New-York tribune., 1910-01-23
ACTORS FUND Fan
II WORTHY CHARrrr
To Be Held at 7Ist Resn
Armory Nay 9 to II

Nearly four thousand staxssou,
managers. chorus girls. vaussv,,,'
circus perforrers-frorn ever, -, ~
the country have offered their 80 'a
the coming Actors Fund Fair r..'os
be held at the list Regiment A-,,o
May TO a. ~
Managerial differences hav.
aside and all have joined in the -
make this fair for the relie, ~ ~ "
and unemployed in the profes.,,.
young and old. the Iargest cbar,,,' "'
ever held in the city
Practically every well knooz,
In the East. South and West o,,..,,
New York has announced special ~.
performances during the week n, -
Prominent authors. artists ana
women have also volunteer,d that
ance.
Through the generosity Of sor,A :,
wealthiest men in the city the iar,a
hall viii be transformed into a v-....a
den. similar in scenic effAct "a -.
Versailles. In the centre OF the b.T
be a beautiful canopied booth. with ..
tain playing before IL Mrs Jar,e. -.
and a host Of society women .-s >.
tantes Will have charge OF the boo,s,
around il and so arranged as u n-..,..
exquisite vista are numerous na-z.t.-
overgrown with luxuriance Of grssp -.
and delicately tinted flowers. B4r..,. ).
balconies are long rows OF garden -.
where everything will be sold t,O-
motto 70 an automobile
The Players, the Lambs. the Fs,sr !.
Century Theatre clubs. the P-n,.s.,,.-,
Woman's League and the Twelfth w..
Club have all taken booths and A..
deavoring to oItdo one another /, -.
exhibits
SCORES OF STAGE BEAUTIES
A score of stage beauties will hars -s,.,,
of a racing wheel. the tin gsezsz rr
race night and day 10 swell the tu,a !.
other group Of actresses dressed N :.
costumes Of a dozen nations viii ser. n,
in the dainty tearoom- At the dcH .mx
society women and actresses vii yu..,,
off dolls that they themselves have dr.ss..
In all. there will be sixty or nor. Aoe,s,
Many OF them were taken BIZ he hr.s-
manufacturers throughout tie ccrr-
who have donated Thousands of doHsr
worth of their products. 70 be sod " 4,
most charming women on the Ans.z
stage. more than a thousand Of whom y
forsake the footlights during the xssz Il
- isaIeswomen.
The art exhibit will be the most crruss
collection of paintings. drawings and sl...
ings of the stage and stagefoIk ever at.
cred together at a single exhibit Ura.I
the ch&lrmanship Of John " Asranss
president of the American Academy 4
Design, the art committee has oats,s
the loan of some Of the rarest pictures 4
the private collections OF the city
unique illustrators exhibit has also n
devised by Albert Sterner.
Giving variety to the display will hs :
productions Of rooms of houses famous |
the history of the stage, among tnr|
Shakespeare's house. In these houses nk
able relics will be auctioned Of, hy lssdzl
actors The aged guests Of the Acar
Home on Staten Island, which Is s1gcrs
by the fund. are producing a specal #
hibit 20 be displayed in booth-ths sIsr
reproduction Of their living room At "
home.
President Taft viii make an address =
the opening night. He will be prsssafi
with a gold medal by the twelve nos y
ented actresses in America. vho II
attended by twelve flower girls choS, =
beauty from all the choruses Of The &C
A miniature theatre is being bull n y
armory and various Managers IN tas cV
will present especially written pisys vi
their stars IN the leading roles
HOPE To RAISE scoan
This fair promises TO be even more ss
cesSfui than the first. fourteen years :
which enabled us 10 start the Actors -
and maintain the Actors Home on s'a'
Island" said Daniel Frohman. presldsn'
the fund. yesterday. Then VS. de"I
s1SO.OOO but this wear we need ana
peCt 10 raise 5000. 900.
We have under way a great cnar''
scheme for the relief Of the needy anu
.ferlng among the profession every
we appropriate from 500 10 sl.ueo iH
the support of earnest actors and sct.sss
old ana young. who have been uliV''-
either through age or sickness 4.
There is no one more pitlaoie lan ~
aged and inffrm player who Is Nhons .s.,..
fitted by training for any otnel lu.ss su.sss-
than the one ne so eagerly anu eHN
aSticaiIy adopted in MS youth -.-.,s.;
Nor is IL his fault that ne : ~. - 81 |
The actors profession is preea.".ssss
more so than any other. Inc sass,se stS ~r'er
hgasa hsa
tain, the failures many. II IS ls y.
tion of this that StirS such widesps es. a. ~
pathy for our charity and niaAes ~ - ~
atrical people so quick 10 aid 'loss 80. :, n
profession. Nowhere IS there = rssy =
erous people than the staseto.M ss;s.sn-
the first 10 respond 10 calls FOR sss,' 81 "a
during great national calainitss. .-s s.s, j.
one OF them needs any help ns