New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-28
THE TORK OF TIE FAIR VEIL BEGUN.
SUBSCRIPTIONS OBTAIYED AND INTEREST IN THE
PROJECT AROUSED.

4 week Of thorough and careful work for the Actors
Fund Fair has shown the Woman'S Executive COM
mitt"c exactly what Is before It TO be done, ana mas
suggested somewhat in regard to methods and system
There little II thing, to crtclsc IN the pG'
y bich the committee formed ut first for the carrying
ont OF the undertaking before it, but details must al
ways be regulated 5y experience The resul; OF the
committees work last week showed 1t had gone about
# I'm the right way and the degree Of success which
has been me-, thus far IS exceedingly encouraging
gratifying willingness Is shown the part OF the
n,incss men Of the city to assist the worthy object
u the fair and thei responses To the appeal Ol the
committee have been prompt and generous.
The work Of visiting those from whom assistance
of one kind or another t. hope for Is or course only
begun but II has gone far enough To sh"" friendly
d. position and a readiness To manifest it In practical
way The canvas,ers Of the Woman's Committee
have received considerable number of contributions,
many Of them large and some smaller where the means
were smaller The work will go this week. and the
list Of subscriptions, selections from 1t. VIII be
pnbll.hed when It gets little longer, and it IS BY no
means ,hUItnOw.
one Of the propositions for this week Is meeting OF
the full committee be held ut Hartman Hall, which
All women who feel an interest curiosity about the
fair will be welcome To attend. Evcryth tlat mas
-n or 4, to BE- done will then and there be explained
and each one present may learn better In what par
ticular way the fair project may be benefited. Too
much credit possibly be given to the energy Of
w members % the committee, who have thus far under
iakcn aud far pic carried out an enormous
PAT Of the work for the fair. The most con pstous
among these though they not all who have done
,romnn service. Mrs. A. NJ Palmer the president
Mr.. f. r. Klddcr. the vice president; Miss Georgia
wan tho secretary, and Miss Alice Fischer the re
cordlng secretary.
There 4, one way in which the promised fair Is ex-
trrmcy important aside from IL, own specific results
and the point /, con,p icuOu-y illustrated by the hbOrs
If the Woman's Committee. The fair may well be re-
,irlcd n, landmark I'm the pr0grcs, Of the profession
y the stage and it, relations with society In general
The fair has not brought together, and Will not bring
together the actors and the people Of other walks OF
fc but II viii prove that they already are together to
a greater extent than has been understood before. The
rradnc,, Of people Of all professions aud occupations
tD oiu in making the fair cOmpct" success Indicates
something more than benevolent approval OF lts
object worthy that l.. II indicates tn" hlgh pace
which the men and women of the stage hold III the
esteem and respect of the community AT large and the
good w-he, oi all toward those who profess an art
which wa, long dc,pscd. to the dctriincnt OF scll
and ~ ,pclcty. II the AcOl,' Fund Fair dd nothing
but illustrate this fact clearly II has ALREADY
Illustrated It, while the accomplishment Of it, o>tel,lle
purpose Is still distant II would sill Re worth all "a"
lime and labor that have been and VIII b. spent upon IT,