South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-10
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Theatrical Folk Doing Their Bit at
Front Behind Lines, and in Pnuate Life

NEW YORK. March e.-Not all
the soldiers one sees along Broad
way are in khaki. Neither are all
of them Of the sterner sex.
For these are days when the play
er folk have forgotten for the mo-
ment their personal concerns, and
have. with practically one accord,
nut their shoulders 10 the wheel Of
Uncle Sans war chariot. And they
are pushing with a will.
First of al. il must be stated that
the efforts Of the actors guild TO
win the war are not confined to
standing on the sidelines and heln ng
soldiers from other walks Of life. II
IS impossible 10 say just how many
actors are in service. but those IN
positiou 20 know say tha- several
thousand American actors are with
the colors. probably enough to form
"A complete regiment If they could
am be modified into one unit.
Last April. when the United states
entered the war. Miss Rachel Croth-
crs. author of "Old Lady 81 ana
several other successful plays. con
ccivcd the idea of the stage Wom-
ans war relief She explained her
idea 10 a number of stage women
whose reputation for philanthropy
was of long standing and within
two weeks an organization had been
perfected with headquarters at sos
Fifth av. i'm a room donated 10y
Ackcr McrraU & Co, and was ac-
lively engaged i'm work for Americas
soldiers and sailors. as we'll as for
destitute civilians of all ages IN the
war-svept allied countries of Eu-
rope.
While tho FIRST concern of the
STAGE Womans War relief is 10 care
Tor soldiers and sailors and their
families. they send og; each week
lbout 600 garments for destitute
civilians i'm Europe. An these gar
ments which have been worn are
cleaned and repaired before beins
sent over there while the babies
layettes etc. are all new.
Miss Crothers IS president of the
organization. the other officers be-
ing Louise Closer Hale. FIRST vice
president. Dorothy ponnelly. sec
ond vice president. Mary KNkpat-
rick. secretary. Mrs Shelley Hull.
treasurer. and Minnie Dupree as
sstant treasurer.
other members OF the board OF di-
roct0rs are frances Starr. Florence
Nash. Mrs J. Stewart Blackton.
who Is chairman of the motion pic
lures committee, Gladys Hanson,
Mrs Chauncey Olcott. Hilda Spong,
Airs Joseph Grismer. Eleanor Gates,
AIRS Jacob Lift, May Buckley and
Jessie Eonsteue. who is the stock
company representative.
In addition to the main work
room 40 the Fifth av headquarters
thr organization maintains two other
rooms one donated hy Vincent As
Cor no is IS. Thirty fourth St, and
the other by Joseph Frankel at 10
"a Twenty-tnird ST.
AZ The main headquarters az least
40 volunteer workers are busy ev-
erv day There Isl q small Office
force. but the majority of the work
crs devote their time 10 knitting,
the preparation OF trench candles
surgical dressings. soldier kits. etc.
Some idca of the seriousness with
which these stage women have tack
Ted their jobs can Doe obtained from
the statement that they send out
each week 40 knitted OUTFITS each
OUTFIT containing a helmet. pair of
tt.r-efrrfa n main. nF socks a art- ia . - q
and scarf
In addition they send out 5000
surgical DRESSINGS and packets OF
hospital supplies each week.
The room donated hy Vincent
Aston az lis vs.. Thirty fourth 81. 4,
allied the clearing house. Here ar,
sent from al parts OF the country