THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1812.
answer' for every question put by the
voice-thrower.
Clarence Wilbur and his famous seven
funny folk will appear for the last time
POPULAR SINGER OPENS ENGAGEMENT JULY 29 y
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at the Empress tonight In "The New
Scholar."
Story Teller t PanUgea,
" CATHBTN COUNT loo IN TfLE COrl&Dx a f;f I &m
V DRAMATIC CALEXDAR FOR THE WEEK I j ft V I j I
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, HEIljG Cathrine Countlsa In "The Awakenlnsr of Helena Richie," Au- if I Jf I i iV F& 'Jk if
fust 4, 5, 6, 7, with Tuesday anj Wednesday matlneea. Aunust 8, 9, i rM I C S. ''XT J
K:""Loul8lana Lou," with the original company. Cathrine Count- J&W VwV. I ' SAs ,' - I
lss In "The Girl "WItB' the "Green Eyes," week or August i:, as usual. 'MJf' -Sfc ' - ;' miT'"
OF prime Importance in th local
theatrical sjtuation last week
, was the Orpheum with no less a
.luminary in Its headline position
than Madam Bertha Kalkli, the
Jewish actress whose career haa been
watched with much the same keenness
i; of Interest that has marked that of
NaJEimova. Strange as it may seem it
la the portion of vaudeville to present
" to the Pacific coast for the first time
this brilliant dramatic artist whose en
: fakement marks the high-water line at
the local Orpheum and will long be re
membered as the finest attraction that
haa ;ver been placed on that staae,
. At the Heilig Cathrine Counttss en
tere upon her second week with a
" BparWngTttnd ffellPtnTis drvrrrce romrdy,
"A Woman's Way," a striking contrast
to the heavy emotional work required of
her In "The Thief " Miss Countlss more
than charmed in the Grace George com
edy and Is addlnR scores of friends to
those hem she already -numbers Iltr
'""aexf attraction will be "The Awakening
""of Helena R'fch'To," in wTfilcn she starred
MO successfully. UeglnnlnK Sunday,
August 4. the engagement will continue
until Thursday, when Miss Countiss has
graciously surrendered the nights of
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August
:t, t and 10, to "Louisiana Lou" with the
CONTORTIflNISTS WILL
APPEAR AT EMPRESS
LB Leonardis, who performs thrill
ing feats in mid air. '
T , Les Leonardis a man and a woman
r listed among the few contortionists
..' who perform in mld-alr. They are ap
pearing along the Sullivan & Consid'irle
Circuit and find place on the bill to open
at the Empress theatre with t!i matinee
tomorrow afternoon. They have he.-n
iri vaudeville for several yfarp, but onTy
recently added trapeze work to their
: act Several of their contortion feats
re of the thrilling type and are new
-nn" wr-ttrtr-of-the -nTTnntfr-triP per
formers creating them for their novel
, combination of contortion work, and
the usual circus-ring performance by
. athlMe.. Both- vSmde vll lists are young
,wJ Madame Lepnardl is striking in ap-
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original Chicago. La Salle theatre com
pany, lnctudins Sophie Tucker nnrl Rar
ney Barnard. Miss Countlss will give
Tuesday and Wednesday matinees of
"The Awa!;ening of Helena Richie" and
will resume her engagement August 11
in "The Girl With the Green Eyes," a
Clyde Fitch comedy.
PROMISES MADE BY
Heilig, "Merely Mary Ann."
Cathrine Countiss, who is winning nil
kinds of praise for her versatile artis
try, st the Heilig. begins the third week
of her In il lla.nl summer season tonight
in "Merely Mary Ann," for which re
quests have been innumerable, Miss
Countiss with her personality, exjiress
lve coarm and near grasp airke x?
comedy and emotion, b 4owniondr
ful advance in-hrr art; and while de
lighting old friends, she lias gained
hundreds of new ones. Her .skillful
players, headed by Sydney Ayres, have
also firmly gripped popular favor.
In Israel Zangwill's appealing comedy-love
idyl. Miss Countiss has one
of her favorite roles, the little west of
England girl. Siniplo and Ingenuous as
a child, Mary Ann timidly plunges into
the great seething whirlpool of London
life, and begins the hopeless drudgery of
a slavey In a sordid lodglne house. De
spite Its dingy grime, it has the atmos
phere of Bohemia, for it shelters ambi
tion and genius as well as poverty.
One day a young man comes Into
Mary Ann's life, and she worships him
as she might the farthest star. Lancelot
Is his name, and musical composition
his calling. Ho is poor but he is gay,
gallant and debonair. Ha inquires her
name. She is '"Merely Mary Ann." Her
sweetness and innocence, and the simple
beauty of her character are irresistible
and before their parting he is honestly
In love. In the end, the gentle, smudge
faced, over-worked slavey is transformed
into an elegant lady of refinement,
riches and beauty, it is at a fashion
able manor house that the broken thread
of romance jS taken up again, and
worked out to happy conclusion.
"One of the most difficult things' In
playing this part," says an eastern re
viewer, "Is to make the houI of the
slavey shine out so beautifully that one
forgets the smudgy face and coarse
hands. Miss Countiss does this."
The .role of Lancelot is a favorite one
with Mr. Ayres. Th cast will also ln
(ludi Henry Hull as the ex-ldcallst and
now prosperous tea merchanj; J. Frank
Burke as The mercenary music pub
lisher; Roy Clements as the oily, hypo
critical country vicar; John C. Living
stone as the foppish lord; Robert Law
ler as the dissipated Journalist; Laura
Adams as the slatternly landlady; Claire
Sinclair as her giggling daughter; Marie
Edgett and Myrtle Langford as the Sist
ers Trippett of the Music Halls; and
the entire strength of the popular com
pany. Comedi; at the Orpheum.
Comedy will shine at the Orpheum
this week, a noted auor. presiding as
headllner in a playlet brimful of fun
and four other acts being devoted to the
Zu i0" of'a"K"t". First on the new
Mil Is W. H. St. James, who, with hla
Payers, will present "A Chip of the Old
n -t ; a1,com'ly written by Byron
Onglet. author of "Brewster's Millions"
TEvSS BWA-TSDtS
in" WYOMING ROMANCE '
The playlet tells the story of a come
dian who is an inmate nf nn actor'
home and whose sole ambition was to
shine as a tragedian. Kt. James is cele
brated for his treat success In "Cameo
Klrby" and as the squire In "Way Down
Hast." He is supported in "A Chip of
the Old Rlock" hy John Moore. Walter
Jenkins, J. r. Davis and Miss Laura
Dacre.
The stellar novelty on the new Or
pheum bill Is Martin Johnson in his
travelogire rcveallng'""1the nmszlng od
dities of the South gea islands and
tTicrrpeoFter jntrnsorr a rniiipnuled Jst4t
London on his famous trip on his 45
foot boat Snark and his vaudeville tec
ture is the result nf his research In
that memorable voyage. He haa re
markable photographs to aefiompany
frvogyfrlnmo of his-tUory. .
Third place oh the bill lir occupied
hy Charley Case, 'celebrated Blue facer,"
who talks about his father. Case's
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Mamie Lafferty. at the Orpheum.
Mamie Lafferty is an eccentric dancer
who oasts her partner's shadow while
she prances about on the vaudeville
stage. The shadow trick is one of the
novelties of the act of Kelly and Laf
ferty who will appear at the Orpheum
all this week. The ' vaudeville team has
a turn called "The Chambermaid and
the Bellhop" In which the two enter
tainers keep up a rapid fire of patter,
singing and dancing. In one part of
the act Miss Lafferty goes through a
erles of.,ecpentric, t.epa and the shadow
she casts on the curtain behind her Is
that of Kelly. Kelly, In turn, does his
share of eccentric dancing arid while he
performs, the form of Miss Lafferty Is
silhouetted on the curtain. ''Watch the
Shadows"'" la ' the advice preceding the
billing of the vaudeville 4eatn,
EDNA. BEARD
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stories about his brave ancestor are re
garded as vaudeville comedy classics
and are so ludicrous continuous laugh
ter is the rule.
Three cartoon joungsters will appear
In the Robert Pe Mont Trio, which will
present "Hotel Turnover," an act "l:i
which surprising tumbling Is the fea
ture. The trio Is composed of two boys
and a girl Buster Brown, a lull boy
and Mary Jane.
William Hurr and Daphne Hope are
London music hall stars on their first
tr of the 1'nlted Statea. They will
a pte r in ,JA Lady, a Layer.- and a
Lamp," in which they discuss t he divine
passion In dialORiie and song. This
act Is staged elaborately, Miss Hope
la a beautiful woman who wears stun
ning costume and the songs sun by
Uit dug are ja ? w . to Am erica .
Tnramr" Kieily and Mamie Tifferiy.
'f'pp'ntrio"'dffn'r1ri';-ar,"'re3rt''n"-the-'4nal-
July bill.' They will present "The
Chambermaid and the Bell Hod," in
which shadows of the"' performers are
featured. The Great Libby, "boomerang
comedy cyclist, goes through feats on
the bicycle while, clad as a messenger
boy, he is supposed to be on his way
with an urgent message.
Madame Bertha Kalich will close her
engagement tomorrow night at the Or
pheum Jn VA Light From St. Agnes.",
At the Empress.
Life In the sagebrush country will be
depicted at the Empress theatre this
week, ten cowgirls and cowboys with
real broncos apeparing in the
sketch, "A Wyoming Romance."
The playlet is billed as "the newest
realistic idyl of the plains" and New
York newspaper reviewers have said
that it lives up to its reputation. The
sketch is presented along the Sullivan
& Consldlne circuit by Oua riornbeck. A
feature of the production Is a race by
cowgirls on ponies. The scene of the
playlet is a racetrack at Cheyenne. "A
Wyoming Romance" Is considered as
one of the rriost elaborate sketches In
vaudeville.
The extra added attraction is "Happy
Jack" Gardner, who formerly was a
star with the Primrose minstrels. He
will appear in the laughable skit "A
Close Call." Gardner Is supported by
Sarah Gardner, Edna Beard and Will
lam Bend, each of whom has a credit
able record on the legitimate stage.
"Happy Jack" Gardner has appeared In
Portland with Lew Dockstader, prim
rose and other minstrel impresarios and
was featured in the production staged
here one year ago.
Two youngrnen fresh from great suc
cess in a big New York cabaret also ap
pear In the new bill. They are D'Arcy
and Williams, who are programmed as
"the peerless piano patterers." Their rep
ertoire Includes- their own songs prin
cipally. .
Les Leonardis will supply the thriller
of the bllfcjwrith their exhibition of con
tortion work in mid air. Les Leonardis
are booked from the London-off ice of
the Sullivan & Consldlne circuit.
Frankle Drew, formerly of "The
Flower of the Ranch," also will grace
the Empress entertainment. She Is ap
pearing In her first vaUedville tour In
a series . of catchy songs ajjd character
Impersonations. She has a" stunning"
gown for every change In her vaudeville
act.
To supply further variety to the final
July bill the whistling ventriloquist,
Valentine Vsx, Jr., will create comedy
with a wooden figure that has funny
Interesting, charming and happy are
the stories told by Frank Bush, the
raconteur, who topllhes the -program at
Pantages for the week commencing with
the Monday matinee,. July 29, at 1:80,
Thisr-wlll be Mrc Bush's first appear
ance" here for tnany years as ha has en
tertained the' patrons of vaudeville
throughout the east for many seasons
with the farclnattrig dialect an comedy
tories,AAmimls Mr. Bush is splen
did. . All the stories told by this "great
artlsf are new and of the 'sort that
never fall to stir the risibilities. A par-
ody or twd are Introduced td ehliveA the
act. , ,! '-..'." ':' '' ..;"' ': '
Second" only, to MV, Bush In point of
nroarvam 1rank ! ' the Tokio Mlvakko
t troupe' of sensational Imperial Japaaeaa
f acrobats. With, the decline' 'of the em-
perorV health, inay nor hl favorite
amusement plaoes were' closed and it
was by special arrangement that Alex-andr-Paatagesseeure4.:tfia.Aroup.
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a limited season on his circuit .exclu
sively. The performance will be re
plete with exciting and startling acts.
Their manner of whirlwind work Is es
pecially sttfactlve.
Fresh from trarmcontlnentar successes
the ;Thfee Madcaps,. In theUr original
danees will prove extremely attractive
Their dances are original In every re
spect and the girls 'are' pre,tty and
of winsome personality, .
Mr. and Mrs. William M,orrIa will
score ' heavily In thetr dramatic laugh
ing success, "The Lady Downstairs,"
which affords Mr. Morris an excellent
opportunity to show his ability as a
comedian. The- plot Is based on mixed
Identity and Mrs. Morris is a charming
assistant.
Few better quartets In vaudeville can
be found than the Clipper Tour, whose
harmony Is one pf the features of the
act. The members have good voices and
their selections havu such wide range
that all will enjoy them. The, Pan tage
scope will show new daylight animated
events.
"The Hold Up," with Percival Lennon
In the leading role, will be seen for the
final performances this afternoon and
i tonight. The massive production has
scored a tremendous hit during its lo
: cnl engagement.
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i Lyric. "Playing the Races."
F "Playing the Races," a"" sprlgfiW
1 musical melange, will be the attraction
at the Lyric all week commencing with
; tomorrow "matinee. This will be the
' ninth week of the Armstrong players.
They all will be seen in roles suited
to thetr talents and will make "Play-
i lng the Races" one of the most laugh-
able and entertaining of musical me
j langes. Will Armstrong Is the leading
j comedian of the company. His every en
trance Is greeted with rounds of ap
plause that Is continuous for some time.
Armstrong will be seen In n "part that
will he funny, and a good chaser of the
blues, Gus Leonard, the comedian, will
appear as a Jockey and what he does
to the homo In order to win the race
Is best told In "Playing the Races." Miss
Beatrice Flint, who made such a favor
Wr impression with the -Lyrlcltes last
week, will again be seen in the leading
feminine role and druing the production
her clear voice will be heard In "Rosa
Rlgoletto," one of th" latest popular
classical ballads. Dainty Ctnra Howard
wITl as usual In her gingerly and viva
clous way be seen In a couple of lively
song numhers, and the "Baby Dolls"
be on deck to please. "Playing the
Races" has very little plot, plenty of
good, clean and ' wholesome comedy,
catchy music and clever performer.
There are always at the Lyric theatre
two performances every night, a mati
nee daily and as an extra attraction
the chorus girls on Friday hold a con
test for cash prizes given by the man
agement. At the Oaks Park.
So great a hit did the circus make
that Manager Cordray has been able to
engage It for one more week at the Oaks
amusement park, While it does not
boast more than one ring, the Boyd
Ogle CVie-ning Circus has been voted
the best laugh-producer the Oaks hes
ever seen. In addition to the circus,
King rharaoh will make another ap
pearance and will bo seen every after
noon nnd evening during the week In
an 'entirely new repertoire of nets. Dr.
TV" BTTfoyTT Tia "promi 8ed"To "Introduce
some new ponies while there will be
an entire change of program In the rest
of the circus, acts. Joe Denuef-,. .the
strong man, will be seen lifting a 450
pound pony with his teeth, t both d44y
pert OTmanee -On- -of Hi f uoie4 i a
tures. oX. tha..JtSQtej. jmpw is the, clowns. I
Old Dan Hart, a veteran follower of'the
circus ring, is at their head, and the
72-year-old clown manages to provoke
scores of laughs every evening from the
big audience.
A number that never fajls to attract is
Cactus, the trained mule, that defies
anyone In Portland to ride her. Dan
Hart manages to make her behave but
anyone who tries to ride her In the four
foot ring, has first to mount her "hurri
cane deck." and Cactus has a pair of
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The engagement of the Boyd & Ogle
One-King Circus at the Oaks amusement
park is easily the most notable of the
many attractions that have ever been
seen at Manager Cordray's pretty fiver
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Beatrice Flint, who will appear in
hoofs she uses to . .vicious advantage.
There is a full circus band, while the
Oaks park band Is giving concerts every
afternoon and evening. There are all
the usual trail attractions at the Oaks
and tne park now offers a delightful re
sort any summer day. The Oaks Is
reached by any downtown streetcar line
or by launches from Morrison bridge.
Moving Pictures at the Crest.
Moving pictures were Installed at the
Scenic-Amusement park on Council Crest
last week, and WITT pTOTettre bannered
attraction as they are something new
In the "movie" line. They are being
shown In the open air, in- the old apple
orchard which has been used by so
many picnic parties. The pictures are
shown beginning Immediately after "It
Is dark and last until the last car leaves
for the city. They'depict current events
as well as comedy skits and dramatic
scenes. Seats have been provided In
the orchard w hich has been enclosed and
everything hasneen made' as comfort
able ns possible for these oiitdoor shows.
With the resumption of fireworks
every Thursday night there have been
calls for repetitions of some of the
most popular novelties and the manage
ment has arranged for a number of
them to be repeated next Thursday
Olght The display will begin about
9:30 and will continue the rest of the
evening. The height of the park above
the city 1 200 feet makes the place
Ideal for pyrotechnics.
All the damage done by the heavy
electric storm of last Sunday night has
been repaired and the lofty observatory
is again doing business at the old stand.
By a Jucky twist of the lightning only
'.he framework of the structure was hit.
the immense- new searchlight escaping
ant I rely.
For today 'Manager Dtichamp has I
bonded several special features which
will prove agreeable surprises to pa
trons. Last week upwards of 30,000
visited the pretty park on the big hill,
nut counting Sunday. The Sunday chick
en dinners are proving a hit and the
long scenic railway loses none of IU
popularity as time passes.
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Pictures at Peoples, Star, Arcade.
"The Merchant of Venice," a splendid
two-reel film, will be featured at the
Peoples today. This Is one of the
greatest pictures ever produced. 'The
Soldier Baby," the second feature. Is a
splendid story of a great general, show
ing his human side with regard to the
love of his. little child.' "The New Po
liceman" is a reel of comedy. . arid
-That Trio' and 4Jrry- -Thoxa- jiromlso
something excellent In the musical line.
At the Star "The Mystery of the
Bridge," another picture of three full
reels.-wlll be the headllner todijy. This
is a sensational detective "toi y, - An-
rrtrrtt feature- -wh-Ushw Hi.. -to. -watched
W-Uh.jsr.tat jn teres t by the fathers and
mothers of the city" wnrbe'"the'"''Frljie
Baby Film", which will be shown today
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lor me ursi nine., kjhv uuuuieu ul imo
most winsome, prettiest, sweetest babies
of the whole city of Portland will be
shown in this real moving picture, each
trying for the honor of first prize.
Every patron Is allowed 26 votes. Two
splendid new women singers maiu their
advent at this theatre"tomorro , Miss
Byrd and Miss Stanhope, both new to
Amusement Feature Ever
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and Ogle's show, now being held at the
No park west of Chicago has ever at
tempted to put on an attraction the size
of this and. evidence of the cost of the
circus Is furnished by the faot that
Luna Park,, Coney Island, this after
noon opens wlth a one-ring circus that
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"Playing the Races," at Lyric theatre.
the city and possessing splendid voices.
There will also be a T godd comedy.'"':. :'
At the Arcade there will be four
full thousand-foot reels, headed by
"Stones That Rebound," a terrible tala
of revenge. "The Tom Boy Ranch Qlrl"
Is a splendid western comedy, and "The
Requital," a sensational court story by
the makers of Fra Dlavoll, together
with "Don't Get on a Spree," a roaring
comedy, complete the picture program.
Arthur Elwell will sing.
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Mlsi Counties In Former Success.
Cathrine Countiss w-lU have but ona
broken week during her sumtner season
at the Hellic. She will give four eve
ning performances, with a Wednesday
matinee, of "The Awakening of Helena
Richie," commencing Sunday, August 4.
(Continued on Following Pag.)
VETERAN CLOWN IS
CLEVER FUNMAKER
. .C?R JIart, who is appearing at
the Oaks."
One of the funniest and at the samo
time one of the oldest clowns In Amer
ica Is Dan Hart, .72 years of age, who
has been with every tented aggregation
that ever toured the country, Dan has
a mule with he noyd & Ogle circus at
the Oaks amusement park and Dan an 1
the mule furnish no small amount Of
entertainment.
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No charge of any kind Is made for
the circus and there are seats for 10,.
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