The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 09, 1908, Image 21

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Newspaper Page Text1 : THE OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL PORTLAND, .1 SUNDAY : MORNING. , FEBRUARY , 0, 1903. NLW ROAD TO FAME; 7 ."" A-..v "Ji A .found.in a;name. r iCUIMTE I III ; II A, D'Arey, who ii In Portland in 'the Interest of. De .Wolf . Hopper, 'li-a poet-playwright and t r propounder of Ideaa. Ha has invented a new supersti tion, which. If unreasonable,' U at least an Interesting etudy. " He argueg . that alliteration In names la lucky and offers examples In stare 'Ufa to, bear ;out his theory.'. He says: V," I I "It Is Quite a number of years; ago when I first noticed the large percent- are of theatrical names, the Initials or which correspond. , It occurred to me that most Of these names were assumed ones and adopted In the Interest of euphony, but I found this was not too: then I discovered beyond dflubt-. that alliteration was a lucky quantity." , Juliet in the balcony scene voices one of Shakespeare's most famous axioms. Miss Capulet Is awfully "gone" t. on youn Montaa-ue and. bemoaning the fact that his name Is objectionable to Her family, says, "that a rose dj any -other nam would smell as sweet. The young lady may be correct, but she has no more proof to back up her assertion man i nave 10 me coiurwj. . ; that If the rose had teen named, 'cac tus." U would not shave been the ideal rower we know. There Is much in names, or why do poets and novelists christen their virtuous maidens Mar tha, Florence, Gladys or Maariine, while they Invariably call their adven turesses Cora, Lin a. Nana, Lna, za or some such name with four letters and ending with "a"? But 1 am only discussing one example in the value of aMnh m hAfora stated, la al literation. i Couple two or more names commenc ing with the same letter, and as sure as ou ao. It wiu innuence gooa lonune. would need a column of this newspa- rer to give -me examples or wnicn i now. I will start with a few and give the reader a chance to continue the list. . .. Home lucky women or ine siage (Tie Ellsler, Charlotte Crabtree, Char- otte Cushman. Charlotte crampion. Maggie Mitchell, Maggie Moore, Amy Ames, Flora Flnlason, Lillian Lamson, Orace Golden, Daisy Dixon, ' BUHe Bar low, Minnie Maddrrn, Marlon Mannia Mason, Katnerine Kiaaer, muie jhibkb, Besale Bonehlll, Lfllle Iinatry, Emma Karnes. Marguerite Mather and Mary Mannerlng. ,tt Some lucky men are Collie Clbber, Joaeph Jefferson, Walker Whiteside, Dore Davidson, Frank Frayne, Harry Harris, Melbourne Macdowell, Harry Hawk, Edward Eddie, Charles Coote, Roland Reed and hundreds of others. I waa once seated at dinner table , with fo three ladles of a certain mioo(m' company and remarked the factV al literation in their names. - It had never occurred to " them- and -yet they were companions. Fancy, - Clara, Coleman, Alice Alnseoe and Florence Foster Hem lng and all assured me their namea were not assumed ones and each admit ted that Dame Fortune waa more than Borne lucky, partnerships, Harrlgan ft Hart, Henderson A .Hanley, Harrlgan Hanley, Barnum ft JJalley,- Booth Barrett (who, though great actors, were signally - unfortunate until,, associated, when they made the most colossal for tune known to the profession), Russell A Rosenquest, during their partner ship, made $100,000. and lost the same after they separated. Havlln. Hasan A Hulton. man a Ar a of theatres In BL l Mii- an fhin&orn. may date the com' mencement of their collective fortunes to the day they .became .associated in management.. ' , ' ' - It may. oocur to the reader that, be ing a theatrical man, I am taking all the value of this charm to my own pro km at It may . be traced in hiatorv to the world. Waa U f ate or design that Mahomet waa born in Mecca and burled in Medina, or that Wellsley. Lord Wellington, won Waterloo, that famous battle was -fought t on Friday, the. unlucky day of; all fatalists. Had Blucher be?n arrayed on the side of Bonaparte, the .issue would surely have been reversed. When a man takes, up grins against a government, if he falls he la a rebel; If successful he is a pat riot No wan ever took so great a risk with results on his side as General Ouseppl Garabaldl. -Fateful Friday was again arrayed agarnst the eharm of al literation when f Christopher Columbus discovered tnia country. - ' . , Nor .la alliteration the only example hih onatrnvorta . the araument that there Is nothing In a name. It Is only a few years ago that some one d)s MivartMi the fact that to name a ship after a city was-unlucky, via. City of Boston. Vllle de farts, etc., ana tne New York Herald published a list of nntahla wracks at sea which, going back for about a hundred years, gave the names of ill-fated vesaeia thus named. Th number was frightful te contem plate. AU the vessels of the famous Inman line were rechrlatened. . No, Miss Capulet, your, great love suggested an argument which la very doubtful. I, for one, believe that there Is much In-a nam, ana. wonaer it nas not been a factor in the success of De Wolf Hopper In "Wang" and "Happy land: also If it is not of good omen that De Wolf Hopper s manager Is named Harmon and his leading support is 1 named Wolff. IE8 con OPERA '' ' ' lernard Daly as Dan O'Hara, the Kerry Gow, at the Marquain Grand. TUEATEICAL NOTES. In "Dream City" Little Chip and Mary Iarble and their merry crowd of fun akers are - establishing new records r box office receipts all over the coun ty. In no other production have they Iver been seen to Detier naviumio. bream City" Is the laugh-hunters' par- Irtlse. At the Marquam urana tneatro pon. Scheduled to be at . tho. Marquam ithln the next fortnight in mi new ay, "The Wheel of Love " Paul Oil ore will be eagerly watched, by his any admirers here to judge by com- krlson of his improvement since no as seen here lasi seusun in iir college play. "At Yale.". The two an totally different, tins latter lie giving more scope to the actor. eorge V. nODari wiut mo m 9 Bernard Cavanaugh has assumed the hportant role of To mas. tne pnuo- wo IV iouu-i Mr. with Bertha Kalich. Evanaugh was engag early this wa in by Harrison wey iwm, , .nnp.rliif In "Leah Kleschna. '"'""Ju.; A in this role that h was advanced to the same part with rs. FlsKe. wno on nor iioiiihjp 'V"' toeared m tnia pmy " x. " tJrbervilles." Now the actor has in mas a character of exceptional Op- hrtunlty, and is wen-received , Two of the most beautiful ktrls of a n wolf Hopper company are Nella id Marguerite Shayne, nieces or Mr, upper, com sisiero .-r-". ';, rii-at nimcii slnsfs the . roll Wthe Lady Patricia and Marguerite is e or toe jjeues oi nuivjuuiu- . v IWlll Hutchins, in an essay; in the iringrieia iwimuinwii olm." in which Mrs. Flske and the mhattan company are appearing, lis this 6hetof the very greatest of dern dramas. He eays that Its per rmance in the hands of Mrs. Flske d the Manhattan company has a atlve significance." iMr. Hutchins . says " Rosmersneim not a problem' play; s incisive hral judgment is ; too Dosltlve---too tain and too swlft-to allow any iin- ring doubt. With utter absence ,-ot fctacuiar glamor or or pnysicai vio- bce th nlay ilnvalnna , In cumulative jwer, In an accelerating moral veloc- ranged life with ho are 'laid hare, ana mere, llne-erlnar over details, no trem bling In the face of destiny, solves it self into one supreme moment of life and love asserting themselves in what is at once victory. ano surrenaer. HEILIG THEATRE FEB. 18-19 TUESDAY ' " WEDNESDAY . Special Katdaee Wednesday, txiw M EBiwuraEs rasszarr Geo. M. Cohan's Greatest J -Musical Play a r MINUTES I PROM "t J BROADWAY WITH , Scott Welch AS "KID BURNS. ' BSAT laU nXt ATOTtDAT NICKELODION 130 Sixth Stroet WaterBabies-Tommie to the Rescue 148 Grand Avenue txnrvnvcMXD - anh , BHXPOWsT BlfS ' SAVOKTBS Motion P!cturaxTheatres WE JtENT LATEST FEATURE FILMS 1,000 feet Reels, including Song Blldea ;' Newman Motion Pictare Co. J9 Burnflid ;st sear Fifth, v New Tork i Parson Iikes Great TOM Yay arid T' i Would Share Glorjv New Torki Feb. 4.;The curate of "Bt Augustine's church, In - Eaat Houston street, the Rev. Daniel Hugh Verder, la ambltloua to write a musical comedy that' will hit Broadway straight between the eyes and give him a lower i berth along with George Cohan, Irvln Cobra Hill Irwin's brother Wallace, Harry a Smith and Qeorae V. Hobart In "Jfrme'a Twentieth Century Limited." Young Mr. Verder likes the life of tne auey. ana has a pretty weii-devei-oped hunch that he can give It original expression. The fact Is. lie has written already quite a bunch of lyrics and iignt, merry little verses wMcn wouia. he says, fit nicely in the libretto of a musical piece. He doesn't see any rea son why a curate shouldn't produce a musical comeay. -So far the Shuberts, Klaw A Erlanger, Dillingham and Frohman haven't both ered Mr. Verder with Insistent requests that he get a move on and .turn out a laugh-maker before Lent puts a damper on the theatrical business, but wait a bit. Maybe they haven't read his . book of poems, "The Snow Bride," or bis latest lyric, "The Great White. Way." At any rate, aa Mr. Verder say, . he is willing to go alow, always with a hand ful of salt to spill on the tall of that coy bird, "Success," If it should flirt its wings anywhere near him. The other night Mr. Verder went to the Casino and heard Iron Hand, the boy usher, beat his hands into a pulp when Maude Fulton skipped out and sang; the newest Broadway song. Whereupon Mr. Verder got an idea. He would write a Broadway song that would be a bigger smash than "The Troubles of Workln' Gel." but It wouldn't be so light-minded and frivolous. It would be amusing, but not too merry, full of a deeper note, containing a hint of the darker side of the alley a contraat, in short, of the gaiety and the gloom of Broadway. At the same time It might serve as the nucleus for the musical comedy he had In mind. So he dashed off "The Great White Way," one verse of which runs: No monks nor cowls nor any such thing But steady burns the electric light. No shadows does the darkness bring, but like the day Is the livelong nla-ht. Oh, the Great White Way Is always gay. It Is, Indeed, a wonderful sight. Of course, if a piece is a hit snd the audience splits Its gloves and calls for more, there'll have to be additional verses. Knows Xast Bids Zdfe. As a curate of 8L Augustine's, Mr. Verder is familiar with the life of the east side, and is convinced, so he stated today, that there is much good material there for the right sort of man to bring out in the form of stage entertainment, drama or musical comedy. "I have written what I call, 'songs from the slums,' " said Mr. Verder, diffi dently; "but the opus is not nearly com pleted. 1 have finished only about 100 verses. They deal with the life of the submerged, their Joys and sorrows, their toll and tbelr amusements." It should be stated that Mr. Verder, while in college he Is a graduate of Trinity, '99 wrote many sonnets, and is the author, in his riper art, of "Love's Unrest.'' How Cold' SO Degrees of Frost. Is. From the Dundee Advertiser. It Is diffioult for us to form any Conception of the degree of cold repre sented by the 80 degrees of frost re corded rrom certain parts or Kussia. Sir Leopold McClfntock tells how in one of his Arctic expeditions a sailor was foolish enough to do some outdoor work at precisely this temperature. His hands frose, and when he rushed Into the cabin and plunged one of them Into a basin of water so cold was the hand that tbe water was Instantly converted Into a block of Ice. At . 25 degrees. Dr. Kane says, "tho THEATRE 14th and Wellington Pho-ci Main 1. AU22 4 NIGHTS 4 BEGINNING T ONIGHT 8:15 O'CLOCK HBIISIG SPECIAL PRICE MATINEE WEDNESDAY, ' SAX S. ft X.H SXtTSEJIT OITO' 10 BB R : I - Supported by. tbe De Wolf Hopper Opera Company, Including MARGUERITE CLARK N and W7XU1M wourr In Reginald DeKoven Ai Frederlo Ranken's Comle Opera , HAPPY LAND B THE BEST SINGING COMPANY IN AMERICA II ii Nothing alnce DeKoven'a "Robin Hood" has reached tbe tuneful dignity M H thl" '"tsrP10 if There are 60 people in the production and the opera will be presented' M witn tne same equipment ana riaeiuy orierea at tne lyrio xneatre. New York. XTSaTJJIO Lower floor Balcony i', Entire Gallery ... rszoxsi $2.00 11.60 . .$1.60 11.00 760 600 sracrav wnnniT Turonii Lower floor- I1-B0 $100 M Balcony tl.00 76o 0o H Entire Gallery ova M SEATS STOW SStUaTO AT TXEATBE. kZSSMZSZanXSZSSSSZXSZZZZa KZSZZSSZnSSa3X2aK5ZXSSZal Portland's Famout Thiatn Phonm Mailt 6, AtOtO . , HEILIG THEATRE 14th and Wathlngtoa Pho.es Main 1, Aim 1 3-NIGHTS-3 SSSSSSrSS FEB. 13-14-15 szmzQT raox txb obzatbst sttooxss btitb acbxbvo bt av AamoAir acts b ss nr BaTaiAn. ASSISTED BT XX. XXlITBS-SiaTK AND HER ' YORK COMPANY. LONDON AND NEW Three Months At The Duke ef York's Theatre, London, Bag. "resenting Sardon'a Celebrated Comedy DIV0RC0NS Over 100 sTlghta At WalleoVe And Eyceum Thea tres, Bew Tork The Ziondoa Terdlot Pnanlmons. Grace George is the most accom plished comedienne America haa yet sent us The Morning Post. See Grace George In "Divor eons." You will laugh till your sides ache and clap till your hands are sore. The Dally Mall. (LET US BB BXTOBCBO.) The Bew Tork Teralot Unanimous. A hit the best work of Grace George's artistic career. Herald. Grace George wins a positive success in "Divorcons." Times. Grace George as a Sardou hero ine Is delightful. -World. ZYEBTVO PXXCBSl Lower floor, first 10 rows. . . .12.00 Lower floor, last 6 rows $1.60 Balcony $1.00 75c 50c Entire Gallery BOo SPECIAL XCATXaTEB BBXCBSl Lower floor, first 10 rows. .. .$1.60 Lower floor, last 6 rows $1.00 Balcony 75c 60o Entire Gallery 26a ff f tff f fff ft SEAT SALE OPEBS BTBXT TUESDAY. mustache and under lip form pendulous beads of dangling Ice. Put out your tongue aud it Instantly freezes to this Icy crusting. Your chin has a trick of freezing to your upper Jaw by the lut ing aid of your beard. My eyes have often been so slued as to show that even a wink was unsafe." rUsius Mila 2 sad i-5360 O A n IT O THEATRE, Geo. L. Baker. Gen. Kg. PORTLAND'S FASHIONABLE POPULAR PRICE PLAYHOUSE BCome of the Xno am parable Baker Stock Company. OBB SOLID WEEK OT PUSE, TJE ADULTERATED sfEBBTifEBT Starting Sunday Matinee. Feb. 9, 1908. Today g Grand XeriTal of the Greatest Laughing I of the Age Buooess CHARLEY'S AUNT With HOWARD XUS8ELL a. the Bogus Aunt KUlA GLEASOB as the Real Aunt It Never Grows Old CTJkST PBOiUCED UBDEBt DtRECTIOW CHA8. PBOHXAJT. 300 Bights la Hew Tork, 150 Bights in Chicago, 100 Bights In Boston, and Will Bun Torero la the Best of the World. STAGE DZBECTIOar OT WILLIAM DILLS SCA TEHEE SATUBDAT. Seats should be secured early aa the demand Is unprecedented. EVENING PRICES 850, 85c, 000. Matinees, ISO, SSo. 5 tint W.k-lf Ifa Imel in "IN THE BISHOP'S CARRIAGE" SXEZXSSSSSESSSZZXXSZBBSaaKXSSXZansaZSZSSE Week of February 10 PANTAGB Fourth ani Stark Sti. BEST FAMILY THEATRE J. A. JOHNSON, Resident Manager ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE. STABS OF ALL HATIOBS Donal Bcndlnl French with hla pe "and "Jei Comedian ts, "Jim" ens. Polk & Uarlell European Eccen trlques v Fred Baoer Pictured Ballad ' BIG BOYELTT ACT BARTH0LBIS With His Troupe of 85 TRAINED COCKATOOS B TBS OBBATBBT BIBD ACT IW TKB WOBLD Allen, Delmalne & Allen "A Tin Wedding" Thomas & Paine Colored Singers and Dancers The Blograph Comedy Motion Pictures PANTAGES UNEXCELLED ORCHESTRA -DIRECTION H. K. EVENSON PEmroBXAjrcEs daily at aoo, nao abd p. be. rBiCEs uptbb TLOOBS 15 CENTS. LOWEB TLOOBS S5 CEBTS. ,. BOXES M CEWTS. v .ay . ABT SEAT AT WEEBDAT BfATIBBBf IS CEBTS. 11 . i . GRAVID TAUDEYZLLS DE LUZB Week of Feb. 10 An Extraordinary Bill HEADED BT nheffl OMR WEEK BEGINNING MATIN BB SATURDAY : Matinee Today at 2:15 U. D. BBWBLL PBEgEBTS JOS EPS MtlEPBI 'S TAXOUS PLAY, 99 WXTB "SBJCTS SWEETEST SIBGEB" BERNARD DA (Only laooHioi o W. 7. So&lAm) i Don't fall to see the Great Forre and Race Scenes, moat reallstlo scenes Wonderful Trained Carrier Pigeons. e ever produced on any stage, thoroughbred Race Horses and a Flock of w i Hear Mr. Daly Sing His Popular Irish Ballads PRICES Matinees, 25c, 50c. Evenings, 25c, 50c, 15c I we0we44 EMPIRE THEATRE Corner Korrlsoa and Twelfth streets. ' ' ' BEXLTOB w. SBAXAB, BUaager. Phone Katm 11T PLATING STAIR-HAYLIN EASTERN ROAD ATTRACTIONS ONLY j MATIsTEES 8UBDAY, WED BB SD AY ABD SATUBDAT , ' 4 (Note the Grand Teddy Bear Matinees Saturday) i All This Week Commencing Matinee Today SUNDAY, FEB'Y 9th, 1908 W. P. BLABB PBESBBTS - M Miss Dorothy Grey I IB i As Told In the OBB Or LAST SEAAOE-S GBEATEST SUCCESSES A beautiful play with everything new Specialties, Scenery, Electrical ' Hills Effects and Costumes. TBBZLLIBG, BEALZBTZO ABD BOMAETIO IB TKB B3GBEST DBGBEB NIGHT PRICES 5c. 25c, 35c, 50c Matinees I Oc, 20c v i t x f f ffff ff ffff f f f f fVfffTf f f?f SATUBDAT BLATTJbTEB The child under 12 who guesses nearest to the correct number of persons In the audience will get the Finest Teddy Bear that can be obtained In the city. The Great ALBUM The World-Famous Illusionist, Magician, Mimic and Humorist in His New and Novel Mysteries. . Keller's Virginia Belles 7 GIBLS 7 Singing and Dancing Act. Paul Stephens Phenomenal Equilibrist. RINALDO The Wandering Violinist. Melnotte-Lanole-Duo Novelty Acrobatic Wire Act. James McDuff Imitator and Mimic Bessie Allen Comedienne and Champion Lady Clog Dancer of America. , Jos. ((.Thompson "By the Dear Old Delaware." 20th Century Moving Pictures Showing I The Shipowner's Daughter." THE STAR Telephones Old M. 0496 New A. 1496 Week Starling Sunday Matinee, FEB. 9lh 25TH WEEK AND ANNIVERSARY OP The R. French Steele Co. In the Latest Melodramatic Success CHINATOWN CHARLIE A COMEDY DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS ;, DEPICTING LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY By Special Arrangements with Al H. Woods, the Leading New York Producer of Melodrama - . r MATINEES Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 2:30 p. m.; prices 10 and 20 EVERY EVENING at 8:15 sharp; prices 15, 25, 35 SEATS ON SALE ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE Phone orders held until 7:30 evenings and 1:30 afternoons r Lyric Theatre i KEATING A MURPHY, Proprietors . and SCAXTf 4685 both noma Managers. ion A-iow Week. Commencino Monday, February 10 P. R. ALLEN PRESENTS . ' Miss Verna Felton AND THE ALLEN ; STOCK - COMPANY In a New Comedy by Franklin Fyles, Entitled . .; , vtmm amd raxcxs . TXS BAXX. AMU TIE IK I MATINEES Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays s ' ,v Prices 10 and 20 EVERY EVENING at 8:15-Prices lde4, 20 and C?? BOX OFFICE OPEN FROM TEN TO TEN : I I X . umu ue deepest roots o us oo-