St. Paul daily globe., 1892-09-19
Della Fox Is q. Spendthrift,
But Still Saves Some
thing.
Loie Fuller's Champagne Ap-
petite and Soda Water
Income.
Annie Meyers Branches Out
as a Real Estate Spec
ulatOp.

to $1,000 week, not to mention the
stars, who sometimes receive even
larger salaries. Somewhere in the
neighborhood of 45o organized COM
paDies, comprising from 10 TO SO men,
bers each. are upon the road during
the regular season. While travelling
these trOups eXpend at least SS,000,-
600 in railroad fares and hotel bills. For
the thirty five weeks they travel each
year they are, of course, obliged to live
in hotels and boarding houses, where
nearly 100000 is paid out for their
accommodation.
From these figures it will readily be
seen that the influence eXerted by the
dramatic profession has no little effe ct
upon the financial condition of the ma
ton. Many country boniface, at the
close of the year. would find himself
with a debt balance were it not for the
perennial visits of these migratory dis
ciples of Thalia. Melpomene, Euterpe
and Polhymnia.
Few people are aware of the prudence
and foresight which many actresses
exercise in governing their financial
affairs. 1t was to gather evidence on
this point that New York Advertiser
reporter secured the following inter-
views:
The reporter presented his card to De
Wolf Hoppers representative, Mir. Nc
Kinney, who courteously conducted the
man through the intricate labyrlnths
behind the stage of the Broadway thea
ter to little room. eight by ten, with
the thermometer at $50, where he was
introduced 10 Miss Anna O'Keefe and
Jeanette st. Henry.
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to Miss Anna O'Keefe, who made such
hit with the wang" company, and
when she was asked about her financial
affairs she laughingly replied:
"What ridiculous question to ask of
one in our profession. However, if you
really want to know, do not mind
telling you. I have now almost $4,000
in the Manhattan Savings bank, subject
to myOrder; and, besides that, own
house in Brooklyn which would not
part with for $4,000.
"Yes, l think l have been rather
prudent and inclined to be economical
my father used to give me dollar a
week, part of which / put away in a
plush wooden box with slit in
the top, the key for which was carried
by my father.
Zone day two little friends of mine
paid me visit. Our supply of goodies
ran out, and l, yielding to temptation,
rushed to our woodshed, seized hatchet
and chopped open my pretty bank, from
which we extracted enough pennies to
purchase all the candy we could eat.
Since then have deposited all my spare
money in bank which cannot be
broken at will"
At this point Miss Della Fox of the
same company entered the room. "You
want to know where my cash iS?" she
asked. Well, L have $4,000 in good
American coin deposited in the Union
Dime Savings Bank, the Bank of AM
sterdam and the German Savings
Bank"
"Yes, and she has spent twice that"
remarked De Wolf Hopper, as he en-
tered the door. Then he added:
Miss st. Henry is the extravagant
one of the girls. She has mania for
china, silks and laceS."
Notwithstanding that mania," said
Miss st. Henry. IL have laid by So, 500
in the last fifty-three weeks. While on
the road l sent, every week, whatever
l could spare to the bank, and l con-
tinue to add to my account at regular
intervals.
81 was terribly frightened" contin-
| ued Miss ST. Henry, '.at the time the
North River bank went under. When
l saw in the papers that the bank had
failed, rushed frantically down to the
North River Savings bank, in which |
keep my funds. How Overjoyed was
to find everything as usual 1t took me
some time to recover from the effect
produced upon me by the similarity of
Names"
Miss Kathrine Erskine. in reply to a
similar question, said: Il was
about fourteen years old. when
conceived the brilliant idea of
borrowing money without giving
interest or collateral, and loan
ing it to my playmates at good, big
premium. Having made all my ar
rangements. | accosted Hebrew gen.
tlemen with whom | was very well ac-
quainted aud asked him to lend me SIS.
Imagine my intense chagrin and disap-
pointment when he demanded Is per
cent interest, which was the premium
at which L had agreed to lend. OF
course, l was obliged to cancel my con-
tracts, and from that day to this | have
been more or less unfortunate in my
financial ventures.
"Well, yes; / have little money in
the bank, and | own some property in
Canada which my grandfather, the late
Judge Erskine, left me-"
"Where is my money? Goodness, how
you startled mel" exclaimed the spright-
ly and beWitching little actress. Emma
Pollock, as she advanced through the
gloom behind the scenes. "Why. | put
S. in the Greenwich Savings bank when
L was in 'MUgg's Landing and / have
added to that account ever since.
at was under very different circum-
stances that an inquiry was last made
regarding the disposition of my small
funds. While on tour, our company
stopped for night at little three-stOry
hotel. My room was on the second
floor, and the window looked out upon
the roof of veranda which extended
along one side of the building. After
travelling all day and giving a perform
ance In the evening. was so exhausted
L fell into sound sleep the moment my
head touched my pillow. Suddenly /
was awakened by feeling hand upon
my shoulder, and l heard a gruff voice
say: ''Where is your money? Quick!"
l was so frightened l sat bolt upright
| and screamed. Hearing people in the
hall attracted by my frantic cries. the
man quickly opened the window,
stepped out on the veranda roof and
jumped off-a distance of eighteen or
twenty feet.
''Do you wonder. then. that l was
somewhat taken back upon hearing
your question"
when L first commenced to remem-
Der anything for more than two minutes
at time," remarked Miss Lily Post, II
| used to sit on the stoop of my fathers
house in San Francisco and watch the
people go in and out of the mint which
was opposite our house.
zone day was taken inside to look
at the gold stored III large room, and l
| thought how nice it would be to have
enough to buy all the candy and dolls l
wanted: but it never struck me to emu
| late the example of Russell Sage, and
| stow away every penny that came with
in my grasp. On the contrary. liked
| to see money go, and somehow it did go
pretty fast.
81 had given very little thought to
money until one day found thatI had
paid all my bills, had purchased every