The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-20
CASH FOR HUSBAND
OF LOUISE HOMER
Large Legacy Will Add to Joys
of Prima Donna's Happy
Family.
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP

f1ne Va NV EidTt Nu uDtt Vi
.hs operate stage Ia Louise Homer and
her husband, sidney. They are not only
,anpy IN their married life and their
large family. but In h e possession OF
similar tastes. Mime. Homer IL a singer
and Mr.. Homer a composer. and she
c,,en acts "a the interpreter OF his
songs. He has always taken as much
p-de in his wife's success a a singer
a. she has in his fame as a composer.
81 he was always accounted one OF the
most fortunate Of the operate husbands
In the profession.
Now 1t appears that Mr.. Homer has
been able 20 add still more TO the happi-
ness Of his wife. Through the death Of
a relative he has recently come into
the possession Of a comfortable fortune
which indeed Is large enough to yield
An income quite equal to supporting in
comfort a family as large "a that Of the
Homers. which embraces FIVE children.
OF course her professional earnings as
we'll as those of her husband are en-
,irely adequate to their needs. But Mr..
Homer's sufficiently large accession OF
fortune Ia to be quite important.
After all Molly O. did not succumb to
the heat On Saturday but opened its
nth week at the Cort Theatre last
night and may he sal to be rtill going
strong. Can wocss's delightful score
deserves a long run In New York, and
there are charming details in the per-
Torrance Of Katherine Galloway and
Grace Field.
There was surprise at the
ment las, weak that Tony Denier. the
veteran clown n pantomimist. had been
zen, TO the poor farm at Kingston in
this State. where for some years he has
made his home. Denier was one OF the
most famous OF the Humpty Dumptys
and moreover OF all the clowns In the
generation that followed George Fox. He
played Humpty Dumpty from one end Of
this country 10 the other and II was said
when he retired from the stage that he
long memories will recall that he APP
pesred with Maffitt and Bartholomew.
victoria North. Capitola Fo rest and
other sirens of long ago.
pen!er Is now - years Did. While he
. an irLnate OF a poor farm he Is there
Of his own volition. He could get away
II he wanted to. The Actors Fund has
volunteered TO interfere In his behalf,
hu, he has somewhat sharply refused It's
offer. He is a friend Of the supervisor
~ the DOR farm and ie said to enjoy
lie there more than ne would II living
on the allowance which the fund feels
able TO make TO him.
"Den!er wrote 10 Harry Powers. the
Chicago manager. whom he knows we'll
representative Of the fund said YES.
;erday. "and MIR. Powers informed us o.
his situation. We agreed 10 take up the
matter and made Denier the offer Of a
certain sum a week. We rather wen,
above the usual amount in his case. The
fund is a charity and we annot go be.
yond a certain limit. At all events
Denter considered the amount too small
and that he preferred 20 stay where
he ia. 1t seems that his financial en-
barrassment may be only temporary. He
10 engaged in "A legal controversy with
members of his family II the case
comes to trial In October He hopes 10
ward"
Denier married the widow of Oar
sully, who made a fortune acting in
The Corner Grocery"
These are commonly supposed TO be
hard times for the actors who search in
vain for employment hut what is to be
thought OF Fate OF those players who
are busy but yet act without compensa.
ton And they do not always seen
as excited about II as one would expect
We played four weeks" said one OF
them yesterday in discussing the fire.
quency with which actors nowadays act
wi;hou, receiving compensation. land re-
cived salaries for two and a half. Their
the talrd week we failed to get anything
and the last week we acted there was
some sort of a commonwealth basis by
which We got about n quarter Of gu!
salaries, So out of the four II came to
abou, two weeks and a half. That
wasn't bad
One Of the peculiar features Of the
way ~ letting actors work without com
pensation Is the apparent docility OF
IRE players to such treatment.
We'll, We played for two weeks as a
tryout IN New England" said another
member Of the group. land were told
MAT We would soon hear when the sea.
son would open in the fall. In the
meantime. W. received no salary al
though our engagement closed a month
ago, But We are expecting to hear soon
and If we are not paid after a while
here will Of course be the Equity
which il the familiar way OF referring to
the Actors Equity Association.
The third speaker was even more
reconC,led.
Why | didn't even have the promise
" a cent" was his story and ! ex.
r+cted to act At least one week. Several
friends had been trying for the last six
weeks 20 get q sketch booked In
vile That will mean for them employ
nent for at least a year II they Re'
rood booking For the last six weeks
hey have tried out this sketch In one
vaudeville theatre after another. they
were finally able 10 get the promise OF
boxing At a first class theatre Tor a
week u they could only find an ACTOR
with a little reputation TO take the lead.
ing role They told me the story ano
here ! am to help them out. II IL pos
sible tina, We may all he booked for a
long season. In the meantime ! am do
Ing my share for nothing"