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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND,- SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 13, 1908.
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INSTANCE OF MANSFIELD'S
GENIUS IN PEER . GYNT MUSIC
' Apropos of the coming Christmas
week of Louis James in riichard Mane
fields last and "greatest characterls
' tlon of "Peer . Gynt." in the famous
comedy of that name' the following: story
told by ond of the members of the
Mansfield company is worthy of rep,
tition: ' -
"While we were rehearsing: Peer
Qynt.' Mr, -Mansfield asked the. stage
manager for a repetition of the -choral
sung when Peer says farewell to Sol
veig. The musical director assembled
the chorus. . It happened to be one of
the points where he wanted music, and
Grieg had not supplied it; but before
the song- was . eight bars long, Mr.
Mansfield's voice drowned It with the
familiar 'No, No, No! Give us melody:
something that will reach the heart
"He paced the stage several times,
then-lit raised his head thoughtfully,
and softly hummed In his rich baritone
voice melody of surpassing: beauty.
He stepped to the piano and played it
over a, couple -of times, and crossing;
to -the prompt table, took a pencil and
wrote it down In musical notation. It
was found that the metre of the lines
Eugene d' Albert's opera "Tlefland"
met with success at the Metropolitan
Opera house, New York,- at Its first
performance the other night.
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. Charles Frohman's company of Sicil
ian players made its debut in New York
recently In a bloodcurdling tragedy
entitled, "Malta" and scored a hit.
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Winona Winter has gone on the' vau
deville stage and made her debut, in
New York the other day, giving imi
tations, singing and ventriloquism, and
was well received. . -
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Mrs. James Brown Potter will re
turn to America early next year to ap
pear in vaudeville. She will probably
appear in a little play In which she
will act the part of Mary Stuart.
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Maude Adams will make her first ap
pearance In J. M. Barrie's new play,
'What Every Woman Knows" at the
Empire theatre. New York, on Monday,
December 21, and will remain there
eight weeks.
.
William Collier In "The Patriot," will
begin an engagement in the same play
at tha Comedy theatre,' London, . next
spring, under the management of
Charles Frohman, who has booked him
for a long engagement. . ;
The shortest speaking part In any
flay Is that of Oowankatchfe, the
ndian in Edgar Selwyn's "Pierre of
the Plains," played by George Schaeffer,
n actor of many years' of experience.
The lines of the part are "Me Like."
'
George A riles, who first came to
America as the support of Mrs. Patrick
Campbell about seven years ago, has
proved himself a fine actor of excep
tional versatility arid his work in the
r-art of the "Devil" is greatly admired
by the dramatie critics.
Louis Mann. -Is doing some of the
best work In his career in "The Man
Who Stood Still." on the bill of the
Circle theatre, New York, at present.
There Is every probability that the play
will continue its attractive power
through the rest of the season.
A new comedy by Roy McCardell,
the humorist, met with flatterylng suc
cess at its Initial performance at Bal
timore the other night. The play Is a
free dramatization of Mr. McCardell's
stories of chorus girl life, and Is en
titled "The Gay Life." The cast ln
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'"TELEPATHY"
Subject of Scientific Free Lecture by
A. A. LINDSAY, M. D.
Author of "The New Psychology" and
"Mind the Builder."
Wed Night, Dec. 16
At WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT HALL
"PSYCHOLOGY Or GIYIHG"
Subject Wednesday Night, Dec. 23.
Get announcements st Dr. Lindsay's
office, 38-39-40 Selllng-Hirsch Bldg.
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THE 3LUNKALL CO.
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NEXT WEEK "The Night Befpre Christmas.''
did not .quite fit, so 1 Mr. Mansfield
naranhrasHii Ihum and beautiful v. Then
we tried, to sing it, but In Jotting It
oown ne nad cnosen a Key lower man
our- voices. Immediately he rewrote It,
transposed two tones ana a nair mgner,
It was all accomplished to our amass
ment In lam than lfi minutes. 'How do
you- like It,' he asked. That melody
was the last thing written by an Eng
lish boy who waa'at the time on his
deathbed. I was In London studying at
the 'Academy of Music.; -The great
Rendaeger showed it to me, - and de
clared' that the Door chan was a real
genius, and would be a great composer
had he lived. Curious it should have
come back to me just at this -moment.
I have not thought of it since I was
a boy.' - These are instances mat mane
association with an. artist like Mr.
Mansfield delight, and liberal edu
cation." t
Strange Is the drama of life here
Is the last melody composed by a gen
ius of the musical world, and here the
last impersonation by a genius of the
dramatic world, Verily 'All the world's
a stage.' j - . :
eludes Coneuelo Bailey and ;.: Thomas
Thorns.
' Mrs. Carter expects , to regain her
former position in the theatrical pro
fession by the new play which she ex-
ects to bring out soon. ' It was written
y John Luther Long, tha author of
"Adrea." The action passes partly in
Japan and partly in Europe; and the
character of the work is said to be
both emotional and spectacular. .'.
It Is reported that David Warfield
will at- last be given an opportunity
next season to appear In one or more
flays more worthy of his great talent
nan the insignificant plays in which
he has appeared heretofore. ' He will
probably play Shylock in "The Mer
chant of Venice" and later, perhaps, the
part of King -Lear in Shakespeare's
tragedy of the same name.
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Anna Held recently produced her new
Flay, "Miss Innocence" in Philadelphia,
or the first time. It is said to be as
sensational and even more risque than
its predecessor, "The Parisian Model."
Miss Held wears some beautiful gowns,
mostlv skintight, and sines a few songs.
The chorus, consisting of exceptionally
handsome women in scanty costumes,
does the rest. ,
Trials of a Telegrapher.
,"Yes, I'm a slave to the weed," said
the old telegraph operator, as he bit off
a generous "hunk" and stowed It carer
fully away in his capacious cheek, an
opera'tlon that rendered intelligent
speech impossible for a few moments.
But after he had arranged his cargo to
his satisfaction he worked his Jaws med
itatively, expectorated copiously In the
general direction of the waste basket,
and said:
"I sent a message 2000 miles by wire
for a chew of tobacco once. I was then
in the main office. My Instrument con
trolled the direct wire to Philadelphia.
I had fallen down on my work several
days before not enough sleep, you know
and was only working on probation.
"Well, along about midnight I sudden
ly discovered that my tobacco bed given
out. The boss had warned me not- to
leave my Instrument on any account as
long as there was any business on my
desk, and above all not to speak to any
of the other operators. You nee. I
wasn't very strong on his books. I was
In bad.
"I was piled up with stuff and I kept
sending it like lightning. I think I
must have made a record for 10 or 16
minutes; but all the time my tongue was
cleaving to the roof of my mouth. And
there, not three feet away, sat McCul
lough, who would have given me a nip
from his plug In a minute If he had
known. Talk about Tantalus! Say, old
Tant wasn't one, two, six.
"After a while a bright Idea struck
me. I wanted that chew, you know, and
I wanted it bad. I determined to put
mv scheme to work, although I knew my
Job would be gone If I was caught at it.
I had a short message to Philadelphia.
and I added this request to the operator
who was taking my stuff:
" 'Tell Chicago to ask McCullough
who is operating number six. to throw
me a chew. I'm starving for It and'ean't
talk because the boss la watching me.'
"T waited a minute, a minute and a
half, two minutes, and then, above all
the rest. I heard the welcome click.
click of the message to McCullough. He
knew the disgrace I was In and without,
a word of comment he threw his plug
over to me. Say. I've never had any
thing in my life that tasted half so
good.
Dolls Given Away.
Read advertisement of Perkins phar
macy in today's paper.
ARTHUR
HARTMANN 1
VIOLINIST
ALFRED CALZIN !
PIANIST
Heilig Theatre X
Thursday,
December 17th X
' Direction i
Lois Steers-Wynn Coman
PRICES
f2.50, f2.00, fl.50, fl.00 !
Gallery admission 75 '
SEAT SALE X
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15
Romance
THEATRE ?
14th &. Washington
SUN. DEC 20
"GET XEP TO TBI BATS."
Fatrloia O'Brien.
HENRY B. HARRIS PRESENTS
IN
"The Chorus Lady
EXACTLY AS PRESENTED IN
NEW ' YORK ; FOR ONE 'YEAR.
SEAT SAXB O PESTS
PBXDAT, DEO. 18, AT 10 A. X.
PRICES
Lower floor except t row..ti.oo
Lower, floor last S rows. .. .$1.60
Balcony, first 4 rows.. ..... .11.60
Balcony next S rows., ..$1.00
Balcony last 5 rows.... 76
Gallery (Including reserved). .60
XMAS ATTRACTION
AT VMM
Heilig Theatre
THREE NIGHTS
Beginning Thursday,
DECEMBER 24
Uatlnees Christmas Day sail
Saturday.
LOUIS IV PEER
JAMES GYNT
UOKAXD lCAXTSriZI.I'B
KAKMOTK PRODUCTION
Chorus, Ballet, Grelg's Music.
Fifty People.
SEAT SALES, TTJTESDAY,
DECEMBER 83
PRICES
NIGHTS. $2, 11.60, 1, 76e, 60c.
MATINEE, $1.60, $1. 75c, 60c
A Tip on Teeth.
"I'll never be able to do much for
you." Said the dentist, "till you quit
biting your thread."
"Dear me," said the woman, "that re
minds me of the days when grandmoth
er threatened me with a whipping If I
didn't quit biting my nails."
"One habit is just as reprehensible as
the other," said the dentist. "You ought
to be able to see your own teeth, then
you would realise that you deserve a
good Bcoldtng. The edges are as uneven
as a" saw. - Now, if you were a profes
sional dressmaker or a factory hand you
would know better than to bite your
thread. They seldom do it. They have
learned the art of snipping it off with
the scissors without loss of time, and
don't have to maltreat their teeth. It is
you women who do a good deal of sew
ing in a nonprofessional capacity who
think the quickest way to break a thread
is to bite it. That may be good for
the progress of the work, but ft is bad
for the teeth.
"Fortunately, -you can't bite with the
whole mouthful of teeth at the same
time, so most of them escape. Those
that really do the work are the Incisors
Heilio
HEILIG
Two Nights, Friday and Sat, Dec. 18 and 19
! SPANISH WAR VETERANS
f MONSTER
! MINSTREL SHOW
For the Benefit of Sick and Relief Fund
Scout Young Camp No. 2, U. S. W. V.
SO PEOPLE IN A STUPENDOUS PRODUCTION
a i i c i 1 a t i t t a. r: ... r .1.. c
4 Circus.
i AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA BRILLIANT COSTUMES AND
, EFFECTS
J 1T f i T l Parquet and 4 rows in balcony. .. l.OO
! PRICES: :::::::::::;:::::::::::::::
i Advance Seat Sale at Powers ft
PANTAGES
OIL.L, CMANQES MONDAY
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE STARS OF ALL NATIONS
Will EBBIBO TOD AT J Ia Lole Helens. In "A Vision of Salome"; Eu
gene O'Bourke and Nellie Eltinga, presenting "Parlor A"; Baptists and
Franooni; Morse and Brown; Billy .Farnon and Wills and Ramaley; McCloud
and Melville, etc.
Week Beginning
MADDEN &
Pxwaaating TBB TTJBJrZBO Or TBB TXDB."
.. A rattling good playlet, full of fun from start to finish.
BPZCIAX ABBEB ATTBA.CTIOB
THE FOUR ENGLISH BELLES
CHARACTER CHANGE ARTISTS AND NOVELTT DANCERS.
XIVSOBA. ft CO, Sensational Heary
7 weight 'Juggler. ' r- f '
XHXLB SVBBBS, Ths Georgia Boy.'
JBAB VZUOB, fiarlfonsi "The Land
or the Buffalo." , i
Th rantages Orohsstra, Always a Tsafrnrs fopnlat Mom.
HEILvIG
Tonights Tomorrow and Tuesday Nigbii
JAMES IV- BARTON AND' COMPANY OFFER BY PERMISSION
. HENRY 'W. SAVAGE
Only Authorised and Correct Version of the on vital play which has
Startled tha World '
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'Adopted by Oliver Herford, from tha Original Hungarian
of, 7BAJTZ KOEJTAX, as now presented at tha
1 OARDEV TBJEATBB, New York City.
New York Cast, Headed by Ramsey Wallace
COBTOBTB AH BUBOBATB 8CBBYO PBODtTCTIOW.
SEATS NOW SELLING AT THEATRE.
Wednesday,
UNIVERSITY
i (Glee i laiiifflMi
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I MOT30Mee!
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In Catchy Songs, Mandolin Melodies, Merry Monologues, Dialect
Dialogues, and Numerous and Varied Stunts.
PRICES
Seat Sale opens Monday, December 14, at Heilig Theatre.
on either side. They are in a terribly
bad fix. The enamel is worn off, the
ridges and corrugations are an eighth of
an Inch deep, and "
"Oh. don't tell me anything more."
cried the woman. "You frighten me.
Just fix my shattered teeth the best you
know how, and I promise never to bite
another thread."
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THEATRE
14th and Washington
Phones Main 1, All 22
Estes' Drug Store, 143 Sixth St.
THEATRE
Monday Matinee I
FITZPATRICK
BOOTS, OOBBOB- TXJO. Comedy
' Acrobatic Cyclists. .
AXBXBT lBOVABD, the Fashion
PUt Dancing Kid.
BXOaKArx, tha Latest la Mo-
. Photography.
Uon
THEATRE
14th and Washington
Phon.g Main 1. A11J2 I
99
Lower Floor 11.50, $1.90
' Balcony $1.00, 76c, 60o
' Entire Gallery BOo
4 4X
A
December 16
OF OREGON
Entire Lower Floor Sl.OO
Balcony 75 and KOI
Entire Gallery, no reserve 50
PAH.T BCATCTBB (BZCBPT STTBOAT ABB XOAXBATS), ISO. ISO. 50a
Paying particular at
tention to the enter
tainment, comf o r t
and convenience of
ladles and children.
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ADVANCED
Week
Commencing Monday Matinee, Dec. 14
rouowna
Gus Edwards'
SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS
In a Young Comlo Opera,
"Bchool Days."
The Famous Barnum A: Bailey
Clown,
SLIVERS
In His New Pantomime, "The
Ball Game," Assisted by Artie
Nelson, the World's Premier Acro-
bat
Bert Howard and Effle Lawrence
Presenting "The Stage Manager"
Jl WILLIAM TOMPKINS
"The Sense of Nonsense.
BBBTOBKABCBB) BTBBT BTBBTBO, 8:18; KATZBBB BAII.T, IB.
Brenlag Prices 15c. aso, BOo, TSo.
SAZ&T XATXBBB (BXCBPT SJTTBBAT
THE STAR
Playing only the Stair -Havlin Eastern Road Attractions
Commencing Sunday Matinee, December 13, '08
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B. PZEBCB ft CO., present
Wttb an Bioeptlonal
NO
Murder, Shooting
Fallen Women
Wronged Heroine
PURE
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TempUtlon Prices. 15c. -JOa. 7c
$1. 8eats on. Bale.
BtAatTTB SOXBXO
PBOBUOTIOB I
BTATXBBSS WXSBXBSAT,
Might Prices 15. 25. 35. 50
Next: Week DI. Henry's Dig Minsf r?!s
Emnfn
Co. (Iaa.)
liMM,
Portland's
Fahlonbl
Ponultr
T PUjhooM.
"TVS ti , II m I I n
Xom of & Zaoomparabls Bake Btock Oonpaay.
X Second and Last Week of the Great Belasco Success, About Which
everyone
Commencing Sunday
THE ROSE OF
TEEMANCMO
WITH FULL STRENGTH OF COMPANY AND GREATLY t
AUGMENTED CAST I
I ALL THE GORGEOUS SCENERY, COSTUMES AND EFFECTS X
If you saw it last week vou
time. It's a beautiful nictnre and
J Evening Prices 25S 35, 50e
t Next Week -- Hoyfs
4A4V
I &e o a n ire theatre i
Z nTi II DnvKft II
2 and A$34
OBEOOB TKBATXE CO. (OTO.) X.BSSEB. ' .
Tha theatrs that plays biff road attractions at popular pricsi
One Whole Week, Starling Tonight, Sanday, Dec. 13, 1903
Bargain Matinee Wednesday, 25c to Any Seat. Regular Matinee i
4 Saturday .
i In the Undisputed Musical Success . ; . X
I TDE SUNNY SIDE OF BROADWAY , I
Book by Eugene Walter and Charles Murray. '.
Lyrics and Music by Boyle Woolfolk . ......
40 PEOPLE-
principal FUNMAKERS
Ohas A. SCurray tteorra Stokaa Z.lUlsn Durham Clara XowarA
Ollt Kaok Aba T raid land Bas Eanlltoa Wants Bros.
Thos. Orady Olarano Backons Bath Tat
Also Original Dancing Pippins, Broadway Beauty Brigade, and
SIX ENGLISH CYCLONE DANCERS
(Imported)
DON'T FORGET THE HORSE
See the Wonderful FACEOGRAPH, Something Entirely New.
Night Prices 25e to f l.OO. Saturday Matinee 25e SOf.
X Next Attraction
4
PboneMam6. A 1020
6
THEATRE
Presenting at all
times the best of
European and Amer
ican Vaudsvllla at
tractions. VAUDEVILLE
au-stab tzatubb acts
CLIVETTE
(The Man in Black)
And "The Veiled Prophetess."
BERTIE FOWLER
"In Her Merry Monologue"
FONDA, DELL AND FONDA
Intricate Club Manipulators.
Orpheum Pictures
Orphwum Orchestra
Bvenlng Prices 15c, 85c, BOo, 75a.
ABB lOLIDiTS), lSo. SSo. BOo.
Phones-
Main 0496 1
AI496 4
tha Stirring- American Play,
Cast of Plarera
What tha Press Saji
"The most typically western
5 lay since the 'Souaw Man.' "
tilwaukee SentlneL.
"Not In ' lifetime has such a
typically western comedy been
created. Minneapolis Journal.
" Tn Wyoming is a genuine
western comedy without the usual
gun play." Duluth News-Tribune.
POPTKAB raXCESV.
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TZB OCUU W1IT."
BATVBBAT ABO SVBBAY -
MaUnee 15. 25
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Bheatst
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Kali
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Is Talking. 4 J
Matinee, Today. Dec 13
will like it even better the second
it crrrtws on von ,
Matinee Saturday, 15, 25.
"A Midnight Bell" :
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THE
Vaudeville de Luxe
Week of
MONDAY MATINEE
DEC 14, 1908
Oddities and
Novelties
OF TDE
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Vaudeville World
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Royal Musical 5
nr ait abtzstxo wotsitt
BPBCZAXi AOOBO TBATTOB
Dolph & Susie Levino
In a New Comedy Entitled
"XTPBOTZBZBa A.W1PB."
Joe & Myra Dowling
Presenting Mr. Powllnga Latest
Comedy Success,
"A SBAP XOT."
Mallia & Bart
In "Tha Baggage Smashers." ;
Smith 4 Brown
Arttstlo - I)eHnaatorv tt Rflnea
Singing and W'oodoa Btioe iano
, .. ingv ,:
S. KIKu'da
' Japanese Juggler.
Fred D:u:r
Sin gee of Pictorial IyHs, .
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