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HEILIG A novelty In musical comedy
la "The Sweetheart Shop," coming to
the Hell is theatre; Thursday. April 14,
direct from four weeks at the Columbia
theatre, San Francisco, This is the only
musical comedy that has piayed four
weeks in San Francisco for five years.
The entire original cast and chorus are
announced. :'."')!
The piece, is full: of novelty and sur
prises and, it is said that the whole show
is well described as "the epeed limit of
musical comedy." IKdgar J. MacGregor,
under whose direction the play is pre
ented. has provided artistic stage set-
tines and beautiful costuming, with rich
display of gowns of the ultra-fashionable
. kind. The company possesses to an un
usual degree the charm of youth alid
boasts of an exceedingly pretty chorus.
The principals aire Harry K- Morton,
the acrobatic comedian ; Esther Howard,-
whose success as a female funster
has placed her In a class by nerseu ;
-Helen Ford, Zellaif Russell, Roy Gordon.
Daniel Realy. Marion Sakl, Japanese
premiere danseus ; Mary Harper, Clay
Hill and Teddy Hudson. There are three
scenes, the locale! of which are '"The
Sweetheart Shop.'l an artist's studio in
Greenwich Village1 and a Fifth avenue,
New York, auction room. .
After making a few cities en route
MHtward. "The Sweetheart Shop" re
turns to Chicago for the summer. It
was there for 20 weeks at the Illinois
' theatre with the same company that will
play here. , ;j , : .
BAKE"! "The. Call -of Youth,"- never
before seen in Portland, will be pre
sented to theatre-'Boera throughout the
week? opening thiis afternoon by the
Baker Stock company.' The play "Is a
new one by a comparatively new author,
Herbert Bash fold, who has several stage
successes to his credit. He has selected
a present day condition and has woven
about it a most interesting story, it is
said. The;theme of The Call of Youth,"
: is a daring one, according to its advance
reports, and opens to view a young
woman, unmarried, yet living the life of
a married woman, sheltering her con
science by the determination never to
marry unless she . loves. Besides the
regular matinees land the Monday bar
gain night performance, the Federated
Teachers' council of Portland has taken
the popular theatre for Tuesday night
for the presentation of, a benefit per
formance for the organization.
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LYRIC To the ! strange Chinese coast
goes Al Franks (Ike Leschinski) and
Ned Doyle (Tob Olson) in Al"s hand
some private yacht. Doyle is captain
of the craft. This is pat of the musi
cal comedy "Fan Tan," which opens at
the Lyric theatre this afternoon and con
tinues all week j with matiness every
afternoon but Wednesday. The .tuneful
story deals with the dark, deep plot of. a
Chinese official toi kill a couple of Ameri
cans, but a pretty woman saves their
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Leschinskl's yacht "Jumping Frog"
reaches the Chinese coast just a a great
storm starts kicking up monkeyshines all
along the land-line. Captain Olson de
cides to make for the isle of Ung Wung
Lung to ride out the gale. The Chinese
do not break their necks trying to enter
tain the visitors. On board the yacht are
Miss Birdie (Florence Spurrier),! an
American daffodiill. and Mary gold (Dor
othy Raymond) ( Ike's nice niece. She
loves Clay (Howard Evans).
Dot Posty is Fan-Tan, favorite slave
SOLOIST
April 20thHeilig Theatre
Portland Symphony Orchestra
CAKL DETO", Conductor. ;
Louis Persinger
! VIOLINIST
"A artlut of extraordinary qnallties.
a Tlrtaoso of the most dlstinf nished
type." Arthur Mklsen.
Hall orders now, car of Sherman,
Clay & Co. , ,
Priees Floor, S2.M; Balcony, S.8.
2..$1; Uallery, reserred, tl.0;
General Admlssloa. Tie. So war tax.
"Film Censor Runs
Amuck in Heaven;
St. Peter Bans Him
Saint Peter hajd just finished tak
ing the New Comer on a sight seeing
trip of heaven. i
"Well, how do you like it." he asked
cheerfully.
"It won't do at all," crabbed the
N. C i
''What's wrong?"
"It's aU wrong. The women need
more clothes ! the men are ridiculous
in robes ; the golden pavement is a
criminal waste of money ; the pearly
gates are a sinful display of wealth ;
harp music Is out of place in heaven :
there is too much rustling of wings
and flying about ; the wearing of
halos is an affection ; and the throne
is entirely too ornate."
"Anything else wrong?" asked
Saint Peter.
"Yes, I don't like the way you
wear your whiskers."
"Who the beg pardon but who
may you be sir?" , j
"I'm a motion picture censor."
"Ah." replied Saint Peter. "I felt
sure that there had been some mis
take. Censors are not permitted here.
Michael". ..(calling . an . assistant),
"please show this gentleman to the
soal chute and hurry."
of the great Chinese official, who decides
to remove, the heads .of Ike and Toby
from their lovingbodia. . But by the aid
of Birdie and the Rosebud chorus, this
operation Is postponed.
5000 Churches
Enter Business
As Exhibitors
AS the ; result of a canvass it was
learned that more than 5000 Ameri
can and Canadian churches are equipped
with projection machines and are show
ing moving pictures reglarly to their
congregations. Catholic, Protestant and
Jewish pastors are winning over "back
sliders": with cinema exhibitions in
school halls, rectories and even In church
auditoriums.
The churches, which at -first rather
resented the use of pipe organs by the
picture ; houses, ; have come right back
with an answer of their own and for
every pipe organ Installed in a picture
theatre there has been a projection ma
chine and screen set up in a church hail.
Score one for- the men of the cloth.
What's more, certain picture producers
have reached the point where they have
expressed a willingness to make pictures
that can be shown in any church in the
country,
"The church that is not equipped to
show motion pictures is as incomplete as
a church without an organ," says the
Rev. Leslie Willis Sprague of New York.
"I do hot hesitate to predict that it is
only the question of a little time until
thousands of churches will use films as
part of their regular Sunday services."
, Dr. Sprague was the first minister to
preach a sermon illustrated with motion
pictures' as part of the regular Sunday
service in his church. Many of the pic
tures shown under religious auspices are
exhibited in school balls and parish
houses as the laws of the Roman Cath
olic and Protestant Episcopal churches
forbid the showing of motion pictures
in their sanctuaries.
However, many Methodist, Baptist.
Presbyterian and Congregational
churches have installed projection ma
chines in the auditoriums where their
services are held and the motion picture
is gradually becoming part of the Sun
day service. More than 2000 Methodist
churches are regularly exhibiting pic
tures and a thousand Baptist churches
have decided to employ them.
Olcott's Last Tour
Announced by Wife
Chauncey Olcott will say his farewell
to the ! American public next season in
"Ragged Robin," according to an an
nouncement of his wife at Saratoga,
N. Y. .The plar was originally present
ed at Saratoga and Mrs. Olcott hintSd
that it might open there again. The
tour, which will be an extended one,
will mark his twenty-sixth oh the road.
Upon his retirement from the stage, the
Irish star will enjoy the peace and quiet
of Saratoga at Inniscarra, now his sum
mer residence.
Bacon Is Author of
New Musical Comedy
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Frank; Bacon in conjunction with E.
J. Blunkhall has just completed the
boolc ; of musical comedy entitled
"How :ComC for which Leon De Costa
has written the lyrics and music. It
is the 'first musical comedy book ever
PANTAGES First attention In the new
Pantages bill goes to the House of
David band, which comes for the week
beginning with the matinee Monday.
Twenty in number, and each member a
musician in his own right, the band
comes direct to the Pantages circuit
from the noted colony of the same name
at Benton Harbor, Mich., appearing in
vaudeville for the benefit of the colony
whose men decry clipping the beard or
cutting the hair. Included in the band
are the widely known Hanneford broth
ers, to whom the major baseball leagues
made flattering offers last season.
As the special attraction, : the famous
Capps family, with Ma and Pa Capps
and the seven little Capps, will make
their appearance in their original offer
ing, "An Evening at Home."
The first episode of "The Purple
Riders," with Joe Ryan as the star, is
a film story of the young West.
, Belle Oliver, the Cheer-up Girl, comes
with her winsome personality to win all
hearts with her clever songs. . Embs
and Alton have a pleasing musical di
vertisement, and Ed Gordon and Ida
Day keep everybody happy in their
"Mirthful Nonsense." "The Miracle" will
close its local engagement today with
the continuous performance, commencing
at 1:30.
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HIPPODROME Fred La Reine and
Company, billed as "electrical wiz
ards," . promise a pleasing and decidedly
unusual novelty as a feature of the new
show that will be seen at the Hippo
drome today. Comedy and science are
interestingly welded together " by " the
magic "juice" which La Reine employs
in a series of electrical experiments.
Another offering of stellar import
ance la that of Brady and Mahoney. two
MATZENAUER
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"World's Greatest Contralto"
HEILIG THEATRE
Wednesday, April 13
Direction Elwyn Concert Bureau
BOX OFFICE SALE MONDAY
PRICES
12.50, $2$L5, $1, FU War Tx
actors happily remembered by all vau
deville fans who enjoyed their charac
terizations of "The Chief and the Fire
man. They have a new ekit. .'"The
Hebrew Sailor and the Commander."
Songs, original parodies and a liberal
seasoning of comedy and chatter ; form
the skit. , H . I
Much clean comedy and amusing non
sense is included in the jolly skit. "The
Yale Boy and the Swede Girl," in which
Frank ; Rose and Olive Thorn demon
strate their ability as character artists.
"After the Game," a skit concocted for
laughing purposes only, is the vehicle
in which Frank Dae and Margaret
Neville will appear. Wilbur and Girlie
are reputed, to be jugglers with j novel
ideas.
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ORPHEUM A notable double head
liner, three-feature Orpheum ! show
will open at the Heilig this afternoon.
The joint headliners are Alan Brooks in
"Dollars and Cents," and Harriet and
Marie McConnell in trills and frills. The
Sylvester family.' father, mother and
three clever children, are the ; third
feature. I
Alan Brooks Is an outstanding figure
in American stagedom. He is said to
know more about stagecraft than any
other artist of his class in big-time vaur
PORTLAND'S BIGGEST AMUSEMENT
-- - - ' WEEK - ! "
, SUN. MOM.
TUE- WED.
VAUDEVILLE
AND
P1CKF0RD
THURS. PRf.
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VAUDEVILLE
AND
FAIRBANKS
BEGINNING TODAY
MARY
PICKFORD
AMERICA'S SWEETHEART
IN HER LATEST AND BE8T FEATURE
Love Light
FRED LA REINE & CO.
ELECTRICAL WIZARDS
la Scientific sad Comedy Novelty
D and Nerll!, "After the 0ine"; Rose
nd Thorn. "Yal Boy sad Swede Girl'f;
Wilbur and Girlie. Manipulators.
ANNOUNOINO THE ' RETURN OF
FAIRBANKS
IN THE j
"Mark of Zorro"
NEXT THURSDAY
NO OHANOE IN ADMISSION FEJES
I P. M. TO 11:30 P. M. CONTINUOUS
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MUSICAL
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STARTING THIS AFTERNOON
Tan Tan'
Aft
A tuneful tale or
love-making on the)
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(uw uauv coast
in which. Ik and
Toby ' . almost lose
Al t ranks their hoods. Hiss Raymond
A NEW, COLORFUL, JAZZY COMEDY ! I
With the Rosebud Chorus in
excellent voice and kick.
I Tuesday night, Country Store
I Friday night, Chorus Girls' Contest
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deville and his vehicle, "Dollars and
Cents," is a marvel of showmanship. The
stage set itself is unique with its three
subdivisions, the story has more plot and
more of a lesson than many all-evening
plays.
Harriet and Marie tMcConnell are not
only singers with great achievements to
their credit, but rank among the beauties
of the stage and their costuming is gor
geous. Miss Harriet McConnell was a
decided success in concert and shared
success w.ith Lazarro of the Metropolitan
at the Maine Festival. Miss Marie Mc
Connell made her bid for fame through
musical comedy, having been with
"Robin Hood," "The Grass Widow," "Oh
Lady, Lady" and "The Magic Melody."
The Sylvesters, father, mother and
three children, are among the greatest
family entertainers in vaudeville. In this
act Baby Katherine is featured.
Other acts are Billy Beard, "The Party
From, the South" ; Ben Harney, the orig
inator of ragtime, with William Karreil,.
his boy from Kentucky ; Williams and
Pierce. "Two Modern Country Jakes";
Cummins and White in campus capers;
Kinograms and Topics of the Day ac
companied by the oroscope, an exclusive
Orpheum feature showing Oregon scen
ery In color, and the concert orchestra
under direction of George E. Jeffery.
Oakman Makes Threat .
Wheeler Oakman threatens! to turn
author. "Directors I Have Known" will
be his subject. He should be thorough
ly competent to tell the! inside story re
garding the megaphoners as he has
worked with scores of them in his 19
years in pictures. "In one year alone I
worked in 77 pictures with 48, different
directors," he says. . I '
ITICET OFFICE BALE OPENS TOMOKBOW J
HEILIGIMIfApr.14-15-16
gpeelal Price 1
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The Original Knickerbocker Theatre, 2T T Prodsettoa sad Catt
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PRAISED
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CRITICS
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ATLANTIC
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PACIFIC.
With HARRY K. MORTON and
Esther Howard, Zella Russell, Helen Ford, Mary Harper,
Marion Saki, Teddy Hudson, Clay Hill, Roy Gordon, Daniel
Healy and Chorus of Orchid Beauties. - -
Direct from 4 weeks at the Columbia theatre, San Francisco: 10, weeks at the
Knickerbocker theatre, N. T. ; 20 weeks at the Illinois theatre. Chicago, and
8 weeks at the Tremont theatre, Boston. Ea route to Chicago for return
engagement.
-EVEJflSOS-
Floor. except last 3 rows. . .$3.00 I
Floor, last 3 rows ..12.60
Balcony, first 6 rows 12.60
Balcony, next 4 rows......J;J.OO !
Balcony, last 13 rows....... $1.00 j
GaL, res., 85c; admission. .. .60c I
-SPECIAL PRICE-
8ATURDAT MATINEE
Floor, except last 3 rows... $2.50
Floor, last 3 rows.. ..$2.00
Balcony, first 6 rows ..$2.00
Balcony. last 17 rows ..$1.00
Gal., res., 85c; admission.... 50c
Powers
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Frlm Folk Fail
Io See Ogre in v
Germans' Plan
T 63 AXGELES, Calr April 9. (U. r.)
S- Producers, directors an4 actors of
America's great, nrtotion picture colony
here do not view with alarm Germany's
preparations to flood this country with
cinema productions. Without excepUon
leaders of the. various phases of the in
dustry here welcomed the , impending
German "film- invasion," declaring it
will be beneficial to the plays produced
In the United States.
' Louis' B. Mayer, producer, asserted the
film market ia open to anyone frem any
where who. can make a product that
Will stand on Its- feet.
"Germans have shown they tan make
excellent pictures of an historical arwl
spectacular nature but when they de
part from those and try to screen
comedies and dramas, they fall woefully.
Comedies and dramas form the hulk
work of the movie Industry and as
neither Germany nor any one foreign
country can compete with the United
States on this plane, we have nothing to
fear."
"Stars will look with welcome upon
good foreign films. Others don't matter.
Good foreign made pictures will help
the screen of this country Just as the
artistry of Bernhart, Mojeska and other
noted stage figures from abroad have
helped the American stage, declared
Anita Stewart, film star, in commenting
on the presaged "invasion."
1& STOCK COMPANY 1TM
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Popnlax Prices
WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY MATINEE
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"5 :Ti
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VauderiUe's GreeUst Offering
The House
of David
Band ,
Twenty Sterling Musicians
Direct From the Famous Colony
at Benton Harbor. Mich.
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Special A44d AttraeUoa
THE CAPPS
FAMILY
In "An Evening at Home"
BELLE OLIVER
The Cheer-Up Girl
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EMBS & ALTON
in Musical Divertissements
"The Puroleriders
First Episode of the Sen
sational Serial of the
Toung West
reatlaaoa Perferwasfs
Today, ronntxiai tt
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STARTING
SUNDAY MATINEE
TODAY
A NEW PLAY
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HERBERT BASHFORD
THEATER
PARTY NIGHT
Auspices
Federated Teacher
Council of Portland
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THE CAIL1L
3OFc
YOUTH
A play possessing a daring theme unconventionally
treated, with characters often to be found in the life of
an American city, showing the usual result of a marriage
of . money.
Made Powerful Chiefly by Its Gripping Scenes
Teaches a Moral That You Will Never Forget
A Play That Is Sure to Have a Strong, Popular Appeal
NEXT WEEK
. John Fox Jrs Great Scenic Marvel
THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE
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