Vancouver Daily World from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Page 39

THE VANCOUVER WORLD 9 i Saturday. Mav 18, 1912. nV 7 NEWS AND COMMENT rm jPjyjS AND PL AYERFOLK circuit for a special totir and It will re the special attraction at the Orpheum next week 'Taris by Night" will he different from any scenic spectaculir offering that has ever been seen here. It Is a pantonine, not a word spoken from start to finish, but the miming and the dancing is so eloquent and so graceful that the uninitiated follow the erasp of the story rteht awav. Mario Molaso and Anna Kremsa, two brilliant artistes are featured and are surrounded hv capable company of twelve) agisting artiste Nat Carr Is well known out ber.

He was formerly a Winnipeg hoy ant there am many from the Manitoba cltv out here, who know hltn. As a Hebrew character comedian, he Is In a class by himself and he has a line of Movies that Is simply Inimitable and that produces copious crope of laughter. His parodies are also un to the marlc and they meet with approval. Carr was formerly the star of "Wine. Woman and Song" and has appeared 1n number of big productions, being feats tired In them.

Frank and May Luce are a coupla of hlah class musicians, that mak their first appearance here for many years and with their first class offers Ing, they more than make good. Mr singers, in a beautiful operetta entitled, "In Old Madrid." The personnel of the galaxy of vocal stars Incnides members of the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York, a well as artists from the Chicago Operatic. Company and stars from the lighter productions. It is the Intention of tins talented asfrrcsatlon to give condoned versions of the most popular musical compositions. In a complete array of costumes and scenery.

Miss Flt7aheth or, I has the distinction of having appeared in Home in a special audience for the pope. She as in the celebrated title role of "Aids," at the opera's first American presentation, and received very flattering notices for her magnificent performance. Her work as a prima donna ha.s been of the highest order. The cast this operatic star Is of no less prominence and it mav he stated without serious fear of eontradioCon that the coming attraction is one of the best and most elaborate of Its kind ever offered In Vancouver. To set off this stupendous feature act, Pantages has surrounded It th a hill that Is no Iws noteworthy.

Ih'ettv Ro mona Ortiz, the. dainty Spanish "Queen of the Wire," and late feature of the. Ringllng shows, comes hene to give Vancouver some mild thrills and surprises Maude Adams, Who nil Soon be Kirn Bunt? rails the Strings." Coming to the Opera TTouea, cliil train containing the Czar and his suite. They have made nn electrical connection with tho railroad truck over which the train is to pass, and this effect Is very realistic. The last act presents a military court Inquiry In tho prison of Melovitch.

The scenery will be elaborate and truly Russian In character. The costumes will bo very attractive. The Huzznrds. tho ladles of tho court, the soldiers, all add plcturesiueness to the costume scheme. lsahelle Fletcher will have tho role of "Olcia Meta Marsky will enact the "Countess Tew Murial ValU will play the "Princess Charles Ay re will Impersonate "Richard Hamilton." and V.

T. Henderson will have the very Important part of "MaJ Ijorls De vlnskl There Is an excellent comedy part for Teddy McNamara, and Louis Von Welthoff, Chaunecy Southern, T. B. Loftus, IJ. M.

Dunbar, Frank Mo Sv Hr Luce Is a violinist, with few equals Iti vaudeville and he plays both classic, and popular selections equally well. Among the most recent legttlmat favorites to succumb to the alluremenlf of vaudeville, are Bddt Heron arnf Madge Douglass, two brilliant star who shone In "The Gingerbread Man" for several seasons. They appear next week at the Orpheum, In a farcette Yif, Will M. Creasy, entitled Plnkar ton's First Case." Perhap Mr. Hsrof will be better remembered playlnn opposite to Anna Held.

Pa Wolf Hopper In "The Girl from Heetor'" andV "Lulu's Husbands." James Marton and William Hettufc who originated the two man minstrel "first part" will present a mlnetral ao via the black face route. Th ae consists of minstrel Bongs, Jckea and) dances and there la enough of aaoW to please even the most EISTEDDFOD AT THE OPERA HOUSE A host of eager competitor and rau sio lovers will Invade Vancouver during AtWKAsVHSHpsaiJI mpreiss Theatre, Net Week. th oomltig week In order to attend the, lllsteddfod, almost every part of the Northwest being represented. Commercial reciprocity wHh otrfH friends from aomss the border may be a dream of the visionary, but Judging from the number of entries received from that quarter, musical reciprocity Is ai resdy an accomplished fact. Among tha competitors from that direction.

It announced that the Sorortety Quartatle of, Ladles, who won fame at the A. Y. I'llstedilfod threw years ago, will be heard; hare In competition on Wednesday ave nlng. This talented quartette triumphed)' In open competition over a quartette of selected voices from the celebrated Halt Ijike City choir, of the most, ettcltlng features of Wednesday evening's session will be th ms.le chorus contest. It la rumored that half the population of Nenalmo will Journey over for this event, aa the renowned Orphan Male oholr of that h1a tnric city Is coming to prove lta ability nsa.lnst the male choir of Vanoouven and, If potsh, near away th laurel of victory.

Approached by the FHateddfoiJ wmnlt iye, the contesting choirs have mutually consented to sing is an opening numbs In thl session the famous Welah atn, "The March of the Men of Harleoh." The opportunity of hearing thla bloodrtirTlne ohone, as ming by one hundred and flf tr (Contlnned on Paga 10.) Ic HlugT. at raiiUifea, this Week. with her daring and startling feats on the slack wire. Frank A. Trea.nor and Company will bring here a representation of "liver White's newspaper satire, "A Yellow neoop.

t'r course, every newspaper reader Is acquainted with the meaning of the term "scoop," but a "yeilow scoop" will prove something new to many of them, despite their otherwise extensive knowledge of the newspaper game. The newspapers of the country have Indorsed It as one of the beet and most true to 11 sketches of actual newnpsper conditions, and this In Itself should be enough of a testimonial for Ita excel lence. Two wandering, but perfectly sane mu iiclana are Yackley and Bunnell, who are also coming to the popular Hastings street vaudeville house. What they are bringing with them is a trunk full of the latest In the musical novelty line. In other words, they are gay and careless dispensers of serious, frivolous and classic music.

Do you know McN'Ish and MoVltdi, for If you don't you can't afford not to make big scream," and It Is anticipated that i eene In "By Right of "word," at tfie they will break all laughing restrictions upon their visit to the Terminal City. Warren and Frank are two hoys (old enough to know better), who rlsnce for the entertainment of the audience, and for tho money they get out of It, and Judging by the amount of money Tannages Is willing to pay them for their terpsichorean stunts, It may bo taken for granted that they are "some dancers." All along the ranlases route they have made a decided lilt which, no doubt, they will repent here. Hiimethlng new In the "gelatine drama" lino Is also promised by tho untiring Panlagescope and pictures of foreign scenes, depicting humor and pathos, and films of geiiersl Interest will round out thla partlcnlsrlv good programme. "PARIS BY NIGHT" ORPHEUM FEATURE Pantomime Play is Booked for Pender Street Vaudeville House Next Week Molasso gave to America "The Darling of Paris" and I.a Sonnambule, which played the Orpheum circuit but a few short month ago. Now he has given his Parisian success "Paris hy Night" to the Pulllvan ft Consldtna If Elizabeth OIH, of the Olli (ivi rat iAi at the Opera House In greeted him as a hero.

Why then, after all, should he not be a hero a hero of drama? The difficulty was solved. Beneath the disguises of this cock, this dog, this blackbird, this duck, these hens, Rostand could place men and women thinking and speaking as human beings characters of the stage with the paeslons of the stage, In a scene that could be staged. Rostand then chose the barnyard because no other place so lent itself to his metaphor, because no other creatures, not even human creatures, so vividly Illustrated the eternal verities of his text, because no other device fitted so aptly Into the spirit of the whole conception. In this fairyland he might symbolize the great truths upon which he wished to focus. In this realm of the make believe his audience could enjoy such details of today as he might wish to point out.

and yet not wander astray seeking such ofher odds and ends a he might wish to Ignore. The story of the play is too well known to need repetition at any Ungth. "Chantecler" Is the personified egotist young. ardent, Inexperienced who thinks that the world cannot progress without him; that the sun will not rise except by his call. In the height of his esteem he falls In love with a charmer, who, by playing upon his vanity, establishes such a domination over him that he Is easily led to betray his cherished secret the nature of his song and to expose himself to the shock of a most painful disillusionment.

Also he discovers that he Is not the only cock In the world; that there are many variation of his famous song, and that his high courage avails but little against the trained skill of an enemy. His experiences shake his faith In himself and In his work; but at the end he perceives that his chosen mission, though not so all Important as he thought, is yet an honorable and beneficial ono, and that, If ho cannot make the sun rise he may at lease arouse the sleeping world from Its slumbers. "BUNTY PULLS THE STRINGS" COMING Pretty Scotch Comedy Will be Here Whole Week From May. 27. Just at present time the correspondence department of the Vancouver Opera House Is having Its hands full on account of the extremely large mail order demand for scats for the performances of "Biinty Fulls the Strings," which play here for a week beginning Monday, May 27th.

In fact, Managar Rlcketts claims that from present In eaee Stock Areaae nuairc, 'ext Week. is booked for here Will be Seen at the Opera House Early Next Month. Maude Adams will appear In "Chan tecler" at the Vancouver Opera House 10 and 11. She will bring to Vancouver that original cast of about i lxty persons which played this poetic comedy In New lork last season, and i'n the road during the winter, for this In the second year the play has run in America, and the third of Its exist ence dating from the opening of the French production at the Porte St. Martin Theatre in Paris.

It has rested v.ith MiM Adams alone to display the Oitlity to seize upon this drama with tin ethical punch and yet with humor. he consequence Is she has devoted a bewildering amount of time and 'rength to a large production that not only be a vehicle for her ob vious desire to make her audiences smile, but as well one that will pre Mnt them with a theme containing an i meal punch a theme they can get tlielr teeth In, and keep their teeth in after they leave the theatre. The only comparison that can be drawn between "Chantccler" and any other modern play Is between it and knobloc's "Faun," which Fuvereham has been giving with such earnestness, because here again the French author's one great aim Is to satirize modern euBtoms, and to preach a gospel of simplicity and honesty, and the necessity of clinging to our dally work. It la Interesting to reallie how Ros tand set about securing a problem so simple In Its main conceptions, yet so complex In Its executions. For a long time he was at his wits' end, but one day, while taking a stroll, he came upon a barnyard, in the midst or which, about a solitary cart.

Its shafts point ing to the sky, were a number of animals, each attending to his wants like laborers returned to their home at the end of the day's work. Chickens, ducks, a cat, a dog, a turkey, chirped and chat'ered, apparently telling each ither the gossip of the hour; while from a cage against the wall a blackbird from time to time emitted a Jeering cry. In the midst of this a superb cock entered and Instantly all private conversations ceased. The rooster moved across the yard like a dignified tenor with an eye to effect. At once he became the centre of at tention.

The dog played amicably. The luck In fear got out of his way. The hens advanced submissively. The black bird was silenced. All this little world acknowledged his superiority, Scene from rTht Tare Xaaketem," Lawi Ccene from dications, "Bunty" will test the seating capacity of the Opera House for the, entire engagement, as It has been a long time since so Interest In an attraction has been doveloped.

and there Is a reason for It. "Bunty" has been heralded from one end of the country to the other, as the prettiest, quaintest and most thoroughly enjoyable performance that will visit Vancouver In many a long day. To add to the interest of Its not only being a unique Scotch play, the players are all having been engaged from the best material from the theatres of Glasgow and Edinburgh and rehearsed by the author, Graham Moffat, in London, and the play, players and entire production sent Intact from across the water. It Is all about the people of a small village in the uplands, where "Bunty'a" father Is the "big man." Trouble arises In his family on account of his harshness, and the con gregatlon of the kirk becomes the arbiters, but "Bunty" In her own diplomatic way, settles the entire affairs of family and kirk greatly to the satisfaction of all. Miss Molly Mclntyre.

the clever Utile actre3s, who is playing "Bunty" In the, third "Bunty I'ulls the Strings" Company, was born lti Glasgow, and her professional career was spent between Glasgow and IMInbtirg. Thn present trip Is her first to America. "BY RIGHT OF SWORD" EMPRESS Russian Melodrama Splendidly Costumed Will be Given Next Week Dlav will lie the bill at the Ktnpresa theatre next week. Thla will be the successful orniiau i nt tH wldelv read novel "By Right of Hword," written by that well known author. A.

w. jiwcnm.nn, i.s Russian showing the political Intrigue of tho court, has gained him fame, ana causer nis mi to rank among the most popular of the present da. "By Right of Hword" tells a story dealing with tho visit of one "Richard Hamilton," an American, who while traveling In Rus3la, becomes involved In political Intrigues that lead him Into many hairbreadth escapes. "Olga I'etrovitcli," a young girl of the. aristocracy finding herself beset on all sides by the intrigues of the court and in the endeavor to aid 1 er brother "Alexis." who hc.s gotten himself in disfavor at court, appeals to Hamilton'' to help her.

There are. four acts and six scenes brimful of intensely interesting situations. The. first act sUrts off at a mllltiry ball In Moscow, showing the officers of thn Czar's hussars, princes, soldiers, attache of the court, etc. The second act opens In the vttcb," apartments of "Alexis F'etr and then snlfu to the field wh.

re H.irnilmn fiirhM a very honor. exciting duel. Tho third act contair.s a scene that is very thrillln. This is the meeting place of a band of Nihilists in the observatory of "Herr vvever. xne enmax oi me.

act nnuws I th NlhilUu about to wreck the spa JLi anaJmo ally termed "Tho Three Musketeeri" or "Tho Three Guardsmen," which Is unquestionably the finest example of romantic fiction ever penned. ItB dramatic possibilities were quickly seen and numerous dramatizations wero made of the famous work, of which the one used by Mr. Lawrence Is believed to he the beet, and has been followed by nearly all the great artists who have starred In the piny. The action of th ploy centres mainly around tho episode of the diamond studs given by Anna of Austria to the Duke of Buckingham and thn plots and counterplols Incident to their return to Franco In time to save the Queen's honor are told In a series of vivid pictures Intensely Interesting and roinantlo. The great figures of the time are revivified.

Anne of Austria. Loula XIII. the great Cardinal Richelieu, the doahlng Englishman, His Grace the Duke of Buckingham, appear before us, and above all, l'tt Flsteddfort, the gallant D'Artognan and his three sworn comrades, Alhos, I'orthos and Arutnls, dashing, roinamlc flaii'fV'S all. The beautiful gowns worn by tho ladles, the brilliant uniforms and costumes of tho men will render the action of the play still more attractive, and scenic Investment and aoressorlep will he In thorough keeping. Mr.

Iaw rence will naturally assume 'he rolo of the Gascon, lie has appeared In this part with immense success In other cities, which Is snrn to be repented here. Mr. Layne will be the I'orllios, Mr. Amkcr the Alhos end Mr. Russell tho AramK robs to which they are all admirably fitted.

Mr W'arohan will bo King LouiK VIM and Falward Lawrence will appear as the Cardinal. Mr. 8avey has the Import ant role of the Iiiikn of Buckingham and Mr. I'iko will ussurne that of the Count do Hochefort. For tho ladies, Miss Clara fleyeis Is eminently fitted Tor tin, part of Anne of Austria, the consort of Lnuiii XIII.

and Miss Van Tnssell us Lady do Winter anrl Rhea as Conwlance have Important parts. The cast Includes a number of minor roles, all of which will be well taken care of. There will he Sonic bea'li ful gowns and jewels displayed hy V. ladies, and the costumes, uniforms and trappings worn by the men will he rirti and handsome In material and correct In the make up. An unusual number of heavy sets of scenery are reqillred, which are being prepared especially for thin production.

usual bargain matinees on Wednesday and Saturday and a specjui matinee at evening prices on Victoria I'ay for the wek of May 27. fl magnificent production of PANTAGES TO HAVE MUSICAL BILL Celli Operatic Sextette Will Head Programme at Popular Variety House. What vricl he the s'W'ii's magical evrni, of.ens a weed's eimayeno nt at I'antaes theatre with the 'isaai matinee on Monday next ri the CelM Operatic a company of famous opera Onhens Male Choir, oiopetlng In Vancouver's Quarrle, Ashley Cooper and Frank Armstrong, in conjunction with tho other members of the company will be well utilized. liy Illnht of Sword" hould prove, an attractive bill. "THREE MUSKETEERS" AT THE AVENUE Swashbuckler Melodrama is Choice of Lawrence Co, for Monday.

For next week, commencing Monday evening, May the attraction at the Avenue will be that greatest of all romantic play, "The Three. Muske'crs." This will be the first costume play to bo presented by tho Kawrence Company at. this theatre, and tho management has set the mark high In selecting this remarkable work of the older Iniiims, "ljp.n Trols Mouequetalres." the original title In French, and in F.ngllsh gencr art. Mls Rtunvt "The (Jilfpn of lbs Wire." inti jes eit Meek. UK'.