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" NE. OF AMERICA’S FOREMOST ACTORS WILL BE I ON MARGARET DALE THE STAR—SATURDAY een ee nme ee DECEMBER 25. 1909 Be Ht. CRANE FELIX HANEY WILLIAM C, DOWLAN : CHET SWINGLEY JULIUS STEGER and the Boys"—Moore Mr, Crane's Leading Woman “Man of the Hour"—Grand “Shadows on the Hearth’ —Seattle . In “Trilby"—Lole At the Orpheum + JI -PR- eee eee eee eee eee ee eee ee \* * i . ; RAYS A GIRLS SOME CHRISTMAS BILLS OF THE PAST IN * * THIS CITY. * a : "4 * ‘ il George Coban quit * * Can he quit? ® ISTI-—Carl Bosco, the magician, at The Pavilion * " vee ey eo Star yesterday * 1881—W Sheridan in’ King Lear,” at Squire's opera house. # | PO pe sme yet madly ag hse op ode gh ® s.01--Nell Burgess in “Widow Redott,” at Frye’s opera house. ® | woud quit the calclom after a row years more, fe bound to stir up * 1891--"Around the World in Eighty Days,” at Cordray’s theatre, ® | ¢ sideras ehikendion. as y tha dountey Wt be 1893 Frank Daniels in “Little buck” at the Seattie theatre * 2 Tk be ate pra po bie whe wit deus that Cohan is @ er a) Famid Pind %® 1897—-The Del Conte Grand Opera company at the Seattle » | eat Binoerunt. © the slay seen py a Local y *% 1899—"Remember the Maino,” at the Third Avenue theatre. i ae a a and Good Wishes | *® 1900-—-Richard Golden in “Old Jed Prouty,” at the Grand opera ® | © Eee, Oe SS Se. BP DR Oe eee * house * One secret of Coban's success has been his indefatigable energy ong | " ‘ob red on ting to actin Its Son or Daughter & 1901—"The Girl From Maxim's,” at the Seattle i | Rane 5 eaiing Servied Cone Bae waives fen vile te fone j ; x 190%--Joo Kelly in “The toad Waltere:’ at the ‘Third Avenue. @ | ff0™ acting to dancing, from dancing to directing the production o' This Lonesome a ieas es ey age sl a ale Be * | half dozen road compantes, from that to wriling half a dozen | * 1905—“The Gt tne Grams % | Clever musical comedies, from that to writing songs, forever allve | % 1906—"The Girl I Left Behind Me,” at the Lois theatre * active, plunging madly into things.fintshing them, plunging feveriably ipnemnnene * 7 Into the next Can Cohan stop? * - Could he be satisfied to sit down and watch the world drift by See eee eee eee ** * RHRARRAARAAARARARARRARAERAAAAHAAH HH | rim? Could he stand it, after that decade and a half of the hardest MENT CALENDAR. & = = — | kind of work? . | A remarkable career has been his, It's only @ little while back COMING WEEK pa went ane PLAYSILES | PAST PERFORMANCES. since the ¢ merely clever variety people, playing ten " " * a | twentthirt houses. Young George Cohan’s success. ching a point i t cal 1LLIAM H. CRANE, in “Path ILLIAM H, CRANE played at! OSy where his foyafties net bim about $70,000 a weck, has been one William H. Crane in ® er and the Boys,” a George the Grand seven years ago a and the Boys.” . Ade play, will be the attrac as the star, of “David| % the spectacuiar things in the show business, has made people rec RA—Dark * tion at the Moore t eventug | . ognize him | } ¢ Moore tomorrow evening | Harum,” and three years ago was : Were “The Man of the # jand all next week. This will be Mr.|the co-star with Ellis Jeffreys in| >. Only one thing could stop hima bre ak down, Hils Dest tri mds * Crane's first appearance here for|“She Stoops to Conquer” at the! iets and will took charge. and Gecres Cohan whirled madly on . —The Russell-Drew * | three years, and his first local pres | same houre. NTE ons UKtl GOOG te chin moune aoe Maven that Cra ot le (60th to 169th * tation of this play, which had| In his present company he bring®) wi) atep in and demand thar he rest aren: te | “Shadows * MARCELLA SEMBRICH a run of four months at the Empire |back Percy Clarke, who was here * ag rye eantines “wall, ould he quit? * theatre in New York. Margaret| with him in “David Harum,” and Pe rer eee oes Sees me Te Del Lawrence com- &|Noted Soprano Who Ie to Be) Dale will be the leading woman. Margaret Dale, who supported him nmi (Tech to 188th per. #) Heard Week After Next at in “She Stoops to Conquer.” Miss) Mme. Marcella Sembrich will be George M. Cohan was last eve ) in “A sear eyecl the Grand. “Man of the Hour”—Grand. Dale was here 4) years ago at the! heard in concert at the Grand on ning presented with a magnificent a Mun ak ae nee Brady & Griemer will present | Seattle theatre with Henry Miller in| Monday evening, January 8 under loving cup by the members of his “4 “The Tit “Com % | der Christmas dinner between two| The Man of the Hour,” the George | “Heartsoase * | the auspices of the Ladies’ Musical company and vaudeville, # | Performances of “Tho Climax” in an | Broadhurst drama, at the Grand to- Another member of the Crane| club. Frank La Forge will accom Leonel — Reno & | Eastern city. Gene Huckings Is now | morrow afternoon and night and all | Company is Louls Massen, who play! pany her Plays which Seattle will eee for Tcorne B. Rene %|in Alaska, having retired from the| next week. Felix Haney ts still to|¢d at the Grand tn 1904 with Mary| “Tritby,” the dramatization of the the first time during the coming ’ y %| Stage. Frank Egan will celebrate |be seen as the florid and emiling|Mannering in “Harriet's Honey-| py Maurier novel, is to be put on|week are “Father and the y — Petroff's Ani &| day with his new friends in Los/alderman, Phelan, but the cast for mooa. Wye lat the Lois week after next and “Shadows on the Hearth. Bircus and vaudeville. «| Amseles. Bobby Lawrence is today | the greater part will be new he The M | Bis 4 pecadhs # | Bellingham, wishing he were th | Jobn Moore has the rote of the bows, | he Man of the Hour” followed) — peep sane ee K AFTER NEXT | Seattle just for tonight and Madeline Winthrop is to have he Alaskan” as the second attrac AMUSEMENTS, : reve: > . tion at the Moore theatre two years | ————————____ ~- —— Wherever you are, boys and girls, | the leading female role (January 28.) * | don’t forget to come back home aaecne ago. In the cast then were Lionel| fart hy * a = }Adams, Ruby Bridges and Ethe M T J CG - : - Shadows on the Hearth” —Seattle. b h t lohn Cort Rintaytueed eee > Mary Mannering Not Coming “Shadows on the Hearth hey ag Re gn paved repeated) oore ea re Manoger night and all week, # : to opty pe oe ae po be the a at F pga Of next woek's cast, Felix Maney.| Seattio’s Leading Playhouse. Ficman in Mary # | tat did not send Mary Manner. tomorrow afternoon and all next | wjiam Culling Murdock Me. 0 I eos. cny ae Stak ny Alaa ie cons otek The pay wil errs trig |Quarte and Willa Loyd. have Lage Time Coe ohan “"yincen* ¢ Gay Mu &| ber Denver engagement, as back to town am Do been here with the pi th of . ” : cian " srucaday or] ead “one With “The Gay ‘Musiclan’| former local stock actor of consid | ity wir ab ngs nya gr iy ec Tonight ° ° Prince’ mie AN D—Sunda uesday, & | and with “The Man From Home.” jerable popularity, who appeared! ‘Tom Guise, another member. sang Week MATINERS é d all week, Ray Beveridge #| The Shubert house in Los Angeles |here steadily for more than two |g: the old Armory 10 years ago with || Beatwaine TOMORROW NIGHT ¥As # | is dark this week. Miss Mannering # | returned to the East from Denver *| This final example of Jim Deck ®ler's peculiar booking methods ® | means that the next Shubert attrac ® | tions following “The Gay Musictan’ #/and “The Man From Home,” to ap “Beverly.” Monday night, me. Sembrich in concert ATTLE—‘For Her Sake “Trilby.” EUM—Clande and Fan sher in “Fagan'’s De- IS TIC—Mile. Nord, the */ pear either In Los Ang San 7 ® | Francisco or Seattle, will have to be NTAGES - Louise's Mon jumped direct to the Const from * | some pomt at least as far east as saad *® | Chicago. Such attractions may be TIONS TO FOLLOW ® | any of a score of touring companies, rear is no way of telling what Marte Cabill in Boys and Betty” e Walsh in “The David Warfield in Music Master.” | Not Cold in Winnipeg. Eddie Dunn, George Cohan's ad. BRA—Henry -saontierg vance man, writes back that when agg AE te = ae 8 he struck Winnipes the thermom n | ete t 20 belo’ So tion”; Sam Ber ter was just 20 below zero. Se numb that he Dunn entered the # | the clerk How cold does could hardly speak p Girl and the hotel and asked Metville = in Bailey & Rose Hopkins”; it get in “The Top o' the #| Place?” ie ke don’t know,” replied the clerk. | + “The Right of */ +1 have been here four years and| E—The Derby Mas. &|¥® haven't had any cold weather| here in that time.” ; "On the Bridge at ®| Ad ens The Working: * | theatrical Population Is Growing. Me"St Elmo”; “A Gentle #| The example recently set by | 2 if France Genessee #| Ethel Barrymore is contagtous. tthe Hills # | From the home of Mr. and Mra # | William T. Hodge there has just tthe tte deen nounced the coming of an heir, Mrs. Hodge, it will be re | membered. 18, in public life, Miss BY J. w. GARE. | Helen Hale, the altogether attrac- in this | seasons. The play is « rural drama in four acts, exploited in the East by Arthar C. Alston. Emma Juch, He was here in 1 with “The Girl I Left Behind Me jand was with the Tivol! company | jwhen it opened the Grand in 1900. | He has since been here with the first time In local stock, | Jose Minstrels and with the Shay CHARLES FROHMAN Presents WM. H. CRANE IN HI8 BEST PART “FATHER AND THE BOYS” “A Message From Mars"—Lois. For the “A Message From Mara” will be | Grand Opera compan SF om Gamat Ee’ IGHING 8UCC seen here all next week, being| Madeline Winthrop, the new lead-| VEORGE ADS GREATRET LAUGHING SUCCESS, played by the Del Lawrence com: |ing woman, bas risen rapidly in her , i pe Thane Ov ca pany at the Lois theatre. This|profession. Eight years ago she Four Months at the Empire Theatre, New York Richard Ganthony comody was the |appeared at the Grand as a chorua|f PRICES: 60c TO $2.00. Original New York Production. stellar vehicle of Charles Hawtrey (girl in “The Burgomaster Dae ey in New York. The plot concerns! Business Manager Louis Miller ; JOHN CORT PRESENTS the visit of a Martian to the earth,|brough¢ bis own attraction. “Our Sun and his moral instruction of selfish |New Minister,” here in 1963 and e earth beings whom he encounters.|1904 and was ahead of Bhore | | Acres” at the Grand last winter JAN Vaudevilie—Orpheum. es 6 the New York and Chi Comedy Success | At the Orpheum next Monday| Willlam Dowlan, the new leading | there will be seen Julius Steger| man at the Beattie, came to the old & Co, in the playlet, “The Fitth|Orpheum on Second av. in the Commandment”; the Willy Pantser|spring of 1906, {n © vaudeville i HE GRAND | troupe of European athletes, Jean|sketch, That fall he joined the Clermont’s clreus of animals, the | Taylor company at the old Third Doherty Sisters, Irene Romaine/Avenue. He was a momber of the|f Last Time 66 ” Kramer @ Ross, comedians; Toki, original stock company which open Tonight a Japanese, in Oriental pastimes; |ed the Lols in 1906 and remained ° sess and the film of Pathe motion pic-|there for a whole year, After a oe tures at the close of the show |few weeks at the new Third Ave |f Neginatog Matinee Tomorrow tea jnue, he returned to the Lols and ref Th Vaudeville—Majestic. |mained there another year, leaving e Greatest Dramatic Bargain Ever Offered in n the Opening at the Majestic theatre |!#t December, History of Seattle Theatricals | next Monday afternoon will be Bat). 4 WM. A. BRADY AND JOB. R. er ANNOUNCE I dteablee Bille), Coleman in'a|."A Message From Mars’ was iano "monologue, Paulinette, @ |frat seen here in the summer of { HE MARN * HOUR Picquo in a European athletic spe-|/906 at the Seattle, the cast includ THE ctalty, La Mirette, a dancer; the pl a layers: Pa al BY GEORGE BROADHURST |four Stelante, Castitian sorenaders: |) Tata Creat Soeur THE PLAY THAT HAS MADE ALL AMERICA TALK agmy; and the motion pictures, The | ATWiur Dicey. Wallace Widdecombe PRICES: 25c to $1.00 A Messenger Aunt Martha Hadfield Anita Rothe old acta have their farewell per-| , | tive girl who captured several local | formances tomorrow Minnte Templer G. Delamater and Wm. Morris’ PB any a dinner table in| hearts when she was here with | Rs Elizabeth Valentine un at. , co — will be | “woodland” and with the Hiteh Vaudevilie—Pantages. The piay was repsated at the| . ie etches for cho | ne Petroff's clown circus will be the | goattle the next year, with Wallace be bapa thera . As all important events usually| headliner of the new show open-| Widdecombe in the leading role. firls who have gone! go by threes, the census bureau {s| ing at the Pantages on Monday aft-| The comedy was last given here by antlar matlred by Geo. Barr MeCutehe m the their homes here | aiready counting on still another|ernoon, supported by Kilmer, Tay-|a road company lant May vel, “Beverly of Graustark : thelr way upon the | actor or actress before the January | lor & Wilson, operatic vocalists: | ya ee Oey ee sets In | the Jones-Williams trio in the com-! allie Stembler. at the Majestic! Wy Christmas somewhere ones —nilhag ledy playlet, “Crushed Strawber-|next wock, was hore with “ A Rall the ach may Moen ey FIO III IIH HH | Thos Elliott & West, singers and |road Ticket” at ihe old Third Ave ee, oP ponst Oe Phosa = MeaAllister, whose #| @ncers; Clotiide & Montrose, acto-|nue in 1896, and at the Moore two and girls | grew up with ® death was announced in a #/|batle comedians > he agama seasons ago in “Coming Thro’ th doth Shonee—atea Who are now sccking for-|* United Press dispatch in The #| Fiyan, the minstrel gir Rye. BS | the great th at wad, weer leet Svening, was 8 toe o Vaudeviilo—Lyceum. II TTT TOTOT TOT IHR HOH Wer the are today, a *® mer stock a me Kir p elty *| At the Lyceum theatre, on Second | % * and a Happy New| * Misa MeAiliater i” ther own 2 (av. Just north of the Savoy, there|# MATINEES NEXT WEEK. é will be an added attraction next | ® * alg has been touring the |% sompany; oot moe *| week in the guise of the Washing-|# Sunday — Grand, Seattle, * ‘ West at the head of me “ Teanga ton Quartette, composed of H. G.|® Lots = Pempany. I believe he has |* mille” She Pras & inomber Of *| igbort, Fred Kitto, W. H. Stetson|* | Tuesday—Lols * 80 apend today with his | * the Orem in in 1806 and ag. wpand W. H. White. ‘Elsa Wels, the|% Wednesday—Grand, Lois, | Advanced Vaudeville 3 fiers se l appeared here in sev. #| Viollnist, will continue noxt week,|® Thursday—Moore, Seattle. | ”) i ponsor 1s somewhere in | * a op ata one ding Frawley #| 80d A. H. Lehy remains as the bal |# — Saturday—Moore, Grand, So * Me in the Kast. Doris Ple On OF GigRt SuCeeS sire lad singer. , There will also be mo-|® attle, Loin * Sefer in Tacoma with “The|* companies, as well as with Wii tures: & Every Day—Orphoum, Ma- # Week Commencing Monday Matinee, company. Helen Bar.|* Clay Clement during his reper- # * jestic, Pantages. “ December 27, Hurling in northwestern | toire seasons here. Miss Mc ie northwestern | | ‘atlister and her hueband, Har- #| Week After Next. * Ti Ani His Cénpaniy THE GREAT Duffield, were last here six *) Max Figman, in the rural com |*#¥*¥¥*# ¥¥ 4 ¥ Hw # eee _ | ry Duffi if in E TZE at ine i years ago with the Nelll-Moros- *|edy-drama, “Mary Jane’s Pa,” Will] weex after next the Soatile then: | ders abcaihins WILLIE PANTZER fre years, |® co company #| be the offering at.the Moore week|irg will offer the sensational melo WE F ed he age. Ina Cal A matter next, under th mnanagement) drama, “For Her Sak || COMMANDMENT COMPANY ago, in a Ca of John Cort. The entire Henry Silat deat. © ETO rae “Heaor Thy Father and mae gr Cohan 18 Not Selfish. |W Savage production will be seen | |} Thy Mother.” E sentiasrasvery sr — by . . he re, as woll as a number of the| ngagement Extraordinar Ran” *A0e0 Of alt) tentmene a ie” ee I Dixey toured the east Peatties th tb Pi ‘ san, Ungering in the lexico pany. He wrote “The Yankee é pionship Race vd ae pa Coombs LC La Frantz | Prince,” and wrote in a part for | *°4#0n “ skies long after the d touring in| himself, but made several other| “The Gay Musician” will be the ie past, so linger in my ne is @|rolea more important, and with) bill at the Alhambra fof ona, week, | mind the story and the lend Bacanio Minch A en austark’ | more: “fat lines than hi« own, Not] starting sunday, January 2. ‘Texas nM ves VS. ars wong of your beautiful PT nt, [Singers & Dan lonly that, but on his opening night | Guinan, Lotte ndall, Harry Ben playlet 1 wish ¥ Wolff is ip in Canada with |in Seattle, he sent Tom Lewis out aay i Roger ray ae pity ps ile war and rib id Me ompany, Charlie | tc . which John jocum ‘ , > wet 1 Mur coming W. “g ge MF om Tar Me tk or see for this musical comedy Dugdale’s Park, Sunday, The Late Bishop Potter, Deherty Sistere Nippon's Great estward with | demanded a J J : vr , re “ Carter. Charlotte Ham pee ger “Beverly” will be at the Grand Dec. 26, 2:30 P. M. New York Those Ginger Girls Rauilibrist in sock work at last re-| Good heavens! A star allowing veh pier te Mie! may Mel Na ate ten cee ; lartin will be here | the character man to make the cur-| dramatization o| ree : i a Performances every evening 8:16. | Bvening prices—10¢ 0, b0e, The, With Willian H. Crane |talgyapeech!. Frank Danis pleare|Gutcheon's novel. Ray Bevoridge Admission — $1.00 “"Matineos datly at 2:16 p.m. Dally matiness—100, 350, boe heads the cast. fet McKinney will snatch | write ING EIR I 4 mx) Te tt ALHAMBR SALLIE At the STEMBLER Majestic AMUSE MISS "MONTROSE At the Pantages MENTS. THE an int ATRE RusseLL fp ORew, Mars Main S41 283 Week Beginning January 2, Matinces Wednesday and Saturday THE | GAY 1 sents Thun Dchigsen This Afternoon and “THE GIRL ente MUSICIAN t Singing Chor tos | Matincen, es THEATRE #100 Russell & Drew, Mera Phones, Main 43 SEATTLE Tonight—Last Times, ENGINEER.” Week Beginning With Setinee. Temnsiveer-> Obie Matinees Thursday and Saturday Arthur C. Alston's Prod tion of Louis Eagsn's Play, HADOWS ON THE HEARTH A Drama of Powerful Human Interest, Interpreted by Russell & Drew's Popular Players Nights, 15 to 50 Cents; Matinees, 10 and 25 Cents The Dancing Senantion of Europe, Annini Prices—10c, 200, 30¢; Box Senta, SOc. To A MESSAGE =| = FROM MARS The Pantages Theatre idiae Family V MONDA Y MATINER GEORGE B. RENO AND HIS “MISFIT ARMY” It's Only « Fan Storm, LA MIRETTE ted by Senor Joseph Gerardi. Paulinette and Huropean Ecce THE FOUR MELANIS Vaudeville’s Sweetest Singers. SALLIE STEMBLER America’s Dashing Comedienne BILLY J. 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