The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-01
THE RIALTO
 REVIEW

New York, Sept. 30---Theatrical conditions are gradually becoming normal, and if the fire-brands of the opening elements, and unwise instruc- tors to the Actors Equity Association
 members can be curbed in their un- wisdom, it may not be long before the
 companies dwell in harmony, which is
 g. condition not at present existent. In companies are members of the op-
 posing associations of players, the
 Equity, sometimes irrelevantlv desig-
 mated as "I-quitters,' and the Actors
 Fidelity League. desiganted by the
 opponents as "Fidos,'' and they are
 not living as a happy family, and charges hava frequently been made that the Equity members, aided and abetted by their new artistic assoct- ates in labor unions---the stage hands and musicians---are making it un- pleasant for those who did not follow them into the ranks of strikers.
 According to the terms of adjust ment, it was nominated that no act should be committed on behalf of the Equity which might be construed as coercion, and on the other hand the managers agreed that no discrimina- ton against these members would be practtced by them or tolerated on the stage. It was believed that t1is would ! SNNtj NfoS 4AIea IISIS DtlI NueIl the SO-CaIiCu i official organ" of the Equity advises l the contrary, advocates illegal and un- worthy methods and otherwise incites ; to bitterness, the end, in the judgment , Of conservative observers, is far dis 1 Iant and may even become more bit ; ter as the season progresses. Such 1 advice as 'HT7te 'Ffdo' leak may die hard---Heut 1t MUST die," and "you
 cannot make every company 100 per ! cent Equity until the Fidoes have | reached zero---do your part to accom- i phsh that end" are but 9 few of the
 suggestions contained in the columns of the journal referred to. Tt takes | time to correct definite vision" it fur | ther declares. Do not expect all l members of the Infidelity to recover at once, but keep right after them until they co recover.'' The fact that ! this is 9, violation of the letter as well as the spirit of the compromise ap- pears to have no weight with those in authority, nor does it's further judg- ment that "as individual members Of the Equity each is a law unto himself in the matter of how he is to treat jFido members and unattached play CTS. Only the officers of the Equity are restrained and they only from forcing or coercing players to ioir :"
 And this final advice Is given: '"There
 IS no provision between the Equity and the Producing Managers agatnst
 individual members proselyting for members. Every real actor in tn 2 t1do must be weaned away therefron
 aud gotten into Equity. N1ember ot
 the latter must keep at this work tire
 lessly until 1t is accomplished These
 extracts, plus the innumerable con- ) plaints of annoyance and coercion o1 , i Fidelity members may eventually dis
 rupt all the good that has been done
 Eby the late settlement. Officers of the
 Fidelity, of which George M. Conan is the president, declare that they seel
 l harmony, but 1t is 8 fact that it is
 militant organization, and trouble i . fsare7 before the end of the season.
 The new plays produced since the [ strike settlement have left little tim, r for individual attention, but is wor thy to select Adam and Eva as tn, = most amusing play done in the pas l Fortnight. Comstock & Gest have sur = rounded the play with a cast of nor, : than usual brilliancy, and the pIa,
 Itself proves to be clever in diaIogu
 If not in construction. The subject i
 not a new one, the assumption that : family is bankrupt financially in or
 der to br5ng its members to a realiza
 l ton of its responsibility. It will re