The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-18

from the Chorus Equity Association.
Finally there will be draft OF $500
members of the Equity and division
of automobiles led by Margaret Vail,
niece Of President Wilson. and Helen
Keller. the blind girl, who will be one Of
the few performers on Broadway to-
| night, since her motion picture, 'Deliv-
erance." IL scheduled for the Lyric
Theatre, where The Five Million was
last week reduced to nothing. In the
automobile section will be wounded
actors, players families and stage ia
vorites Of yesterday" virtually making
farewell tour.
To Distribute Pledges.
During the parade 100 chorus girls
"the famous Equity beauty chorus"-
will distribute pledges calling upon the
public to swear fealty to the following
pledge: I'VE are for the Actors Equity
In their fight for Justice and right" The
entire squad of Toys will man9uvre
to-day
For this parade a number of cars
have been donated by outsiders, inciud-
ing Samuel Merwin. so that the striking
actors won't be bothered much by the
traction strike. They don't intend that
the public who patronize their first per-
Torrance for the strike fund tonight
will be Inconvenience either, for yes
terday Equity officials started a plan
by which these cars would be used to
carry spectators to the Lexington The
atre and at the same time given patrons
close up OF stage stars.
1t was announced that more than
fifty machines and Sightseeing buses will
convey patrons from Times Square to
: the theatre at Fifty-first street and Lex
ington avenue. marking the first play
house to have It's own bus service for
the footsore devotees OF art. These, it
Is announced. will be driven by leading
actors at regular jitney rates, so that
for the trifing sum OF Is cents any one
, with a fallen arch can nave a ride and
at the same time breathe the same gaso-
! iene with sure enough dramatic
genius.
The programme. the first to be put on
entirely by players. promises to be one
; OF the best gala performances, according
to the preliminary lineup. ever presented.
with fifteen acts, containing a headliner
|. in each So many actors have volun-
: teered to give the public some much
needed entertainment that 1t is likely
the bill will be changed twice a week to
give every one a chance to say he talked
. for the cause. ---.
= House Is Sold out. s..
The house tonight is said to have been
practically sold out, and the presence of
Mayor Hylan is in itself taken as as
surance that good show will be put on.
The feature will be a spectacle by Has
I, sard Short and Percival Knight entitled
} Equity" in which Brandon lyman and
several hundred actors will set the world
right for player folk. Ethel and Lionel
| Barrymore, with Conway Tearle, will
also be headliners, and room has been
made for the following talent:
Marie Dressler and chorus. W. c.
Fields in an original Offering. Ivy
Sawyer and Joseph Santley. Barney
Bernard, former star of Potash and
little Equities; Van and Schenck
vandeville's leading singing team; Ed
Wynn. star of ''Gaieties of 1879; John
Charles Thomas, accompanied by
: Charles Price. in a singing act; Pearl
4 White, the daring movie star. and
Frank Tinney. the popular blackjack
= comedian formerly with 1.-THE Passirs
e Show" Eddie Cantor OF THE Follies,
s and others. There will be an orchestrs
r OF seventy-hve pieces. the pick Of
> Broadway's best orchestras. Silvic
Il Helm will direct.
: The ushers follow: Misses Amelia
Somnierville. Thais Lawton, Frannis
e Marinon. Flora Isabelle. Grace Goodall
s Mabel Taliaferro, Eva Condor, Hilds
1
Yesterday afternoon President c. C
: Shay OF the stage hands union said thai
n his organization had no intention oil
e calling out the scene shifters in any
= more theatres for the present, addint
e that they had called the men out ir
II the houses on Saturday night to show
n the managers they meant what they saii
e they would do and had the power Il
d make themselves out good prophets.
= After a three hour conference las
q night between President Shay and Jo
d y. Weber, president OF the American
II Federation OF Musicians. and officials o
II the Actors Equity Association II wa
o announced that the stage hands. mo
n ton picture operators and musician
e were in this fight to a finish.
d At the offices OF the stage hands
union It was said that the strikers wer
e prepared to go all the way"
"a Asked as to whether this meant tina
N vaudeville and motion picture house
= were to be affected. S. B. Newman, as
j. sistant president OF the musicians
D union. stated that the union official
n were not prepared to make any fur
h Their statement at this time.
1t Should the members OF these asso
If Citations go out, it was said at strk
lie headquarters that approximately $500
20 workers would be affected, the member
lie ship of the musicians organization be
n ing about $4,000, that OF the stage hand
E 10000. while the motion picture opera
& tors would make up the remainder
a. Upton Sinclair apparently havinl
heard that Charles r. Kennedy, tn
D. playwright, has offered his three plays
Is THE Servant In the House." The Win
lie ter Feast" and The Army with Ban
Is ners," to the actors. has thrown the ful
N weight OF his volume OF four plays o.
e, the side of the Equity. AS an expires
be sion OF his sympathy Mr.. Sinclair, writ
e. ing from Pasadena, Cal, donated thi
literary dynamite free Of charge.
~ New Warning to Managers.
~ FEaIk GiAmore, -sReeuti%a~ seepet&E
at OF the Equity, yesterday issued the FOL
as lowing statement in which he warned tn
re managers that the actors were likel
he to organize their own productions:
cd III the managers come out with tn
e. statement, as we have been given t
believe, that they will close up for
long term the theatres that have bee
r or may be affected by the strike. ca
only say that that will not alter ou
resolution to stick until final victory
IL assured. I wish TO remind them that
theatre only remains a theatre so Ion
as actors are performing there With
nc out actors, the theatre is nothing but