The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-05-06
President Opens Actors Fair.

New York, May 6.-The Actors
fund fair, which promises to eclipse
in magnitude and magnffice1ce any
previous charity bazaar in the world s
history, opened today in the Metropoli
tan opera house with the pressing OF
button by President Roosevelt 1t
will extend through the entire week
and every minute of the afternoon and
evening there will be something do
ing distinctively worth while The
object of the great exposition is to
add to the treasury of the National
Actors Fund, which annually disburs-
es some $4,000 for the relief of stage
folks. The work is purely charitable
involving the care of the sick, the bu-
rial of the dead, and the support of
a home for infirm actors and actress
es who are no longer able to follow
their profession and who are without
means of support.
The present fair is the finest of the
kind ever given for the benefit of the
fund in the last fifteen years and mas
aroused great enthusiasm, not only il
the metropolis, but from ocean to
ocean and from Canada to Mexico
All of the leading theatrical stars
and managers of the country have
worked necessarily for months to
make it the success it promises to
be, and have received the assistance
of scores of prominent society people
The decorative scheme for the fair
was devised by Edward G. Unit, the
well known scenic artist, and has re-
suited in the Transformation of the
opera mouse along unique and distinc-
tive plans. On the main floor is re
produced the principal street of the
village of Stratford-on-Avon, lined
with historic buildings, including the
house, Anne Hathaway's
cottage, the Guild hall and dozens of
other quaint Warwickshire buildings,
all fitted with booths wherein preside
pretty young women engaged in the
sale of antique curios and souvenirs
Of all sorts.
In the ANA Hathaway cottage are
seen displayed souvenirs and relics
Of many famous players and authors
There is a button from E. L. Daven-
ports coat; boot once worn by Les
Ter Wallack; watch carried by Sir
Henry Irving; sleeve from gown
Of Adelaide Nelson, relics of Jeffer-
son, Booth, Barrett and Mccullough;
and autographs in profusion, includ-
ng signed photographs of Robert G.
[1gersoll, the patron saint of many
stage folk; Dion Boucicault, Charles
3eade, Ristori and Fanny Davenport.
The Shakespeare house has been fit
ed up as an art gallery for the sale
IF paintings donated by scores of lead
ng modern artists, of an aggregate
Talue of some $4,000. Mark Twain,
Pollock, George Ade and
many other authors and playwrights
nave donated hundreds of copies of
heir own works, all bearing auto
booth at which she sells chances on
indians have been donated" by colo |
lei Cody and are engaged in hawking |
native wares for the benefit of the
und. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, assisted
)y many other prominent society wo-
nen, is in charge of the flower booth. |
Fhe donations to be sold for the bene
it of the fund include everything from
building lots, automobiles and naptha |
to dolls and penwipers.
list of the actresses in the booths |
S almost a roster of the great age
of the nation
One of the noteworthy features is
he presence at the fair of over 900 |
comprising the e,.tire mem
,ership of eleven bands. all of wnom
lave donated their services The Or
sanizations represented include Vic
tor Herbert's band, Bayne's Sixty
ninth, the Seventh, Fourteenth, Twen
y second and Seventy first regiment
Il bands, the Old Guard band, and the
)rchestras of Klein, Levi and Saen-
ger. The Musical union suspended its
'ules for the occasion and allows mem
oers to play without compensation.
rne opera house is donated by Herr
Jonreid rent free
By order of Daniel Frohman, pres
dent of the Actors Fund, no extor-
ion or highway robbery of the Jesse |
lanes or Younger boys variety will
De allowed during the fair. The fair
merchants in the various booths have
)een instructed to restrain their chari
able impulses to take all the money
heir male customers possess, and to
'eturn change, at least sufficient to |
Jay car fare home. A reasonably un
reasonable price will be specified on
Ill articles offered whether rose
,r an automobile, and this will be ad- |
lered to. Another order which mas
aroused much resentment among the |
women is that barring decollette
gowns from the Actors Fund ball. |
rhe fair will come to an end Satur
lay at midnight. following a grand |
carnival event.