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THE , OREGON SUNDAY 'JOURMAU' -PORTLAHP; SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY; 88,' 1808; CHERP, MELODRAMA DRIBBLE'?! Ill ALLEGED "COLLEGE" PLAYS "Brown of Harvard"; Sample of Over-reached Effort to In t eulcate Peanut Moralizing In the' Wrong Place ' George Ade's College Widow" Standard v I That Makes AU Others Shrink . ; i ; . 3 IKE college clothes at the ready-to-wear hopt, college plays of the ready-rhade' variety were Hire to come. Both are a; result of the jndis criminate education wnicn nas swept over tne country, uotn pass very well if one, isn't too particular. V.- b V V But after seeing the excellent Mf. Henry.Woodruff do Ms best to Infuse ne verisimilitude into the play at the IieiJiar last .week one is constrained to , ''bold,' enough P.t'. v,:;. '.'A,' ' - t ' Air. vvoodruit really succeeded very well., As long as be was on tne stage d was repeating his own interpolations the thing went well enough. You ght have imagined you were in the room of aome pretty,' trifle stage luck, ion of one of Carnegie "young partners."' He was jolly and good jnpany, although that first slenderness of youth' had disappeared, and he d some .people in his company who were of more than Average excellence tnetr parts. -t. .,. t , . w. . , -.vt But the play itself, its olot and its lines, were so foolish, so incooceiV y improbable, that they killed all interest in it. ' . t. - The same thinar happened with "Stronaheart" an interesting enough pr in itself but with other details dragged into the-college-atmosphere fcrongheart," as presented in Portland this season, bad none of the attrac ns that madeBrown of Harvard" endurable.. Indians are too near nd dirty to us in the west to appeal with any romantic force." .We could ex Un the girl s infatuation only by saying she 'was obsessed with some rbid disease. , ? . ' - , I Not that the case was without oarallel. At one. time a reporter was de led to-see a woman who had announced she was to marry a full-blooded ivaio Indian. He wasshown into the' most exquisitely proper white and gold parlor nginable. the details were all most sedulously attended to. the pinlc f. on the walls matched perfectly with the pink satin upholstering of the niture... Into the room came the lady. The reporter was positive that he must be ktaken, . She waa quaint and fragile and hovering somewhere in. that Jetch of array-tinted country that lies between 4U and w. Her dove ored dress with its bit of old lace at the throat and wrists, tne same gray e continued up into her hair, and was reflected in ber eyes, bhe had to eat her name to make it clear that it was indeed she who intended marry- the aborigine. s And this little ladv for in spite of what happened she never failed deli- ly to impress one with the fact that she was a gentlewoman-aysat down 1 told how she loved her Indian, how much he meant to her, how noble was, how remarkable were his qualities of mind and heart, until she rly convinced her listener in spite of himself. He began to insist on ing the noble red man. Blushinglv she went out to fetch him from the seclusion of the library, blushing!? she led him back into the little rose-oolored parlor. He stepped into the doorway. The reporter clutched the back of the an on which be was sitting. The lover was most awful. Streaks of ver sion and ochre ornamented his face and his forehead. He wore a very y and very tattered dress of blankets. He would have been picturesque ve nadn t been so. near. , ,His interviewer ejaculated something in a rather feeble and wobbly be. 1 he infatuated one announced that he she pronounced ins name out most anyone else could ever do was to write if correctly could only erstand Spanish. Although the reporter had just been studying Spanish and was extremely ud of his little learning, he denied any knowledge of the tongue and alter ntins for a few moments at each other they parted never to meet again. to be hoped, at least in the dark. iThis woman" was. really genteel. At first it seemed. as though she was reited osvchoJocicallv but later it appeared that it was merely patnoiosr Iv. She was suffering from a disease and couldn t belp herself. The ffers afthe'office said her troublewas that it had crotten to be the ques i with her not who is the man but where is he. They were rather heart- ly cruel, however. Sire allowed public opinion to influence her to the extent that she sent redskin, cavalier back to New Mexico and his adobe pueblo, but. the ase was incurable with her. as a month or so ago the press dispatches Right the news of their marriage. But, however interesting the study of a disease may be when a master Id wields the knife and lays open the mortifying flesh for the benefit of a ous world, it doesn t properly belong in the college comedy, especially ne that really pretends to give a picture of modern college life. Kfter all. George Ade's "College Widow" stands as the one example of a, hful picture of college life it is a delightful picture of any one of the j h-water schools, it never grows old. lne humor is there, ine aeii- lr light satire, the fresh "Stubby." the big, blushing, dimpling football p, hopeless in bis. studies and enchanting from the viewpoint of the under fiuate, the omnipresent co-eds, will live for many a day. Brown of Harvard." "Mrongheart. At xale and the other tool things ten to catch the popularity of anything that has the name "college" ten on it, are all right to a certain extent, just as "The Man of the Hour" ill right to a certain extent. They are all more or less effective so long ou don t co into their ethics or tne trutn ot tne picture, cut when you you either laugh and wonder why so few people get at the inside of gs, or if it happens to be your own aima mater tnat is caricatured, you d up and howl and hurt over-ripe grape-fruit upon the hard working rs. : , , rhere are enough obvious absurdities in college life in this country today urnish material for a score of very good comedies and satirical farces. it doesn't Dav ia the end to drag in the dear familiar strains of melo- na from, the, penny-awful houses, give the 'eroes and 'eroines little hats, H-up trousers and a smatter of football talk and set the mess up as a 2ge "drah-mer." s ; - 1 1 1 1 in cit!a. -- Like all Mr. Cohan's playi the, new piece . la aald to ba notabl tor lta eplrlt. daah and aulrkneaa of action irom atart to tlnlah. Tha char- cirra mre weii contrasted and the mu steal numbers are . very catchy. . Ad anco aeai sais opeis next Friday theatre. . . . ' v . . "David Harum" at the Baker. v- William GleasoiU the- Baker 'theatre company's will known character man, wui be giveri one of tfca greatest oppor tunltiss he has ever had in, Portland next week in the. role ot "David Haxum," rwnalijr created . by. W. H, ' Crane. uavia m rum" is one of the moat podu wr and widely read novels of the iaat 10 year a, and Mr. Oleason's port ray nl of coumrv Dansar will be one lone to be r iii.wria ay patrons or tne ravorite stock company. , The open In, perform ance oi uavid Harum will be Sunday matinee, February J. ; . ' Clean, , Clever , Fun. 4 ', - Tha management to which has been aecoraea the- exclusive right to present m '. dramatised version ' of ex-Governor George W. Peck'"Bad Boy" will provs at, the Empire all week, starting next Sunday matinee. February I, that they have justified the confidence reposed in lona dv in ramoua Mimnr r. Tha laroe comeay or "Feclt's Bad Boy" Is a most amualng and talented vlvllcatlon or the maameua charactera frnm h1 ma, sxetcnea in pure sunshine by next ' 't "4 Marqiiam Portland's famous Theatre Phone Main 1 6 : T TODAY AND MONDAY r : ONLY Continuous Performance, Matinee 2:J0 to. i.to p. m. ' Evenings, to ID p. m. . ; . FIXST TIME IN PORTLAND . ; . , The Greatest Motion Pictures Ever Exhibited. THE BURNS-MOIR FIGHT Thousands of the London Ath letic Club spectators In full even ing dress In the arena. Full and complete. First time in this city, PRICES 25c, 35c, 50c jnafw hand. It la a treat to make one feel better and brighter for many long day to come. . r . '? : 1 -i Mr. ' Lee- WillardJ ; ";v; .' Mr. Willard belongs to tha new scltool or actors. The new school Is really the oldest school of all, but It is tne fash ion to say that t& actor makes a de parture, whose methods are natural whose eyes are always trained on truth, and whose greateat triumphs . are the picturing humanity as it la, and the expressing of the greatest emotions without the resort to vocal or gestlcu lar exaggeration. Such an actor is le Wlllard. Young as he is, he has learned the technique of his art in the best academy the actor can command, the theatre. He will be seen In his new comedy. The Country Saul re" at tha Merquarn Grand Sunday, February a, and Sunday matinee, , . ,. r-..' . Frank Daniels Coming to Heilig. A critip recently wrote of Frank Dan iels, who comes to the'Hellir. theatre. Fourteenth and Waahlna-ton atreata. 1 February 6, 7, S, with a special matinee Saturday, "It is no credit to Mr. Daniels to be funny, mirth exudes from him." To the audlenoe comfortably seated la I brchestra chairs Indeed It seems rea sonable enough to suppose that, given the right lines and a comedian who is recognised as having been bora so, Uie latter finds no more difficulty In ret ting laughs than a duck finds In nata torial locomotion. But ir Mr. Danloia Is to be believed,' not only must the comedian have the right lines to sy, but he must learn by constant practl'je and experiment Just now they are going t n m f attr aita atiUnnA w e.v. wvuivuuv, ' f.- ; "Dream City.";, ' "Dream City- the New Jork product tlon from Weber's theatre. Mew Tork, the latest of the Weber offerings, Will be the attraction at the Marouam Grand In the near future. . A splendid com pany, needed by tne Clever- comedian Little Chin and the fascinating Uttle artiste Mary Marble, together with the usual big sprightly beauty chorus, will be the combination of mirth and muslo. it MARQUAV1 'GRAND Portland's. Famouf Theatre. ' Phone Main 6. FtVB NIGHTS ONLY M MATIN IX SATURDAY Si r r r. i n m i m r ii Tuesday I WM. A. BRADY'S MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION Which two thousand cities have received,-fivd millions of -people have applauded, millions of dollars have been spent on, and the end is not.' yet in sight for THEATRE 14th and Washington " Phones Main 1, A1122 HEILIG I 3 Nights-3 Beginning Tonight v, sraozaxi nxen uAxmrn tvzsoat NIXON ZIMMERMAN Offer net Owm Ooaapaay la the Kerrleet ! of an ITaaloal raataslea ii mGMGERBREAD MAM ACTED BY THE SAME GREAT COMPANY " H Presented with same perfect stage fittings There is no other j ' ? play in the world like it. . : "Way Bow 5 n w 99 Its purity, has become a proverb and its wholesomeness household word. " prices'. ."" Evenlaji, 33c. 50c, 75c, $ 1 ; Bt&tlaee, 25c, 50c, 75c oez: SSSSSSsiH Kaslo by Baldwla noaae. Book aaA yrlo by Xrederlo maakea. uanrr ociiT oast, uoimoin oos.tratss ouonru TSZATBS, WW TOSK CZTT nOSVCTZOV. A COMPANY OF FllPTV-TWO A Xultltnde of Smpbatlo Song Kits Sons; T Cbona ef Beaatlfnl Saow Olrls aad mewttohlng mmilstsis is Ideal TypVml roa4wmy Saow meases the Children and Tickle ike Orowa-ups PORTLAND'S FASHIONABLE POPULAR PRICE PLAYHOUSK Some of ta Xmoomparable Bake Stock Company. iTuus menu Lower floor, first 10 rows... f 1.50 Lower floor, laet I rowa.,.. 1.00 Balcony, first 4 rowa 1.00 Balcony, next I rows........ .7fl Balcony, last S rowa . .50 Entire gallery m srscxaii tfATnrza rmzczs Entire lower floor S1.00 Balcony, first 4 rows....... .T8 Balcony, last 10 rows...,., M Bntire gallery M sxats jrow nuns at tkbatsx. 'EOMISEU MADE BY; THE PEESS AGENTS (Continued from Page Four.) tmsidlne are always In tbe market. n accounts lor tne.nift-n a-raue Dro- is which are always found at the d. The new bill, which begins to- ow arternoon, win De replete witn novel acts ana mere wui not do number on the long list which will arrord satisfaction . to. tne people appreciate Drignt, mooern, new ana r entertainment. The briKht oar- ar reaiure on tne out win De tne Id famous Eddy family. These peo- ara wire artists ana run, -dance do aoronatio -teats on the metal kd as carelessly as other people can he ground. This act played the d a few months aao and was uc- lied by all who saw the act as tho teat of its kind ever seen. ineolal added attraction there be Kader and his three wives and They have a novelty painting set. or course, is not an American .a could not have that many wives. is a real novelty ana wnen ne ar Thompson and Mrs. Allen in those parts insuring many good laughs. The heroin. Miss FeltOn. comes to the Wyoming ranch to visit her uncle, unconscious of the fact that her lover, (Ruoert Drumm) is the foreman of the .1... ,k. v. and in fact the whole life of the peo ple wno exist amidst sucr welting sur roundings is brought out in the most vivid manner. TThe drama Is certain to fill the house at every performance dur ing the week, both nlaht and matinees. For tonight and tomorrow matinee and night, lovers of stirring melodrama can nave tneir unai opportunity to witness "Mr. names ot New xorK," that has the week. THE mm VAUDEYILLE DE LUXE Week of January 27 RETURN OP THE GREAT EDDY FAMILY The Host Sensational Aorobatlo Wire Banners and Tampers on the Stare Today. Positively the Greatest Act pf its Xlad In the World, Bayoftd any Shadow of Doubt. MML ammo PIANISTE Marquam Grand Theatre Monday Evening, Feb. 3 Seat Sale Opens friday, January 31, 10 A. M. PRICES $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, Boxes $15; Loges $20. . Direction Lois Steers Wyno Coman. i .wi i jj" ' 11 1 1 &e r X at. m.i. ti w rsescs nub f 2 III A-S3M o One Solid if ' Conuneadnf; Marine Seo, XV. Baker, Oea. ftfgn n Week of Screamlnf Laughter, Merriert Music sod Brightest Color Today, Snn'dayr January 26, 1908; IK WHITE flAG By CKAS. A. HOYT, Author of "A Midnight Bell," "A Bunch of Keys,", "A Trip .to China town," "A Temperance Town," and many other most famous American musical farces. LA8T 8BA80NTS GREATE8T CUCCE88 A Satire on Militia, Society and Other Things New Specialties, Choruses and Musical Effects. x WILLIAM DILLS, STAGE DIRECTOR All Musical Numbers, Choruses, Specialties under the Personal Direction of MISS MARIBEL SEYMOUR MATINEE SATURDAY 1 EVENING PRICES, 25c, 35c, 50c. MATINEE PRICES, 15c, 25c. INext Week: "DAVID HARUM" EMPIRE THEATRE ! Conor Bforrlsoa and .Twelfth Streets. MH.TOW W. SZAKAB, Xamagar. the clav tboulands during ?r t be delighted Vaudeville at Pantages. The show just concluding a success ful week baa been one of bright and lively acts. The Delaurs were a "sur prise, with their selections from L'Op era Comlque. They brought many music-lovers back for a second and third performances. The Luigl-Plccaro troupe proved themselves masters in hand ao robatics,. and the other acts proved far above the local standard. The feature of the. new week will be SPECIAL ADDED fEATUUe iTHD A 1Tb TclPhono " MAT1NULS SUNDAY, WIDNTSDAY. SATURDAY ; I 1 ntl 5 1 AK SniJSS ; I! AO Week SttS Junnry 2ftm-.Toiy. - - Ffcone Kate T PLATINO STAfR-BAVUN EASTERN ROAD ATTRACTIONS ONLTv Beginning Sunday Afternoon, Jan. 26 AND CONTINUING ALL WEEK THE R. E. FRENCH STOCK COMPANY PRESENTS The Sensational Scenic Melodrama THE MOONS MINER'S ABADELAH KADER i In this country recently he cre. the most remarkable troupe of aero 1 a furor In New Tork. The St ! brothers are cycling wonders, Fred Ong does a monologue, the 'ier pose on . tbe bikes while be i the talking. After seeing other 1 acts the St. Ongs will be all the I appreciated. ' an Evana ' ia a blackface mono 't and if there is anything in fam talent he will be a wonder, for 1 a brother of "Honey Boy" Evans, ot the tip-toppers or tne prores-1 rig-i,tly be as(gne( l Hasse and Mariette are a . couple comedy musicians. wniriwina ouncera, nuuw . ui vugu i.y rat Ions which never fall to plea ae juaevilie auaience. uevoy ana kra nnutllhrlntu of tha comedy or- rWith the foregoing will be Joe linson. nina-lnff a new ballad, and ' 1 a m j ' , V. . performances of Adgie and her aa well aa tha balance of the bis jcvuie bin now on the Doarqs. "Jack Wells of Wyoming." Ick swells of Wyoming" ta to be 1.111 at the Lyric next week, begin-1 bats in the world. This is not an idle boast, for the Florence troune ara ad. mittedlv the greatest exponents of acro- oauca uving. xneir reats verge on the Impossible. There are five of them, one uemg Known as ma moat Deautuui wo man on the vaudeville stage. Their services come high but they are worth the money. ' ' ' ' ,. The Supporting acts are uniformly good. Second place in the list may rightly be assigned to the three Kuhns, COmedy musicians. ' Geora-A ilnanr in his - orisinal act. Tha wio-h Hobo," is, thoroughly funny and amus Intc. Claude Roode. tha uvi.. L-inn. lafe of Rlngllng circus, haa an ant that ys gpes welL Alice Philbrooks and ey RevnoW : In a hrivt sketch, "Miss Bteno" are ilun kn; as . clever people. A new illustrated song by Fred Bauer, tha Pnrtian - w - .UltV. "" "S. "c,u"lv.7. nouon pictures con clude the new bill. , George Washington Jr." Coming. lThe ' Cohan A Harris comedlana. ,'a Monday" night This drama of the I musical organisation probably the fore- la one of the best things, the I most ofTfta,.' kind In 'America, mill be stock company has ta its reperV seen here 'at the Helllg theatre next and las - been a great' success I Monday February S. far an n-,At ver presented., t tells-the story of three nights with a anaciai V-i young coupie wno oecome estrangea matinee Wednesday afternoon in aeora e eni ana. wno meet unexpecteaiy Mr' Cohan's, most - DODUlar rancn in tne west, it ie full or George WashJnirton Jr.' a mnain t and has numbers of thrilling I In thrno nct anil (nn, ilons, alternating with funny bits, Waahinirton Jr." has attained tmi,.h omeamna. iorresc beatiury, Slisa' fame ana great popularity in the lcad- Assisted by His Three Wives and Son NOVELTY PAINTING ACT EVAN EVANS Blackface Monploguist AUGHTER By ARDA LA CROIX In Four Acts ST. 0NGE BROS. Vaudeville's Greatest Comedy Cycling Novelty. HASSE & MARIETTE World's Greatest Whirlwind Dancers. DE V0Y & EVANS Eccentric Equlllbristlc Novelty. JOSEPH K. THOMPSON Jtenderlag "Ooodbya Sweetheart, ,. Ooodbye." - i , 20fli CENTURY . MOVING PICTURES i "hxs ratsT BOW." Matinees Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 2:30 p. m.; pfices 10c and 20c. Every evening at 8 :15 p. m.; prices 15c, 25c and 35c. SEATS MAY BE RESERVED BY EITHER PHONE at 4 KLIMT & GAZZOLO'S New and Successful American Comedy Drams ' big, HLvynrnMl A TRUE' MELODRAMATIC SUCCESS , . $ A POWERFUL PLAY OF THE WEST - NEW PRODUCTION SUCCESS EVERYWHERE T 2 A Genuine Creation From Life in Montana 20 Years Ago Rich in Humor of Western Character. "Big Hearted Jim" Is a Big-Hesrted Play DON.T MISS XT A NIGHT PRICES, ISc, 25c, 35c, 50c. ALL MATINEES, 10c, 20c Next Attraction: "Peck's; Bad Boy?' i ttM4Mi.t ..,. , I Lyric WEATRE . . BT ' ft f ff ft ' ' fr .FAN ACitS SSS! i I f Week Commencing January 27IIi, 1CD3 BEST VAUDEVILLE. J. A. JOHNSON, RESIDENT MANAGER. ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE ; .'"v, : 5TARS OF ALL NATIONS THREE KUHNS i" . , m . m GEO. ALEXANDER Comedy Musical Act ' KEATING A MURPHT, Proprietors and XATjr 468S both rxoxxs Manasera. WO A-S038 P. R. ALLEN PRESENTS CLAUDE R00DE Slack Wire King,, late of Ringling'a TRED BAUER " Pictured' Ballad . Acrobatic feature The FLORENCE 5-TROUPE-5 Recognized, as the Cleverest Acrobats in the World Presenting !- Striking . New , . , Feats' , -The High Toned Hobo- MISS VERN A FELTON AND THE RLLEll STOCK CO. IN Alice Philbrooks and S. Reynolds "Miss Steno" f HE BI0GRAPH New Motion Pictures Psntages Unexcelled Orchestra Direction H. K..: Evenson " Matinees Dailv at 2:30 o?in;!"Nihts::'7:l' a'nA On'm ' PRICES r-. Upper Floors 15, Lower Floor S5, Boxes " , Any Seat at Weekday Matinees, 15e ; , , 50a. JACK WELLS of wmm Tt3 Creattit Vestern Play Since tlhd .ir Matinees! ' Tuesdays, ; Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. ' Prices 10 andSO . " . , Every. Evening' at Sii;i:Prices";iO, 20 and CO Vl ; BOX OFFICE OPEN FROJ.I 10 TO 10 ' Reserved seats will be held until 2:00 p. n. r.i I f . i ' M M