El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08
VIII Not Get Any Of Them
With Real Jobs, But Woe
Betide the Loafer.


NEW YORK, June S.-The sun IS
~ shining again on Broadway. For
q while gloom along the Great White
Way was so thick that one coul1
have cut it with a knife. but every
thing is lovely now and glad smiles
have replaced the worried. carewor1
look that was enthroned on many q
face.
The actors. that is the bona fide
actors, have been notified that they
have nothing 20 fear under the pro-
visions OF New GorE's new anti Loaf
ing act This law, which was passed
ur the state legislature some time
ago and Immediately signed by Gov
Whitman. provides that all men be-
tween the ages Of IS and 81 must
be occupied at some useful trade or
profession at least So hours each
week
Immediately its provisions became
known along the Rialto many hard
working actors were genuinely wor-
RED They pointed out that with only
eight performances a week, averaging
from two and a half to three hours
EACH they were getting in az the out
side a hours work a week They
feared that the anti lOaDng law
bring them Embarrassment
Hits The Lounge.
At the same time, Broadway is go
lng 10 set an awful wallOp from this
anri-loafing law II viii fan on the
lounge lizards, the stock market tip
sters, the race track touts and others
Of that Tx who for years had eked
out a living somehow between the
times when they are watching the
erection OF some tall building or
l0unEing around windy street corners
90 set the latest dope on hosiery fash
ions
Broadway for years has been IN
Tested by a most undesirable class,
class which was forever getting IN
trouble and was sometimes successful
In Wrig-linE out by "a false claim 10
leadership in the acting Profession
These pauhandlers viii find them
selves hard at work either in or out
OF jail just as soon as the enforce
meur squad gets busy and earnest on
the provisions Of the anti-lOaflng act
Police commissioner Eurighr an
nOuuced that the "antl-lOatng squad
viii be am even more famous adjunct
to View York life than was the strong
arm squad which for q time was
headed by Lieut. Charles Becker
later executed following the murder
Of Herman Eosenthal
Tribute To Anna Held.
A pretty tribute to Anna Held was
arranged recently by Josephine VIC
tor and her company who are play
ing iu vaudeville the playlet "A Maid
Of France
Mss Held is at the Hotel savoy
slowly convalescing from an illness
which for a time seemed certain to
have a fatal termination To while
away the muutOny Of her recovery,
Miss Victor and her company ar
ranged a special morning perform
q so "a 9" az CT 9 n
hands and mechanics arrived with a
van load OF properties, which were
set up on a stage which men es-
Eecially built for The performance IN
the grand ballroom Of the hotel
The role Of Joan Of Arc was enacted
by Miss Victor. supported By Clifford
Brooke. Guy Sazierses and Walter
Reynolds.
Miss Held was rolled into the tenn
porary theater In "a reclining chair
attended by her physician and two
nurses There were no other specta-
tors TO the uIaylet which was very
affecting TO Miss Held on account OF
she "reminiscences Of her native France
After the performance she sent a
large bouquet Of roses TO Miss victor.
who later iu the day sold them at the
Palace matinee for the benefit OF the
Red Cross
Gives 4 War Benefit.
One Of the most successful benefits
arranged Tor the Stage Women's war
Relief was presented recently by
oliver Dorosc0 at the Morcsco thea
Ter and was entitled, Gosh! We're
AlI Friends Nr. Morosco donated the
the theater and ali incidental eX-
Denses and as a result felt that he
had q certain amount OF license in
llmp0ouiuE all his friends and also
hiuselL on the program he set forth
particularly that he was not an actor
but he appeared ON the stage so sue
cessfuilE that many in the audience
were convinced that III he had not
been q successful promoter he could
have shown very effulEeutly as a star
I'm his lines he made the most Of his
opportunities TO travesty a great
many things connected with the stage.
included I'm the list being many OF
his own successful predictions.
Having promised that the evening
would be devoted exclusively TO COM
efr. ar 1lorosc0 made good even TO
tse extent OF having a single act Of
$50 Lour. Lefty put on in black
face This company came all the way