Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
STAGE cH1LDnnN,s BIG NIGHT.



Santa Claus made his eighteenth annual
visit to the little children of the stage in
New York last night The festivities were
SO extensive that Tony Pastors Theater
and Tammany Hall were almost too small
to accommodate the Thousand children and
their relatives.
The affair started Off witha sacred con-
cert In the theater, in which sixteen chill
dren. all under ten years. participated. 1t
included everything in The vaudeville line
from acrobatic specialties to buck and wing
dancing and German monoloGue
me ACROBAT was six-year-oid Augusta
Scnendai, the little Buffalo girl brought
mere by Miss Maude Adams for part in
Peter Pan" Miss Adams would have
been proud of her little protexe If she had
seen her act last night.
Leona rogers. the nine-year-old daughter
or Gus Rogers. made her first stage ap-
pearance. She sang songs from The
Rogers Brothers in sIreland,'. with Essie
Cohen, both dressed as colleens Tony
raStor tried to present the cofeens with
dolls after they had finished their songs
but Miss Rogers reminded him that she had
written to Santa Claus for a watch Both
We're called up later to receive the watches.
bsoy keife came all the way from Port
land. Me, to do dancing speciaities When
she got a doll she courtesied to Mr. Pastor
and the audience and made a neat little
speech of thanks.
see 1t can both walk and talk" she said
Dottie Gill. who sang and danced wear
ing pink sunbonnet almost as large as
herself also reminded Mr.. Pastor that she
wanted watch instead of doll. She got
the watch.
The children actually employed on the
stage were invited some time ago by Mrs
e. J.. Fernandez, who originated the an
nual festival. to write and tell her what
they wanted for Christmas. OF course she
couldn't fill their orders for police patrols,
ermfne furs and automobiles, all of which
were in great demand, but she persuaded
them that what they did get was just as
good.
There were 227 of these special gifts. and
many of them were articles of clothing
Books, typewriters, sewing machines, dress
suit cases and travelling bags were also dis
tributed few Of the children hadn't left
the toy age, and they got what they asked
for.
In the big Tammany Hall ball room was
raft of toys, which were handed out to
the children of stage people, who were
there almost thousand strong. There
were so many toys that each child went
home with an armful.
After the distribution of toys the children
sat down to a turkey dinner in the base
ment Of Tammany Hall.
The committee. composed of Mrs Pastor,
Misses Marguerite st. John, Mile Thorne,
Queenie Vassar, Margaret Forbes. jose
phine Lowere. Mabel Taliafero. Winnie
Radcliffe. Kenyon Bishop, Amelia blne-
ham. Edith Blair, Truly Shattuck. Billie
Norton. Madeline Haselette. Bfjou F,ernan-
DEE and Mrs. Anna Colweli, Mrs. M. Scott
Payne, Mrs. Edward Rosenbaum and Mrs.
Fernandez. raised ST. 700 for the children's
Christmas
Among the stage folk present were Lew
Doclsstader Lloyd Bingham, Dorothy Don
nelly, William Abingdon. Mr.. and Mrs Leo
Ditrichstein. Eddie Foy. Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz
Williams. Miss Beatrice Moreland. Mrs.
Mamie Ross Mrs. Rosie Westford and
Rernharr Dillon.