The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-09
PLAYS FOR THE YOUNGSTERS
orr HESTRI o. ROYS ANO Girls
TO INTRODI'CE THEN.

CbISsireas EAisTlaIBnseat Rscseay starts
AAeVtrs 1G Productions AZ the BeaaseO
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sC the ''oaeen
&C Hearts" ne Openlng Feature.
In the Belasc9 Theatre Yesterday after
noon a succeSsfnl start was made IN the
plan 1i the Childrens Entertainments
Society to provide dramatic and mtisical
stage performances suitable for childrea
tOO Young Ia take even 20 the simplest
and mos innocent shows designed chiefly
Tor gTownups. The idea Is once n year.
PEI haps oitensr II the youngsters insist.
70 arrange a programme % short plays.
pantomimes and MUSIC numbers deai gne1
70 aInuss little Ones first OF all.
The affair waA a ~ With the jnvsnilss
from the start from getore tho start
in fact. because whoa the orchestra mem-
bers came in theTs were youthful gRspe
% delight AL over 'hs theatre. for tho
orchestra waS made up Of children. boys
and Kiri- That was something hkel
Not a lot % stufy old chaps with no
ntereS, in the performance. but two or
thTes hundred tor maybe only forty or
hity. hu' there seemed to 10 hundreCis)
actual kids almost ~ much excited and
Just a. m1clI interested N the boys and
girls IN the audtance
The grownupa got . Ian GA ou, % that
ent rapce too. One nrS' violin. an angel
ftr~d slev-.n year -old m'sA. Proceeded 10
adjust and read Jrst To- Ler "xao: HIKING
her chair. her music stand her light
with so precisely tho ma nLer Of some
sslried old fiddler that che threw the
elders into OOnvusion-. That orchestra
was trained aud yesterday was con
Quoted ~ Mes Emifie Wagner. and when
sha waved y INTO the opening strains Of
che uvertuTa from -Caliph 81 liagdad- a
thousand -itidrrD Edorod IN wide even
vOEGcr. AMI I'll good reason. They
pIaysI lie white k'NliS. every one OF
them; nO'hing amSt-ur!sh about them.
" lad a angular ri.-o' on the girls ia
10 au1tencs' rou l~ouii actually feel
thci- meatal Resolves hereafter tn practice
honestly ~ ths-sr orH mii~lr Lessons. and
not consnm~. pra~tico hour with attempts
10 p,rk OF 'hs ar of Has Anybody Here !
seen Kelly and I'm ou NV MAv 10 Reno
Ihet. CAM .Ls a"'orHlIae. The 0ucen I
% Hearts. Sl'. Mad" som" Tart-.- and
- one wanted 'h.4 spoken woT L.: they
vp..id have. H.-.u an INTRUSION upon the b
p,staE- drRniR the troupe Of fusur,' Pillar ?
hor,ns made o. tho story. Tho Queen /
ana arg WE'RE Pirvcd by children. buf :
her tram hearers were babies almost /
When &c action became quick the train /
bearer 81 the QHsSi'. calmly resolved 10 4
DE r.tfhsr thg n let 10 Of tlARt train, was 4
fatfly htts,I Oh his Tor herr chubby little ,
legs and becanIs q flying mRtshine.
hen tEs Misses H1yt sang sOUgS IA |
e "a u!nc. AMI p.e. The Girl With tue |
Banbop Legs. composed ly y. q cord !
Page. was 50 dainty. 40 catchy. =" =. n J
in c'wrMct@r, ~ ns's n" grow rupe I
wonue, why Nr. Pace a mo- more ire /
qJ-aiiv heard ~ Broadway m Is'cll eth /
teI. a.iIasEts
The SECOND pat Of tho progTarme wss ,
n-lrIv flirt by paw in two acts by Grace I
i .sLsr llt-i -Ol y. pss and the Drysd
Il ,-.V- q drama &c foam % Frank Stoc d (,
t.u.s story OF tLs came name a.d made ,
q '-sv frT'tv entertainment