The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-12
CROWD AT BARNABEE BENEFIT
BROADWAY THEATRE PACKED AT
LONG PERFORMANCE.
Real Actors. Almost Actors and Common
People Fail Over Each Other TO Help
Things AIon8-ShOw Girls I'm HOldup
Act In the LObby-Proceeds SIC, 600.


The firemen probably winked at regula-
tions while the testimonial performance
got up by the Lambs for the benefit OK
Henry Clay Barnabee and Mrs. W. II.
Macdonald was In progress at the Broad
way Theatre yesterday afternoon. The
theatre was packed from backstage 20
lobby and the immense audience yelled
over vaudeville acts and bits from Broad
way and Theatre Alley plays from 1 O'Clock
until Mrs. Fernandez's programme selling
bevy of broilers had to hurry out for a
hasty ham sandwich and then tear OF to
real work.
Mrs. Fernandez, backed by the finest
standing army Of show girl holderups in
captivity, began taking money from citi-
gems as soon as they arrived on the block.
The army gathered in in their own cute
little way more than $500 while selling
cigarettes, programmes and lowers before
one got by the ticket man at all. Mrs.
Fernandez announced during the after
noon that yesterdays benefit performance
was the biggest in every way that was
ever held in town, with the exception Of
the san Francisco benefit last spring.
Her assistants were composed OF show
girls from -The Little Cherub," the Belle
Of Mayfair and Anna HEIDI company.
Victor Herbert swung the baton over
the heads of his orchestra within the theatre.
Mr.. Herbert started the proceedings with
a fantasia from The Serneade" and his
orchestra stayed on the job all afternoon
and played between the different acts.
1t would be hard to find an actor or actress
Of prominence in town that didn't appear
in the long bill hat followed. And for
! once everybody on the programme was
on hand When they couldn't work them
in any other way they chased the stars
! into choruses with the result that when
Mr.. Barnabee appeared on the stage about
Q O'Clock to sing the tinkers' song from
Robin Hood" it was learned, after the
smoke and dust from the resultant ex-
plosion had settled, that the humble thinkers
consisted Of Pete Daley, Sam Bernard
Richard Garlic, Edward Abeles, Otis Harlan,
Gus Weinberg, Campbell Donald lgnaclo
Martinetti, Joe Weber, Richard Golden,
f. J. Connolly, George rockingham, Harry
Dixon. Charles Bigelow and Raymond
Hitchcock.
A glance back Of the scenery would have
caused a matinee girl to throw a trance for
very joy. Sitting on boxes, chairs and
each other were Lillian Russell and daughter,
Dorothy, Chorus Lady" Pat OBrien and
her injured sister Nora and Marie Dressler,
while Kyrle Bellew stood near by lean
ing against nlIlhelI RTdcclullys ndlIIo
Williams and Andrew Higginson ate right
out Of the hand OF Tom Wise, the general
stage and the list of star call boys
Julian Mitchell, Will West, II. H; Burn
side, Winchell Smith, Robert Schables,
Hugh Ford and Lewis Hooper histled
three alarms to Mrs. Fiske, Henry Miller.
Margaret Anglin and John Drew without be-
traying the slightest fear.
CLAW Nj. Greene wrote a ~eulogistic ad-
dress. that was read by Mrs. Fiske; Eleanor
Robson and company appeared in A
Tenement Tragedy Blanche Ring and
Nav Irwin did some ground and lofty
singing, and Lew Fields appeared in the
romantic duel scene" from About Town: '
Louise Dresser, Marie Doro, William Gil
lette, Anna Held, Henry Leoni, Gertrude
Hoffman, Max Hoffman and Lucille La
Verne also appeared. Oscar Hammerstein
sent over Mile. Dazzle, his premiere dan.
seuse, 10 give her l. Domino Rouge
dance. =,
At the Lambs Club last night it was said
by those having the benefit in charge that
the proceeds would be about $40, 900.