THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. ' FRIDAY. EVENING, MAY 1909.
KIT S S
SHOWTO SEATTLE
"Bridge of the Gods,"Depict
iiig Indian Life, Daily' '
Attraction.
(SmcUI Dbottch to Th JonrnaLt
Paclfla University. Forest Grova. Or.
May 20. Contract between Professor
F. Wenlojr Orr, head of the department
of drama and public speaking, and the
management of the . Alaaka-Paolfio-Yukon
exposition, whereby the students
of theu nivsrslty will present the play,
"The Bridge of the Gods," as a regu
lar attraction at the fair tlurlnir the
summer. By the terms of the agree
ment, y the students will present the
drama, every veiling' in the lanra am
phitheatre, where an outdoor setting
and natural scenery, conducive to the
wild Indian sentiment of the play, will
be available,
The play is a dramatization of the
famous novel by the class ot '08, and
was presented in ine neuig ineairo,
Portland, two years age. with remark
able success. By rewriting and work
ing over several parts of the play, .Pro
fessor Orr has eliminated the ama
teurish tone whloh was somewhat crit
icized in the early productions.
Deplots Tnfllan Ufe.
The drama.- gives a picture of the
life of the aborigines before being In
fluenced by the civilisation of the white
man. and is an accumulation of the
Indian legends concerning the bridge of
the gods which is supposed to. have
hun across the Columbia' river near
The Dalles. It portrays the confed
eracy formed by the Wlllamettes. which
was destroyed after the fall of tbe
bridge. The story brings in mauy of.
the missionaries and pioneers who
worked among the redmen. . -
Professor Orr will play the part of
Gray, the missionary, while w. K.
Owynn, the victor of the Paclfio coast
prohibition oratorical contest last week,
will carry the role of Multnomah, the
chief of the Wlllamettes and head of
the confederacy. The other members of
the cast are: Bnoqualmle, J. R. Ward;
Mishlah, D. A. Mobley; Tohomlsh, K.
Silverman; Wallulah. daughter of Mult
nomah, Graoe Payne; Waucaucus, Nor
cross Wagner; Welmith, H. B. Ferrin;
also about SO runners, chiefs and war
riors. . '
BIB PRODUCTION
BEGIHS TONIGHT
The great dramatic event of the year
is the coming of the Ben Greet Players
and the Russian Symphony orchestra.
This combination numbers over 100 peor
pie. In the orchestra alone there are
40 musicians, under the leadership of
Modest Altschuler., Mr. Greet's cora
. pany is composed of 15 players, danc
ers and singers.
The works of Shakespeare have served
as Inspiration to some of the greatest
composers, arid their musical settings
will be used with these presentations.
This promises to be one of the most
splendid spectacles ever witnessed in
the west. ,
The opening performance will be
given in the Ilelllg theatre this evening.
For this night "A Midsummer Night's
Dream" has been selected, and with it
will be rendered Mendelssohn's ex
quisite musical setting. Saturday after
noon and evening the same play will be
repeated. Included In the orchestral
renditions will be all the familiar Men
delsohn! an selections..
There will be a grand final chorus of
fairies, and incidental to the play Miss
Graoe Clark Kahler will sing two solos,
"Ye Spotted Snakes" and "Through This
House," Mr. Greet not only has the per
sona supervision of the whole dramatic
production, bwt he also takes an im
portant part tn the play a In this case
f)" will give a wonderful portrayal of
Bottom, the Weaver." "Hermla" will
he played by Miss Irene Rooke, "Hlpo
lvta' by Miss Graoe Halsey Mills, "Queen
of the Fairies" by Miss Ruth Vivian
and "Helens' br Miss Violet Vivian.
"Puck" will be attractive In the hands of
George Vivian, ana Milton itosmer win
be "Oberon," the Fairy King.
Sunday night "The Tempest" will be
glvrn. with Incidental music by Sir Ar
thur Sullivan. Tschaikowsky's "Over
ture. Fantasle" will also be rendered, and
between two of the scenes an interlude,
Isle or Love." by Glacounow. from the
suite, "The Middle Ages," will be given.
The Interlude is presented by spirits and
is featured by s. fair-- like dance by
Miss Ruth Vivian scerTe, an enchanted
Island. Mr. Greet will play Caliban;
ion Rosner, Ferdinand: Miss Irene
Rooke. Cr": Miss Grace Halsey Mills,
Iris, and Miss Violet Vivian, Miranda.
THOUGHT GASOLINE
WAS WATER; BURNED
(United Prets Leewd Wlr.
Haywards, Cal., May 21. Professor
John Gamble, principal of the Haywards
high School, is m- agony rrom otirns ne
sustained when a bottle of gasoline ex
ploded in bis hand and the little chil
dren who were attending a birthday
party at Ilia home narrowly escaped se
rious injury.
Professor Gamble lost the sense of
smell some years ago, and when he
wanted a bottle of distilled water to
fill a teakettle on a hot stove, he took
the bottle of gasoline by mistake.
The 10 children were gathered in the
Wtchen where candy was to be made,
jfrhen the professor started to pour the
-gasoline into the kettle. The explosion
sent flames all over him and he was
seriously burned about the breast, face
and hands. The children were panic
stricken, but none was badly hurt
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PRETENDED WEALTH
HIS DOWNFALL
Roseburg, Or., May St. Two men
were sentenoed today by Judge Hamil
ton to the penitentiary. One was
Oeorge F. Meyer, man of many aliases,
who pretended to be the possessor a
vast rortune in uoioraao, Dy which
means he pretended to buy the leading
hotel In this city. While the deal was
being fixed up. he forged two checks.
one for $200 and the other for 175,
both of whioh were cashed by a local
bank upon the recommendation of the
farties he was dealing with and upon
ha strength of two or three telegrams
he sent for money in Denver. Meyer
fot two years. The other was a fellow
..9 vAAm nt acta vhn ntenrl a-iilltv trt
robbing a rooming house, an d on ac
count of his age received a sentence
of one year.
New Masonic Temple.
Sheboygan, Wis., May 21. The new
Masonic temple was dedicated in "due
form" today, the ceremonies being more
elaborate and imposing than any be
fore seen iu this city. In honor of
the occasion many business houses were
tastefully decorated with bunting and
Masonic emblems. Prominent Masons
from all parts of the state attended
the ceremonies, among them belnc
Grand Master James E. Durgln of Ra
cine, and Grand Secretary W. W. Perry
of Milwaukee. The ceremonies were
under the direction of Sheboygan lodge
No. 1. which was chartered In 1847.
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