Show if GRAND OPERA HOUSE COMING F Fr r r t TONIGHT MONDAY WEDNESDAY SUNDAY FEBRUARY 28 PAUL GILMORE I HUNTSVILLE DRAMATIC CO j RIP VAN WINKLE WE HWE ARE KING 1 f v r T pA l 1 l lr i r r y r J K a t tr r I 1 r Rr Y 1 L rN 0 Y t lY t rr r G GJ J 1 Zw I 1 Y v wN h t J v r y 1 r 1 da C D f fir z l 1 t i I y y y t T 1 u y y ra ay y e r h 5 1 i 1 r rk ri v v t S a i v Y F j 11 r r tL fir tl SY 1 t R i k r Ir J Q r p w 34 t r j F y R u av iti Q y 1 e tk oS t n h N J v li 4 ti c k y sh 4 a a x f te aMy t t f r L 1 F Y 4 v y tv i a L J t r v i Y ti i w Q Ct 4 i i v a e R 1 i t tw rt S r ra f a r Y rr I t r v fal 4 RY s tin Li h ht G r F r v f tt 1 t r ti e J ur 3 1 vI 1 p W J 9 1 ti x a r 1 ty y 1 r t l 1 y y I J v a Q r y I ter r p 1 n r l r I y 1 t ta ra y A JEFFERSO J eTO FP 5 J a i ira T Of P SECOND OP 71 GENE STON r v s r feli R 1 1 O r ir 5 L Q t OF THE eSTl GE P y 7 e OF o 0 r 1 t e A AI I I k u r r y r y y n t y t V Vr 9 r 1 F vy J o f t g I i u d r ru l v t ro Y ha t ti tie y y e v tr try T t 1 Rr f t I X tf W It I t i S r h r rr i iJ ti J 3 y F ti r It e ti J t y t P n F t t r e R J S I i y fir f J t r r s I KZ Y Lv s it Y I 2 o S r try J vr I r v F r l R rY r y 4 p 1 Lt iL tr n s c yr r p lt 1 rt t R l n v k r r rM M I J I Si J t Y C Ct L 0 1 1 G a y a n A I J rJ t r 31 wt rt J rc w 4 d ono r 7 A THOMAS t a i t OF FT IN t l P N Wl 1 Sli J a y ye e J N cIE F JOSEPH c JEFFERSO rI IN r rw t THOMAS JEFFERSON AT THE GRAND WEDNESDAY t RIP VAN WINI WINKLE WINnE LE AT THE GRAND WEDNESDAY YC i ix 1 x r T f lEv v p fH r T TPAUL r F I c cr f r rr r r 0 nl uC Ir PAUL GILMORE AT THE I GRAND TONIGHT V PAUL GILMORE TONIGHT I Paul 1111 Gilmore who will appear at atthe atthe I the Grand Orand tonight In The Hoys or I Company D n by bj Mrs Irs H ca joanson Young IB la known among as a student His HI HII knowledge or the drama is ia great groat and his application or of knowledge is bringing roar When Mr dir Ir ib h cast or wr a 1 1010 roro he diligently seeks becks for he K of the character utter careful perusal of tho the authors linos and be he for Cor the precise pr typo type be fore forming his impersonation If Ir a arole rolo role has boon been ren pla played ed cd pr ju iy my Gilmore analyzes the por maJ t of his predecessor or before cc rc c Ing or rejecting any an touches toadies i ho no doos dons not imitate the delineation lie He is an artist who frankly that he is ready and anti willing ro 10 o accept ucc pt the good points being e to tp re n tale tain only what is good Having Havn nt lo the spirit of the tho lined mid and out Olt lines JInes of the character r no 10 proceeds to build his own o portrayal a main more task than Ute tie genera 11 public believes bell cs When hen lids his l secured the tho lights lo to The Hoys Ho oi or Company Compan B Mr Gilmore promptly started his study oC of Tony Ton Adieu chief character In lu this cornea in portrayal of Tony Touy Allen Is accepted oy ny newspaper editors to ho bo Mr Ir s N bost best part since becoming a star and the notices after performances am are nil all allin 1 in praise of actor pla play ant ana am company His BIG don daft touches of or light remedy comedy ana anc anchis his hi lu wooing the liw heroine have won the admiration or of hi his nis and aUt his historic art IB Is displayed to effect HeiDI a Mr Ir will bo hI greeted nj my urge lar c audiences at al tho matinee and aim au at cr tau tio evening performance tile Hie sale pale of semi Indicating toe seen een cn in interest crest terest of the tho public RIP VAN WINKLE WEDNESDAY 1 1 The Tic attraction at tho the Irani Weil will vill he ho Thomas In Ills his delightful rendition or Hip Van tan Winkle This Thic will bo Thoma 10 tr IN engagement eu ng noe 1 re n a 1 tio famous old romance of tac ea La cas Ils The rho plo pia in jn on O one I lu III which the Ul aIn t 1 hC heart rt IB Is Involver l ny 1 m w mann laun a anti ann the tear are tho the COM Chit that thaL load lead from scene conc 11 ne r o es 1 to tIre the end enl of lie tho ver yO very las last lass tic lie neit n Jt IB 18 B clean cloan clr an happy and nd W 80 J Wi i r the tho quaint humor and imio all ail or Thomas Jefferson This art la is the quintessence of years ellra of conscientious and skillful stage work during dining whim Mr Jefferson J devoted ns ms genius Now ow hs is Rip Rill Van Y Whittle Jio represents the very vory host finest and most effective c touches touch H of a n of or every phase of tho heart hear ana which he lie applied in all aH the characters In which he has appeared during hiM career Logal Legal theatergoers theater woo will wits again have havo an opportunity or seeing Thomas Jefferson Jofferson as Rip curing nib nis engagement at ilL the tIle Grand win Iii the magnificence and beauties ot of o his Ills acting nail and will understand aria ana ap predate It all aH His has neen een a 11 orn om llant Hant career behind the roo Success not only crowns it out nc ne has the rare satisfaction or of Knowing that tint he Is perpetuating the me work ot of othis othis his father Joseph Jefferson who io 10 no ac 11 ded dod to tho the gladness and gaiety or oi me tie nation nution u without Uncut the shadows of offence to the purest minded ed person anions among amo s the millions of people to nc no played And Ant It Is no exaggeration w o 0 osay say sar the piece has been seen bj by b mil mu millions Moils lions For many years crowded have laughed until tears team down their cheeks over Ocr jovial sunny ed cd Rip Hip Those are unprecedented runs and all goes goos to show mat the term millions used In this connection is 15 perfectly corn cL It Is IB a t 1 lIro to be bo one of those who has sect Been I H Mr i r Rip for tile the mere remembrance brance of the enjoyment inimitable characterIzation characterisation sao nave is sur 11 to make one oue feCI nappy anti ana delighted with life Following my m fathers footsteps In to places ho never noer trod IB is not no always alwa s an fin cas easy matter remarked Thomas Jefferson the actor with Ute the twinkle of or hit his eye e o and droll expression or trio ino mouth which identity identify him so bo close ClOKe closely ly 1 with his father tho the late Jale Joseph josepn lot Jer ferson ernon Not long ago as ho was standing upon tho the platform of a 11 small railway rall r station in iii the Far West looking out across a prairie which seemed to have hae no em cut and nn which was broken one ny n me tilt horizontal lines of the railroad trace traci He Ho had harJ been anxiously that mat track since sir six a in mIL It was now 11 but hut still no sign of tho the train trail was nas to take him and his bin compan company to the next town where ho lie hoped to I arrive in time to 10 play pIa a matinee tint tb t tda I day da This reminds r mo me of some or tare earlier theatrical experiences In to my Ill fathers time Mr Jefferson contin continued wed lied before he made his mg nig lilt nit as Asa Trenchard Tr rd at Lama jt Korn cers theater th In New Now York and iong long Rip Van Winkle had been or Ot orby by b him I suppose this woud nav tave been been considered considered luxury lIr In Iu those any J JoC of oC which speaks in rIS nis autobiography auto biography He smiled again am aUt nis as eyes lit reminiscently Ko lie was ns n pay paying pia ing In the tho towns lown along the Mississippi with a small I II company ana anti nis nl own and to save sa vo money l vory often ho lie ilO have hll any to save savo ilC ie ic would hire a flat boat to take them tier down lown the river which was cheaper ch all r than railroad fares anc ane oen oon there wore no railroads In tho the sia places llac 1 they ther travelled to You rem mer no ae o I speaks of it In his book Upon tUU occasion to Increase speed they the cd eti the scenes In place or a tail eau au and as It sniffed shifted with the wn ml i I at one lime time a gorgeous ui Palace of tho the Caesars anc an at anotn I Iorns or orns as the scene was turnce nv my 0 trio I wind and tho the reversed side bide a 1 woodland in Bohemia The astonishment or tie tte I a assembled ll along alon the tuo l o snores of or tin tho river iu lei the endeavor to lo mate mato ma o om out tile tae I craft cratt cra t In their familiar familar waters I Icon cnn con he Imagined Imagine That wits Wilt a ii most exciting i f 1 t tI f 1 of I 11 tl V 1 t j f y l 1 a vC r y Y l tA P y i r if r h 1 t it 4 a r S t 1 1 I E it W n r I ti Aloft tf rt 1 ill illi i i iv ira 1 rH 1 p I t ft Fr 3 f h v r j Zt v vt L t t t ri st t tt hr h 1 r V MiJ 0 G t clY 4 t rt R rut S Ii IS t S ra ti V s ri I r x r I kr 1 t r l t 7 t j 14 L MR EDMUND CARROLL IN WE ARE KING AT THE GRAND FEBRUARY 28 knee lence continued con Mr Jefferson J cl on as ashe ashe aslie he lie drew drove on his overcoat preparing to take tho the train whoso Whistle could m nr heard In the distance Kor as they nearing the town tants ants were to be bed delighted whit ono of comedies that thac even evening ing the waves aves of a Mississippi steam steamboat steamboat boat almost swamped their little craft cra l soaking scenery cencI and wardrobe so HO t bat batly au lv ly that lint upon reaching leaching the c noses lO el clothes lines had ha to bo ho arong the halls and the wardrobe c o or tao Ino actors ac tois tors strung billing upon them to dr ir tiry The guests of o the hotel were o ig to tine 1130 both loth oth ability and Judgment jUlI Ulen i ur to contact v with ith a cold wet wel pair of o S H a Roman Roma toga or a Rings king s roje ro ie or ur state slate No on the whole these cay cats I oven overt with new towns and alid belated It have havo ha 0 the advantage r WE ARE KING SUNDAY FEB 23 28 We Are Arc King coming to tho ho Grand on Sunday evening Fob Feb has highest hl host of praise from press preen nu l public Of or this play pill and compan company the tho Portland Oregonian of or Nov Noy 1909 speaks as follows A W Cross CrOlla is presenting three or orI I four plays s this season seMon that have hae scored scored I ed all sorts of success He has The Bishop and We Are Arc King the lat latter latter ter tor being belu the bill this week The lead ing part Is played b by Edmund Carroll who supported WAlter Wallo last season eason I in to this play and who makes makell l qu quite qute te as much of the tho dual part palt as did didI I The Raven n a mysterious I I man In black I II Is played by b guy B n Kibbe a Portland boy bo Wo We Arc Aio King ICing is one olle of the lie best and cleanest comedies soen seen In Port Portland Portland j I I I land laud for fOI a long time and while hav hay having I hug ing a tL suspiciously close resemblance to The Prisoner of Zenda Zemla Is vot ot dlf ferent enough to save savo a charge of I A wandering newspaper correspondent Is round found In the grounds ground I I of a and despotic king of o a I II small North German state slate und anti a n 1 I I Scheme is hatched hatch ll up lip to exchange i places with the king b by his premier i 1 and other othor members of the court The correspondent enters Into the con conspiracy conspiracy with great enthusiasm and anti until he gets the hang of being buln a king makes some borne of the m most ludicrous mis nils mistakes i I takes imaginable in the meantime the tho former king languishes in an asylum I I lum and as there thero is a striking rosem glance between bele Ju the two men it is not nol for the arch conspirators to keep him there under the announce announcement announcement I ment that he has an hallucination that ho Is the king which of course ho Ite Is The company Is excellent the stage settings adequate and in one scone scene elaborate and altogether allo ether We WeAre e Arc Are King ICIng is s put on and acted In a manner one ono expects at the high price th caters THE RIGHT OF WAY WEDNES WEDNESDAY DAY MARCH 3 There Is no one on who pretends to keep pace with contemporary liter literature literature literature but knows Sir Gilbert erl Parkers most mORl powerful novel noel The Right of Va a story which carried ctr hIm to the tho limit of his fame rs cs a novel nt and secured securer for tor him h m knighthood and a seat at atIn I 1 in the British House Hone of or Commons Common No I Ii i I I I I I I 1 I I II i i I I I I I 1 I whore where In modern fiction is there thero a aI moro more fascinating more human figure than Charley the brilliant cynical doubting dissipated diSSiPate J lucre hero of o oThe The Right Hight of Way Va Unsympathetic ab us the lie character is isI in the earlier portion of or the story we wo cannot help but admire the authors masterly drawing and anti the lie deft delt touches by Ir which h the character is defined and andi andin nd in its late later stages the Ute author demands respects and sympathy for his hero No less carefully and fascinatingly tas drawn is tho the character of Ice Porte gals gais the French Canadian habitant In the tho same sarno story These Thebe two dla actors stand out as the most prow prom prominent moot nt in modern mOlten fiction and have bavo kept the book for fOI six A ears constantly In 1 demand Iemand while thousands of 01 of other novels have lla 13 come como had their little lit Jit ho popularity and disappeared In n tho the thoI dramatic version verRlon of o Tie Tho Right of J I 1 Way Va these two characters hao have boon been placed place on the stage as Sir Sit Gilbert Gil Gilbert Gilbert bert draw them and as ai impersonated by h Guy Standing and Theodore Rob Roberts Robertl cuts erts have hae taken their places as a two of or orthe the greatest characters ever depicted depleted on tho the stage Klaw un en unusually usually fine production of The Right of Wa Way with Mr Ir Standing and anti Mr Roberts and the tho original New Ne York cast IB is being sent through tho the W Vest st this season On for tho the first t time limo and will 1111 willbe be lie seen in fu this city In tho the near fu future futuro future ture turo I GRAND ORAND OPERA SEASON Society has hns arranged its plans so bo no Important hll In soc al event will take place during the coining coming season sc onI 1 of 0 Grand Opera at the Grand soon and anti already several notable social gatherings gather gatherings ings ing arranged for that time Limo have been II changed for later dates dales The Import Importance importance I ance of the coming season of Grand OperT tn past efforts in ht inthis Inthis this line Inge and the UlO array of artists from the prominent musical centers of o of Eu Europe Europe Europa rope ropa assures the equal of tho ho Metro Metropolitan politan Operatic engagement ment r I Impresario Lambardi will Introduce I Ino no less than seventeen prominent Eu European European artists in his tour lour this year car carten ten of these making their first appearance appearance appear appearance ance in this thi country The success of Angelo Parola tenor and Ester J ster stel Adaberto both with the company comp ny of last season and season before now n w singing w with the We Manhattan and Metropolitan n respect respectively respectively ively Ivol has caused the managerial staff stafI of those opera houses to watch this company for possible stars Special attention has boon beon given to the tho costuming and scenery and anti it can bo be said that all productions in every detail from tho the orchestra of forty ort in instruments Instruments instruments to the chorus have been carefully considered rell and the pros pres of Grand Opera by the Lam Lambardi bardi bardt company com paD will be second to none THE MOST PERFECT CAD ON THE STAGE STAG E Arthur Stabler tho the moneyed rival of or Tony Tonj Allen in Tho The Boys Bors of oC Com Company Company Company pany B il has been called the most per perfect perfect feet species s of or cad known to lo the tho mod modern modern modem em ern n stage Brought up as a small boy Loy bo I in comparative poverty he has a purse proud father whose hose sudden riso to the position of 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