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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-22
ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS.

c. E. TROUTMAN. ARCHITECT
and Superintendent. Room IL Judd
building. Pendleton. Ore.
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DIR. LYNN X. BLAKESLEE, CHRO-
mic and nervous diseases, and dis
eases of women. Judd building, cor.
ner Main and Court streets. Office
phone, main 72. X-Ray and Electro
Therapeutics.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07

view Of the character is not clearer
than this, the critics are likely to be
puzzled.
An act not down on the bin occurred
a summer theater in Newark, o.,
iast week. when the father Of Miss
frances Hailstone (stage name
Frances Lamore) Of this city forcibly
look her off the stage. Miss Hailstone
and Miss Lil6an Maxwell Joined the
heraid Square Opera company while
praying at a summer theater in Avon
Fark' a few miles from here. The young
woman informed the manager of the
collpany they had the consent of their
parents 20 Join the company. and he
accepted their services. Miss Lahore
has retired from the stage. and her
companion. Miss Maxwell. has recov-
cred from a severe attack of hysteria.
James O'Neill has revided one of the
oldest of the Dumas stories, to be. used
on his farewell tour. Alexander Du-
mas, pere, the author of Monte Girls
to- was an octOroon. O'NeiI recalls
the famous Frenchman's encounter
with an interviewer:
You are an octoroon, are you not.
Mr.. Dumas?'
Certainly"
And your father?"
He was a quadroon.'
And mis- father?"
"A mulatto, sir; a mulatto."
'An0 his father?''
"A negro, sir; a negro
Might I presume so far as to ask
what his father waS?"
An ape. sir. mondieu, an ape. My
pedigree ends where your commences"
Interlocutor-Mr. Bones, I see by the
papers that the queen of Italy is to go
up in an airship.
Bones-Yes, noticed that Do you
know what she'll have on her face
when she makes the trip"
Why, veil, 1 presume
NO
Well what will she have on her
face?"
"A queen high flush"
Sam Bernard has started rehearsals
Of 1.-The Rich Mr.. HoggenheiIner, the
musical play in which he will be pre-
sented by Charles Frohman this sea-
sen. Harry b. Smith has supplied the
book, one with a good story. as we'll as
Astounding in wit and clever lyrics.
Ludwig Highlander has written a score
OF exceptionally bright and melodious
music. Mr.. Bernard will again be seen
IN his inimitable creation of Hoggen-
helmer, which every one recalls in
THE Girl From Kay's." It is by far
the best impersOnation Of this capital
comedian, and it is also a happy idea
OF Mr.. Bernard's to bring Piggy on
the stage again TO continue his nnirth-
making career. Mr.. Bernard will have
a large company, for which Ben Teal
is arranging a number of novelties. The
production will be made in September.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07
FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN

Imagine a burlesque theatre opened
with prayer And then closed with the
benediction!" writes a Grand Rapids
correspondent
deaeonness' bonnets. Then maneuyer
your mentals into diagram of an olio
of responsive reading.
Grand Rapids promises to have a
way for all that and in a crush of the
'legit, and a lack of dramatic novelty,
II rather takes to the idea.
Mel Trotter. kindred spirit OF Torrey
and Alexander, reformed race horse
man, who has cornered the mission
market in Grand Rapids and numbers
his communicates from the mansions
on the hill as we'll as the novels of the
poor. has in his religious fervor bought
Smiths opera house. And he had $47,-
coo worth of that religious fervor good
at the Peoples Savings bank
The only thing that baked the
transformation scene was a contract
with the Empire burlesque circuit, with
Mrs. w. B. Smith as the other. party. 1t
read for five years, and but one year
OF the five had been redeemed. Also
Mrs. Smith had given heavy bond to
carry out her part Of the contract.
Attorney j. B. Jones. representing
the Empire circuit, which has only a
sort of disinterested interest in mis-
sions appeared and asked:
Where do we shown
" In the theater, under the auspices
of the mission was the response OF
Mrs. Smith
She had previously told the mission
the same thing.
Now the mission people have laid
siege to the city hall in the hope of
preventing a license being issued to
the burlesque house. If they fail Grand
Rapids will have a really, TRULY novel
" in the nature Of a Christian bur
lesque theater. But there may be a
compromise"
Blanche Walsh, it is announced will
be seen as Lady Macbeth next season
in spectacular revival of the Shakes
perean tragedy to be made at the AS
tor theater. She has devoted eight
years of study to the character, it ap-
pears, during her performances in Re
surrectiOn,' The Woman in the Case, -
etc. One of her friends has gone so far
as TO predict that as Lady Macbeth she
will prove herself the rival of Saran
SiddOns. Everybody will hope that Miss
Walsh may justify the prediction The
stage is surely in need of a Sarah Sid
dOnS just now, says the New York
Post. But Miss Walsh her agent ex-
plains, does not intend to follow in Mrs
SiddonS' footsteps. Her conception of
the character lis entirely at variance
with generally accepted and traditional
views" A most radical INTERPRETATION
may therefore be expected. The press
agent is kind enough to give a general
clew as to the nature Of it In her
hands," he writes. Lady Macbeth be-
comes a keenly intellectual force
swayed by a mentality that dominates
every act Of her life" If the Iadv's
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07
Vaudeville at Orpheum.

The essence of comedy with a
sharpshooting sensation Will be the
menu at the State street house of mirth
this week, commencing Monday. Every
number, save one, is presented with
the sole object in view of promoting
cachinnation. The Orpheum bill win
be headed by a new face in vaudeville
that of Ben WEIGH, who is heralded as
the David Warfield of vaudeville"
The title suggests that he has He
brew stunt. In fact, he opens his act
with an assortment of Yiddish stories
and songs, with a dance or two inter
jected as good measure. He closes it
in the portraying CT a familiar style Of
Italian that is a good piece of charac-
ter acting that is not comedy. So good
is his makeup and dialect in both i'm
presentations that he has the types
down to perfection. Next on the bill
come Collins and Hart with some roll
licking fun In an act that is devoted
to fake strong man exhibit. They
have been fetching the plaster off the
ceiling in Los Angeles and it is safe
to prophesy that this team will make
a hit here. The sensation of the bill
will be the marvellous sharpshooting
of the two Vivians. 1t is difficult for
the spectator to decide which is the
more clever, the man or the woman
Both apparently have mastered every
method of using the rifle and the re-
volver. As to spectacular shots, moth
ing ever done here can eclipse Miss
Vivian shooting the lights out from
burning candles from the balcony TO
the stage, and the shooting or lighting
of a match by striking it with a bull .
let. then after lighting it shooting out
the light, this all being done at a
range of about ninety feet. They both
do other tricks equally astonishing.
Max Hilderbrandt, the crazy German
cavalry band leader, is also numbered
among the good ones. He comes di-
rect from Germany to the Orpheum cir
cult with his instruments. his eccen-
trio dance step ard his papier mache
horse. Max INDUCES in a prance op his
steed that is claimed to be the height
of buffoonery.
The sketch also falls into line in the
form of a hilarious farce entitled "A
Shave For Wife, that is well played
in q snappy fashion by LOrimer John
stone and Caroline Frances Cooke.
The musical turn viii be i'm the hands
of Gonzales brothers, Mexican serenad-
ers. with some selections from the
land of the Aztecs. The kinodrome
with some new motion picture stories
and Weihe's orchestra will also be at
their best.
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The Story Of HThe Girl and the Bandit

chief. which is done at the finale of act
one.
The second act discloses the bandit
in the mountain faStnesSess of the Aus
trian Tyrol, whittier Mfrderallo has
taken Clancy, his maideIt sister, Ara
bella, and his daughter, Cherry Clancy.
Violetta has been informed by Romano
that Angelo has eloped with Cherry,
whereupon she DISCUSSES herself as an
officer and, with soldiers, Romano.
Queeresssa and Lord Teddy (who
loves Cherry goes in search. Romano,
TO whom the bandit chief owes his first
loyalty, commands tthe latter to i'm
prison Angelo. as with him out of the
way, Romano feels he can force Vio-
letta TO be his wife Failing in this,
however, he places Viofetta under ar
rest, also, giving her the option of
marrying him or remaining a prisoner
She promptly declares her loyalty to
her lover, Angelo, and, bowling TO Muir
derallo, says, Il am your prisoner for
life After other complications An
gelo effects his release and rescues Vio-
letta, challenging Romano to a duel Ito
the death" Violetta interrupts the duel
after Romano is WOrsted. her soldiers
capture the bandits and she and An
gelo are reunited. Meanwhile Clancy
and Murderallo have formed a strong
friendship, and Clancy has discovered
love, is none other than Murderallo's
daughter, and mo marchesSa at ALL"
Love will find way. however,"
QueereSSa'S explanation satisfies Clan
cy, who asks Murderallo TO be his ia
ther-in-law, for better or for worse"
whereupon Murderallo says he will be,
for worse" and Clancy replies, you
better" After the capture of the ban
dts by Violetta's soldiers, ''the tables
are turned" and Murderallo is brought
on as Clancy's prisoner. Murderallo
has fallen in love with Arabella, Clan
cy's old maiden sister, and Cherry is
restored to Lord Teddy" whose devo-
ton has never tagged
Thus everything is brought to a hap
by conclusion, and 1.-THE Girl and the
Bandit" demonstrates that it is an
opera with a real plot"
The book is from the pen of Mrs. Au-
guStuS G.. Tyler, well known in the lit
erary and social circles of New York
and Washington, while the score is by
Frederick Colt Wright
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In soft Venetian moonlight, amid
the riotous glories of the last night of
the carnival, the story opens. Masked
the public square, where Daniel Clam
Cy, the IriSh-American millionaire con-
tractor, is conspicuous among the sight
seers. Knowing that American heir
esses continually marry titled foreign
husbands, Clancy thinks e "a poor rule
that does not work both ways" and
has journeyed to Venice where the
Principessa de Villamonte conducts a
seminary for schooling American heir
esses for court society, and then in
Producing them to titled suitors. Clan
cy hopes tc get her to polish up his
etiquette" so he can break into" high
society and marry titled wife, and
is prepared to pay the price. The prin-
cipessa, being an invalid, the duty of
conducting the establishment falls upon
her beautiful granddaughter, Violetta,
and around whom Mrs. Tyler. the Ii
brettist, has built an exquisite love
Mascagni. Angelo a plebian poet,
whose talents ennoble him in the eyes
of Violetta, loves her as only an Ital-
ian can, but his insane jealOusies lead
him and his fiance into serious difficult
ties which form the complications of
the story. Clancy is TO call that even
ing to arrange details for realizing his
social aspirations, but ViOletta breads
TO receive him owing to Angeles fierce
jealousy. Knowing this, QueeTessa.
who is Violetta's maid, and in whose
bonnet also buzzes the social bee, begs
Violetta to let her meet Clancy in the
hope that she can pass herself off for
the MarcheSSa ViOletta and marry him.
Violetta consents and loans Queeressa
one of her dresses for the occasion.
Clancy calls, meets Queeressa, who
tells him she is the Marchessa Violetta,
and falls in love with her. Later in the
evening Clancy returns, sees Violetta
and, miStaking her for the girl he met
there shortly before, stealthily ap-
proaches from behind and steals a kiss.
Romano (whO believes t'all is fair in
love and war" and who loves Violetta
HIMSELF sees this and tells his friend
Angelo. The latter accuses Violetta of
perfidy and plans to rid himself of his
supposed rival Clancy, by having him
abducted by Murderallo, the brigand
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07
A LONG DISTANCE CLAIM.

De Wolf Hopper and his company had
arrived in small 'one-night stand"
and were on their way to the hotel
when the comedian was accosttd by a
lank individual who asked for "a tick
OF Mr.. H. had grown weary of this
class of suppliants, and he was not es-
pecially gentle in inquiring what claim
the man had upon his generosity Are
you the sheriff." ne demanded.
The yOkel shook his head
The constable2''
Another shake.
The mayor"
Nope"
Are you stakeholder in the the
atre?''
Nope"
THE billposter. perhaps?'
A third shake of the head
Then, roared Mr. Hopper. lin the
name of the gray banshee, what right
have you TO come TO me for seats?'
why didn't yeu ask me that afore p
queried the fellow. I'm tn son o. tn
chap that hauled tn wood that come
from tn ground that was bein' cleared
for tn Teller that sold his plot to tn
man that put up tn op'ry house,
Mr.. Hopper says that the belief that
he had run across a descendant of the
soss-r of 1.-The House That Jack Built"
him to hand out the coveted
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07

American women of a marriageable
condition. The Principessa di Villa
monte, a poverty-stricken noble wo-
man, has founded it as a tribute to
her knowledge of the world, and has
made much money from American mil
lionaires who desire their daughters to
marry Italian noblemen of ancient
lineage.
She has beautiful granddaughter,
Violette by name, and about her the
exquisite love story of the piece CEN
tiers. The prima donna role is in the
hands of Miss Viola Gillette. a
charming young and handsome Salt
Lake woman, posses sing a superb con-
traltO voice
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07

play-goers that there are more strongly
drawn characters in 1.-The Two Or
phans" than in any melodrama ever
produced, and it is good parts that
make good actors. There have been
some rare cases where a mediocre play
has been saved by clever acting, but
as a rule, it is the play that makes the
actor, and in the case of this piece the
Lyric has the two combined An ex-
cellent performance is assured. 1t re-
quires twenty-five people to properly
present the play, and several leading
people have been added to the stock
company to complete the cast in order
TO present the play. The rehearsals
have been numerous and all the players
are perfect in their parts The scenic
artists and mechanics have completed
four elaborate sets of scenery.
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PROMISE OF THE PLAY HOUSES
"The Girl and the Bandit"

The Viola Gillette Opera company in
the new comic opera, THE Girl ana
the Bandit will be seen at the Salt
Lake theatre for five nights and two
matinees, beginning next Tuesday
1t is this seasons effort. This COM
pany is newly organized and may be
considered as the successor of the ia
nous BOstOnians, &C the managers
claim they have the greatest singing
organization that has ever asked for
the favor of the American amusement
loving public.
The book and lyrics of this opera
were written by Mrs. A. c. Tyler, bet
ter known as Cornelia Tyler, a prom
inent society woman of New York
City, and j. Cheever Goodwin. The
music is by Frederick Colt Wright
The opening scene. a WondrouSly
pretty one. is i'm an Italian city, and
the central feature is an old Cresco-
Latin palace. which has degenerated,
or it might be better to say, advanced
into usage as seminary for rich young
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07
"The Wedding Day."

The Wedding Day. is to be revived
tomorrow night for che performance
only. After that the. local company
will be heard from no more for an in
definite length of time. Miss Gates is
off to Europe in the near future, and
the business enga gements of such men
as Spencer and Piper and the others
will not allow them to take up another
work for long time to come. 1.-The
Wedding Days success is so we'll re-
membereo that it only needs to be said
that the cast, chorus and orchestra
will be just the same as when origin
ally rendered here. With conference
and city patrons both clamoring for
seats, the house ought to be sold out
before the curtain is raised
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aged TO get out alive and went out to
walk it off, whatever it was.
Somewhere down the street I saw
a window in which was a coffin dis
play. The sight of the caskets sug-
gested sleep and peace. l don't know
how it occurred, but the door was open.
l walked right in just as if / had come
to buy. Nothin' doin'. Nobody was in.
l took another look at the show win
dow. 1t looked as inviting as a green
field to wandering COW.
THE next thing 1 recalled was a
crowd. A hundred men and women
were standing without, looking in. It
was great free show. I found myself
stretched out in one of the collins.
With my customary fOndness for get
ting the best, I had crawled unto the
most costly casket in the window and
had fallen asleep. Somebody who knew
who l was had told the undertaken
man my business, and he concluded
that this was about as big a free adj
as he could have for his goods
II lost no time in getting out and
made my apology to the undertaken.
He said the pleasure was his. I
thanked him and meandered toward
the railroad station. The show had
been in an hour before I arrived. I
could see the gang at work on the
tents not tar away
when 1 met the manager 1 knew
my name had been changed. He sim
ply handed me what was due me TO
date and a railroad ticket. I made no
explanation. AS L was leaving he said
in his quiet way, for which he was
noted:
Z" People in the country have a no.
ton that a circus is a band of thieves
have been trying to correct that inn
preston, and about the time / thought
had succeeded you came along with
a stunt that makes them believe we
are establishing graveyards for drunk
ards
so here I am, fellows, ready ca
break in wherever l can fit"
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that many there are who believe that
Sherlock Holmes is a real flesh and
blood detective, carries even greater
interest in the stage version than in
the book. When produced by such ar
lists as Theodore Lorch, supported by
clever people like Miss Josephine Deffry
and a large company of capable people
such as Mr.. Lorch carries with him,
Sherlock Holmes takes on an added
interest and the audience entirely for
gets that il is play it is witnessing,
and becomes entirely absorbed in the
interesting and thrilling story so cIev-
erly unfolded before it. Mr.. Lorch car
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07
OVERDID THE ADVERTISING.
Why the "Man Ahead" for the Circus
Now Loafs on Broadway.


This is the season when one can hear
tales of woe anywhere in upper Broad
way. In every group is an experience
which was a trifie worse than that of
the year previous, says the New York
Press.
Here / am" said man who needed
a shave, when 1 ought to be in flower
on the road, for this is the season when
the circus has it's fun. But / had it
put all over me by the boss just at the
time when 1 had thought to be living
on real farm products.
You see, l was ahead of the show,
regulating the wind and making good
with the landlords and the power of
the press. Occasionally it was neces-
sary to buckle back to the show or else
stand still and wait for it TO overtake
The latter stunt is what I was doing,
and thereby hangs the cause of my APP
pearance in your midst today.
''The night before the show came to
a certain town the whole county and
neighboring towns had sent crowds to
the village where the big tents were to
be put up. The result of this was that
] couldn't find a bunk in the town.
reckon l might have explained my pre-
dicament to the editor and mayhap he
would have sheltered me if had hand
ed him out an extra pair of seats, but
I didn't think of this until after the
hammer fell.
The only place where / could find
rest for my weary feet was a ginmill
that was doing Il business that made
the boss smile from ear TO ear. l got a
chair and put in an order. for goods. 1
have Travelled some in my life, but the
stuff that was pumped out of that place
had more things in it than were ever
dreamed of IN an opium joint. man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07
"Siqn of the Four"

The great character of Sherlock
Holmes in the Sign Of the Four the
best known OF all fiction detectives, has
been so ably introduced to the reading
public of the world by Conan DOYLE
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07

The London Tribune. commenting on
the coming season, has this to say of
Charles Frohman and his English en-
terprises:
1.-THE coming winter season will, from
the theatrical point of view, be mostly
Mr.. Frohman. For a long time past
this quietly energetic gentleman has
been maturing plans for a great cam
paign. He has secured a number of
plays, two of which Mr.. Cldye Fitch
has just submitted and he has also
obtained control of the theater in
which to produce them. Mr. Frohman' s
list of engagements is long and i'm
portant one. and including, besides Mr..
John Hare and Mr.. Cyril Maude. many
well known players. both English and
American. Mr.. Frohman is a manager
whose sphere of control in this country
is gradually and surely extending. No
one will begrudge him the ever WIDEN
ing grip if the profession and the pub
lie alike are the better for it. Mean
while he has gone to America to get
ready"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07
1.-THE Two Orphans"

No melodrama ever written has been
played to as large audiences, nor held
the public esteem as 1.-The Two Or
phans," which is to be presented by
the stock company at the Lyric theatre
this coming week. 1t is believed by
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07

rieS his own special scenery and me-
chanical effects are presented that are
the marvel of stage history. Never
was the realistic so nearly approached
in a stage production as in Sherlock
Holmes as presented by Mr.. Lorch and
his company, under the personal direc-
ton of Tom b. LOTUS and the manage
ment of Pelton and Shutter. Aside
from Mr.. Torch and Miss Deffry, there
are many other we'll known and capa-
BILE artists in the cast, including Fran
els J. Long, Perry Morris, George L.
Graves. E. F. Hawkins, E. J. Earl.
Miss Meta Marsky, Miss Cecil Fay and
Miss Camille Lewis. The play is pre-
scented in four thrilling acts. Act one
shows the studio of Sherlock Holmes in
his London lodgings, where the famous
Holmes is introduced and the first
thread of the difficult case on which he
is working presents itself. Act two
finds him at Pondicherry lodge and
1.-The Sign of the Four which is the
subtitle of the book and play. Act
three is in two absorbing scenes chang
ing from Broad street, London, to
Smiths boathouse. Then, in act four
the audience is carried back to Pondi-
cherry lodge, and the sensational eli
max of the play that both entertains
and instructs and seen once always in
ViteS a second visit. Mr.. Torch and
his notable company will present Sher-
lock Holmes at the Grand for four
nights, starting this evening. The ad-
vance sale of seats promises to be the
heaviest of any demand that has been
made by the theatFe-going patrons of
the Grand in several seasons.
On Thursday evening of this week.
and continuing the balance of the week
with a Saturday matinee, Mr.. Torch
and his company will present for the
first time locally, the big melodramat-
ic success, Beware of Men,