Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-20

know that Lena Rivers" will be pre-
sented at the Grand opera house to-
night.
The company is said to be an ex-
| ceptionally strong one and is under
the direction of Barton & Wiswell.
| Miss Emma Bunting, an exceedingly
/ pretty and clever little leading wo-
man, will be seen as Lena" The
play contains all of the good things
which made the book so interesting.
Fannie Ward has scored heavily
| in the emotional role of Muriel Van
Allen in the new play, Van Allen S
Wife" by Forest Halsey and Lee
Arthur, the first performance OF
which was given in Rochester last
week. Heretofore Miss Ward has
played only the lighter dramatic
roles before American audiences, but
in London, where she has appeared
in heavier roles, a brilliant future
was predicted for her by the critics.
In ivan Aliens Wife" she fulfiils
every promise, meeting every de-
mand made upon her for the strong,
virile acting that the part requires
! Her achievement means the rise Of
a young and beautiful emotional ac-
tress, a dearth of whom is so notice
able today on the native stage. The
play itself is gripping, and Miss
Ward holds the attention of the au-
| dience until the fall of the curtain,
ivan Aliens Wife" is well stageo.
In the effective cast are H. Reeves
Smith, John Dean, Romaine Callen-
der, Enrol Dunbar, Henry Duggan,
Margaret Fuller and Janet Slater.
* x X
Klaw & Erlanger's latest produc-
ton, "The Silver Star" with Ade-
! line Genee, the dancer, in the lead
ing role, has scored an emphatic
success at the New Amsterdam The
tire, New York City. The new
York Herald's notice is a good av-
erage of what the critics thought
of the performance. It's critics
wrote:
Before the curtain was up on
the second act it was rat win
ner' by the large audience and when
the final curtain fell this same au-
dience left in high feather pleased
that they had seen the premiere.
Miss Genee introduced five new
dances. The star had lines to speak
for the first time here and spoke
them very well. But her nimble
feet carried the night for her. And
it was a triumph for her in every
particular. Talk about playing
notes-Miss Genee can dance them.
"Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger never
made a more beautiful production
"The Silver Star" will likely be
twinkling at the New Amsterdam
theatre when the roses bloom in the
spring, ira la
'The Ham Tree that fleeting
vision long sought by Mcintyre 4
Heath, who are now appearing un'
der the management of Klaw & Err
langer in I'm Haiti" in their black
face rambles through the theatr,
world, has been found at last, only
3 to be lost in the onward march o.
I Pittsburg's steel industry. Sadl.
D shattered and unavailable as a
source of nutriment for the black
! face comedians, the Ham Tree fel
D with mighty crash, blocking
I street car progress for an hour anC
: carrying with it telephone, tele
graph, electric light and fire alarm
wires. When the big sycamor,
I tree, popularly reputed to be 15O
years old, fell at Bridge and But
5 Ier streets in that city, oldtime res
{ idents recalled that it had beei
z known in the time of their youtl
: as "The Ham Tree" Farmers fail
z ing to find pork purchasers for thef
4 pork products at hog killing time
{ wiuld gather at the old sycamor
tree and peddle hams to all corners
! After an absence from the stag
returns in the cast of "The All
King" the Klaw & Erlanger pro
! duction in which John Slavin viii
] appear. The arrangement for Mis-
of six years, Miss Josephine Hal
Halls return to the stage was mad
with Klaw & Erlanger by Alfred E
Aarons, the condolences husband
Mr.. Aarons at first intended to pre-
4 sent Miss Hall in a new musica
play he has in preparation, bu
4 yielded up her services after learn
ing Of the advantages of the pre-
ferred role She is best remem
bered in the title role Of THE Cir
From Maxims." She is a finished
artistic and character actress,
4 X X
Klaw e Erlanger's latest musl
cal production, The Young Turk,
with Max Rogers and Maude Ray
mond in the principal roles, which
was first produced in Atlantic Cit.
last week, seems to be another BIZ
success. The book is by Aaroi
Hoffman, the music by Max Hoff
mann and the lyrics by Harry vii
liams. The scenes are laid in New
York City, Constantinople and Mon
te Carlo. The story tells the ad
ventures of a young American whC
gets mixed up with a Turkish rev
olution. The songs in the SHOW
are "A Boy Out West" "Oriento
Z Moon" and a quartette entitled
wedding Bells" Miss Raymond
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