The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-09
AFFAIRS OF THE THEATRE.
THE ANNUAL MEETING AND ELEC-
TON OF THE ACTORS FUND.

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Louis AIdrich the New President OF That So
ciety-Thls Weeks Hills Arc scnnt In
Drama hut Plenty In vaudevtiIe-Noisy
Costumes Worn by n Fair OF Comedians.
Tho Actors Fund of America held it's annual
meeting yesterday morning TO elect officers, and
in tho afternoon had its FIRST public meeting In
several years. The Fund formerly made these
open exercises a regular feature Of the organiEa-
ton, and 1t was revived at the Garrick Theatre.
There A. M. Palmer. the retiring President,
read his report. Joseph jefferson spoke anus
ingly and with the spontaneous manner that
gives charm to his informal talks. William Win
ter seasoned some sensible remarks about the
stage with a delicate wit and fancy. Ro-
land Reed was another speaker. Eugene
Cowlos, Frances Lee, and the Eagle Quartet
sang, and there was music by the orohestra of
the house. Tho bad weather made the attend
anco small, but tho audience was intent and
demonstrative On the stage were Mr.. Jeffer-
son, Mr.. Palmer. Mr.. Winter, R +. Mackay,
Louis Aldrich, and others. In tho morning the
annual meeting for the election of officers was
held. and Louis Aldrich was elected President,
Frank w. Sanger First ice-President, Edwin
Knowles Second vice-President. Daniel Froh-
man Secretary, and Charles II. Hoyt Treasurer.
Mr.. Palmer, Antonio Pastor, J. w. Shannon.
Charles Frohman. William z. Sim. I. Henry
c ecenSiek A AsFe chosen ni %trSste ssa Anaf'" a. NC
In his talk to the audience Mr.. jefferson said
that he had often observed how strong an affee.
mentioned a number that had bought farms as
soon as they were able. II felt this same desire
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up tho earth in one spot to look at tho soil and
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William Winter commeneed his talk with Q
s tic sa sSSn nsm awS S S1SFs q ffssSn IT d hSs,en %s0 o 6ns
vas serious and the other inclined to j~oviality.
S e'oSg might g y yS ssq n SSqRlSs called 3 on I ,s The s xSS'%s
made q mistake, said ho;x you want the
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fh unoF a o Of Ga f Sisn SH that G Ro was se quite Sf a~S
EPSS ss Meeting nor ains.hiHHs s 81 sasa Z t lse'i %rela a { b as
tween tho critic and the actor, and said that
as in any case they would read either to useless
vanity or bad feeling. Tho critic wrote entirely
fHS5 e els lsHih nters,. sh th a9 Ii 1 Ries suSjee n01 Bu Tf tSe
from corrupt influences In any caee, and
yini,s ofheiio, as we'll as Fechtsr's Ham
fBiaek Crook. not, because they. injured the
stage. He had, explained opposition to sarah
Bornhardt on the ground that che wasted her
wantoR women. who made the playhouse seom
to him more like a madhouse than a temple of
art. Mr.. Winter was cordially appl,aIded BY
rise and bow his thanks,
This weeks bills at the theatres show no new
dramatic matter. Under the Red Robe" still
refuses to cease at the Empire. "a Round Of
Pleasure" Is under full hummer Roadway at the
Knickerbocker. and several diversions have Just
been interpolated. "The whirl Of the Town"
is a jolly show at the Casino. "The Girl from
Paris" has a new Frenchmani In William Blaiden
at the Herald Square. "The Circus Cir" is
frisking along at Days. Those FIVE plays make
T NJ ssS smsaas and C Golsss .ns as p eahibitssd 1 by the Os
yeriscope at the Academy Of Music, be included.
hMt ss,sen Sq pHEsl'as a SsHSsF s. Ne Ssu sissa f. t ose
Several of the conspicuous performers in tho
Thus placed at Keith's are Isabelle Urqphart and
Ivan Greboff. Three comic opera yocalists arc
whore. too. Is John T. Sullivan, Tony Pastor
made q triumphant reentry at his own theatre
Seof ~en I. Adams am sh,in watson IT'S 'G anS MSteh! hae
John w. Ransone is king pin OF the specialists
For the music halls Gautier and williams and
MW nna so are af fs kps ss The = s sta NIe the E0 sns f Ind
Black Patti and her companion voca!ists arc in
their last week at the Pleasure Palace. Two
roof shows are In the list Hammerstein's Olym.
Rls Gas Casino a r = handso%e l Safies Is 81 sho M4F1 70 ah those st
who wait till II O'Clock. Hot popcorn goes with
admission to Huber's Museum, and q sight is
had OF girls a-popping.
There's q novel twist to what tho Whitney
brothers do at Proctor's Theatre. The pro.
gramme styles these two men novelty musical
artists" and comes nearer the truth than such
classihcations usually do. Their assaults or
popular airs through such mediums as from
bones, xylophones. and violins are conventional
enough, and critical musicians IN the audience
and tho composer of "Cavalleria Rusticana
are the only sufferers; The remainder Of theil
specially is Joy unalloyed: What looks like q
rail TANKS each OF these short flights. a
PiaR. and %S'f ths P two on Per Z SasR R erot up . S eet
down in such order and time that q ~jingling tune
two men from the bottom stop to tho top one
are abundant enough to keep him prancing. anC
f%oSr! FoSs jo nns sS qai @e so@f di tnsI sG%e a ftSn th hi'
while one man grows dreamy In playing Home
Sweet Homo" on a violin, touching two strings
at a time. his companion changes his attire anC
enters. satisfied with his appearance In all partic
ulars except his hat. But a nearby hat rack hold
eight hats, and his ~pretence at trying these oil
brings an air from the bells they carry. As II de
signed In Boston. the mems most intellectual
inning. Both put on Jackets that make then
full chested, and both don boxing gloves. A
stirred to noisiness by a punch in the short man
stomach is of a different pitch from that over hi
heart and from the others distributed over hi
own and his assistants persons. 30 a rapid ex
change Of thumpsa and swats makes q tune recog
nizable, and In tho second round, which Ia in
variably demanded, Yankee Doodle" gets sucl