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NOTHER week has come, has
tarried with us for seven day$
and seven nights, and now has
passfd on. leaving behind it the
memories of things pleasant or
- the reverse. in Portland's theatrical
Jlf seven evenings and almost as many
afternoons have been filled with amuse
; Dient nd entertainment ranging In
depth and weight from the comedy of
Shakespeare at the Hellig to that of
Al Jolson, the blackface laugh-provoker
... at the Grand. Between these two ex
tremes have come other and different
mannered gradations of entertainment,
, all arood of Its class and pleasing to
Its differing clientele.
Th week that has gone, however, has
'. neither exhausted those who produce
fior sated those who absorb theatrical
entertainment. The current week is
'bringing its share of satisfaction for
the ever unsatisfied first-nighters, while
the weeks that are coining hold big
-promise of high-grade productions.
t At th Hellig this week the first
vent will be the reappearance in Port
land of the Stoekwell MaeGregor mm
' tianv In the funny farce-comedy, "Mrs.
...Temple's Telegram." The company was
. Introduced to the Portland public
through Us Ion engagement at the
Marquam theatre and while here made
. many friends.
On Wednesday night Portland will
have an opportunity to see a Portland
irophesy verified when Miss lesiie
sette makes her bow to local playgoers
" In the leading role of the touching
dramatization of Bret Hart's "Salomy
Jane." A year ago Miss Izette was in
. Portland with Isabelle Irving In "Re
bellious -Susan." She took ths part of
. the maid and so well did she do her
part It was tben predicted that leas
'than two years. would see ber num-
. Jias rome true.
- f ollowing Jdisn laene. Jessie usiey
-wm b snBtr fir -"Tb Slshp arrta ge,"
. while the supply of good things to see
tUI be kept up with Llttle Johnnie
Jones" and Th Prlnca of Pllsen.r
At the Marquam the theme will swing
from tbe gypsy Ufa of "The Bohemian
'. Girt" to the dainty oriental scenes nd
oas of 'The Gfsh Girl.? Through
out the pat week the Call fornlans have
. Veen alvlns; good melody in their rendl
' tlnn Of "ThBohemlao Girl," and It is
I rvnUaad tbai h prKBUUoA t "Jia
THE
ATTJiB
true in setting,
the land of the
Giesha Girl" will be
song and costume to
Mikado.
The Baker stock company has won
many laurels during the past week
through its interpretation and produc
tion of "The Woman in the Case." Dur
ing the current week it will present a
new play to Portland entitled "The Love
Uoute," a western drama which is said
to be not only well suited to the per
sonnel of the Baker company but to
be something that will be sure to
please.
All of the other playhouses are work
ing to capacity and are presenting
ductions which rank well un in
respective classes. All in all, the
theatrical season is wide open and there
Is no lack of places where Portland
people may find opportunity to while
away pleasant hours.
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THE LOW ROUTE
S1QCK CO
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THE WEED'S THEATRICAL OFFERINGS.
THE HEILIO Tonight, Stoekwell MaeGregor company In- the farce
comedy, "Mrs. Temple's Telegram"; Wednesday and Saturday, with
Saturday matinee, Miss Jessie Izette in "Salomy Jane."
THE MARQUAM The Callfornlans opera company In "The Geisha Girl."
THE BAKER The Baker stock company in the comedy-drama, "The
Love Route."
THE LYRIC The Allen stock company in the melodrama, "All for Gold."
THE EMPIRE "Chic" Perkins In the western drama, "The Little
Prospector."
THE STAR The French stock company In the western drama, "The
Queen of the Highway."
THE OR AND Vaudeville.
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MONOLOGUES
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Fanny Farce at Heilig Tonight.
"Mrs, . Temple's Telegram," a Jolly
farce comedy, will be the attraction at
the Hellig . theatre, ' Fourteenth and
WubJagtoB atrecU, tonisbt t 1:U
o'clock. There is no call to go Into the
hrttofy of this play and give Its pedi
gree, which might tend to Injurs it in
the eyes of many people. It Is only
necessary to take it at its face value,
and say that it is one of the cleverest
farces that has been seen since the
days of Charley Hoyt.
The company is one of the most
evenly balanced and uniformly clever
that has been seen in a comedy in a
long time. The story of "Mr. Temple's
Xeleeram" Wstoa witb UtUa fib Uiat
nor Gibson, Claudia Colona and Gwyne
sterling. Seats are now selling at
theatre.
"In the Bishop's. Carriage" Coming.
An event of Importance of the theat
rical season will undoubtedly be the re
appearance for one week beginning Mon
day night, September 23, of Jessie Bus-
ley in Channlng Pollock's dramatization
of Hiram Michelson's novel, "In the
BIshOD's Carriage."
it win De rememDerea mat miss uy
ley created a profound sensation wnen
she appeared In this play last season,
and that her success here was more than
duplicated In the east. The return of
this popular attraction Is due to thft
united efforts of the local management,
who are always on the lookout to give
the people the best possiDie entertain
ment, I.lebler A. Co., the managers
of the attraction, have been prevailed
upon to send this company again to the
Pacific coast, and it is expected that
the triumphal tour of last season will
again be repeated.
The supporting company this season
consists of such well-known actors as
Hallett Thompson, George Gaston and
George Richards. Mr. Richards, it will
he remembered, was one of' the princi
pals In "A Temperance Town, and Is
eminently 1111m iui iu. v w
ulous Edward Ramsey. The entire pro
duction Is up to the Lei bier standard.
Seat sale opens next Friday, Septejnber
20 at box office the theatre for entire
engagement. Matinee Saturday.
a fond husband (Mr. Temple) told his
wife This, with the aid of a devoted
friend (Frank Fuller) grows and grows,
becoming more and more involved until
three families are on the verge of dis
ruption. Then the truth comes out and
all is happily ended. Ths story Is told
without coarseness of any kind, and yet
it is all dellclously funny.
Included In- the cant are Franklyn
Underwood. Edward Emery. Norval Mc
Gregor, Joseph uaiiey, uawara. ijaw-iv V :f --
rancs. UIsm Frances Blossom. wg le-putUo fairly XelT down and worflJalppei
"Salomy Jane" at the Heilig.
Llebler A Co. scored the great
est hit of their phenomenal career as
stage producers when they presented
last season. "Salomy Jane" at ths Lib
erty theatre. New York. The play-going
at the shrine of the California Idyl. So
positive a success Broadway had not
witnessed In years. With characteristic
promptness the- firm has sent the play
on tour with the original production as
Intact as possible, and with the strong
est dramatic company yet enlisted un
der the Liebler banner. It will be seen
at the Heilig theatre. Fourteenth and
Washington streets, for four nights, be
ginning next Wednesday, September 18,
with a special price matinee Saturday.
"Salomy Jane." the Iliad of '49, is
founded on Bret Harte's story of like
name, and is tne stage work or jfaui
Armstrong, author of "The Heir to the
Hoorah." The four acts of the play are
la d In Calaveras county. California,
among the giant redwoods. When the
curtain rises the audience sees a band
of vigilantes rounding up ft pair of
horse thieves in the front yard of a set
tler, who has for his guest Salomy Jane,
daughter of a neighboring ranch ownen
The thieves have been caught red
handed, and the leader gives each five
minutes to say good-bye to his friends.
Red Pete, one of the desperadoes, ac
cepts the chance to bid farewell to tea
family gathered in the yard, but the
other .holds back, declaring he has no
friends. Salomy is leaning against a
mammoth redwood when the leader, spy
ing her. asks her to "kiss the friendless
horsethlef Just ones for luek." The
girl complies reluctantly, and. the pres
sure of ner warm red Hps upon those
of the man acts like maglo. Instantly
he lonrs for life, for the world has
taken on a new and sudden interest, and
making a desperate effort to escape he
is swallowed? -up by the forest
' Salomy rides home dazed aftd'Uneef-
taln of herself. The kiss which inspired
the horsethlef to make his wild nasa ror
freedom has transformed her girlhood
into womanhood, and awakened a love
flooding her whole being, the like of
which she has never before felt. That
night her father sees a man's footprints
about his cabin, and believes them to
have been made-hy a .mortal enemy
with whom he has a veritable Kentucky
feud,. Ji order. . Salomy to bed, but
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something Impels her to disobey, and
taking her father's rifle she steps out.
In a thicket she finds her horsethlef,
and to enable him to escape from the
country provides him with food and
disguise. In the darkness she fails to
find the rifle, and she has hardly re
turned to- the house before she hears a
gunshot. Her father is missing, and
until morning when he returns she does
not know whether he has ,been killed by
his enemy or the horsethlef, or the latter
has met her father's Nemesis.
At dawn the father is told that his
enemy has been found dead, that he is
suspected and that he must escape.
Knowing that Salomy was absent
agalst his orders he flees In order to
protect her, and she, finding him gone,
also deserts the home. Eventually she
finds her horsethlef, and her love ripens
to fruition, when, hand In hand, they
turn their back on the old life and seek
the light that never yet was found
on land or sea the light that burns
alone In lovers' eyes.
"Salomy Jane" throbs with the fine
strong red blood virility that mads
California the American land of ro
mance, and its literature the most typ
ically American of our modern era.
Seat sale opens tomorrow (Monday)
at box office of the theatre. .
"The Geisha" at the Marquam.
"The Geisha," a story of a teahouse,
a Japanese musical play in two acts,
will be produced by the Callfornlans
at the Marquam Grand for one week,
commencing tomorrow evening (Mon
day). September 16, with matinees Wed
nesday and Saturday. The clever con
celt was originally performed at Daly's
theatre, London, where it ran for nearly
two years. It was then given by the
Augustin Daly Musical company at
Daly's theatre, New York, where It du
Dllcated its English success. For sev
eral seasons it toured this country. It
has been translated into French and
German, and played In France, Ger
many and Austria, with great success.
The Antipodes and the Cape colonies,
not to speak of Brazil, Jamaica and the
orient, have all praised this excellently
constructed comic opera. It tells both
a Japanese and an English Jove story
and the delights of the famous ' tea
house of 10,000 Joys are shown to the
audience with as much realism as theV
are in Japan to the tourists. Singlngl
dancing and groupings of a purely ori-
ental style and much charm to the pic- I
ture and the atmosphere that surrounds V
the little lady of the tea tray is har
monious, both musically, scenically and
dramatically.
The cast will be a powerful one and
in It Miss Cecilia Rhoda, one of the
prettiest of American prima donnas, will
make her debut to a Portland audience
In the title role, "O Mlmosasan"; Miss
Rhoda has suns" thepartln "IWW-Trorfcr
St. Louis and San Francisco with the
greatest success. She comes here from
a summer engagement as prima donna
at Delma Gardens, St. Louis, a position,
she has held the past two seasons. She
was the prima donna last season of the
Schubert's production of "The Beggar
Princess." by Smith and Herberts and
tnade an - unqualified - success - la New
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