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... i rfE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, ' PORTLAND. SUNDAY . MORNING, . NOVEMBER 1, . 1908. '?3t ,frraaaTO' "" r.n ' r."f I r&j- )J!Lv ' ) 4- 1 VlCr't rTVlFJ aa"gl )" ' " ! ' " " ' M I ly t 1 W'V-., iC'fe m : AC-VA-Vc!t H;V- -.-l'V If ,;v:f- V'- ' V t?'XlXiw& A 1 W ly'T-S-ji N sy . 4;"' TX. a; A" I -;vA ; utr..;.. .a,- . ..aQ1-! 'iV. A h.!s"'--. -A-:--: I iVT TRB .H.BIL'IG .week BEQ. JKDfcNlGHT 1W. 2. DRAMATIC CALENDAR HraLItTonlght i.U'4 . "A Poor Relation tomorrow -- - nlgltf and week, Dustln. Famutn hi ."THe Squaw Man " BAKER Tonight and week. James J. Corbett ln.''Facin- the Music " BUNGALOW-feaker Stoekfcorapany In "Men and Borneo " STAR Melodrama, "The MontanaLlmited." " Jr5lfK,e8identl'!?,?;lt company In "Midnight In New York." ORPHEUM Vaudeville. .PANTAGES Vaudeville. ' . ,GRAl- Vaudeville. NEXT WEEK'S OFFERINGS HEIoIPnun:!o 7l -,Mon25I' Eu?a,7 Wednesday, "Paid in Full;" Friday, Saturday, Sunday. "The DeviL" BAKER "Just Out of College. " BUNGALOW "Sky Farm." 1 PEOMISES MADE BY THE PRESS AGENTS A Poor Relation" Tonight. . The attraction at the Beflig theatre. Fourteenth and Washington streets, to night at :16 o'clock, will be the favor ite actor,- Lee WBlard, and his capable company of tolayera ia Sol Smith Rus sell's bean tlful comedy drama success, "A Dam tAlMim It la a taja that tun at the heart strings, that of the seedy genius whose first thought waa for others when suc cess crowned hl 'grim struggles with poverty for recognition of hlo invention. His simple faith in humanity and his tender aolicltude for the little children Of the poor, .with whom he ahared his I garret ha crtsta, his bad and good ire convincing- enrtravcul """PT porwayea. Bears are now selling at the theatre box of nee. rnones xaain 1 ana a-iizz. Dnstin F&rnam ia MThe Squaw Man At the HeUlg theatre for the week commencing , tomorrow night, Dustin Farnura will appear :. In "The Squaw Man," the successful four-act comedy drama, by Edwin MUton Royle, under the direction of Liebler St Co. 'v The Squaw Man" has Its scenes laid In. England anl the western atates. The story opens at Maudealcy Towers, the country seat Of the Earl of KerhUl. on the occasion of an, anniversary gather- lng of a regiment of yeomanry, of which the earl is me nonorary-coloneL In the ext act. two years later, the io,,e shifts to the Long Horn salooa at MiivencK, cow Town ana water tank matlon on the Union Paclflo railroad. Five oj-ears latsr the third act open st Jim's ranch at Green River, In east ern i tan. i ne inoian girl who -saved j.l lire is now ius wire, and thev h a child, a little boy., a London eollcttoW iTiiifrs ine newa xnai in Earl of Ker- .111(1 is aeau..ana jioat toe UUt and es tate now belonsr't Jim. '.r The role of "The Bquew Man' Is one that anits Mr. .Farrum precisely. The aurtwtlng compuny includes such well nmn actors as Phillips Smailey, as the nrl of KerhUl;- Mary B, ConwelL aa the countMt; Maud HjTord, as the nrV ricthr; rinsley fchaw. aa Cash 1;yi Kli.s, the bad .nun and rustler;1 H FOR THE WEEK Katherlne Fisher, aa Nat-U-Rloh; the Indian maiden, and Mitchell Lewis, aa Tabywana. peace chief of the Utea. Every effort has boen made to give real lam to the various scenes of the play, and Mitchell Lewis, as the Indian chief, will apeak hla lines In the real Ute lan guage, having- been Instructed by Baoo White, a fuU-blooded Ute Indian, who is the United States government interpre ter on the Ute reservation. Beats are now aelllng at the theatre for the entire engagement. Special price matinee Sat urday. t'Paid In Full." The dramatlo editor of the Albany (N. Y.) Argus says of Eugene Walter's great play, "Paid to Full," which w ill ba at the Helllg theatre for four, nights. beginning next Sunday, November 8: "Paid In Full,' by Eugene Walter, oresented vaaterdav aftnrnnnn r, for-lfri, ., . T1I. v 'V.'r bahr. with an rrv nfv vh.u. and theatrical manaaers thare to is a great American play on the theme vi we nun commandment, Ttion snalt not steal.' It touches the main moral issue in American life today from the wnopQini or uie average man; and more vitally than any play that has gone before, and it establishes this new piavwngnt, juugnne Walter, aa a man with a mesaage S or the American publio wnone context commands as eager a uesnng as me latest extra. "It is the story. of the man who be lieves the world owes him a living, and vmu iujj oi neetning socialism and greed tried to collect the debt from the pocket of his employsr. It is a story that is alive and walking up and down tbe streets of every American ciiy. ana u nas been told from the in side in 'Paid In Full' by the half dozen characters most concerned, in four acta, with plain American vernacular and lines aa forceful as mental sledgeham-. mers to drive deep the thought; with a climax reached by the boldest daring, that sweeps the play out of the alough and the mire ox dishonor and despair into a triumphant vindication, of god ness altd mercv. ami a ini ml a,i clinches fast the moral by a denoue ment tragic with the inevitable. -iTEuirene Walter, who rirt attract attention wtih his play, The Undertow,' in which WrigTmLorimer of The Shep herd Kino' fum a fallad tn tinA iuimmk la a recruit from the newspaper ranks to the 'playwrights, amd there is In hia work a elmDlicitv, daadlv cutnulatlv and tragic truth-telling naturalism, just on me level or. me uie or fne average man, 'that rrlna faat and- will not let to the Interest. ' He has boiled down, con densed, compacted auid digested' all the cTYDNEY xl MEN ANP WOMEN" Krmi BUNGALOW philosophies of egotism from Max Stir ner and Nletsche and Carl Marx. Scho penhauer and Bernard Shaw Into his Joe brooks, the young clerk who believed the world owed him a living and had a grouch on life because, forsooth, he did not get as much out of it as the next man, and his best friend has got a raise in salary. e nas contrasted land pi' rates and sea pirates and made a Dt rate bold of Captain Williams (Joe Brooks' employer, the hard man of evil recute) to discount all tH pintain Kidds in the rough - nuggets and pure gold "of character stowed away inside his barnacled timbers. He has made Jimsy Smith, the general utility man and standby of the Brooks houaeholdT a bix-iooi layii or raiuirul love in a self ish world, and an exponent of optimism and deliberate drollery, to get down to the good-corn radeahlp In the heart of tne public and De recognized as a man to tie to. His Km ma, the wife of Joe Brooks, the good girl, with rher father's fine- sense of honor and her own cour age and cheer, is a wholesome heroine to find in a problem play, and these, with the irritating mother-in-law, the iiiKcuuo nmii Bister ana tne Japanese valet, who Is Captain Bill's family, make uf tiiv yii rcuuo ml II1IP play. V The action of the Dlav takes nl in the Brooks home, in a Harlem nr in the first act. with Joe Brooks -h?iTir mv """J i (L.ati ait Hwry JU1Q SpOUtlng socialism and the down-trodden masses The second act takes place in the urooKB apartment in an uo-town hoti where Emma has bloomed Intonewyouth and haoDlnesa with Brooks' nltn nm. f)rity, where the discovery of hia theft s made known and Where he reveals the iuii aeapicaoie meanness or his nature by accusing his wife of havinr rxt two cause of his crime, and, as the climax of his selfishness, demanding of her the price of his safety through Captain Bill's fondnesa The third rt f. in Captain Bill's apartment rigged up like a ship, with port and atarboard lights a pilot wheal and souvenirs from all the world over . which" Can tain mil .. cruised an unforgettable' stage picture and a piece of dramatic work to stand by itself, unique In dramatic values And this despite the fact that It Is the same old, hackneyed expedient 1 of the wotnaa s comprojnlsiisg visit alone ati ! - v t4 ' A 5 ' . 'Wiianii.ii.MrTiiTrtirwrri' -"irn TZViBf&Y WHITE with "TOE. MONTANA. ITmiW atc THE cTTA.. night to the villain's apartments. The last-act curtain Is ba tragic as the finale of Ibsen's 'Ghosts' the artistic, the in evitable. Altogether. 'Paid In Full" is a play with a big future." Seat sale open net Friday, November e, at ineatre ooiuoirice. "Men and Women" at the Bungalow, The famous DeMille and Belasco play, "Men and Women," will be 'revived this week by Baker Stock company, at the Bungalow, starting this afternoon. This is a 'play which the favorite stock com pany Is specially well suited to pre sent, being ;of' the order of the Fitch and Henry Arthur Jones dramas of high-life in which intensity of situa tions and climaxes abound, a,nd tn which the comedy -is natural and clean cut. A splendid triumvirate of names la the three great DeMille and Belasco successes of 15 or 20 years ago, ' 'The Charity Ball." "She Wife." and "Men and Women," which swept the country like a whirlwind In theatricals at that time. None of these has become what is known as "old fashioned" In tha slightest degree. The scenes are laid In New Tork during the lively days of Ward McAl listers famous original "rour hundred. In "Men and Women" th'e principal in terest centers around William Proocott, cashier In one of the bier banks, and his assistant, William Seward, who Is also engaged to Prescott's sister.' Prescott has used certain securities unlawfully and In s frensy of fear of exposure and ruin, ' permits . the blame to fall upon his - young assistant until such a' time as the crisis actually arrives, when his better nature is aroused and he con fesses; The events leading up to the end are fraught with supreme interest, the Characters act bo naturally and the comedy element Is no . clean and spon taneous that nothing la left to be da-, sired. Tne Belasco genius is every where prevalent The popular members of the Baker company, with MUs Jewell and Mr. Ayres In the leading roles, are all splendidly cast in. this, one of the foremost stock plays of the day, The opening, performance will be this af ternoon and the cast Is as follows: Israel Coh'en. president of the Jef ferson Nanenal bank, Sydney Avrea; William Prescott, the cashier, Donald Bowlea; Edward Seabury, assistant cashier, James Gleason; Mr. Pendleton, a director, William Wolbert; Calvin Stedman, counsel, William Dills; Steph en Rodman, governor of Arizona, Earl D. Dwlre; Colonel Zachary T. Kip, ex member of congress, at present bank examiner; William Gleason; Sam Dela field, aged 6. Kate Delafield's stepson, Howard Russell; Arnold Klrke, stock broker, Ronald Bradbury; servant. John Ellis; Bergman, Reynolds, and Wavne, directors of Jefferson National bank, Herbert Wilson, Floyd Lynch and C. Freeman; A gnea .Rodman, daughter of the governor, Miss Isetta Jewel; Dora Prescott. William Prescott's fcister. Miss Luclle ' Webster; Mrs. ' Kate Delafleld, aged 26, Sam's step-mother. Miss iouise H.ent: Alaraery Knox. "Our Cou sin from the Wrest." Miss Marlbel Sey mour; Mrs. Jane Prescott William Prescott's mother, Mlna Crollus Glea son; Mrs. Kirite, wife of Arnold Klrke, miss iiazei jewel. James J. Corbett at the Baker, Facing the Music," with James Corbett In a. stellar role," supported by a very strong cast Of comedians, will be presented at the Baker theatre next week by H. H. Frazee lor the first time opening this afternoon. It Is a larce comedv in throe acta tw James Henry Darnley. who originally wrow me piece lor .Henry ju. Dlxey, who played the Dart of John Smith during Its two long runs at the Madison Square theatre. New York, and Powers theatre, Chicago, where the publlo and critics declared It to be a highly en,ter- The story of the Dlece Tnkv be brleflv told. , In a Kensington flat there lived two John Smiths, one a curate and the other sportively inclined youner man- with a liking for the racetrack. Both Smiths were married to young and attractive women, ana as Dotn wives have been out of town and the curate Smith has engaged a Kensington flat during his wife's absence, and as both wives re turn unexpectedly and one of them late at mgni auring a neavv roar, and is shown into the wrong Smith s flat, the complications can better be Imagined than described. Suffice it to say that with the aid of an actress and a detec tive every one becomes involved in a door-opening and door-slamming' .af fair, that keeps the audience in a sUfte of hilarity, ranging- from a titter to boisterous laughter, and culminating every now ana tnen in enthusiastic ap plause. As Jbhn Smith,"; the sportively inclined flat dweller. Mr. Corbett ought to give a gooa account or mmselr. Among the -prominent members of the supporting company- are the Messrs. Jo seph Sullivan, Corwln Louskmoor. Charles Horn, Tom, Dare and the Misses Eleanor Contelt Amanda Hendricks, Lillian Leslie and May Dudley. Atmro- pnaie ana complete scenic equipment has been provided. ' Special attention la called to the bar gain matinee' Wednesdav and to . the election returns to be read from the stage bV"Mr. Corbett Tuesday night A special leased wire and operator- will be In view of the audience. After the oer- forrnance this will" continue till the re sult is definitely decided. rA: "V v-;4 '.. . -AA : :z ' Feature Actsfaf Orphenm, A Beginning November 2, the bill for jthe Orpneura appears to predominate with headUnera and-a more evenly bal- anccd bill of diversified attractions would be hard to submit for the con sideration of the vaudeville patrona The new program Insures capacity houses and reservations should be made several days tn advance. "Staley Birbeck's Transformation" is a miiNlcal novelty, full of entertain ing features and scenic surprises. In ii are presented 'The Musical Black smiths," with Cass. William and Miss Eva Staley, who have just completed an extensive Eurooean trip In this of fering. It combines tunefulness and clever amusement with mechanical and electrical transformation effects which are really startling and Ingenious. Raymond and Caverly, are two popu lar German comedians, who are without equal In their particular line of vaude ville. They copy no other comedians, their style Is original, their songs and parodies are written bv themselves, and their excruciatingly funny dialogue in which two Germans distort the "Queen's Engrllsh" is unique and distinctive. Weldh. Mealy and Montrose oreaent a comedy .act called "Play Ball," which Is run or larcicai run. it illustrates the humorou8 side to the strife between New York "Giants" and the -Chicago "Cuba" for first honors, with a lot of extra nonsense thrown In and the guar antee to make ardent "fans" of every auditor. Frank Gardiner and Lottie Vincent return to the west this season with their spectacular comedy fantasy, "Win ning a Queen," which ' is one of the most novel and attractive one-act plays In vaudeville. Lew Hawkins has rightfully earned tne title, me unesierneld or Min strelsy, oy ms clever and original work in the foremost burnt-cork com panies fn America Now he has for- saKen' tne minstrel to entertain by him self In vaudeville. William Morrow and Verda Schell berg; with their company of Indians, cowboys, etc., present a breezy little playlet . of frontier life called. "Happy's Millions." which contains sufficient plot io iniruauce au aounaanoe or good wholesome humor and several catchy songs. Two of the cleverest youngsters who have been seen on the stage for many a uaj are tne two fuCKS, who come nere in new songs ana new costumes. Then there are a new lot of Orpheum picture that are worth seelria- aa thev are the latest In motion photography and Mr. Jefferya the director .of the Orpheum orchestra, has a musical treat in store lor the patrons of the house, which cannot heln but nleasa one anrf an. Circns at Pantageg. Yea, it Is true, , there will be a one- ring circus at the Pantages theatre commencing with Monday's matinee. Shepps' dog, pony and monkey circus, one of the largest and best animal shows ever presented on a vaudeville stage, performing unheard of feats and displaying almost human intelligence; a show that will pleage the young and mo oia. man boiwoi nneuanri ntini. dogs that do everything but talk, rnmi- -caf monkey clowns that keep the audi-" ence convuiseo witn laughter; and on next Saturday afternoon there will ba a special matinee xor toe little, ones. After the oerformance la over, th dogs, monkeys and oontes will hoM a reception on the stage and efh;-ehl4d4- wiii oe ireatea to a riae-on tne tinv Shetland ponies. ; . . . as a special added attraction, the management takes much pleasure In an nouncing Klein, i Ott Brothers and Nicholson, who are well known through out the United States and Europe as America's greatest musical act They introduce and play well, almost every musical' tnatrilBiant knrtwn in manlrln,) This act has been featured as a head line, attraction in all the big eastern cities and, is sure to" prove', a drawing card for the Pantages - this ,- coming week. ,i . . ...:. Lester Jk Miller present,- a comedy irtaylet entitled, "The Little Emigrant," which is recommended as a positive cure for the blues. Lester, who ap pears as a little German, emigrant, la an exceptionally droll comedian who has received much praise from tha press for his perfect German dialect. ine act is DUiu aoout tne- dltriculties I of the emigrant -in 'understanding Eng- XJ The La Toy brothers, sensational funny different comedy acrobats, an act full of' surprising acrobatic revolu tions, introducing ground tumbling no other -artist can Imitate, Interspersed with original acrobatic comedy, and a nit m every house tney ever worked. Mr. and Mrs. Buckley assisted by Frank Martin, present a one-act farce comedv entitled, "A Busy Manager"; this act has been winning much favorable com ment all over the circuit. Harry Leahy, the new baritone sing er, will sing a new illustrated song and the blograph will present the very latest in motion photography, which comes direct from the factory to the Pantages theatre. TOday will be your last chance to see, Mrs. Eva Fay,, the wonderful daughter of a wonderful mother, Anna Eva Fay, who is supported by an all star aggregation of vaudeville artists.- . "Midnight In Xew Tork" at Lyric The ever-popular Blunkall Stock com pany at the Lyrla will present during its week commencing this afternoon, the delightful 'comedy-drama success, "Midnight In New York," which la one of the most Interesting melodramatic sensations .of the day. The scenps are laid in Deadwood and New York city and combine the wild western life with that of the metropolis. The-situations are filled kith excitement and humor, the play being especially strong as a comedy. In addition to the many laughs It contains, however, there Is a great deal of serious dramatic busi ness. Each one of the characters ia drawn from actual life and stands out like an individual gem. Both Mr. Blun kall and Miss Howard will have un usually strong parts art will again demonstrate that they have no peers among Pacific coast stock leading men and women. A piece of news that will be received with great pleasure by loyal theatregoers is that Charles Conners, the comedian, will make his reappear ance with the Blunkall company (n this bill. The management has made every preparatldn for one of the finest pro- ' auctions the Lyric has -ever seen. the . , set showing the gold stamp mill at Deadwood in actual operation and ' the view of tha Herald building- in New York being the moat eaborate , ever at tempted in popular price stock work. They will open your eyes. - Remember the first performance of "Midnight in New, Yofx' will occur this afternoon and will continue all week, with the usual matinees. '.- "The Montana Limited? at the Star. At the Star theatre, starting "wltn a . matinee this afternoon and continuing all week, tne management will offer, the biggest melodramatic attraction - they have glyan their . patrons this season. Not that the ct requirements, bt company. Is larger than ut the production -a ulte out of the ordinary in magnitude. . est and according to the Judgment of ' I j r Alia nuiiaua Ajiiuiivri in ixib imw , the manaaera the best noniilsr-nrlfod attraction - now , before , the publio. It' is tne worit or,jnanes vjiriOK ana W. L. .Roberts,, Chicago- playwrights, and is Dresented in excellent -style. ' Th ' story deals with western' characters, and V its ' situations are essentially dramatics they( convey. There. is a' big scene In "The Montana Limited," that adds o (Continued on Page Seven.) A - v -.,.
