New-York tribune., 1911-12-23
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Tonight at the New AmsterdaiS lheatie T
tbe first performance in New YORK oi 'he
new production Of Lew Wallace Den
IIur" will be given.
Arnold DAILY will play the leading part
| OF Michel Aubier in support ot MINI
| none. when the French aruste opens III
! Maurice Donnays THE Return lro'"
Jerusalem" at the Hudson Theatre Oh jan
rary Q. The English translation N'le"
Nine. Simone will use has been maze oy
Gwen Johnson.
At conference between Charles From
man and Miss Maude Adams Yesterday II
was decided that Miss Adams season ]"
"Cbantecler" will be prolonged an Adul-
tional month beyond the tour as orleihaiiy
laid out. and in area will be extended "l.ei
tha San Francisco engagement % the Il''ea
of the Northwest, ending in Spokane the
roid,Ie of July. Contrary To- her usual
practice this season Miss Adams Will give
no other play during her tour thah OHd"-
teCIer." Her next New York appearance
will therefore not take place until NoNehl-
her. 1912. when her season at the EihpIe
Theatre will begin with "Chantecler.
The annual Christmas festival for stage
at the Criterion and New York theatres
The performance givea by and for children
vii! take place in the Criterion atteT
which. for the banquet and tree festival
tho partv viii adjourn TO the New York
Theatre. Tickets OF admission are lssueu
free upon application 10 the committee III
the New York Theatre building
Adele Ritchie, the comic opera singer
who has been absent from New hork loI
three years, will make her reappearance AT
Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre during the
week Of January I. Miss Htchie VIII sing
ncw rapertory of songs.
Owing 10 The great demand for the Gaby
Deslvy souvenir slippers, distributed last
week at the soventy-Gfth appearance oi the
French artistic iu America, the manage
ment of the Winter Garden has decided 10
give another souvenir performance on
Tuesday evening, January . Inc Hdp!
Deslys gold and silver slippers Will then
be given again to the ladies' In the audience
Percy Williams. the we'll known vaude-
vile manager, in appreciation OF the un-
firing efforts OF the members Of the Cres-
cent and Gotham stock companies, Will
give them a dinner at the Clarendon Hotel
Tonight at 12:50 o'clock. Each course OF
the banquet will represent one OF Mr.. Will
iams's theatres.
As a result of the offer made by Percy
g Williams several weeks ago, 10 award
substantial sum Of money to the most
uoIite among his box office attaches, comes
the announcement that James \. Peppard'
treasurer of the Bronx Theatre is the
winner OF the first prize, 500; Frank Nc
Grevey. assistant treasurer, Greenpoiht
Theatre. the second prize so, and Louisa
Price. telephone girl, Crescent Theatre. the
third prize, 81.
The fact, made known yesterday. thar
/ ouisa NJ Alcott's book Little Women
has been dramatized and will soon be put
ON the stage has awakened wide interest.
Many attempts have before this been made
to make a play Of the popular book, but
members of the Alcott family have always
affected on the ground that the book
characters were representations from real
life ana the originals did not care TO be
dramatizet Marian de Forest, magazine
writer and the dramatic editor OF THE Bur
falo EXPRESS" has made the play, with suS-
poytions from John AlcOtt and Miss Bon
stellc. Little Women" is in four acts and
two scenes, showing tie March sitting room
and the Plumncld apple orchard at harvest
time The interior "set will be a replica
Of the AIcott living room in which the play
practically was lived. Many of the Identical
costumes and propertes used by the March
girls in their homemade plays Will be used
fan the production. especially JOS boots, in
,.h hich She played heroincs and villains, and
which she got from "a lady who had Il friend
who knew an actor" The costumes will be in
The quaint fashion Of the early COS. and the
entire production will reflect the spirit ana
neriod of Miss Alcotts famous story.
At the Harris Theatre. as at many Of the
other New York theatres. New Years Eve
win be celebrated 10y the Offering of a
vaudeville programme.
This afternoon after the matinee at the
Fifth Avenue Theatre Charles Kellogg.
..Thc Nature Singer who has spent most
OF his life I'm the forests studying the
voices Of birds and beasts will give a re-
ccption on the stage to the Boy Scouts of
America All Scouts and their friends are
invited.