New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

II does not appear that The Foiles' an
nouncsd tor New York are the original
London company OF that name headed oy
ri. q. Pelissier. At any rate, Peiissler
and The Follies." for many years hish
favorites In Shaftesbury avenue, are still
playing at the Apollo and their announce
ments indicate no change Of base for the
coronation season.
Another Her name is Iudmis Wetluz-
skaJa, and she is coming here to dance.
NJ Crbain Gohier writes TO the "Ma,:n,"
in Paris:
Consider the masterpieces Of the French
stage curing the last twenty years--ar1
, every play is a masterpiece nowadays-
the masterpieces which have been e2thu
siastically applauded in Paris. fois,ed on
the provinces and offered TO foreigners ns
faithful pictures OF French life. You will
find in the heroes and 'hcrcines' Of them
that is to say. In the characters on which
the sympathy Of the author has lavishcd
itself-here swindler. there a forger, else
here blackmailers. murderers, sharpers OF
every description, streetwllkcrs pane
gyrized as the only type Of loyal woman,
betrayers OF young girls. parents who de
.,aach their own children, mothers who
serve as PROGRESSES TO their own sons,
20 uths who rival their fathers III luxury,
sens who act as pandars 10 their mothers
| One need no. mention .he names If
the plays: you can recosi.ize taern for
yourselves. None but vile and degraded
characters. the prey OF abjc,t passions
writhing In circumstances OF utter shame.
nd
whom one in ten is French. rings with
cries: Bravo, C'est rArt,' Cost In Vicr
II Is not our lifc And We repudia.e the
presentation of such filthy pictures before
the world "a ? portrayal OF French nfe"
Albert Chevallers return to vaudeville"
Is Welcomed everywhere. remarka BILE actor
though be Is. he is not equally gifted in
playwriling. sad So his adventures IN plays
os his own contriving leave much 10 be de-
sired On the variety stage he is supreme
George Alexander says that during his
| twenty-one years OF management he has
! spent 5000 in commissions to authors OF
plays which he has never produced. After
all, that Is not much. II amounts to only
81 40 year. ANY trader or manufacturer
doing as large n business as Mr. A,exan-
der's would think himself lucky II his in
ves'ments In unstable stock did not ex-
ceed this yearly average
The announcement that an infant phs.
! nomenon has been discovered hy Charles
Frohmar. who has accepted a one,ac,
play from The ZEN 81 cornelta Skinner
eyed elsven. recalls IN. fact that hith.r,o
the record for Youthful playwriting was
held b. Friedrich Won Schiller with his
ciassic drama. The Rauher" c'rhs Ron
hsrs'1 Quite recently. however. n riay IN
two acts, entitled 'Jut.a Sanden." was pro.
duced at Antwerp at the Theatre noyal,
Flamand The name OF the author wa,
gwen as Marguerite Zoiner, The Young
PLAYWRIGHT. who Is Il daughter OF the wei,
known composer, Professor Heinrich ZSll,
ner has only Just entered her teens. She
has already published a volume OF verse,
which Is now IN It's second edition. and q
i~w weeks axe. al The age Of twelve q
novel entitled "Marxenschnee" ("March
snow. which has teen exceedingly IA.
vorahly reviewed by the Continental press.
>.-Tbs Stage, London