The sun., 1892-05-03
ACTORS FUND FAIR OPEN.
A MFMlC C7TT IN WHlOH ACTRESsES
WE'RE MKRCHAN16

| Ahousands Listen 10 Joe JeRerH0A'a Talk
Edwin Booth with Blm-Daa rrohaai
Edits the Fair Paper and Priats . Ii.
| OF fAetresses with Their Adaressea
Those several thousand people who pushed
an increasingly difficult way into the Madison
Square Garden last night found that room
filled so that its roof seemed low and its wall.
pushed nearer together. A mimic city hat
been set down in the midst OF the Garden. {
strange and beautiful city. cosmopolitan ir
architecture and In the dress OF its inhabi
tants.
The theatrical people. the singers and play.
ers and managers. had combined and bad
made In New York a new spectacle. a new play
with no footliGhts and no behind the scenes
| with no cues and no lines learned beforehand
| Jhe name OF this new play Is the Actors Fund
Fair. and surely. when It closes next Saturday
night, the box Office will be the scene OF great
| rejoicing.
AS you entered the Garden there was In
front Of you beautiful Roman colonnade Of
sixteen columns and an arch. Through this
arch a street stretched away. and on either
side OF this were miniature houses. old-fnsh-
ioncd dwellings and theatres, restored with all
tho cunning Of the art OF the scenic artist.
| The quaint roofs Of these houses rose above
tho top Of the colonnade and nearcd the Lofty
ceiling. All around this city ran wide
hh6hW" UPON WHICH In6 nOuSCS IuCSus
with doors hidden away and doorways widely
| inviting entrance. Over and through all this
were thousands OF lights. many colored. H.
Illuminating the strange walls and strange In
| scriptions. and the curious wares and ull tho
| interesting faces and forms of the citizens md
merchants Of the city. for all the citizens are
| merchnnts. driving the hard yet easy bargains
This fir ,snt city TaH opened SO quietly and
lSs a tsm hs HAT 0ahs thsy pmyi i
missed, missed that hat rart Of tho show At O'clock
toff ea% Officers @ S the a NJ RS" Sr
IT, M~fF Frank nS a!ssss sanssr Mrs. ff"ss hSs fGS5
%%h" %nss Mi; H. + + aaskaS af'sssF NJ IT. ch44isss hSIss
knowles. Mr.. Louis Aldrich. and Mrs. A.. {.
tcoasiy thanked % tSem and Hf through trough the them ' the
sented Mr. Booth and Mr. Jefferson on as "iM the two two
foremost men of tho profession. Mr.. Booth.
'n ,na WITH sheso
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: cannot attribute
a ehoi % Boos sna or n
Tahsr to TIE Slce I which we arc called
"nasnse S II this H"e yast nta reo
you will perceive readily that this is neither
the t,me nor place. may say tho SPACE. for u
ii" splendid gifts of merchandise whch q,
show that YOU thoroughly appreciate and fully
realize the value of thnt word In this vast
onc-half Of the audience can AN see @ me. . or hear
vantagcf YOU win derive from my address.
$SaEe;pesre Ths "ps'G IS not tho 0 first "f"' 9ime
a9 actor ansqr 5 Ss S%soe ha sfs never
Edwin Booth. and il. ever he has to open a iair
and speak speech hope he will say good
W9gd Ss As the nsn a Of
may say that
Because OF all the varied gifts Of his possession
:: ~ se4rse ours h vas . Iawysr" ssys lie Isvysr:
Ths Th spTRs5 5sE., say: n;S
- shonshslai save declare. HIM n a great thinker
1"% So .Sfs s i sasa sy ss 1.s ans
fna aE. saa nna be x s.0
= where once M stood .Ss famous @ mulberry tr..
IT.. s e sS. s sssp
TSsy TSs hold p place go. q honor for n ne dead
as%y aes
Perm, me Just one moment to ds part
5S.s:s 5S !s;s - .ss. su%Sy ;ss"' P;sS
n, r n so@y so oes
What should do. had been a tragediau,
Now, then. let mo conclude my brief ad-
dress. I have been requested to thank the in
an T0es te in @ he
n9YpeS this ialr 70 be formally, opened.
can flag. and the lender Of the hand. who was |
The dGSPfass a fssT o
mimic city. raised rs II by magic for six days |
esftepes: SKI had begun, before tho iair
and its shops % and its II booths % were m crowd"d sSs
SO SC, that there was no moving Independently.
rei and waited. And. as this great throns n,H,
moved. it stared as an audience stnrcs at til"
sss "s ff boSSs sGSs Ssro
women that all New York has seen behind tho
dancers. ingdneus and heavy Indies. nInnt
) rodiGles and groTn-un women equally pro-
stage people. especially about stage women.
who are always so neat and wellIrcssed and
we'll -mnnnered and far AWAY from everyday
a chance to crafty this curiosity such as New
York or any other city had never ha! before.
issues OF which Daniel frohman i Is ed,tor ,aG ,a.
LIST Is, Of these Mnctrrsses. nc with their sxact hat-
Of hs rr:y and n"f shtn hs,
and stared and noted. They We're evidently
,ttlS!lcu WIN tne results Of Their observations
For the stage women showed W very well. even
the and Of wigs. grensr nant. footlights.
md distance. And what WAS more. they looked
ust as littl" like ordinary women ns they do
iGon ~" stage. For they had brought to tho
air ~ -" tricks and ways in whici, stage life
ias tn., drI"l ~ them. al thos" little shruEs and
ngs. all til" Deisart.an willowings and hand
md arm and head and body posings. Their
lalr WAS o! curious shades undcurous coiffur-
nE.
The crowd that came to- sec them was like
III New York crowGs--well dressed, good lock-
MI u: and STAMPED with New lork's net-to.bc.
mitatet tra"o marx. with ono difference. |
.ro-ywhCrr were to be seen those young men |
no make, nMre;s worship thn sole diver
ion Of their lives. who sigh for the ,
milo OF "a !, star actress. who are
1t @ sad i thoy get the smile Of u
Apply with heppness that q successful wait
u stage door never brought them. They
l"ycd from counter to counter ecstatically
nd spent money wherever chance lighted
pom them. ,
Much has, been written about this mimic
lty which Mr.. stanford White designed 81
yell and also about the booths and their con-
nnts The best was the Old Curiosity Shop