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Show TONIGHT COLOIOAI 4w&r Terry ia "BvmI L-averidex. OA BRICK Tfto Carrie. Stock eonv puy in aPlrrt of the FUlas,' -Tiewod below. ORPHEUM Advanced TaodorUlo, reviewed re-viewed belcnr. 8HUBERT Tho AUeo OnrtU Musical Comedy company in "Tbey Loved a Laaaie,' roriewed below. Edward Trrr will open an engagement tonight at the Colonial In "fweH lavender' laven-der' .John W. Keliv, writing In lb Portland Telegram. Mid thta vl the play and p'aver a few data ago: 'Thoa p how hopper who appreciate acting aa distinguished from that whh-ta commonly panne aa auch will find Mr. Trry a genuine exponent, ripe la yeare, experience and art. "For the opening Mil. "Sweet lavender waa eeJected Indeed. II I aatd that Pin-ert Pin-ert wrote thie play of enttnient for Mr. Terrv. who created the role of the dlp-nmanlio. dlp-nmanlio. lovable despite his predominate toe weakneee. For Tr Mr. Terry haa been appearing aa Dick Phenyl of the Inner In-ner temple, a man whoee career baa been w re lied hy brand and aorta. Having p plaved the chnrncter o many thmiaand tlmee It he program put it at 0l. It naturally foliowa that Terry ha a at) the Ina and out of the rote down to th fine point, and he haa. Hie rormanr la finished, smooth and delightful. Ow-Ing Ow-Ing to I he ihtrtK e phenl it la a delicate t haracter to portray, for except hy the excreta of judgment Phenyl becomee tlieatMtlng. Thta la avoided by Terry. who th part and at the eama Wme titerloaea the Veeaettinc aln of the broken down, shabby barrlater. - - ' Heed, and ahoiildara akaea kla aaapaai towera Mr. Terr-. The vomiany Is. on the whole. Indifferently amd. and the w-eak apota appear tha mora weak and wooden berauaa of tha superiority of the ' star.,' a a e rtI.OVlAT-"Ole Oleon." anrient but prular with the aod.enve as ever. iuc-:Mfullr iuc-:Mfullr entertained an appreciative hotiee laat nlaht This comedy. whiH Is now fhont the atronaat competitor that "I n-! Tom a rabin" has to contend with - in the theatrical world, waa presented bv a st-ona company, and Ben Hoi ma a. - who had the lead Ina character, won com pletely hla atnltenre and. aaaiated by the reat of his company, mad lh old pro-1 d'l'-tion pieaeina snd satisfactory to all who wltneaaed It. Tha manner In which haM lAkera re to Ire. In the comedy taai nlcht shows that It ta far from forfrot-tn forfrot-tn and Is bvmvi for a few more runs vet befora paaxlna otit to be anpplanted by a pew and aaerrler twentieth century iTimedy. WARRICK "Pferre of the Islna." which opened f(r a week'a run at the t.arrtck laat night, will doubt leu draw la t ffe a iid le neea from t hoae I hea t rr$ - . era who .e'iht In a pav that la filled w Mh exrltitis Incident. Ther la a thrtM a mmute in thta p.sy. The flr-t . one coraea within five minutea after the nirtatn r'sea n the ft rat act and Ihe Internet la never allowed to flae, for a min-ite from then until iho curtain falls at the clow of the fourth and la "I art. The scenee sre tald on the Canadian t aloe, about fortv mllea north of the Montana line, at vine ample opportunity for picture mine et-enerv and rontumea. Ther-j are love and hate, plentwof both, with Juet enouah coartedy to break, the tiraln from time to time. P The caul la hot ao lara aa that which haa been required In a majority of the - n'ays preacntel at the Oarrlck durina; the ' laet thirty weeks, but It la a capable one. Two character etand out distinctly, that of Pierre. Jamea Tmrktn. and that of Jen, Miaa Jan Wheatley. Ktther char - ater In teas cnrahla handa would he Wor-e than a failure. Walter R. .y-pTottr .y-pTottr haa a amall but Important part which he hand lea In his usuaj, careful manner. Mr. Herblin alao haa a small part in which he la excellent. Mr. Croahy . la not ao good as he haa been In some other parts. Mr. nay haa a small part that doee not exactly aeem to fit film. Mr. Held la food In what little he turn to dry. The other parte are In i-apeble tianda. The play waa marred leaf nlcht hy one or two of the memhera not being- well up In their llne. Thla ta a defect that will doubt leaa be remedied tonlaht. "Pierre of the Ptalne" will run for the reat of the week with the usual Thursday and .Saturday matinees. a a , ORPHKl'M Vaudeville patrons are raved Ihe trouble of picking a headliner In Ihia wefk'a hi It, There Isn't any. With a little poliahtna "The Vlaitor." Porter J. White' a tike tch, trtlaht be given first place with an eaay conscience, and aa It la. It probably la the beat thing on Hie current bill. The denouement of 'The Vlaitor" la somewhat unnsual. and the entire sketch aa presentM by Mr. White. Edward Wonn and Miaa Adelaide Fair-vhlid Fair-vhlid Is Interesting. Maxlm'a modeia, a serlea of living re-productrona, re-productrona, of the world a greateat paint-Inga, paint-Inga, remain an Interest Ina. If an old, feature. The Ugh tin; effects make ijje pictures what they are In large part, and the act Is even more cleverly stead than 1 on ita last appearance In thta city. . EI ale LMirand. "the female Caruau," haa a freak voice. Which ahe handles well and entertainingly, popular and operatic; music and several wardrobe changea are featured In her act. The Kuma family of Japan eee equlll- j brlats and magietana. are clever, but of-for of-for nothing particularly new or senaa- j tlonal unleaa It ia a barefoot sword walking stunt performed by Mra, Kuma, The trio makea too liberal aae of the United 8tatee flag for applauee getting purrjoeea. There la no excuse for euce a rough stuff sketch m "Motoring," al laat not on thla side of the big water. The pro-ki pro-ki 1 gram tella us that "Motoring haa been - . presented before royalty In the old eoun-' eoun-' s try. No accounting far tastca, of courae. 'he sketch does not offer even good slap-tick slap-tick jomedy, and the censor must certainly cer-tainly have been aaleep on the Job when Motorlng" aiipped by him. A. Heymour Hrown and Nat T. Ayer off r an entertaining line of chatter and nunc and with a little addition to their wardrobe their act might be e la seed above the ordinary. William Kerry, the original frog man," la undoubtedly the cleverest contortionist on the circuit. He ties hiaipclf up In all kinds of knots and then all pa out of them again In a. truly bewUdering laabJoti. Hie act Is well etaard. The bill as a whole la mediocre; about - to the i vaudeville ahow world aa a remnant rem-nant aale la to a dry gooda store. , - SAM &ADDOX, JR. .aae KHUBKRT The new ahow which opened Ita week a run laat Saturday afternoon aft-ernoon la full of laughs and ginger. It la called -They Loved a Laseie" and concern con-cern the doinga of two ainxjeC perfectly good huabanda who deide te vlait an . old ft a me who ta married beraerf. They tell their wives that they are gonaT to aea, and H so happens that the boat en which they were to sail sinke. CM courae they never got near the boat, and they . have difficulty la captaining why they are ailve wheat they return. Deris Wil-aon Wil-aon ta one of the widows that la. one who for a while betievea ahe la a widow. h wears good clothe and sings spien-, spien-, didlv. UllUn 8uiherland a ome more . a big favorite and her aong. Htop, Htop. Mop," la owe of the ahow a beat feeturaa Tie ether prtnetpal. with perbari aati or tw o ex cepr tons, t a k good ca re of inelr a aa4 gnmenta. The chorua of fourteen four-teen alnga well and dance fin. |