The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 26, 1909, Page 3

S 4 [WN THESHO MT | AUDIENCE Billie Burke! a Big Personal mph in ” at the Moore. (BY J. W. SAYRE. the largest Monday of tore. Watches Me French, in which has resented eth in England and a Frohman pro Was, of course k mounted and, in gted. “Love Watches Preach comedy, built ke an American play, with a ending in marriage fo marriage and end ar and a reconcilia ‘ Pe Preckmen could 80 1 oat o very light a four acts and make and as comic as has been made great personal trt Burke. She makes of dear old Mrs /The joy of I! meaningtu! the lavincibie speak gy mustea? voice, piquanc paturalness that of Jacqueline tr ive. She ts on the deal and you ie an absolute disappe conveys no impre husband about who tio would ce Whirlpool, and pulled de feenes which Mise Burk iy built up. Ernest Law! actor and played © with a fair degree of th not realizing to the all of the facial or comedy pow of one of the “fattest ‘ever handed to an actor. splendid character actresses, and Laura Clement, tf clear cut fmper of the marquise and the ively. Mande Odell, actress of many years thoroughly in the merry widow Lucie. Were well played is not a play Gissection or close feken at a quick sum- & whole and from Mt were, the frailty fe fe lost in the ind! Oi lines, in the ceca ‘touches and really moments that the play above all, in the ra- a of {ts beautiful and} ir, quite the most winsome | ig that Seattle has seen’ months. Bille Burke Watehes” a laughing aad &B enjoyable per- It Produce Play Here. well, the new play A. Taylor has written jas of the Seattle theatre S Rear future. Managers b& Drew are now consider poffer made them by Taylor OF ve use of seven Six of them have high favor with Rus Patrons in past sea afte “Queen of Part for His New Piay Dyed given th “Under th F Dut which will ; fn “Alaska Li debut. it is OOF which are 1 od and the four ‘aylor has w for Laurette Ta im, both of have in the Wantern the four that he picked up d OM the Yulenn th rh, 824 confidently heli« eM DAY Wl far exceed some of hi h have alread mare of the Of the Beattle 1 ne “Love ts will be seen by! BIS NESS) BIG ACTS AT THE ORPHEUM Edwin Silene and the De Haven Sextet Are Vaud- eville Winners—Majes- tic and Pantages Bills. BY EDDIE BOYDEN, AY! S What? That's what they all say! What do they all say? Well, some say the bill's bully and some say the bill's a “bull But far be it from mé to mix in family fights or peeve the paste: board purchasers The point ts, who's worth while and why? | The answer? Cut away all the fat and you get down to Edwin Stevens with his In terpretation of characters from the works of Charles Dickens—it's the Distinct Detonation of the Doings Mise Tina Marshall provides the necessary assistance Uriah Heep, that “‘umble person age” from “David Copperfield Miss Marshall a$ “Agnes,” was slearly class, A wonderfully convine ing bit was his conception of * Smallweed,” that unlovely indivi dual portrayed In "Bieak House. In direct contrast and tstablishing his finished versatility, Mr. Stev irrored rollicking “Dick Swiveler e devilmay-care chap familiar to all who have pored over Curlosity Shop.” From any ang view him, Mr to the Plimsoll mark with | When the De Haven Sextette tered this way last October with Sidney C. Gibson at the helm, A es was happy and the fans bussed | mightily, Well, they're he again and they're not the Loud Lam of yesteryear. Three of the original east — Miriam Carson, Florence Williams and Blsle Kreb—are pas turing anew. The act continues its salubriou: are not up to snuf. It's a good} thing that Mr. Gibson and the maids depend upon dancing. For, with out that, the act would be doomed. | When Howard's Musteal Shet- lands and Comedy Canines advented it was like unto the zephyr, but as time fugited the happenings became | | heated and before the lid was slam med shut hearty hitting of hands ensued. The fintsh—five ponies and a quint of canine “jocks”-—~was Solid Slug. Play the ponies across the board and back again you simply can't lose. ) Mr. Milt Wood, the dancer with }a chair, starts his portion of the jentertainment with a song which sounds like the plaint of a Puyallup 1@-pounder. If Mr. Wood would guillotine that | bis act would take on considerably ;more tene. For, as a dancer, Mr Wood is a Plentiful Provider. | Pert pittie was pulled by some | Press agent when he tabbed the |; Carmen Troupe “sensational ath letes.” They do a tight wire act which hovers abont the mediocre mark. About the only time they create a stir happens when they watt to the wings. Walter Lewis, M. H Harriman, | Mise Florence Dunsmore, a nice looking stage hand and a “phony” baby furnish fun in spots in a | sketch called “A Baby Grand.” At} times the sketch nee But all in all, it will do. The Ferrell Brothers come |through with an opener via the jcyele route. The best thing in it j is the cycle somersault—that was | something novus, nursing. Josephine Gassman and her} Picks do it at the Majestic the atre this week. The youngsters aren't bigger than a pint of pea , but they make friends quick ly and the act goes big The Rusticana Trio, Parisian minstrels, gave a pleasing musical) entertainment, and Alexander von Mitzel and Isis Maynard presented a nice little comedy which took well Inza and Lorella are tumbling pantomimists and Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Brien are seen in a dif ferent comedy sketch The Godolensky troupe, Russian dancers, hit the nail squarely on the head. Pantages. Jesse L. Lasky’s Hoboes head the bill at the Pantages theatre this week with a fine assortment of songs. There are six men in |the cast and they scored time and | again | “Mantell’s great marionettes tsuff for the young ers. 1 Reed & Deas do a tle of everything, Including dane ing and singing, and Nina Nestor and Joe Sw y are seen in a inique sketch they call Thief in the Night.” Loughitn’s Dogs are well train ed and Kennedy & Kennedy form & good dancing duo should Wedding Bells Will Ring. Milton Sills Blanche Bates company, last week confided to me the tenderest se et of his g life—his be othal. The forts n in the is Gwiadys Wynne. She wa here as Mary, the niece, in Servant in the House,” at same time that Sills wan playing the vicar, Moore last summer. bh Mr. Sille and Miss Wynne most capable players, and| ld they Insist on joint engage in the future, it is very prob: the stage partnership will) in t come as well known as case seen that of Keleey and Shannon or Mil-} ler and Anglin The wedding {a to take New York at the close of t j@ut season, place in le pres with) Miser | “The Old) | Stevens is! skirtings but the songs | 7 preliminary gurgte | leading man of the} te young wom | — — = Burning City to Be Shown, | Ohe of these days the Pantages} roult will spring on its patrons| }& threeply stage version of the de struction of San Francisco by fire} in 1906, The scene will be an of | flee in a lofty building on Market *t, presumably on the day after | the earthquake, when the flames | began working weet from the fer ries in deadly earnest, The broker }looks out of his windows, the audience, and sees one t Je after another topple over, while the angry red fire makes the stage hands perspire and the audi tors thrill with horrified fascina tion or some such emotion The idea has all been jout, Chartie Taylor ta the necessary lines, and all that jremaing i# to hire two or three] j actors to support the red fire. aa do worked writing Inj SERENE *| AMUSEMENTS THIS WEEK, «)| eee eee ee ee es MOORE—Biliie Burke In “Love ALHAMURA~-George Fawcett *| in “The Great John Ganton,” GRAND—John E. Young in “Lo.” SEATTLE—The Russell.Drew Company (71st to 80th per- formancea), in “A Marked Woman. LOIS—The Del Lawrence Com pany (78th to 88th perform. ances), in “Pierre of the Plai ORPHEUM — Edwin Stevens and vaudeville, MAJESTIC — Alexander Mitzel and vaudeville PANTAGES—The Six Hoboes and vaudeville. von SPEER EERE ERE RRR EE \* ee ee Edwin Stevens on Thureday will} change his act at the Orpheum | Mr, Stevens’ | from the Dickens portraitures be is |; now giving to a far Out "A Night} Receipt of recent the Orient makes T. jley almost jtake his }trip at cables from} Daniel Fraw-| certain that he will not contemplated Oriental this time, but will mat the p outlined in thia Hast Friday, of going Into Fairbanks over the ice next January to look after bis mining claims. Harry Leavitt, formerly booking manager for Sullivan & Considine will arrive In the city tonight or to se from Ban Franciaco, aftor }an extended trip th mh the Baat Leavitt recently r 1 from a booking office 7. Pittat con | nected with the Joe Woods circuit | Architect E. W. Houghton rday for a short tour of petion of the theatres he ts | building at Ogden and Spokane for Cort and the Shuberts spectively ELLERY ANNOUNCES FAREWELL PROGRAM. Channing Ellery announced eal program for his farewell concert | Wednesday afternoon at the Moore, | this morning. It follows | Part |. 1. March—-""Militaire,” (Sehubert.) 2. Overture—"William Tell,” (Ros-| stint) 8. "Danza Flute obligatos by Sig. Plantamura 4.Symphonic F “Les Pre (Lisat.) Part It, 5. “Largo,” from the "New World” Exotica, | | symphony, (Dvorak.) | (Mascagni.) | tudes,” 6. Tenor Solo—"Ridi Pagilacci,” (Leoneavallo.) Mr, Frederick Pow- ell, 7. (a) “Pilgrim's Chorus” from “il | Lombardi,” (Verdi) (b) “Spring}| Song.” (Mendelssohn.) Solo by Sig. | Recchia. 8. Sextet from “Lucia di Lammer moor,” (Donizetti) Mesara. Anto- nelli, Liberatore, Flora, Di Pentima, | Manctol. ‘TWO MILLIONS FOR PARKS IN TWO YEARS During the next two years $2,000, 000 will be spent by the park board lfor park and parkway improve |ments, if the city council and the | voters of Seattie approve of a bond |issue of that amount | The council was officially in formed of the board's plan through the following communication sent to it last night e board of park commission lies at its meeting October 25 pass led @ resolution to the effect ‘that it is the sense of this board that we| request the city council to author ize the submission to the vote of the people at the next general city election the question of a bond 1s sue in the sum of $2,000,000 for park and parkway purposes, as shown by @ summary of proposed expenditures for the years 1910 and 1911.'" The communication was referred to the park and boulevard and fin anc ommittees: The fact was brought out that such a bond iague | would mean an Increase of 44 of @ mill in the tax rate. The bonds) would bear 4 per cent interest, the total for a year being $80,000, : WOMEN WAN you work, why not earn more than @ living Bright cated women have iid be to bu a Viavi Com eady em er 12,000 w We will en , appl from capal Not ca | nified wo! venty-three ation helpful, dig Compan k build BASEBALL DUGDALW'S PARK PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 'ALL STARS. NATIONAL LEAGUE! —GREAT ‘GAMES— Wednesday and Thursday October 27 and 2%, at 3 p.m. General Admission . Grand Stand .... [Boys under 18 .... |for the combat THE 8STAR—TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, <6 AALADAD HEAL ON TAP RUMORED THAT EDWARD HAW-| LEY 18 PLANNING LARGE RAILROAD I88UE, 1909, ‘WANT GRAND JURY “HOW AND ONE EACH = a meeting of the Thprovement Clubs yesterday after nHen"In the Commercial Club rooms & resolution was adopted in favor of the courts calling at least one grand jury @ year, to inquire Itin rumored /any complaints that might — be here today that a big bond iasulng | brought before it an to investigate plan Involving the Chicago & Alton | special offenses and four other friendly lines, with They also petitioned the superior Edward Hawley as the head, 1*/ court of King county to app: being worked upon, The other! grand jury at an oavly date roads# mentioned In connection with | quire into offenses the plan are the Toledo, St. Louls | triable and Western system, lowa Central Phe Minneapolts & St. Louis and thy Chesapeake & Ohio railroad The officials of the Chicago & | the Alton deny knowledge of any finan celal workings being afoot and inti Mate that it ta almply a Well at story The capitalization of the posed syndicate, both comme nd preferred, Is placed at $146,( 4 and the roads own and 4,800 miles of tarck DUEL IS. CANCELLED | (By United Press) CHICAGO, Oct, 26 to in committed or Within King county,” resolutions w then rf ferred to the separate public on the question Resolutions were also adopted re questing the council to grant the Puget Sound Electric Co. ebise without the olaune fare tO any part that is annexed at som | future time 6 cents with transfers, © 4 conta without the trans privilege. These resolutions, after Considerable discussion, were referred to the other clubs for (iy Untied Prees.) action and will be brought before HAVANA, Oct. 26.—The duel | Se federation at some future time which was to be fought between Those present at the Justo Garcia Velez, secretary of | We Joseph Shippen, C. W state, and Dr, Mathias Duque, sec) Homer W, Hill, R. D. retary of sanitation, probably will|Marbin, A. T. Wilkin, Harvey L. not take The differences ex. Glenn, Frank W. Net! and Richard isting between the two was sub-| M. White mitted to the court of honor, which decided that there was no pecessity common user lean lace PIONEER A SUICIDE. FRANCISCO, Oct. 26 etired merchant and ereation regard: | ploneer of 1852, committed suicide ng what Secretary Duque believed | yesterday by sending a bullet into o be an rtinent Interference of | his brain, He was 79 years old and |Secretary Velez with his de part- ailments of age are supposed to have caused him to end his life ONE DOLLAR The trouble between the men re sulted from an al Brings a Victor Talking Machine into your home—and a Victor brings many a pleasant hour’s en joy ment that is p ositively un iq ue and of which you will never The sing- best Order ' tire greatest ers, the bands. today Pacific Const Distributers of VicTon Machines. one Paettic Const Dealers tn Steleway aed Other High Grade Pianos. y &Ge 1404 Second Aw Stores on the Near Union MacPherson-Gray Co. — MacPherson-Gray Co. 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EXTRA — Tomorrow Afternoon oc THE BLLERY BAND AtS p.m A Range Free se aa | PRIC a. THE GRAND Some fortunate family will AIN have a new Arcadian Malleable Range for Thanksgiving, and it won't cost them a cent. Ask us about it. In the Big Musical Comedy, “LO” —GIRLS—FUN—SONGS, i SEE IT SURE! PRICES. Specials for the Dining Room Entire Set of Eight Pieces $47.50 $1 Now, and $1 Weekly xactly like {llustra attractive design, f hardwood and oak; swell Mar two’ roomy NT . tte top measures 42x22 upe—Howard’s Mu French beveled ° etlands’—Ferrell Brothers Milt Wood—Walter L. Lewis. 25e to $1.80. Russel! & Drew, Managers. Lee Shubert RGE FAWCETT in The Great John G de Seattle Theatre | Both Phones 48 Managers. Mat Advanced Vaudevitle—Week of Nights, DINING TABLE } actly lice Hlustr strongly made and finished quartered ouk; top extends tc nix feet Six DINING CHAIRS, exactly like Mustration; quartered oak finish ¥ “B80 well 1 \ attractive Neville Shopping M Lower Fi ‘ony 100, Noteh, Startling Acts—7 [Ampte the same LOIS THEATRE M. 1304, Ind. 4334 Phones, Sunset COMFORTS “Star classified ahi Matinees ay and Wednesday, PANTAGES THEATRE Unequaled Vaudevilic.” All Week at 2:80, 7 and 9 Dally Special Sale of Short Lines at Great Reductions BLANKET . si y ie Ken nedy Business Bringers. Buy or sell real estate, etc. ced and Deas Mantell's Marionettes Thurs, and Bat. | 50c to $2. Mata, | ALHAMBRA THEATRE | resent | re Pe OnE TREN a eI ESOC