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' ToT3 JoN ' " t j Iv DEAMATIC CALENDAR FOR TH WEEK ' " .! fl f N. i ll ijijil 1 1 ' J ' HH1.IO Albert Chevalier, famous English character actor, tonight. John Nf W ' Jf "A II L7fi! jl; i - iJrew in "Bmltn," Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday with Wednesday ' s lf . N J I r&i 'i ,J " ! " matinee. May Robson in The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary." June . . HI , R I J ' i ('. . f ,"i - 13. 28. 34, 35 with Saturday matinee. . , . . tSI V Q . I If ,; ill -'?' - . ! ? i, , , 1'" ' 5 B.AKER -Vaudeville and photoplays. .)....,- gl 13 Ijf , , J - . ' ".: , ..' J . ORPHEUM Vaudeville. . 31 l&llf 1 1 '..-..'. l, GRAND Vaudeville. ' . ' g J f ?l , 1 . fi " PANTAGES Vaudeville. 8 It III 'II - r- . j 8TAR, ARCADKp OH JOT. ODEON. TIVOLI Motion pictures. fi I I f f . 11. vf. . V , ! 4Ur-: ?;;xiixo attractions v g , " ,1- i ! ; HErXIO Blllla Burks in "Mrs, Dot." for a half week beg inning June 21 . J tjli "" '"'T7 ' i ' f & I to Africa with him. and h aelacta g - gill J ' 'j''" O'S 0 ' PROMISES MADE BY THE PRESS AGENTS "-" Albert Chevalier W' lleUlg. ' The attraction at the Holllg tonight 3 aa 8:15 o'clock; will, be the world's great S ant character - actor. Albert Chevalier, 3 assisted by Edna .Blanche Showalter. 9 prima donna soprano, and the famous 2 American basso,. Myron W. Whitney. Chevalier la am artist, for ha is a poet 2 as well as a comedian, a humorist aa i well aa a mime.' In th exquisite beau- ty and delicacy of his sentiment and - his humor you cab see the French and I Italian and Celtic strain. But there la an English breadth In his comic force. The tears that Chevalier makes you i shed are not maudlin tears. They are ' tears that make your soul wiser and nobler, and purer and tenderer, for they arc the product of honest, direct I and unsophisticated emotion. There Is no mean malice In his mlm lory and his caricature, for all he does ! la .steeped In pity and sympathy and ! compassion.- There la '"rlcn "Dieien- 3 Stan t, Quality In Chevalier's art, a S strange .touching power of making ec centrlclty and extravagance appear more tearfully and more laughably hu I man than humanity. Dickens made us ! love his fantastic caricatures because : ha made us wince at their, simple hu ' man reality. Chevalier makes us wince i In the same way. We are what he Imm nam A what k mvu anri a m a r a transfigured Into the common life of 1 common humanity. Dickens does that I and Burns does it. and Chevalier does I It. 'and we feel better for their doing f It.; Anour with Chevalier is a re lease Of the soul, an expansion of the spirit, an enlarging of the good broad ! human humor that is the very breath n our lungs, and the very blood in our hearts. John Drew at Hcilig Tomorrow. Tomorrow night at the Hellig Charles JTrohman will present John Drew for n engagement of three nights, with a Especial price matinee Wednesday, -and 2 the medium for that popular actor's 2 reappearance before local playgoers Is S a comedy called "Smith," in which Mr. Drew won remarkable success during three ' months at the Empire theatre. New York, from which house it comes to- this city with the complete original supporting company and splendid scenic equipment intact. This new play Is. by:W. Somerset Maugham, author of 5 "Ijafly Frederick." "Jark Straw" and j other pieces which have found ready a favors with playgoers. While consist- Ins; mainly Of delightful comedy, bright 3 repartee and well directed satire, It has nevertheless Its serious side with ap- 2 pealingly human moments. It Is a set- 3 ting forth of the truth that the family is the real basis of a republic that rctut 5 live. . This Is what Mr. Drew tells his J audience, through "Smith." In his sup porting company are Mary Holand, Ism 31 be! r. Irving. Sybil Thomdyke, Morton 3 Belton, Jana Laurel, Hassard Short and Jwla Casson. 3 The principal character tn "Smith" is 3 Thomas Freeman, who has been rough- 3 lng H tn Rhodesia for eight years and 2 wb4 Cornea baQk to IThgland to visit his 4 sister, Mrs. Dallas liaker. She is mar- 3 ried to a middle aged man, but is en 3 tertalnlng at , her-home a young man, 2 Algy Pepperoorn, .whose duties are to 3 go shopping with her and to escort her ? to the theatre and restaurants In her j husband's absence. In return for his attentions be 'gets bis meals free at 3 the Baker's flat His sister is also ; surrounded by a bridge playing coterie, " among whom are Kmlly Chapman, a spinster of 13. who Jilted Freeman when ho lost his money,, and Mrs. Otto Ro - sen berg, the wife of a rich old Oer- man and mother of a baby she does J not are for. In this faahionablo crowd J Vreemaa dlscovsra a fresh f aoed, fresh T winded girl. Smith, the parlor maid. :4 One of Ma reasons for coming back to lxndonwao t choose wife o return j - ... i uei. uui vrvuutri iu uer. cmiol uvw i r J i w - w . f : v . v . - . ' m r -THE PRESS AGENTS ; iw, to of mT romantic dlsposiuon. and - ll I 1 1 " I 1 ' Ii , ... II to Africa with him, and ho selects Smith aa the fittest of all those he haa met He does not pretend to love her, but proposes to her. She, how ever, la of a i romantic disposition, and oraiin a ina uiicsi 01 mil ' tnoew ami 1 I Sill II U U ' ' '1 .v..;,- Vi , IB I hu mtt. W. om not nntinil t Ion i ttl .' J Hill II iK ' r-.i;- :' i I does not cara to marry for no other reason than health and wholesome mindednesa: ' Meanwhile, Miss Chap man discovers that Freeman Is wealthy again, and tries to win him back, only to rejeot him again when he proposes. Tho climax of his disgust for th fal sity of life he has found comet during one of his AUfi bridge parties. 8eats are now. selling at theatre for the en tire engagement w ' t May Robson at Ileillg Thursday. There Is no reasonable argument against success. Numerous conjectures explanatory and otherwise are advanced, but If on examines Into the successful undertakings theatrically and commer cially he finds It is merit and effort and not accidental. For Instance, "The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary," as presented by May Rob- son. Is an illustration. Here we have a bright and particularly funny comedy presented by an unuualy clever .ac tress, the personality of an old maid. her first visit to New Tork, and her experiences ably illustrated by clever impersonation hence merit and suc cess. Mies Robson duplicated this success In London at Terry's theatre. An Eng lish audience is severely critical over American plays, but In this case, the comedy is pure, bright and very funny, and Miss Robson as Aunt Mary won immediate recognition. The freerlng attitude of that British audience melt ed, and Miss Robson was In the sun shine of popularity. She carried them with her with shouts of laughter, and the staid, dignified newspapers ef Lon don elated and even bubbled over Miss Robson and her play, expressing their opinion that Miss Robson's character ization had not been equalled by an English player of recent years. The theatre-going public wag Interested, and Miss Robson's engagement was extend ed from three weeks to eight. Miss Robson, with the original com pany, will appear at the Hellig Thurs day, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. June 22. 23, 24 and 25, with special priced matinee Saturday. Seats go on sale Tuesday, June 20. "Knockout" Bill at Orpheum. After the first few rounds with the performers on the new bill at the Or pheum Monday afternoon, the audience will be compelled to hoist the white flag. It Is a big show in :every respect, the least important thing being the number of people in the acts, and for whose accommodation it has been"found necessary to construct extra dressing rooms under the, stage. Occupying the place of .honor will be the musical comedy 'company sent out by Jesse L. Lasky with his latest pro duction, "The Photo Shop." numbering 20 performers. The production is by far the most pretentious ever booked for a tour of the vaudeville circuit and its roster of principals contains tho names of such excellent performers as Miss Mamie Fleming, Charles . J. Stine and Eugene Redding. . The chorus of 12 women and men possesses the advan tages of being good to look upon aa well as being singers and excellent danc ers. The playlet represents the work of Otto Huerbach and Earl Hoschna, in condensing comic opera to SO min utes of time for vaudeville purposes. as they are the authors of "Madame Sher ry" and the "Three Twins," It may fee taken for granted that their lyrics and music in 'The Photo Shop" will be bright ahd entertaining. Not a whit less entertaining will be the musical turn submitted by the fa mous Gene Greene and Charles Straight Oreene possesses a beautiful voice and uses it for character Impersonations. In tho same class is "General" E4Laviue, who has aoldleriut all Ma Ufa anit lalma the supreme- command' of the army of I THE OREGON, SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND.' SUNDAY , MORNING. JUNE 18, I V- . f III II I ,i i h . I ; X ? - ! k IB',! V f f i . -v ' III ' I '"' ' V- ' M . ' ! ,1' lasy jugglers. Lavlne is grotesque In his makeup, has a unique stage setting and Is in reality one of the cleverest Jugglers of the age. Something to set the nerves a tingle will be the whirling dervishes of the roller skates, the Marvelous Rexos, to whom acrobatics are as easy as If stand lag, in- rosined sho. . Europa will con tribute the Marcel and Boris Trio of equilibrists who come direct from South ampton to open their American tour In Portland. The sketch, without which vaudeville Is not complete, will be a humdinger. It is a race track story of an honest jockey in which Harry Sullivan presents a capable company. A feature of the production will be the. presentation of the running of the race in which "The Favorlte'r Is entered through the use of moving pictures. Miller and Lyle are a-pair of funny black face comedians who make use of their "BlesBed Ignorance" to keep the house in an uproar for a 15 minute peri od. "In and Out" the sketch which has proved o popular during the past week, will be seen for the last time at the matinee and night performances today. w Laughing Bill at the Grand. Following the comedy bill which closes with the Sunday performances. Sullivan & Consldlne are sending a sec ond big laughing bin. There is not a sob nor a cry In, It and only tears of laughter. The headllner Is Lew , Haw kins, the - Chesterfield Of minstrelsy. What Joe Welch la to the Hebrew char acter, Hawkins is to the colored man. Hawkins looks only 'on the bright' side of life and everything he does' Is calcu lated to provoke a smile. He played the Grand onoe before and scored heavily. This time he comes with new material and is said to be even funnier than he was on the former engagement. For the special added attraction the management announces Barnard's Mani kins. During the past three years these figures have been a laughing success in Europe and they are now making their first visit to the Pacific coast For the American Invasion the figures are seen in a coon town comedy. This act will riot only please the grownups but every youngster in Portland will be tickled to death with them. "Fresh From College" is a rattling good comedy with plenty of comical situations and not enough plot to hurt Paul Chase and company are seen In this sketch and the playlet Is the best that Chase has written. It is certain to drive away the most chronic case of blues. ;x Tho Wilsons will give an instrumental number. "An Evening In a Colonial Gar den." Here is a dignified, well costumed act, with elaborate scenery and lighting errecta ana a musical program that can not but charm all who hear it ; Pearl Young Is a dainty little woman with a good : voice. She accompanies herself at the piano and gives piano logue which la away from the beaten track. ','.-;-, Two f dandy , dancers are Bliss and Ross. What they do not know Aant using their feet is not worth knowing. buss mnq jcvobs are a mua .Better than the average clever stepping act, and that is saying a good deal. There will be pictures on the Grandaacope, of course. . ' Sunday will see the last of the crack erjack bill which . has made thousands laugh at the Grand all the past week. Joe Welch, the celebrated Hebrew char aat8rcomftie a-, i'fceadtttg" the bill." The Rathskeller Trio have also made a hit with their singing and comedy and Ger trude Spencer is a songstress who has made herself popular locally. Sprague' and McNeece, ill the most novel of roller skating acts, and several other very excellent specialties are on this exceptionally strong program. . Baker -Vaudeville and Photoplays. Phroso, the great human ' mystery, will be the headllner of a bunch of big, live vaudeville acts Manager George L. Baker has booked fof hi opening week of summer vaudevliw and phetoplaya at the Baker, starting this afternoon, and this act alone will be well worth the extremely low admission rates to be charged. But there will be ,others-r-a lot of them all of whoso names hav been featured on the big vaudeville cir cuits of the east, time and time again. Among these will be noted Grimm and Breager, the famous horizontal bar wizards who have a happy lln.e Of com edy to mingle with their oalr rasing stunts; the Tuxedo uuo, who hand out a lot of surprises; Tracy r and Carter, who have a way of leaping 4nt0 popu larity everywhere they go with their clever and novel sketch, and the Man hattan Trio, . Wttd! Will 5 revivO' pleasant memories of the famous Three Kuhns with their sweet, and catchy pongs, and their own peculiar manner of rendering them.i The motion pictures will also be a big. attraction, consisting- of entirely new films never before seen here. But watch out for Phroso. He will do an automobile ; drive -through the street and even go out into the princi pal suburbs, and Just before each per formance will give a special exhibition in front of the Baker. Of course these free appearances are but suggestions of what hi act In the blU consists of. C - . There will be two perforances evef y afternoon, starting at , J o'clock and continuous evening performances start ing at 7:30. The bill will change both afternoon and evening every Sunday and Thursday, and special arrangements will be made for the children which will bo a delightful surprise to every young ster in the. city. "Look it p in another place in the paper. .The Baker Is the ideal summer playhouse ig, coot safe and airy and with these big shows at summer prices, should prove the center of amusement Interest for the next few months. 1 . - " Boston I'adettcs at Pantage. Jn what will be bia first appearance In Portland and In what promises to be one- of the genuine ; stellar events : In vaudeville, the Fadettes, of Boston,' the only truly - notable woman's symphony In America, will open a week's engage ment with the matinee tomorrow: at -2:80 at Pantageo.. "''i.i''-' ;: '"''.' tindar the direction of . Caroline B.i Nichols, fWBO"5- ha guided the destinies of the orchestra since its lncepUo am yn g it: rd'AT a n t o h Ty fl$8, the Fadettes have given mora than I (000 concerts in the United States ana r Canada ami during Its existence over $350,000 have been paid in salaries. ...The Fadettes. comprise the original organization, ' exactly as "It" was " heard throughout, the east and each of the 15 members is a true musician and trained especially for the yaudevillo stage. ' "Before the Play," a comedylet with special settings and scenery, will be pre sented by Miss .Anna Jordan, supported by Miss Edith Osburn - and Bert S. Frank. The scene is laid In the dress ing room of a theatre in one of tho smallest cities and the publfc Is given an opportunity to see stage life as It really is behind the scenes. " ' . Frank McRae Is a wlsard of tho rifle and his novelty shooting Is of tho sort that holds his audlenco breathless from rise to fall of curtain. Among thou feats that McRae successfully performs Is shooting the flamo-.off a match and tobacco out of a pipe bowl, held in the mouth of an assistant Everybody who has followed vaude ville will .remember Wllk Hart and his noted song "Constantly','- and will wel come hearing the famous blackface artist' sing this original melody In his own peculiar manner. - Hart vis an ex ceptionally clever blackface comedian. -" As dancers of ability one would have to seek far beforo any were found to excel Fannely and - Barman. Their hard shoo work is especially worthy of recommendation while they Interpolate sevecal catchy melodies with excellent effect '',.-:-:!U-;;--u '::-f: -Vi - ': Concluding this program of excep tional merit tho Pantagescopo will show the very latest .Jn anhnatedrevents. . The Three Kratona, great hoop rollers, will be seen for; their concluding per formance this afternoon and evening, supported,, by FltcfaCooper, comedy musician, ana ' an excellent vauaeviu bill,? w -f At Motion Picture Houses. i Following In lino with tho many re cent feature offered at the Star thea tre; in tho way of pleasing,, up to dat and. interesting photoplays, tho Star ; will todays feature a two ; feel ; picturo production of no of Tennyson' famous I works'Enocn Araen, - xeuing me siory Of .Arden's life before ne goes to sea, , showing his home happiness, and the t sad leave t Uking, when' ho Is shlp-t r wrecked and alone on a desert isle, his' wife mourning him as dead and finally j remarrying. 'Then comes the supremo) test and '.sadness when Arden Is res cued and comes home to his dear ones,, only to find ' himself : supplanted and mourned as dead, and his family evi dently happy tn another's keeping. ; To break tho feeling caused by this, a full reel of comedy,-entitled ,tho "Duke do Ribbon Counter,", featured by the fa mous Florence Lawrence of the Lubln company, the most, noted motion picture actress in the world. Double ' singers of unequaled merit round out an alto gether classy program. V -....,-' ' The Arcade will feature another rail-, road picture, for which It is becoming famous. - This bno- Is entitled, "The Railroad Raldera of "62", showing deeds ,1911. -- ' of valor on the part of our forefathers In their fight for liberty. "The. King's Daughter is a spectacular production, and "Teaching McFadden . to Walk" . is tho eomedy. - : ' . x", v . :- At the Oh Joy, the, house of western productions,' will be featured a very unique Indian picture, entitled "The Tribe's Penalty"; also "The Novice," a strong drama; ."Heroes . Three," - and Mistakes," both Edison comedy produc tions. -.?. v,:-yv - The Star announces for Iter next Wed nesday feature the long .talked of pro duction of "Faust" In two complete reels of; film, . and on the Wednesday FEEDING OSTRICHES One of attractive features f "krx - j I I i ' -.. " fit I .aaqk' ni : I "I V sBSaMaSB-SBBBB L -4' . ' ' . T ' ." ' : : . :...:.,:. ... -SaBnBmBmBmBmsmv--r '.'i... J " '".A .i t I VV'-'- ' following, namoly, June 23, "The Life of Moses,? in five complete reels of pic- .-': Billle Burke Coming. ; ' ' v ' Miss Blllio. Burke. came suddenly In to prominence as an actress in America in 1907. tho same year that WV Somer set Maugham came suddenly Into prom inence as a playwright in England. It Is , quita- proper, therefore, that JUlss Burke should ' now bo flaying no of Mr. Maugham's plays. v"Mrs; Dot"? Is the piece snd Miss Burke will be seen (Continued on following Pf e) At THE OAKS PARK at popular amusement ftnorU