The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-05-30
JOBLEss ACTORS
TURN TO STORES
Dizziness IN Theater World Trans
forms Players Into Floor.
walkers and Statesmen.
HARD SUMMER IS EXPECTED

More Than Halt Of countrys Actors
Are or Will Be Out OF Employment
This summer--Movle Work
Offers No Hope.
New York.-New York's department
store floorwalkers always have been
noteworthy for their politeness ana
urbanity. Improving on their manners
would seem like painting the lily. Yet
many q woman shopper has comment
ed of late on the fact that some OF
these human Baedekers display
debonair air that is unusual, even Tor
f1oorwalkers. And many OF them nave
seemed in some way familiar.
Similarly, at the counters, patrons
have found new faces and personalities
of a different stamp. Some OF the
statesmen, like the flOOrwalkers, nave
carriage different from their Fellows
Men shoppers as well as women nave
been intrigued by some OF the saiesr
people plainly not true to type.
"Where have I seen him beforeF the
women ask. and "Her face Is famil-
lar" the men say.
| They have seen those same races
heard those same voices, from thelr
seats in a Broadway theater. Times
are hard along the Rialto these days
with the road practically closed anu
the summer season coming on. Many
AN actor and actress Is only too gao
| orfvn
, or floOrwalker.
) There are $4,000 men and women
playing in the United States. han
, of these are or will be without enl-
ployment in their chosen calling this
summer. Already that part OF Broad
way which enjoys the term Rlaito Is
taking on q midsummer appearance.
Gathered on street corners, strolilhs
1 along or chatting by twos and tnrees
: in front of buildings devoted to DOCK
d ing agencies and managers offices are
S mon end women who bear the unmls-
q totahle stamp of stage folk out OF
Il job.
It Wolf Around the Corner.
n Spring may be here, but its pres
X ence is not heralded In the garD OF
these players. Fur coats are still III
evidence. and to the initiated the
gowns and hats Of the women ana the
IL suits of the men are manifestiy OF
II winter vintage. The winter itself mas
;e been a hard one with more than o'oVo
D players who usually have road en-
~ gagements forced to remain IDLE OF
1t find other employment Summer VIII
see the wolf hungrier and more pow
n erful and the door fastenings In some
cases unable to Withstand his attacks
70 Rut the day has gone by when the
nlayer need 90 hungry or Wlthou
e shelter. The Actors Fund ana th'
t. Equity association see tot that M
as member of the profession in goo(
to standing has to walk the streets. AM
ds II Is significant Of the strength OF TN
re reserve funds of the profession, as
whole. that up to date only eleven play
ers have applied to the Equity for 100
money. But the association expect
and Is ready to meet large increas
I'D in. the number of those applying fo
such assistance In the coming months
The actor or actress is a perso
with q temperament. Once ne or sn
Use plays on Broadway at a salary
he $3.50 or $500 a week, that figure
,e- his own mind fixes his future radn
rg, A Living on the Road.
IL But there is a good living Tor Il
IN actor and large profits for the man
ad' gers In the summer shows, and, Thanh
ap- to them, the smaller towns ana clti'
leo which have gone without the broa
ds- way successes because OF the increa
the ing cost Of transportation and Il
led high prices charged for plays glv'
1cy nv inferior companies, will see duril
'ew the coming months many OF the hits
OF the year.
sh- The tent shows are not OF the ty
cas- associated here in the East with sire
the carnivals and country fairs. Tney p
liza on Broadway successes with coml
ife- tent companies and good settin
ted Last summer the proprietor OF a te
hin show, who toured only Nebrasl
who cleaned up $4,000 with plays OF
ng' character of "Turn to the Right. 1
orst proprietor of q repertoire cOmpa
'ker who last year played in Texas ana
Iagel Southwest was credited with TAX
re- in a profit approximating $4,000. !
he'd repertoire was not "Uncle To-
ton Cabin" ".Ten Nights in a BARRON
ODDS "East Lynne" and "The Two
flee phans." either. 1t consisted OF G.
do edies and dramas which had b
,nlv Broadway successes of the preced
4 year but never had been presented
that territory.
1t is to these companies that
the piase,e ou. - dow oven tho
!, 80 their pride be jolted. To the
I, -, initiated, it would not seem that
depression in the moving picture
..us alter business would affect players
HoS' tbo looitimate stage. Neverthel