New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
Thinks Actors /ef One
Example for Churches

I had now talked 20 three persons and
| while they all said funerals could be en-
duct>I at reasonable expense. they al lad
admitted that more often they were not
had talked 20 an undertake. banker ani
a preacher. still there was something yS
that 7 admit got. The Actors Fund flashed
into my mind. and with 10 mental photo
graph Of F. F. Mackay. lovingly known %
many as the dean OF the theatrical pref'~
sion. who is prominently connected VII
the fcTd.
I'll go to see NJ Mackay.~ q said f"
myself
I found him in his dramatic schooi ana
cornered him at once.
MIR. Mackay." { ASKED. chow much d's'
an Actors Fund funeral eo~tr
From $50 to $50 he replied "Ns'o
more"
is thar p nice flIrerar e''
1T is a dienidsd simple fI1sraL van
no more when my time comes.
What does ia provide
TIE usual rites o. the dead a asss7
4 AMI one or two carriages tJ1e al ssi'''
AT the Funeral Church ,u West % s"'-
and burial IN the Actors Funi r.o' - 'E
cemetery
Mr.. Mackay. the fund does thls for a'
actor who dies without the necessary ilaH
FOR burial. doesn't it,"
Yes"
But suppose an actor died whose i-g
lad a little money who could 'iiofa ~
So. but no more. What tlsu"
Why. the funds undertake. Woula -
them the same Sind Of a funeral a. II
same cost The fund Itself Would r
handle the money. bUt would. 81 o-
gladly SEND the family o. It's oNH anu"
takeT
Nov Tu~cominS Co ere question ~"
Ell 20 ask a. the actors can 90 ''''
their dead. is there any reason ..
churches shouldn't 81 the souc tln-
certainly not
You knoV ~ Z went on "tIt 'Ad--
been frequently made that the YIN i.
undertaken wax fat on the deaths
parish and that Cor fear ot criticism -.
IN The charch people Feud more anu
~ their dead. and cramp the u'1s
al reason. --
The church has always toStsred -
g g.uce." Mr. MackLy answered
me matter OF hats % is t t'"'
woman VINO viii go o. rhuF'' -
vc.y gOO,i ccst hat indeed. on rSs'' las
inA. He smiled Mas >tG'l' ..tt
funeral the other day. De ron'ii'~' .,.rl
its hundred carriages. recalled ~ ",a
an tdict of the Roman Catnonc ~' 40
this dibcsse some twenty cod" ~ 80
that NO funeral should nave aha
three ra~~axe.. M has trls,n,' '-
into diSuSe rl
To rctu-a o. yoJr question: i. he
o. she would. the t-hurcu cou." - ,.s
matter 81 funerals and tttc' .,rs1.
instead 90 SStentation. De- IS vSn"'' "a
that les,s 90 chat sort 90 cNces- ..s.rA
the leart 90 which is wi'al' Wv n re-
Understand. 4 an noe sVcaN'ls as
ECwau church alone. or' 49,, -
churches Rich ami poor 5'INe' ara g
heart Is Nruns with Sri,t. "''' ~ 49,
use common sense and Co o3I~'''" ~, COZ
gl,. over the cost Of tCc las, -, aar
beloved ~ such a t'rue % ' ,he ~
70 have the ne, eSsar, ecoaoul. ,as-
in. hooked upon as aiss1ri''i'. ~
The dead Oy GO, occupant v'
or Tat .,es o.
~But rcform musJ come ,.,,s !, o.
n...tt, ,s q, u..,y standard. ana ''- s,lss
vf the thln.s the church "'i5.'' .f,.r'
't,,.,n.-- IL should bel no 'as
stbc, tp live o. 90 die WAN" a., .ss.1
,r,, ., certainly adds new tsft'- ~, -. 81
% know tina ones loves "'. !, .,ur
5inch Of poverty for rlo","S nitsas ~
tsy cnc's doctors bills gnu r.AsLs
nera! exPcnses. UEO-'