p f ! V r iiii w v;;"- ". I t k,)m aiip ,
f ; - r. M.,fW V3DRO'lNTC3WKr .;(tn II iVli ra- ' ?J 4 hff3 . Th " boys are modern' Sauw ..nd pgi li VA ' - '
' NfW X- r tk t V -hIH 11 ' VJl i 5.X - ,:: have, attained physical development lit- fev, t&.' .
L4 -ymfQAIiS, . hLlrr ' - If ' - A 4 ahort -or; marvelous. " Ot its kind. S 'V t
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( . f -''A Y 1 ' x.l ' 1 A ff ' ' v J ment announces a high class Instrumerii- L ' ,,iRiAi.-
! f j fM;A A T I s ! I , If ' ' XJCiW ; tal offering.' David Schooner, the boy r; - I X. -
' Vr r- ;-, P M mtfteWP W' W 'paderew.kl. The repertoire will con- L X ' 1 V; '
! .- 1 J f W M:fBif4'i4 : sist of grand opera selections, adapted (1 J
A frX ".j '.'J Xjr T i ' LV ' VA"'''' r1lvkI hy Master 8chooner himself,-and a num- L J I ':- - . . JT0
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DRAMATIC CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
HEILIi',The Midnight Sons," for six nights, commencing Monday with
special priced matiness Wednesday and Saturday.
BUNGALOW "Brown's in Town," with Henry gtockbrldge and Fay
Hainter. . 1
BAKER "The Wolf." ; ! s -
ORPHKUM Vaudeville. ' ,
RAK1 Vaudeville. - -v , .
PANTAGE8 Vaudevine. . . .
LYRIC--Lyrio Musical Comedy company In "Dillon and King In Ala-
STAR. ARCADE, OK JOY, ODEON,
?f - COMING ATTRACTIONS
if i-HEIUGM-Ed ward Terry and his London tompany, March
t "Sweet Lavender" and "The Magistrate. 'r 'The Rac
- If, 17, la. .
BAKER "The College Widow."
s:
I EVEN DAYS" at the Heillg last
week proved Itself a farce with
much humor in it. Perhaps
mora would have been got out
had the comoanv been better.
i;
ii'
ut on the whole it was a worthy enter
tainment and' furnished those who saw
It a good laugh.
jsober ladles on the stage? The element
pt humor squeezed out of a cocktail too
anuch Isn't edifying. There were many
frunny things In 'Seven Days," but the
4psy scene wasn't one of them.
I Max Dill must have pleased thousands
lit the Bungalow with his "Dream City."
Tt la an unusually good musical comedy,
ndy gtvee -the former Kolb-& D1U star
ilenty of chance to rhine. The fact that
FDream City wasn't new to Portland
aidn't hurt It any rather it helped, as
Its previous reputation was excellent. .
t Hall Cain's ever popular The Chris
Jtlan' for stock purposes one of the most
fuccessful plays eer written, repeated
former successes at the Baker. Four
ilfferent companies have given ' 'The
Christian", for Baker patrons, but it
loses none of Its old time popularity.
Tomorrow, night the Heilig wilt open
tylth the big spectacular musical produc
tion .The Midnight Sons "something a
little different than any theatrical per
formance ever given here before the
iftungalow mill show "Brown's in Town,"
ft popular farce of many years' season
Jng,, and "the Baker people will give 4Ths
5Vlf,iNEugeneWalter's Interesting canf
tdian northwest melodrama. The other
tiouaea promise good' bills; as Is told at
3 ngth elsewhere on this page.
PROMISES MADE BY
j! . THE PRESS; AGENTS
I ."The Udniht Sons" at UeiUg.
? Xo musical attraction announced for
tt appearance in Portland this season
as attracted more genuine Interest
l an the forthcoming c engagement of
ThtV Midnight Sons" at the Heillg
luatro which is.. announced for six
tsiita beginning tomorrow with special
rt maUueea Wednesday and Batur-
'Tl.eTuli.tiht'Tonsairroriiea'rTy
. r at the Uroadway theatre. New
ortt, mid, la now making Its first tour
-t r the Rockien, with the . same
t fi't- ejiiipmeut end with must of the
a ,. rortlanil will see Ueorge
i i in his .original creation. o(
; k THE
TIVOLI Motion Pictures.
It and 14. In
Racadlans," March
"Pansy Burns." . George. Schiller in the
original role of "Senator Nores." Alma
Youlin, Elizabeth May ne, and many of1
the original cast It Is seldom that a
musical production Is sent to the coast
with Its original Broadway scenic equip
ment and with Its original company, but
Mr. Fields being sanguine of the suc
cess of the tour of this attraction has
sent to this territory the complete pro
duction and cast which has met with
such favor In all the big eastern cities.
The company is making Us western
tour on,a special train of nine' cars.
In addition to 'the company of over
100 people, fully 250 extra people are
utilised for the theatre scene, which
shows the Interior of acomplete theatre
with tiers of boxes, orchestra seats, bal
cony and gallery. This scene Is com
pared In Its magnitude with the famous
chariot scene In "Ben Hur." Few pro
ductions, ever presented on the Ameri
can, stage contain "more scenic novel
ties, and Jn this respect 'The Midnight
Sons" Is promised as being the biggest
scenic surprise m iortiana this year.
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"Brown'a in Town" at Bungalow.
Who Is this mysterious Brown. No
one seems to know, and what is mora,
even after seeing the clever comedy,
which will open the week at the Bunga
low tomorrow matinee, one Is no wiser
than he was before he went. "Brown's
In Town," after many years of plllhg
up fortunes for Its owhersrstlll holds
place In the front rank of clean laugh
able farces. ;'. ,
It Is a tale of (wo very yoang persons
who have secrecy! married against a
parent's ' wish, and who are living in a
uttie cottage In the country under the
assumed name of .Brown, Happiness,
spiced with the mystery ' and mischief
of the affair, relgi.s supreme until some
of their old City friends stumble onto
their little paradise, and are told stories
on the spur Of the mornent,' until a moi-
nment - of fabrication la - formed that
threatens every e icon d to topple and lf
the serious secret out of the bag, or, In
volve them In a scandal far worse, To
cap the climax the noisy, blustering? old
father arrives on the scene. One situa
tion after another follows In rapid suc
cession, until In the end the secret hajf
nraTrrieaks16uOiirafteKarsucces8ion
of thunder and explanations everyone 4s
satisfied and the play enda aii lt'begfn,
in nappiness ana run. : -:: 'i. a
It will be preeented by Henry Stock
bridge and Fay Baloter, and'ona of Ifte
strongest companies seen-at tha Boift
OREGON ' SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND,' SUNDAY
galow this season. Several lively mu
sical specialties and greatly to the action
of the play, and matinees will be given
Thursday and. Saturday.
' "The Wolf": at ;Ue Baker,; g
Somb playflike books and songs, ap
pear to be the direct fruit of inspira
tion, and In such class of plays Is Eu
gene Walter's 'The Wolf," which the
Baker Stock company will offer for the
week commencing this afternoon. The
scenes are laid In the Canadian for
ests and the story Is told of Hilda Mac
Tavlsh, a motherless young girl whose
father Is a half -erased old Scotchman,
and Into whose life come two men, one
Jules Beaublen, a young French Ca
nadian, every inch a man, and the other
a railroad civil engineer, handsome and
engaging, but with a blackened soul
and heart. Hilda Is, however. In her
Innocence, attracted by his engaging
manner and fluent conversational pow
ers descriptive of the life outside her
primitive world, and soon falls Into his
trap laid to work ber ruin. He even de
ceives the father Into believing he Is
taking her away to his sister's In order
that she may have some of the advan
tages' of civilisation. . : s
Butthere a Nemesis onhia-trau
In the person of Jules and hla faithful
old trapper friend, Ba'tlste, Despite his
other faults, McDonald1 has plenty of
physical courage and determination, and
the struggle between these two. strong
men assumes ;tha attitude Of a" fight
to the death inf which neither one will
give or receive quarter. It ends In the
night scene, along the banks of a river,
In which .Jules sends Hilda and Ba'tlste
on ahead and waits for his enemy, who
is following them. When he comes the
two fight It out there In th darkpess
with knives to the weird accompani
ment of the howling of the wolves In
the timber beyond. Matinees of -The
Wolf will be given. ' Wednesday and
Saturday. '' '.
Promising Bill at the Orpheum.
A bill In which there Is hilarity,
a touch of nature ' and an ex
position , of Interest to athletes
and wrestlers Is coming to the
Orpheum Monday afternoon.; The
feature act will be the first appearance
In vaudeville 61 C. ' William JKolb and
hla suDDortlna- comoanv of seven neo
pie In "The Delicatessen Shop," along
with the tangled English dispensed by
Mr. Kolb, the playlet gives room : for
the appearance of a number of characi
;Jters ranging from the soft-dome to the
pnnii aoijna jor ine, operatic stage, ana
Is repldtei. wtthinny jiaylngsj catchy
music and roarlngf funny situations. The
skit IS' lifted bodlly-from the plot of
l ine -uummer widower" In which Mr.
Kolb appeared for a-' number of years
ana which was perhaps bis greatest sue
cess., . His advent to vaudeville lndl
at -thaS'he-fawww-ftrt men I'miieita
lan has lost nothing- of his cunhinr.
- ,unme .same bin will be the Frey
Twins, ; statuesque athletes, - who ; are
creatin g Tan uproar throughout the World
of at hie ties -because- of their Derfeot
physical development, ind the beauty of
ineir posiuringr m lamouu paintings
and statuary of the world, In which ath
letes are reproduced. They conclude
their act with an exposition of every
grip known to the professional wrest
lers of the world. . '
Getting back ,to nature, the frogman.
Ferry, will make hla appearance In the
midat of Jila lagoon.
.Tha. Mlsses .Stewart and Murray will
earry their auditors back to the foot
lights and the land of make believe to
the "real thing" In the life of a chorus
girl.
Miss Hamid Alexander Is a dashing
little singer from the 1 London music
halls who talks, playa her piano and
gets over a lot of new and fresh stuff
In a highly satisfactory manner. ,
Stuart Barnes, the prince charming
among monologulstr,tells Tfitory or
sings a song with a manner that Is
all his own Invention and an earnest
ness that captivates hla audience. -
Rogers and Hart, Cohen and Harris
comedians in "A Touch of Nature,"
are to be reckoned with. These popu
lar young men cannot be considered
nature fakers but are loaded with a
brand pew cargo of quips. .
The last performances by the Rolfon-
lans, Jarrow and the Flying Banvards
will ba seen at the Orpheum this aft
ernoon and evening.
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"DlUon and King In Alabazn."
With , a big hurrah, tha Lyric Musical
Comedy company, will open tha forty
first week of musical comedy ' at the
Lyric theatre commencing with tomor
row's matinee. For the coming week
'Dillon and, King in Alabasu" " will be
the attraction. It la the latest from
the pen of the popular Lyric comedians.
There Is an Interesting plot that runs
throughout the entire bill. The com
edy takes place in "Alabazu." This
place Is ruled over by a king who is
much- opposed to his daughter marrying
a prince named Ivan. The prince is
exiled and ' the daughter grieves' over
her loss so much that her life is de
spaired of. A wreck occurs off Alabazu
and two sailors, Ike and Mllte, are
washed ashore.--Whenreughfr-bef ore
the ruler Mike Is made superintendent
of funerals and royal shetlacer of mum
mies. He is also offered the king's
daughter for his ; wife but becoming
wlsa to the laws of the land -he "per
suades Iks o accept . the honor, ; Ike
agrees and after marrying, finds that
when a wife dies tha husband must be
buried alive. He then Sets. out to find
a substitute and then his trouble com
mences. ' During the production a new
song written for the occasion will be
sung. King, Dillon and Lancaster., will
be heard In a trio, Miss Rockwell In, a
selected solo and Miss Paon, the gingery
aoubrette, in a' fasolnating number as
sisted by the Girlie chorus.' There will
he the usual two njght performances,
a matinee dally an a chorus girls' con
test after each -performance on Friday
night. , . . '
aajMpWMNSSq0StfSNVMISS
High Class Bill at the Grand.
It will be a typical: high class vaude
ville program the1 Grand " will - offer
commencing Monday afternoon.: For
the headline act Sullivan Consldtne
are-nding Bobby Panflur and brother.
-MORNING,''-', MARCH 5, 1911.
Tliree boys are modern Samsons and
have attained physical development lit
tle short Of ; marvelous. " 'Of its kind.'
tr-re- fw aots wlileh-eaarb men
tioned with the Pandurs. V
For the special feature the-management
announces a high class Instrumen
tal offering, David Schooner, the boy
Paderewskl. The repertoire will con
sist of grand opera selections, adapted
by Master Schooner himself,-and a num
ber of popular piece's. 1
ii Next, there will be the Six GydsV
.Singers, with operatic and popular set
lections. Tha sextetQnsista 0f three
men and three women. v.Two of the peo
ple are .soloists,,- who ' have excellent
voices. . '
Joe Whitehead and Miss Grlerson are
no strangers to Portland audierfces.
Whitehead was formerly featured In
musical comedy inA the east He Is
quick at repartee and his ;danclng is
immense. ; . ,!
: Charles AJ Murray, for a quarter of
a century part of . the team of Murray
and Mack, comes with Miss Hamilton
In a sketch, "Jerry the Janitof," which
enables the comedian to appear in sev
eral comical characters. t J ,
John Hamilton, a novelty painter, will
be on tha bill, presenting a painting act
unlike anything else 'ever seen here.
There will be motion pictures on the
Grandascope, as usual. - V
Sunday's performances will be the last
of the present bill, which has such big
cards as James J. Morton, "Nos 44," and
Dunlap and Vlrden.. U i-i-,
V"The Hold-Up' at Pantagea.
Alexander Pan tages has secured 'The
Hold-Up" for a limited engagement, the
local booking being for one week, com
mencing with tha matinee tomorrow at
2:30. Twenty-five people appear In the
cast The. curtain rises on a perfect
representation of a dispatch station on
the Denver & Rio Grande. The opera
tor is ticking a message when a huge
freight train bursts into view.. As the
freight disappears a masked face peers
In the window watching the-operator at
work. Than comes a series of dramatlo
situations that hold the audience spell
hound untld the drop of the curtain.
Percival Layton- appears in tha stellar
role.vv"- - L .' ' '" ' wif..v...v-v
T Thet Aerlel Bhaws, two sensational
aeriel artists, appear In Spanish cos
tumes and a giant awing is lowered to
them. Suspended - by their teeth, they
are raised, Into the air, where they exe
cute series of ' extraordinary feats and
complete wonderful turns and twists.
' The circus and country glfl characters
delineated by .Miss Jane Cameron In the
musical aklt presented by Miss Cameron
anf Harry Fltaslmmons are exceedingly
entertaining. Sjaveral catchy .melodies
and worth while dances are Introduced,
: Emil Merkle Is one of the happiest
Character Impersonators li vaudeville,
and hla poses of celebrated men of the
past and present are most artistic.'
.' Best known as tha Baron at the Piano,
James H. Llchter proves one, of tha big
gest hits of the bill with his enjoyable
pianologuea.' , , ,
In i songs and amusing sayings,, the
Varsity Trio make an appearance and i
win the hearts of all who hear, v. ' ,
The, Pantagescope ..will conclude the
bill ' with the latest animated events.
Alethela and Aleko will be seen for the
last time; together with the Other stellar
acts on this week's bill, at the perform
ances this afternoon and evening.
English Actor, Edw, Terry, Coming.
Edward Terryf the dean ' of, English
femedlans.who ls making, a .brlclLtQur
of this country" under 'the management
of Lieblor & Qo. and who. .brings with
him acomplete English company from
Terry's theatre London, will come to
the Heillg, March U .and. IY Monday
evening In "Sweet Lavender,'! and Tues
day evening In "The Magistrate." Fron
the list-of plays announced; 'if is iefl
dent that this- Versatile artist . has no
leaning toward those ' which touch the
somber side of Ufa? but prefers those
which gild frail humanity with touches
of humor and philosophy. . It 4 is : the
cleanly wholesome quality in Mr. Ter
ry's humor that has done so much to
ward making him universally popular.
His characterisations are so funny, so
obviously exaggerated - for tha- specific
purpose of tickling tha Imagination,
that we laugh with them as well as at
them, and Jubilantly recognise In them
a clever study of the ridiculous side of
our neighbors. The advance seat sale
will open next Friday, March 10.
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"The Arcadians" Coming to Ilellig.
"The Arcadians, the ;new musical
comedy play, considered the best pro
duced In recent years, will be seen at
iha Heillg on March li, 17 and 18. The
libretto of the play Is said to be tar
above the average,, and a very fantas
tical and diverting story Is admirably
Interpreted by an excellent company
of English and American players.
Among them are Johnny Osborne, Alice
Russon, Ruth Thorp, Moya Mannering,
Vernon Davidson, Marie Shields, Gil
bert Chllds and Edward Lester.
4 Baker, 'fThe College Widow" Next.
George Ade's popular comedy "The
College . Widow" will be given an elab
orate presentation by Baker stock com
pany, -after "The Wolf," opening next
Sunday matinee.! It Is a dashing and
pretentious comedy, and comprises a
large cast of people with everyone a
type of character such as the genius of
Ade alone could conceive. It is likewise
redolent with the atmosphere of college
life, and the famous football scene Is
one of Its brightest and most amusing
features; i-r-.-t -rf,.-,;;.v.Ji' .--r
j Motion Picture Houses. ., ,
;At the Star theaVe there will be 'The
Heart of a Savage,": a remarkable ,blo
feraph 'taken , In the hills surrounding
Los Angeles. - The Writing ' on the
Blotter,'' by which a loyaj .wife prgvea
tha innocence of her - husband, and "Oh,
tou Clubman,"! '.a paths comedy, made
la .JlmericaLlna-addltiofttiMlea Helen
Lowe In a new song, together with
rausio by Messrs. Thorn, , Carney and
Carnay."?!' i.sc. i-.--vj.--i-...--V.e.'-:
The Arcade managements will present
the genuine pictures connected with the
revolution now being waged la. Mexico,
together' with1 "Bertha's Mission," a so
ciety satire, and Woman's Curiosity,"
a comedy. The Arcade will also present
a new Binger in; the very latest song
hit. . t' :-,-yy -V:, ,
The Oh -Joy will offer "Tha Desert's
Edge," showing the effect of a blinding
sand atorm on a great American desert,
."Captain Barnacle's Courtship,", . by
Charles Dlcluana. and "Forbidden- Ogar-
ettes, ; ,'a ' comedy appealing; especially
to'tooy and girls, v-i. ,t&;wif'':.-..)sJ
.: The Odeon will offer four pictures,
"The Outbreak' taken from' 3. Fenl
morcs Cooper' s, novel; "Nan's Diplomacy
&. striking jpoiaedyl'Mav.. Makes.'jtfusla,.':
and "Pots, Pans and Poetry," a double
Paths comedy. ', 1
The TVvoll will exhibit as its feature,
Ther. Mexican Revolution,". "Mammy's
Ghost.'; a tale of the Civil ' war;, "The
Tramp's Find," a comedy, together with
a new song . by the ever popular Al
Bather. "
; PLAYS AND PLAYERS j
William Hawtrey has Joined the cast
ot "Dolly Madison."
Lillian Maud. Bcrrl to In .vaudeville
with a company of Scotch laduies.- r
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C William A. Brady win short! produce
a new American play by Edward Sheldon,,-
1
Henry W. Savage Is to make the pro
duction of the opera, "The Girl of tha
Golden West" in English. - -
' MissClss'le Loftus will soorl begin a
six i weeks' vaudeville engagement, at
the Coliseum, London. ,
'''v'5''.v ;.tV:''y' ' ' s'!f-'-J'J.',,"
. Wlnohell Smith . is writing ' a play,
which Cohan and Harris, will 'produce.
It Is called "The Only Son." (
, ,.ry VK;.;,.";.-"I
Edwin Stevenavwho played the Genie
in 'The Brass 1 Bottle." . haa joined the
cast of "Madame Sherry."-r ! .'
Sallle Stembler has been engaged for
tha company supporting Victor Moore
in "The Happiest Night In His Life."
v ..-v ..."
Edna Goodrich Is to appear In an
elaborate vaudeville farce comedy act,
requlrlngthe aervloea of15 people.
v "Little Miss' Fix-It," the musiosl com
edy In which Nora Bayei and Jack Nor
worth ara to star, will have no chorus.
P.obert Loralna la to play the leading
role in "Loaves and Fishes," a farcical
comedy by Somerset Maugham. In Lon
don, 1 , ... - .. , . ?
-Altliough Blanolie Ring is "to have a
new comedy written for her, she saya
she will never retire "Tha Yankee Girl"
from her repertoire. ,cv
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At the head of a vaudeville company
Vesta Victoria is to make a tour of
the world to last 10 years. . She will
begin her Canadian tour on March 6.
at Ottawa. - , "
Cyrili Scott, who, has been playing ,
In "The Lottery Man" for two seasons,
is Teadlng new playa with the expecta
tion of, appearing In a new role this ,
spring.. . ;'',
Douglas' J. Wood has been engaged
to play leading roles In W. S. Gil
bert's "Pygmalion and . Galatea' and .
"Palace of Truth," on tour under the
direction of Ben Greet.
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V Miss Margaret Wycherly has recently
been engaged by Llebler Co.i as prin
cipal comedienne In "The Blacksllders,"
by George Egerton, In , which Annie
Russell will star.-i .v.'. -. x , ,
'"Hartley Manners la writing V, little'
play for Charlotte Granville, 'who came
to this country with Weedon .Qrossmlth '
aiUU.whtt,omdaJ.aparsoal.hl-. Iir -"Mr. I
Freedy and the Countess." . ' '
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, Wright Lorliner Is planning an open- .
air amphitheatre ip New Jersey," where "
he will present biblical and clfljsical
player iThla amphitheatre will b' cut ' ! '
out of the rock of a hfll near Mr. L ri
mer's summer residence.