The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-11
Nearly 500 Contributed to
Worthy Cause by Salt
Lake People.
Is INNOVATION IN WAY
OF WHOLESOME DIVERSION
Players From Various ThcatcrS
Enter Into Affair With
Enthusiastic Zeal.

Salt Lakes contribution TO the Actors
Fund will he about 500. This will be
| from the people OF Zion who on Tuesday
evening assembled at the New Louvre in
tho Semloi hotel. where there was an
innovation in the way OF amusement.
The great cafe of Salt Lake was crowd
ed with society people of Zion. There
were handsome women who were arrayed
in beautiful gowns: thore were cookbook
ing men, too-thc kind that Salt Lake can
turn out when necessary, and every table
in the Louvre was filled.
These good people OF Salt Lake turned
out In order that they might contribute
10 n worthy cause. II was not In the
shape of a charity, but contribution for
the benefit Of a fund that In time viii
care for those whose mission has been to
amusc. TO provide a place for them when
the sere and the yellow lear comes. when
the glare of the footlights. while they
those who sat in front; and when the
applause falls. the actor and actress know
that their mission is ended and that the
inevitable is near.
Cause Is Worthy.
In most cities night was sot apart
in some thcater where the people might
and thus aid the people Of the
stage; worthy people they are, too. but
whose life Is devoted 10 the amusing
Of others while they forget self, In Sal;
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dark, and 1t was therefore deemed adj
vIsable by the local managers of the Salt
Lake playhouseS to- help the fund in an
other way.
Manager Willie OF the Louvre agreed
TO turn over to the fund 20 per cent OF
the receipts OF this popular cafe. while
the management of The local playhousos
agreed to send Some Of their acts and
present them on the stage in tho cafe, !
The players gladly acuuicscing in the SIG |
gestion that they might thus aid fund
which would help others in the profes-
sion.
IT was. as said, an innovation, and
there were acts from the Orpheum. tho |
Mission, the Shubert, the Casino. the |
Majestic and 1.-THE Rcd Mill'' at the Co |
onial, and these stunts were tho best |
upon the bill,
Players Enthusiastic.
The players entered into the novel pro-
with an enthusiasm that per-
neatcd the vast hrong. They were al
heir best. and In view that they were
loIns n stunt that would help others.
hese stunts were presented in the best
possible manner and they were encored
lgain and again.
santIs orchestra, always good. never
played better than on Tuesday evening.
md discoursed delightful music under the
leadership OF Venezria These were the
From the Orpheun, the Milanese Min
trels: from the Shubert, John Post.
enor from the Casino, Bonnie and Free
nan; from the Mission, Abble Mitchell;
rom the Majestic Miss Palmer. from
he Colonial. "The Rcd MIL Bert Swan
nd Frank Woods Miss Bernice and the
Dutch Riddles. Their acts were never
presented bettcr: they were in costume,
nd they received mcrited applause, to
Which they responded,
IT was delightful evening and was
thoroughly enjoyed. The sum in aid OF
he fund will as said. amount to about
ZOO. Tho Dutch Kiddies aided in swell
ng the fund by the sale OF souvenir
lamps. II