The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-15
At TIE LOCAL IHEAItRS
WHAT TaEiTEE-G0EKs oF THIS
CITY max EXPECT.
Mo6JeskA Comfng-EAae tbs San
Francisco Pap@rs Say of Her
strEe career of DoneIdson. Who

lie ll-1ter Win iaE alSl. ssc. iOf Nance
The appearance 0. sucl companies as fhat
al 4 place OF the Seatile's supposed stand
ing Is .ot only hilarious 20 It's position.
but Is IN the nature OF All imposition Upon
The tEeats7- going public here. which l.
aSkeu 10 r$y nrs.-ciass prices to see what
10 presented al etae. places at popular
prizes" houses. The real status Of ''Tes
Breezy Time company Is evidenced -
the fa2t thai & Is booked 10 appear tonight
al c1:afays thec,sr. the popular price
house OF Portland.
Mistakes VIII Happen will open to-
night. Nexs at the Seattle .heats- will be
| minstrel shoy-. Gor,oas orSaaixe ION,
| October 1913 TO be followed Ky Mnie.
Modjeska, supported by a combination.
| which is Subscribed by the San Francisco
Chronicle as anything but good. OF Mod
jeska and ;a- Company. tas Examiner has
this 10 say:
some ten years ago, whea Nine. Mod
)esha had beet. on the stage nearly thirty
years. she dscIeetly dropped the role Of
juliet from her Repertoire. and thereby sr-
CURED the hearty approval Of Mr.. Alan
Dale. Now that she has been on the stage
nearly forty yGGie, one would respectfully
suggest Ii were not uniting for her ~
drop the role Of Beatrice also ana thereby
incur the approva! OF The rest OF her
| friends.
I'ae art Of being a grandpareas a. as
victor Hugo has shown, very Delighted
art, out 1t cannot DC successfully applied
==ntia.s s.e :sslt-hic!aea yaat:4 sna a lux
Esnttsi s--- .: spirits.
=. 81 two-snd-twen,y years the American
| public has, with lavish hand. showered on
NINE Mod1sska. II not narba ic pearl. at
| least gold, silver and greentacks Her
| many defects Of diction and eiocution have
not been counted. noted and writ in q
liberation which We DO not accord 10 a
| native born actress. With advancing years
these defects have not diminished: on the
contrary they have increased. until it is
| ROW impossible for an audience to derive
| pleasure from seeing this lady IN any bat
| few roles which happen strikingly 10 fit
her personality. Beatrice is not one Of
After seeing Mr. Robert Taber as Bene-
| dick I, Is impossible TO think of Mr.. KEEL
| lerd as true representative of that char
acter. He is entirely lacking in ease and
distinction. ne has neither the manner nor
| the bearing Of a romantic age and the
shapespearean dialogue falls from his lips
nat as the champagne In a yesterday open
cd bottle
With one or two exceptions. a similar
cuiiness, al incapacity To give any life and
artistic movement 70 the rendition. aftiict-
pany These exceptions were Mr. Mosey
as Don Pedro and Miss Mary Hall as Ur-
suia, both Of whom We're capital in small
parts. One wcrld be glad to include Miss
Dalgieish In this list OF exceptions. but
until she takes the trouble 30 have her
voice trained II Is impossible TO say more
tran ihat she has a pleasing appearance.
Miss Bakers rendering OF her TWO songs
threw CLEAN OF light across what was,
on the whole. gloomy evening
The Chronicle compliments Modjeska
out INDUCES In like criticism Of her COM
pany.
The Flints closed their successful engage
ment at the Third Avenue theater last
night.
Inc Third Avenue ,heater tonight viii
have for its attraction that always inter-
esttng Angio-Swedish coined drama,
'Yon IoDson,' which has won univ sal
having become known the record
breaker on account OF each year testing
the capacity OF every theater 1t plays at
mas been larger than ever.
Yen fonson" viii be presented by a
ne" company stronger, 1t Is said, than
any heretofore seen with it. being headed
by Mr.. Arthur Donaldson, who has been
named the premier Of all Swedish dialect
actors now upon the American stage Mr..
Donaldson also possesses a sweet baritone
which he sings both In English an6 Swed-
Among the other members are Annie
Nick Beriein, Beatrice Norman Grace
Craven. Harry Hubbard. Clinton Maynard,
<. Guy Spangler and r. II Bender /, Is
introduced In the presentation OF the play.
while many new features have been add
ed. The breaking OF the log fam being more
thrilling than ever. The original lumber
mons qUarlette viii DC heard in a number
NJ new melodies, so the patrons of Mana
ger RusseUs popular play house viii no
doubt greet this everlasting success by
filling the theater st every Performance.
This being the frs. time "Yon Yonson
has ever been given at popular prices. the
engagement is for one week, with a matt
enormous expense Manager Russell has
gone 70 IN securing this attraction. the
never-ehangsng prices viii remain In force.
Arthur Donaldson who plays the tit.e
role in ''Yon Yocson.' has had long ard
successful. experience On the stage. having
made his first appearance al the Stova
theater. Noorkcoing. Sweden, 81 the early
axe ~ years
Mr. Donaldson's first appearance IN this
country Was IN ISs6-ss a member u \
swedish organization. He found. however,
edge 80 5as English language was ueces-
saYy. and having no resources. Mr. Donald
son forced 20 'ay aside Cor fhe time
being his LIES work and GO into other
grooves. which were most dls'asteful to
him. IL turn. he WIS A mechanic a
printer and waichcase maker. out at
heart a.ways the artist taat re IS us
oVa great aim Tas 10 gain foothoid upon
the American stage and being The pos
s.sser q 4 fire baritone Voice every dollar
~ ea-uaf went toward H. cultivation
Wien t@a opportunity cstsa a. ,ast re as
prepared and w0n from TIRE start. NJ
neaalason made q great success In 'o.e
G}tsrr rs ir rrsEv other 3iaiec" ~arts
F~ rs~ sung tie leading baritone parts ~
aFtv-rtne grand ara comic oaeras. ard has
PLAYED n .3rty-fovr comedies and dramas
* Z :.
Tia Third Avenue theater has never
h~fure en$e}eA q period - such uniform
success a. e - u0e experiencing Not
w5thStautt}9g ,hiS Mr. RgSseii has been
ard & doing al tie san 10 stii further
Improve the class Z sruusemcnts pre-
scented there At Instance 81 this vas III
the case 81 Nance Neil. who was book
81 for she Third Avenue from Portland.
but insisted upon higher prices as condi-
tfnrai fe her appearance here Manager
Iass-ti refused - change bis prices and
cancelled TIE engagement Two inferior
companies offered To come - MI The week
lett vacant by tn cancellation bet they
were declined Now Mr. Russell has
bought TIE right far tire production IN
80. Pacific coast q Jim the Fernau''
and Held ~ Ghe Enemy TIE Sara =
~hAv company W!N present these PLAYS
during he week beginning October -
Tncg have never heen pgay~si in popular
.7~.ffss h>ll4sss before as Will prove a
t~er-so~ - carl sr- the Third Avana@-
}sergnusog Dcsnbe~ - tnA Metropolitan
oF-@ra Company - thirty people wsll a.-
near s; Ens Third Avenue