New-York tribune., 1919-11-17
State Governors
Join i'm Drive for
Actors Memorial
Senators, Mayors and Civic
Leaders Throughout u. S.
to Lend a Hand in Rolling
Up Great Fund by Dec. 5

Committees headed by Governors,
Senators, Mayors and civic leaders
throughout the country wilt begin this
week to gather in largo contributions
to tn Actors Memorial Fund. The
campaign closes December 5, when in
theaters throughout the country me-
mortal performances will be given.
The executive committee, headed by
Daniel Frohman. in charge of the cam
paign, announced yesterday that in
stead of specially prepared and re-
hearsed performances, involving large
expense, it had decided that an extra
performance should be given at each
New York theatcr, the regular shows
being presented.
Among the women who wil act as
hostesses are: Mrs. James Speyer.
Miss Helen Bastcdo, Mrs. Cornelius
'ss jr., Mrs. John Nee Bowman. Miss
Alice Carpenter, Mrs. Bourkc Cock
ran Mrs. Paul d. Cravath. Mrs.
Chalncey NJ. Dcpew Mrs. Henry p.
Dawson, Mrs. Chester B. Duryea, Mrs.
Abram !. Elkus, Mrs. Grace Strachan
Forsythe, Mrs. Robert w. DeForest.
Miss Grace Livingston Furniss, Mrs.
James w. Gerard, Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson, Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim,
Hartman, Mrs. John Iselin, Mrs. Helen
Hartley Jenkins, Mrs. Otto II. Kahn,
Mrs. John Purroy Mitchell Mrs viii
lam Fellowcs Morgan Mrs. John Y.
Pratt, Mrs. William c. Rockefeller, Miss
Gertrude Robinson Smith and Mrs.
Henry ". Taft.
The personnel of the committees ac-
lively at work in behalf Of the Actors
Fund includes Secretary of War Ba-
ker, Secretary of the Navy Daniels
General Pershing, General Billiard
F. Borah and Medill Mccormick, John
d. Rockefeller jr,, William II Ed
wards, William Howard Taft, William
Fellowes Morgan, J. Ogden Armou.
George Gordon Battle, George w. Per
kins, DR.. Erne9t M. Stires, Rabbi Ma
than Krauss, Rabbi Jscph 81 verman,
Rabbi H. p. Mendes Henry P. Dawson,
Cleveland H. Dodge Samuel W. Fair
child, Charles E. Lydecker, William G.
McAdoo, General Leonard Wood Nor
gan j. O'Brien, julius Rosenwald,
Charles A. Sabn. Mortimer L. Sch itf
Benjamin Strong, Felix NJ. Warburg
George r. Wilson, James S. Alexandcr
and R. A. c. Smith.
Even actors and actresses of old
days who have sought the shelter of
the Actors Home on Staten lsla-.d
are giving from their slender finan-
ciaN stores. The committee made pub
Tic yesterday this letter received from
the Home
In our waning years, ove~taken bv
adversity we have found contentment
and shelter in the Actors Home. With
out this refuge from the storms OF
life that we are no longer able to COM
bat, we probably would be helpless
driftwood in the cross currents Of this
stern existence. Ease of spirit and re-
lief of physical ills, happiness an
congeniality have come 20 70 here
Short in fortune, we are long In years
and some of US not far distant
from the final day Others some day
will come to take our places here. We
want to do our feeble but sincere bit
and to assure TO them the blessings be-
slowed on US by the Actors Home"
Another letter sent to Mr.. Frohman
was from blind widow in Brooklyn
containing a money order for tickets
for December S. This, she said, was
her "bit' in appreciation of the per
tormances given by stage folk period
ically for the blind