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THE -OREGON- SUNY- JOURNAL PORTLAND, 'SUNDAY - MORNING. MAY ; 3,- 1903.
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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
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' 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whan U was withdrawn to make room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
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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
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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
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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. '. ,.
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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. , ..
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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 , -, , : ,
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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.
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; 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.
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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.------
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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
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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
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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
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Tork City next season.-. ; f ! , v-
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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'. '
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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." ' . - '
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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. .
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