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TIIE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL'. .PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH -1, .1908.
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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
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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
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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.
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'.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
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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."
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Jean Wilson
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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.
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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
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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
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his anatomy and ruining a $4 pair of -pants.
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"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."
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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
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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.
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Evening Prices 25c, 35c, 50c.
Matinees, 15c, 25c. Matinee
1 Saturday.
Next Week
"THE THREE OF US"
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Ur. and Mrs. Danny Harm
America a Favorite Character Ar
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