Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-12
HOW ACTORS SPEND
THEIR MONEY
The Pads and Fancies That Lure the
Nimble Dollar From the Pocket OF
the Footlight Favorite,

close a great many of the vast numbers
of theater goers ask the question. Nov
that he time for rest has come, how do
the great actors and actresses who draw
enormous salaries spend their money? Do
they settle down at some quiet resort in
America or Europe or do they trot all
around the globe in search Of excitement
from an irresistible habit of itineracy
acquired by constant traVel during their
season of work?
The answers to these questions are
almost as numerous as there are indivii-
ual actors and actresses. for nearly every
one of the great stars has a favorite
way of spending his or her vacation and
using up the money earned by months
of tedious labor. Actors are p~roverbia!ly
i~mprovident. That 'rainy day" whicn
comes sooner or later eldom enters
their thoughts SO long as they draw sal
airy. They live on the ''eat. drink and be
merry. for tomorrow We die principles:
but. oh, what a difference in the old
age! Still they go right on with their
false theories and will not learn the les
son of economy.
; Whether it is the idea of sudden death
which makes an actor wasteful and ex-
or whether it is a succession
OF idle, empty days hanging heavy on his
hands that tempts him to buy everything
he sees. from a Japanese cabinet to a
milk punch, who shall say? The inter-
estlng fact remain that he cannot keep
money in his inside pocket.
Joseph Jefferson is wealthy. but he has
made so much money that it would have
puzzled him to find ways of getting rid
OF all of 1t. even had he been so inclined.
He is far from being a spendthrift, how
ever, but he supports at least % persons
and gives a gre: t deal to the poor. He
takes his pleasure in painting and ir ex-
changing fish stories with his friend.
| Grover Cleveland.
Sol Smith Russell is worth at least a
quarter OF a million. He used to be pas
~sionately fond of faro. but found that
real estate investments paid better. Now,
beyond a small and friendly game as a
mlne pastime, he does not copper
the ace"
Nat Goodwin has formulated at least
$loo,0OO and spends a great deal Of his
money upon his beautiful summer home
IN England. 1T is said that he also is
1on OF passing away the hours at poker.
at which he is specially lucky. But this
report can afford to "be taken with salt"
francis Wilson has plenty of this
worlds goods. and he deserves it, The
story OF ms courage and ambition as a
young man is pretty generally known.
lie was a song and dance man at q sal
airy OF S75. He aspired to the legitimate.
throwing up this comfortable income, be-
gan at the lowest rung of the operate
ladder, receiving $40 a week. He was
earnest. studious and determined.
lie has never wasted his substance in
riotous living. No one sees him in bar
rooms or loafing about the streets. To-
day he is the richest comic opera come
dlan on the stage. He is a linguist, an
art connolsseur and the best amateur
tencer in this country He paid $50. OOO
for his summer home at New Rochelle.
New York. In 1t is a perfectly appointed
miniature theater. He has a fine collec-
ton Of rare books and prints. and adds
to 1t each year during his vacation tray
els. He spares no expense in making
ms home what a cultured mans ideal
Richard Mansfield has a passion for
collecting armor and curios. He is also
fond of yachting and goes in for the sport
extensively each summer. He owns a
handsome pleasure boat o (which he en-
tertalns his friends in a lavish manner
met WIS a steam yacht. and it is his
chief delight to open wine for his pals
when they visit him ON board the what's
its-name?
The mention of Billy Cranes name
calls up visions of sailboats. Crane lives
on his yacht in the summer. occasionally
dropping in at his home in Cohassei,
Mass. Just to show his family that there
is no ill-feeling.
Henry Irving spends fabulous sums on
the prV~uction of plays. Every detail
must be perfect, no matter what the ex-
pense. For instance, the peal of bells
used at the end Of the first act of "Faust"
ana heard but a few seconds as the cur
tam Lalis, COST Sa,00O. He brought a
church organ to this country and an ex-
perienced organist as we'll, besides 400
toss scenery for his repertoire of PLAYS.
He also brought over a singer at a sal
airy of 500 a week to render one song in
a play he thought of producing. He was
not even sure that he would produce it,
There is no taking i'm Mr.. Irving's
plays. 1T is said that he has a fortune,
but it cannot be very large when so much
of his money goes for staging his plays.
George Clark has the right idea Of saw
ing money. He believes that the time
to make hay is while the sun is shining.
When he was with Augustin DAILY he re-
ceived a salary of $3.50 a week. Do you
think he went to expensive hostelries and
hung his dress suit up in a s4-a-day
room Not he. He quietly hied him to
hall bedrooms in s10-a-week boarding
houses and sewed $40 to the inside Of his
chest protector. Ha has a farm not far
from New York and a snug sum invested
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