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THE OrvECrOTT'SmiDXY JOURNAL. PORTLAND SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 28. 1007. f44 GOTHAM'S THEATRES DURING THE WEEK NEW TORK. April 27. There la , dearth In theatrical novelties this week, In New Yorkv and . first nlghters will find diffi culty to, satisfy lta cravings . j for something new. Tbs trouble ! that there ar too many racnt proaparoua playa on the boards to need renewal. ' The Harlem opera house gave us the nly sew - play of the week; wnen on , Monday "The Undertow," by Eugene . Walters, a newspaper man, was pro flueed, This - play would have bad a Broadway opening several months ago bad not a combination of clroumstances occurred to prevent It. f . The author bas used on of bla psr- sonal experiences which happened In the ' middle west as a foundation. Tne piot turns upon political Jugglery with . moner interest, and Its end is . what j might be looked for when such powers com In contact. The- atorr odcim In a newspaper of , floe on election (tight,' when a new In dependent league overwhelms, a ponti "cal machine pledged to support a dls- bonest coterie of traction promoters. It ' develops then that Dick Wells, half a-enlua. - half drunkard.' fanatic and ' erratic, has been sane enough to guide the independent league to auoecss. . Dick Wells believes that the traction teal Is ow impossible. Th rest t the play deals with the plans of th , millionaires to restor their ..power. Characters ar destroyed, homes are Invaded, bribes ar offered, and In the third act at a session of the common council th franchise Is carried. Wells - Is defeated and degraded and, finally deserted by tb woman, b la . to Left antirelv alone. with Insult added to Injury, when th president of th grafting company whom b one defeated, offers Dick weua a position and chano for llf 1 he wll turn from " bis principles and become a shrewd worker in th interest of graft. .- He denounces th magnat and re- 0 fuses th offer. . But by this, open avowal of bis honest principles he wins back th girl he loves and wbo bad de serted him. and at the last they face 1 th futur band tn hand without money but firm In th knowledge of th love and devotion of each other. In the cast are Paul - McAllister, George Howell, William ' Norton, Peter Lang, Mis Beatrice - Morgan, Louie Randolph, Agnes Bcott and other tav- OrlteS. ..."':-.'.'.','. 'r.; ,', ''"I,.'" "The Jung la" at Fifth Avenue. At Keith and Proctor's Fifth avenue theatr "Th Jungle", Upton Sinclair's vivid portrayal of llf in Paeklngtown. 4 dramatised by Miss Margaret Mayo, was . produced . n Monday. . This play has been produced on tb. road, but had Its first performance tn New Tork. The ' complete acenlo equipment with th " realistic ecceeeortee of llv oatu which made such a rnsatlos in other , cities wa presented with true fidelity. "Tb Jungle" revealed ' an unusual dramatic aspect and one of rare novelty, If perhaps strongly sensational. In the caat are Cecil Owens. Goo. D. Maolntyre, Dwlght Allen, Urneat Andereon, Wllaon Melrose, Misses Henrietta Browne, Lo rena At wood. Dorothea Sadler, Kmelle Melville and Mathilda Uesbou. t ' ''Before and After." ' : Th Leo Dletrlchateln farce,' "Before nd After," Inaugurated ,th season, of, comedy at the Astor theatre on Thurs day night. This play Ja fhe most popu lar of all this author's merry, come dies. Its merits are known to ..New York, where it. had a run of HOi per formance at the Manhattan theatr. ,rt this revival Managers WsgnAll aV K jnper have drawn from the coterl of players who are to interpret all the Dletrlchsteln, successes of the paat as well as the new farces that srs to be written for the Astor for several, seasons to com. . Among th cast of ("Before and After" ar: Leo Dletrlchateln, Charles Dickson, Henry Donnelly, R. C Hers, F. Newton Undo, Kenyon Bishop, Miss Julia - Layton and Georgia 'Iaw rate, ."r -v- "Little Johnny Jonee." :f , George M. Cohan took a run down to th Academy of Musio after playing, op, down, and across Broadway. He held forth In that bit of rauslo and fun called "Little - Johnny Jonee." Although Mr. Cohan baa played this piece hundred of times. Its popularity baa not been worn out apparently. j Tbls nimble-heeled comedian ha An nounced, , however. that this engage-1 ment will be his last as th jockey in "Little Johnny Jonee." Bealdea Mr. Co han, the company Includes Samuel 3. Ryan, Thomas ' Lewis, John - Raffael, Frank Montgomery, . William Meehan, James ... Keen, Henry . Kettrldge, th Misses Hasel Low rev, Lottie Medley, Ida-ManteU, Stella Tracer and Adele Bafter. . , ,, . . ' r... : : ,-'.':. Playa ThaStay- .i. ' Cyril Soott and th clever company supporting him . In "Th Piinc Chap" at th Majestic' theatr. hare repeated th success mad' formerly at th Madi son Square theatre. Tb original cast remains pretty nearly th same, ' and th performance if anything surpasses th original Broadway production. This is Mr. Scott's farewell engagement in New Tork In "Th Princ Chap." Eddie Foy In hi new summer show,' "Th Orchid," ha found a musloal comedy vehicle that has struck the high not of popularity and on that will carry him all through th summer at th Herald Square theatr.. The comedian,- funnier than 'ever, shares honors with th n tlre company of to. . Bom idea of th enormous amount of money spent by th public in theatre going rained from th statement of the management of "Th Red Mill" In which Montgomery and Stone ar play ing at tba Knickerbocker theatr. that half a million of dollars have been taken In at the box offloe In th last SO weeks. This Is a phenomenal auccess and breaks all record a. Th Belasco theatre, where Frances Starr In "The Rose of the Ranoho" Is delighting her audience by ber charm ing portrayal of Juanita, th Spanlsh American heroine- of Jhe lielasco-Tutly drama, still continues Its business to th full capacity of th house. It Is without doubt sssured that thla attrac tion will remain at the Belasv-o theatre for months to com. "Brewster Millions" Is drawing tha blggeet business aver, known to this playhouse of v successes,., the Hudson theatre. This sterling American com edy Is a play that promises to live many years.- . :' :. . .. ; The last week of th season of "Th Great Divide" began on Monday. Miss Anglln and Mr. Miller appeared for the two hundred and fiftieth time on Fri day night. ; "' Ethel Barrymore, In th ' Marshall comedy. "His Excellency the Governor," which she Is now playing at tha Em pire, 1 on of th greatest successes of her career. Although the comedy Is not new, the role of It heroin offers Miss Barrymore such unusual opportunities of which she takes full advantage, and th play Itself Is of such delightful qualities that th patrons of th Em pire take unusual pleasure In it. ; William Collier 1s approaching the one hundred and fiftieth performance of "Caught In th . Rain" at th Derrick theatr. This wlll"ofcur on Monday, May 6, when the event will b marked by handsome souvenirs. : - Th run of "Th Three of Us" at tb Madison Squar theatre ends this week, with its twenty-second year perform ance. Th longest run at this theatr sine th days of th Hoyt farces, "Th Three of Us" goes on th road. Alia Naslmova's success In "Comteas Coquette." at th Bijou -theatr, confirms th Impressions mads by this clever ac tress In "'A Doll's House" and "Hedda Gabler.'' ' As the impetuous, capricious, brilliant wlf In Bracco' daring play, ah ha proven harself th mistress of comedy Just as In th Ibsen' plays she showed ber remarkable emotional abil ity. "Comtess Coquette" Is on of th most novel' and audacious plays of re cent years. It fairly scintillate with wit and th dramatio Interest I strong throughout. . - ' A Hensl Blinders, Louis Mann, at th Casino, 1 now In th fourth month of "The White Hen." This role give him unusual opportunities for' f un making. H has been surrounded by th Schubert with an unusually bril liant company. ' - "Th Parisian Model," In which Anna Held is appearing with such great suc cess at th Broadway theatre. Is run ning merrily on and Is booked easily to run out the season. Noveltlea ar be ing constantly added, th latest being a roller-skating Teddy bear In tb rink scan. THE MODISH HANDWRITING . Our ' Grandmothers Penmanship . - Again in Fashion.' , v .' Youngish mothers of well grown daughter are waking to th fact that what was held to be a proper handwrit ing for a woman -JO yaara ego I no longer taught In th schools. Th uer nruiir hand that women still affected 10 years ago has given place to a hand writing with curves, ana tn vwucsj wrKlng of a few years ago4a disappear ing before a moderate slant. Th woman whose handwriting Is narked by the extreme form of tb an gular style Is aa easily recognised for a person no longer young as th woman who persists in th fashion of Hl. Soma unmarried women . who Ilk to think their state not Immutable would be glad to get rid of their telltale band ' writing. . . Th younger grandmothers who did not wake to th angular band In time to change now retain th essentials of th eld copperplate style that was taught In tb '0o and '70s. It Is astonishingly neat and clear, but as manifestly of an earlier generation a th hoopaklrt or bustle. ; Th girls of today ar reverting to th handwriting of th generation befor th copperplate waa Invented.. Th women who were still young In 1140 uaed tbls rather unconventional style. If you, happen to hav a few bundle of old letters belonging to tb mlddl auarter of th last century you will not th dlffereno r between th women' writing of that day and that of their children, and discover that th genera tion of today writes raor Ilk th grand mothers than th mother. A .still earlier generation of American women, soma of whom were born In th closing year of th eighteenth century, Imitated th neat handwriting that pre vailed among men a generation earlier. Th men Of th period ' Immediately after th Revolution wrote a large formal hand. 'and their daughter lm luted It but softened the Unas. Th next generation was leu conven tional, and then cam copperplate with Its neat artificiality. Old-fashioned woman vn of today nna it nara to conform to tha modern fashion of scratohlna- off a short nota In hast. They have th old tradition that any written communication save of th moat formal or trivial kind must be a letter of considerable length, and th heavy, unllned paper of today la an of lenc to their tradition. The leisure of an earlier time and the difficulties of travel wer th excuse- for long Utter. Between swift express trains and th long distance telephone women ar losing th art of letter writing, and D Qulncys dictum that to see th best of English pros style you most rifle th malls and read th latter of clever, well brought up women u naraiy as true a it one was. STATUE RESURRECTED Untimely Goddess of Victory Bid- ' den In French Senate Cellar. A Strang, resurrection of a statu ha recently taken place In Franc. It waa found . In th cellar of .th senate buildings where It had lain alnc mo. Early In that year, when everything looked peaoeful la France, Napoleon llf ordered the fimntu BAtilntAP nna tavs.Adolph Dlr Crank to model a statu of th Goddess of Victory to be east In brons for th Luxembourg garden, where several other statues by Crauk ar displayed. By a strange fatality th sculptor hipped th completed work from his studio In Valenciennes Just in time for It to be delivered In Paris on September t, th day of th capitulation of th first French army with Napoleon him elf at Sedan. Th Goddess of - Victory had ' not many worshipers in ' Paris at that Mm. Th statu was never vn un- GERTRUDE RUTLEDGE ''.V., 1 With tha Irish Comedian! Murray and Mack, tn tha Musical Farca-Comedr. "ArcAind tb Town," at the Helllg; Theatre Next Saturday and Sunday Nights, May 4 and 6. Raymond Hitchcock, Who ' Appear in tha "Yankee Tourist" at th Helllg Tonight. boxed. It was shoved out of sight and promptly forgotten. Lately Senator Glrard. who halls from Valenciennes, got some hint of th existence of th work and started a searob for It There talk of holding an exhibition of Crauk works in Paris at an early day. Th atatu was round and th crltlps pronounce It a work of merit. Th superstitions seer in It discovery an omen of returning military prestige to Franc. . Senator Glrard at one laid claim to th statu for th sculptor's native olty. Nobody wanted to carry out the project of Napoleon, so h carried hi point. Tb atatu has been erected In Valenciennes and unveiled with lab- orate ceremonies after it 16-year sleep in oust ana oarsness. . . A COLD BIRD But So Bottle of Any Kind for Lit. ' tie Polar Penguins. "Not many blrda undertake to lay tbelr ggs In th darkness of a polar winter nor do many dims appear to think that sea lee Is th most attractive ground to sit on. - -wnen, in addition to this," writes Bdmund A. Wllaon In "Th Vorase uf th Discovery," "w find th emperor penguin hatching out Us chicks tn th coldest month -of the whols Antarctic year, when th mean temperature for tn montn la IS degree below sero, Fahrenheit, and th minimum may fall to IS degrees, I think w may rlahtlv consider the bird to be ecoentrlc "Th emperor penguin stands nearly four feet high and weigh upward of SO to to pounds. He is an exceedingly handsome bird, with a rich black head. a bluish gray back and wings, a lemon yellow Breast, with a sa tinlike gloss on th feather and a brilliant patch of or ange on th nck and lower bill. "His movements ar slow and stately and th dignity of his appearance Is much Ineressed by th upright carries of hi head and bill, ' "Hi vole 1 loud and trumpetllk and rings out In th pack Ice with a not of defiance that makes one feel that man Is th real Intruder. They have no fear. but an abundance of Inqulsltlvenea, and wiu walk up to a human . being and stand In a ring around him. with an oc casional remark from on to th other, discussing, no doubt, th nature of thla new and upright neighbor. 'The method employed by the emperor penguin for carrying th egg and chick upon his feet Is shared also by th king penguin of th sub-Antsrctlc area, as w saw In our visit to their rookeries In the Maequarla Islands. "Th king penguin we saw as he sat In mud and puddle, with his single egg upon his feet, end now we saw the em peror penguin doing precisely the same thing with his slngl chicken to keep It eff th Ice, and we ar agreed that the term pouch, which ha been used In this connection. Is on which not only does not descrlb th matter but la anat omically wrong and misleading. -i n aingi ess, or th ehlck, alts rstlng on tb dorsum of tb .foot. fsartetitaaii' WuhlsgioaSts. Tde IIeilig Tdeatre PfcM Mala Oit w. t. raaaLA, Mas ex. "MOB-OAT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY TSLUMDAT : C Direction Xorthwestera Theatrical Assoolatlon. O. KeiUr, president. Wir.HTQ Aprim.i. 1UU1I io May 1,2, '07 smciAti rtici MATi nr. a YlDIU)iI uzauca co. nxswT III ZULU KMT AOTOB WALKER xx rn most fcncABXABia at or txm nASO X Oomblalnr th Idealism of The stasia Master" With h ComaiMrolaJlsm of A a "The x.ioa and tb Moose." - , . V'THE MAGIC MELODY" .Miss OUv Wyndhaa auss ariaa ueorge c IN THE CAST Mi. Howard Ooald Mr. Henry Bergman Mx. fcesU Xnyoa Os t BTZimra T-XICTES Tmwt moor. $1-00 Balcony, $1.00, YSo, SO, lery, 36c, aSo. MATIBEB 1B1CES ( WBDBESDAT) 1.00 to SOo. finunnnnuiuinniinininiuiniiiminn! . . fssncestk sat WuhiattoiSu. Tde IIeilig Theatre Pheac Mala 0M '. T. r-AHOlB, Manager. Direction ' Mosthweetern Theatrical Allocution. O. Belllf, President. Saturday and Sunday Nights. May 4, 5, 07 .' .';', " "..THE FAMOUS ORIGINALS V Iifray S lads And a Big Company of Funmalicrs : INCLUDING ' GERTRUDE RUTLEDGE .11 BOBBY HARRINGTON OLADYS VAN MAY GABRIEL BAE HAMILTON THOS. T. SHEA FRED GUILLARD P. J. KANE v 40 People Mostly Girls csIndVce SEAT SALE OPENS oompK R!72? ZYkSt9 THURSDAY, MAY 2 PRICES IXSg.'&ZtvS? MtmiuniiHUiinin aisanmnumisiixiiiii iacKxixzzzzzzxzzrzzzri! H g Moiu Tnes Wed.. There. NIGHTS, May, 6, 7. 8. 9. 1907. rtartMRtk Vaihlafti The Heiug Theatre PkOM Maia 0m W. T. PABQI.B, Manager. Dlreetlon Morthwestern Tbeatrieat Aeeooiatloa. O. BelUg, President. JOSEPH BROOKS PRESENTS TKB nn ACT OOMBSY BUTTERFLY" XW TBB OASTl 1 gXurese Ormonde Grant Mitchell John Flood Charles mi Pred I: Ttaen avoiaaa Kiu Pved Tyler Bosalle De Tans Bate Orlfflth Isabel Blobarda w lomr soar. U.OO. Bl.BO. r riCCS Blooy,lJO, $10,70 M Oallwy, BOo. ft 1 sal mans aaiC 'rlday, May a, a mea H CniXZIZZIZIIEZZIZUIZZZIEZISZniZKUZISIIZZKZlZZZZia il TTAtry rr i nrr T IILATHH til j z a S& A L IF 11 I rat riatea . - GEO. 1 BAKER General Manager. Poi-tlantTai Rnathlonabl Popular Rrlcss Thaatra and Horn of th I'amoua Uaxkesr Htoclc Company WeekBeginnlns Sunday Matinee Today, April 20 WILLIAM COLLIER'S GREAT COMEDY SUCCESS BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS : v , ' One of the Funniest Comedies, Ever Written. THE BAKER COMPANY WILL GIVE AN UNUSUALLY , s . CLEVER PRODUCTION . ' Under Personal Direction of MR. ARTHUR MACKLEY. MATINEE SATURDAY. .' I-':. "I wEVENINO PRICES 25, 85, 60. MATINEE 15, 25. 8 Next Week:; 7m$ fczzzzzzLzzzzzzzzzszzzzzi rzxzzxszxxxsszzssrr rrrrr: BIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZJ rvizcznsTiBnnzxniu I EMPIRE THEATER THE HOME Of MELODRAMA 13th an4 Morrison Sta. : ' Pbon Main llf MILTON W. SEAMAN. Manager. SECOND WEEK OF THE SEAMAN STOCK COMPANY. And Already Enjojrlnf Imraen Popularity. Starting Today's Matinee, J 28 A Most Vivid Story of Life A Great Moral Lesson. . TOW OF MEN Intens Rolea for All Popular Member of th Company, A Play Tbat Teache th Reward of Truth and Honor, tha Terrible Consequence of EviL ' Sut Under Personal Direction of MR. HERBERT ASHTON. " ' MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. NIGHT PRICES, 10, 20f, 30f, &Of. MATINEES, 10f ; 20 THIRD WEEK: WICKED LONDON. wedged In between tb leg and th low er abdomen, and over it falls a fold of beavtly feathered skin, which Is very loosed and can completely cover up and hide th erg or ehlck from view. When th ehlck Is hungry er Inquisitive, It pokes out from under th maternal (or paternal) lappet a piebald downy head of black and white, emitting Its shrill and persistent pipe until th mother oT4h father) fills It up. The feeding I managed as with cor. morants and many other birds, th little on finding regurgitated food when It thrusts Us head lnsld the parent- mouth. "I think th chickens hat their par enta and when one wa tehee th proceed ings In a rookery' it-strike on a not surprising. li th first place, there ie about on ehMik to 10 or 11 adults, and each adult has an overpowering desire to sit on somsthlng. . Both male and female want to nurse, snd ths result Is that when a chicken find himself alone there la a rush on the pert of a dosen unemployed to seise him. "Naturally, he run away, and dndg her and there till elx stone emperor falls on him, and than begin a regular football scrimmage. In which each tries to hustl th other off, and th and 1 too often disastrous to the chick. "Sometimes h falls into a ersck In th 1c and stays there to be frosen while tha parents squabbls at th top; sometimes, rather thA b nursed, 1 g Exposition Rink Q lth and Wasblagtoa ana. Wedodr STminf, May i.' NOVELi FEATURE. Including a $reat hippodrome rac. a moat sensational spectacle. V Advaae 1 Piles. Admission 10c State 15c Kzzrrzzzzzziizninnnn LYRIC THEATRE Week of April 29 LYRIC STOCK COMPANY In the Famous Melodrama -. MATINEE EVERY DAY Two performances Saturday - and Sunday Nights, the first at 7:15 o'clock. : NEXT WEEK The Allen Stock Company, with MISS VERNA FELTON, In "BROWN'S IN TOWN." THE CEl Am :WS5 -VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE . Headed by ARCHIE BOYD Presentinf tha Rural , Sketch "After Many years Special Adied Attractlca The Three Valentecnes Caating-Act la Black EDMONDS. EMER50n AND EDMONDS Presenting th Farce "ONLY A JOKE." " EMILY NICE Singer of Catchy Songs THE CA5ETTAS Whirlwind Dancers FREDERIC ROBERTS Illustrated Songs GRANDISCOPE Lifr of Daniel Boona," THE J T A l Wat a 1 1 u::aons llzln 3496 hav seen him crawl In under aa Ice ledg and remain there, where th old one cannet reach him. I think It I not an exaggeration to ear that of th 77 per cent that die aa leas than half ar killed br kindness." Oerrltt J. Dlekema, th Republican candidate for WllUara Alden Smith's aeat In th house of representatives, has long been prominent In Michigan politics. H has served four terms In the stat leglslstur and haa been chair man of the Republican stat committee elnoe 1909, 3 air nn imnwim For the Week of April 29 The Allen Stock Companj' PRESENTS , ; . THE GREAT RURAL COMEDY DRAMA 9 M taaV L. MADE FAMOUS DY UATSZ, 1 12 ATI I v. . . by ' , CARRIE ASHLEY CLARKE EVERY EVENINQ AT 8:15. PRICES, 10c, ?c Aim : . MATINEE TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATUr Y ' SUNDAY. rRicr.3 izz 1 :?c. I! li li 4 ' n i r. M