THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORT LAND SUNDAY MORTON G, FKBKUAKYKS8. I
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"I will give anyone $J00 that can lecp tlpm a secret for nine minutes to say
nothing of tiie years."
Rosie Raisa Is Said ty Lardner to Be Best of
Sopranos Except Nora Bayes
By Illng AV. Lardner
rpo THE Edifr:
Aa you pnj
bly read Jn thei
pcrs they's bejr a
lot of ftu arnd
here an welj as
elsewheres bujthe
only bacllliicicl
witch has bi me .
so far is the fand
opera germ jthat 1
costs just as fiuch
but maybe don't kill aa many pople
though at least t and sometines 2
or 3 of the performers dies n the
last act. ;
Well I told my friends in x wks.
Issue about seeing Geraldinijn poor
Butterflj- down to the opera house
in N. Y. city so the other day the
Mrs. made the remark that the Chi
cago opera singers was at the Lex
ington theatre so on acct. of us being
from old Chi you might say why we
figured it wasn't no more than fair
to go there 1 night so I looked In
the paper and seen where Rosie
Raisa was going to play Norma and
she is the best soprano singer I ever
heard outside of maybe Nora Hayes
so I said leave us go and hear her.
So 1 day I couldn't help from being
in N. Y. city so I went up to the Lex
ington theatre and hailed out a roll
of bills that would choke" a gnat.
"Well" says the bird in the box
office "it certainly seems good to see
a guy from old; Chi. How are you rJ
. "I wonder if you could fix me up
for next Tuesday night for Rosie in
Norma" I said sticking my roll back
in my thimble. j
"You bet I can" said the bird "and
if it wasn't going to be a sell out I
wouldn't take your money."
I just set this down to show how I
stand with birds from old Chi. He
took my money but he wouldn't if
he could help it.
Well Tuesday night finely come
and sure enough it was a sell out
and besides every seat being full
they was 2 or 3 100 persons parked
on their dogs and you had to houdini
your way to your seat. Well 1 of the
N. Y. music critics said the next A.;
M. that it was the 1st time Norma1
had been sang for 140 yrs. except in
Chicago witch of coarse don't count
and the last time it was really sang
was by Lllli Lemon in N. Y. city the
yr. Lord Cornwallis run for president
bo any way its a old old story and I
guess I may aa well tell you what its
about.
Well it seems that in the old days
when Gallia was omnes divisa in
partes tres they was a Elks lodge
over there witch they called the
druids and the minute you Joined
them you was exempt from military
service and-you didn't half to pay no
taxes and I guess they didn't have
no trouble increasing their member
ships. The only draw backs was that
you had to worship a oak tre and
live on acorns and you couldn't have
no children witch is why pretty near
everybody in the show was old geez
ers with beards.
Well in this show it starts out that
the wops have knocked the Galls for
a touchdown and goal and they's a
bird name Pollio from Roma who
has been placed in charge of the
druids and it seems like him and
Norma who is arch queen of the
druids has been married or some
thing and any way they have got 2
children 1 of them 7 yrs. old and the
other 9 and on acct. of it" being vs.
the druids laws to have children,
Rosie has kept hers a secret and I
j will half to slip It to her for so do
I ing. as personly I know something
I about children and I will give any-
body $900.00 that can keep them a
j secret 9 minutes to say nothing about
i 9 yrs.
But I seem to of strayed off of the
plot. It seems that this wop Pollio
finely gets stuck on another gal
Myrna Sharlow and she modestly
owns the same up to Rosie so Rosie
i cuBses her but Myrna says she won't
have nothing more to do with the
bird so the show goes on.
Well I will half to give you some
more of the by laws of. the druids
before I can finish this story.
A VISIT to the motion picture studios is becoming quite
the thing for those who go traveling in Southern California,
and those who have entree to the shrine of the cinema
star find much to interest them. Accompanying pictures show
well-known Oregonians as the guests of Douglas Fairbanks
at his Hollywood studio. Above is C. S. Jackson with Fair
banks and below, left to right, Mrs. Fred E. Judd of Pendleton,
Fairbanks and Mrs. Jackson.
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OldPerformers
Talk Old
limes
HERE are Amanda and Amelia Esterborrk, twins, 86 years
old, who have been reunited at the Oak Forest infirmary,
Chicago, after years of separation. Both are widows. The
have talked, dressed and acted alike since childhood. Their big
wish noW is that they may die together. Neither has ever been
to a motion picture theatre. - :
(Laughter and cheers). ., Well it
seems like the druids is like all other
grand opera stars and when they
want to express deep emotion they
hit themself with the flat of their
hand and they usually pick out a
place where it won't hurt namely
the top of the head. But that has
nothing to do with this story.
.
Well in atto duo when Rosie found
out that Pollio was now stuck on
Myrna for some reason another she
decided to kill her children and I
have often felt the same way but
Just couldn't do it when it come to
the pinch and neither could she so
they was no kids murdered in this
baldl ; Modern Road Construction
(Byrne) ; Water Powers of British Co
lumbia (Canada Commission of Con
servation) : Pattern Making Kinks (Col
vin) : Training for the Kleric Railway
Business (Fairchild) ; Better Farming
With Giant Farm Powders (Giant Pow
der company) ; Inventors' Manual (Hop
kins) ; Modern Locomotive Valves and
Valve Gears (McShane): Motor Truck
and Automobile Motors and Mechanism
(Russell); Railway Maintenance En
gineering ' (Sellew).
Barnes in Pictures
T. Roy Barnes, formerly of Detroit,
and now a musical comedy and vaude
ville star, has signed to play leading
comedy roles in Goldwyn pictures.
IVJE YORK. Feb. 21. (I. N. &)
11 Contrasts between the old and the
new in the "land of make-believe"
were sharply recalled here recently when
a group of former dramatic, operatic,
vaudeville and circus stars who now live
at the Actors' Fund home on Staten
island were guests of honor at the Capi
tol theatre. New York's million dollar
motion picture house.
The actors and actresses, who , re
called the days when a sumptuous, dress
ing room contained m. single . shelf. . a
single chair and a broken, "mirror, 'were
most Un pressed with the gorgeotunese of
the equipment of the modern theatre.
They paid homage to the strides the
theatre has made in this regard, bnt re
fused to concede that modern actors
of the screen or the legitimate stage are
superior to the old.
"In fact," said William Payne, a
famous English actor. "1 should say one
need not be much of an actor in such a
wonderful place as this. The theatre
the music and the stage . settings are
more tha"n sufficient to make one almost
forget the calibre of the performer."
OLD-TIMERS" 0" BAND
Mr. Payne, who admits of "more than
seventy." starred years ago In 'The
Illatte Postmaster" and "A Barrel of
-Money. and later enjoyed popularity
and success in vaudeville. Arm In arm,
while he talked, stood Miss Alice E.
Adams, of dancing fame as far back as
the seventies and eighties. Miss ,Auams
was the first specially dancer appearing
with the oriKinal "Black Crook" com
pany, bnt. being true to her sex, insists
hat "age has nothing to do with this
party or the mention of myself."
Among the "old school party" was
V. F. Mackay. who. according to Dan
lei Frohman, is the oldest living actor
in the world today. Mr. Mackay, who,
according to his own admission. Is
"eighty-seven years young," emerged
from the Juvenile roles to Shakespear
ean leads "so long ago that even the
gravedigRer In 'Hamlet' became confused
in his dates." Mr. Mackay la now the
chairman of the executive board of the
Actors' Fund of America.
j Then, there was Fred Arundefc who
was In the original production of "Far
from the siaddemng Crowd and who
Insists "he played every part in 'Quo
Vadi9" but Lygia, the golden-haired Eu
nice and Ursus, the giant." Mr. Arun
del's last appearance on the stage was
with "Within tile Law." in 1913. "And
I might go back again," he Insists, "for.
you see, I am only 78 now."
i. From the land of burnt cork, "bones"
I and "tamboes" there was Charles A.
j Morris, famous minstrel man, who ad
' mits that 'he Jumped into the calcium
. just seventy-six years ago at the age of
' 10, and ever since has been trying to
make people laugh."
COAST ACTRESS THERE
Memories of the triumphs of the fam
ous Modjeska were recalled by Miss Vir-
i pinia Buchanan, daughter of McKean
I Buchanan, whose earlier triumphs were
, scored while with the famous Italian
tenor. Senor Tomaso Salvini. Miss Bu
: chanan played later with John Drew and
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Maude Adams, heT most recent perform
ance being nine years ago. when she
appeared in "The Embarrassment of
Riches."
Miss May Walkes, formerly of San
Francisco, and who "played In stock
long before "ICast Lynne'. had reached Its
teens," fairly reveled while "back
stage." insisting that "the new-fangled
and up-to-date stage trappings were Just
to her liking ; in fact. I believe "Kast
Lynhe' could be put on here wirthojit
even a ballyhoo or a brass band."
The aroma of sawdust rings and span
gles was suggested by Fred A. Runnells,
the first clown ever engaged by P. T.
Barnum.
Morjorlc Changes Mind
Marjorie Rambeau has changed 'her
mind and now considers "The Unknown
Woman" a good enough play In which
to preseut herself to the provinces. Ac
cordingly, she and Manager Wood liv
patched up their differences and Miss
Rambeau will be seen for the remainder
of the season in a few Kastern towns.
And the Frohman company. 11 la said, is
anxious to have Miss Rambeau play
Robert Htchens' drama. "The Voire
From the Minaret." which Marie Ixhr
has lately been acting In IOudnn.
Yankee Plays in London
American plays now on view In Lon
don Include "Tlfrer Rose," at the Savoy ;
"Three Wise Fools." at the Comedy :
"The Bird of Paradise" ;,t th- !,
"Daddies." at the Haymarket. and "The
Crimson Alibi," at the Strand. The
' number is somewhat smaller than usual.
JENSEN AND VON HERBERG
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makes this soul-stirring drama
all the more vivid with his mas
terful accompaniment. To those
who have heard Mr. Teague's
Sunday concerts, it is needless
to say that a musical treat Is in
store. However, those who have
never heard him should not faU
to hear the Sunday concert.
PROGRAM III P. M.
King Cotton March Honsa
Sootenlr T.TJrdl'a'
Light Cavalry Overture . . .Suppe
Orientate Cal
Song Hit of 19Jt
The Vamp Gay
Itle of Golden Dreamt.. Riaaf ass
toifdenella Bernard
NOW PLAYING
A powerful picturization of the
old, old story supported by
an all-star cast.
Meta realized that Albert's life
has not been blameless still she
realized that men thought differ
ently about women's pasts than
about their own. Worldly wis
dom bade her hold her silence
but what would happen when he
found out?
PATHE NEWS AND COMEDY
Coming Wednesday
""Thd-Modern Salome"
"I wonder if you rould fix me tip for
next Tuesday?"
opera but it seems that they was
another law of the druids that if you
done something wrong like haveing
children you had to kill yourself
and they always had a fire going so
you could step into it and burn up
so in the last act Rosie owns up to
her old man that she has got a coupla
kids and her and the father of her
children steps into the fire and down
comes the 'asbestos curtain so the
guys that have paid $6.60 won't be
burnt also and the next ldear is to
run out and get a taxi for the O. C.
depot and try and make the 11:30
train.
"I am afraid I haven't described
this opera very good but will say its
a tough one to tell about and no won
der it takes 140 yrs. to get ready for
it and in regards to the music by
Tiiin; h- sill a. T can sav is that
he stole 3 of his best tunes irora
Nearer To Thee and So Long Letty
and the Mocking Bird.
Next wk. dear editor I will try and
not write no more opera stuff un
less some bird, gives me a pair of
tickets without holding out his hand
like they was a aftermath or some
thing. RING W. LARDNER.
Greenwich, Conn.. Feb. 20.
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PUBLIC
LIBRARYNOTES
New books on business efficiency and
technical subjects have been added to
the library during the past week. Among
them are publlcaUons of especial Inter
est to the Northwest, books which have
heen bought because of qopular request
and the very latest compilations of inter
est to persons anxious to keep in touch
with new developments in science, in
dustry and modern commercial methods.
Among the books are:
Business books Labor Turnover, Loy
alty and Output (Colviti) ;. Efficiency
Methods (McKillop) : Duties of the Jun
ior Accountant Reynolds; Outlines of
Job Analysts (Valentine) ; Piece Goods
Manual I Blanco) : Efficient Railway
Operation - Halnes) : Six Million Com
bination Codewords (Hurichs) ; and
Proofreaders' Marks and Table for Estl
maUng Copy (Harvard University
Press). ,
Technical Books Lettering for Com
mercial Purposes (Gordon) ; Laboratory
Course of Practical Electricity (Arcbi-
tin
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A deliciously, funny comedy-drama by the
daintiest of screen star all the critics are
kind of wild over this one. and we'll promise
PERFECT ENTERTAINMENT
COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA
Another Knowlea score that's a winner !
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