evening hav an opportunity to . win a valuable and handaom piano now exhibited at Sherman-Clay Muslo Company, Look into this, It la wall worth wall. ; - .; o aaOd madew 1 years Of age admitted rresOag prfonaaaaea aatosa aoooaapanled by parent a.ohaperoae. UPaUCleiuBcUScO Next Week Iloyt's "A Temperance Tovvnw rxsszxssszzxxsz: Events": fourth, "Modern Composers.1 Thr !s a prospect of a very enjoy able and useful year in club work in Forest Grove. x . M RSARTHUR WOOD-JOHNSON, Forest Grove, Or. President. : n. t.-n . The Year's Program For Mothers' and Teachers Club, Motherland Teachers' etub, Brooklyn aohool. S:S0 D. m. November 1, 10 "Picturea and Their Influence tn th Horn." Miss Gray; "Th Evil of Cheap Theatre Mra Wells. December tl "Tuberculosis snd Its Treatment. Dr. E. A. Pierce. January 1. HOT "Laws of Oregon Governing Women and Children," Mra Trumbull. . February IS -"Our Institutions? (19 minut talk): "Boy and Girls' Aid,' Mr. Gardiner; "Baby Home." Mrs. Bit ton: "Children's Horn." Mra Mann; "Crlttenton Home." Mra L. Baldwin; "City Board of Charities," Mr. Walpole; "Mom of Good Shepherd." March II "Welfare Work." Miss MacCorkle; "Child Labor," Mra Trum- hnll- 'Battlement. Work. Mra Ben Bell ing camp. Here Polly, a soubrette wlthl"1"- April 1 Parents' meeting. T:J0 p. m.. "The City - Beautiful": "Th; Streets," Mayor Lane; "Th Parka." Dr. Dav Raf f'tyi "Th Food Supply,"- Mra 8. A. Evans. May 17 Biographies: Jan Addama, Booker T. Washington. Tolatol. June tl Musicals; soolal. Y. M. 0. A. NIGHT CLASSES Zadivtdaal Instruction Tees Bednoed Oae-Xalf for th Bst of TUs Term. Th night classes of th T. M. C. A. hav a SO per cent larger attendance this year than vr befor. In six or aevea subjects no sdditionai students ean be taken. Dut inere is btui some room tn tha majority of th classes. Th Instruction is largely individual. specially In th technical, business and practical subjects. The fees hav been reduced one-half tor' th,: rst ofth term and students may enter any night, but td recelv th greatest benefit should enter early because the term la now lust half over. Student may still enter In an of th following elasses: Algebra, architectural or mecnanicai drawing, arithmetic, bookkeeping, car nantrv chemistry, electricity, grammar, geometry, mining, ponmanahtp, reading anu spelling, rnectrnc, enunnana, sur veying, Spanish, telegraphy, typewrit lac. vocal music, wood turning. Call or write I. m. j. a. ror rree Illustrated catalogue, giving complete information. LsYRIC TH E ATRE PORTLAND'S FOrULAR STOCK HOUSE Week Beginning November 19Ih Original Dramatization of Conan Doyle 'a Novel - The Great Sherlock Holmes Melodrama ,in FOUR ACTS rzxacxxzxzzzx: XSai :xxxxn EMPIRE-THEATRE J PboM Mala 1 If . 12th and Morrison $U. , . MILTON W. SEAMAN, Manager. , naying Oaly tk aastecm stoad Attraotloaa. ' STnrSAT, W1DIUD1T AMD SATTTBOAT. All This Week Stsrtlsg Snnday liatlnee. Today. NOV. 18 Tom tl Tears Orowded K oases Xverywhere Xav rroaoaaoed ' "Peck's Bad Boy" HTssnatlssflj -rrom th Vasaoas Book of Thai sTam by x-Oovera 90. W. Peck of Wisconsin. THB FUNNIEST OF AL.li FARCE COMEDIES THE BRIGHTEST LIMIT OF LAUGHTER HUMAN NATURE'S GREATEST FROLIC. Xaaareds of Thouaaada Have BaroaxM th Book Millions Xav Boared , -. u- ' . . Over ta ly, . . , . The Most Original Production Ever Staged With a Brighter Plot Than Ever Bigger and Better Cast Than Ever Even More Successful Than Ever Bee th Bad Boy at His Best Th Oroceryman in Worse Side-Spllttlng Woes. Ta Most Tersatll aad Talented Comedians They'll all Ba Sara. . No child nnder II year of age, unaccompanied by parents, will b admitted to evening performancee. Regular Empire Prices NEXT WEEK " UNCLE JOSH SPRUCEBY" 1! IVeelrof November 19 PANT AGES Fourth and Stark Sts. - Bt Famlly-Thatre- -Jr-Ar-Johnsoar-ReaklcBt Mangg CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCES TODAY DREW & WRIOHT Comedians and Tocallsts. , ' JIMMY CHEATHAM Monologtst.' TWO OBBAT FBATCBSS, 5-La Ford Brothers-5 BTaaloal Acrobat Olowas, . -. Bw feats. Two-and- One -Half Casades MTSICAX OOXB9T, presenting most woadarfal oosneoiaa oa avmn i stag today. Biff and Bans: Knockabout Com- dlana" LEO WHITE In New IUuatrated Bong. New Anima ted Pictures Today's offering D Noy. famous daaoera; Randall, eraok ahots; Musical De Far; Fealey Brothers, European acrobata; George Sherwood. Leo Whit and Animated Picture Performance dally at 1:30, 7:80 and I p. m. Admission, loo. Re served seats. 10c; boxes, 16a. Tak sny seat at weekday matinee for TEN nta. GRAND FOR WEEK OP NOVEMBER 1QTH sjiniiiKnnniuiiaTXKiUEnisTi OAKS RINK What Sleep Us. r- Do you know what ateep IsT Tou thought It Just lying down snd closing your syes and well, just sleep. didn't you? Now, here e th latest explanation afforded by science!. - ; Sleep la Induced by the internal e- ' Bad a Close CalL A danserous suralcal operation, in volving the removal of a malignant ul cer, aa large aa my hand, from my daughter's ntp, wss prsvented by the application f Bucklen' Arnica Halve." tay a. U. Klicxei ox nueiua. w. vs. "Persistent use of the Salve completely Cured It." Cures Cuts, Burns ana Inju ries. 25e at Red Cross Pharmacy. Something Doing' All Next Week OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY MONDAY SOCIETY NIGHT TUESDAY COMEDY RACES WEDNESDAY CARNATION NIGHT THURSDAY AMATEUR NIGHT FRIDAY LADIES' NIGHT SATURDAY SPECIAL MATINEE AND BAND CONCERT AT NIGHT THAlNKSaiVIINO HARD TIMES MASQUERADE SOCIAL"" Bond Concert This Afternoon and Evening busk: OAKS RIISK r OAKS RINK The Following Vaudeville De Luxe Subject to the Arrival of Southbound Trains t The World's Greatest v Sketch Team Kir. and Mrs. TRUESDELL and Company In the Laughing Sue - t cess ' "AUNT LOUISA'S ADVICE"" cretlon of th. pituitary gland, and aa a matter of fact, somnolence Is charooter latlc of tumors in th pituitary body. In sleeping sickness a hypertrophic pitui tary body Is found. 0t that? It is slao a fact that certain intoxloa Hnna md auto-lntxicatlons experimen tally indnee hypersecrelloil of all pltul tary ana .tnererore omuuwirej, which Is also found in all conditions causing a congestion of th hypophosta On th other hand, inaomnla la noted In degeneration of th pituitary. In th lata stages of acromegaly, in arterios clerosis sod other conditions which favor atrophy of th pituitary. If you don't know what Bleep Is, don t eom around asking us about It. Knew It Was a D rrom Philadelphia Preea Mrs. , Wlshlngton I dramedv.laet night that I was In a stor full of th loveliest Paris govns and , Mr. Wlshlnstftn (haatlly) Bh-y. dear, but, you know, that wa only a dream. I -i. . . - Mra Wlshlngton Tea, I realised that It wa batorS I wok up, for rot bought sb nv .... . ..i..!. 14ts an Tha, HAltlt Tk.... Wasblagto MHI15 IUMUI stalal. Last Performance Tonight 8:15 THEODORE LORCH sherxooTholmxs ta "The ra ef the rear." Martnee PrtrM,' J(l sad 60a ' ' ' ' Wtrht mm, SBe. Hv. toe. ISe. T. Tb Nickclodion Sixth, bat. Alder and Washington. ia RAJ AITS, CASKET India's Magnificence In a MOVTNO PICTURE Monday. Tueeday, Wed neetlay, lo "Nuf Ced." FREE! Moving Pictures . A Olattoa Taken fo a Thief. , aypemlag la a sWieeteas. lies BTam Wa ataaa. My Vaele's Testamant. HARRY 8HUMAN. Business Boomer, Oeneral Advertiser. 1'bon Msln 1111. Id Morrison. t 1:1 Xvry Evening. - Special Added Attraction Prof. J. W. ClarK's Dog. Cat and Monkey Minstrels Ani owxt ntoxrra or kownm TMAT BO TXSXK TSUOstg AT OOkt- scajts oxit tot bcxbto tiev oa uas Asouars win a mnxma. , BILLIE McROBIE " Comraedlan in latest parodlea - CLARK & EVANS Rapid-fire talker and singers. . TAMES & COX "The Troubles of Brown." - HAROLD-HOFF- Ther's No On Ukm Ton." GRANDASCOPE ."Secret fJervloa." T en,. tarfamuMl Bsilv at IflO. TlSO and SllS . H. W i, SnNjIava tA riMi Sa STI Sia SvmhI X oaeaj. Brealaga, sntaaays aaa mouoay aw, saa vevas. . ! THE ALLEN STOCK COMPANY I . "" Presents Week of Nov. 19 The Star Telephone Main 5496 Ml I" I A COMEDY DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS. Matinees Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2 -JO P. M. PRICES10 AND 20 CENTS Every evening at 8:15 P. M. Prices 10c, 20c and 30c Reserve seats for all performances by phone, . Main 5496. . ' ft i : 'A -