The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-08
THEATRICAL HAPPENINGS.
SOMETHING LIKE A ROW AMONG THE
ACTORS FUND TRUSTEES.

The annual meeting OF the Actors Fund
trustees on Tuesday was held In the strlctest
privacy. None save the officers OF the society
we're permitted to be present. The attendance
was small. anyway. as some OF the trustees
we're out OF town. The customary public ami
versary observances with oratory and music.
were not attempted. The Rialto was talkative
yesterday over rumors OF what had happened
in the secret session. II was certain that Frank
W. Sanger. one of the Funds mainstays since
its foundation, had resigned his Office Of First
Vice President. He declined to explain his
motive In doing so. The general inference was
that the reason was the retention OF Harrison
q. Fiske as n trustee 1t will DO remembered
that year ago portion Of the board resigned
on that account. Fiskc publishes theatrical
trade journal. and his personal attacks had led
TO his indictment on a charge OF criminal libel.
Tho managers who had made complaint were
Charles Frohman. Al Hayman. Klaw & FIR
LANCER and Nixon 4 Zimmerman There has
been no trial OF Fiske, nor any quashing OF
the indictment. The damage to the Fund lay
In the comparative failure OF It's charity en-
tertainment last winter Hardly any of the
eminent actors whose services had been at
command would volunteer while Fiske was
retained John Drew. although Vice.
President. would not appear: nor would
William Gillette. Maude Adams. Viola Allen.
Richard Mansfield. Ada Rehan. +. H. Sothern.
William H. Crane. n. c. Goodwin or De Wolf
Hopper. No star OF magnitude excepting the
genial Mr.. jefferson and Fiskes wife. Minnie
Madden Fiske. would have anything to do
with 1t. Heavily remunerative matinees had
for several years been given with the assist
ance OF such stage favortes in programmes OF
novelty devised by Daniel Frohman. who would
not aid again. Augustin DAILY was appealed to
in, al; A A.,
undertook the Job. but. deprived Of at
tractive actors. his strenuous efforts came
almost to nauRht. the receipts at the matinee
being small. A similar disappointment was
encountered in Philadelphia. A later vaudc-
willie matinee here in New York was n COM
plete tlasco. realizing only about $500. The
Fund has, therefore. had to rely for its benen-
cences on the income from its large capital and
the half OF the theatre license fees given to it
Something that happened in Tuesdays meet
ing, Of the trustees was told yesterday by q
them up right lively. The loss 81 income from
Fund matinees, he said, was deplorable. II he
mena to the nte rests Of H nobe charity E he
Ss%ai :,yle ,oi emrhatic, EnsIisI. He a. a.
against FISH, and Sn ps se
tive action was necessary to reinstate the
when Mr. Brady was asked by SuN reporter
to repeat what he had really E,s said. he REPLIED
personal friend Of his. He admitted that the
finances Of the Fund had been discussed; and
as we'll as the employment OF a salaried man to
get IN benefit performances In the large cities.
So the whole truth about that Fund meeting Is
Rialto.
The management OF dime museum In hot
weather means much more than an accommo-
dation OF the payroll to the receipts There
must be a show that looks cool. So the win
dows are raised at Hubers and the breezes
that blister the paint on neighboring roofs
strike the pleasures seeker as he tolls MOSTLY
up the stairs in the lecturers wake. The
spccialtes chosen with a view to low tenn
perature aspects. On the top floor the woman
whom the lecturer describes in melting verse as
a straightforward performer wears light silk
kimono that looks airy enough. but the heavy
hand OF time has twisted Its back breadths
awry. and the fact Is disclosed that she wears
her street dress beneath. She is oppressed.
too. by the perspiration that gathers on her
brow. but removes it quito as deity as she
makes colored handkerchiefs and brindIe
guinea pigs invisible The refreshing sights
OF the next floor below are two men and an
dum6beI until he is dripping, his inning pos
sibly pointing the shrewdness of the director,
who reasons that those who see man distress
ingly warm will congratulate themselves that
they are not FRUSTRATED. The ape looks COM
Portable. even though exhibited in costume.
hard words that describe his pet and the wilds
from which he came The cooler OF the lot
are reserved for the ground floor hall. Here
red-nosed man in a sal or suit performs
in midair on two ropes that hang from the
ceiling. On bar supported Just above the
llosophically contemplating and helpful in
keeping the lines taut. To see the man aloft
oo ann saHp Ry shn aSy Hy
to costume Is woman who sits on platform
rallied in with wire MEETINGS She y attired as
that IS for the idsg SS and "I hs %8ss
70 gasp out the window instead Of Into N his
flute The woman walks to a box at the back
Of her a ncHsure dTags from i liSs snake
over her satin, bodice, For every arrange
scsy bod BENT
head Ike bonnet rim, she courteses saueily.
a H. o shs ho @sr hsr .s *
coquettish as she knows how to be. Her smile
grows faint as she puts all her pets In creepy.
wise she does not relax from her duty. The
coolest individual in the roster is second man
him as In East Indian attire and nailed to a
cross Hesteps forward hlithely in the manner
OF tumbleT about to turn dip, har and runs
Another min from his we'll supplied cushion Is
put through the skin Of his throat, and third
Is driven through his hand into plank. Ocean
breeZes are as nothing compared with the in
vigoration following upon view OF this
torture.
layout OF comic opera has been made for
Manhattan Beach this summer. The Idols
Eye" with Frank Daniels will be there. in the
Casino. one week. beginning June "a The
second entertainment has not been settled on,
though 1t will probably be one Of the musical
pieces that were current In Broadway last sea-
SON The third will be The Charlatan with
De Wolf Hopper and prima donna new in his
company. After that the Weber 4 Fields Com
pany will give burlesques. including new one
for three weeks. Sousa's concerts will begin
a week from next Monday. Suburban day. and
so will the Pains ryrotechnic exhibitions illus
tratnR the destruction Of Cervcra's fleet and
the battle OF San Juan Hill.
Charles Frohman has bought " The Tyranny
Of Tears" and will put John Drew into the
role which Charles Wyndham is playing in
London. 1t is settled that William Gillette
will appear in the Sherlock Holmes play which
he has written. as Conan Doyle has approved
the manusCript which. under the contract had