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the c-ucou gui;day journal, poutlanp, Sunday iioriiing, ; dzcz:.:di:ij 21, 1012. . . .' '. . -r- - , . -A.'.Zt.l' vJ .... I VNi 7 ixaJA - , I j r rn i-xajr.v 1 - , . . .... 'i b j :r t ; .., ., 1 . -rr- a I . m ? ' , ' v ... ' . ..' III.-, y , Jr ,J I ; ; ill:., - 1 , I3 4;;tV v -4 f i-1 v - . . -: V-Sv ' 5 half a doien members of the social set I ' aA - ? hfL I I with whom her lot has been cast Think-1 I X. ' VS VVS ,7 1 T I I Ins herself la love -wjth the novelist, she I - C( ' vttd&' f " - i I f ta about to b turned out of doors to , . i v " )i . tf x- t " resume her old life when an unexpected iTrf yv kv , " ' t T series of kindnesses and misfortui.es add j t f J X " I " surprises and bring on the climax of u v, a X I I 3 new and unsuspected romance. ' i-, Its 1 X, ' " f f S David Horblin wiU l seen as the ' I C. . i" fev I J wild young- brother to the novelist. John (A W 7 I J " f G. Fee will play the part of the writer; pit - ( li x - i ? i fi i N pi r - v v t ' ;-yi .V,..XW.4 I TTEILia Following Its run ' of 11 solid year ;ia New York, "Cohe. Geraldine Di?re and Mayo Methot will have excellent comedy . roles, appearlrc as members of the social set In race for the band of the literary man. . Other members will appear ta good advantage. There will be matinees today. Wed nesday 'and Saturday. . with . a special price performance Monday evening. V one Cohan & Harris will present the late Harry James Smith's brilliant: American comedy. '1A Tailor-Made Man," for the Christmas at traction at the Hell!. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, December . 25. 2t ana ; zz. wiu special price - matifiee Christmas 'and . Saturday. ..v,; Opening' la New Tork In midsummer of 191T, the play 'continued for it con secutive weeks at the Cohan Harris theatre and its success wu the most em phatic of any theatrical entertainment of Its type that the metropolis had wel comed In a long time. For Its presenta tion to local playgoers. Cohan ft Harris announce a large cast of popular stage celebrities and,' of course, Ah is enterpris ing firm has staged the comedy in a lav ish manner. ' ' ; 'A Tailor-Made ' Man" Is a - modern variation of a good old theme which has served playwrights often In the past and assuredly will be capable of the same service In the future. It Is the story of a prodigious and audacious young man. whose mendacity overcomes every ob stacle. In this case the hero Is employed as a humble tailor's helper. He has picked ' some phrases and ..some ideas of social philosophy from the book written by an enthusiast. 9-hich he finds- In .his shop. "'Hto ambition knows no end. :t He aspires even to do things that Napoleon left undone.'. But, there la no opportunity untU by chance he gets oesesslon of a dress suit, belonging to a customer, who Is going to wear it to jeceptloa. The tailor wears it in his place.' and his for tunes, with tho aid of his mendacity, art mads. i'L'Ms'ityf 7: T TRIC A silk stocking which leads a JLt sentimental son of Erin on a, searcu for Its . owner and which lands him. right side up and with his pockets lined with 116.000 which he did not expect to Kind.: forms -one of the-chief, veins of comedy to,So Long Betty.- wnicn wm open today (Sunday) at the Lyric the atre wtth Ben Dinon and.Al Franks In two of their funniest characterisations. An added touch of fun will be given In the role to be played by Olive Finney, who wUi enact the part of an Egyptian princess with a wonderful acquaintance with American slang, ...., - The plot around which "So Xong Bettv. is woven has to do with a moth er's attempt to find a husband for her daughter who has disguised herself to bring out all her homely traits as a part of a matrimonial career which is one of the side complications to the main story. How one man after another turns her down, and how she finally Is led to the altar Is told In a series of entertaining Incidents. Fate, the silk stocking and a reward offered by the mother finally bring the suspense to an end. . 1 , f uffwm VMttxvui irrouuscnf GUS EDlVOnDS tMIMKUl rsnui tmcor Kor sc.'.s reyut sssisrtiinsii rMUMiini) musin iii--rnri WSCDtT nsni cms tut McCermsclO aim ans am rmsns r.iJUiaaLxr:o:iTGor.:nY erwest omns AfjD GIRLS JACK OSTERMAN v - rjOLLOWING are the plays and players to hold the boards Xv at Portland theatres during the newVeek: 'IScene from "The Brat,M Baker, this afternoon. 2 Alice and .Hazel Furness, with, the Gus Edwards revue, Orpheunv this afternoon. X JBiUi Bingham, soubrette in "So Long, Betty," Lyric, this afternoon. , , - '-7"Fashion a Carte," Hippodrome, this afternoon. ' 5Florence : Ryerton and Harold Vermilye in "A Tailor Made Man," Heilig, Thursday afternoon. ' 6 Mabel WJlber in "The Gingerbread Man," Alcazar, Monday-evening..' iStageland BAKER A new character will be added to the long list of Verna Felton's portrayals this week, when she Is seen as the little gutter waif in Maude Ful ton's. "The Brat," opening at the Baker theatre this afternoon. As the half starved, pinched featured girl of the streets, picked up by a novel ist on his night police court rounds and used by him as a type, she will be seen tears the sham from the real hearts of in a role decidedly unlike any given her since her reign as leading lady. The play, picked for Christmas week because 1 of . its flow of enjoyable and gentle comedy and an abundance of kindliness appropriate to the holiday season, unfolds the story of "The Brat" from the time she casts suspicious glances at plenty of real food 'and lux urious surroundings, unto the - time she T A Story, of The Great Northwoods '" " ' BSSSSSSBW V'V 1 a ; . - -j .w.-tm I ; . mmm A- . ' rt-w. ..ri(r1M ,. EARL WILLIAMS AND JANE NOVAK IN- THE WOLF Apicture so real that you . will smell the pines, hear the boom and : crash of fast-tumblinsf waters and feel the lure of the' great outdoors nd.vlife a n d love. ' - ' TODAY AND -UNTIL TUESDAY M I DM I G H T icsoaJus3ff3aes)TCpic8H mta ARUAUT DnOTtlERS THE LOVING BIRDS EXTRA! EXTRA!! EXTRA!!! SHOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT DECEMBER (CHRISTMAS EVE) NOW PLAYING Strand Orchestra Special Music JAVC( ye. A. jtJl jlA S - !1 . , 1 nm Aiuson WuV Dainty Adorable f ' 0 0 The Scneens Mdstr; From flicker Jo flicker a scream and a snicker, . A laugh or a giggle or grin; From cocktail to curtain a; riot, thdfs j certain - - Go early be sure to get' in. mi0rlr""m I TICKET OFFICE SALE OPENS TOMOEROMT HEILIGT -THIS WEElt IMAM ATT&ACTIOX llTS'DeaS-? SFEC1AX, PRICE MAT1KEES XMA8 DAT AND SaTCRDAT . frrnn nr nirc?V 1 r 1 OOHAN 5. HARRIS PRESENT ! CAST OF 35 PEOPLE SHARUT JAMES SWUL EVES Floor, $2.00. Balcony : S rows, $1.60; 11 rows, 11.00. Gallery: Re- served. 7 tows, 75c; admission, 60c. BOTH XMAS AND SAT MATS Floor. 1.60. Balcony: rows, fl; 13 rows, 60c. ' I IF TOU CARE TO ORDER BT MAIL ; Address letters, make checks and postoff ice money orders payable to W. T. Pangle. ADD it WAR TAX to price ticket desired. Include self-addressed tamped envelope. The O Famous ID) Stock Company The Cozy Playhouse of Perfect Acoustics CHRISTMAS WEEK ATTRACTION Starting Sunday Matinee, Dec. 21 . Maude Fulton's Comedy Triumph J t J L J t HZ m W AT The Adventures of a Typical Street Waif in High Society Special Matinee Thursday Christmas Day " NEW YEAR'S WEEK (Please Get Married) WeekStarting Monday , Dec. 22 SPECIAL 'MAT. CHRISTMAS' DAY ALCAZAR MUSICAL PLAYERS t1 MABEL WILBER In the Merry Musical Fantasy Yum, Yum If s Great THE Yum, Yum It's Great GINGERBREAD MAN f Music by A. Baldwin Sloan Book by Fred'k Rankin A Show of Mirth, Melody and Magnificence (NO MATINEE WEDNESDAY) Next-The Joy Show--"Oh Boy' ILY IH TD TT (C MUSICAL U 11 COMEDY iKEATlso flood, MaBstertBaEasfanBnasi Matinee Daily at 2 Evenings at 7 and 9 .Week Starting Sunday Matinee, December 21 Those Incomparable Laugh Provokers MHCE and . IKE (BEN DILLON) (AL FRANKS) Offer for a Merry Christmas '- ; SO LONG B ETTY A Musical' Riot A Steckinf Fall of Fasi, MeloJy ami Beauty, . UduJwf THE ROSEBUD CHORUS TWO SPECIAL FEATURE NIGHTS Tuesdays-Country - -w Friday Chorus Girls' u . Store 5 x ' Contest f. Hi At L f s -'
