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tii: SUNDAY JOURNAL, -PORTLAND. SUNDAY HORNING, JUNE ID, 1010. r- tr h T f rt. a T "" PLAYERS SOMETHING ABOUT PLAYERS John Cort, president of the Indppend ent Producing company, announced that he had closed five year contracts with Paul Armstrong and Jules Kckert Good man, playrlghts, whereby all of the plays written by them In the Ufa of the contract would be controlled by hla company. , : Frederic Thompson, who has ' a pas eion for changing the names of things, hag rechrlstened his review, "The Comic Supplement," "Girlies." , His last effort of that kind was when he renamed ..dbel Taliaferro "Nell" and ; was so sorry for it that ho' changed it back gain. ' ?-"'',' ' : . ': , - Miss Ada Klein, a member of "The Three Twins" company, has, sued her jnanager ' for .'5,000 because she. fell from, a - rnechanlcal contrivance, with the result that her' sense of Smell was destroyed. There are plays, of course, where that loss, might . not be .advantage. . : . ' ',.' Blr Arthur Tlnero Is very partioular about his lines and 'the "business'' as he wiitea It and will not permit either to be changed in any' pf his playa with out his consent An actor at rehearsal of a Plnero play' once found himself "fishing" for lines that should have been niemorlaei at the 1 beginning. Finally, losing his own amasing assur ance, he remarked: f - "I know my lines', -Mr. Plnero, I really do." To which Plnero answered: "Yes, but not mine." . . -::,;). -v:-:'-" ' ' Press , Notice. Khiw and ' Erlanger present the Bhubert Brothers In the one act drama,' "The Open Door." . Business management of William A. Brady. John Cort. stage manager; Mose Reia and Julius Cahn, advance agents, Dramatic Mirror. Tha news that Eugen Walter Is dan gerously 111 will disturb a great many more people than those who knew hlro personally and 'valued hla friendship. He could 111 be spared at this time, for he la one of the few men who have, es sentially the gift of the theatre. There was always something Irritating In the dramatist's plays the"-same Irritating thing that there was in his person ality; His ability! one cannot question. Mia (wonderf ul knack of holding atten tion and" driving & point home la ' possessed by n other man' on the Eng Ush speaking stage.. - It Avas the,. lack of what Thomas Wentworttt Iligginson calls background that irritated those who believed that a man with so much ability should be able to provide some more philosophical covering for his Ideas. Personally Walter has all of' that background v that one missed In his plays. He Is a sentimentalist if ever there i was one' and hi adversity has made lum feel in perfect accord with those who suffer." And yet somehow or another one gets the impression from hl plays that they are, tours de force of techniquethe art : Of ., the, " atory-, teller pure and simple. His condition is said to be critical. It would be more than, a pity,- It would be-a great loss f ,he did not. recover, Although ft man small in alze, he has the finest instincts of the tighter arid tma never hesitated , 10 say what he thmiirht Was Derfectly true. ; In the Je-, velopment of the terse, . naturalistic rmi he has been Kreat influence and that lovable quality that endears him to hla friends is round sooner or later, he Uvea.;, to show Itself in work of a less cynical cast man -rtw. in " ' and "The-JSasiest Wa y .' v: , ) thirtv-four thousand, nine -hundred, and one nectole paid to see .Vesta Vic toria at the Orpheum during the past week in San Francisco.' This reprcswis an AitAnri.lnCA of within a fraction of 6000 a day or J500 a performance, Told hy Amelia Summervllle to the Matinee Girl In New: York Mirror: "While playing a 1 4 weeks' tour of vaudeville, in the week I opened at Portland, Or., at the Orpheum theatre, on the same bill were Valadon and the Howard Brothers, Jewish comedians. Thin afternoon I noticed Willie Howard, the messenger boy, standing at the eMe of the stage watching me. Just then a small string of pearla I was wearing tunica." some of them' falling on vthe - .i.va nd -the; rest dowa my neck. waa naturally upset The act following me was Valadon, the - magician, who ' had a trtclt In which he used four or fiv ducks. : The moment the ducks were let loose on the stag they lmme dlately proceeded to gobble up my stray pearls. , .'. ' "I did not know this, aa I had gone .- Immediately to my dressing room, but I heard a conversation in the rest room between Willie Howard and Valadon after the performance. I heard Willie Howard say, I'll give you $2 for It. I heard Valadon say, 't don't want to sell It, but siYice you have offered so much for it you may nave u. " "T heard that nlebt after-the per fnrmnce' that " Willie Howard had bought the duck for $26 and had taken it t restaurant.- had the duck killed n a nrned ' and dl "covered he had ' bought the wrong duck." The following are culled from Willie roil i ir "Dent's:" , . "Don't forget that the pen is mightier than the tword, except in, romantic -. Plays." -..'-f- Don't ever admit that you write a bad play; alwaya blame failures on the manageri company and production." "Don't forget that atage dinnem do nt fin actors or the house." nnfi'l try to educate the public. ; We have public schools for that" - rTT" i "Don't forget that you can substi nt raste for' diamonds, itea for whiskey, candy for food, but you cannot mhntUute a blacksmith for an actor." Don'ta for actors: "Don't take 11b rtiB with the author'a lines. Alwaya resDect royalty." - "Don't forget that while you eupport tlm star he supports you." "Don't count too much on quiet scenes; beware of the man behind the drum." - ' "Don't laugh at your audience, no matter how funny they look." ' "Never suggest a change In the cast vou may be out of work." Don'ts for audiences: . "Don't think that because you are Sitting In the nailery you are above suspicion." "Don't ignore the proper function of tho theatre . mothers. When baby cris bring it to the theatre so that everybody can hear it." t . ' When you buy theatre tickets don1 ask: f 'Can I see from there' A ticket seller is not necensarily an oculist." "Don't come late and know It all come early and se it all." "Don't believe all you hear of actors, We read the papers also. "Don't shudder at the vlllaln'a cruelty to the heroine; she may be his mother." 'During the rehearsals for the out-of door performance of "Aa You Like It,' at Berkeley, Ca!., Hiss Maude Adam musicians, now for a larger and more rlaborat Forest of Arden, now for 1000 more lights, until the management In despair asked her when she thought she-' would be satisfied and stop. Her reply was that for years she had been Wdtting to play "As You Like If' and James Jrc-tcalfe says there Is reallyi a bigger public than formerly, ajid that tho average of successful . plays is higher than it has been for the past five years. This conclusion Is empha sized by the fact that there are fewer forced runs than there used to be. .The explanation of this may be that' the practice of forcing runs In New York with the Idea that this will Impose on the public in other cities is not so popular-with managers as it used to be. Out of town newspapers keep their readers pretty well Informed as to the real merits of plays In "New York, with the result that the forced run costs the manager more than It is worth. ' Characteristics of the Season. These flgures; cover the entire city, being complied from the columns of the Mirror, anil do pot show the tendencies of the public so well as an outlook con fined to the smaller circle of theatres which study . the : changing fancies of those theatregoers who In a way set the styles. ' It is a little bit difficult to draw a close classification of plays,' but oae thing is evident that tragedy has gone out of the liking of this generation. In a total of 102 new plays produced at leading: TiouScs -;,, .only three were tragedies. ' The most popular of all, popular belief to the contrary notwith standing; were drama, of rather a seri ous character, 'involving' sentiment or melodramatic action. . In the total of new plays these numbered 63, "as against 38 In which the serious Interest was subordinated td comedy and farce.. Even reenforced by the 26 'musical comedies and musical farces produced during the season. the "serious interest ' plays still have - a majority, of one. As , to the number, of performances and length of runs, the frivolous entertainmenta have slightly the advantage, although not to the extent that might be generally sup posed. The musical, farces are respon slble for most of it, as at the theatres under consideration they have occupied Zii weeks out of a total of 1114, or al most a third.;.:-:.'.: . :.. :.. .-.;:; , Among1 the. Survivor i. Many of the season's productions in New York will never see the road. Some were, utter failures and some, al- To those Who read between the lines in the first act of. "Chantecler," print ed ; in the June" issue of Hampton's Magazine, will be found what is un doubtedly Rostrand s sly : dig : at his critics. .' ' - : -. ' i . 1 ' ' - ItywlU be remembered that, after the presentation and popularity of "Cyrano ae Bergerac," Rostand was tne center of a bitter critical fight among various factions In Paris. -So terrific was the onslaught at the time that . Rostand, who Is physically a very dellgata man, went into a jnervous decline and for a long time It was thought he might die. Here Is the significant passage in which the conspirators against the Cock tell why they do not like him: " The Owl Thanks! But how Is It that you are wit- us? ' The Cat--Ah,-nighr brings out what daylight will not own to! I do not like the Cock because the Dog does. "-There you ! have It. ' ' ' ' The Turkey I do not., like, him ror though' moderately successful, did not have enough, backbone to be considered fit to face the vicissitudes of travel. Of those that survive, almost all, under the new conditions of making produc tions, have been already seen in some cities outside of New York. Those that will be novelties to most people out of town will be Clyde Fitch's 'The City," with Tully Marshall's remarkable depiction -of degeneracy; "The Lily," which Mr. Belaco has made the pictur esque vehicle for Nance ''O Neil's study in French splnsterhood, and Mr. Forbes Robertson's own admirable acting, and his "excellent : company in Mr., Jerome's interesting and far from goody-goody play, "The Passing of the Third Floor Back." These will, all make extensive tours and are well worth seeing. Fran, cis Wilson's "The Bachelor's Baby" Is another ' New York success , which will also be seen In cities that do not bar child actors. , ' ' " r ,' Duplicated companies and out of town productions have made familiar In some places other metropolitan . successes which will tour next season 'The most notable of these and' worth going to are the farces '.'Seven . Days" and "The Lottery Man"; the comedies !The For tune Hunter,"."Is Marriage a Failure r and "Her Husband's Wife" ; the more serious plays, V "A Mans World'" and The ; Spendthrift" '.v the melodrama which has succeeded both here and In London, "Alias Jimmfe Valentine," and ...e lurid French drama "Madame X" From the big feature of the season the New theatre not much Is likely to come for cities . which have not been visited by the company Itself. It my be that companies will be,organized to take out Mr. Sheldon's "The Nigger and the double "bill that can be made of "Don" and "Sister Beatrice." - The rights of "Strife" may also be utilized, but in these cases, excepting possibly "The Nigger," there Is little temptation for the touring manager to make the experiment after the New theatre com pany's tour has extracted the Juice from the places where the theatre's produc tions might naturally be expected to meet with the greatest Interest and patronage.-,: --,;. . J: ;s;J.- only one thin?. Just .about this time when tiie novelty of "Polaire" the ugli est woman In the world, is wearing off, Mr. llammersteln is putting a troupe of trained fleas upon the stage at the Hammorstein 'roof garden. The fleas were imported from Germany. They are highly ' intelligent fleas and so through a number of evolutions. One wonders how the fleas can be seen from the , audience they are magnified by performing against mirros. The Shuberts and W. A. Brady an nounce the appearance of Fritzl Scheff next season in a revival of Madame Butterfly. Journal Want Ads bring results. nj) a ri'rrpj) theatre Fbones Main 2 and A-&30. HOME OF PORTLAND'S FAMOUS BAKER STOCK COMPANY Ceo. I Bfces. Pen. lBgi. Week Commencing Sunday Matinee June 19, -10-Today PASSAGE FROM CHANTECLER IZETTA JEWEL; FRANKLYN . UNDERWOOD AND ' : " BAKER STOCK COMPANY ' c . ft ' 'i : . . i. " r In John Drew and Billie Burke's greatest New York success, 1 A COMEDYIN FOUR ACTS. ' - First time in this city in stock, Replete with strong dramatic ' characters and situations and laughable comedy. . , SPECIAL SCENERY-AND EFFECTS" STAGE UNDER: blRECTJON' OF WILLIAM DILLS. BARGAIN MATINEE WEDNESDAY 25c; . Sunday and Sat. Matinees 25c, 50c. . Evenings. 25c, 50ct rn I W ! I ! I V Ml 5a U r. js DAII.Y MATiyTT! ISc, Sr0, 500 !, uivuyuj mu A S WW Phones Main 6, A 10-3 lVvv! VceIc,June2D ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Direct from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, and the Boston 1 . : Upera House. LOSE IFUS-iILIER'S ; . ' ' BEAUTIFUL DANCING SURPRISE FEATURE ' ' , Capt. Wlaximilion Gruber Charles Wayne & Co. ,j and Mum Adelina'i ' In a Vaudeville Novelty EQUESTRIAN REVIEW ."10 A. M . OR THE MORNING i, , ; AFTER" - . Harry L Webb . ,, . w ,. . , The Man Who Talks and Sings , rGntelie and VallOne, -, - , " ' " ' ' , , Elite Entertainers ' ' ' Siege! and Matthews . . : - i. . - ; - ; , I'nemicr Artists on Novelty . hrefl KOUeil , t ':: Stringed Instruments ; 't Peerless Gymnasts ' 1 ' " MATINEE, TODAY 15, 2S AND. 50 CENTS Evening Prices: sl5c, 25(v50ci75c DAILY MATUTEE 15c, 35o, 500 U 1111 (Holiday Matinee., aright Priced 1 Next and last week of the season, "PAID IN FULL." th reason .that, knowing' him as a Chick, I cannot admit, him as a Cock. A Duck I do not like the Cock be cause, .not being: webfooted, he marks his passage by a. track of stars. A Chicken I flo not like the Cock because he has his picture painted In purple on all the plates. Another ChlckenI do not like the Cock because, on all the steplea he has his statue In grllt brone. ; . ; r An Owl (to a, blgr, overgrown Chick en) -Well, Well! And you, Capon? The Capon (dryly)-1 do not like the Cock; i-1 .'.v -.' ?- " First Owl (to .trte Mole) And you, why do you hate him? , . , The. Mbl-1 hate him because I have never seen him. . . ' - ; ; ' The Cuckoo Clock Cuckoo! First Owl And you. Cuckoo; do you know . why you hate him? . The Cuckoo ; (on . the : last stroke) Because he does not have to be wound up!, 'Cuckoo! ' :: ,, waiting so long, she said, "I propose to play It 'As I Like It" " ' . Mies Barrymore ts ambitious to ap pear In a repertory comprising the fol lowing plays,, in all of which she has acted save Ibsen's "The Lady From . the Sea," "Cousin ivate," 'The Silver Box," Mid-Channel," "A Doll's House" ana The LadV From the Sea." The role of Hilda Wan gel In the last-named play has a strong appeal to Miss Barrymore. Madame Nazlmova has acted It in this country. Just prior to' her departure for Eu- ropo last week. Miss Marie CahUl, who will be sen next season in a new musi cal play by Avery Hopwood, the author of 'Seven Days," and Silvio Heln, the composer of "The Boys and Betty" and De Wolf Hopper's, "A Matinee Idol," announced that sho would not buy a sitogcostume oh the other side. "I am a firm believer In everything that is American," said Miss Cahlll. ' I have always had my frocks made on tnls side, and I can see no reason ror changing. Paris fashions are all very well, but, believe me, very few Parisians would wear the stuTf that is sent "to this country as the latest Parisian wrinkle, . ..... '. - : The first of the summer shows, so- called, U as usual Intended for the peo ple who spend their vacation In New York City more than for those who feel that they have had enough of it dur ing the writer, The gullible attitude of .the summer visitor to the city Id a matter of frequent Jest along Broadway, where he and she are viewed as "easy marks.". In the first of these shows, The Summer .Widowers,'? an attempt, however, is ma4e to Interest the male resldeat whose family nas lert ntm in town, with a result that will be viewed differently ' according to the point of view, , There are those who will say with a great deal of Justice that no matter how amusing "The Summer Widowers" may be tho point of view and the treatment will make up more or less of a paean to immorality. He was a far sighted min ister his name I have forgotten who resented the popularity of the song last summer, "My wife's Gone to the coun try, Hurrah, Hurran." xne spinv is neither American, - gentle. - nor, -1' be lieve, typical. Broadway Is accustomed to taking even , the most degraded , vices lightly. . but no one presumes for a moment that Broadway Is representative of America any more than the cafes of Montma'rtre are representative of the borne life of France. The thousands of peopln.'who eang "Give My Regards to Broadway' wheriFthat song was enjoy IrigVpopularlty were toot" thinking of Broadway , but thinking.. of home, Juet as when the song; was -used in London it was changed Into, "Give My Regards to Leicester gquare,""That .other Broad way classlo which contained tfie won derful line - , ' "When you leave New York r You're only camplnsr out" was the most Insolent oi all that class, for If there is anything true on earth it is that about the only place you do camp out Is New York. In-"The Sum mer Widowers" this Broadway Idolatry taxes tins lorm: There's no plaee like .home, boys. When your wife has gone away; No better place to roam, boys. Than good old Broadway. Now, in the-George M. Cohan song, "Give My Regards to Lroadway," there was the general appeal. In that Broad way represented the city of New York and possibly the country.1 But there is no excuse for this third song, for It is simply a businesslike endeavor to whoop up the idea that Broadway is a "grand place" for unmarried men and. summer wiuowers 10 spena tneir time. The Actors' Fund fair netted $110,000 for the fund. This was a disappoint ment as It was hoped to' realize $200, 00. The national benefit chairman, Mr. Erlanger, turned In . $40,000 - received from - benefit performances throughout the - country. - '---r Mr. rronman proposes to effect a collaboration between Miss Hattle Wil liams and George P. Huntley whereby those artists will appear next season as the stars of a new play by the Frenchmen Calllavet and De Flers, authors "My Wife," "Love Watches," and "Inconstant George," made familiar hereabouts through the efforts of Miss Billie Burke and the senior Mr. Drew. The play is a translation of "Le Bols Sacre" in which a woman's demands for the legion d'honneur are said to be amusingly satirized. Mr. Huntley will Impersonate a fantastic Frenchman act ed in Paris by Max Dearly, and Miss Williams will appear as a popular wo man novelist created In the original by Mme. Jeanne Oranler. , . ,f , William Hammersteln Is always out for "something new. Mr, Hammersteln doesn't allow his audiences to contract ennui through the monotony of seeing 'ACil SULLIVAN $ C0N5I01NE '- ; WX-M WEEK of Witt ffiOT ,1 THE SIX ENGLISH ' JOGGLING GIRLS pOYIS. DARLEY FITZGERALD.' $ 0'DELt i WILUAI15 BROTHERS EVCELA FRANK j I GRANDA5C0PE ""-i r" v Advanced Vaudeville Stars of All Nations Week Commencing Monday Matinee, June 20 . SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT The Four Nightono . . WORLD'S GREATEST OLYMPIAN GYMNASTS : ' Mueller '& Mueller ' Vaudeville'! Premier "Songsters Gehan & Spencer Dancers of Renown " Pantagescope ; Latest Animated Events" Georgia Gardner & Co. m -TOO MANY DARLINGS" The Hartmans Hungarian Dancers The Carr Trio Comedians and Singers ; ; ADDED ATTRACTION EXTRAORDINARY Chas. Nichols & Croix-Marie In the Farcelet Delightful j ' "AN INTERRUPTED REHEARSAL" POPULAR PRICES-MAT. DAILY. CURTAIN, 2:30. 7:30 AND 9 PEOPLE'S AMUSEMENT COMPANY 4-BIG 4 FIRST RUN PfCTURE THEATRES STAR TDEiTRE TODAY . BEST BZXA OT THB BEASOK . Feature'Extraordlnary How Championships are Won and Lost By the Real James J. Corbett. , A Treat for the.Ladles of Portland. The Face at The Window.....1...... ' .....Greatest Blorph Ever Produced ' RESIDES A. " Rich Comedy, and Usual Features. Oh Joy Thealre TODAY White Fawn's Devotion, y Great Indian : Picture. Davy Jones' Landlady Comlo Spanish Frontier..... Scenic iwJ-tMbefFtn-Trnf!- Odeon Theatre ; (Formerly National) TODAY Central American Romance. . , , ' Brilliant Esther and Nordlca.. .Spectacular Poor But Proud Dramatln , boriKs,, music ana directs. . ARCADE TDEATRE TOMORROW Tbe Ranchman's Kpud.. ......... ......j. Comedy Drama of West Road to Happlnena., i ....Dramatic Poetical- Jane . . . . , , , . VComlo Lewln s Abbpy .Bcfnio And the Other I'sual Attractions. THE OAKS AMUSEMENT PARK "Grand Success MME KATE'S GreatBand&ConcertCo. SPECIAL SLASON OF HIGH-CLASS MUSIC This Afternoon and Every Afternoon and Evening This Week, With an Entire Change of Program ' . r. at Every Performance. Many Other Attractions Admission to the Park, 10c CARS' FROM ALLPARTS OF THE CITY CHANGE EAST WATER AND MORRISON CaDnninKsnR 1200 FEET ABOVE THE CITY PORTLAND'S FREE AMUSEMENT PARK TRIP . UP THE COLUMBIA New Attraction Costing $25,000 ,L. A. THOMPSON SCENIC RAILWAY The -finest Scenic Railway in the World. ' ' 5 Great Snow Caps $15,000 ; MERRY-GO-ROUND THE GRANDEST PANO RAMA IN AMERICA - BEAUTIFUL . . PICNIC GROUNDS For Families Free Tables and Water COME AND SEE THE GRAND VIEW ' Breathe the Pure Air and Enjoy Yourself . No Liquor for Sale or Permitted on the Grounds FH PORTLAND'S (I FAMILY l PLAYHOUSE i 81IVJUATH AKD ALOES STS. Last Times This Afternoon and KiflW of "In Gay Paree" Commencing Tomorrow (Monday) Matinee and All Week The Edw. Armstrong Musical Comedy Company IN THE BIG GAY MUSICAL SHOW The Ml off ToMo WITH ETHEL DAVIS, BEN T. DILLON,' CLARA HOWARD, WILL KING and a Notable Cast A-Scieam-oLJ.tin,va U e vclof -Mwwr-Wlth-of Bcamifar-gceTigry Lovers of Musical Comedy with 'Pretty' Girls and Catchy Music Can't Afford to Miss It. - FRIDAY NIGHT Chorus Girls' Contest FRIDAY RIGHT " Two Performances Nightly 7:45 and 9:15 P. M.,15c and 25c Matinees Daily 2:M T. M., Z0c ' JIU JITSU BOXING and WRESTLING MERRILL'S HALL SEVENTH AND STARK Friday Evening, June 24 The Mysterious Jiu Jitsu YOUNG TOGO, "The Little Giant," of Japan, weight 10:, pounds, will meet JOCKEY BENNETT of San Francisco, featherweight champion boxer of the northwest, and FREDDIE ABERNATHY of Portland, 125 pounds, cham pion catch-as-catch-can wrestler of the northwest, Togo to subdue each man. twice. Doors open at 7:30; first bout at &:15. Two good jiu jitsu preliminaries. GENERAL ADMISSION ..,.,75K RINGSIDE SEATS .?l.uO Seats on sale at Schiller's Cigar Store, 6th 'and Washing never had a chance. Now, efte