Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-11
Nations Great Men
Lend Aid to Third
of Century Jubilee
ALbee Refuses Personal Credit
for achievements - Golf
Tournament Planned.

The scope and meaning of the
Third of a Century anniversary of
the Keith vaudeville circuit, now be-
ing celebrated, has so widened that
this week a group of nationally rep
| resentative men and women, per-
| sons who are foremost in the great
financial, industrial, civic and patri-
otto movements of the United States,
| organized themselves into a commit
| tee and tender national tribute to
the public service of the Keith
idea" in the form of a public testi-
monial dinner to President E. F. AL
bee of the B. F. Keith circuit of
vaudeville theaters.
| 1t is, probably, the most signal honor
ever bestowed upon man Of the theater,
and was proposed and formulated by Off
| cials Of the Merchants Association in
cooperation with William c. Breed, Of the
| Red Cross Atlantic Division. Seward
Prosser and Willard V. King and ex-
tended so that 1t now includes nation
/
arts professions and business lines.
! Mr. Albee naturally aware of the in
dividual honor offered to him by so dis
| tinguished a committee, is unwilling to
accept it Individually or as a personal
! tribute. He proposes. instead, that if
the committee carries out its extensive
plans for n testimonial dinner, that il
be In the nature Of a tribute TO all vaude-
vile managers, and that ali the honOrs
/ be shared by his associates and all vaude-
vile artists who have cooperated in the
activities now being celebrated and who
have participated in the public service.
patriotic, benevolent and industrial,
which. in Mr.. Albees thought. constitute
the brightest pages in the Third Of a
Century" Of glorious history made by
the b. F. Keith Vaudeville Circuit
GLORY ENOUGH FOR
ALL. SAYS ALBEE.
In thus diverting this unique tribute
from himself to the Institution Of which
he is the head and chief aetuary. 3Ir.
Albee wishes to make it clear that all
of The managers and artists Of the Keith
and affiliated circuits and houses, have
done their full share in the work of
bringing the B. F. Keith idea to its
present high standards of public service
as well as of public entertainment, and
ii is certain that the committee VIII az
cept this viewpoint and direct its dem
onstration toward the entire organiza-
tiou 4 which Mr.. Albee is the central
head.
/ A reading Of the names of the now
active members of the Third Of d Cen
fury" committee for the Keith test n, onial
dinner, indicates the wide ana high
estimate in which representative men OF
all degrees have for the men and the
institution which they propose to honor
so slgnally. The proposed list includes
Benjamin Strong, Otto Kahn. James NJ
Beck, Augustus Thomas. DR. George Z
Vincent (of the Rockefeller Foundation,
Walter Vincent, J. Henry Walters DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia Uni
versity, Waller Damrosch director of the
New York symphony, Giulio Gatti-Ca-
sazza. director general of the Metropoli-
tan Opera Company; David Belasco,
Martin Beck, Charles Dillingham;. VIII
liam DEACON Of the American Legion.
William Fellowes Morgan Of the NeI
York Merchants Association, Raymond
Fosdick head Of the cantonment theaters
and war entertainment board for this
country; William McAdoo. ex-secretary
y
Sabin and Daniel Frohmsn, E. Il. Soth-
ern and Winthrop Ames (who went TO
the European war front and laid the
entertainment needs of the soldiers be-
fore a mass meeting in the Palace The
ater) Lillian Russell David Wartield.
Rodman Wanamaker Of the mayors com
mittee. and many others.
JUBILEE YEAR SERVICE SPREADS
TO ALL PARTS OF COUNTRY.
The instant and unforeseen spread Of
the Keith service idea" as a feature OF
the Third Of r Century" celebration. has
materialized in the use Of the Keith
houses everywhere as MONDAY forums for
/ the public discussions Of the business and
social artistic plans of the communities,
/ in the formation and free housing OF
symphony orchestras, classic ballets 10.
cal choral societies, soldier employment