The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 14, 1920, Page 5

THIRD ~ AND =~ MADISON SEATTLE’S ONLY MUSLOAL COMEDY COMPANY Starting TODAY Continuous Performance SUNDAY HERE’S ANOTHER BIG OFFERING —The utterly new and surprising sensation of the season—staged with the cream of the large beauty chorus. 1—Percy Hutchison, coming to the Met February 19. title role in “Pollyanna,” Wilkes. 5 ‘aurice Samuels, coming to the Pantages Monday, 5 PHONE STRIKE 2—Mary Thorne, who plays the 3—Walker Whiteside and Sydney shields, at the Met. —Lew White, comedian with CALLED TODAY jMost Men, However, Out of Union Now Are| For the | public, the | pany againet | was annou lly all outet | board men and in ployed by the 1 Telegraph comy oust have withdrawn from unions affiliated with the American Fe ot Labor and formed three anwo- mutual protection of the | employes and the com trikes and lockouta, it | practical nwiteh In wd here to on, on phone and on the Pacific assgelations for the Seattle | have signed an agteement | | with the cdmpany, covering the pe | riod from Rebruary 1 to December | $1, baniehing the strike and the lock viding for collective bar a 60cent per day in crease in wages. Wire reports from San Francisco anid today that officials of the © ed by the Pa! eifle Telephone and Telegraph Co. declared 90 per cent of the men went On strike at & a. m. 7 | dintriet that 2,000 “out: | workers in Califor nla, Oregon, Idaho and Nevada had left thelr places, accord ing to dixpatehes. Local association officials charac terized these reports as “Custer’s| last stand.” The strike, they sald. | had no effect in this district, inas | |much as the three associations com- prise practically 100 per cent of the men. | D. P. Fullerton, general tendent of the plant at Ba co, when told by the United Pres the claims made by the strike lead- ers, is reported to Have said } “Tn wo this mech They have) | their figures reversed, At this time | it appears that not more than 9 per { METROPOLITAN BEGINNING Ss U N D AYE 4 NIGHTS ONLY BARGAIN MATINEE WEDNESDAY “WALKE OY HITES ROBERT LOUIS patil THRILLING ROMANCE te MASTER, BALLANTRAE Y BY CARL MASON -— Evenings: 50e to $2.00 Matinee Wednesday (Best Seats) : COMING THURSDA For 3 Nights Only—With Matinee Saturday $1.00 4 Levy's Musical Comedy Co. —-Henry Santrey, at the Moore. 7—One of Linton’s Jungle “SHE LOVES AND LIES” =+Two hours of giggies, roars and screams with the West’s funniest quar- tet of comedians— “Abie”-“Ole” “Slivers”-“Toney” Sunday and Evenings. . Matinee Today .........27¢ ber 31, 92,827 were taking instruc | tion in educational subjects besides ‘their military trajeing. Practically half of the 1919 ex- ports to Germany were shipped dur _|the misguided wife learns of perfidy of her lover, and of the true) worth of ber husband. A stunning | Girls, Palace Hip. METROPOLITAN Walker Whiteside will be the at- traction at the Metropolitan Sunday night, at which time he will begin an engagement Hmited to four eve nings and one matinee performance. Robert Loula Stevenson's thrilling play of romance and roguery, “The Master of Rallantrac,” is Mr. White side's starring plece this season, in which he will appear ax James Durie, & young Scotch nobleman. Not since the days of “The Typhoon” has this fine actér had a more satisfying role to portray James Durie is a lovable rascal idier in the retinue of Bonnie Prince Chartie, he in reported dead} Jat the battle of Sulloden, After an ‘absence of ten years, James Durie turns up at Castle Duriadeer, in Scot land, and demands his rightful share of the Baliantrae eatate. Being re fused by his plodding brother Henry, James plots and plans to sec what he deems rightfully hin, Defeated at every turn by Henry Durie and his lold steward, Mackeliar, James per- suades his brother's wife, Alison, to elope with him, hoping thereby to secure what remains of her once large dower. A sudden duel between the Durte brothers prevents this scheme, and as the fight progresses the climax brings the threeact play to suspected by the audience, yet Stev- ensonian in every particular. eee PANTAGES ing spectacios vaudeville has seen, is the promise for Pantages patrons on the new bill beginning Monday when {Ted Shawn will present 16 of the loveliest girls of the Denishawn |dancers in “Julnar of the Sea,” a |choreographic drama made from an Arabian Nights story. Miss Lillian Powell, a charming Denishawn pupil, al an end. A denouement totally un-| One of the moat magnificent danc-| ie | | THRATRE PROGRAMS j METROPOLITAN — Wather White side in he Master of Hallan- trae” wmtlt Wednesday niaht. Coming Thursday, Verey Wuteh- | he Lack of the New xf MOOnK onphenne vaudeville, turimg Mewry Oa Wilkes Magers tn fea- “Polty- Musical featuring | bow inning chewy, | | PALACE HIP—Veudevitie, featuring Tom Iéntos and his Jungle Girls - Yandevitie, moers, " | MOORE ] Two featured acts of widely di-| vergent appeal are headlined on the| new bill of Orpheum vaudeville at the Moore tomorrow. Henry San. trey, a popular American baritone, 4 with bis temman “Syncopat ed Soclety and the Lightner girla with Newton Alexander have a big singing turn. H Santrey has recruited hie band! |from Eastern experts in ayncopation, | and thin, added to his personal vooul | attainments, makes the number @ Joy to vaudeville. The Lightner girts combine pret: | tiness, cleverness and grace in a} mont effective duo. Added to this is the breesy vaudeville of Mr, Alex- ander. Harry Jolson, brother of the fam- ‘ous Al and as like him as one pea is like another, has a jolly black-face number. Harry has a voice of opera- tic timbre and in maid to be a comefian par excellence. | Hubert Kinney and Corinne spe-| | clatize in dancing | Dan Bruce and Margot Duffet have & new playlet called “Thru the Key- hole,” described as a novelty sur-| Prine comedy. Maria Lo will bring famous statues | and works of art to Itfe by the pos | | |ing route. Kenney and Nelson, called | and continuing for the week, | matinees on | happiness to every one In her ne | porting part | other, WILKES Starting with a matinee Sunday, with Wednesday and Satur the Wilkes Players will present na,” the glad play Miss Mary Thorne, the pretty and pet ingenue of the Wilkes Play ers, will be seen in the role of the Uttle glad girl, Pollyanna, who be eves in the doctrine of being glad. day | 80 firm in her belief that she con verts all the neighborhood in which she lives. Pollyanna ie an orphan living with her aunt in a little town of New Bngland. She is such a cheerful little soul that she brings he borhood, even to “King Grouch,” her next-door neighbor. Mina Thorne will be supported by the members of the Wilkes Players, and there in little doubt that «he will rive to Seattle the same splendid per. formance in “Pollyanna Salt City theatre neanon on whe gave Lake goers LEVY'S ORPHEUS “Bhe Loves and Lies” will be the | current offering at Levy's Orpheum for the week. The offering is said to be one of the fastest and best-bal. anced fun and musical vehicles that Ert Hunt has presented at Levy's Orpheum for some time, Pick Hyland, the new leading man ot Levy's Musical Comedy company, will make his first appearance be- fore Seattle theatre goers in this at- traction and will have a strong sup- to the main comedy character, Lew White. White has the role of a professor who invents an elixir that makes old folks young again, Somehow or the concoction goes astray, and caused all the trouble. Oncar Gerard, Swedish comedian, and Robert Lorenzo, Italian come- last | ~ cent have gone out.” | |Slickers Teach Vassie a Trick Vansie Adams, 316 Ninth ave, is looking for two men named “Charlie” “Tony,” who, Adame says, are | aleightof-hand slickers.” | ‘They told me to put $600 J envelope and join in a swell bi | proposition,” Adams reported to po: jlice. “But they returned the en. | velope and disappeared, Instead of | my $500, I found newspaper clip: pings in the envelope,” jana iness SHRINERS are arranging the fu neral of Eliel Abner West, 63, of Dawnon, Y. T., who died at the Frye hotel Friday. The body is at Bonney Watson's. Cotton heads with a record 000 1919 export list of $1,313,000, value jada to the musical program with a} couple of late song hits eee COMING TO THE MET Percy Hufchison, eminent English actor and nephew of the late Sir Charles Wyndham, with his entire London's Queen's theatre company, will present “The Lack of the Navy” at the Metropolitan for three days starting Thursday, February 19. * “STAGE NEWS” STAGE NEWS | Richard Walton Tully’s romantic play, “The Bird of Paradise,” will be seen at the Metropolitan the week of February 22, with usual matinees, eee Dick Hyland, the new leading man of Levy's Musical Comedy company, | made his first appearance in Seattle at the tender age of 6, at the old Grand opera house, on Cherry at., |with the Payton Comedy company eee SEATS ON SALE SUNDAY F. RAY COMSTOCK and MORRIS GEST PRESENT The Eminent English Actor PERCY HUTCHISON And His Entire London, England, Queen’s Theatre Company THE FIRST ALL-ENGLISH COMPANY TO VISIT SINCE 1914, IN “THE LUCK OF THE NAVY” By CLIFFORD MILLS | | | Exactly as Played by Mr. Hutch for Two Years in London And as presented at s command performance before Her is featured in the company and ap-| “two speed boys,” will offer an acro- pears as the Princess Julnar. |batic number put on in a swift and Maurice Samuels, who is known | sensational order | dian, will have lots to do in the com: | ledy line | ‘The management of the Wilkes Evelyn Grafton will lead eight of | theatre announces that the offering | Queen Mary, and the Royal Family, for the British Naval most powerful picture Directed by T. Hayes Bunter She Produwer hes put the spirit, the action asi the Sruth of Desert Gold" upon the screen. My ideas, My Vishes—even ay hopes--have been fulfilled. paw Desert gold, desert gold, Dream of the rich and poor, Though you’re buried away in the strangest parts Gold of real happiness lies in our hearts; Golden dreams are sunbeams Flit’ring away when we're old, When it’s all said and done, The love of some one Is worth mountains of desert gold. thruout vaudeville as one of the) . noted character actors of the Ameri-| pALACK HIP can stage, will present his comedy/ ‘Tom Linton and bis Jungle Girls classic, “A Day at Ellis Inland,” as/ promise a rich and colorful bit of the added attraction of the new Dill. musical comedy on the new bill In his supporting company is Frank | which opens at the Palace Hip to Bosco, a young violinist who is fast) morrow, Seven attractive girls and winning fame in vaudeville. The|two men comprise the compan: scene is laid at the Ellis Island immi-| which bills its act “The Up-to-Date Sration station. | Missionary.” Linton, who appears | “Tho Huckster and the Actor” I8| ag the missionary, is cart away on a |the title of the offering of Jones! tropical island, which apparently is |and Sylvester, two capable comedians | jnhabited solely by girls and lions of | and singers. | flerce demeanor, and his experiences Jack Roshier will his | before he becomes reconciled to his canine wonder, “Muffs.” fate afford plenty of laughable situa Green and Pugh are well known | tions. blackface comedians who have a| fverything, from grand opera to | present Jazzy offering of mirth and melody.| jazz, is promised by the Rathburn | The Pantageoscope will show the| Pour, a quartet composed of three [second episode of the new Pearl) men and a woman | White serial, “The Black Secret.” ie Granville and Dolly Fields a vn present a comedy character novelty entitled “The Organ Grinders.” “Trying to Please the Manag a8 Claude Wade ox him to display his versa. songs, whistling, juggling telling stories and dances, | n have a singing a “nds Horlicks The ORIGINAL Malted Milk and dancing act A versatile comedy novelty tx promised by the Fostos. George Fosto ja a terpsichorean artist who combines eccentric steps and high | kicking in amusing fashion, and his | partner is a contortionist of ability, | in addition to being an admirable foil for his comedy ‘A*Nutritious Diet for(All Ages Quick Lunch at Home’or Office The feature photoplay is Avoid Imitations aad Substitatey of i:viaence.” LOWE’S= PALACE HI Direction of Ackerman & Morris, TOMORROW, MONDAY, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY A Crackerjack New Show of HIPPODROME VAUDEVILLE TOM LINTON AND HIS JUNGLE GIRLS In @ Scenic Dancing and Singing Tropical Oddity “Chains | THEATRE CONTINUOUS Itoll RATHBURN FOUR Kadie— hi GRAN THE FOSTOS In a Versatile Com- ody Novelty RICK & GRAHAM Comedy Songs and Dances Feature Photoplay BESSIE BARRISCALE in “JOSSELYN’'S WIFE” MATINEE, DAILY—Cbildren 10e—s yn, Hives, and the chorus girls tn the featured mu- sical offering, “The Winsome Wid- ow's Whirl.” | @ pretty number with the girls, while | Robert Lorenso and Frank Budd will Pauline Arthur will likewise have | lof the Wilkes Players for the week | starting Sunday, February 22, will be A. H. Woods’ dramatic offering, “The Woman in Room 13." | the offering in which John Mason| ' made his last appearance. PRESENT calls his offering, | } LAST | TIME | TONIGHT Mat. Sunday, 27¢ to 500 Evenings, 31c to Thc Mat. Wed.-Sat., 22¢ to 3ic Matinces—2:20 In “SULNAR MAURICE In “A DAY AT intaxenco| MISS PEA General PLAYERS 1 BLACK SECRET,” a Picturt of Rol Fa ory, “In Seere"—Kiplnode Nev 2, NEXT WEEK MASINEE SUNDAY “POLLYANNA” The Glad May, With Mary Thorne in the Role of “Pollyanna” “The New Henrietta” Alexis Lace’s Popular Comedy-Drama Success. AT THE PANTAGES Nighte—7 and 9 Heginning sctuning Neneay M SHAWN PRESENTS ‘TheDenishawnDancers’ or TUK SRA” LVESTOR ekater and the Actor’ Vaudeville’s Supreme Character Artist SAMUELS ELLIS ISLAND” Presenting RL WHITE " w. “tunaked This is | SPECIAL NOTICE—The famous Zeppelin Scene, showing destruction of a German Airship by the British North Fieet at night, takes place shortly after the rise of the curtain, The audience is requested to be seated promptly 830 p. m, EVES.—S0c to $2. SAT. MAT.—S0c to $1.50. PLUS WAR ALL NEXT WEEK Sunday, Feb. 22 COMMENCING The Most Welcomed Play in America FOR CHOICE SEATS MAIL ORDERS NOW SEATS THURS. OLIVER MOROSCO presenrs } rR x jie WALTON N TULLYS D oF RADISE wn FLORENCE RocKWrEa FACI0US HAWAIIAN SINGERS ano PLAYE « Evenings, Soe to $2) Monday . Gar, Se, 8 There are now 11 strikes before the department of labor for settle. ment and 63 controversies which have not yet reached the etrike stage. 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