THE OREGON SUNDAY- JOURNAL', PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY a 2, K 07.
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fBw TORK, May 11. As long as
- cool weather continue It win be
difficult to breath new life Into
the old dramatic . season from
now until Decoration day. As It
Is, It will not be hard to preserve the
- interest ln the successes which have
had a long run. , Later, when the warm
weather arrives, the theatre-going pub
y. Ho may want a change and demand
, i something new , and more In keeping
i with the temperature'.' ' y i . ;
-Vbout the only new play on ' the
theatrical horizon thia week la Bayard
, VeHlar's "The primrose Path." which
, had Us opening at the Majestic on Mon
day wltlT Margaret . "Wychorly In. , the
heroine role. The theme of this play la
one of domestic confllot, for Its story
has to do with a wife 'who sells her
respectability in ordor to secure means
to obtain comforts for a husband who
.she believes is dying. Iter calculations
" go. wrong, for he eventually recovers
and denounces the woman and her sacri
fices, y-fy ;y -: y;. ,y.y
' Miss wycherly Is an actress at rarte
ability, and her production of the Teats
plajs two years ago' stamped her work
wun matinotlon , and charm. y She . is
most ably supported by an excellent
r com puny of 18 players, among whom are
, Ferdinand Oottschalf, Charles Sinclair
ana aneiaon Lewis .and ' the mmsqs
Sarah Whltford, Mlnnett Barrett, Caro
" 11ns Harris, Vera Irving, Phoebe Crelgh
ton and others. , -.'V v
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Ethel Barrymore. --y.'y ; : V .: ' y
The' lost two weeks of her 'engage
ment at th a Empire theatre will be de
1 voted to the comedy in . three acts.
"Cousin Kate," by Henry Hubert Davles,
Upeneer on Monday night, where
Tss Barry more was supported by the
original cast, w:-..- .,-."',' ..W
. "Cousin Kate" is on of her greatest
' successes. It will be remembered, that
In this delightful comedy she Is seen
as a bachelor girl, who, having under
taken to straighten out the love affairs
, of a young girl friend, Amy Spencll,
' who has Just had a Quarrel with her
lover, Heath Desmond, a young Irish
artist The Rev. James Bartlett has
been paying attention to Amy, and when
Cousin Kfeite arrives Amy doubts, her
own mind as between Desmond, and
Bartlett Just to make conversation,
Cousin Kate tells of having chatted on
the train with a stranger, a very de
; llghtf ul young man, who had wonderful
syes and with whom sh shared her
lunch. On hearing Amy's story. Cousin
Kate decides that Amy must writs to
Desmond, apologising- tot having sent
him away. Amy does so, and considers
It her duty."- - ' --v.,.-.-.
The second act Is laid In the little
house in which Amy was ' going to be
gin married life. Cousin Kate Is alone
there, setting things to right, when the
stranger enters unceremoniously through
the window. A love scene ends with
mutual declarations before It Is Inter
rupted by th wltrance of Amy, and
theai ends with a serious complica
tion, which la deftly set to rights by a
cleverly conceived and well played third
aot, which ends happily in Amy mar
rying the Rev. Bartlett and Kate meets
her fat w,. the young Irish artist.
Mr. Bruce McRa was seen In the role
of ; Desmond, the Irish artist Other
members of the cast are Messrs. George
Btewar, George Swift, .Mrs. Thomas
Whlffen. theMlsse Mary Nash and
Anita Kothe. ; '
Robert Mantell.
The second week of his engagement
onenerf with "Richelieu.- at the New
Amsterdam theatre on Monday which
was the only performance this 'season
her by this actor. Mr. Mantell pre
sented Bulwer's play in New Tork last
reason, at two theatres, and, as on Mon
day this romantlo old drama was, ac
corded a hearty welcome. ' , ' J
."King Lear" was given on Tuesday
nfsrht and Wednesday , and "Macbeth'
the bill for Wednesday matinee. Thurs
day and Friday evenings and on Satur
day matinee. "The Merchant of. Venice"
with Mr. Mantell as Shyiock, win oe
given.' - ,--''',... yy.
The Prince of Pilsen. . s , -
Although It has been played up and
down and. across Broadway for the last
three or four seasons, and Its muslo
become familiar even through the street
ortans. "The Prince Of Pllson" has re
turned for another engagement this
time at thej Academy of Music, where it
betran on Monday. '
It was tn this opera that Messrs. Fix-
ley and Suders originally introduced the
"Gibson Girl" and th "Kangaroo Walk."
Sine th play was first produced on
Broadway, three or four companies have
kept it going on th road, and another is
playing it In; London, and throughout
England. ' i ' ' -.''-'
Miss Ida Stanhope is the Olbsonesqua,
Miss New Tork and other pretty young
women appear in th "Song of th Cit
ies " Mr. Jess Dandy assumes the role
of the brewer-alderman from Cincinnati,
and Miss Paulina Gimseman, Miss Al
bertine Benson, Miss Marie Walsh, Miss
Jeannette Bageard and Messrs. George
Tydecker, Henry Coot Hayden Claren
don and Robert Connor are in th ex
cellent supporting cast
the House of a Traitor. ' 1
A social as ' well as theatrical pro
duction was seen at Keith A Proctor's
Fifth Avenue theatre on Monday after
noon in "Th House of a Traitor," a one
act play adapted from Prosper Merlmee's
story In which Mrs.- Francis anslng
Pruyn made her professional debut
Mrs. Pruyri Is well known in New
Tork society. Sh Is a daughter of Mr.
Francis B, Thurber. ' Sh is particularly
clever In interpretations of old French
folk songs and -wears the costumes f
th women of Brittany and Normandy.
In her debut she takes the part of a
Corslcan boy.:' "The House of a Traitor"
was given as a curtain raiser to "Th
Prodigal Son." -
Playa That Stay. '
At the Garrlck theatre on Monday
nlgbMr. William Collier gave bis on
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hundred and fiftieth performance of
"Caught in the Rain." : which was
marked by the distribution of souvenirs.
At the Lincoln Square theatre, the
William Norrls Stock company present- )
ed "Mrs. Temple's Telegram." This play
was one of th Madison Square theatre's
greatest successes and is considered to
be on of th best comedies of recent
years.-', ,. -.y . '';.' '
"Before and After" enters .Upon its
third week at th Astor theatre, wher
th Leo Dtetrichsteln farce Is making
as muoh laughter as it did In, Its origin
al run. All th favorite remain in th
cast including ; Leo Dletrichsteln,
Henry Donnelly, R. C Hers,. Charles
Dickson,' Kenyoh Bishop. (and Julia
Taylor. ' '
Louis Mann as Hensl Blinders In
Th White Hen," continues to draw
large audiences to the Casino. Mr. ;
Mann, Ilk many other comlo opera
comedians, does not sing, but be makes
up for this by his excellent comedy, ,
which is delightfully diverting. , Lotta ;
Faust recovered form an attack of ;
bronchial pneumonia; . was welcomed r
hark to the cast last week. Louise
Gunning Is provided with several songs i
which site .renaers wun rare am
teehnlaue. principally "PrlnUmps,"- an
arta which ah sings in th second act
"Th Road to Testerday." after a run
of fifteen weeks at Lew Field's Herald
Square theatre, continues to draw larg
audienoes to th Lyric, From modern
days to th days ot three centuries
back is successfully aceompushea in
this captivating play by Evelyn Green
leaf Boutherland and Beulah M. Dlx.
As Elepeth Tyrrell who in her dream
goes back to the time swashbuckling
heroes, Minnie Dupre has achieved a
triumph. Th supporting caste includes
Whit Whittlesey. Robert , Dempster,
Helen War, Miriam Nesbltt and Agnes
Everett -;
There Is so much snap and go ' to
Brewster's Millions," as played in the
pretty Hudson - theatre by Fredenca
Thompson's company, inai n is smaii
wonder th playhouse is crowded st
every performance. The well selected
company Includes Edward Abeles, Mary
Ryan, Georg . Probert, Joseph Wood-
hum. Emily Tvtton.. Albert Sackett
Nestor Lennpn, Gertrude Coghlln and a
host of others. They contlnu to glv
delightfully smooth periormanoes oi
this successful American comedy. '
Grac George : at Wallack's theatre
continues te pleas , by reason of her
blight portrayal of Bardou'a heroine,
th capricious Cyprienne.v Frank Worth
inr comes In for general praise on ac
count of th excellent work he does in
th character of th elderly husband
who finally succeeds in winning the
love of his wife, s "Dlvorcons" seems to
be the vogu at present, for never has
this comedy been so charmingly ren
dered. ,.v
On Monday Bos Btahl entered upon
her last five weeks' engagement of "The
Chorus Lady" at th Hackett theatre.
Interest in "The. Rose of th Rancno."
with Frances Starr; at th Belasoo
theatre remains as steadfast as on th
opening night six months ago. ; . -
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WED;F.5DAY NICIIT.ilAY 15th, 1907
; . OPENING ATTRACTION ' ;
San; Fi ;.::ciseo Opera Company
(DIRECTION FRANK W. HEALT) . .
Presenting for Five Nights and Saturday and Sunday.
, V V - Japanese'-Amerlcan Musical Suooess ; ,
Matinees
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SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTHS IN CHICAGO
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Portland's Fashionable Popular prior Theatre, and Permanent Location
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PRICES 25c 60c, 75a Boxes, loges, $1.00. Matinee prices ISo and;
60o, . Sets on sal at box offlc from 10 a. m. to JO p. m.' - y "
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VISITING 1WRSES PLMi NEW WORK I
' At th"annuai meeting held Monday,
vfinia R . TrumbulL ' tres-
Went of th VUltlng Nurs assoclaUon.
made th following nportiy';
With ach year's work the Visiting
Nurses' association takes, on newau
ii.: r.DonaibIlllles. , When
tn association was first organized our
n,.,n -f forts wer lr the direction of
...i.. , tti aick ooor in their own
. , Ttarlenc ' cama th
knowledge that ; we .were" uet tfafj""
the edg of the problem that ,to mak
th work lasting, .xl"lt1nCJ!,,.f
our organla:lon worth while, we must
go farther into xne prouioia. "
learned the lesson Ol th new philan
thropythat almply mending th broken
placea Inr tne garment w-
it much more fit to wear we must find
eut why ' there are threadbare places,
and why tha garment is alwaye worn
in those particular placea- We soon
learned to expect to find people who
are physically unfit in physically unfit
homes that we must , expect to find
physically unfit among those who are
paid a ' paysicaiiy unii Bv .
are overworked, v-v-y, '?'. ff-
So that each new patient presents
the same problem fronva different point
ot view he one of a type which is
the expression of a social disease as
n n , nhvuiml disease and his
particular case indicates the klUAd
ye of the trained worker, condition
that oalls for a mor extended treat-
went than Just the comfort and tn
tlon that he- vialts bring tor htm The
ease ot llttlo Johnny illustrates this
had we known our lesson as thoroughly
when we first met jonnny as w
it now. the little lad would have been
saved to 'a life of teefulness Instead
of being almos- hoplesaly ill in the
t,nnitii todav. So that we have learned
Kat tKa tA l mission of the V. N. A.
i. n flf duration , and prevention.'
Thia can best be illustrated by a lit
tle poem familiar to au cnaniy w"v.r
w entitled "Tne Fence pr m
SSIIrtSut a cliff with a road alongthc
.TTwut the people In constant dan
: ger of falling over, and tn two mein
ods of saving them ar . strongly con
trasted whether it in wiser -to build
a fence to prevent their f aMlng over
to death or inj rT c? wnetner an am
ulanc ehall be provided toearry away
those wno may iair. -,i v.
it, in hulidlna-' fences rathr than in
maintaining ambulances and with the
: ham of our friends we plan to .bull!
two this year a tuberculosis fence
- we feel that theneed of this I r Impera
tive; but the building in 'olves expense,
mtfnrt and oraanlsation it Invdlves bet-
4nanection of todaing houses bet
infnntTnnt f sanitary laws and
more rlgl- brllding laws, so that it will
be impossible to build houses or apart
ironts with no light or air -acef for
bedrooms, in addition, u invoivea. e-nrst'.na-
every man, woman and child
in the city as to the danger of eon
. t.inn and the wa to avoid it-?. "'
For the building of this particular
we " need another nurse and. Dr.
pierce will outline for us the plan of
work. Building xms xence ihyuivot
. pioneer work in another direction the
schools. We have been looking, forward
to a schcol nurse ror two years paaw
but hajre encountered obstacles these
arcireidlng at last It Is always hard
-Torsake established methods, and to
rany, a nursevm tne scnoois mi
f :.' h.. .nh.M - t, VinwhnrA In nha. need
ed more. the. teacherc are too iusy to
..recognise symptoms which woulo at
once be app .rent to the trained nurse
"the deafness, the defective eyesight, the
presence of adenoid growths, the mark-
ings of degeneracy, add many a child
woutoyie savej to longer - scnooi .me
if we couict feaye the privilege of 4 end
ing one of "ur hflrsem-JBto the schools.
We have gained th consent -of ..the
school board to distribute little circu
lars among the children a little leaf
let on which are printed 1 J simple rules
of health. ; Thia .will be v'ollowed later
- by on on aimple rules against tuberf
; oulosls which we hope to have pre
pared by Dr. Pierce. We feel that for
a tlme-at leaet-ne' extra nurse could
tske up both tuhercular and school
i work, especially . in the , months, when
the work is light We had thought when
Miss Walker cam to us that w could
take up developing work, but aha has
been busy constantly In the field. '
We . need a . third nurse without her
these ' two fences cannot : be bullt--ner
can-we take up the work among, .the
mid-wlvea, which, we had planned. Jast
year. Can we sot look forward to a
atronr. earneat nooneratlon in thia dl
rectlon from all who-are interested in
the welfare of our , cityT
MILLIE R, TRUMBULL.
HUMOR OF LONDON CABBIES
Some of Their Remarks When the
Tlp If Not Forthcoming. : ,
1 From Tlt-Blts. . "
One of the strongest objeetions to the
introduction of the taximeter in Lon
don was that the cabman would be de
prived of any opportunity to display his
choice : selection of language ana saw
in humorous repartee.- - ' '
, Some of the j hansom fraternity of
course have no sense of humqr. but the
majority are decidedly facetious. Here
are some examples of witty and sar
castic "cabbylsms." . '
To appreciate them-properly it must
be understood that the fare has offered
a single shilling in payment for. a ride
iust within the two-mile limit: .
"Are you quite stare you can spare
thlsf remarks the cabby with a bump
of humor 'D'ye think you'll be able
to rub along on the other 18 till next
Fridayt.! It's goin' the pace. yTwow."
"If you'll take my tip. guvnor,- runs
another form of gentle reproach, "you'll
go and eee a hocullst You 'sued this
bus by mistake. You wants a red or
green or yellow, 'bus DiacK ain't id
your line at ail,
'Thank yer, guv'nor," says another
cabby. With apparent emotion; ,i'thank
yer, kindly. Yer offer Is .well meant,
but I couldnt go for .to do it" Baying
which he makes a pretense of handing
the shilling back to the astonished farm
But I can't sell him, guvnor, an - wars
a fact xer 'anasome noirer a maae me
rich for life;, but I tell yer, I can't sell
im." V. .,
One cabby, who was an excellent ac
tor, on receiving his shilling, . burst into
tears and between his loud sobs -Jerked
out: ' '"I'm sorry - you force it "on me,
guv'nor,! am really, The hlncome tax
people'!! down on me now."
An excellent " cabbyism was perpe
trated In the' suburbs one night : As
the. fare let himself into the house; he
was regaled somewhat as follows: 'Go
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By REV. ARTHUR R VOSBURGH, a S. B of Rochester, N. Y.
Member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship of the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass.; at the .
HEILIQ THEATRE
SUNDAY AFTERNOOMA ;
Given under auspices of First and Second Chujche 'of Christ,
Scientist r ADMISSION FREE, ReserveJ seats" must be occupied
not later than 2:45 o'clock. All aeata opellto the public after that
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HANDWRITING OF. AUTHORS
Dickens Bin Ink 'and Paper By
ron's Copy and Erasures. ,
An interesting study Is the handwrit
ing of . authors, as it Indicates to a ,
greater or .less , degree : ineir personal
temperaments.;;,. ',;..' ,y ,vy , ,
Longfellow wrote a bold, open back
hand, which was th delight of printers,
says th Scientific American. Joaquin
Miller writes such a bad hand that he
often becomes puxsled over his own
work and the printer sings the praises
of the inventor tf the typewriter, t
Charlotte Bronte's writing seemed to
have been traced with a cambric needle.
and Thackeray's writing, while marvel-:
ously neat and precise, was so smait
that the best of eyes were needed to
read it Likewise the writing of Cap
tain Marryat waa so mlorosooplo that
when he was interrupted in his labors
he was obliged to mark the plaoe where
he . left Off by sticking a pin in the
paper. - '' ; ' " '
Napoleon's was worse than illegible,
and it is said that his letters from Ger
many to the Empress Josephine were at
first thought to be rough maps of the
seat of war. y.: i
Carlyle wrote a patient, crabbed and
oddly emphasised hand. The penman
ship of Bryant was aggressive, well
formed and decidedly pleasing to the
eye; while the chlrography of Scott
Hunt, Moore and Gray was smooth and
easyvfo read, but did' not express dis
tinct individuality. , , y ,
Byron's j handwriting was nothing
more than a scrawl. His additions to
his proofs frequently exceeded in vol
ume the original copy, and in one of his
poems which contained in the original
only 400 lines, 1,000 were added In the
proofs. " 1 , . I
The writing of Dickens was minute,
and he had a hiblt of writing with blue
ink onr blue paper. Frequent erasures
and interlineations made his copy a bur
den to his publishers.,
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From the Baltimore Sun.
Occasionally one sees a small crowd
congregated at the corner of Baltimore
and Light streets gaalng Intently up at
the old clock frame that still stands
there as a relic of the (Ire. An enter,
prising bird has built its nest in the
part where the top of the column loins
the clock face. '
It has a secure home and seems to
live quite undisturbed by the clatter and
bustle Of 'Baltimore's busiest street
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Coney Isle's New Marvel, "The Spray of Life.",, ' V
Schilzonyi's' Imperial Hungarian Hussars. "
' Forty Musicians Limited Engagement. -.
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Great Davenports Playing Tag With Death,' Most Spectacular Mld
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EXTRA ADDED FEATURE
i WalterjSchrade-MulYey-lJsste.
Harry llf. Babb and Co.
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The Benneti Sisters
Stating, Dancing, Character Changes.
Barrington
- Versatile Ventrlloantst
Harry A. Brown
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.Fredrlc Roberts
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