The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-26
$75 At BENEFIT
Entire Proceeds Go To
ThrOOp Disaster Fund
6T7 PAID ADMISSIONS TO THE
LYRIC WHERE BENEFIT
WAS HELD.

Seventy-fve dollars was the
amount of the gross receipts from
the benefit performance at the Lyric
Theatre, Monday evening, when
Manager BENZ. H. Dittrich gave the
entire proceeds of two fivereel NOV
ing picture shows for the widows
and orphans of the victims of the
recent Pancoast Mine Disaster at
Throop, Pa.
There were 677 paid admissions to
the theatre who gave from five
cents to a dollar apiece for their
seats. And it might just as well be
said right here that there were no
"deadheads' or "billboards" who
got past the eagle eye of Manager
Dittrich that night, who himself de-
frayed the entire cost of the show,
so that the total receipts might go
to relieve the distress of the poverty
stricken people in the little mining
suburb of Scranton.
1t was very generous thought
of the people of Honesdale to give
tangible expression of their sympa-
thy for their neighbors down in
the valley, for the residents of the
Maple City haven't anything in
common with the mine workers.
There are no mines, collieries or
breakers anywhere near the town.
And so the liberal response to the
broadcast appeal for help is all the
more remarkable.
Newspaper Men in Charge.
For Monday night, Mr.. Dittrich
turned the theatre over to the
newspaper men who had entire
bop Of of u q
of the Wayne County Herald, The
Independent and The Citizen looked
after the management of the popu-
lar playhouse for the evening. AS
far as can be learned no one got
past them safely. Even one of the
most popular young men about
town, who tried to pass the wickets,
to attend a rehearsal of the Base
Ball Minstrels upstairs, was forced
to stand and deliver. After ran
duced a battered dime, two time
worn nickles, and three decrepit PEN
nies-twenty-three cents in all. He
was admitted
Fine Pictures.
Not the slightest disorder marked
the proceedings. And the pictures?
Say, they were great! That reel of
Noah and the Ark was the finest
thing seen in a Honesdale moving
picture show this season, by COM
mon consent.
e. B. Galloway, business manager
of the Wayne County Herald, was
elected barker" of the show And
he certainly did bark" some.
Automobile VS.. Carriage.
A sad feature of the evening oc-
Cured about o'clock, when some
one in the street shouted that an
automobile had run into a car
riage." For a moment it looked as
if the reporters would desert their
posts, and run to the scene of car
mage which lay less than a hundred
yards distant. H. E. Bassett stuck
his head out of the ticket window,
where he had been handing out tick
cts as fast as he could count them,
but that was as far as he could get.
Mr.. Galloway, who could be spared
better than either one of the other
reporters, ran up street and viewed
the accident, and brought back
word to his anxious comrades that
an automobile run by Charles e.
Gibbs in trying to make the turn
leading into his garage at 1929 Main
street, collided with a team driven
by Contractor John d. Bryant, who
was thrown to the street, but for
tunately save for a severe shaking
up, escaped unhurt.
AS usual it was the middle-class
that were the largest contributors.
One poor old widow woman gave fif-
ty cents for a ticket. The 400"
were represented, and those who did
attend, were liberal contributors.
Before the last reel even was
shown, Mr.. Dittrich had made out
his check for SIS payable to the
Pancoast Relief Fund Committee
the reporters had signed the finan-
cial statement, and Honesdale had
shown that she was still as ready
and willing to lend a helping hand
to those in distress, as she has al
WAYS been
Company A was composed mainly
of residents of Starrucca borough