The sun., 1919-08-31
MANAGERS SIGN NEW
PACT WITH ACTORS
Continues from First Pogo.

camels and some forty horses In the
Him stables. The stable men walked
out with the stage hands. The animal
actors had to eat. So Mark Luescher
modified the landstrum.
The porters who stand usually IN
front of the theatre in gorgeous UNI
forms were appointed chambermaids 10
the horses. They fed them and cared
for their stalls. But with the elephants
and camels 1t was different
Iue.cher Seeks Elephant Food.
Now femme see." said Mark Luescher.
pulling his flowing locks. What IN nell
does an elephant eat and where?
He was totally undecided between hsh
and peanuts, having seen things thrown
to animals at minor circuses when Bill
Powers and his son George, who own
the elephants, came into his office. BIZ
and George are capitalists. not animal
trainers, and their detailed knowledge
was not minute. They knew all right
what an elephants salary was, but
they couldn't for the life of them re-
member what one ate regularly.
Look up the bills, Mark" George
Powers finally suggested. And Mark
did. He started paving through a file
marked supplies"
Ten tons lip aticks-nix," he NUT
tered as he paved; Thousand gross
nearsilk tights-naw; fifty thousand
electric light bulbs--Tm gonna fire that
| janitor two quarts cham--a-hem, moo
twenty bales hay All! he sighed as
he looked up. TN bet that's 1t. Try
the hay. boys"
the Powers refused to monkey with
the camels.
"Ni. nix" they chorused. "A camels
ways amt our ways. Wen have no
part OF them"
And they meant 1t.
So the camels presented quite a prob
lem. They began to get rambunctious,
letting out a fearful "Phuonh 70 every
once In n while and tapping their dainty
| feet against the timbers of the stalls
That caused nervousness on the part OF
Doc Potter, who owns part of the Hip
podrome building. Doc rushed into the
breach.
| ANY animal with the measly habits
OF a camel prob'ly eats hay. too" said
Doc 'Lemme have some o Yer hay. Bill.
he said to Powers, and struggling man
fully with a pltchfork he trundled some
within reach OF the camers extension
necks. They ate II and Doc will apply
|
Geological Society for Original Research
in Camel Dietary.
But after Mark and Frank ant
Mrie had sat down and signed the pa
pers all was merry as marriage bell
Happy Days" everyone was saying
just like old times across Sixth avenue
The strike there, incidentally. wal
M'rie Dressler's own party.
There was rumor along Forty -fftl
street that the Equity powers were al
ready to jump on Mrie for calling tn,
folk out at the Hipp without due con
sultation. M'rle got away with It, how
ever, and d. iast ielvi 10 ali Was ivr
given.
M'rie Makes Statement.
M'rie's communique. issued as sh
played Salome with the head of Charle
B. Dillingham; into the Equity headQuar
tiers, was as follows:
THE management of the Hlppodrom,
is the first theatrical management II
this country to recognize the Actor
Equity Association as a part OF tn
American Federation OF Labor. II is
marvellous victory for us ] want {,
compliment the management on tn
wonderfully generous way in which the,
met my terms.
The managers association was at
lacking US through the Fidelity League
and / struck back. ! alone am respon
sible for the Hinpodrome strike. l coul,
not let the members OF my association
play in a theatre displaying the bill
board Mr.. Dillingham; presents for TIL
is war and Mr. Dillingham; is my enemy
There is no other theatre quite Xix
the Hippodrome in this country. and 10
that,reason the terms OF settlement ar
unique The Equity contract calls 70
! eight performances a week at mini
mum salary in New York of $40, a
other performances to be paid for q