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' I'll.. I... 't TIIE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL'. .PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH -1, .1908. c nethersole's presentation ofotejenigMastartbes :: ; --; even; blaseinew yorkers v Men 'Pas's"' Scurrilous Comment in " the Smoking Rooms and -'f Women- Are Mum After, Seeing the Engush -Woman's,, h t Conception, of the 'Frenchman's Character. S :?:'&j'i -y-:r- 1 ISS pLG.V NETtfERSOLE who,wi seen, here hstjall in her usual , repertoire of questionable, plays, has opened her New. York engage ' rment atTDaly's' theaAe' in JJew York arid is reaping the whirlwind sqwn.py. -.per exaggerated-: mannerisms ner, airectea ana acciacaiy impressionistic, attitudes and her choice ' of plays J, ". .V j1, 'l i , , V . AH of which is (tob bd and is bringing considerable 111 repute upon, the unsuspecting- head of, M; Paul ; Hervieu,v whose- play, VThe Awakening,"' as the American adapter named Jt,' was shown in Portland and was "depdedly the 'most interesting thing' in the repertoire shown natrons of the Heuig in this city. , -;- d'f pV1",;--" ; ' "w; 15 ' ' M. Jlervieu is a moralist and a" clever writer.'. HiVplays as adapted for Miss Nethersole have undoubtedly lost much that was f fine .and- consider able that was important to their success. And unfortunately Miss Nether sole did not always help to draw, the sharp line of difference between the false and the real.;? ; -1 r " '- J Here is what one reviewer aid of the lady, with the bulging eyes as f 7 Miss Nethersole must, wake up to a 'sense of the appropriate. -There is still time.t- Ve are worth Iwhile1 cultivating, , as she 'surely Jcnows. We do not, want any thine more from' the pen of M. .ftervieu. We can stand a problem or4wo,' but we like-variety. The seventh commandment wa not precisely instituted so that -'star ,5' actresses could fracture it. r. v''SuchTa -olav as The Enicrma' ia utterlv imoossiblo for any. American audience at feast as a serious play and to listen, to its distressing psychol ogy and realiae! that it, is laughed.at and made the object of smoking-room obscenity is deplorable,. At the.end of The Enigma' the men went out and discussed it in a manner: that would' have jturled Paul Hervieu's hair; the women remained in their seats, and what, they thought we shall never know. ; "Any play , that miscarries so, completely vshould' be instantly rejected, j ana it is to De nopea tnat sven Miss wetnersoie s oDstinacywui De routea 3 by the reception accorded to . The Enigma, the ingenuity of which: is' no -,And more to that'effect- Perhaps it is just " as well that- Miss Nether sole didn't try "The Enigma" on Portland audiences. "She told me that, she considered it the finest play she had. but thought it too deep, too psycholog- icalto try on the road. It seems even too deep for the pearl divers of New -..-'. . .... pecidedljitfie most interesting thing about' Miss Nethersole is the ef-fect-she has upon other women. ' She seems to unbalance the best of themr Persons' fprwhose" judgmerit'we hare thp-utmosit -respect and admiration seem'to'lpse "their grip .when they;see Olga step forth and start in to ogling the audience. ' ., ,.'." . ,: - - . , .ryeLtfied tTreason it. all out and failed utterly at.it. They admit she is affected, that :hermannerisms "are unpleasant and even grating. Some havetven gone, so far.as to'.acknowledge that they doubt her art. But when it comes to doubting Olga 'herself and denying themselves-the privilege of seeing, whatshe will,,'do, next,. there. is .nothing. doing. They insist that she has charm, that her dreary! monotonous voice is captivating. They watch her as though-she radiated soma uncanny, volatile potion-. i vUndoubtedly 'Miss. Nethersole has her moments of greatness. Every now and then she thralls'you and you realize that : she is:'a. woman of more than, ordinary intelligence., The'rest of the-time she is a strange and very sexual 'creature, curious and unhealthy. '.' - v ' - - ;- v.- ' - s-k . " ' '.Every 'now and'then the attempt is. made, to introduce a modernized version, of a Greek drama. Of course the failures are legion. The latest effort in this line is the playing of .Von. HofmannstahTs version of Sophocles Electra" ly Mrs. Patrick. Campbell, .which Walter P. Eaton says is fas cinating hut1" not Greejc -The. effort; has been' received with' favor, by most pt the critics, which is far from saying.that it' is a popular success. f- The man who cares for the Greek jfframa' is the exception ana yet now and then he is foutd. Most at the .larger universities attempt to give a Greek' play once or twice during a year and occasibnally they succeed to a creditible ' extent. But it is hard to bring the audience in a modern theatre! into sympathetic; accord with a Greek play. With the Greeks the drama, at least thetraeedv. took on many of' the aspects of a religious performance. With the early Greeks it was solely a religiofls Tight, a lyric performance! composed 01 song, aance. ana ruuai. 1111s aspect su mcaiizcu iuc uraui that much which would border on the absurd with us was to them the most sacred of ceremonies. y"It is as foolish to talk-' of loveliness or dignity in this performance, as ' i . c j ..i. .-.:.t. i i . i 1 : : . " some qavc none, ag u is 10 una nnjiii wuu u iur juxius ,iucc (juaimcs, writes Mr. Baton. "It does not possess in any ordinary sense of those words loveliness or dignity or nobility, and probably it does not aim to It does exactly what' it sets-ut to do definitely, hence, clogiiently, and that Is to portray, the tiectra or von tiotmannstani. Because it succeeas it is a fine performance and ne'eds no further defense prj, justification." The Times says that "the performance of 'Electra' was the most inter esting event of the week and that it is a long time since an enterprise of more importance has been brought to" a successful issue, for despite the uncertainties of public appreciation- of a work so far removed in spirit, from what-lhe average theatre-goer enjoys, the production may be looked upon as a success." 3 X THEATRE 1 -14th and Wasfclngto Phones Main 1, AU22 X 4 NiGHTS-Beginning 'j TONIGHT 8:15 i ..: 7 MMS BXXTU4JK "WtESEBTS in CO-STABS X TTT HERBERT Jit, EL 1: r- S EPF IB tf -X HannoIn I In this London and New York Z Succtss ' s IlWAttS Of-JERICHO 4 :it airais stttbo A Tly ot Kl rnrpoi nd XmtniMty, 9plotiiir ! 1m1om of tha mart Cart and Frodnetloa ot OUtinotlon. I TJUTrTO towMTi.oom fa.oo, i.bo. haxcoity i.oo, 2 X JCTXCiXOXiD 700, BOO. THUMB OAlilJIBY BOo. X : 419i HEILIG THEATRE 14th and Washington Phones Main 1, A 1122 I 3 NIGnTS" March 5-6-7 SFEOZAX rSZOB uatxwbm ATXTJUDAT . The Kirke La Shelle Company X " rmsnnrrs The tSfl t TH rXMOTTS WZSTEXH TtT SramatiMd by- Owen Wlrttr and Xbrko ta BhoUo W. Si HART as "THE VIRGINIAN" raAVX-OAJCPBAV AS "TBAKPAfl' o wm zYximta nucxs Entire lower floor i .f Balcony, tint rows?.'. .... l.OO Balcony, next t rowa. ...., .78 Balcony,- last . rowa. , ... ..' . , JJO Entlra. Qallery . ,.B0 sraoiAx HiTmi raxoss Entire lower floor 91-00 Balcony, flrat 4 rowa...... .75 Balcony, last 10 rows.....'. .80 Gallery 36o and SSo X ' ' Siaat sal opras aazt Tnaaday at box offloa tlia.tliM.tr at 10 a. m. 999i KREISLER AND BAUER CAN CHANGE INSTRUMENTS AND HOLD AUDIENCE i 1 Week of MARCH 2d PANTAGES Fourth ansl Stark Sts. BEST 7AMX&Y TXBAmB. J. A. JOESrsOW, Basldsat Hgr. ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE-SUrs of AU Nations Hayes, Winched & Russell Stanton & Stjndbcrg Bldewalk Conversa tionalists. OrviiiT & Frank Equilibrists and Pos . turers. Jean Wilson Pictured. Ballad. COXZ9T STEOZAZi dUphino &DELM0RA "A KT7BICAZ, UPKOAB." Travesty Artists from Paris. Novelty Musical Act. The Randalls Expert MarEsinen. PANTAOES UNEXCELLED ORCHESTRA NEW Ranee Transon Colored Funster.' MOTION PICTURES. SCATXHXEB DAXX.T At 2:30 o'clock. Nights, 7:30 and 9 o'clock. Prices Upstairs, ISc; downstairs. 26c; boxes bOc. Any seat at weekday matinees 15c. EDI50NIA THEATRE Seventh St., Bear Washington.. Three Days Only Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. THE GREAT DRAMA Francesca di Rimini A9KXSSION Bo. J Increased Interest In the Kreisler- Caier recital has been a,teadUy" manl feited,; and .fhe local mysic ioversJi as well aa those-, from out : of ' towi,. are appreci&tiftno'', the ' fullest extent thi alnlosfaenqatlonal quality of the' mus ical event to' take place at the Helllg theatre Tuesday evening March 17r,The tours of the artists, .Frits Kreisler and Harold. Bauer,- are under, the direction of Lota-Steers-Wynn Com an. and Port land Is one of the three cities in the whole .United States to enloy? hearing these' two 'a-reat artistaplay.tOg-ether. . Bauer IS an Englishman, though of German Vdescent, and he came right by his musical Instincts, both' of his -par ents and several brothers' and sisters ' " - . V being; skilled musicians. He first took UD the Study Of the vlnlln. hut iinnn thA advice of Paderewskl, whom he chanced to meet in London, was urged to con centrate his attention upon the piano. At the age of 18 he accompanied Paderewskl-to Paris, where he fitted himself for his career. Kreisler la not only a virtuoso, but a musician aa well, and many of the violin classics which he plays have been "retouched" by his skillful hand into more interesting shape. It is .said cf Kreisler If he were to give himself up for one year to piano practice he would be quite as great a pianist as he is a violinist. This recalls an Incident which occurred In England on an occa sion when Kreisler and Harold Bauer were concertising there. They were to play the "Kreutser Sonata" in one of the Provincial towns and thfv Ann. ceived the idea of changing Off Kreis ler playiryr the piano and Bauer the violin. This thev did with ereat m. cess, a feat which ' sounds Incredible, but the authenticity of which is vouched for by a musical friend of bothi SUBSCRIBE, FLTJIASE.-' College Paper's Picture of the Fate t of Those : Who Don't. 'One' of the eollege papers it. Isn't necessary to Bay just which one was struck the other day with the 'need of getting up snappy, appeal to sub oribers. . Xh result waa the following! "Once upon a time a man who was too economical to take a college paper sent his little boy to borrow the copy taken by his neighbor. In his haste the boy ran over a $4 stand of bees and in ten minutes looked like a watery summer squash. "His cries reached his. father, who ran! to his assistance, and falilna .to see a barb wire fence, ran into it. breaking It " " " 1 . . ....... n ..U..U.UI v . . . .i ,iuiu i his anatomy and ruining a $4 pair of -pants. j "The old cow took advantage of the gap in the fence, got into the cornfield? and killed herself eating green corn. Hearing- the racket, his wire ran, un-settlna- four-gallon churn full of rich cream Into a basket of kittens, drown ing; the whole flock. In her hurry rhe dropped a ? set of teeth. , "The baby left-alone, crawled through the spilled milk into the parlor and ruined a $30 carpet. During the excite ment tne oldest daugnter ran away wun the hired man, the calves got out and 1 the dog . broke up eleven setting hens. . "Moral: Subscribe for your college. paper." ' nj . . .. f, India Beggar's, Lack. from the Allahabad Pioneer. A beggar appealed to ' a marlwaci, Arundo Mul, for alms and received 8 pica wrapped. In a piece of paper. - ' The marlwarl subsequently discovered that tfi"p!ece of paper waa a currnecy not for X 00 rupeea. The beggar has , Alaappearedrt 1 - , I Mum THEATRE Geo. L. Baker, General Manager Phones i Main 2, Home A-5360 ALL WEB .STARTING SUNDAY MATINEE, MARCH 1st, 1908 The Incomparable Baker Stock Company In A complete, perfect produc tion of the famous enotional drama with. MISS IZKTTA" JEWEL' in the title role, kfirst time in Portland at ' popular prices. . The theatrical -event of the year. 1 Evening Prices 25c, 35c, 50c. Matinees, 15c, 25c. Matinee 1 Saturday. Next Week "THE THREE OF US" Vaudeville de Luxe X WONDERFULLY GOOD BILL XSABXD BT CRIMMINGS & GORE Nature'! Born Comedians. Pre senting Their Ludicrous Eccen- trio Novelty, "wiai Ama tm wns WATZS SATrBro?" srzoxaz. absss tkatvax, Four Brown Broth ers and Doc Kealey High-Class Comedy Musical Act, introducing tne largest saxo phone in tne world. sostt snss XT. Ur. and Mrs. Danny Harm America a Favorite Character Ar tists, ,Present!ng the Way Down 'aasi ox vauaeviue, UAJTOT KAWKOrS." Ed. E. and Rolla While COMSST sozzxa AOI. Mr. White is a former sparring partner qi jonn ij. ouiiivan. B4Y0EN and DAVIS "One Good Ton Deserves . Another." DeWItt Ytnng and Sister The College Boy Juggler." Ivan hoe The Weil-Known Balladlst. Ran. derlng- the Latest Eastern 'Suc cess. . 20th Century Motion Waves (((((((((()))))))) TIME AND PRICES RIM TOE SAME RflARQUARfl;6RANP Portland' Famou Thtatrm Phont Main 6, JtlOSO - : v OrieWeek Beginning Ma 0neeToday2:15 El V I Special Priced Matinee Sunday V and Saturday S JULES HURRY Presents f f aulOlmii In His' Latest Comedy Success, a Semi-Western Automobile Play,' "The Wheel of Love'? ' BY GEO. V. 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