tiid c:;i:co:j cuhday journal, Portland, cunday i.:c:inii;g. dzczi.ilzii zi, izio.
-
L, i (Ontimwd Pram hn Two. Tela fctkn)
daughter of boarding-school ae. Jo
tavin crainoiuN so- w success 01 wis
'featuro wltn some excellent comedy
scenes.
.- H T AJESTIC The efforts of to prodoo
, 1TX or of motion pictures to creat on
v tertinninttfor mlUlon of pooplB who
! patronise the picture nouses bu become
serious problem. By reason of th
; 'great number of picture that nav al
- readr been mad It la difficult matter
7 ' to find subjects that r not hackneyed
or won out When plctur doe coma
jalon v that la - novel, - It immediately
- Jumps Into popularity. '-v
, , Thla tg the experience of "Whan Bear
' ? . toat Went Vrr." the six reel auperfeature
-ehowlnr for the new week. at to Mf
a &stlc. . 5... '.-..'
I- 1 The author near tone to the mountains
, 't? eastern Kentucky to get his charao
1 ters. , Be has made us of the primitive
s 'mode of linns' to give the plctur the
v, backeround of sltnnUclty that since time
betan has furnished the big" drama of
. ,tb world. :The fights, xeuaa ana jove ro
I manecs of these people have been clever
, ' Jy Intermingled to create a picture drama
that holds the attention of an audience
4lke the crip of a viae. This picture has
- half doaen fights that are no child
.. ; .'affairs, but are the teat of strength and
endurance - between athletes, i
't ITolIowlnr la th nrorranr for Cecil
' 'iTeague'a organ concert at . the Majestic
-at IS :0 today :
U "Gladiators." Fuel ; "Mother" songs
'Mother Machree," "Mother," "Song
Ur Mother Taught Me" (Dvorak);
"Mammy o' Mine" "Madcap Duchess,"
."Victor Herbert j "Caprice vannoU,"
ICrelsler j "My Baby's Anna," Tterney. .
STRANI The danger of treating your
wife well la graphically portrayed to
the accompaniment of a million laughs
iln f'Falr and Warmer." the farce "tar
ring May Allison, which will ahow at
'.the Strand theatre this week aa the ape
ela! Chrlatmas attraction.
'Tn nd Warmer" la an Avery Hop
' .Wood comedy and la said to hold the
'laugh record IS. seconds without a
.break, aa timed officially by Belwyn tc
Co.. . Its official auge producers. It
'also had a record run of two years in
'Mew York, followed by aa long a period
on the road, but the screen production of
-this comedy has Just been made, its
appearance at the Strand thla week
.. will he Its first appearance at any of
,',tb cinema theatres of the Northwest
. 'Mies AUlson, one of the youngest and
'most captivating of the screen come
'dlennea, plays the role of .Blanny
"Wheeler, a model wife, who was Juat
'too model to last Just aa Blanny
Wheeler Is at the point of breaking
down In the , faithful role she cornea
, into contact with Billy Bartlett, a hus
band afflicted with thesame malady of
perfectneas. - They stage a Bolshevik
revolution for their spouses, which, by
way of wonderful cocktail service and
a special "green elevator,'? haa the
same effect in their respective married
Uvea as Patrick Henry's famous speech
had on the United States. "
GIRCLE In "A Woman There Was."
at the Circle tomorrow and Monday,
Kara (Thoda Bara) Is the Princess of
Kolpee. a South Sea Island. Majah. her
father, la the chief of the tribe. Pulke,
a pearl diver. Is In love with Zara. Wln
.throp Stark, a New England missionary,
arrives on the island. Zara falls in love
L with the white man. While the misslon-
ary feels the attraction of the dusky
princess, be remains faithful to his flan
' : cee back home.
Pulke sees Zara and Stark together
,-,-r.and, with savage jealousy aroused, de
;mands the life of the white .man. Zara
defends Stark before her father and
Majah reserves decision. Zara spurns
V'Jthe proffered love of the' pearl diver
who then, with 'the high -prieaW enters
. , Into a plot against- Zara. Zara visits
? Stark and confesses her great love.
VHer whole nature Js stabbed -and her
heart broken . when she learns he is
.'.pledged to a white girl.
I" Pulke, who has ' been eavesdropping,
decides this is an opportune moment
to take the minister's life. He poises
his spear for a cast through the win
flow. Zara discovers htm and protects
the minister with her own bosom.
The black typhoon sweeps over the
Island. A reltglpua sacrifice is necea
aary to appease the wrath of the gods.
Stark Is chosen as the one to give tip
his life. The ' high priest objects be
eause the minister Is an "unbeliever."
V"
; COME C0ME!
' f THE jk
WsjMsgte)
r TODAY AND TOMORROW
Theda Bara
I i
;msriYi-rtsi
ITS
"AWomanThereWas"
v
" A th-miaf drema ef the teetheni seat,
X. waerein a weman lire ep ear life far
the. men tke levta. .. t .: .,,
" ' " ALSO ' - ,
. A FOLLAfcD COMEDY
f it'B 'a Hard Life"
'and, Mutt & Jmff, Cartoon
Broken hearted ' and desnairlnr. Zara
volunteers. She rushes into the rag
ing , sea. . Stark sees her and effects
her rescue. . Mornlnc i dawns. : Zara's
father Is brought In dead. Natives find
Stark unconscious.- i, They i declare . he
brought destruction -upon the Island, t
As reigning princess upon the 'death
of her father, Zara' again defends the
missionary and carries him to hia cabin,
and there are further complications be
foro the story is finally worked to
conclusion. , ' - . ,
StJN SET Mary Plckford aa . Amy
Burke In "The Hoodlum," her second
production .from her own studio, the
new week's showing at the Sunset Playa
th part of a girl whom education la
having a desperate time trying to affect
AH of the millions c ot Alexander
Outhrle, ; her grandfather; fall to do
anything for Amy's schooling other than
provide her with specially-constructed
desk which give her a mirror, four
combe, three shades bf powder, puffs, a
faucet tor cold buttermilk, one; pair of
shell rim glasses, on hag of mints, two
novels by George Eliot and on pes
without av holder.
Amy's training however, takes a a de
cided spurt when she voluntarily,, goes
with her father, sociological writer
into th i tenement districts - where he
decides to writ a book ore- cltisenship.
And while, her father thends toth
task of writing a book that will make
him , famous. Amy wraps herself in
craiy-qullt clothing ' and - the environ
ment of the tenements which makes
her ay "hoodlum," much to th amuse
ment of the audience.
STAR A delicate Question In chivalry
is answered In Vitagraph'a latest
picture of the Earl Williams brand. The
question Is, Who has precedence In re
sponsibility for a girl her brother or
her - sweetheart T The plctur la "The
Wolf," showing during the first of the
new week, at the Star.
According to the picture, circum
stances permitting, the task of uphold
ing, protecting and vindicating the
honor of the girl belong to the brother.
Such a situation arises when Jules Bean
blen, played by Mr. Williams, takes up
the gauntlet for the little half-breed
Indian girl who had been his sister whom
he had never seen and who la now ead.
Annette, the girl, has been : loved by
Baptist, half-breed trapper. While
Baptists Is away on a hunting trip a
stranger from the States arrives at the
Indian village and charms th simple
Indian girl into ruin.
Jules learns from his father on the
tatter's death bed about his sister. H
sents out to find the girt Baptists, re
turning from another region about the
same time, also la headed for the Indian
village. Jules finds the girl dead In the
snow with an Infant at her breast Jules
demands the right of vengeance.
The quest of her betrayer brings
about dramatio happenings.
TJANTAOES Program at Pantages,
X featuring Aiexanaer raniages vau
deville and motion 'picture serial, will
change Monday afternoon and run for
the new week. ' The bill now showing
runs through this afternoon and tonight
"Oh Boy" Follows "Gingerbread Man"
The fourth Princess theatre. New
York, success to be furnished by Guy
Bolton, P. O. Wodehouse and Jerome
Kerns is the joyful musical comedy,
"Oh, Boy," Which played for two years
In New York, seven months In Chicago,
six months In Boston, with six different
companies touring the country at the
same time. "Oh. Boy" Is .scheduled to
follow "The Gingerbread Man" at the
Alcazar theatre beginning Monday, De
cember 29. "Oh Boy" has been termed
the "Joy show,1
vaudeville
ORPHEUM For the Crst tlm is
many, weeks th Orpheum will pre
sent m extra performance this week, ar
rangements having been made wltll th
Hellig Theatre : company to stag ' an
extra Orphaum show, .next, Wednesday
night Christmas eve. The Orpheum's
Chrlatmas week show is extolled as be
ing one of th extraordinary bills of th
season the - headilner 'being Oua Ed
wards, th tsomposer-actor-manager-pro-ducer,
who Is offering himself and his
newly, found protege to .s, "Welcome
Horn Song Revue7 Thla t EdwardsU
farewell personal appearance. In vaude
ville, and in his Orphum tour. h is
glad In any, city to In tervUW talented
boys or girls who ar desirous of enter
ing upon stags careers. ,
- - Ou Edwards has written and - pro
duced many song rsvus and In this line
he was so successful that; v Ous Ed
wards revue was accepted, a th'last
word In tabloid musical comedlea. Now
h is appearing in person at th head
of on of his own companies and his
latest vehicle -1 - eharacterlstlo of the
kind h ha always produced, vlt has
new songs, elaborate scenio settings and
costume creations and a whole bunch of
new Edwards songs. These songs are
put together in an unusual manner so
that each number Is a song production.
As his assistanu Edwards has .Vincent
O Donnell, known as "The Kid McCor
mlck." add Alice and Hasel Furneaa,
nwly found protege. -.J . .
Th extra attraction U the entertain
ment of th Arnaut Brothers, who are
programmed as Th Living Birds" in
a comedy musical act that has made
them one of th standard clown acts In
big-time vaudeville. The third feature
of th Christmas show is th act of
Ernest Evans and girls, who 'have a
smart divertissement Of varied enter
tainment Evans' girls include a
danseuse, a singer, violinist and a
pianist
Remalningusts are "Skeet" Gallagher
and Iran Martin In -Sweaters" ; Mar
shal Montgomery, thew extraordinary
ventrUoqulst; Jack OsUrman, in IS min
utes of "Something" the Jordan girls
Nelll and Josephine, comedy wirists ;
Klnograms, a news reel shown, for the
first Um at th Orpheum, and Topics
of th Day, lively paragraphs selected
from the press of the world.
In the extra- performance of Orpheum
vaudeville next Wednesday night the
regular show will be presented in Its
entirety. -. - . r
TTIPPODROME "Fashions a la Carte"
AA will be enticingly, exploited at the
Hippodrome with th new bill opening
today, a bevy of young girls appearing
in a novel fashion, review which Is
stuaned with bright song and dainty
dances. There ar five model in th
modiste's shop shown, And there th on
man In th company proceeds to cloth
them in Up-toth-mlnut . costumes
evolved "whil you wait" from uncut
materials, with a deftness and atria that
moat women will consider nothing lees
man a, girt rrom th god.
Th plctur feature will b "A Dan
gerous Affair," featuring Herbert Raw
linson and Florence Billings. The pic
ture 1 a romantic melodrama With an
Irish flavor that reminds one of Charles
Lever, ohly the action Is mora rapid.
There Is a love story, plot and counter
plot kidnaping, ,. attempted murder and
everything that goes to form a thrilling
drama. ;
A special feature of the bill will b
provided In the comedy playlet, "The
Wrong Neighborhood," in which Roth,
Mitchell and Roth will b seen.
The eternal feminine is evidenced in
th offering of the Wllhat Trio, the lady
of th trio refusing to perform her many
Intricate and difficult feats of riding un
less gorgeously, appareled, and her
clothes are elaborate. --.
Sam P. Herman claims to have dis
covered some new and excloslvs songs
and -stories, and retains as his own par
ticular motto, "Business for Pleasure."
A wide variety of dances 4 Included in
th offering of Van Orden and Fallows, a
girl and iboy, who penorm son ana
hard shoe dances, and who step off : in
a lively old-fashioned cakewalk. Origin
ality is said to b th keynote of the
performanc of Eddy and Howard, aa
suggested in the billing of their offering,
A Pantomlmin spasroooic uonwiuuon.
ALCAZAR-For th Christmas wh
attraction ' th Aleasar k Musical
Players are to preeent th merry musical
fantasy, Th Gingerbread Man," begin
ning Monday, December lS.'wtth a spe
cial Christma day matinee on Thurs
day, and th regular maUne Saturday,
No matinee on Wednesday. No better
election could have been mad for th
"Wddlea for : their - Christmas - snter
Uinment than Tb Gingerbread Man,"
for it takes them back to th "Land ot
ktson - Bon." wher th ' scenes arc " all
prany canay neuse. ana tner tbey win
se th funny "Fairy Queen" and th
even funnier "Gingerbread Man .
This smart fantasy has been played
t A TTTtw". W TT J M
OBPHtCV Broadway at Tsftof-. , Out Ed-
- ward asd his ews revot. ;. :,0-
PAJfTAQES Btolwy at Aider. Hlsh
Tud-iU and photopU- tMUuw. Aftraoi
and e-eains. Frestma Ho4r
HlSpSCalB Broadwmr at Yamkin. Ackar
auoi A Harris vasdeTUle and photoplaT ies-
tares, AOcmooa and nicbt.
J a .,-. paUIAIIO 8TOCE
SAKSS BMwdws- betwaea MorrlsjDad AMtf.
, The Baker "took eonpaay, in "Vbm Brt.
, a:20. MaUnee VTtdnewUT and nstUTda,
. .qa -.-v .: .
' : MTjalCAIj COMK0T '
ALCAZAB Sn-rmth and Morrisem Mwfasj
. . Comedy eompaay, "A Stabborn CiDdaralla,"
tTRl-rrth end SUA. MnsiealUreo. "8o
.Umf, Btt.u MatitMS daflr S. aishts 7
. sad s. .
' V PH0T0PLAT8 ' .
COTXMBU Sixth sad Stark. Wflhasi . S.
- Hart, tm "oba patttooata." 11 a. m. to
IJBKBriBvdsr st Stark. TuslM Mse-
lca and Doris Mar, ta "Tet--tir-e aad
Oae Half Reran Sava," 11 a. as. to 11 p. sa,
MAJESTIC Washington at Park. Special pro-
doetlon, "trbae Beacoat Went Dnr." 11 a.
PEOPLES Wtat PSrk tnd Alder. Altcs Joyee,
, v "The Wisehtster Wwaaa." 11 a. a. to
STAB WaMo-to at Park. Barls WHliam.
in ""A Wolf." 11 a. ax to 11 p. Tn.
BTBAJfD WaihtTifton at Park. Kay Alhtoft,
in "Fair and Warmer." 11 a. sx to 11 p. m.
CIBOLE Fourth and Washington. Tbada Baa.
... to "A Woraaa Tbare Wu." a. sa. to
a'selMk dK f AHisrsrlnsv HA-nifasT -
STTN8ET Waahlnstoo and Broadwas. . Mary
PloUord. In "The Hoodlum. " 1 a. m. to
11 P. BV"
n
o
-rRs-
Ladles, Sao the Pretty Qmt
entJemen, See the lstt )hia
ippcnrjiiMF
Three Shows ;
DaUy
Uk Su Melliaya. OotrUnusus
FASHIONS A LA CARTE
-a onasou r ash ion awo wusio
RKVUB WITH IX SAUTtFUk,
-. emu -ROtH
MITCHELL AND
V ROTH
"THt 1 WOH WBIHBOIIHOwP"
P SNO THt IN
WiLtiAT TRtQ
HKIH eOMgBY "KRAZV
KAR
SAM P. HERMAN
- "gusitigss row PtgASUWg CWIY"
Van Ordon, fallows
HARD ARB MTf 8MOB BANCKRS
" EbDY ANlTHOWARD
"A DANGEROUS
AFFAIR"
riATtlRIRBl
HERBERT RA W LINSON
and FLORENCE BILLINGS
In Portland ' several." times and ' has
gained many admirers, with It smart
dialogue, unusual comedy and pretty
music Tn thXand of Beautiful Bon
Bon,'' Magic'' J-Moon. Moon, Moon."
"Queen of my Drama.M "Svery Litu
Thing." . "Old BAmeees,' ar few of
th many song hits that will recall old
times and cau many, ta whlstl and
hum to th familiar melodies.
There will b many unusual novelties
Introduced In "Th Gingerbread Man"
to mak It a splendid Christmas attrac
tion for young and old.
Tonight nda tA run of "A Stubborn
Cinderella atlii Aleasar. It is a
pleasing entertalmnent aad has caught
the fancy of the Aleasar "fans." .- Miss
Wllber i in th cast sings and acta
"Lady . Lesll" In ' her usual , splendid
manner, and has veral solo numbers.
Portland Symphony Orchestra
. . -': ' " CARL DENTON CONDUCTOR '
Ninth Season Third Concert v
New Year's Eve Heilig Theatre
Pricet t.50, 1, 75c, 5oc First Seven Row. 1 OtHery Resv'd, 7Sc
Vc
I : : f J Sm
lZj - 'JmsfflSm; tgp.j&
'C5-- VvVf
,.k, ;- , -- - Kt fZyy---:
!"-S' . , :
f
3,'Ss-s-wC-s Y
i At the Wurlitser, renders an appropriate . 1
accompaniment that make the heart 1
beat Quickly and takes you right with 1
. . the plot itself. I
J , StTKBAT COHCEBT lit P. M. Vl
V f Gladiator Fuclk 4
fAI -"Mother" gongs . . -
, . Songs My Mother Taught Me v : W
" . Mammy o Mine j- tDvorak) 1
- aiouier joaenree , p ,..
ffT a , Mother- Arranged by C. TeagUe i Q
fi Selections from f Madame Butterfly.,.. rVCV7T a tT" Vl.O-v-
II - "V Puccini " HV im wJri M n
II .CfPrice Vjennols..... .Kreisler 6f ZASlS VJS A vCTVf w"
H J My Arms...,. ....t...... Tterney rSi17 Tf)
!1 I;
y? 1 -,
if
aya?M'.- -
Millions Have
Read the Book
'The Bearcat sees Blossom,
the girl he loves, in, the
arms of another niani A
miniature .war rages be
tween the two men for
some, time until the unex
pected happens.' It's a.su-
. per-feature, chuck full of
suspense, love, and thrills
' with an unexpected ending.
Pathe; News and
Comedy : ;
PffBCrOS OF iW$m&L
-' -------- -- "I
rr 1 1 j r a
7.
N. B. Hart utatuT consider thU the vr
6eftintn.r-r.dt hot ever done. V
ItU certainly "different"
; V NOW PLAYING
n A .-':- ''.
I ; . v ,s -:- tw 4 -s
T '--. A I- J V.-
H U v 7 . A A XPti k'M-z
Ui 1 Ul I ul. I 01 I :p:;m EJ sa
Something entirely hew for
Bill Hart!- You've seen him
as a bandit.- a crook, it lum
berjack, a puncher and what
not -but this time he
suddenly finds himself sole
owner of a fashionable mo
diste's shop!
HARS;; LATEST PICTURE
1 . N ;
A Bill says, he "ain't aimin' to b rough in this" No, he's real Udy like t least, he makes starrer at it
, auu ui iciiut it ncui luuu uera aw e
' THE COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA
AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS . . ; ' .. .. .
Director Knovole. haa another novelty for you-different instrumentation all strings
tnis time -he will put music in-your c soul and make the day brighter for you. '
FILLERS:
An Outinjj
Chester and
Oat Bribes
Boy Comedy
TIME. I
TODAY,
Monday
. and.
Tuesday , Only