The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-17
ACTORS FUND FAIR CLOSES
M, TREDERICk VOTED THE
u0>I POPTLlR ACTRESS.
Varrr close, Nmld Great excitement
aud crowds lamOring 10 Put In nat
Int, Gri, a aa.OOO niamoad Nech.
ra,r Hlllie nurke Camea out second.


D.. ...tnI crack at ii:ao O'Clock last
r.U. r the Actors Fund Fair which
.rr ..d the closing % The waak long
.r..-r fur your most popular ACTRESS. :
ADJ. uU. almost Was the real end q the
,r scarcely he heard.
10 the blackboard and in the
arr galleries. a hysterica not Of vot-
M v.. gong ON. with hatpins sfabblng
rh,r ,s evening clothed men yelling 20
Do 4.,srd near enough 10 hand over a
Did. with volunteer actor uahers
r--- through the gallery mobs and
,ar- Town o. making signs with their
.rE.r. ro lee the scorer know that more
,.r... Uad been corralled.
~ .n the few minutes preceding the
r-r. shot almost $1,000 worth Of votes
o. cents a vote were shOwerei upon
Ms 'luIine Frederick. Miss Frederick
aol. th a vote Of 1880. Her only real
competitor. Miss Billie Burke. was ahead
OF Miss Frederick during a part OF the
evening and made a good squirt toward
o.. -r-rtoh, especially when Daniel Froh-
.an. Miss Burkes manager, began 10
f..r an interest in his stars chances.
Ht Miss Burke ran second. with a vote
,, lsVo.
Inc prize was a diamond necklace
yliird al ;s.Ssi. ahi whlie the hysisfia
uI the voting contest was on one might
notice on the edge Of the mob a small
group Of women gathered about q plat
arm on which were Alice Fischer. Clay
Grren and Az Haymah.
This group we're more Interested in
another necklace which Mas Fischer
held and which. by the way. IL valued At
sou more than the One voted 70 Miss
treienCk. The girls gathered about Il
had taken chances on the second nsC4-
lace an week Some were show girls
Who have a supertiuity of such haubles.
and others IN the group that stood tense
40 the winning ticket was drawn forth
and announced by Mr. Hayman looked
a. II their sole ambition was 90 Eet that
ueeklscs and heat Il toward a jewellers
u sell u and buy something moTe useful.
girl IN the profession Miss Margery
Gleason. almost won the 400 neCAlash,
40 she held the s-c0nd VI the three ticketE
drawn from the box But Il went % Miss
Agnes Wilzn n No West Eightieth street
She had spent g cents for a chance on IL
and thought ~ little Of winning L that abe
wasn't even on hand when her name was
read out AZ the lucky girl
The fair went with a hang last night and
the sevenfy-first Regiment ArmOry held
the biggest crowd Of any night session
the fair has had 4 large part Of the
crowd had come under the expectation
that many vahmbles were 10 h. aictioned
"A an any r.AN a..ze Harf Mr Ernkr1amns
explained last night. 40 many hooks Of
ohances were still in the hands of the col
Iect0fs and there were 80 many things
90 he raliied that there was little chance
for auctioning Mr. Frohman says that
the auction o. the left over stock viii h.
snnounced within a few days
In the number Of votes est FOR lavdrlies
n the hfty-eevon different varieties.
ulale and female. seeking popularity BY
way OF the ballot. the c1ntest FOR athe
most popular queen 81 huriesqileT
Clnteeis, Only the rival candidates %
the Eastern and the Western bur
lesque wheels. however. seemed wrought
W over the numbers on thu burleaque
bulletin board
But when the pistol ended an thevOt
IuEs the -moNt popular burlca1ue Queen.
Ida Dexter Dinkifs az the Western
wheel had come aeross with D. 90 votas
and her nearest rival. Florence hennett
n tho Eastern wheel had - g2i Where
unon The burlesque queens, even " they
werely also ran, went right over and
sneered az Miss Frederick's score down
10 he nineteen thousands
so we've not address,. ch3- said the
third girl from thu end. who says she
-sys her line, ARE they any butter IN
This ahack7- In the hotel sconn ~ Nav
Howard show a. well a. any skirt that
ever pat the nosehag on In Sherry's OF
Delmonico's why its perfectly paltryl'
Nobody. after a glance over NE crowd
Ast uight would mistake the fair for a
church fair Now that it's I'll over Il my
10 remarked Mary Mitmann. Josephine
brown. Mrs De Wolf Hopper. Louise
Fowler and any number u the girls may
ne indicted az any time for running tin
horses around miniature acetracks and
taking demanding oral. written or
any other Kind ~ bets every minute
300 the day And the girls spinning the
wheel In the basement cared naught
iHr the Pinkertnns
The voting contests we're the thing last
p ght but there was lots Of interest among
fho actor men when p. n Sothern bid
ghest by telegraph. for the cane that
htmund kean had carried and which
taan presented % the elder Wallack
'r Sotharn got the cane. which was pre-
--ufed % tho fair by Arthur Wallack for
-. Also members 81 the lambs yelled
'E4tedly when the lamb preaenied by
N-.Ils Mciienry was won by the holder
% Hcket z0B. which happened - have
u""u bought In the name Of the Lambs
William Harris' t-POp'l nearest rival
NJ 'G- vote Cor the most popular theatrical
Manager was his son. Henry y Pop
Harris ran away from the child. Joe
BEsefz had only one vote n Pope
5iN1 bat then A. l.. Erltnger had only
nh. Md while the marker wasn't watch
Tex some yarlet wiped out the first two
~ Ires n Mr.. Erlanger's no and divided
va u1t hatWeen Bill Brady and lee
0.l,srt The prize was a diamond
-'i"Npu. hut all the unsuccessful manas
r'r, said they have a surfeii Of diamond
..satv.
Z can't give you our profits tonight,
-lI VT. frohman, but with the eXcep-
'au Hf the first fair. held In Madison
a-- Garden eighteen years ago. this
'H- most successful we'vs bad. This
ar however. has been better attended
'ar than the first fair. the exhibits
bare ue-n mors valuable and We have
rs.H arEer sales.
bar at the first fair We received large
ca. Donations. which sent tbs total
20 away up. This year we surely
.., lear si25 900. and perhaps more than
"t DO has been but another instance
.Hantableness Of New York