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- THE -OREGON- SUNY- JOURNAL PORTLAND, 'SUNDAY - MORNING. MAY ; 3,- 1903. V!nJl v' ',- -Kv - I" MAY 7. 6.9. MAt DRAMATIC CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. HEILIGTburidaiy, Friday. Baturdajr, WUton Lackayt in "The Bondman." BAKER--RelJent Btock comptnj In Th Climbers.' '. BTAR Armhtronf jnuelcal cpmedy company in 'The Bathing Girls" : GRANIW-yaudevine. : 1 - . MARGUAM Pantaxea' vauderille. . tiTRIC Allen stock company. '" NEXT WEEK'S OFFERINGS. B AKER "Th Heir t the Hoorsii.f ' -i :PK0MISES MADE BY , . t THEEESS AGENTS ,,. r j- f t: ....!-. ' Wilton Lackaye, aa actor, whose, com- in to.PorUand is always a matter ot real interest' to folk who admire talent yoked with . intellect In tha affairs of . the theatre, will be iteen next Thursday night In the Heillsr theatre. In the role of Jason of the North, In Hall Caine's ' rew play, "The Bondman." , This Is the " Manx author's own dramatisation of his like named novel, which was first pub lished here and in Great Britain in 1888. . The tale, therefore, ought to be more than reasonably familiar, for .there is no question that the book hae held Ita own with the reneral run of popular fiction put forth in the interim. Cer tainly it has out lived in public affec tion all Caine's subsequent fiction, including- even 'The .Christian," which was not puf -'icd until 10 years after- : ward.-.. - - . - The lonf; j (lon run of the play would seem lo be Caine's reply to those who criticised ' him for going ao far back as The Bondman" for a theme when Invited- to prepare the annual au tumn piece for Drury Lane theatre last season. The dramatisation waa put on in that historlo playhouse on September 24. 1906, ran there until mid-December, whan U was withdrawn to make room for the annual Christmas pantomime. waa transferred to the AdelDhi theatre and ran there until May 81 last This, we believe, holds the record for contin uous runs of Drurv Lane productions. It was in the final weeks of the play in the Adelphi-that William A.; Brady,' Mr. Lackaye' s manager, saw - "The Bondman," and arranged with Caine for its use here and in Canada for Mr. Lackaye. With the play waa imported the original Drurv Lane production, In cluding the massive setting of the Si cilian sulphur mine, where the latter half g act III Is laid. - r fn- 1 The dramatization is in four acts. opening with Michael's departure for Sicily to look for Jason on the same ehlp. that -brings Jason to the Isle of Man on his bloodthirsty search for Mt rhml The half brothers, as In the book. do not meet.'Untll they find themselves r-hainait . Ma nnlitlcal nrlaonera in the dreaded sulphur mines, v As In all came s worms, more mn ims ine at tempt to impart an .ethical truth through flotlon, . to-wit;i that the Ideal nt rhrlatian fnraivanesa Is ODDoeed to the pagan ideal of an i eye for .aa eye and-a tooth for 4 tooth. . v .- Folk who know Mr. Lackaye's quality as an actor realise that there can be rot King to the role of Jason which be does not artistically encompaas. Thst in one delight of his performances- te a priori certainty that her will do alt the playwright aimed, ' and In the words of the popular song, "a little bit nnr" . Miss Elsie Ferguson, a new comer In . Portland, will be Been in the role or oreeoa, piayea in tne long iion A,n run of, "The Bondman." by Mrs. J atrick Campbell. ' H. D, Byers, Etbel- 1 rt , Hsies, Bianey Ayres. wririitn xv ray. Hal de Forrest, Charlea C. ?randt, James Boshell, Alexandra Phil lips. Sue Danvers. Katherlne Wallace and Beatrice Kelpllng are of the oast "The Bondman ' will be - given . on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 8:16 . o'clock, and Saturday" aftei noon at J : IS o'clock. Seats , will - be reaiy next -Tuesday morning. r The j rtes for Mr. Lackaye's engagement til be E0 bents to 82 nights, and from to cents to 81.60 Saturday afternoon. The Climber" at Baker Theatre. Tie Baker i j company .' offera Clyde Fltch'a beauurut ana ; raaclnatlns - so ciety play, l'he Clltn bars" for the weekf opening this afternoon. Besides being; In Itself one of the strongest and moat Interesting plays on the American stage tnflny, there are other things that will a .id to Ms Internet this week. - One of ti la the fact that the ladle of the Cxunntnv will wear an array of the mnet airireoua and expensive - gowns lint has ever been seen on the l laker ii.-, a.r.1 the scenery, stage settings everytMnc eli"e in conneotioa with i rro-'iuetwrn vu! acord witn tnem, . t i "il'i.hfri" oalla for these thlnae. ici ti e si!gTht?t dtU will t Jack. Hi mm . aaa sJ . 5M . Ing. ' Also this week will mark tha re turn of -the popular leading woman, Mis Ixetta Jewel, who will play Ame lia Bingham's most successful role , of Blanche Sterling. -rne cumbers Is first and last.' a typical Fitch play, and all the people are memDera or high society, which this noted playwright has been ao extreme ly successful In portraying. It tells the story of a young married couple the husband, who. by wild speculating has weir, on tna nnnK or ruin, heartache. suspicion, jealousy, ' denouement and trageny. it is an Here the storv of a life that glitters on the surface, but reeks with misery from within. But it has its bright side, and all in all,- wen aeserves au tne immense sucoesa tdat has been Its lot from the verv be ginning. The cast of the Baker stock company will, be aa follows: eioa warden. Donald Bowles: nick Sterling, George Alison; Mr. Mason, James Gleaaon: Mr. Trotter. Hnwurri Russell; Mr. Oodesby, Robert Homans; Dr. Stelnhart Earl D. Dwtre; Jordan. R. E. Bradbury; Leonard, Charlea Lewis; Man servant. Charles Lawrence; Blanche Sterling. Miss Isetta Jewel; Mrs. Hun ter, Mlna Croliua Gleason; Miss Ruth Hunter, Miss Gertrude Rivera; Clara Hunter. Miss Marl Del Seymour; Jessie Hunter. Mian Luclle Webster: Minn Godesby, Miss Louise Kent: Miss Seller- ton, Miss isisle Garrett, Thompson, Miss Hilda Graham; Marie. Miag Fay Bainter. Tlie BaAing Girta." ' Vf! , ' T ZL, at popular prices is a success. This mucn nas neen proven, conclusively dur ing the week just past. The Arm strong musical comedy company will, commencing today,, present "Tba Bath ing airls" for the benefit of the fun loving people of Portland. under tne new policy at the Star the atre Inert ,1s a dallv matinee end tmn performances each evening! - The night snows Deirin tnromnuv at Tun mna a-is o'clock. '' thU makes three performances iy ana enemas every one to see the ry ' musical performances. :' If vi can not attend the matinee or the first ngnt anow mere is atin a later one. One matter has been disposed of bevond question during the week, the public toon more than Kindly to the new class of entertainment at the Star. Thna who attended, and they numbered many thousand all told, were, of one voice in praising the show. It Is a distinct in novation .'to see tnla kind of show' at sucn -reasonaoie prices. The .Armstrong .comnanv Viaa rm vtneed the amusement seekers tht they nvn ru cumeaiann in we Armstronar brothers and a pretty, gingery and well dressed, chorus of energetic and youth ful girls, and with this foundation, tha en. tortalnment runs with a snao and never loses inieresx. ine tsatning curls' will have as one of the big featurea the mu sical Bennetta. blackfaoe melody artists. Musical bellboys and fresh.1 local gars. captivating girls and plenty of life will make "The Bathing Girls" a show which cannot but make good. The Star habit la a good habit to aoouire and Htae win soon t recognised aa the only home of popunr pncea musical comedy Ln Fort land. . - Vaudeville at the Grand. Following up the great vaudeville en tertainment of the past week, Sullivan A Coneidine .will give another program Of surpassing merit at the Grand the en suing week, commencing tomorrow aft ternooo. On this saw bill are assembled vaudeville artists of unquestioned repu tation. It Is also one of the most expen- sive jiraranna in ivwi vauaeviiie nis tory. There Is nothing parsimonious anoui xnis diu ana ine patrons ox vaud villa wUl And It to their llkihar. . Aa the top attraction the management will present the Marco twins, conceded to be one of the funniest acts in vaude ville. The Marco twins have played every flrst-clasa theatre of consequence in vn,s country or Europe, xney give ins puunB suuimninaT 10 laiign at snd this accounts for their success. One twin is about 10 feet tall and the outer is little more than a dwarf. It Is wilque and the. oontmat In the else of the twins la one reason for many of the laughs. la the wide field of vaudeville there is not a duplicate of this act. For toe special added attraction there : iV"vi i i . via u 11 (J I m ' 11 Wmm ; ' Lm . . ..WITH I ... ..rwrt ri i:s !'f -'W j y ;.-J.' I - , Vv.1 fi ; GIXLS -with TTiEnaTROG will be Porter J. White and company. who will produce a little dramatic sketch, entitled The Visitor." It is now the correct caper to have one dra matic tabloid on every vaudeville pro-grajh- and ''The Visitor" will not be found wanting;, especially since it is be ing played by such an artist as the orig inal Porter J. White. Clara Thropp, a recruit, from . the operatic world, is a singing comedienne who will have a place on the new program. Miss Thropp was formerly Identified with a number of high-class operatic eompanlea , The Ascott-ddy trio have an acro batic comedy act which Is said to be nothing less than-great The Alpha trio la another act with a reputation ror making good. They are novelty hoop rollers. There are other hooprollera, but wait until you see the Alphas. Frad Bauer will have, a new song and F. F. Montressa, a late Parisian mov ing picture. Today. is the last oppor tunity to see Henri French in his im personations of famous music masters, ana uie Daiance xi tne ait-star Dili. - . Pantages' New Bill. Pantaes attractions at the Marquara Grand theatre drew capacity houses all week. The facilities of the big and at tractive theatre combined with the vaudeville bill drew the theatre-going public put in crowds. And all voted the bill which la Just now coming to an ehd weu wortn turning out lor. WUlle- Zimmerinan;' the eminent impersonator of famous composers and orchestra lead ers, was the feature. ' The new bill, which opens Monday, will be quite as deserving of public con sideration as the bill Just ending and In some respects more bo. A' top-line ' act has been provided calculated to create a sensation. The act is Big Jeff, a new and powerful boxing kangaroo just im ported from Australia, This kangaroo, a fine type of Its species, stands eight feet and would rather box than eat It actually looks foward to its boxing bouts with a professional boxer, who has been hired to go against the animal. And it keeps him moving to keap from being knocked out, for the big kangaroo la no slouch at the fighting game. The Multnomah club can get some very excellent ideas oy watcning tne system of the fighting kangaroo. The Golden Gate quintet Is provided as a second feature.. These five people are darkies and perhaps the best comedy quintet entertainers on the vaudeville stage. To see their character . imper sonations of Chinese la to itself an up roar of fun.. ', vt ,; . . - Francis Dooley and oompany sing the very latest New Tork songs, bringing with them everything In the song line that's, new in Gotham. . The great Kinsnera, equilibrists, bal ance "everything from wagon wheels to feathers." As indicated by the fact of their - presence on the Pantages cir cuit they are the best In their business. - Miss May Evans, whistling soubrette, has a novel and taking act- -Jacqueline and, her "two Bcotoh kilties"- likewise have something novel in a .. singing. aantnng ana nagpipe aot.- .-Jean Wilson will sing a new illus trated eong and the biograph will pre sent uie uouai installment oinaw ana meritorious moving pictures. - The Heir to tb Hoorah." Paul . Armstrong's popular western comedy, "Tha Heir to . the Hoorah," was onljr just released .for : stock purposes, when Manager Baker, of course, secured It for hia natrons immediately,'- It will be presented next week following '-'The Climbers, " and opening Sunday matinee. May 10. It haa been seen here before by traveling companies and waa Brut played with CJuy lJatee Post as tbe's'ar It raaka with "The Yginian," rhe Si I V ' t. VJ v " "i- H ! v ' 5 1 - - 'J - TW 9 tSTf rovj.e A. a Girl of the Golden West" and "The Rose of Rancho," and this opportunity to see It at popular prices Is a boon for thea tregoers of the city. . 'Mrs. Wiggt of the Cabbage Patch." On its way to Australia, where It wUl presumably repeat Its brilliant suocesses which it has attained la America dur ing the past five seasons and in London, Kngland, where it created a veritable furore at 'Terry's 'theatre for 800 per formances, "Mrs. Wlggs of the Cabbare Patch" comes to the Helllg theatre MayJ 11, 19 ana le, wun its lire study -that Is sordid to the. casual glance, yet uni versal, beautiful and inspiring in its de velopment of . moral courage and true charity amid its soul-killing atmos phere of poverty. '. ,. 1 THEATEICAL NOTES. ' Miss Grace George Is to give gome performances in Chicago of the corned written for her by - Jerome K. Jerome, called ' "Sylvtoof the Letters."' Her new play br Clyde Fitch will be held baek until her September' engagement in New Tork city. , .. ' ' -.,.1 - a ' ) .. Douglaa1 Fairbanks, ' who Is regarded In the east SB the best light comedian now on the American stage, and Louis Mann, the most pretentious of the act ors who have mado.. a name for them selves In Germy dialect nonsense, are ! 8 J, TffiCLBfflBU CO at TtlB c5TAJS. to be added next season to William A. Brady's list of stars a Hat that now includes Miss Grace George, Wilton Lackaye, Robert Mantell and Miss Phoe be Da vies, e e . J. C Williamson, the Australian man ager, haa purchased the rights for his country . of "The Girl of the Golden West" -- Another play produced by htm is Clvde Fltch'a "Truth." In a. few weeks Mr. Williamson will- produce "The frince oi nisan- in Sydney. . : - . " -V e .: e Frans Lehar b'aa slgrnefl in agreemeht with the management of the Vienna theatre whereby he agrees to turn over to that house a new operetta entitled "Villa, the Forest Girl," with the book by Dr. A. M. Willner and Robert Bo-danky.-il,.iVi,.i ''.:;?;. s.;'-.: . ine oroncn iagi - ie ine nituiv ul 0. C. Whitney's - new musical, comedy, which will go on as the summer attrac tion at Whitney's theatre,. Chicago, May 80. -Hal Stevens wrote the book, Harry Williams the lyrlo and f Egbert yan Alstyne the music , -, , : , - ' . ; , e ' '' '.. . . "'i At the conclusion of' her i seaaon Ma rie Dero, , Charles Frohman'a newest star, will sail for England to join Mr. Frohman. - A brief season- of" rest and recreation will be - followed by her ap pearance in London in-a new. play. : "'. . -! ; The great success' of. Richard -Strauss' "Salome". In Naples led the composer, to return to hear the aecond performance, although' be had contracted- to conduct a concert In Rome the day after the first- performance and - had to go back to Naples. Strauss, like all composers, expressed himself as delighted-with the production, in which . Gemma Bellln clonl.. now -quite volceleas, but a line actress, had the title role,. , "Both the orchestra and Signora Belllnclonl," said the composer, "were wonderful, and I could not . have -demanded more." Strauss, who spoke Italian with his in terviewer, expressed the completest con fidence In the triumph of ' hie musical theories which he says are exhibited so far as opera goes in - "Salome" and are to be carried still further in the new work based on the "Elektra" - of Hqf mannstahl. which is hot yet completed. -' r,-: Chatting the other night of their first marked success James Mclntyre of Mclntyre and ; Heath, said: "We owe muqh, directly and indirectly, to 'Wil liam A. Brady. - It - was he, when we stranded here In Portland in 1 8 87, In duced us ; to go to San Francisco and stage for the late . Billy Emerson a burlesque of Rider Haggard's : 'She,' In order to a help : Brady's own dramatiza tion 6f that novel, then' running there. 'She' gave Mr. Brady his first start aa a manager; while the burlesque we staged, kept ua in San Francisco 11 weeks. Five years later he induced us to go with him when he was starring In Bouclcault's play of 'After Dark,' to introduce our sketch called On Guard' In the concert hall scene. We did so, with the result that he made us known to audiences' in the best theatres throughout" the east and south.- After that seasonswith-Brady -we never ex perienced any difficulty in getting what was - called a 'fancy - salary for our .work." ,. .; - .. v 0 s Hty, .:::,' ; -L The Shuberts will present Lulu Glazer at one of their New . Tork houses late this spring in a farce entitled 'The o Dared." In its original form educed in Vienna "The Girl Who was "Bin Tones ilaedel " carl Ziehaer is the composer. , -v.------ ,!L.;-;.: e ' Frederiok- Donaghey, 'aeneraj repre sentative of William ABrady-and of the firm of Brady & Griemer, which pro duced "The Man of the HOur," has been in Portland in the interests .of Wilton Lackaye, whocomea - next Thursday night to the Helllg , theatre. Mr. Donaghey waa for a number of - years the editor of the JhiladHphla Public Ledger. His farce, of Th. Noblot rl -fl skaartp LACKAYE FAVORS MODERN -DRAMATIZATION OF. DICKENS .. Wilton Lackaye,, an acjor of real con sequence who is not ashamed of the fact that he takes an interest in the business as well as In the artistlo aspect of the theatre, . Ik responsible ,f or a' suggestion that ha originality, at least, to' com mend It It ' is that 'a oompany be formed to make a revival! of the plays based v on Dickens' novels; 'in fapt a Dickens, repertoire organisation. ' in his argument, he makes ; the -following points: . -.'.- j.-:. - .. .... . . .' "The of t heard and oft printed asser tion that nobody reads Dickens nowa days Is fallacy. Ask toy publisher of or dealer in standard fiction, and you'll learn that Dickens' works- main tain the lead now quite as sturdily as In the '70s, when: they were In the first flush of their general, popularity in the United States. What - is more, in my opinion, Dickens will continue ' to be read as long as English .Is. read and spoken, and as long as the .Anglo-Saxon race retains its identifying marks. "When I flrstra-ent on die, stage, back In 1188, every other actor more than 80 rears old whom I met -was a man who had made his' mark in one or another of the -Dickens characters. -This one had been picked out By the critics for his Qulln. that one for his Fagin, another for his Sampson Brass, a fourth for his ?ecksnlff or his Joev Bagstock. or his aokleton or bis Squeers.' The drama tisations were as a rule crude affairs, and often had small regard for the or ganic quality that wag the pet and pride of, Dickens in every bit of fiction he turned out Thus the - 'standard' play from ,'David- Copperfield' was . called 'Little Em'ly and , made Its chief a peai tnrougn tne love arrair or Km and Steerfdrth, with David and Dora aal', r,T.?I XtrTwmDw.t ' tha'' a'ort''f second pair k? lovers. anaT?X.wjJ0"r:PI,e'. ln. um Lhanv! Hamr Dan'J, and the rest, in -the back ''Nearly - all the dramatisations pos sessed the name weakness the , desire to tell a sickly love story for the sake thereof, .and . an almost tbtal disregard of the genre qualities of all the stories. That - was .where Paul - Potter showed his wisdom in dramatizing Trilby.' He realised that the readers of the novel would desire to see ln- the theatre the characters they had read about, so that be staged them all, taking full ad vantage of his opportunities for the pic turesque. - -"Singularly enourh. that one of Dick ens' novels which would , seem tat the reading to lend Itself best to the pro cesses of dramatisation has always been the despair of the dramatlata I mean 'A Tale of Two Cities.' The best play, so made from It has been ' The Only Way"; but even that was not a real- success, .Doubtless, the repeated failures with regard for this especial story have been due to the fact that the main situation. Carton's self sacrifice hasea on his resemblance to a more for tunate lover, was an aged theatrical da vloe lona- before Dickens emnloved It In his book. : "We've had very little Dickens of late ln the theatre, sage for an occa sional offering like, for example, B. S. Wlllard's appearance In Tom Pinch,' an "eleotlve arrangement of scenes and situations rrom Martin cnussiewitput together with a view of giving Mr. Wll- DAMROSCH INTRODUCES WORK- ! OF FAMED. RUSSIAN COMPOSER ' ,.f. ' Walter V- Portland muslo-lovers are C-on T tiptoe with texpecUtion 'over the coming of Walter Damrosch and the famous New Tork Symphony orchestra. No na clonal figure .. In i American music ; circles ls mors preeminent than Walter Damrosch; It -was through' his personal .friendship with Andrew, Carnegie that .the) latter was made to feel the need of a large hall in New Tork City devoted exclusively to music. In. this respect. Mr. Damrosch s acquaintance proved of substantial value to all the musio world, for Carnegie hall was the result- v-':-l'-:-'-,'''v-.'V'' ' ' : It was inaugurated in 1890 with a f'reat musical festival. Tschalkowaky, he famous Rusnlan composer, was there upon Mr. Damrosch's Invitation, and he directed the most Important of his compositions. As a result . of the friendship . that ensued TschalKowsky sent Damrosch the score and parts of his now famous "Pathetic , Symphony." The manuscript arrived a week after the composer's death. : The sending of it to Damrosch was one of Tschalkowskys last acts. - It spread over tne country Rctman" has been accepted for London ow comedian, and another of his plays, ..tv, un,lm.n . a trt ha atad In Kav 4 . i .., itf - w , Tork City next season.-. ; f ! , v- , '"-T . : v. t r r Vc Richard Strauss has -offered-hhr new opera "Klektra" to Oscar Hammersteln, demanding a higher prloe thajr he re autred of Mr. Conried for the Ill-fated aSalome" that la, Ill-fated as far as its American experience. was concerned. n ' i..vu. Cnllh . tk ITna-ltalir actor appearing n th support of .Mali Doro, aim a .knm.r,4tfl MwtnbafAP all Fin Sf 111(1 and Australia, He is also an enthusi astlo golfer, and on his return to Lnn. don intencs to go. alter nnguur tu.ui' pionahlp. . .- v'. ' unui a j. i. r. , ... w ...... - v Tudd'nhead Wilson" In London, seems about to De reaiisea, wnuam tm, a capitalist of Baltimore, who has m - A TPmmmAt 4-t H ' VAntlirflll. linniium .wv-v. ,u -. - ' . . sailed last WyV-dnesl4y-for Tendon to complete arrangwnenis ror vne yrwji- lard .the' center of the stage as Tom. In the old stage versions of that, story.. Martin, Pecksniff and-Salry Gamp were always the chief characters; and in one that I recall Tim Pinch did not. appear at - all. but Mark Tapley carrying the burden of sweetness and light 0- "The - stars of a generation . ago -be-.lleved In, Dickens, t Jefferson kept The Cricket on the Hearth', in his reper toire till the end. and: always - packed the house when U was the bill. Wil liam J. Florence, until he Joined, hands with Jefferson in The Rivals- had his most attractive bill when he Appeared., as Captain Cuttle in 'Dombey and Son,' 1-otta was. won't to 'double' the roles of Little Nell land -the -Marchioness In The01d Curiosity -Shop,', always her best drawing-card. John Sleeper Clarke often rut on The Cricket on the Hearth' that he might play -not the old tov- , maker, but Tilly. Slowboy; while he could always. Jam the theatre -when he was, announced to appear aa Salry Gamp In one of the older dramatisations of Martin1 Chusslewlt It has always been my i personal .opinion that. Henrv Irv Ing's 'very,-best piece- of acting ! was when he. played. Alfred Jingle in a farce arranged, from . The Pickwick Papers. "The greaf value of Dickens' in the theatre is -that he is easy to act Hl characters are all labels adjectives, in-c deed! Tour average actor has the Dick ons temperament although .. he may never nave read a page of the novelist's. The trouble we all have when we stage Ibsen or Shaw is to prevent the aotors from . Dtckenslsing the characters. A play bassd. on a Dlckena novel Is always -asllv cast because the characters are unmistakable. They do not need to. be explained , or discussed or analysed. I onoe took, part in a. revival of 'Oliver ever before acted In the play; r . xay , iaa is ror a company - mat should get up in a repertoire of say seven of the plays, giving them in or der. Thus, they might open with 'Oli ver Twist' do "Dombey de Son' the sec ond night- 'David Copperfield' the third, and. so on, holding say The Old Curi osity Shop' for the matinee bill. - Such a company would have a field all its own,, and a clientele larger than has ever been,, the- fortune of any single oompany, inasmuch as It would catch thousands .of folk-who do not go to the theatre as a regular . thing. X have no personal ambition in the matter what ever.' ' ..- .":( ' ; ' V ' Mr. Lackaye's ambitions lie -far from Dickens aa far, at least as Ibsen. He wants to plav next season - Doctor Stockson- in "An Enemy of the People." He has already won a fine -success as the guiltv shipbuilder In Ibsen's "PIN lars of Society." He has . thrice been disappointed In the matter of the play whleh Rostand began ao write . years ago for Coquelin called. "Chanticleer." Mr. Lackaye was to nave naa the rights to the play for Great Britain and the United Etatea Rostand has not only shown no signs of a desire to , resume wofk on tho play, but would seem to have entirely lost his interest In the drama, Tet. just 10 years ago, he was hailed as the hope of the stage by reaaon of the success of his "Cj'rano de Bergerac." ' . - ' -11 - i !. v ' . Damroech. like wildfire, and soon was known as one of the most beautiful symphonies in .existence. Long before this however, Damrosch had a strong predilection for Tschalkowsky's music and may be said to have achieved his highest success as conductor of Wagner, Tschalkowsky and Brahms.' - . This great conductor and his . cele brated orchestra, the New "Tork Sym phony, will be heard here under the di rection of Lois Steers-Wynn Coman. No other event in the entire musical his tory of Portland can -equal this, ln im portance. The Armory on this occasion will be converted into a pleasant and rcomfortable auditorium. Mr. Damrosch will bring with him his best-orenestral soloists, as well as the famous young soprano, Mme. De Moss. His programs will be of remarkable interest, for the great conductor has special genjus In program-making, and has introduced many, highly original Snd captivating works, the creation of master-minds, to his delighted audiences. Many of these compositions have afterward attained great oelebrity.v Hls programs are al ways fascinating. ' vs-.. .:- ' ' ' Mrt Fawcett has been encouraged tn his ambition by his success abroad ln 'The Squaw Man." He believes that London Is ready to accept hire as a star, and. that "Pudd'nhead Wilson, partly on aooount of Mark Twain's popularity In England,, is the most available play fox this . purpose. J- Dentlstrr in China, ; . From the' North China Dally Nwv : ' Right ln front of us on the street doc tor's, table Is a small heap of human teeth.- A patient came up to the doctor. On being asked what he wanted he re plied simply- by opening his mouth to he very widest extent It was seen that- his four -upper-front teeth were wanting.' -' - ; Measuring -the cavity, in the Jaw, -the tooth pedler carefully selected from the lieap the ( four teeth that would Lex nctly fill it. He then oallled a hole in them .longitudinally and inserted a.blt of wire to bind them to each other. . The ends of the wire were next in serted in holes that were drilled Into, the teeth on, ench slda of" the cavity and at once the chasm disappeared. . c
