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ALCAZAR For the Initial attraction
of the Alcazar Mueical Comedy
company, which opens its season tomor
row night at the Alcazar theater, "M'Jle
Modiste" is the opera selected. It is,
according to eminent critics, the best
American lipht operi of the time. Vic
tor Herbert is responsible for the score,
while, Henry Blossom (of "Checkers"
fame) wrote the . libretto, and in this
way they have written an opera that is
unusual and one that marka the return
of the legitimate light operas, such as
were written by. Offenbach and Strauss.
. Miss Mabel . Wilber, the Alcazar
prima donna, is to portray the role of
Flfl, whiob was originally played by
Fritii Scheff, and Miss Wilber's per
sonality is befitting the role. JLike her
predecessor, there 1b a charm in her
. Fifl that makes it a. distinct creation.
Fifl Is a little milliner's assistant, who
loners for better things. She loves and
ts loved by a hussar, but the family of
the officer Is very much opposed to
the match. At this juncture a rk:h
American aids the little milliner, putting
the means of a musical education into
her hands. She disappears, only to re
turn later a famous singer. Oscar Fig
man, as the American millionaire, has
In his hands the comedy of the Opera,
While Henry Caote, , George Natanson,
May Wallace and Eva Olivottl will come
in for their share of the: success of the
opera.
A noteworthy interest has been mani
fested by many of the local music lovers
and from every indication a successful
summer season of light opera and mu
sical comedy -Is assured.
There wlil be matinees Wednesday
and Saturday.
-Next week's offering will be &Ia
dame Sherry."
THE following plays and players are billed at Portland
theatres this week: Left, Miss Arnold, soloist of the Ar
nold and Taylor duo. Verna Felton, who is being starred
in the Baker Stock company productions,, is seen clasping the
knees of John G. Fee, in a scene in "The Divorce Question," at
the Baker for the week, startingoday. Above, a scene from
"M'lle Modiste," in which the new Alcazar Musical Comedy
company will open the summer season at the Alcazar tomorrow
evening. Below, Rosebud chorus girls in "M'lle O'Kissme,"
Lyric. At the rightr two of the Greater Morgan dancers, head
line act at the Orpheum.
Made San Francisco Sit Up
t ' ' n t ,
Now He's Come a Cropper
" tigitating the public mind is that of
the looseness of the divorce laws pre
vailing in different states, and espe
cially Oregon. For this reason William
"Anthony McGuire's intense drama, "The
Divorce Question," which Vejna Felton
will be seen in at the Baker for the
week ; starting this afternoon, is pecul
iarly lopportune. It is a poWeful argu
ment against divorce extreme perhaps,
but one which taken in. any light carmot
help but Impress vividly upon the mma
. that this subject is one that needs at
tention just now.
ine scene uses piace wunm a hui
ollc - church, . and the predominating
character is the Rev. William Jerome.
This role will be played by John Fee,
the -popular young leading man with
Miss Felton,, while her part is that of a
girl whose parents were divorced when
' she was but a child, both married a gam,
and who meet here, all of them, together
Willi fc UlUUiClOlici iiwuj J , nw
under remarkable circumstances. It de-
picts the effects that may be visited
upon the children of divorcees and,
while highly' dramatic at times, is not
without Its lightening comedy situa
tions. These are written around a
youthful couple bent on running away
and .getting married after a few weeks
in love, this also being considered one
of the causes of many divorces, and
one that could be prevented largely by
stricter marriage laws. "The Divorce
Question" has never- been presented here
before. Matinees today, Wednesday and
Saturday.
1 TRIO "Mite. O'Kissme,"
a laughable
musical burlesque with all the late
song hits and beautiful choruses, wilt
mark the week of Dillon and Franks at
the Lyric starting this afternoon: In
their popular eccentric role of Mike and
Ike the two comedians will have more
.than the usual amount of laughing
bombs to shoot. Mike is a lawyer and
Ike Is his chief clerk, but the employer
is in the habit of taking his clerk out
for night revels in order to have an alibi
In i case of anything happening that
night Involve him. Innocent little Ike
goes along and on this particular night
a lot of things happen that bring mat
ters . to a head next morning. , Among
the incidents is the dashing Mile.
O'Kissme. who shows Up to make
trouble, as it were Just as -the Wives of
.Mike and Ike also happen In at the
office. Then follows the .complications
Jn . which the cute little actres3xkeeps
them all guessing until the very finish,
when to the consternation pf everybody
she picks Ike's grouchy and unattractive
Old father-in-law.
' The 'usual number of song hits will
be introduced, such as "Jump. Jim
Crow," "In the Old Sweet Way,"
"Kisses; "Sliding Sid," and many more,
. with Dorothy Raymond. Blllie Bingham.
Clarence Wurdig' and the other clever
. principals backed up by the pretty Rose
bud chorus and brilliant stage effects.
Pun, pretty girls and music i the Lyric
.motto, and it has long held" first place
in Portland as the home of the light
-and airy, form of amusement so popular
everywhere.
Matinee dally, with the "Country
' Store";- Tuesday; night , and the chorus
Clrla' contest Friday. -
, MacLean and May to Star .
The first co-star Vehicle selected' by
Thomas H. Ince for Douglas Mac Lean
and Doris May is "What's Your Hus
band Doing r by George V. Hobart. A
strong" cast with--all young players has
been, selected. Besides Mr; ; MacLean
and Miss May this Includes Walter
Klers, Alice Wilson, Norris Johnson.
Alice Elliot, William Buckley, Margaret
Livingston and J. P. Lockney. ,
By Robert Welles Ritchie
JOXDON, May 31. Poor old lord
Sholto Douglas, once the most
talked-of men In San Francisco and the
seven days wonder of all California
poor old Sholto's gone on the rocks.
, London, which does not know its own
Lord Sholto nearly as well as the city
by the Golden Gate once did, read today
that George Douglas Sholto, "described
in the receiving order and commonly
known as Lord Sholto Douglas," had
entered a petition in bankruptcy before
the London Bankruptcy court. He didn't
have a penny of assets and no chattels
upon which anything could be realized.
He was "stony broke." Petitioner al
leged that before the death of his father
in 1900 he had received an allowance of
$1500 .and that he had inherited $50,000
which he had lost "because of the war."
After losing all his money early in
1917, Lord Sholto continued in his pe
titio'n, he and his wife had subsisted
on the bounty of a relative, who had
made them an allowance of $50 a week ;
but now that had been withdrawn",
there was positively not a stiver in
sight and his debts amounted to nearly
$1500.
KlfOWIf IJT SAN FRANCISCO
A different Lord Sholtxv this middle
aged and humbled man who stood with
head bowed before the senior official
receiver, from the one San Francisco
knew in the early '90s. Then Lord
Sholto Douglas cut a flaming swath
athwart naughty Frisco which only was
equalled subsequently by some of the
"potlaches" indulged by wealthy miners
from the Klondike. His picture was in
every paper, his name on every lip.
The youth In his early twenties who
hit Market street with a loud noise and
a cloud of smoke in 1894 was all the
West believed a real English lord should
be from its Instruction by the vaudeville
stage and its recollection of the elder
Sothern in Lord Dundreary.
, This gay boy had white hair parted
In the middle and plastered down on
either side with pomade, pale blue eyes,
a very large nose and what was known
In the pat-slang of the day as ."a rush
of teeth to the. face."
A SHERLOCK HOLMES LORD
He wore checks as large as a new
development subdivision out near the
Presidio, a monocle, a fore-and-end cap
such as Sherlock Holmes used to sport
on the stage when he followed the
lighted cigar through . the gas chamber.
Also a 'stick a stick weighing in the
neighborhood of five pounds and with
a carved ivory alligator's head for a
handle.
He was a; mark !
And poor young Sholto acted the part.
Ho had money to spend on wine in the
Palace grill. He had money to spend
on any likely Investment. Result, many
corks popped under the palms of the old
Palace, and every con-man in California
who knew a "sick engineer" or an
"Indian chief" with inside information
on a gold miie groomed his shlllabers
and trotted them out before Lord Sholto.
The boy was a glutton for punishment.
No easier mark ever passed under the
ferry clock. Sholto bought everything
from Brazilian diamonds to shares in
the alrehip which was building out on
Haight street.
Just when the Sunday papers had ex
hausted all : the funny paragraphs on
Sholto he made a visit to the Sacra
mento valley and in Marysvllle, I think
it was, the jolly yokels gave the English
adventurer an tintirely new thrllL He'd
heard all about the Native Sons of the
Golden West what visitor to California
is allowed to live in ignorance of this
grand and glorious institution? Care
lessly over a bar in the National House
on the first night after his arrival the
scion of Norman lineage dropped a re
gretful tear that he was not qualified
to Join this noble order having had the
bad luck to be born in England instead
of the Golden state.
Immediately a choice group of Marys
ville's cut-ups determined that Lord
Sholto should not permanently suffer
the stigma of not being a Native Son,
so for his exclusive benefit they organ
ized the Order of the Woolly Bear and
extended to the Englishman a pressing
Invitation to become a member. They
urged that few had ever received this
honor ; in that they were ' absolutely
truthful ; he was the first and last
initiate.
WHAT MADE HIM RUTft
They nearly killed Lord Sholto at
that initiation. These brawny young
men took the Englishman apart to see
what made him run and put him . to
gether again rather badly. But Sholto
was game and after the ordeal was over
be was propped up in a chair at the
head of what the local editor doubtless
referred to as a "groaning board" and
he ordered the grape to pass.
Hardly had the echoes of this esca
pade died when Sholto had a love affair.
Her name was Loretta Mooney and she
was a singer on "small time. Loretta's
family tree ran back to the Kings of
Ireland, perhaps, but it was not listed
in Burke's Peerage. Loretta's mother
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CARS AT FIRST AND ALDER - .
i . . Sis Cent Fare
was what the French call a "blanchis
seuse" ; so were many of California's
grand ladies , at one time or another.
They were married .and the papers
played Sholto clear across the front
page. t
About that time the stern pater or
uncle, or whoever it was back in Eng
land that was supplying the sinews-for
Sholto's adventuring, decided to go out
of the sinew-supplying business, and the
young Benedict was stranded. Was lie
down-hearted T Not Sholto ! , '
H6 had somebody write a vaudeville
part for him to play in a skit opposite
Mrs. Sholto, and he made his premiere
in the same theatre that first received
David Warflcld behind the "foots."
STAGE APPEARANCE A RIOT
It was a riot. All San Francisco
fought for seats. The Cherry Sisters
in their prime never had the S. R. O.
sign out on the sidewalk so fast. . The
only stage appurtenance that might have
added to the finish of the act was a net.
All Sholto had to do was to come out
on the stage and appeay natural. The
audience did the rest.
After a whirlwind career on the stage
Sholto and the pretty Loretta disap
peared. San Francisco never heard of
them thereafter.
I can" only add this bit and a sad
one to the latest history ef the man
who once awoke naughty Frisco. The
eldest son of the once gay Sholto and
Loretta Mooney who was a Native Son,
even if his daddy couldn't be was killed
fighting in France last year.
AMUSEMENTS.
VA.T7DEVILL,B
-Broadway at Taylor. Bis tint
headlining "Tha Greater Morgan
ORPHEUM
Yaudenlle. Danrwirii-"
PAXTaoES Broadway at Alder. HIirh' clasa
' vaudeville and photoplay features. Afternoon
and evening. Prof ram changed Monday aft
ernoon. HIPPODROME-Broadway at Tamhfll. Acker
man it Harris Tanderille and photoplay fea
tures. Afternoon and night. ,
. STOCK
BAKER Broadway at Morrison. Baker Stock
company, in "The Dlrorce Question." Mat
inee 2:20; nignt 8:30.
XiTKIC Fourth, and Stark. Xrrfr musical farce
comedy company, in "M'lle O'Killme. " Eery
evening and atternoon except Thursday after
noon. ALCAZAR Eleventh and Morrison. Musical
Comedy Stock .company opens Monday even
ing, June 2, in "M ile Modiste."
PHOTO PLAITS
COLUMBIA Sixth near Stark. William Des
mond, in, "The Mints of Hell." 11 a. m. to
11 p. m.
LIBER TT Broadway at Stark. Blanch Sweet.
in "The Unpardonable Sin." 11 a. m. to
1 1 D. m.
STBAND Washington between Park and West
-. Park. Vaudeville, photoplays, 11 a. m. to
11 d. m.
MAJESTIC Washington at Park. Bessie Bar
rise ale, in "Two-iun Betty." 11 a. nvto
. ll p. m.
GLOB: Washington near Eleventh. "Real
Life in China," 10 reels. 1 p. m. 'to 11
p. m.
SUNSET Washington near Broadway. Gerald
ine Farrar. in "The Hell Cat.." 11 a., m.
to 11 p. m. '
CIRCLE Fourth near Washington. WOliarn
S. Hart, in "Branding Broadway." 9 a. m. to
4 o'clock the following morning.
PARKS AND RESORTS
COUNCIL CREST Dancing every evening ex
cept Sunday. Sunday afternoon concert. Con-
OAKS AMUSEMENT PARK Armstrong Folly
company, m lnualcal travesty. Skating, boating.
Collect War Taxes,
Latest Bunko Game
Cleveland, . Ohio. May 31. (I. N S.tr
It's here, boy 8. The latest "patriotic"
confidence game is collecting "war
taxes." M. F. Heldes Is looking for the
two smooth collectors who explained
that his contribution to the national in
come under the "new revenue bill"
would be exactly $10.20. Heldes paid
and asked questions afterward.
On Beer Strike
Melbourne, May 6. (U. P.) (By
Mail.) Port Darwin, Australia, has
been on a beer strike for II weeks, in
protest against the high price of the
beverage, 43 cents per bottle. The au
thorities have finally been induced to
Investigate the cost of beer in tropical
countries, in order to determijne whether
the price shall be lowered in Port Par-win.
'Now, Listen, Lester'
Is Current Phrase
"Now, Listen Lester" Is a phrase
made popular by the audiences of "Lis
ten Lester," John Cort's musical com-,
edy at the Knickerbocker theatre, New
York, as an Introductory preface to all
good advice, pf course, whether advice
is good, bad, - or indifferent, can only
be decided by the recipient thereof, but
the admonitory tone that seems to en
circle the words "now. Listen, Lester,"
heard so often in that play, implies that
She, he, or It at whom the phrase Is
directed is about to hear something to
his atiyantage. Lester, of "Listen Les
ter" is put in the way of a big reward
for the happy recovery of letters law
fully but -unfortunately in the posses
sion of one Arbutus Qullty. The words
bode good fortune to the original Les
ter, and it is said that whoever is fortu
nate enough to have those words re
peated into his ear is likely to have simi
lar good fortune. So far all "listening
Lesters" are doing well. :
"I'm worried about 'Willie Skiff ens."
"He' so studious that he ought to get
along." "Yea But he Is trylrag to learn
aviation from a correspondence school."
Washington Star.
ParKs arid
Resorts '
OAKS PARK "Paqueta," a Spanish
musical comedy, is the offering of
the Armstrong Folly company at The
Oaks Park auditorium for the week be
ginning today. Costume and special
antics in keeping with the theme have
been arranged by Director Ed Arm
strong. The principal part will be
played by Miss Perqueta Courtney, who
will lend herself to the role with espe
cial fitness.
"Paqueta" is a dainty Spanish miss
madly in love with a soldier of her
sunny country. The match is fought by
Paqueta's parents, who design, for her
happiness through a marriage with I a
wealthy civilian. Paqueta's dislike for
the civilian is as strong as her love for
her hero, and while much sparkling
humor is interjected in working out the
story, the theme offers opportunity for
a display of the . abilities of the Arm
strong cast and chorus. . Miss Courtney
will sing "Jaxs Baby," a song similar
to those which wort applause for her
during the past week. . '
The Armstrong trio Farnsworth, Ives
and Leahy will be heard in a group of
new songs, and a duet by Evans and
Newton, "Fpr the Two of Us," is ex
pected to be a popular hit. Miss Lil
lian Lewis, premier dancer, will stage
a special Spanish number at each per
formance. . i
Making much of a bull fight feature,
the Armstrong company has done part
of its rehearsing this week in a study
of the true Spanish arena battle. ! A
lighted swing feature wlllobe another
addition to the interesting settings for
"Paqueta." The Winter Garden runway
specialty wUl be repeated. I
Manager Cordray says that tha Oaks
pavilion has proved more popular as a
dancing place this year than ever be
fore. - i
COUNCIL CREST Dancing, conces
sions and orchestra concerts . are
growing in popularity at Council Crest,
and with the coming of warmer weather
expected soon, attendance is expected
to increase materially. Private dancihg
parties on "Portland's Roof Garden' are
quite the thing now in the way of novel
entertainment, and a number of such
eyents are being planned for the near
future.
COLUMBIA BEACH Some aerlaV
thrills will help start the Columbia
ta.v aaivn next Sunday, June 8,
when Aeronaut Miller will give a series
of stunts. His. ascension includes! a
jump from the gas bag by .parachute,
T M. THesr. manager of the park.
has aent letters to several motorboat
owners at Vancouver, asking themj to
keeD'an eye on Miller when he makes
SOME members of the Armstrong Folly company, vfho will
appear at the. Oaks Amusement Park this week in
; VPaqueta," a musical comedy offering with a Spanish
flavor. The attraction will be on the boards for the week.
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What Public Wants;
What Public Gets
The public has been slandered' often
by producers and authors who have de
clared that they knew what the public
wanted. By filling theatres for a sea
son with a meretricious musical bur
lesque, they have" persuaded themselves
that what the public does not want is
art. But art is Bkill. It is not, as some
persons would have you believe, heavi
ness, or, as others imagine,- exploitation
of themes which are by common consent
left undiscussed at dinner tables or In
polite drawing rooms. The art of a
composer who had gained the Mendels
sohn scholarship of the Royal Academy
of Music and the art of an editor and
writer whose work in both capacities
had given fillip to the London periodical.
Fun, was combined in the creation of
the Gilbert and Sullivan operaa In
their composition more thought ,nd
mora power of observation were applied
than are applied to the writing in full
many a speech which moved the British
Darllament. Louisville oourier-Journal.
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John JBarleycorn Is
6ivenvShort Respite
Cleveland, Ohio, May 81. (I. N. J.)
John Barleycorn, due to pass away in
Ohio May 24, drew a 24-hour respite
when license officials ruled that special
liquor licenses, good only for Monday,
May 26, might be issued. The one-4day
licenses cost the holders $305 each, j but
there was a grand rush on the part of
saloonkeepers to pay their money.
Private Tires of
- Being Dead One
Philadelphia, May (L N. a) Tm
tired of being dead and would Ilka news
papers to print the fact that I'm alive,
declared Private Oscar Bums, Company
L, One Hundred Ninth Infantry, in a
voice that sounded anything but ghostly.
"I've 'been reported dead three times,
once since I got home more than a
month ago. I was wounded but am all
right now and I'm good and tired of
having to dny these reports that I am
a dead one, 'for I'm not."
Delinquent Taxes Nil .
yincennes, Ind., May 3i, (I. N. S.)
There is one town in Illinois where no
lots will be advertised for sli to pay
the taxes. Allendale, a thriving little
oil town south of Vlncennes, claims this
honor. All the' land In that community
is lander lease for OIL
Police Called to - '
Liberate Feline
Philadelphia, Pa-, May 31 (I. N. S.)
'"Please send the police to Forty-second
and Spruca. streets quick; I am In dis
tress," an excited voice over the phone
cried into Police Sergeant Breltmayer'a
ear. Half a dozen cops were loaded
into a patrol wagon and hurried to the
house. When they entered they saw a
woman chasing a cat. whose head was
stuck in a sardine can. After many
chairs and tables had been overturned,
the cat was finally made canless.
Killed Blasting Stumps '
. Connersville, Ind May SI. (I. N. 8.)
David Chrlsman, a farmer, was out
blasting stumps. The explosion of dyna
mite placed under a stump threw a
number of stones into the air. One
struck Chrlsman on the head, causing a
fractured skull, which resulted in his
death.
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LARGEST AMUSEMENT PARK AND RESORT
IN THE WEST
Opens June 8 (Next Sunday)
Balloon Ascension by Miller
PARACHUTE JUMP i f '
Dancing on tha Largest Floor in Oregon.
. The Now Gold Shoro on tha mila-long board walk
all for your amusement.
200 acres of park for your picnic. '
Take Vancouver Cars -E very Few Minutes
Autos Interstate Viaduct to Columbia Beach Road
BAKER THEATRE
Third Week of Continued Triumph Starting Sun
day Mattnee, June 1
Portland's Favorite
VERNA FELTON
Tfie DIVORCE
QUESTIOrJ
The most widely discussed so
cial subject of the day.
tt-i u ilsa 1 1 in Hi iin
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A powerful drama depicting a ew of the evils of loose marriage and
i: . , -. '. ' vj d.lvorce laws. - . - -
Should there be but-one cause for divorce? Society Is iwalcenlnf,
people are .thinking.
See The Divorce Question .
Maybe you will start to think yourself i
Baker Prices Evenings 25c, 5 0c Mats. Wednesday, .Saturday, j 2 S c
Rose Festival Week Special A ttraction Miss
Felton in SIS HOPKINS
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