New-York tribune., 1919-09-08

head of the musicians union, Joined
Miss Russell in her plea for generous
treatment for the non-strikers. Mr..
Shay said:
INSTEAD of seeing just how hard you
the building up of your own fences"
Fidelity to Give Benefit
The Actors Fidelity League is plan
ming benefit, to be given at the Cen
tury Theatre Sunday, September q.
was announced yesterday, will be
donated to the Actors Fund Of America
and the balance Of the profits will be
placed to the credit of the Fidelity
Leagues contingency fund.
George NJ. Cohan. president of the
league; William Collier, treasurer, and
Holbrook Blinn, director, arc making
the arrangements.
Among those who have been selected
to appear at the benefit. besides George
M. Cohan and Willie Collier, who are
to present one-act travesty especially
written for the occasion, are: Mrs.
David Warheld, Margaret Anglin,
Louis Mann. Fay Banter, Frances
Starr, Janet Beecher, Olive Wyndham,
Marjorie Wood, Bessie Mccoy Davis,
George MacFarlane, Ralph Herr, Jus
tine Johnstone, Blanche Bates, Nora
Bayes, Ina Claire, Patricia Collinge,
Florence Nash, Mary Nash, Emily
Ann Wellman, Maurice, Mary Ryan,
Valli Valli, Lowell Sherman, Allan
Dinehart. W. H. Gilmore, John Halli-
day, Efingham Pinto, Lenorc Uric,
nngton. Gladys Hansen, Holbrook
Blinn, Arthur Ashley, Thomas p. Shea,
Lester Lonergan, Amelia Bingham,
Ruth Chatterton, Grace George, Alex
ander Carr, Edna Wallace Hopper,
Carlotta Monterey, Josephine Drake,
De Lyle Aida, Grace Fisher. Eugene
Cowles, Burr Mcintosh and Lionel
Rraham. Alexander Lcftwich will be
general stage director.
Ticket Takers Threaten Strike
Frank Rothenstein, organizer of the
Theatrical Doormen's Union, said yes
tcrday that 5000 ticket takers in New
York's theatres and movie houses are
prepared to strike if their demands for
increased pay are not granted within
two weeks. He said the doormen are
now getting $3.50 for week of nine
performances. They are asking $36
for week of seven performances.
Alexander Grainson is organizing the
moving picture theatre ticket takers.
Through the press department of the
Actors National Memorial Campaign it
was announced last night that "the
warning factions in the theatrical strike
have settled their differences, Broad
way producers have joined hands and
enlisted in whole hearted manner in
the Actors National Memorial Cam
paign. Both sides are working inde-
t,% IL, ,,v.J
testimonial December S, 1919, Actors
will have historical significance in the
set in"
Special bills will be given in a num-
Der of theatres on that date, it was
announced, the money realized from
the sale of seats TO 60 to the Actors
Fund of America.
He also suggested the giving Of
benefit performances throughout the
country to create fund $50 that the
actor need not look to charity for
what is his by divine right"
Organizer Compliments Strikers
"The managers have learned a les
SON. declared Hugh Frayne, ornagizer
for the American Federation of Labor,
"and l hope there will never be need
for another strike, that future dis
putes will be settled amicably."
He complimeited the association
"on the dignified manner in which the
strike had been conducted" and paid
tribute to the big men and women
in the profession who without hope
for personal gain came to the aid of
the little fellow"
Others who spoke were Francis Will
son, Bruce McRae, Frank Bacon, Marie
Dressler and Norman Trevor.
At least eleven New York theatres
will reaopen tonight. Among the at
fractions will be: "Monte Cristo, jr.,"
at the Winter Garden; East Is West"
at the Astor; the Gallo English Opera
Company at the Shubert; up From
Nowhere" at the Comedy; "A Lonely
Romeo at the Casino; "The Five Mil
lion, at Maxine Elliott's Theatre;
Those Who Walk in Darkness" at
the Forty eighth Street; "The Better
Ole" at the Booth; LA La Lucille"
at the Henry Miller; Thurston the
Magician, at the Globe, and "The
Royal Vagabond," at the Cohan e.
Harris. BY Thursday night twenty five
theatres will have opened or reoDened