New-York tribune., 1905-12-25
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
Mr. U1aIhley Sees Lemaitre's Nee
PIaY-SucceSs By Marriage.

My. Walkley finds II interesting. but not ufdhial-
ically up to NJ Lemaitres best The style
however. seems unmstakable. Why. dear
Huguette. are you a socialist" "Oh, Tostoy you
know; ct puis-et puis-cest amusant Huguet'e
may be a sham socialist but she Is real LIE
Again in Mr.. walkleys words Che is speaking o Of
the arist3Gratc hero2 s reieimg the pleasures
of his youth with lady whom ne i ke" d as a usbo
is now Nine de Rommelsbach. the wealthy wlaoW ,
o. an Austrian baron The scene oetweet i e1,1
'coupiets' on the Second Empire. was the nrsi
the cocottes M compisgne and Mabe and that de
Icous little exhibition of 1857 And IN those o4yS 7
Every eos oee had III This mot thrilled house
with delight and is sure to go the rouru oi ans
tomorrow"
Henry Arthur Jones. who recently paid us a visit
has written on the American theatre in the CHRIST
mas number of THE Dramatic Mirror Speahlhs
OF the players he saw here, he writes:
1 saw many memorable pieces of actinS, or, on my my
visits the NewYork theatres n as tltlidA IN 9I
is technically somewhat below the level OF a Kin nm
acting is rather less finished more rassg, forIers
imperfect, yet think many of your ptr54rih p,ido7
power and Inspiration than leading l-onoon
performers. l. need not mention suc6 ora va 9
both sides of the Atlantic John Drew ana r a!
Davis. except to acknowledge my own & hT1oed gen. cd
gratitude both of them was naturaliy ciidi -
with Maude Adams though unfortunet tely was was
able to witness only one act or leT ] spe-i
formance of Peter Pan To come 10 more SCI {
drama, could not show IN LONDON f al 'i5f a
present moment any any plfee OF 3ngins zra
think you have in her an emotional actress o., OF Ing
shGS had no opporuntg 9HS9 O of iGdgfn how great
Civilizations m 4 her nor BfePee again have
rarely been moved to pay such tribute OF s teafs
aargH aPd adTaf,9m EPsic IN NaseT performance where
great intensity feeling is blended with the finest
gded gmG 0Sf and conToed e BY superb
Was f9TuHate pr ma Ressle new W pay and was aston
fshed at his marvellous manipulation OF stage e.-
| think in Blanche Bates. again, you have another
very powerful emotional actress VINO rs capaot ! o.
GGasp'"s 5Gion and '"P'F''"S great ''O
This sentence Is taken from weekly press
sheet sent out by some industrious publicity pro
moer Miss De G9mPe 5nre is an aeTeS T a2c6 29a sne WI"
Miss Geneyieve Merritt will give costume re-
ctaI of Arms and the Man" at the National Arts
Club next Wednesday evening
Coming 7-,ro' the Rye" the musical comedy by
George Hobart and j s Hitler to he presented at
the Herald Square Theatre beginning January o.
will be the first New-YOrk offering from George W
ing Thro, the Rye includes Joseph Coyne, Dan
McAvoy William Riley Hatch and Miss Nena
Blake.
.rTbe Crossing is being rehearsed by Winston
Churchill and Louis Evan shipman. the authors
who are making it ready for the New-Y ork engage
nent to begin at Days Theatre with a matinee
New Years AFTERNOON. 1t is q four act romantic
cena laid in the citv of New-orIeans late in the
eighteenth century The leading T2e Risr Or sn6 n
his support will Rs Ma6s Beff a6d a0d oSaTs
1.-THE Lion and Mouse" played by second com
many with Arthur Byron at its head. will begin
western season in February. The Eastern COM
pany will probably remain in this city for some
time to come.
John Ayers, the veteran superintendent of Proc
tors Fifth Avenue Theatre is to-day receiving the
CONGRATULATIONS of his friends on Christmas pres
ent in the shape OF a large diamond horseshoe
scarfpin containing nineteen stones. 1t was given
to MIN after the performance on Saturday night
by the entire house staff and stage crew
Santa Claus arrived ahead of time at Proctors
FIftv-eighth Street Theatre where he made gifts
10 more than one thousand children after the
matinee performance on Saturday. every poy
and girl in the house. from the top row Of ed the
ascended to the stage receiving from Santa's own
hands the things he had brought for them
c,,t Of compliment to Harry E Converse and
Mason Peters managers of The Gingerbread
Man company some hotels including the Hotel
Astor the Cadillac and the Belleclaire, are serv-
ing with each order in their restaurants ana dllg
rooms a miniature gingerbread man six lncheS tan
twenty-five thousand OF these Dough m 5 sear
souvenirs at various Broadway h9teIS a9IlnS tbe
engagement of The Gingerbread Man at 'he
Liberty Theatre
The Majestic Theatre will shelter two companies
of players next week of greatly different charac-
ter Marie CahiH and her musical comedy assist
ants will occupy the stage at the regular perform
COS while virtually all of the time that Is left
he the rehearSaS OF the new LOU
81 ParLer nlay The Redemption OF DaVu
Corson PdS- which is dramatic play
George Edwardes's London Apollo Theatre COM
,or1, win conttnue to present ''Veronique al the
Iaroadv-a,, Theatre It's successful run must soon
ha Wrought to a close through contracts mace Tor
sc rresentation in other cities Miss Ruth Vim
- NIfss TIitrv Miss Lena MaltIand ana
TGobG Te Hay head this organization, winch pre-
SSepts an array Of musical and comedy taiehl not
eonaI1ed in New York in many years.
New Years night Miss Fay Tempetoh VIII ne
tr a., engagement at the New Amsterdam inca
qra in Bzlaw & ErIangers production of George
Al (,oban,s new play, "FOrty-fve Minutes from
T-oadv,av Miss TempIeton and her new piece
bova held the stage the Colonial Theatre IN chi
go for several months. scoring a great success
So idea Of the hit this attraction has MADE can
41s ga1Iged from the statement that II piay 60 70
S1oa SS1 20 in the first eight weeks or us run IN G
go and that 'capa city is the sum OF It's box
offce ststencnt for every performance at the
present time.
Henri, de Vries the English actor who created
4a,,ora he comment in London in the last season by
his nortraval Of seven different characters in "A
case of Arson arrived here yesterday on the
s+eovnshin NeW-York from Southampton. He was
sccon1nanied by his wife. He opens an engagement
a. the Madison Square Theatre on January s.
ETRE DPOVE OUT GUESTS.