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 . ;
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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 ; -
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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
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Marqiiam
Portland's famous Theatre
Phone Main 1 6 : T
TODAY AND MONDAY
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Continuous Performance, Matinee
2:J0 to. i.to p. m.
' Evenings, to ID p. m. .
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FIXST TIME IN PORTLAND
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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, , . ,.
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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
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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
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Phones Main 1, A1122
HEILIG
I 3 Nights-3 Beginning Tonight
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NIXON ZIMMERMAN
Offer net Owm Ooaapaay la the Kerrleet ! of an ITaaloal raataslea
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ACTED BY THE SAME GREAT COMPANY "
H Presented with same perfect stage fittings There is no other
j ' ? play in the world like it. . :
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Its purity, has become a proverb and its wholesomeness
household word.
" prices'. .""
Evenlaji, 33c. 50c, 75c, $ 1 ; Bt&tlaee, 25c, 50c, 75c
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Book aaA yrlo by
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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iTHD A 1Tb TclPhono " MAT1NULS SUNDAY, WIDNTSDAY. SATURDAY ;
I 1 ntl 5 1 AK SniJSS ; I! AO Week SttS Junnry 2ftm-.Toiy.
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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 ,
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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
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KLIMT & GAZZOLO'S
New and Successful American Comedy Drams '
big, HLvynrnMl
A TRUE' MELODRAMATIC SUCCESS , . $
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NEW PRODUCTION SUCCESS EVERYWHERE T 2
A Genuine Creation From Life in Montana 20 Years Ago Rich in
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"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
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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
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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 ; , ,
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Vestern
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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 '
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