Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
THEATRES IN DRIVE
FOR RED CROSS AID
Entire Receipts of Special Mat
inees Friday Will Go to
War Charity

y Theatres throughout the United States,
managers, actors, musicians, stagehands
will participate in u mammoth Red Cross
drive on next Friday. Hundreds of special
matnees will be given, the entire proceeds
Of which will be devoted to the great war
charity. The service of every one connected
with the payhouses will he furnished free.
Chairman Dawson. chairman Of the lted
Cross war council has appointed A. u. Er-
LANCER of New York, national chairman for
Theatre Day and he has received the hearty
cooperation of hundreds OF managers
throughout the land.
The special committee for the National
Red Cross Theatre Day includes "A. Il. Err
LANCER Samuel f. Nixon. l.. f. Albee, David
Belasco, Marc Klaw. Lee Shubert, Charles
Dillingham;. Florenz zegfeld. Jr., J. J. Shu-
bert Sam Harris. George Cohan, Archie Sell
wyn and Henry w. Savage.
s. +, Nixon. chairman OF the Theatrical
Managers Association, of this city,Is bend
ing every energy to make the philadelphia
Red Cross Theatre Day a huge success.
Support is given to the occasion by the
board OF directors Of the southeastern Penn
sylvania Chapter of the Red Cross, II. T.
Stotesbury, chairman Mrs. Arthur II. Lea,
vice chairman; John Barnes Townsend. sec
retary Thomas $. Gates. treasurer; ; Mrs. a.
j. Cassatt. Charles W. Churchman, John +.
Connolly, Mrs. Norton Downs. Mrs. George
w. Childs Drexel, Samuel s. Fleisher.
Hutchinson. Walter II. Johnson, j. Frank
lin McFadden. Randall Morgan. Mrs II. S.
Prentiss Nichols. Mrs. Thomas Potter, Jr.,
Mrs Thomas Robins. Mrs. Il. 7. Stotesbury.
Ernest T. Trigg. Mrs Barclay II. Warbur-
ton and Mrs Charlton Yarnal. The hon
orary committee includes John Mason, pres
ident of the Commercial Trust Company
Alba Z. johnson, president of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works. and y. b. Kelly. gen
eral secretary Of the Philadelphia Chamber
Of Commerce.
Special matinees will be given on Friday
at the regular matinee hours of "The Rain
how Girl" at the Forrest. of Peter Ibbet
son" at the Lyric, of "The Boomerang" at
the Garrick. of Nothing But the Truth
at the Adelphi. of "Pollyanna" at the Broad
and Of You're In Love" at the Chestnut
Street Opera House.
At Keith's Theatre there will be an in
novation in special morning matinee be-
ginning at 1880. T. r. Stotesbury, the
Philadelphia banker. and one of the most
energetic workers for the Red Cross, will
make an address and the Marine Band from
League Island will give IL special concert
before the regular performance begins
There will be plenty of singing. led by
vocalists engaged especially for the occasion
and a feature of this part of the program
will be the rendition of new war ballad
written by Willard Spenser author of THE
Little Tycoon" series of rapid sketching
by three of the leading cartoonists of this
city will be a speciality.
OF the ]. Fred Zimmerman Theatre. The
Keystone will give special performance
At 1 a. m and the Orpheum will give their
matinee at the regular time, 80 y. M.
Fred G.. -Nirdlinger will be active
in contributing specially selected vaudeville
from the Nixon Nrdnger theatres and
other vaudeville houses will be in line to
help the good work.
The musicians volunteer their services by
permission of Local No. ~. \. L. of NJ,
Adolph Hirschberg president. and the stage
and electrical departments offer their SER
vices by permission of Locals No and
81 l. A. r. $. T., Benjamin Harrison and
Charles Cooney. representatives.
As the performances are for charity there
will be no war tax for the Red Cross matt
nees.