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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY, DEC. 18, 1915. It was only nocldent that mado Sir Johnston I'orbes-Itobcrtson, who Is to make his farewell appearance here shortly, nn actor. As u child ho hud played Macbeth with his brothers nnd ulsters, one of whom. It is said, acted 4hp part of the army of Macbeth, an other the aruiy of MacdntT, with In structions to create an impression of numbers by rushing wildly from wins lo -win?, a device that worked udinlni lily until the two collided, when the lioverty of the ballletield was revealed. In like fashion was I'orbes-Robertson's earliest performance of Hamlet given. The actor delights In telling the story. '-l was fourteen at the time, and we produced the play in the draw ing room. My sister doubled Hie parts of Ophelia and the llrst grnvedigger. 1 well .remember that when the cur Jain lose, showing Ophelia burying her nelf, the audience laughed, which put mo into a great rage. Swinburne was one of our audience, lying on the iloor In front of the stage. He was con vulsed with laughter and delight, which, of course, we did not at all ap preciate." ? I5ut It was not acting which Inter ested Forbes-Hohertson In the early part, of his life, but painting. He had already achieved considerable success In this art before he went on the stage. Ills lirst appearance as an actor came about through the Inadequacy of one of the younger players In V. (i. Wills' "Mary Stuart." in which the beautiful and adored Mrs. ltmisby was playing In I,udim. The author was complain ing of tbe.dllllciilt task of llndlug iouw one to play CliMstelard la his drama when Forlies-Koborlson's father, one of the ablest art critics of Ills lime, ald, "Why not Iry Johnston'" The suggestion was acted upon, nnd iorbes-Itobertson, abandoning his orig inal Intention of becoming a painter, lioeutne an actor Instead. However, lie has novel wholly deserted his llrst ailing, as his well known picture of 4ho church scene from "Much Ado About Nothing," commissioned by Hie late Sir Henry Irving, testifies. His work has also been hung severul times in the ltoyal academy. Johnston Forbes-Robertson was born in London Jan. Ill, 1N.VI. He was the eldest son of J, Korhes-Kobcrtson, an art critic and journalist who hud come to London from Scotland.' The elder li'orhes-Iioherlsoii was closely assoclut rd with the prc-ltaphuellte Movement In rOngland and had among his friends ihe foremost painters, artists and lit erati of that brilliant inldVlctoriiin pe riod. It was la such an atmosphere that the young ndor grew up, and no doubt his early surroundings had a tre mendous liiriuciicc In the molding of Ills character, his tastes and his Ideals. After his debut ns Chastetard with Mnt. Rousliy In "Mary Stuart" Forbes Kobertson toured Miiglund and appcar cd In London with Miss Kllen Terry under Charles Iteade's management. ) Leaving Miss Terry's company. l''orhpA-Kohprtsoii colored upon per .Imps the most Important period of his ' career Important not because of his Al Selwyn Will Give His Animal Dinner Arranged By His Friends (United Pri'MB orrenpoiiilnnce,) New York, Dec. IK. Arch A. Sel-1 wyn, better known to Brondwnv as Al.!""" " '"1K" UI ul,lur- Ihe abbreviation of his middle name, ! J1"? TMe w'ecl"llft his oyster pat Alovsius. who is head of tho theatrical, '' M""'n ",'"' ht firm nt Selwyn & Co., whenever his: In1 taxicnb chnso was n failure nf lrotlier Edgar goes out to luncheon,; tpT "H "ml finully, three playwrites, lias been advised that he will give his ; seven nctors, n novelist and four mng annual dinner, to which all Broadway aziae men became clogged In a long is nlwavs invited, at t lie Hudson llni- distnnce tclephono booth. By bruto atre tomorrow night.' force Air. Megruc finally wrested tho This expensive news wns broken to receiver ironi Ernest Truex and nt Inst Mr. Helwyu by Hoi Cooper Megiue, C. located Mr. Selwin in tho Kowayton l'iiieus Hnyci, Douglas Fnirhnnkn, linv- Watercress No. 1 Hook and Ladder's moinl liifclieoi'li, Junion Forbes, Irvin ' '''n' house, of which Mr. Selwyn re ft. Cobb, Charles Belmont Davis, M.iss , cently was made chief iu recognition Margaret Mayo, MUs Margaret Illlng-,of his work in Instituting the special Ion. (ieorce Dornn. Crosby I'm ee. Miss ! delivery letter i.VBtein of sendimr out Madge Kennedy, Ai.iss M'ary Piekl'ord,! "c nlanns which recently replaced the V)llinm ( ourtcnay, Charles llnnsoiold system of notifying the ltowayton 'iVlwne, Scmiins ' () 'Sullivan, Frank firemen bv postcard when a lire oc !rowainsiiicl(l ami many, ninny others currcd. who chased him hII over Godiain just As a fire was under wny out near lo let him Know it. j Kale Dnrkin's farm last night and They told him thnt they had nr- Chief Selwyn had only begun to get his ranged nn affair which, for costliness i Uniterm out of his locker In tho fire tnd elaborate splendor will so far out-1 Uouse he found himself unablo to givo Khine anything he has ever done that '"ore than five or six minutes to t lie tie will have cniisc to be proud of tln'lr formnlltiosi of discussing the official Everybody Admires a ,ni' ,;f:'i"'k',W)i'U"v V.' -' hub rvo ii" nsui nMnnluctiriHiinar J. m mi n m twi CWXU, I'm A. ft::.,; I W s I !l3'"-i1 ptscnsM nnd relieves! Pimlnirn. Removes Tan. I'lmples, Hlnekhends, Modi I'lll'-nel. Hush, h'reekles ,,,l ulimr It. slness. Veltiiw mul Mml.le SI. l alelim n delicately- clear nml reihied mninletlmi N,. 11 hur ..lie by Drtnmlsts Ferd. T. Ilopliins, Prop,. 37 Great Jonei Street, New Yorlc " iii ' " ' I II III I ll Iiimihiji ... . II i .-'. e . ,"- , ( ) ' ' i SIRJOHliSTOH FORGES-ROBERTSON nchlevetnents at that, time, but for the foundation and sound schooling it gave him for future work. This was his joining Samuel I'helps' company at the (iaiety theater hi Manchester, Hing- laml. Ho became Phelps' own pupil, a privilege and opportunity which l-'orbes-lioliertson ever gratefully nc knowledges. I'lielps wastlie greatest actor of his time. Some critics have even called him the grealcst of all Kiigllsh aolors. With I'helps the young actor had the opportunity of ploying every sort of pari. Those were the days of the stock company, und, de spite some of Its very obvious faults, Forbes-Hobcrlson regards It as the best school for young actors. Ill 1S70 Forbes-ltohertson returned to Loudon. After an engagement at the Lyceum ho Joined the Hiincrofts nt the Prince of Wales' theater. Among the plays he appeared in there were "Diplomacy," "Forget-me-not," -the Uobeftson comedies, "Duly," "Ours," and also "Money" and "School." As leading man for the late Helena Modjcskn, Forbes-Robertson noted nt the Court theater in London In 1KS0-M, playing Itomco to her Juliet, the hus band In "Frou-Frou" and Leicester in "Mary Stuart," one of her most beau tiful und pathetic roles. Her Juliet, Forbes-Kobertson says, has uever been surpassed by any actress. After playing Itomco in Wilson liar ret t's production of "ltomeo and Juliet," he Joined Henry Irving at the Lyceum In I8K2, appearing us Claudlo In "Much Ado About Nothing." Another engage ment with the Hiincrofts followed, dur ing which he acted numerous und va rious roles. 9 His llrst visit lo America wns made In lSSTi, when he came as lending man for Mary Anderson. Willi her he was seen as I'ygmalloii. Itomco, Orlando, Iiigomar and Claude Melnotte. His llrst appearance In New York occurred on Monday night, Oct. 112, 1SK5. when efforts. Mr. Selwin also learned that lie will pay for the tuxienbs that wcro iihciI la chasing Mm. All Mr. Selwyn huii to do is make a mental note of the timo ami place the dinner is to bo held nnd pay the bills ns they nro prosentcd. Even the slightest detail is attonded to for hiia, Lust year's affair set Mr. ?,'1"'.v" Wk 1,180, so this perennial Beautiful Complexion- DR. T. FEUX COURAUD'S Oriental Cream OR MAGICAL BEAUTIFIER Jin InJbponsable and Delightful Toilet Requisite fit Fashionable Women A dally necessity for the Imlles' toilet Whether lit linmr or while traveling, It proteets the skin from bibulous cfTccts of the elements, (Lives a wonderfully ef tpetlve bounty lo the lunihlexloii. It Is a perfect nnti-Kivusy Toilet Cream nnd pos. 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In a single night Forbes-Robertson won a place in the front rank of English actors. From that time on Forbes-Robert son became a prominent tlgure on the Fngllsh stage. He then made his son- oud visit to America, returning to Eng land to rejoin Hare in revivals of "Di plomacy," "Caste" and "Money." About this time he also appeared as Rocking ham In Irvlng's all star revival, of "Henry VIII." Ills Buckingham must rank with his grealcst successes be- aue of the great feeling nnd Imiigl- iiiillon, noetrv. slinolicitv and truthful- notiliintion. "May I offer a suggestion, Mr. Clinirmaa?" the firo c'jicf hollered over the telephone from Kowayton to liionnwny. Chairnw Mcgrne . con f'errcd briclly with tho committee mid then hollered back to Mr. Selwyn that any suggestion ho had to mako con ccrnlng his party would bo received and placed on file by the committee nnd considered for whatever tiio com mittee thought it worth. 'I merely wish to say beforo going to tho fire, ' thereupon said the chiot, "that I think this year's party you say I'm giving should have us its chief guests the cast of 'Under Firo,' inasmuch as that's the company now nt the Hudson." "That seems perfectly fair," replied the author Chairman Megrue. "Car ried." The committee after cnrofidly count ing the seats ami mcasurine the stand ing room spaces in the Hudson thcatro lust night declared that It will be pos sible to get at least 1,001) of Mr. Sel wyn 'a friends to the party. sjc )( jc sfc sfc )(c sjc )c st sjc sc sjc PECULIAR FACTS ABOUT WELL KNOWN PEOPLE Oinalin, Neb., Dec. 18. "Cowboy ,11m1' Dnhlman and "lliifiul'o Hill" (Col. Wm. t Cody), who rode the westorn ranges together as unknown cowpiinehers yenrs ago, have never missed holding a reunion in Omaha nt least once a year ever since. Ik TO REGAIN HEATLH , CLEANSE THE BLOOD When your blood is impure, weak, thin and debilitated, you cannot pos sibly enjoy good health. 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Keceipts for week 2.SS0 ' Receipts since September 1 7.838, Keceipts auiiie time last year ...,40,2il ray" were the principal productions of this season. In the spring of 1807 Forbes-Robertson produced "Othello" In Manchester, England, and on Sept 11 of the same year made his first appearance as Ham let nt the Loudon Lyceum theater. Forbes-Robertoti had long been nmbl tlom to play Hamlet, but he felt that It was presuming for hhn to aspire to such a role. Henry Irving, however, gave him such encouragement that he undertook the production of the trag edy, which scored a run of one hun dred nights In- London and has ever since remained his greatest success und one of the glories of the English stage. Forlies-Robcrtson, accompanied by his Loudon company, visited Germany In tile spring of 18!8, appearing In "Hamlet," "Macbeth" (his first per formance of the role) nnd "The Sec ond Mrs. Tanqueray." Ills success was so great that tho present kaiser personally invited him to return, which, Exports to Europe for week 474 Export sfrom .September 1 8,650 Exports same time last ycur 1,186 Imports from September 1 192 Imports same time last year 7,411 ITpward of 2000 bales included in the week's receipts were for exportation direct. Beveral thousand bales have accumulated on the docks here, await- injj shipment to Ureat Britain. Foreign freight room is scarce, and the port of .ew iorK is oecoming so congested that it is difficult, to transfer stock by lighter from the various terminals to more convenient delivery points. New business with brewerB is still on a small scale, bat boiho deliveries are being made on old contracts, nnd the local situation Is unchanged. In the interior of New York state there is no business to speak of. Bomaiuing stocks are light, quality generally un attractive aud buyers are not much in terested. 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This remedy has been tn uniformly successful that Daniel J. Fry will, in future sell Ali-o-na under a positive guarantee to refund tho money if it should not prove entiroly satis factory. No other dyspepsia medicine ever had a large enough poronntago of cures so that it could be told in this mauner. A guarantee like thie speaks volumes for the merit of the remedy. There is no time like the present to do a thing thnt ought to be done. If any one hag dyspepsia, today is the best time to begin curing it, however, he has never done. Berlin, Hanover, Hamburg and Amsterdam were visited In tho course of this con tinental tour. Returning to London ho began his season at the La Scula, which brought to light some noteworthy plays, par ticularly "Pelleas and Mellsande," "The Moonlight Blossom," "The Sacrament of Judas" nnd Shaw's "The Devil's Disciple." Ho also acted Macbeth then for (he lirst time In London. His marriage lo Gertrude Elliott, an American actress, occurred In Decem ber, 1IIIKI, and since that lime Miss Elliott lias been closely associated with him la most of his productions. "Mice and Men," a comedy of eighteenth cen tury manners by Madeleine Lucette liyloy, nn American author living In London, and "Tho Light That Failed," a dramatization of Rudyard Kipling's novel, were the chief productions of 11)02, afler which he made a third, uud subsequently a fourth, visit to America. It wos In HK)o that he made his first nppearance here In "Hamlet." Revivals of his various successes were made In England, and then he came to New York In ltxw to produce for the llrst time ou any stage George Bernard Shaw's brilliant satirical "his tory," "Caesar and Cleopatra." ""Ham let" was also given during that season as well as his first performance here In "The Merchant, of Venice," which lie had produced in Manchester, Eng land, for the first. time in August of the same year. "Passing of (he Third Floor Back," Jerome K. Jerome's modern moral ity play, was produced at the St. James theater in London in HM)8. Forbes-Robertson did not expect the play to be a success; but, needing some thing to fill In the gap until another drama he hail in view should be ready, he decided to present Jerome's piece. "Passing of the Third Floor Back" State, 1913, common 18(Sj20 State, 1914 OfuilO 1'acihe const, IS I o, choice 1415 Pacific coast, 1913, medium to prime 1113 Pacific coast. 1!U4 7(a 10 Pacific coast, old olds r(u: 7 CHICHESTER S PILLS i'liLcliniMrr A llBmnn IMIli in Krtl &ni lit Id t icalfd with 1Uu 1HK ma alkt. I n at SOLO BV DRIGGISTS LVEKVWHtRE i w SPECIAL FARES FOR YEAR-END TRIPS ON OREGON ELECTRjC RAILWAY THE POPULAR WILLAMETTE VALLEY ROUTE ROUND TRIP FARES In effect hehvoou Willamette Valley points Deeoniher 17, IS, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, 1915, and January 1, 1B18. Final return limit on tickets sold theso dates is January 4, 1910. Plan Your Christmas and New Year Holidays Accordingly Bound trip rntes of W and trt.70 from Portland to Han Frnncjsco via "The North Bunk", roil and S, S. "Northern Pacific" DeoemW 20, 21, 24, 25, 29, HO. Return limit January 4. Meals and berth Includ ed in lures. For furthtr dntnils consult 3. W. RITCHIE, Agent Salem remained tho entire season In London and the following fall was brought to America, -where it ran for nn entire year In New York and was seen throughout the United States uud Cuu ada during the following two seasons. - Forbes-Robertson at the close of his eighth visit to America was a man of fifty-nine years. In full possession of his powers, at the ripe age of intel lectual richness, his art matured and bis name established throughout the English speaking world, tlie actor de cided to make preparations for quit ting the stage. His announcement that he would forthwith begin his farewell tour of England nnd America was re ceived with disbelief and wonder. It was imnosslble tn conuiili.r 1'in'hou.!!,,!,. ertson as nearlng the age for. retire ment, but the actor had always had u fear of Wing compelled to linger oi and appear before the public long ,ifi erhe had passed his years of iiseiu1 uess. Ho dreaded hearing those words so often spoken: "Yes, yes, very line, but you should have seen him ten years ago." He determined to quit the stage while he could still "shake a leg," ns lie himself puts it. In the fall of 1911 Forbes-Robertson began his farewell tour of the English provinces nt Nottingham. The tour lasted until March of the following year. On March 22 he began his last ( London season at the Drury Lane The- atre Royal. This historic Loudon the ater was a fitting place for the close of a career so closely associated with the great players of the past and so nobly devoted to the highest Ideals of the theater. The season lasted for elev en weeks, during which the immeiise theater was packed at every perform ance, the box olllco receipts rivaling and in many Instances surpassing even pantomime business. Such enthusiasm has seldom been seen in a Loudon the ater. Forbes-Robertson had been ab sent from London for five years. His return showed how highly ho wns es teemed by the London press and pub lic. , It was during his farewell London season that he received knighthood, honors. On June 6, lt)12, he nude his final apiienrance in Loudon as Hamlet. The groat theater was packed. The prices were raised to $5 (1 guinea) on the lower floor or stalls. Long after the curtain had fallen and the actor had mado his farewell speech the ap plause kept on, nnd some one in the gallery started "Auld Lang Syne.." The. following autumn Forlies-Roli-ertson began his farewell tonr of Amer ica, his ninth visit to this country. Tills Is a real farewell. Forbes-Iloliertson will never return. He has won the af fection and the esteem of two great na tions, and he retires at the zenith of his career with the applause of two continents. lie can 111 be spared from the stage. The notes of his beautiful voice, which bring nobility nnd gran deur to eveu the commonest plalltude of the meanest playwright, the wonder ful face which lights up radiantly, the piercing eyes, so full of sympathy and nndprstniidlng where shall we find their like again? We can but feel that here Is not only a great artist bm a man! ' ( Liver Sluggish? You are warned by a sallow akin, dull eyes, biliousness, and that grouchy feeling. Act promptly. Stimulate your liver remove the clogging wastes -make sure your digestive organs are working right and-when neded-taka BEECH Al'S PILLS Lartnt S.I. of Any MmIIcIb In tt WwM. MUmirakHa. la bei, 10c, 2B.