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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1915.
B EGINNING ; Tuesday evening and
continuing lor the remainder of
the week with matinees Wednesday,
.'.'Friday . and Saturday,; the Heilig will
. have tor Its attraction New York's big
Winter Garden attraction, "The Whirl
' of the World" with Eugene and Willie
Howard the bright particular stars.
The Whirl comes with a record of five
trionths in New York, IS weeks In Chi
cago and two month in Boston. In
addition to the Howards the cast holds
? such "names as Texas Guinan, John T.
Murray, Elizabeth tGoodall, Lucille
Cavanaugh, Juliette Liippe, Moon and
Morris, Burrell Barbaretto, Clarence
Harvey, Wyclif Parker, Edward Cutler
and 60 Broadway beauties. One of
- 'the big spectacles is the departure of
the steamship Vaterland.
For this- week only the Baker Players-
will have a vacation and in their
stead the Baker theatre stage will be
s pccupied by a road attraction, '"Bring-
ing Up Father, ' the musical comedy
success built on the famous cartoons
by George McManus. The regular bar
gain matinee will be given Wednesday
end the regular bargain night Monday.
" The week of March 7 the Baker Play
ers will again take possession with
- some important changes in cast. Ior-
i othy Shoemaker will return as leading
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; be Edmund Elton, a new leading man
from New York. Their opening ve
hicle will be "The Awakening of Hel
ena Richie." They will follow that
.with "Tess of the Storm Country."
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' Q AFETY FIRST," has reached the
O stage and Tommy Gray, the well
known vaudeville writer, is responsi
ble for a musical skit to be produced
tinder that title with Sophye Barnard
and Lou Anger the featured members
of a cast of 16. Mr. Gray is also re
sponsible for a new travesty of "Uncle
Tom's Cabin," that is. being used by
Loney Haskell, who brought, the talk
ing dog to Portland over the Orpheutn
circuit. The title is "Uncle Tcnias
chefshy's Cabin.''
CIR GEORGE ALEXANDER has
'. W passed the quarter of a century
mark in his London managerial career
and in honor of the occasion a number
of his friends presented him with a
Bilver loving cup of the eighteenth cen
tury, a silver salver and a check as
-tokens of appreciation. During his
years as a manager Kir George has
made two "Shakespearean productions,
"Much Ado About Nothing" and "As
You Like It." He dared produce "The
Second Mrs. Tarinuery," a dangerous
-play in its day, and he also offered.
Henry James' "Guy Domville." "Lady
-.."Windermere's Fan" came to the stage
through Sir George, who scored one of
. the greatest achievements of his career
with Wilde's "The Importance of Be
ing Earnest." Stephen Phillips' "Paola
and Francesco" and John Oliver
Hobbe's "The Ambassador" are among
other important plays on his list and
among his very successful lighter pro
ductions have been "Turandot," "The
Prisoner of Zenda" and "Old Heidel
berg." THE very important arrangement
supposed to have been reached be-
langer and the Shuberts, was not per
fected and has been deferred. A state
: ment from the K. & E office explains
it this way: "The much discussed
f amalgamation of booking interests of
Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger and the
Messrs. Shubert has not been consum-
; mated. These two factions have been
for two years operating under a work
ing agreement in the cities of Boston,
. Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis and
Baltimore, which they had hoped to
extend to other cities in the country;
but in working out the details it was
found that it was impracticable at this
lm to bring this about, and so the
matter for the time being is deferred,
- This does not mean a theatrical war
fare, as has been stated In some news
papers. On the contrary, the dtscus
. Jsons of the matter have been in an
entirely businesslike and amicable spir-
It, and the arrangements heretofore
entered into for the cities above men
tioned will remain in force."
BILLIE BURKE has collected more
than 500 for the Belgian Red
.Cross since before Christmas when she
started a little campaign of her own.
In the past to her, as tonsil popular
KtueoBes, ims uuuie Hit; cuiiaiciiii ue-
? mand for her autograph or signed
v photographs. These requests have not
' always been granted but there Is a
way to get the desired souvenirs now.
Wherever Miss Burke is playing in
i "'Jerry" it is only necessary to go to
the box office of the theatre where
she Is and pay the price. Twenty-five
-cents will buy a plain autograph, 60
ents will get a cabinet sized photo
graph signed and $1 will procure a
large sized picture. All of the money
Miss Burke raises in this fashion is
'turned over at once to the Belgian
Hed Cross.
TAZIMOVA is scoring so great a
JL success in her vaudeville offering,
""War Brides," that during her Boston
(engagement the manager of the the
atre had to call on the police to help
handle the, crowds at the box office. In
-New York her appearance at the the
atre was prolorlged on account of 'the
rare quality of the act and the great
art of Nazimova whom critics declare
-lias never done a finer piece of work.
The playlet is by Marion Craig Went
worth, .a reader and .author of reputa
tion In Boston, who makes her debut
ps a vaudeville writer with "War
Brides.-
'T'HB'vSEA WOLF." made into
dramatic ' form from Jack Lon
don's novel by Guy Bolton and Joseph
KOel, Is soon to be produced, probably
with. Molbrook Bllnn in the leading
role. Mr. Bolton is the author of
'Ninety in the Shade," now at the
Knickerbocker in New York, and Mr.
Noel -wrote "The Marrlage-Not" that
wag produced at Maxlne Elliott's the
atre two years ago. "The Sea Wolf
has already been done .In motion pic
tures . with Hobart Bosworth playing
the wolf.
MR. AND MRS. EMELIO DE GO
GORZA (Madame Emma Eames)
have bought the James T. Patton home
on North street, Bath, Maine, where
they- have been passing the winter.
They intend to make it an all-the-year-round
home. Augustus Thomas has
purchased a four story brownstone
house In': New York and James K.
Hackett has also secured a New York
home recently.
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THE latest stage arrival from Europe
is Madame Walska, a celebrated
Russian-Polish singer and dancer, who
will: make her- appearance shortly,
either in the new Winter Garden show
or in vaudeville in a playlet entitled,
"Taken -by Surprise, In which she was
Ions reigning hit In Paris at the
Theatre Femlna and the Theatre Boule
vard des Capucines. "" i : - .
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. A TTGUSTE BURMESTER. who plays
Mrs. Carr " In the George ; Kleine
production of "Stop J Thief," V boasts
the unique record of being, probably,
the only living actress who can lay
claim to having played r Ophelia " f
Edwin Booth's "Hamlet. To have dor
so was her privilege in Btjrlin In 1883.
MAUDE ADAMS HAS UNIQUE REHEARSAL METHOD
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That much of the success of a J.
M. Barrie play is due, not alone to its
quality of text and the appearance o
Maude Adams at the head of the cast,
but to the star's unique method of re
hearsal, is" interestingly told by her
Btage director, Homer Saint Gaudens.
in a recent interview which he gave
to the Christian Science Monitor. In
Mr. Saint Gaudens' own words this is
how she goes about it:
"When Miss Adams first receives a
new play from Mr. Barrie, she reads It
over and over and over again. She com
mits it to memory in its entirety.
When this is accomplished she begins
to visualize its characters from the
most important to the most insignifi
cant, though 'insignificant' is an ill
chosen word for, to Miss Adams, ev
ery character is of importance, else
it has no business to be in the story.
Mentally, she pictures, first the situ
ations and then the entire action of
the play. Her conception will be sub
ject to subsequent changes but as a
rule she adheres to her original Ideas.
And when she has mastered the play
In the manner which I have described,
the rehearsals get under way.
"But these are conducted along lines
quite different from the usual method
pursued In stage work. For, instead
of dealing with the cast as a whole,
Miss Adams rehearses the principal
characters individually. While this
work is going on the minor charac
ters are being taken care of by stage
directors who, for the sake of coher
ency, impersonate the more important
but absent characters. Then comes
the day when a complete rehearsal is
called, and the remarkable feature of
Offer Is Made at
Much Risk to Men
Comstook and Gest and William El
liott, author and producers of "Ex
perience," certainly took some risk
on possible favorable publicity when
they sent this telegram to Evangelist
Billy Sunday in Philadelphia:
"We will contribute J2500 to your
fund, depositing certified check for
same in the box office of the Casino
theatre, Broadway and Thirty-ninth
street, if you will come to New York,
witness the morning matinee of the
wonderful drama, "Experience." and
afterward from the stage box tell the
audience exactly what you think of
the play. We know that on principle
you disapprove of theatres, but we are
confident that this Is the one and only
play in all New York that will meet
with your unqualified praise."
CHIT-CHAT
Its here! The "Charlie Chaplin" and
no spring outfit is complete without it
It is the peculiar hirshute adornment
to be seen over the upper lips of so
many callow youths these days. Two
little daubs of fuzz are all it takes to
make a "Charlie Chaplin" moustache,
although a foolish grin helps the effect
wonderfully.
Neal Burns, the well known .musical
comedy comedian, has joined the Nes
tor company at Universal City.
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Pauline Hall Is scheduled to return
to vaudeville in March. She will have
with her her pretty daughter, who
gives promises of rivalling her mother
as a singer.
Elsie Janis is to appear in legitimate
plays at the close of this season. Next
fall she will be starred in Paul Dickey's
and Charles Goddard's new comedy.
"The Missing Link."
In Mar Charles Pmhmon -m
a company of musical comedy artists
r"'sino to appear in a series of
specially arranged 20 minute scenes.
"True art never disgusts," declares
Lord Bulwer.
'
Evangelist "Billy' Sunday and Jeff
Davis, "king: of hoboes," are two not
ables of widely different caliber that
have made their debuts in motion pic
tures. To lend realism tn ih t.i.i
of the Edison feature, "On the Stroke
"'""w"!. me enure jury used on
the dramatic success, "On Trial was
secured.
Thomas J. Hamlin is editor of
"Amusements," a new theatrical week
ly published In Minneapolis. It covers
dramatic vaudeville motion v1n...A
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and musical affairs.
William Farnum has gone to Atlanta,
Georgia, where he is playing the lead
with the William Fox company pro
ducing "The Nigger." p r
It - took the .European war to do It
but Harry Lauder baa given away
Adams.
this performance is that every detail of
action and every part of the dialogue
fits together as though the complete
cast had been working side by side for
a montlu And the splendid result is
that enthusiasm has not been dulled by
long and tiresome sessions, where a
more apt individual would often be
made to wait upon one not so quica
to perceive a given direction.
"It is a fact well known on the op
eratic stage that a Faust, for exam
ple, may be sent on in an emergency
to sing opposite a Marguerite and that
each will know exactly what the other
is going to do in the business of
action though they have never seen
one another before. But that, of
course, is due to traditional stage busi
ness, which is seldom if ever altered.
While, for the obvious reason that the
rehearsal of a new Barrie play la but
the forerunner of its premiere, this
operatic parallel is merely an anal
ogy. Nevertheless it serves to illus
trate the relative understanding that
obtains between minor characters and
principals when they meet in one of
Miss Adams' general rehearsals. And
this is due to the fact that one per
son has planned the scheme of things
and carried it to a conclusion.
"Though Miss Adams does not al
ways insist upon her conception in the
various phases of character delinea
tions, It has often been remarked that
she is nearly always correct in her
conclusions. A prominent actor and
member of her company, when once
asked if Miss Adams had any disagree
able qualities, replied: 'She has one
which is most disconcerting. She is
always right.' "
15000. He presented that sum to the
war fund as soon as he landed in
England after a tour of Australia and
the United States which netted him
thousands of dollars.
"Prohibition" is the title of a film
released by the Photo Drama company.
.
Harry Pollard and Margarita Fischer
are now engaged upon the production
of "The Dream Baby," put into scen
ario by Olga Printzlau Clark from one
of her own poems.
Stuart Patton, director of the Imp
Universal, has begun work on "Her
Sixtieth Birthday," a novel one reeler
in which the story is enacted on the
face of a clock. Every five minutes
represents a period of five years.
"Few people believe so thorough
ly in worshipping stage Idols as the
stage idols themselves," observes Dor
othy Bentley.
Plan Celebration in
Hoior of Author
Affair to Be Part of Ration-Wide
Festival Conceived by Drama league
of America.
New Yok. Feb. 27. A meeting of
representatives of the leading educa
tional, social and artistic organizations
of New York was held last week to
formulate plans for celebrating the
three hundredth anniversary of Shake
speare's death next year. The celebra
tion will be a part of a nation-wide
festival, conceived by the Drama
League of America. The plan for this
national celebration calls for the for
mation of local committees In every
city and town In the country. The
park and recreation departments, col
leges, public and private schools, set
tlements, dramatic, educational and
similar organizations, will be invited
to participate.
A stock company of leading actors
and actresses will be formed to be sent
to the larger cities to give perform
ances of Shakespeare's plays In con
Junction with troops of men and wom
en in each city, who will be trained
for " processionals, pageants and fairy
interludes. Each city the stock com
pany visits will be asked to provide a
pageant setting, with men and women
trained to dance the old English dances
and sing the folksongs .of the period.
Cities and towns the company can
not visit, will be tasked to undertake
other types of celebrations, such aa
dance and play festivals, processionals,
masques and pageants. To assist in
this work pamphlets have been pre
pared giving concrete suggestions,
while schools and colleges having sum
mer sessions will be asked to help the
movement in their communities . by
offering special courses.
Broadway at Stark : A-10SO
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' Tko mysterious "Sirl From Hilwtnkee"
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CALENDAR OF THIS
WEEK'S ATTRACTIONS
HEILIG Broadway at Tay
lor. "The Whirl of the World"
beginning Tuesday with
Wednesday, Friday and Satur
day matinees.
BAKER - Broadway and
Sixth. "Bringing Up Father."
musical .comedy.
ORPHEUM Broadway a t
Stark. Vaudeville. Feature,
Howard and McCane.
PANTAGES Broadway a t
Alder. Vaudeville. Feature,
"The Unwritten Law'
LOEWS . EMPRESS Broad
way at Yamhill. Vaudeville.
Feature, Elsie Gilbert-
LYRIC Fourth at Stark.
Vaudeville and motion pictures.'
ELEVENTH STREET Elev
enth and Morrison. Authentic
German war pictures, 11 a. m.
to 11 p. m. -M
PEOPLES West Park at
Alder. Motion pictures.
COLtMBIA Sixth between
Washington and Stark. Motion
pictures.
NA riONAL Park and Stark.
Motion pictures.
STAR-Washington at Park.
Motion pictures.
SUNSET Washington a t
Broadway. Motion pictures.
MAJESTIC Washington and
Park. Motion pictures.
CIRCLE Fourth at Wash
ington. Motion pictures.
Attractions of the past week:
HEILIG "High Jinks."
BAKER "Secret Service."
ORPHEUM Vaudeville.
LOEWS EMPRESS Vaude
ville. PANTAGES Vaudeville.
LYRIC Vaudeville and mo
tion pictures.
PEOPLES, MAJESTIC, CO
LUMBIA, STAR, CIRCLE,
SUNSET. NATIONAL Motion
pictures..
IN VAUDEVILLE
Joseph E. Howard, the well known
song writer, and Mable McCane, feat
ure in several musical comedies, are
the star liners at the Orpheum for this
week. Their billing says they hope to
entertain with something different.
The Girl from Milwaukee, wearer of
stunning gowns and singer of high
class songs, will also be back. What
promises to be an interesting act is
"When Caesar Ran a Newspaper," a'
clever travesty written by Waldemar
Young, former San Francisco dramatic
critic. Mr. Young also plays in the act
with William Jacobs and Ethel Mc
Farland. Other acts are Mlndell King
ston and George Ebner in "A Vaude
ville Flirtation;" Chales Prelle's ani
mal circus; Bill Dooley and Evelyn in
vaudeville of today; Big City Four,
singers.
Willard Mack's hand will be seen in
headline position at Pantages where
his startling one act playlet, "The
Unwritten Law," will be presented by
Landers Stevens, Georgia Cooper & Co.
For an added attraction there is a
spectacular act, "A Cowboy's Life at
Twilight," presented by Allen's Chey
enne minstrels. Other acts are Gil
more and Raminoff, in a terpsichorean
novelty; Leona Guerney, the Siberian
song bird; Knapp and Comalla, a lit
tle bit of everything; Corr-Thomas
trio, comedy trampolinists.
At Marcus Loews Empress Elsie
Gilbert with the romping college girls
and collies and "Buppy" will be the
feature act. On the supporting bill are
the dainty little star, Bessie LeCount,
with new songs and comedy imperson
ations; Goelet, Storts and Lafayette,
singing trio; the phenomenal Frevoli
with his comedy and artistic shadow
graph creations; Charles and Sally
Dunbar.
Plays by American
Authors Are Sought
Band of Hew fork Dramatic Insur
gents to Have Influence on the Sit
uation. Another of what is considered to be
a big movement, destined to affect
the American stage, is the band of
New York dramatic insurgents who
call themselves the Washington Square
players. On February 19 they began
on their own account a series of per
formances to be given Friday and Sat
urday evenings throughout the re
mainder of the winter at the Bandbox
theatre, where all of the seats are 50
cents.
An effort will be made to secure
suitable plays by Americans and a
number are Included in the first list
of short plays. Those announced are:
"Interior," by Maeterlinck; "Li
censed," a realistic drama by Basil
Lawrence; "Eugenically Speaking," a
satire by Edward Goodman, director
of the theatre, and "Another Interior,"
a "gastronomic allegory."
Hags Grandmother; Breaks Rib.
Winsted. Conn., Feb. 27. Cruising
home for the first time in many moons
Arthur Ackley, sailor on the battle- j
ship Texas, hugged his grandmother so I
hard he broke One of her ribs.
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Midsummer Nights Dream Pronounced to
Be Main Event in the Dramatic Season
Critics Loud in Their Praises
; of Production by Gran
ville - Barker.
Granville Barker's second production,
at Wallack's theatre In New York, "A
Midsummer Night's Dream,; is hild by
eastern critics as one of the most im
portant events of the present dramatic
season. A summing up of Gotham
press comment, shows that the press
called it "artistic secession." The
Globe declared: "The charm of Mr.
Barker's production Is not the trivial
fact of its uneonventionality; " It lies
in the delightful expression of the
play." The Times says: "The present
production is. marked by a rapid pace,
by a loyalty to ' the sheer music of
the verse and by an unquestioning de
votion to the ideas f the purely dec
orative in investiture." The Evening
Mail calls It "the most effective pro
duction yet. given, and the Tribune
Kays it is "remarkable."
The New York correspondent of the
Christian Science Monitor gives a de
tailed review. In part, he writes:
Shakespeare's Text roUowed.
"What the classic fairy tales are to
imaginative children this great fairy
tale of the English drama was to a
New York first night audience. It
seemed real with that special reality
of dreams and fairy tales but never
with that literal reality of the contem
porary drama. Shakespeare's text was
followed from beginning to end and the
result seemed to proye that the master
needs but to be given his wav to speak
as he will and he can delight us as
truly as ever.
"It is the production on its visual
side that commands our chief surprise.
Thfe substitution of English folk music
for the classic music written for A
Midsummer Night's Dream' was wholly
effective and admirable in its unpre
tentious beauty. This and the dances
were the work of Cecil Sharp, an ac
knowledged authority on English folk
music and dances, and it helped to key
the play to Shakespeare's own period.
The naive simplicity of the music and
dances called up vividly the happy
spontaneity with which theatrical pres
entations of Shakespeare's time most
probably were colored. One saw it
thus as a play given by the people for
the people, audience and players In In
timate and friendly relation.
Decorations Are Beautiful.
"The decoration of the play, by Nor
man Wilkinson, without overwhelming
the piece, as so many of our own set
tings of Shakespeare have done, was
compelllngly beautiful and a far depar
ture from all traditions. It colored
the whole presentation, aiding much in
accenting the fairy tale truth of the
drama." Mr. Wilkinson's flowing- drop
curtains might be as naive and simple
as a child's drawing a few black lines
and spots of color for a street, a fu
turist massing of vivid green and
purple-indigo, thickly studded with
enormous stars, for a wood, but there
was charm there. The forest scene
was especially remarkable. No papier
mache, canvas or real trees here, nor
imitation grass of jute Just loose,
flatly painted draperies, hanging in
yard wide strips in a semi-circle and
in, the center a low, smooth and geo
metrical pyramid qf soft green, over
which hung a great wreath In strong,
gay colors. The main color scheme
was pale green and light blue, illumi
nated from above.
Pairioa Are DeUtfitful.
"Upon this sylvan scene dashed
Puck, in bright red, with a great flying
mop of yellow hair, and then the twit
tering fairies, all in gold from head
to foot, even to hands and faces; their
HEMLIG
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A Wew York Winter Garden landslide of Mirth and Melody, Produced
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And Company of 100, Including
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Xiucille Cavananch Moon fc Morris Ellsaltetlt Goodall
Burrell Barbaretto Xewla J. Cody Clarence BCarrey
Wyclif Parker Edward Cutler Bio and Norman
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12 BIG SCENES 30 MELODIOUS SONG HITS
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Wednesday and Friday Matinees Lower Floor. $1. Balcony. $1..75c, 50c.
Gallery. 50c. Saturday Matinee Lower Floor. $1.50. Balcony. $1. 75c,
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costumes surely straight out of 'The
Arabian Nights." Were ever gold plat
ed fairies heard of before? And yet
the very fact that they did not try to
simulate the traditional immateriality
of our own fairyland but were crea
tures apart from our imaginative real
ities did Just what was needed. They
were the most delightful and fairylike
sprites one had ever seen and they
came and went with much rhythmic
suddenness and such graceful and
noiseless scampering that one could
quite believe in them.
"Yet tnere were touches of skillful
and painstaking literalness that accen
tuated the fantastic quality of the rest.
Bully Bottom's ass's head was a tri
umph of mechanics and realism. Its
long lips moved over its shining teeth
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Week Commencing Monday Matinee, March 1st
Direct from Sensational Eastern Triumphs
UNWRITTEN LAW
By WILLARD MACK
Author of "Kick In," "So Much for Bo Much," and other amaslar
t dramatic productions.
With LARSSKS 8TBTXBS, OEOR6XA COOPER A CO.
Cheyenne Minstrels h
In "A Cowboy's Life.", JJ
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Tha Siberian Songbird,
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Boxes and Plrst Row Baloony Seats
with each syllable of speech, and ears
and eyes played their skillful part.
"The play was for the most part
beautifully read by Mr. Barker's Eng
lish company. That one take for
granted. It has doubtless been beauti
fully read before, though rarely have
the minor parts been so admirably
cast and so carefully studied In their
relation to the whole; so strongly indi
vidualized, yet so well subordinated."
Mr. Barker opened his season with
Shaw's "Androcoles and the Lion and
The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife."
Young Authors
Tempted by Prizes
Utnt Offer Carrie Pour Prises,
- Which Total 9500 Contest Ends
' May 8. . .
The film companies in their search
for fresh material, are constantly of-.-(n-
tempting prizes that will Induce
the novice to submit ideas. The latest
feiiair of this tort carries four prlres,
totaling $500, to be given for the best
600 word stories about the funniest
event of your life. The first prise is
$176; second. $160; third. $100; fourth.
$76. The stories must be told in. 500
words or less, and will not be consid
ered If longer. The prise winners will
be put into scenario form by the Selig
company and produced later. The
Selig company also reserves the right
to purchase, at the market rates, any
available stories aside from the four
prise winners.
The contest closes at midnight on
May 2. The stories will be Judged by
William Lord Wright of the Solig
13A3KIE1R
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Loge Seats, $1.00.
SPECIAXa MATIBEE PRICES (Saturday - Sunday) Kntlre Lower Floor,
60c. Cntlre Balcony, 25c. Box Seats, 75c. Loge Seats,. 60c.
"bS Two Special Bargain Performances
Has Week The Baker Players In
Afternoons lO-Uo
Virata iS-35o
Week Commencing Monday Matinee, March 1
BEST j SHOW IN TOWN I
ELSE (GEEffiT
6 ROMPING
GIRLS
BESSIE
LE
COUNT
The
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Little Star
CHARLES &
SALLY DUNBAR
Animal PunologY
FREVOLI
Phenomenal
Snadowgrapher
REDDINGTON
& GRANT
onnaing Tramps
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The Corr-Thomas Trio
rThe Funny Big Three.
1
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Reserved by Phone. Mala 4039. JU8236
company; George Fitch. U j Peoria
humorist, and ,B. L. T., the "funny
man" of the Chicago , Tribune. In
submitting the stories the .name and
address of the sender must be placed
on a separate sheet of paper in a plain
sealed envelope. This envelope, to
gether with the manuscript, which
must not carry the writer's name, must
be mailed together to Contest Kdltor,
Rigbt-Off-the-Reel page, Chicago
Tribune. ' ,
Frankly Predicts
Play Will' Fail
. - .
David Belasco'a publicity man is try.
ing an unusual tack In arousing Inter
est in Frances Starrs new play,
"Marie-Odtle." He predlctsr its fair?
ure. and here are his grounds:
"The Jews won't like it, on account
of the convent; the Catholics will. re
sent certain features of It; Frank
Reicher, a German, is playing a French
gardener; Alphonse Kthler, a French
man, Is playing a Prussian soldier:
the Germans will object to the bru
tality of the Uhlans in the piece. It
seems, then, that it would must appeal
to Swedes." -
Vns First American Peeress.
London, Feb. 27. The death has oc
curred in London of Helen, Lady ' Ab
inger, widow of the third Lord Abinger.
who died in 1892. She was the daugh
ter of the late Commodore George Al
lan Magruder of the United States
navy, and enjoyed the distinction of
being thcX.flrst peeress of American
birth. She was married to Lord Abin
ger In 1863. --r"
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THEATRE
Mala a. A-8360
Geo. x.. Baker, Manager
BROADWAY AND MORRISON STS.
The Baker Players will rest for one week, and la their
place Manager Bator offers the great Qua Sill (Mew
York) musical comedy
Priogiinig Up
Father
THE BIQOE8T KAUOXIXO HXT OR RECORD
A Host of Pamooa Entertainers and the Handsomest
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More Good Comedy. Bin ring and Sanolng Than All th
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The Sensation of the Year
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Circle, 76c. Balcony t .First () Rows. 75o. Last (6-)
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The Awakening of Helena Riohle."
BROADWAY AT YAMHILL
rni i ice with
VVSlJLsljCei?
buppy
GOELET,
STORTS
&
LAFAYETTE
Yeudrrtlle's
Classiest
lagers
NEW LYRIC
4TK ARD STARK STS.
Portland's Pamily Taudevllle sad
Photoplay Playhouse.
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Commencing today aad for 3 days.
THE HE AL Y TRIO
Harmonious Slayers.
EXCELLA DUO
Some Jugglers.
WHITE EAGLE
' Pull Blooded Yaaul Indian, v
Charlie Chaplin
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RUNAWAY JUNE
Two Reels.
The ENGINEER'S PERIL
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THE SYCAMORE HUT
; A One-Reel Selig.
'Performances Are Continuous
Prom 11 A Ma to 11 P. M.
EXTRA
Amateurs Every Tuesday and Pri-
; ? day Right.. ,-