The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-19
at the Actors Fund Fair
By FRANKLIN FYLEs.

| beauty, by Hope Booth She may nave
asked herself what would quickest ar
rest the attention of women? Millin-
cry. may have been her reply. What
would give the most special engross-
ment to it? Why, to have favorite ac-
tors trim hats in sight of the public.
Like most thoughts that are inspira-
tions it seems easy after once it has
| been evolved and realized. / suspect
that some of these amateur man-millif-
er5 qualified themselves by study for
the role they played Robert Mantell
treated the subject with tragic dignity,
Henry Miller and Arnold Daily in vein
| of classic comedy, and William Collier
and Louis Mann were farcical, while
Eddie Foy led a lot who burleSqued
their jobs. Amelia Bingham helped
Miss Booth, and a legitimate business
was done in hats trimmed by def ace
| tresses.
But if hats handled by gods and god
desses of the stage possessed an extra
value in the selling market, how much
more might be the charm of an article
| Of apparel that had been worn by a
dramatic divinity? That question was
raised by Alice Fischer, and she got an
answer by putting OH sale blouse shat
| had been a part of Maude Adams COS
tune as boy in a playa shapeless
garment of common stuff; but young
fellow bought it fondly at SO, and de-
clared that he would have it made over
for a smoking jacket Alice Fischer,
president of the Twelfth Night club,
had a thinking spell after seeing the
quick transaction in Maude Adams
blouse; and that evening she hung out
the placard; The skirt that Kelley
Worep / may be able to make the
reader comprehend what a dainty,
fluffy, altogether nightrobe it was, but
l won't try to convey an understand
| ing of Kelley's hold in the hearts Of
matinee girls in the Harlem section of
New York. He is the adored leading
actor of a. stock company.
His worshippers long ago cut his
shadow into bits, and wear them in
lOckets,' said Miss Fischer; but here
we have the skirt that Kelley wore.
Didn't your" and she appealed to The
actor.
Il cannot tell a lie.' Kelley replied,
with gulp and a swallow of con-
science; Il wore it."
And 1 am selling chances at a quar-
ter apiece" Miss Fischer cried.
Before midnight 100 tickets had been
| sold, and the winner wouldn't give her
name. What shall you do with it?'' 1
asked.
THAT is a personal matter" she re-
piled
Il humbly beg your pardon" plead
! ed; II might have seen that it is beau
tiful enough 30 need no adaptation for
a feminine nightie."
How dare you," she exclaimed IF
you must know, I shall make a shirt
waist of it to wear at Kelley matinees.
And won't the girls envy me?'
x X X
The full area of the Metropolitan OPP
era house was graded for the high
street of Stratford-On-AvGn, reaching
from the front entrance on Broadway
to the stage doors on Seventh avenue;
and this thoroughfare was sided by
fOrty-four houses of the Shakespeare
period, with the fronts off, and the in
teriors stocked with things to SELL The
corridors and other spaces were set
with traps for the unwary. The main
street and the by-ways were always
thrOnged and frequently crowded. No
theatre had new play to distract at
tentiOn from this great aggregation of
| shows.
Here and there among the persons
and things were reminders of the past
Helena Modjeska sent a silver cup
| which, she believed, had been used Dy
| Shakespeare, and the young man who
bought it at $50 said he meant to work
| Il two ways for mdscot-to make him
write plays like Shakespeare, and his
| sister act like MOdjeska. The sister
purchased one of the autographed por-
| traits that Mary Anderson had sent
from England. "'Twon't hurt to have
two mascots," she said, land mebbe
they'll make me act like the very devil
like both Helena and Mary" The
brother was not pleased, and he re-
marked: "Mebbe tbey'Il make you act
| like two devils; you can act like one
how" A silver punch bowl that Lolita
| Crabtree had given to the actors fund
| fair of 1892, to be voted on valuation
of $4,000 to the most popular New York
! club, was sent by its winner the Hoff-
man. to be disposed of a second time in
same manner; and the Players got it.
A bedquilt that Mrs. w. G. Jones. the
oldest American actress now in service.
/ had made of silk souvenir programs
end other mement0s of dramatic events
was won by Henry F. Dixey, who said:
! 1T is very precious thing and I'm
awfully glad to get it" Then he looked
at its hodge-podge of patchwork, and
added, doubtfully: "Yes-I guess 1 am
glad"
Continuous vaudeville was given by
4 the Greenroom club, and when / looked
in George Cohan was finishing a song
and dance, and Montgomery and Stone
came on next, with Maud Raymond to
follow. The White Rats had a side
show of burlesque freaks The Lambs
QUILTED a cafe, where l gave my order
for chops and ale to Richard Golden
/ the head waiter. The Professional WO-
mems League operated a Chinese gar
den, where chop suey and rice rum
were served to me by Eleanor Robson