The New York herald., 1922-05-08
Actors Equity
Show, Better Than
Ever, Earns $4,000
Variety and Color Mark Per-
formance at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House.

The annual show OF the Actors Equity
Association at the Metropolitan Opera
House last night made this brighter
and better world in which to live, espe-
cially for the association treasurer. who
picked up some $4,000 through the
affair.
The show, which is given only one
time, was better than ever before, cape
cially since all the acts were new. A
colorful variety of acts were presented
which If actually given in regular
show would cost--well. heaps OF money.
certainly.
The performance got off to flying
start with a skit by Ralph Stuart,
'"rhis Is q Tough Season." i'm which
various current hits were travestied.
thereby putting every one In good
humor for the powerful Shakespearian
scenes to follow. HE Who Gets
Slapped" was lightly slapped on the
wrist by Cariotta Monterey Margolo
. Gilmore, Julia Dean. o. P. Heggie and
Hansford Wilson. among others. "Kiki'
came in Tor some sauce from Fania
Marinoff 1.-THE Czarna." by Chrystal
Herne. Vincent Serrano and Gail Kane;
Back to Methuselah." by Patricia Col
linge. Walter Jones and Doris Kenyon.
winding up with burlesque cafe scene
in which Margaret Lawrence. Otto
Kruger and Madge Kennedy played hob
with the drama. After that every one
was dismissed with a few kindly words
of advice from Helen Ware.
The Equity made it's annual obeisance
to the Bard Of Avon this year with three
famous and varied wooing scenes from
Shakespeare, of which the most charm
ing was that from Henry w." done by
ntt,O a n
Helen Mackellar. with Margaret Wych-
erly as an imposing chorus. A most inn
pressively pulsatng bit, though over
long, was the funeral passage from
Richard Ill.," with Walker Whteside
and Florence Reed feeling the pulse of
the drama. Pedro de Cordoba was elo-
quent in "The Tempest" and somehow
Mark Antony's prophecy over the dead
body of julius Cesar got into this sec
tion, but 1t was we'll worth 1t as de-
claimed by William Farnum.
Babes on Broadway" conceived by
Joseph Santley, who played one of the
babes. with Jay Sawyer as the other.
gave an opportunity to introduce stars
OF such musical shows as "Mnrjolaine,'
1.-THE Blue Kitten" For Goodness Sake,
Music Box Revue" ""Tange-;ne" and
''Good Morning, Dearie."
'One Minute Each" arranged by Per-
cival Knight, allotted that time for
specialties to the Six Brown Brothers,
Constance Binney James Barton. Three
Brox Sisters, Herbert Corthel.. Duncan
Sisters. Ray and Gordon Doo!ey, Har-
sand Dixon, Lillian Fitzgerald. Gray and
Young. Nan Halperin, Fred Hildebrand,
John Henshaw, the Lockfords, Florence
Moore, Elizabeth Murray. Andre W Mack,
Rene Riano, Fred Stone, Charles Win
ninger and Solly Ward. They were in
troduced by George Arliss. Richard
Barthelmess, Barney Bernard, Frank
Craven, Joseph Cawthorne. Creighton
Hale. Taylor Holmes, John e. Hazard
Harry Kelly. James T. Powers Ernest
Truck, De Wolf Hopper. Raymond Hitch
cock and Wallace Eddnger.
The Carnival of Dance" presented
Fokine and FolSina, Mile. Marguerite
and Frank Gill. Ruth Page and Chester
Hale. Frances Grant and Ted Wing and
the Sixteen Sunshine Girls.