The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-05
ACTORS WHO ARE RICH.
POVERTY is NOT ALWAYS THE
THEsPIAN's LOT.
Professional People Can Accumulate
Dollars as Rapidly as Any One.
From the New York Journal.


From the New York Journal.
The well-to-do member of the theatrical
profession is no rarity. There are plenty
of actors and singers with comfortable
fortunes.
In no class of people is poverty as con-
spicuous as that of the actor or singer,
simply because a certain degree of prom
inence cannot be avoided. So we hear a
great deal of the penniless professional,
and thus an idea that the Thespian is in
a chronic state of financial woe has gain
ed firm hold on popular belief This is,
however, rank nonsense. Hundreds of
theatrical people are scantily supplied
with money as rule, because they choose
to live in princely fashion for a while,
and play the role of the beggar the rest of
the time. They take desperate chances;
they invest capital and time, which often
means money. in undertakings that are
preposterous. The company wrecks that
strew the highway of theatrical progress
are so numerous as almost to obscure the
signs of success that are very frequent.
Resolved into a nutshell, the fact is DEM
Onstrated that if the actor or actress of
medium ability is poor, it is matter of
choice. A saving disposition would re-
suit in independence. To any one familiar
with the lights of the drama and opera
the foregoing statement finds strong cor
roboration in the following facts:
Paderewski has an independent estate
in Russia
Yyette Guilbert has valuable possessions
in France
Sol Smith Russell has a fortune invested
IN Minnesota.
Ada Rehan has acquired a snug little
fortune which she has put in Harlem and
brooklyn real estate.
Rose lixrac arfr. xrac a Mt q
handsome uptown residence.
Della Fox owns a beautiful home in ST.
Louis, to say nothing of over 100000 in
Emma Eames owns property in Paris.
De Wolf Hopper has money in the bank
francis Wilson can boast of a beautiful
nome in New Rochelle.
Ihomas Q. Seabrooke put his spare
money IN Denver real estate. 1t is net
ing him large profits.
Clara Morris owns a beautiful home
up the Hudson, to say nothing of valua-
ule property in this city.
Helene Modjeska owns valuable proper
~ N this city, Colorado, Poland, and val
liable ranch lands in California.
Fanny Rice bought Boston property
WIN, Win her spare cash. Some of it is very
James Lewis is property owner and
mere is no encouragement for the wolf
10 haunt his door
Frederick Warde owns valuable land
n several western states. He has strong
and Washington.
hermann. the magician, owns valua-
ne houses in this city. and has signified
yle intention of erecting a theater to cost
Iearly half a million dollars. This, how
yer, is only possibility, as a previous
4Iort IN the same direction was not
Ni0Wned with success.
Flchard Mansfield owns a magnificent
come
"a. John Drew owns real estate, and has a
arge bank account
nt-oDert Downing is a landholder in the
5-a.flct Of Columbia, while his wife, Eu-
Genia Blair, has an anchor 10 windward
zines Booth owns property around New
otE and Aas no difficulty in living within
10Th Milton and Dollie Mobiles own
oohtEl real estate and have landed in
rcsts IL The west The honest dollar
'.i,.s n both fast friend.
,.N imam Crane Is the owner OF Massa-
.sctts real estate and is on Intimate
0e5tl6 w1hsEe@eral banks
- q2fs Robson also OWNS land IN the
- kay state. He Is a shrewd inancier,
sHu the methods OF speculation Outlined BY