Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25

himself or with some person authorized
to make engagements; when she must
submit to the thoughtless discourtesles
of petty employees; write application
after application that receives no at
tention; see the days and weeks pass
with no CLEAN of hope, and a new
season coming without promise of en-
pIoyment; when she is tortured by fear
that there will be neither work nor
salary when the days of activity are
renewed; when she must put aside
delicacy and urge personal qualitica-
tions to possible employers who listen
carelessly to words that but repeat
others often heard; and when after all
and with all she must pass the rest or
her time in some dismal hall bedroom,
in some common boarding house, in
an atmosphere wholly unlike her home
as we'll as foreign to the field that
holds her ambition, 1t Is then that
such an institution as the Three Arts
club is appreciated for its atmosphere
of refined comfort, modestly charged
for; its air of hope and it's happy COM
panionship"
The rules for admission to the Three
Arts club are four:
1. All applicants must be studying
with a view toward self support or
working in one of the arts.
2. They must be under 80 years or
age.
8. They must furnish at least two
satisfactory references.
L. Admittance only by application
card.
Seven dollars a week is charged for
room and meals, including the use Oh
laundry two days out of the seven.
The membership fee is 81 for a year.
Under the general supervision of the
board of managers the girls themselves
now manage the different departments
of household work. In four years there
have been 237 different girls in resi-
dence. They have come from almost
every state in the union, and many
foreign countries, including italy'
England. Sweden, Norway, Scotland,
Switzerland, Canada and even CHINA.
In addition to these girls some 300 out
side members have come in touch WIN
the club. =
The officers oi the club, which is
located at 1926 West End avenue, are;
Honorary president, Rt. Rev. Dayld
H. Greer, D. D.; president. MIS-. J9nIl @
Henry Hammond; vice president, Mrs.
Douglas Robinson; secretary, MRS.
Harry Markoe; treasurer Mrs. Breck
P. Trowbridge; chaplain, Rev. George
A. Strong.
Board of managers-Mrs. Francis
McNiel Bacon, jr., Mrs. Nicholas BID
die, Mrs. Charles F. ChamneTlal,ne'
Mrs. Robert Munro Ferguson, Mrs.
William Osgood Field, Mrs. Harrison
Grey Fiske, Mrs Goelet Gallatin, MISS
Greer, Miss Harriet X. Hammond, mrs
Thomas Howard Howard, Mrs. Bradlsh
Johnson, Mrs. Edward G. Post, Mrs.
Theodore Douglas Robinson, Mrs. Loril-
lard Spencer, ir.; Mrs. Samuel A.
Tucker Mrs. Frederick w. Vanderbilt,
Miss Dorothy Whitney, Mrs. Payne
Whitney, Mrs. Francis der. Wissmann
and Mrs. William Orocker.
Associate MEMBERSHIPS Ethel Bar
rymore, Albert Morris Bagby, Mrs.
Carroll Beckwith, Walter L.. Bogert;
Edward Howland Blashfield, David
Risnham. Frank Damrosch. Walter
Damrosch, John Drew, Miss De Wolfe,
Madame Emma Eames, Miss Geraldine
Farrar, Clyde Fitch. Mrs. Sidney Hay,
Mrs. Albert Herter Mrs. Wilbur
Mathews, Frank D. Millet Miss Julla
Marlowe. William Francklyn Paris,
Madame Sembrich, Miss Lois swan
and Miss Gertrude Watson.
Among a multitude of projects for
the uplifting of the stage the Three
Arts club is unique in its practical
handling of one of the most difficult
and delicate perplexities confronting
the young actress. Away from nome
and friends. her battle for recognltlon
is something more than a subject Tor
noetic pity or philosophic dissertation.
IT is real need-need of companionshlp,
announcement, and now and then that
friendly word which only kind-heart-
cd woman of the world can give. rms
need the Three Arts club meets, ana
II is as such a sisterly endeaVor that
II appeals for the sympathy and aid
of followers of the footlights.