The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 18, 1909, Page 3

— AL W. FREMONT At the Majestic BESSILEE. MERRILL “The Land of Nod."—-Grand, | WULLNER PROVES MOST “FYPRESSIVE. OF ALL SINGERS Baritone Acts and His German Son- to the Delight of a 2 Audience. May Is Again T. Frawley’s Lead- ' Woman—James A. 3 @ Herne’s Home Totally / 3 ba TT Ceerereres. ISEMENT CALENDAR. “4 } THE COMING WEEK. | 1€-—-Sunday afternoon, feerth popular concert. Sun / day night, “The Alaskan.” r y to Saturday, Geo. Cohan in “The Yankee RA —Dark. “The Land of Nod.” 4 £—The Russell a y (160th to 159th om in “The Girt rhe Dek Lawreace ny (167th to 177th per. cos) in “A Gilded 4 PHEUM—Arturo Bernard}, 3 D nm artist, and vaude- pe ] STIC—Boganny troupe, s and vaudeville NTAGES—Mil ma, dt ver, and vaudeville WEEK AFTER NEXT (Dee. 26-Jan. 1.) Willlanr H. Crane in “Father and the Boys. HAMBRA—Dark. ND. “The Man of the q é TTLE—"In the Shadow the Hearth.” : “A Message From ‘ |EUM—Jullus Steger & 4 C a “The Fifth Command iA, TIC Geo. B. Reno and Misfit Army : AGES—Petroff's animal ACTIONS TO FOLLOW Figman in iry Jane's Pa"; Marie ii in “The Boys and iy"; Blanche Walsh in Test.” BRA—“The Gay Mu ‘" Henry Hall in “The From Home,” Mary iitering in “A Mans E—-Max pre ; severly,” Mme. a h in concert, Rose e pMeivilie in “Sts Hopkins,” i The Top o' the World ‘LE—"On the Bridge at e i t,” “The Derby Mas ; eo” “Stolen by ste " “Trilby ‘Genessee of Hilts,” “A Gentleman of ndndndndnda dade iede tated toe ie | BY 4. w. SAYRE. Rg: Lupwic wuL ae i thrilled a large th le audience of Fi at the Grand yester i, Gon when he made his ay @ debut under the auspices bert club. There was ey BE chilly around the place singer himself, for #aw and felt the various Which bave made the fi iM the Grand famous, and was Old. Not so his audience. Warm from the exercise of Rand-clapping, an exercise Wan obviously denied the tor “hinwelt : winger made a won Impression on all his hear His repertoire of songs, 20 in f Gnd ali in his native Fepresented such authors rt, Brahms, Schumann, S78 Strauss and Hugo Wolf SaREe Was such as to give . = *8ptewsion to every quality i Pe Mceptional baritone voice Willner is more than a He is filled with dramatic Eee acted and felt his songs, # power of beauty and fe itio aati apart from 3 Quality Wiliner’s voice is, in fact, Femarkable. It is his of the lines of his son Sdinirable gesture and the nobility of his most countenance, which Meaning of the lines footlights a» tew con have attempted to do The employment of Heal accesories to h me may-not be good art, gy tHusical Mart, from alia MiadintetindintaMnMaintnMeMeteMaMaMatetatatatatatetetatad tnd. t tt tt tot tt 2 ttt 2d Aeded ted dedtedededetedetetetededatetetatetadahal Dr.) hia! WILLIAM H. CRANE One of America’s Oldest and Best Known Stars, Soon to Appear Here. standpoint the ence Coenraad V. accompanist of a musical aud) Bos was a splendid SRR Harry Lauder and his vaudevilé company of 17 people have been booked by William Morris for the Arm ery in Tacoma ou the after noon and evening of January 18 This makes it certain that the Scotch comedian will be seen In Seattle next month. William Morris will be here with Lauder pete ee ee eee eeeeeee eee eee SERRE RRR Ailleen May With Frawley. T. Daniel Frawjey, having ample opportunity for observing the good work of Ailleen May as a stock lead ing woman during their two years of astociation at the Lots, has se cured Miss May for the leading fe. maie roles of his new stock com pany at Winnipeg. She will make her Winnipeg debut next Monday night in “The Girl of the Golden Wést.” A letter from T. Daniel conveys the following information ‘i have just been able to secure Miss May's release from her con ted starring tour in nt.’ L consider he leading woman I have ev in any of my companies since " you Mary erest had Blanche B: Ob, Van Buren! Herne Oaks, the Long Island home of James A Herne’s widow, burned to the ground last Saturday, involving a loas of $65,000, including all of Herne's papers, souvenirs and valu ables and the manuscripts of sever al of his earlier plays, which are now lost forever magnificent ‘The only play see for the first coming week Is which Seattle time during the “The Yankee | Prince.” Thirty-five years ago tonight December 18, 1874, the Cosmop }tan Minstrels and Galetie Comique | Troupe gave an entertainment in The Pavilion Manager John W. Considine re turned last night from his eastern trip. “Everything in vaudeville ts quiet and prosperous,” said he to- day. “We open our new Sullivan conaidine house in Cincinnati on the 27th. Not of Coming Attractions. Blanche Walsh in her new play ‘The Test will be a January at traction at the Moore The Top o' the World fantasy with Bailey and Austin tn the leading roles, will pay Sts first visit to this city at the Grand next month. The book is by Mark Swan Week after next William H Crane will be seen at the Moore in the George Ade comedy Fath and the Boys.” Margaret Dale be his leading woman, Crane is now the dean of the American stage. He has not appeared in Se- attle for several seasons. Man of the Hour” will be seen at the Grand week after next The cast of the Broadhurst drama will be Readed by Arthur Maitland and Madeline Winthrop ‘The Max Figman in “Mary Jane's Pa Rose Melville in “Sis Hopkins,” the Gay Musician,” Marie Cahill in “The Boys and Betty,” “Beverly and Mme. Sembrich in concert are all to be seen here within a few weeks The bill at the Seattle during Christmas week will be Arthur Alston's “In the Shadow of the introducing the new lead William Dowlan Message From Mars” derlined at the Lots for w next, Hearth, is un after will} RICHARD F. CARROLL In “The Alaskan."—Moore. NEXT WEEK'S PLAYBILLS. MORROW night “The Alas iT kan” will give ite farewell } performance at the Moore On Thursday, Friday and Sat urday George M, Cohan will be seen in his w musical play The Yanke Prince,” for the | first time tm this city, Lewis and | ityan, seen he in “Little Johony Jones,” will be in the cast. The will be 12, chorus rincipals and a large “The Land of Nod"—Grand. The Land of Nod,” a musteal ox travaganza under the direction of Sam Rork, will pay tte tht this city at the Two promtn and all next week re of the new nt memt cast will b it MeNel! and Anna McNabb, r mbered here from the connection with The Red Milt The prima don no be Hesatlee Merrill, late of Motor Girt” company Fourth Popular Concert At the Moore at 3 o'¢ afternoon the Seattle Sym phony orchestra will play the fourth concert In the popular ser th pelng entirely Wagnertan will be heard in a vto * program will includ fons from “Riensl,” “Got rung,” “Lobengrin. ote Motstersinger” and “Tannhaew six numbers In all ok tomor row —Seattie. 1 be pre next week ew Stock company “The Girt Engineer” The Girl Ex ed at the & the Ruassell-I | ite 16th offering. The play ts from the pen of Chas. A. Taylor and bee here for more than thr The scenes are laid in th t the present he effects including a bridge. depot and signal tower, rapids and falis “A Gilded Foot”—Lois. init to | THE STAR—SATURI NEVA WEST “The Girt Engineer.”—Seattle | PAST PERFORMANCES. | PERRY COHAN and Helen Co han, two members of Th Yankee Prince y, ap peared at the of 1904, in Of the Mo mmer Running for Office same organization at the ok, Tom Lewis and Sam J. Ryan will be recalled here from thetr excellent acting in th first “Little Johnny Jones” co: pany in 1906, Before that, Ryan | was here just 20 years ago at Tur | ner Hall in M. B. Leavitt's “Spider jand Fly” company, and in 1893 }with Mark Murphy in “O'Dowd's | Neighbors,” at the Seattle theatre | “The Land of Nod” was played here at the Seattle two years ago, by a cast including Luella Drew, William V. Strunz, Knox Wilson, | William Friend and Law ver. The play was repeate | Grand last season | Of next week's cast, Neil Me | Neil was here In 1896 with Corinne jin “Hendrik Hudson,” and last sea son with “The Red Mill Anna McNabb was also here with “The Red MIL” Adelaide Harland play éd in stock at the Lots for several onthe, three years ago, and wns with “The Land of Nod” last year a« Manager Lee Riley past been here in advance Slisler, Alberta Gallatin Thro’ the Rye” and “The Nod. eave Girl Engine old Third of 1906, by Coming Land of “The # at th © was prody Avenue In t the Chas. A Taylor company, the cast including the following players John Wilder Chas. R. Allen Ashpaw W. R. Dailey Whitey W. L. Rays Pearl Ailleen May Olive May Virginia Richmond Widow Thorn Viola. Keene Raynore was by the play For ite Christmas offering, the |TYIO® company at the same play | Lots will all next week present, for |W three years ago | the first time here jn two years, the ticles American cc In fou ta by A Glided Fool” was brought to Nat Goodwin Giided tat the Seattle theatre lowing princtpals sodwin's |Chauncey Short ..Nat C. Goodwin sees. All scenes are laid in| Matthew Ruthven ..Robert Wilson rk. Del Lawrence will as-| Bannister Strange C. EB. Holt sume Goodwin's old role Jack Duval T. Daniel Frawley Jacob Howell... Theodore Babcock Vaudeville—Orpheum Ro age Mer eonad At the Orpheum, beginning Mon Neli Ruth Minnle Dupree oo an there will be Arturo | Margaret Ruthven. ..Mabel Amber Ben in willy hoeel’ Gator? tha |,, James Neill wan the next to 4 A Gilded Foot here ten Chadwick Trio, with Ida May Chad-|.04 ‘The Baker 7 tre company Mr. and Mre. Frederick aq the play in ite repertoire in mind a Siang ae ag yh 1908 and Nat Goodwin revived it » Fe endings, equilfbrists and |} ory in 1908 and 1907. In Good flying leapers, Dagwell Sisters in ®| oon» latter cast here, there were song cycle, and Hopkins and Axtell, |}; G. Lonsdale, Nell O’Brien, Suz entertainers ette Jackson and Edna Goodrich | - — Vaudeville—Majestic ous. Woiabure t the Ma ¢, starting Monda “ dentin TRO oie be toy dea Ba 0en Welkaih, on Of The Ala z z 0 come¢ *«, was playing n ‘olumbia Four in & comedy musical |S" "0b we) by the United States repertoire, Al W. Fremont & Co. In ew deala, Trowee were 06 lg i Aged ben Rig age ioes ing mobilized to be hurried to the on music ball artiate: the Four|front and everybody was very pa-| jon m BOEk SeEeee See POUT | celakts uding Wetnburg. When: | Dancing Belles; Probst, the whi* | over @ man saw a group of soldier oe ta fm gt pictures from joys standing around it was his | | the Pathe Brothers on the bloscope. | Hieasure and his duty to buy them | Veudevillac Pantages all a drink. So thought Weinburg, | Mile. Mirma, in a diving act, will) Ono day he espied half a dozen be the headliner of the new show | boys in blue half a block down the at the Pantages theatre next Mon-| «treet. He motioned to them and day, supported by Sig. Glaflando, | they followed him into one of those | |harpiet; MacLean and Bryant in| places. They all lined up against the facical playlet “Ootsey”; Payne | the third rail and Lee in @ novelty act, with Miss What'll you have, boys?” de Lee as a dancing Billiken; Will*| manded the hospitable Gus, and Hasson, American equilibrists “Beer,” came in a chorus. Pierson and Garfield in comedy and| After they had disposed of that | songs, and the motion pictures, beer, and then two more rounds ” apiece, for Gus never does things Other Special Concerts Planned. | y halves, he turned to them and In view of the fact that tomor- | said row’s popular concert, with an all My kid brother is one of you Wagnerian program, has given rise | He's with the 7ist, down In Cuba to a far greater advance wale than| The boys in blue looked at him lany previous popular concert has|in silent astonishment, The bar enjoyed, Director Henry Hadley | keep laughed believes that the local musical pub: Say,” remarked the latter, “you lie wants these specialized pro-|don't take these men for soldiers grams, and he intends making do you? They're a German band other concert programs along sim tlar Hnes The Shuberts have just gained He told me today that two of their first one-night stands on this these concerts were already plan-|Coast. They now play San Diego ned. In January he will offer a\and several other California towns, Beethoven | breaking their jump between Los exclusively This will be followed Tachaikowsky prograin concert of numbers y a purely he chance to hear a repertoire of| The telegraphic dispatches — er. tions by these masters will be |roneously reported the name of} overlooked by very few of Seattle's | Maude Fealy's thew husband as concert-lovers. James Murkin. © right name of the new Mr. Fealy is James Dur Expose Note. age The snowballs which are being usef in “The Alaskan” this week |Impossible Conversations. (No, 4.) have all been properly fireproofed Stage Director Dick French "hada oe! gl eae lial Bede * * MATINEES NEXT WEEK. ve 7 * Sunday—Moore, Grand, S¢ |* attle, Lois. * = Tuesdoy—Lols *% Wednesday—Grand, Lots * , Grand, Se # attle, Lots * Every Day—Orpheum, Ma | ® jestic, Pantages * Oe eed XOteeeeeeeeeee it Angeles and San Francisco. I want two right down Now In this next scene or three of you to come stage almost to the footlights Chorus of Actors Oh, Mr French, please excuse me from |that. I just hate to occupy the cen ter of the staxe | ALHAMBRA THEATRE | vor That Tired Fee Hunky Doodte omit, | HOPKINS Mats. 260 10 $1 ight Prices |mented by the druggist’s skill In | 1416 Second Av. IAY, DECEMBER 18, 1909 MIRMA At the Pantages. In J, W. PIKE “A Gilded Fool.”—Lois. AMUSEMENTS Moore Theatre’ Seattle's Leading Playhou: ” Dec. 23,24, 25 ONLY MATINGS pantie SEAT SALE OPENS MONDAY, 10 A. M. Msn) COHA FAMILY And ae All-Star Cost te Mr, Cohen's Sennn 1 Musical Comedy Succens THE YANKEE PRINCE A Hundred Players. A Million Laughs. Aummented Orchestra, 26 1 Prices —D0e to #200. GEO. M. MIS ROVAL Week Beginning Sunday, Dec. 26, Mats. Thurs. and Sat. CHAS. PROMMAN PHUNSENTS wM. H. CRANE wating sures “FATHER AND THE BOYS” THE GRAND Last Time Tonight—Primrose Minstrels WRENM OPr TOMORROW oof Law = Greatest Masten) Triemph a "E Rork Soectiouar Production of the tA Brilliant Musical Extravaganza — SA | Land of Nod | A STAGE FULL OF PEOPLEs And an Amactng Array of Superb Costumes, Scenery end Electrical Bf- fects SONG HITS AND NOTABLE PRATURRS THAN IN A PRODUCTIONS COMBINED io; OPENING SUNDAY MATINE Wee. Brady and Joseph i “THE MAN OF THE HOUR” Pinay That Has Made All Amerion Laugh, Moore Theatre Sunday Afternoon 3 °c EMBER 19th. Sharp SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HENRY HADLEY, Conductor. The purchase of books containing tickets for the remaining Popular Concerts will be a saving. They are on sale at the theatre, music stores and music studlor, Regular prices: 26c, 50c, JONN CORT Manager iMt- mer Announce FOURTH POPULAR CONCERT 3 = kk THEATRE Last Time Tonight— Matinee todey “ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE” Week Beginning With Matinee Tomorrow—Other Matinees Thursday and Saturday RUSSELL & DREW'S PLAYERS, DIRECTION OF R, E. FRENCH, BIG SCENIC REVIVAL OF CHAS. A. TAYLOR'S HE GIRL ENGINEE A Melodrama With a Heart Nights, 15c to 50c Matinees, 10c and 25c Take down your telephone and call Ind 4745 or Main 6392 The Public Market Grocery 1601 PIKE PLACE. We will gladly quote you prices on Xmas groceries and save you money FREE DELIVERY—ASK THE MAN DOWNING, KKINS & RY (Batablished 1893) BROKERS ate Wiren. The Raven prescription service means that the doctor's skill in pre- sckibing is most efficiently supple compounding. RAVEN DRUG CO,, AURIE DAGWELL At the Orpheum. Week Commencing ARTURO BERNARDI The Great Italian Protean Artist UNA CLAYTON GEORGE M. COHAN In “The Yankee Prince.”——Moore, AMUSEMENTS Monday Matinee, Both Phones—5108 Advanced Vaudeville December 20 THE CHADWICK TRIO May Chadwiek, HAW GIRL” Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Voelker In “Twilight in the Studio” Bequll Fi OUR READINGS Filytey Leaps. DAGWELL SISTERS torical Oyele of % HOPKINS AND AXTELL High-Class nees dally at 2 Mraieartre Second and Spring Salltvan & Considine Pamily Va cntertainers. eB—100, 26¢ matinees-—10e, 50c, Tbe. ally ise, 60e. “Thea're Beaxtifal * ville. BEGINNING TOMORROW, DEC. 20, AT 2:15 In Miri Engagement Extraordinary JOE BOGANNY TROUPE OF LUNATIC BAKERS COLUMBIA FOUR PROBST atent Wh AL W. ep vacrtag oi nd His Wal or THE FOUR DANCING BELLES Gorgeously Costumed Dancing Act. ndom Muste Halls es EMERALD AND DUPREE Prices —160. Performances — CONTINUE 20e, Be Special Matinee Christmas Tonight, Last Time—*The Lottery of Love” 16TH WEEK D. S$. PLAYERS IN 16TH WEEK Special for Christmas Week Starting Tomorrow at the Sunday Matinee LAWRENCE A GILDED FOOL Henry Guy Carieton’s Famous Comedy as Played by Nat Goodwin Shopping Matinees Tuesday and Wednesday MATINEE CHRISTMAS DAY Pantages Theatre wie Week Commencing Monday Afternoon, December 20, at 2:30 Pearson and Garfield Comedy a 4 Song. MYSTERIOUS MIRMA WONDERFUL Helen Lowe Shoes and own price. Bankrupt Sale | £23,000 stock of Clothing, Hats, Furnishings at your 441K ST —4I8 McLean and Bryant In “Ootsey.” DIVING Lady Wellington Lump Now $5.50 Per Ton at Bunkers If your dealer does not have it, phone Latimer-Wallace Co., Independent 5040; Sunset Main 5040, General Hinckley Blk. office, 401 ACT vT ‘Chase. “es Second Av. mM “ina. White Machine REDUCED TO $30 B. D. VORIS Pioneer Dealer in White Sewing Machines. 1105 Third Av, Ind, Phone 594, Sunset—Main 705, 3 p f