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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-02

gether had hitherto hid? Her children
were better off without her. Nora has
the makings of great woman in her
she has been dwarfed by her environ
ment She was passed. a spoiled girl
from her fathers arms TO her hus-
bands. She did not really know
either Of them. They both treated her
ss a dou-not as human being with
soul. This circumstance is not as un-
usual as many persons may imagine
There are many dolls in the world I
see them every day, and so do you.
Yet in Nora's case. see what a friend
she could be. She could save her
husband at the cost Of her own honor
and his love; she could be a steely
friend TO poor Doctor Rank Hope there
IS for Nora There's no hope for Hell
mer. Perhaps. that is why Nora is not
usually as popular a presentation for
lnen as HIedda-
FORA never comes back home.
III There is nothing for her under
the Helmer roof. When she
passes out at the door. she
closes a chapter in her life, as
a reader lays down novel 1t
is over. What becomes of her aft
erward is clearly indicated in the last
scene of the play She becomes a
woman She sheds her dolls clothes
and learns to think and feel for her
self God and Ibsen gave her a brain
and the ability to feel she ceases TO
be an automaton and becomes flesh
and blood. Who shall say she is not
justified or deny her The right TO be
herself2
TVS Nora goes out at the door, Hilda
"a in The Master Builder" comes in.
The former leaves man, the lat
ter influences one. Hnda carries into
the life she circles an influence brought
from girlish dreams She has nurtured
ideals and her Imagination has pictured
a man. AS she grew older she learned
her error. Instead Of the god which
ashe had pictured she discovered a man
afraid OF his clerks. timid and restless
Facilitating and weak Then she was
disappointed in everything and she sets
herself the task of making him what
he should have been and what he
might have been Truly that was a
great work. She makes him believe in
himself. and he becomes what she be-
lieved he was--a master builder. Ibsen
alone OF the piaywrights has had the
courage 10 paint portraits like these
only Ibsen has dared 10 show US our
selves in all our petty weaknesses, and
yet in All our potential strength.
Hilda must not be understood as the
rival Of Mrs. solness. She meets Sol
ness on a different plano. She is TO
solness what Victor Hugo makes the
revolutionary priest be TO The son Of
the aristocrat in .'Ninety-three" She
is not a flesh and blood impulse. she
is purely spiritual. Her annoyance at
solness is apparent and logical when
ever she discovers that he is thinking
Of her as he thinks Of his wife She
was 10 be. and succeeds in being. an
intangible influence IN the life Of the
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s C.ENE6fRlNs
QUNE ITE STREE r.

ephemeral diversion will become more
and more crowded
This general degeneration in the
stage is due to the fact that nowadays
plays are rushed into production which,
in other times and under saner condi
lions. would be held back by expert
enced managers for rewriting and re-
vision. In many Instances they would
not he produced at all, since legitimate
dramatic houses would assert their
right to discriminate in favor of first
class plays
The same conditions affect the per-
formances of plays as well. Good ALL
round performances have become rare
because of the multiplicity of COM
panies and the great demand for actors
TO meet the constant avalanche of new
productions throughout the country.
The competitions of actors of whatever
ability has raised salaries to so high
a figure that maximum of risk is
imposed upon the producing manager
because of the expense involved and
the uncertainty of the results of his
Investment.
Under present conditions stars
have to be made. There are many
talented men and women travelling
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-02
OPPYLAND' TO Be
FISCHER OFFERING

The new Fischer's theater in suffer
street, between Fillmore and steiner,
will be opened tomorrow night with a
presentation OF "Poppyland. written,
book. lyrics. music and all. by Charles
Alpin. whose melodies are well known
here and elsewhere.
The action of the play is made a
local matter and there are many lines
which, it is said, will appeal particu-
larly to San Francisco audiences. An
unusually clever role is given into the
capable hapds of Ben Dillon, who will
appear as broken down gambler.
other members of the company are
VIII King. Dorothy Raymond, Tracey
McDermott, Nellie Montgomery, Frank
Mack and Mildred Manning. chorus
OF 20 singing and dancing girls will
support the principals.
Two performances will be given
nightly at s and $50 o'clock and there
will be matinees Wednesday, Saturday
and Sunday.
.:.-
additional Dramatic News on Page 20
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PRINCESS PLAYERS
IN CLEVER PIECE
Chinese Honeymoon" Is Sue
cess at Loverich's Musical
Comedy House

"a Chinese Honeymoon" has made a
hit at the Princess theater and the
musical comedy will be retained as the
attraction at Manager Loverieh's the
alter for the coming week Meantime
elaborate preparations are being made
for the production of "Piff, Paff, Pouf,
which will follow in week
The chief honors of the musical farce
this week and last are carried off by
Fred Mace and May Boley. AS the
cockney waitress. III III. the Princess
comedienne is in, her element. Her
ditty, II Want to Be a Lady and her
shop girl speciality are two of the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-02

brightest episodes of the play. Fred
Mace, as Mr.. Pineapple. is in one of
his best characters and the rest of the
company is excellently placed Helen
Darling. James stevens, Zoe Barnett.
Budd Ross Ethel Du Ere Houston Jen-
ME Metzler Myrtle Dingwall Ella
Crane and Lydia Crane are we'll dis
posed in eongenial roles.
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about the country as part of the
dramatic planetary system who, in
times of less strenuous claims on their
services would be excellent and well
disciplined members of good com
pany when we had stock companies
or. in a stars support, when star
was an authoritative representative of
dramatic art ] do not declaim against
the opportunities which the new sys-
tenn gives to budding artists in be-
coming stars before their time, or
against the number OF new plagwrghts
who thus get quick, il sometimes
transitory, recognition. But it does
depreciate the higher interests OF the
stage and makes the appeal OF the
musical comedies and vaudeville
houses more potent"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-02

man who becomes. in his death, mas
ter builder. There is nothing abstract,
uncertain or insecure about all this.
Ibsen drew living men and women
not types nor caricatures.
1 always play Regina in Ghosts in
stead of Mrs Alving. do not feel
equal TO the latter role yet. But Re
gina is an interesting and truthful
part Like Hilda, Regina is fun of the
spirit of life. Remember how she sits
on the table and sips her champagne
as though every drop was vital with
JOY, She is Hilda's opposite, however,
in character. Hilda stands for the
pure and good; Regina loves the glitter
and glamour; she longs for the brief
madness that follows wine Regina is
as much a living parsonage as is Nora,
or Hilda or Rebecca. We may resent
introduction to Ibsen's women; we may
dislike them. but they are women just
the same. and they are not strangers
to you or me.
- ANIEL FRoHMANS opinions and
II observations. concerning the drama
- in America are interesting always.
His remarks are usually authoritative
He writes recently: There is only one
hope of saving the stage in this coun-
try from the cataclysm which is now
disorganizing and debasing it. That
is better discrimination by the pub
lie between good and bad plays and
good and bad acting.
The tremendous growth of America,
the marvellous increase in population
and the rapid development in trans
portstion facilities which sends peo-
pie to common centers have prompted
shrewd and energetic spectators to
build many needless theaters. So
rapidly have the number of stages in
this country exceeded the literary ma
teriaI with which they must be sup
piled that soon the experienced the
alter goer viii be unable to find good
plays in contradistinction to mere
dramatic offerings. Consequently.
after seeing a few plays he will begin
to realize that the stage no longer
holds the element of sane or dignified
entertainment The result is sure to
be that the vaudeville houses and
other places Of unthoughtful and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-07

both the wet" and dry" stages the
people OF this city are in good po-
sition to know what sort of law is
needed Why not draft a law provid-
ing for rigid regulation of the liquor
business and submit it to the people
OF the state next year. The bill could
be called the "Pendleton plan
The East Oregonian believes that il
the right sort of a law is drafted and
the people of the state are shown
that those behind it are honest in their
desire to solve the liquor problem
for the best interests of the state the
bill will be adopted. u least it is high
time for some "construc tive states
manship" on the part of the business
interests of the state. 1t is time to
put stop to the radicalism of the
on one hand and of the
on the other.
What do you think about it?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-07
AFTER THE SLUGGARDS.

The Salem Statesman recently bit
terly assailed the mossbackism of
Marion county with the following:
Marion county is to have no ex-
hibit at the oregon State Fair, Marion,
the premier county of the state, con-
tanning the greatest hop center of the
world, the finest prune district in the
United States, one of the best peach
countries in the state, and containing
the cherry district and cherry city OF
the world. 1t is also worthy of note
that with all her advantages she has
shown about as little growth, and is
as far behind in the settlement of the
country, as any part of Western Ore
gon, while the rapid advance of the
Hood River country, Rogue river val
ley Medford, etc, none Of them with
the advantages of Marion county, is
well known. And it has been done by
constant hammering, advertising ever
lastingly."
The roast is timely. Salem and
Marion county have neglected oppor-
tunities as have most of the other
Willamette valley sections. That Sec
ton of the state has been dominated
by those who think more about the
past than about the future, by those
who are too willing to "let well en-
ough alone" and who sneer at those
who are embued with the spirit of
progress.
But the fact that one of the princi-
pal daily papers of the valley assails
the sluggards as the Statesman has
done shows that new spirit is abroad
IN the valley. A new generation is
coming to the front in the valley and
Il promises to wake things up. May
Il be able to do so.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-07
DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.

Senator La Toilette remarked re-
Gently that, as compared with the
great financial interests, the mass Of
the people are not likely 10 get their
fair share of our new-found prosper
ity. says the san Francisco Examiner.
"The remark is emphasized by the
fact that it has been shown by un-
questionable statistics that the cost Of
the staples of an ordinary household
is higher now than it has been for
forty years, with the exception of the
year 1907.
However, there can be little doubt
that the exhilarating era upon which
we are entering will diffuse its advan-
tages more or less through the whole
community
1.-The point to be observed is that
the lions share is likely to go to the
great financiers. The danger is that
the peoples share will be as that of
eve lamb-altogether dispropor-
tionate."
That is the point exactly. 1t is not
that the rank and file of the people
will not be prosperous, but that the
prosperity will be inequitably distrib-
uted. The wealth Of the world is in
equitably distributed now and it is a
bad state of affairs. Society is best
off when a healthy balance Is main
tanned, when there are neither too
many paupers nor too many million
aires.
This is the idea that is held by those
who endorse the Roosevelt-Pinchot
conservation movement. The plan is
to have the natural resources Of the
country developed under conditions
that will insure something like fair
distribution Of the benefits. If the
!
conservation policy is not continued
by the federal government the vari-
Gus trusts will in time completely con-
troll the coal lands, timber lands and
water powers Of the country. They
will then charge what they please for
the things they have until the people
assert their rights and enact laws
regulating charges. But before such
a law, or such constitutional amend
ment could be passed, a few people
would have made millions or perhaps
billions Of dollars that should have
been divided among all the people.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-07
THE LOST PUP.


He was lost!--not a shade of a doubt
of that,
For he never barked at a sinking cat,
But stood in the square where the
wind blew raw
With a dropping ear and trembling
paw,
And a mournful look in his pleading
eye
And a plaintiff sniff at the passer-py.
That begged as plain as a tongue could
sue,
30, mister please, may follow you?"
\ lorn, wee waif of tawny brown
Adrift in the roar of a needless town,
oh, the saddest of sights in the world
of sin
Is a little lost pup with his tail tucked
in,
Well, he won my heart (for set great
store
on my own red Bute-who is here no
more);
So l whistled clear and he tottered
up,
And who so glad as that small lost
pup?
Now he shares my board and he owns
my bed
And he fairly shouts when he hears
my tread.
Then if things go wrong as they some
times do,
And the world is cold and I'm feeling
blue,
He asserts his right to assuage my
woes
With a warm, red tongue and a nice
cold nose,
And a silky head on my arm or knee,
And paw as soft as paw can be.
When we roam the woods for league
about,
He's full of pranks as school let out;
For he romps and frisks like a three
months colt,
And he runs me down like a thunder
bolt,
oh, the blithest of sights in the world
so fair
Is gay little pup with his tail in the
air.
james Clarence Harvey in "Our
Dumb Animals.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-07
a MANS A MAN FOR A. THAT

Is there for honest poverty
Wha hangs his head, an a. that
The coward slave, we pass him by
We dare be poor for a thar,
For a that, an a that.
Our tolls obscure, an a that,
The rank is but the guinea's stamp
The mans the gowd for a that!
What though on namely fare we dine,
Wear holden gray, an a that?
Gle fools their silgs, an knaves their
wine
a mans a man for a that,
For a that, an a that.
Their tinsel show an a that;
The honest man, though e'er sac poor,
Is king of men for a that!
You see yOn birkle cad a lord,
Wha struts an stares an a. that
Though hundreds worship at his word,
He's but a coof for a that,
For a that an a that.
His riband star, an a that:
The man o. Independent nina,
He looks an laughts at a that.
a prince can max DelIeQ knight,
A marquis. duke an a. that,
But an honest mans aboon his
might
Guide faith, he mauna fa' that,
For a that, an a that,
Their dignities, an a that;
The pith o. sense an pride o. worth
Are higher ranks than a that.
Then let us pray that come it may,
AS come it will for a that
That sense an worth o'er a. the
earth
Shall bear the gree an "a that,
For "a that, an a that, a
It's comm yet for a that,
When man to man, the warld o'er,
Shall brothers be for a that.
Robert Burns.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-07

1t is now time for all good citizens
to register for the city election.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-07
is IT NOT TIME?

Pendeton has had experience with
both wide open" saloons and with
prohibition. Until year ago this
town was wet. 1t was all too
"wet". The saloonmen were in the
saddle and for years they had ridden
ruthlessly over the rights of others.
Sc when the people of the county had
chance to strike a blow at the IL
quor interests they struck hard. 1t
was a deserved blow.
For the past year the pendulum
has been at the other end.
The county has had prohibition.
But it too is far from a desirable sys-
TEN. Under prohibition Pendleton
has some ten or IL blind pigs" nu-
merous "bootleggers, while a big
"mail order" liquor business has been
carried in by outside concerns with
the people of the city and county.
During the past year Pendleton has
been without s25, 900 in revenue which
in former years it collected from sa-
loon licenses. Not only has the city
been without this revenue but the
city has had no way of regulating the
liquor traffic. The local liquor busi-
ness, being illegal, has been carried on
surreptitiously. Those who have sold
liuuor have observed no blacklists
save that they have refused to sell
to parties whom they believed would
tell. Being beyond the law they sell
to minors, Indians or anyone else who
has the price and at any time.
Now It is time for third party"
to enter the fight. The saloonmen
have had their day and so has prohi-
bition. Neither side has presented a
satisfactory solution of the liquor
problem.
The proper solution of the liquor
problem as it exists in Umatilla coun-
ty and in the state Of Oregon lies in
rigid regulation. Not in regulation
under a law drafted by saloonmen or
by men affiliated with that business.
But under a law drafted by disinter-
ested men who have nothing at heart
save the best interests of the public at
large.
A law can be drafted that will place
the liquor business exactly where It
belongs-under absolute control. Such
a law would place saloons on basis
so different from that formerly in ex-
istence here that old saloon men
would hardly know a saloon IL they
saw It. Those are the sort of saloons
we should have. They are better than
the old "dives" and they will be bet
ter than the present blind pigs" and
"bootlegging'' hauntA
But II we are to have such a Law
the solid business men Of the state
must draft it and get behind the move
to have It enacted. Such law will
not be drafted by the saloonmen mol
by those who favor state prohibition
Since Pendleton has been through
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-07
IT IS FOR LADIES, Too,
They Can Stop Their Hair Failing o.,
with Herplcide.

Ladies who have thin hair and who's
hair is falling out, can prevent the hal
falling opt, and thicken the growth. W.T..
Newbro's 'Herplcide." Besides, Herp.
eide is one Of the most agreeable hal.
dressings there is. Herpicide kills tht
1andruff germ that eats the hair off al
the root. After the germ Is destroyed
the root will shoot up. and the hair gro1
long as ever. Even a sample will con-
vince any lady that Newbros Herpicidc
is an indispensable toilet requisite. ],
contains no oil or grease, It viii not stain
or dye. Sold by leading druggists. Send
l0c. in stamps for sample to The Herpi.
eide Co.. Detroit, Mich.
One dollar bottles guaranteed.
A. @. K0eppen q Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-07
Land Values Increase.

North Yakima.-The aggregate
value of real estate in Yakima coun-
ty for 1909 shows an increase OF
$S96,23O over a year ago. The valua-
ton this year is $19,9S7, ,975, of which
$13,7O9,460 is the valu of lands, and
$6,27S,515 is the value of town and
city lots. The average value of i'm
proved land is $S2.24.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-07
++++++ = : +++ +*++
UNHEARD MELODIES.

+ Gagged in the poets lonely heart {
+ Loves wastes unheard its I
+ tenderest tone: ]
+ The soul that sings must dwell :
+ apart, !
+ Its inward melodies unknown. I
+ Deal gently with us, ye who +
+ read! !
+ Our largest hope is unful- +
+ filled !
+ The promise still outshines the !
+ Decd /
+ The tower. but not the spire, !
+ we build. !
+ Our whitest pearl we never :
+ find; +
+ Our ripest fruit we never +
+ reach; +
+ The Towering moments of the =
+ mind +
+ Drop half their petals in our +
4 speech. !
+ These are my blossoms, if they +
J. wear
+ One streak of morn or even +
+ ing glow +
+ Accept them; but to me more +
+ fair i
1 The buds of song that never !
/ blow. +
+ Oliver Wendell Holmes. +
= I,
I / l. !. L !. = !. + =, ! + J. J. =
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-07

Cook & Perry Cook and Peary)
have discovered the north pole. Pen
dleton has been made famous again
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-07

Ballinger has been at Beverly. II
is Pinchot's time next
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-30
AIRSHIPS IN NEXT WAR.

NEW YORK. October 13.-Declaring
Napoleon s dictum that God fights on
the side with the heaviest artillery en-
tirely out of date, Hudson Maxim, in
ventor of explosives and engines of war,
predicted in an address tonight that
God hereafter would fight on the side
with the strongest flying machines and
most of them. The English had little
to fear from the Germans on this score,
he added, for aeropIanes with explosives
could do little harm.
Ewing machines never will be able
to work wide destruction by dropping
explosives from the air. he said
''War vessels may have their super
structures slightly damaged or their
decks bent by explosives dropped upon
them. but in order to do much damage
dynamite requires combining.
"The aeroplane will be the strong
arm of the signal corps. each carrying
two or three men. They will be actual
tiles in the next great war and they
will be widely active in the destruction
Of bridges, magazines and storehouses.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-30
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
San Francisco, October 10, 1909.

San Francisco, October IS, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that the -
inch whistle at this station was re-
placed by 6-inch siren on October
10, 1909, without other change.
Notice is hereby given that Blunts
Reef Lightvessel No. So, off Cape Men
docino. California, heretofore reported
adrift and proceeding to San Fran
cisco, was replaced on her station on
October 6. 1909.
San Francisco, October IA, 1909.
Notice has been received that Peta-
luna Inlet Beacon No. 212, red
three-pile beacon in Petaiuma Inlet,
San Pablo Bay, Cal, has been broken
off and the stump is menace TO navi-
CATION. The beacon will be rebuilt as
soon as practicable.
San Francisco, October IS, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that Duxbury
Reef Whistling Buoy is reported miss
ing. 1t will be replaced as soon as
practicable.
By order Of the Lighthouse Board.
w. G. MILLER.
Commander, Z. S. N, Inspector, 18th
Lighthouse District.