The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 8, 1909, Page 3

House Was for Popular- —How Its sy Was Changed. — “Pinafore Have a Notable Twine.” he Ringmas- Sunny Side of The Russell-Orew (4ist to 50th per )) in “A Fighting Dei Lawrence to 55th per- }) in “The Rose of * ite. Bianci and — Edward vaudeville. sul, Jr, and Gal- See eee eee eee eee eee | tainted K WY). W. SAYRE. Grand opera house on October 8, 1900, | Hartman and the company in “Ship mus Schutz, Harry Justina Wayne were ft built the Grand in 14 ing it at the time as iced house. Shortly opened, he saw the of theatrically organ fie Northwest and d East to take the th Kiaw & Erlanger ynager of the Seat- at was going on first train to the Seattle managers 8 apart in reach: | @ offices. With Cal. Heilig, of Sutton, of strietiy bad. In} order of things Grand to a $1.50 anti! the Moore opened Grand was the first Bardine & Co. in ” He will be im before snow We have an open — to Be Revived. Sullivan's famous y" is about to have presentation te this country. The Place in Kansas Convention hall, Converted into the The ship will be B complete hull, decks the audience will sides of it how attained an} Years ago an open ot the opera was park in this city Waters of the lake tor to a certain that it will have I. a M Misses a Date. among others. when the train service H@ and Portland is im yesterday morn to this city was Mhmistakably late that Bis whole “Cameo Y Missed their morn. to Victoria, and baa agro date tn Victoria last there was an ice (Business of weep Spent the day here Mtihe fair and at 4 rnoon left on the 80 as be there by tonight — Apparently | ® Bhakenp« og oye f oe as a rean a8 out on The Ham a0" og will be here Mr. Hamiet of a Children, Makes the at it that Eddie Foy| m. Twelve of Foy offspring. adopted, and} ey came to be teresting » Nght mal generosity which Aman who already to take fito hi MAttle ado. Relghty “a ven more amil he The within The m HRS AT AT ‘4 73 NINTH BIRTHDAY’ ; S Boming to the! Tet eee teed . THIS WEEK. * years old, having | put the deal) at the Grand the} ‘fuly Henry Miller) — 2 eS SESS iy 'f WILLIAM MORR Former Local Stock Favorite, Now in Vaudeville. community offict made all ar. jrangements to send the brood of jlttle orphans to the county home | when Foy stepped up and allowed jthat he and his wife were rather | lonesome with only 12 to take care jof and that he would take the whole crowd in. And he did, Winnipeg a Week Stand. As an ilustration of the rapid growth of these western towns, Chauncey Olcott has just playe } Winnipeg a8 & one-week stand, the jfirst engagement there of that length. It has been only a year or two since Winnipeg was a one-night stand, and only four years since Seattle was a three-night stand for traveling ‘comipanies. In fact, up to seven years ago many combina tions gave but a single performance here: Now Seattle is a week stand for everything except when the routing of shows compels the crowding of two companies into a single week, and has been a good two-week stand for a number of at- tractions, Billy Brady Tells Facts. William A. Brady, who acted tn Seattle several times in the dim | past, before he decided to meee more money by going into the York managerial business, told a] Philadelphia audience last week few pertinent facts about the busl- ness end of play production. said, in part “The tool in the theatrical bust ness is the producing manager He's the fellow that has to listen he American press and more than six years | American people howling about the | dissolution of dramatic ideals, and the deterioration of the stage, to ‘eleyste’ his work. He's the! times as fast as he makes it—that | puts Into one production a whole | year's profits, and then sits in the box office and watches business file by the door, “The producing manager is the fellow that the idealists berate when they begin to diagnose the disease that the stage has fallen heir to, and that comes in for a drubbing from intellectual quar ters, and he’s the man that is gen- erally the hero of thin sad little story Listen—I produced Robert Man- tell in ‘King John’ last year at a cost of my whole year's earnings. We two, both of us poor men, squandered al! we had. The New York press ran columns of com- mendation. The Shakespearian scholars rose in a mighty chorus of praise and said we had eclipsed the efforts of the past thirty years. The briiiiant men interested tn the drama sald we were conquerors of managerial apathy medals. ‘King John’ ran one la- mentably unsuccessful week, and Mr. Mantell and myself put it sadly by. What's the use? ing the house to the dome every night. One performance of made more money than our elght performances. “Bo the producing manager learns that if he wants to give the American people classics he must starve for the privile He land in the poorhouse, It’s not the managers who are degrading the stage. It's the people themselves. Can you ask the manager to go hungry and cold and underfed when all he bas to do to ride in automobiles and live on the land's largess is to get a few pretty girls buy a few pair of tights, have the combination dance on the stage with purloined jingles and let a fat comedian turn # somersault in the middie? It's no use. there are a few of us who have our jideals. I'm one myself. I put on a play with an idea back of It, and hope against hope that ft will strike fire and that the public that is belaboring me for not giving good stuff will recognize it when th get it. But you never know | ‘ou see, that back drop?” he concluded, pointing solemnly to the |scenery for the new play. “Well, next Tuesday morning that may |be worth ite weight in gold, but it likewise may not be worthy ten | cents, Myrfl rageisco actres@ Jo! ent) jt ere burlesqies @t Fischer’@ will BHoy be wedded Yo Bobby BBurn#, the Francisco booking agent Pantages. the San of Alex Articulation Note. Treasurer Barney Klawans of the Moore, admits that money may talk but says all he has ever heard ts the eohe. the | and) then lose money every time he tries | fellow that loses money just five) and deserved ; Across the} street a musical comedy was pack-| that | Of course | SHOW PEOPLE GIVING. DANCE Ao FAREWE ibbins Hop at Dream. ro Under Auspices of M. A. for Performers | bs! the metecoan -. syons bye" in honor of asionaires and performers “y the Pay Streak and the | Amusement employes of the expos | Hon will be given by the Theatrical Mechanics’ gasoctation at’ the Dreamland dancing pavilion, begin ning at midnight next Friday night, and continuing until daybreak Sat urday, the last day of the big show Special features will be one of the big things of the dance. Managers of various attractions playing at dance will lead off the grand march with Eddie Foy, who will be at the Al hambra next week. Another grand } march with special features will be jled by members from the Moore attraction and from the rand, ‘BARRIE EVIDENTLY HAS FOUND AFFINITY (Ry United Prem) LONDON, Oct. &—J. M. Barrie, |the playwright and novellet, wi a8 soon as he obtains a divorce from his wife, whom, It i# sald, will not oppose the sult, accord ing to & rumor in circulation here today. The close friendship of Barrie and Pauline Chase, who starred in “Peter Pan,” te sald to be respon sible for the rumor. Juat why Barrie brought the sult for divorce is not known, as he re A little care in the se will enable you to do all | fications embodied in t most particular dresser. i@ We offer for your inspe erything that the dressy the different theatres next week | have promised that members of their companies will be glad to participate, and will be there in force. Miss Columbia of the Es quimaux Village, at the exposition, | make @ second matrimonial venture | mack System of fine tailored Suits, $17.50, $20.00 to $25.00 THE STAR—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1909, fuses te lawyers allent Harrie was married to Mins Ansell, the instrumental tn of hie flyst play in 1804 Rum the Barrie recently dincuss the case and his Mary who wae largely making Walker London of dom famil the were infeliclty in| tarted onl ACTRESS PLAYWRIGHT (By Vnlted Prew REACH J Mra, Btta Mondor playwright, died ye ong Branch SERRA DEAD. notrons anc Weat | | torday at \* * * * * - \* - * * * * +. ’ WIRELESS 3,300 MILES, HONOLULU, Oct army transport Buford, which has arrived from Manila, re ports that wireless communica tion was established with the Pacific coast four days before the vessel made this port This means that mossages were interchanged over a dis tance of 8,800 miles. 8.--The <eee eee eee eee eee a ee ee ee GERMANY NEEDS LOAN, (Ry United Pree BERLIN, Oct, 8.—The imperial ernment will ask for a loan of 5,000,000 in the beginning of 10 to cover deficits, This ac j counts for the recent tend | sell imperial issue on the bourse THIN FOLKS MADE FAT Good, healthy flesh can only b gained by the use of the proper | food, together with natural action of the organs of assimilation, Ning people out of ten in order to wolgh as much as they ought and be per fectly healthy, should use Samore, the great flesh-forming food and health restorer, Weigh yourself before commencing to use there lit tle tablets, and see how your weight increases from week to week Bamose doe not contain a par | | tele of starch or pepsin, nor in it jany nauseating preparation, such ax is usually recommended to make people fat, and which does not build up good healthy tissues. Sa mose bas valuable flesh forming | properties, tones up and strength: | jens the whole system, helps the | food that Is eaten to be asaimilated [im a natural manner, and absolute ly restores health to all the organs If you are not perfectly satinfied with the resuits from Bamose the Quaker Drug Co, will return your money without any quibbling Dress Well; Look Well And Save Money lection of your Fall Clothes these. Our $12.50 and $15.00 Suits For Men and Young Men have all the essential quali- heir make-up to please the ction everything that’s new and nobby; everything that’s neat and serviceable; ev- man desires in The McCor- from— Our stock of Overcoats, ; If your boy needs at to fit all ages, from 4 to 1 or knee pants, at— 812-14 Fir ath VIP eee Pees Cee ree. ee McCormack Bros. Head to Foot Outfitters for Men and Boys. Priestly Cravenette Raincoats. Topcoats, English Raincoats is now complete, at prices from— $10.00, $12.50, ictal to $20.00 What About If it’s Shirts, we ha and finest materials. If it’s Underwear, w make you feel comfor ings ment of Fall shapes ye Coats—anything in thi rect thing at McCorm. Boys’ Clothing | we have a nice asso with knickerbocker 1¢w Suit, 6 years, $2.50, $3.50 to $6.0 Extra Value Boys’ Knee Pants _ Strictly all wool materials for 50c st Ave. WANT FAM If it’s Neckwear, Socks, Suspenders, Sweater clusive furnishers for men and boys. SECRETS KEPT IV THE DARK Frohman Sends Agent to See Wife, Suing for a Di- vorce, to. Exact Promise From Her. (By United Press) RENO, Oot, &—Dentring te exact a promise from Margaret I nigton, the actre who in here preparatory to a mult for divorer from her husband, Daniel Frohman. Hert Keene, one of Frohman’s clos eat friends, today is endeavoring to secure an interview with Mra: Broh man, The promise Frohman nee is that in her sult Mise Ilington| will not refer to certain family mat tera which the manager desires t have kept secret Reese made arrangements for an interview with Mixs Ilington while in fan Francisco, and ‘will arrive here soon to place Frohman's re quest before her ed, reblock ding to the iAll pinds, dyed HAND-MADE MACS A SPHCIALTY, Money Saved Ladies’ Sample Shoes $5.50 to 85.00 Shoes, 82.00 Second Week of the Grand Rapids Furniture Sale At the Sfern Furniture Co., 1526-28 Second Ave. | Be sure to take advantage of the hundreds of bargains offered at this sale. Dining Chair, ike of ngid oak; Extension Table, like cut, made of 1 oak: bi 42-inch full box ir In very round top, 6-{t. extension. square pedest ved substantia Regular. value claw feet, Regular value $18.00 uz Bale price $11. 89 » ’ . Rocker, ike cut nade of quartered of ut mad a red oak, SOlGeN Bicret, hike cut: made of quartered oak, golden or or Karly Pugiiat as full spring seat, upbol- Early English; size of top 20x42; French bevel 1 in guar od genuine leather plate mirror, size 12x32. Regular ST. 15 Prices |The Stern Furniture Co! ilar value ne valu Bale price $35.00. Sale price — | Furnishings? ve the prettiest patterns e have the kind that will table these chilly morn If it’s Hats, we can show you the best assort yu ever saw. $ line, you'll find the cor ack Bros., as we are ex- Sunday eve. fo nights and Moore Theatre Box Office. Two Weeks, Wed. Mat. Dustin Farnum, in Eilers Music House. Mate v j ‘Cameo Kirby t sale now on. | Sherman, Clay & Co. Musica | a Cline’s Piano House. sith | THE GRAND SSS rtment W. Martius, omen, ight, Matinee Saturday Kohler & Chase. Pi Merricet of Musical Comedies, pants John C. Walling. meh’ 1 aaa do Oe BROADWAY.” TICKETS COVERING EIGHT to 8100 |] ets e2igfebiamattsysen te CONCERTS, $10. |] Opening Sunday ing. Halt rate, or $5 tickets, tof |, Seattle Theatre | Senta new abt sie music teachers ang properly ac : credited music students Allotment of rved seats Ape NC = 1 on these season tickets at Moore Pike te bie, tthe es hagime dead si =—= "506. Tbe. LOIS THEATRE Advanced Vaudeville, Week of Oct Phones—Sumvet, Main 1304; tnd, Mile. Bianei ono; Welsh & 4804. Melrose Co. The PEKIN TMOUPE, Maxim's x Magicians and Strong Men. La Vino; F & time | | \Gnane RAPIDS FURNITURE DISTRIBUTERS a Lowest | {526-28 Second Av. _Bet. Pike and Pine Sts. | Bes. | tiation Stoves Rage Linoleum Eggs Worth 50c and 55c at Retail? Not on Your Life! Some One Must a-Been a-Dreamin’! The Morning Paper Says: This Is Where THE WESTLAKE PUBLIC MARKET MAKES GOOD And Goes Against the Combine ALL DAY TOMORROW (SATURDAY) ANY EGG DEALER IN THE MARKET WILL Sell the Best Hen Fruit to Be Had in Seattle or Vicinity at From 35c to 45c High quality doesn’t mean prohibitive prices. A fair profit suits the dealers at this market. Join the procession tomorrow morning and get your Sunday We've done lot of talking; this is where we “Show You.” “EGGS COME HIGH; SOLD HERE AT FAMINE PRICES % supply while they last. a g THE WESTLAKE PUBLIC MARKET Fifth and Westlake Avs. Sixth Av. and Pine St. Yours for quality goods and reasonable prices. AMUSEMENTS. | | AMUSEMENTS. ALHAMBRA THEATRE Russell & Drew, Managers. JOUN CORT, | Moore Theatre ’it%,co® Seattle's Leading Play Symphony Orchestra Season Tickets COVERING SERIES OF EIGHT SYMPHONY CONCERTS WITH NOTABLE ARTISTS Now Selling at Besse Clifford. HOe to $2.00, Mats, 500 t Theatre Box Office tober 18, 10 a, m Monday, O« ek, “A Midnight Mar. Mats., 10: 500. Nights, 10¢ in America. rwood Native © nese Oreb: Opposite Colman Block T te iccérnlarii! TO-NIGHT | ADMISSION FREE * Man Monkey, Aud Other Great Novelty Acts. Box Seats 50c