ED
the winter of 1882 the .theatrical
HOU'T. managers of New York and Brook
- ,..., lyn decided that, in order to re.
t~e lieve the many cases of distress
)free reported throughout the theatrical
hearan profession, it was necessary to cre- I
40 ate a permanent fund which would
W$ aviat be Immediately available for the
.-.the r,. purpose. This fund was to be
Ie known as the "Actors' Fund," but
a sue as it was to be raised by the
eetr be of all classes connected with the business "
iblic amusements, it would be devoted, with
rat eservation, to any and all persons who have
eat i connected with said amusements, In any
alpacity whatasderVd'.
Benefit performances were given at the prin
, ,,cipal theaters In Now York and Brooklyn on a
4certain day for the purpose of creating at founda
tion for the fund. The receipts from the sale of
tickets and donations for these performances
v ere $39,335.80. Amiong the largest donations
Ir were: James Gordon Bennett, $10,000; John Ja
cob) Astor, $2,500; Edwin Booth, $1,000.
The fund was incorporated according to the
laws of the state, June 8, 1882, and on July 15th
a permanent organlization was effected with the
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following officers: President, Lester Wallack;
Vice-president, A. M. Palmer; secretary, Daniel 11
Frohman;. treasrer, Theodore n oss. The board si
3f trustees rwkS: Lester Wallack,- tedwin Booth,
eafa. pofesM onH. -Mallory, Lawrence Bar
t H ninr W. . Sinn, A. M. Palmer, Ed- a
wvard Harrigan, WViliam Henderson, John F.
' Poole, P. T. Blarnum, W. J. Florence, William i
\irch, JIK Emet i ateln y J. Tavaiablefo he
ounel for phurpowse. TJ. Dfttnoewar to ib
The-reportof therty fAcors eFundst yeart
of the aud sitc wshoe aisredmyeno
:$)1e,349.07. alli classe coneed ien tohoer ousres
hundre atosemntsdifet wouldts devtedU, th
atnd resrtionwo hany aenbed iesns Cahornan
unad coneted wthe saick andeets fro an
eseekaig chaty, an'dhdgvnrepcale.tr
i tn enit thoewor wouldoher ie ahe peen. r
buied itheauer's raes. YokadBool-o
Oen day for the sprposg of 1900eLoigs foudrca
/n aictsr and do.naon fo theset~ricamanger,
- eat $nthe3latter Aofe n the Emrge donatons t
"The at'fund ascopoate atcpassed teolu th
tions aofvhe stte pln 8, 1882, a home foruly 1t
b eraenttnganih i nm was earse with lithe e
ornoecorgeen;nooy eieesi.faibe
en accout of theexpense ..elee ow.s.
rollohing oangiers forsidrt." rWlck
"Howpresdent A.l you Pareur;eatoethr, Daie i
snohan;skea r hodr os Tebad s
"If ruteesl tke about oe hundre dhusnd Both
"rtH.w mch Mier you thin, A. ough Poagie?" 1~
W , pid Hay imand"I'sognv youn F.en
ousand P.oT.Barn, th drmai plresso Will
awaycl,"JK Aldrch, ad Jbu I. bliavel. wehcoul
aisel fort theound nws And Dtheblnhoeaer."
"Ale right,"fth secraryn forl gte frtyear te
oftheusnd' istu'lncie sffty diursemend."
"That's07 ale barad, belaien t oerch fourve
nedu acheck, ind iferendon'ts rafs the Uninty
tn hirtyan wo h'l adtr benbridi."lfrna
Thed heck orten theusiand needyr wasogmve
tosAlichar, and hdok en rotepedtbr ofnte
Newt tor tHerawd, wouagrd thwis he beney
burid rcine pauer gra tives.h nxtda
* a nthe Hrlattr'offce ina thad tmien Theuaerdt
"Theatos actr'nd haoultpasd reevsitons. ah
tesonse prosn mi.ny plaud n hoeyo oal,
torse sacidto Alrched foifty-fov thouand dohav
beag eiatin thi oricnhe housad, adthte
ookccount coe o thexen ti beieno s
Th atte that's anmowed to sess ntite sping
can190ly whe a subnta sum beet starformnsub
)wore givn.i e You'kd aPhooddelhoa mneyCh
out o aIe heatinal usneyl gieede tosom
i4ethin tanbewor sarter."lybeun
-- The chmill yotu mtedio ltoethere"ectaon o
~a akedrte. m prhsd"eehan"-h
aIt Bilhtake aote hulndre Thouad delas
hedr," and the Mapy. 8 92 hAtr'Fn
"Oabout tne thand ddlca.wt"ipsn
" ell, hadrepled sym "ofl the dayoua tae
thusnd(lllrs i e dramatic professionwill to
6as nnt toran."hpi ostoaysnl
thmarad~e osn'ftorais thbatifuh homet
ai edt touseannowi and teaaNne laer."o
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ore voaiso tesc n bsi.Te
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Onae ierseve n tfa ibe btAdhe nelverhaored faome
rehi abiitme to cather it th parceslo olry
indoe thisieal aode ar asscebled teillyonce
orervte of the beutoadckand busdeli. They
>nltes ofwyonefuys hcterthe oLucoe
ouresther and ublum ganfathersottes andh
an; ofhyou donst~garnthes filaor ecsard
omte to mhn hove gonder backt-fpvey adgany oft
OavenersMcvunighWen siler-hire Burton
de eneles togarreteero, Barrettrary,
dw ortheire spokn or crocheting tel beone
3omuc of the b eyendt hr.fAdlieNl
"Ahthere aesuoltrgeias ofClk oritesh-w
days, onie vewnsraigs in th viareo chardug
omt the gehave on met.c opayaanwt
Aenp o cmedig areutn," Owens, Butn
adthe els oret efron art n
hedrtwied wooth espke," asually; theyd. on
"Tmuhr toere gresnt.ntoedys"i hs
eAternre are noetraved;andik whorsal gn
fays, thmone ean; n sigh en y voie thtoug
eTwo mared hostinpalet.rc h omrftn
rAnrdge nth corofsslien."tn, Theporesr and
Norno Sany ChstpanMr.st liker George x
lieparated wuingthi, laonts cnetird.ihh
tae.Mr. are tors. beortond had been sharrle ga
Tomar hrie coupe grace the hetefutin
The ofteeatd uestan, "hre areyn happy
>ldfrienos in e roftessiouplTey aetr.onedex
its. aml athestr aondtrh. nd air Gerge
bledtank ing him fr hste aveto ben ar
lezin forysn arsptn, and saen seldo tey
verao-atpy (uin their lnw conetioath the ol
tote Mer. anhe though Morto heaven bteen are a
onetshort e time thnteChses
One oftremotatedrestin "Aresi theypp?
dfniqen hofehof Herryle LanedntioHnedsoe
lnded ane canledaio to thet daysi whmnand
laed thanking hiafr hipsiitAtionad aelon,
Jhan rlo notma acetng, butz Loatn Thuh
yoe sno hpin eirt ner hMr. thangdeyoulda
r ear th bokthout ofleaving ithen fo wasn
hotoue tim him
Oneof I he mosret tetnge fglaes," ths
Baqehshld is se Hary uestion-gardsot"
mayl havto hgtethomear, Mr. ngdoI reasb
)ither daylight or artificial light without any in
convenience."
"Tell me something about Forrest, Mr. Lang
don," I asked him; "some anecdotes: if you can
think of any."
"There are so many," he replied, "that it is
bard to think where to begin. One that has been
told often, and sometimes attributed to other
people, really occurred while I was present. A
young actor was rehearsing a part, but did not
seem to grasp the proper meaning of the lines.
P~orrest finally lost his patience, and after re
hearsing thie scene for the young man with all
big tragic power, turned to him and exclaimed:
There, that's the way it ought to be done--why
lon't you do it like,that?'
"'It I could do It like that, Mr. Forrest' the
actor replied, 'I wouldn't be working for six dot
lare a week.'
"Forrest was a bad sailor, and once, when we
were making a water trip between two coast
towns, the sea became choppy and the governor
had to go below, where he suffered all the misery
of seasickness. Finally he sent for the captain
to come to his state-room,
"'How much is this old tub of yours worth?'
he groaned as the skipper appearad.
"'I don't know exactly, Mr. Forrest,' was the
reply; 'why do you ask?'
'Because I want to buy it and chain it up to
a rock where it can't move,' roared Forrest.
"Ei. L. Davenport was one of the greateat act,
ors this country ever produced," continued Mr.
Langdon. "For versatility he has never had an
equal; ho could do a song and dance with as
much grace as any specialist in that line, and
turn round and play Hamlet and Brutus with al
most any of them. Davenport was a great guy
er; lisa nature was sunny and he loved fun. Law
rence Barrett was the antithesis of Davenport;
dignity and austerity were his most marked
characteristics. Davenport was playing Brutus
to Barrett's Cassius en one occasion. In the
first act of the play Brutus says to Cassius.
"'Till then, my noble friend, chew upon this.'
At this point Brutus and Cassius .clasp hands.
As their hands met, Cassius felt something soft
and mushy being squeezed into his hand by the
noble Birutus. A slimy substance oozed through
his fingers and dropped off on the floor; it was
a ripe tomato, which Brutus had given Cassius
to 'chew upon.' Barrett could not resist the ridic
ulousness of the situation, and had to turn his
back to the audience to hide his laughter."
Emfe Germon-dashing, laughing, laughter-mak
ing Efile Germon, of the Wallack Stock Company,
and many other metropolitan companies-is a re
cent guest of the home.
"They sa y I'm too short for grandes dames,"
said Miss Germon; "and. of course I know my
time has passed for soubrettes, although I feel as
young as I did at thirty, and would like to work,
but they won't let me; so here I am, and it's a
mighty fine place to b e, under the circum
stances. I'm only sixty (she doesn't look more
than forty-five) and I come of a long-lived fam
ily. My mother, who died only a few weeks ago,
was eighty-seven, and my aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth
8aunders, is still living in San Francisco, at the
age of ninety-one. She is proDably the oldest
player, male or female, alive.
One of the lively boys of the home is Charles
Gonzales, who is a youngster of seventy-six. Mr.
Gonzales had a Spanish father and an Irish moth
er, so he says he doesn't know whether he is" an
Irish Spaniard or a* Spanish Irishman. Mr. Gon
zales amuses himself with palette and brush, and
his room contains many water colors done by his
hansi. Besides this, he is manager of the "Home
Quartette," and with Meadames Morton, Brennan
and Campbell contributes musical evenings for
the pleasure of the other guests.
Since the home -was opened there have been
admitted altogether eigh ty-one guests.
Of this number thirty have died, and twenty
have returned to their families or friends, but
are still provided for by the fund. The fund does
not demand that one shouljl go to the home in
order to receive assistance;~ it is purely a matter
of choice, and aid is given the needy outside the
home, as well as within. There are at present
over seventy persons outside the home Vwho are
being cared for jy the fund. Strange to say, the
home has neve been filled to its capacity, the
thirty-one inmatea now there being the largest
number it has tver contained. There are accom
modations for nineteen more, with no furtheu
apnlicantions
ARM, I
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orgsas
Dr. R. .
organs wre
- was ver# fr
nervosis hoa4
This was anyi
advice.- Aft.:
tion' for abot
health was se
Dr. Pierce's Fa*
Is a posItive cure for weakness and die*
inflammatton heals ulceration and soothi
Do not permit a dishonest dealer to mul
record of 40 years of -cure. " Not th.
Dt. Fileks* Pilesaut Pellets ladee ash
Loyalty.
"So lightning struck Speeder's au
tomobile?"
"Well, Speeder claims it was his au
tomobile that struck the lightning."
Puck.
New Disappointment.
First Summer Girl-So you thought
a man was coming?
Second Summer Girl-Yes; but as
we got a closer view we saw It was
only a bird.-Puck.
CHILLS AND FEVER AND AGUE
Rapidly disappear on using Elixir
imasek, a preventative for all Malarial
Diseases.
"I recommend 'Eizi BabekP to all
sufferers of Malaria and Chills. Have
suffered for several years, have tried
everything, but failed. until I came
across your wonderful medicine. Can
truly say it has cured me."-George In
scoe, Compan 0G, 4th Batallion.
Elixir abek &0 cents, all druggists or
Kloczewukl & Co., Washingrton. D.C.
When the Minister Scored.
In a contribution to the Christian
Register, Thomas R. Slicer tells this:
"Some men the other night, in con
versation with me, knowing I was a
minister-and it is the spirit of this
time to put it up to a minister in
terms at least of gentle satire-said:
'We have been discussing conscience,'
and one of them said, I have given a
definition of conscience; it is the ver
micular apendix of the soul,' and they
laughed. And I said, 'That is a good
definition in your case; you never
know you have it until it hurts you.'
Then they did not laugh."
Easy to Arrange.
"Do you know what a fortunate lit
tle boy you are?" rather patronizingly
inquired a young lady of the laddie
whose mother is her dearest comrade.
"Here, I invited mamma to go away
for a lovely time with me, but she
wouldn't because it wasn't a place
where we could take children, and
she thought she'd rather be at home
with you. But I don't blame her," as
the wide eyes grew wistful, "for I
think I'd rather stay at home also, if
I had a nice little boy like you!"
"Why don't you get one?" queried
the child, briskly. "I'll'tell Dr. John
son to bring you the next one he finds,
if you like!"
GRABBED HIM.
She-Old Brown said if he were
twenty-five years younger he would
marry me.
He-Twenty-five years younger?
Why, that's just my age.
She-Oh, Charlie, this is so sud
den!
A LADY LECTURER
Feed. Nerves and Brains Sclentifically.
A lady lecturer writes from Philadel
phia concerning the use of right food
and how she is enabled to withstand
the strain and wear and tear of her
arduous occupation. She says:
"Through improper food, imperfect.
ly digested, my health was complete
ly wrecked, and I attribute my recov
ery entirely to the regular, use of
Grape-Nuts food. It has, I assure you,
proven an inestimable boon to me.
"Almost immediately after beginning
the use of Grape-Nuts I found a grati
fying change in my condition. The ter
rible weakness that formerly pros
trated me after a few hours of work,
was perceptibly lessened and is now
only a memory--it never returns.
"Ten days after beginning on Grape
Nuts I experienced a wonderful in
crease in mental vigor and physical
energy, and continued use has entire
ly freed me from the miserable in
sonmnia and nervousness from which
I used to suffer so much..
'I find Grape-Nuts very palatable
and would not be without the crisp,
delicious food for even a day on any
consideration, Indeed, I always carry
it with me on my lecture tours."
Read .the little book, "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a reason."
Evyer read the above letter? A new
.ee appearts fromi tinse to timse. Tlhe?
are genuine, tre and fall et humam
Eaterest.
le to beo isyf@e
~baa
ane _ ce4 om
i . I sufered al or.
'dltko#who*.I wrot, to you t
"t o~vur *aorite Presoertp.*
tFt th e e y that m
rite Prescription.
me of the femInine orgauism. It uliys
. pain. Tones and buddA up the nerves.
)stitutd for this medioise which has a
ok you, I want what I ak for.'*
Baatmis owe oement oCe a at _
BARGAIN OF M. D. AND D. D.
Mutual Obligations Entered into That
Surely Should Have Been
Satisfactory.
Newell Dwight Hillis, the now fa
mous New York preacher and author,
some years ago took charge of the
First Presbyterian church of E0vans
ton, Ill. Shortly after going there he
required the services of a physician,
and on the advice of one of his par
ishioners called in a doctor- aotied for
his his ability properly to emphasize .a
good story, but who attended church
very rarely. He proved very satisfao
tory to the young preacher, but for
some reason could not be induced to
render a bill. Finally Doctor Hillis,
becoming alarmed at the Inroads the
bill might make in his modest stipend,
went to the physician and said: "See
here, doctor, I must know how much
I owe you."
After some urging, the physician re
plied: "Well, I'll tell you what I'll
do with you, Hillis. They say you're
a pretty good preacher, and you seem
to think I am a fair doctor, so I'll
make this bargain with you. I'll do
all I can to keep you out of heaven if
you do all you can to keep me out of
hell, and it won't cost either of us
a cent. It is a go?"-Cosmopolitan
Magazine.
"WHY SHOULD I USE
CUTICURA SOAP?
"There Is nothing the matter -with
my skin, and I thought Cuticura Soap
was only for skin troubles." True, It
is for skin troubles, but its great mis
sion is to prevent skin troubles. For
more than a generation Its delicate
emollient and prophylactic properties
have rendered it the standard for this
purpose, while its extreme purity and
refreshing fragrance give to it all the
advant~ages'b( the best of toilet ps.
It is also invaluable In keepi "the
hands soft and white, the ha (ive
and glossy, and the sc9p a , fr 'ong
dandruff and irritation. V -.1
While its first cost is a few cents
more than that of ordinary toilet
soaps, It Is prepared with such care
and of such materials, that it wears
to a wafer, often outlasting several
cakes of other soap, and making its
use, in practice, most economical,
Cuticura Soap is sold by druggists and
dealers everywhere, but the truth of
these claims may be demonstrated
without cost by sending to "Cuticura,"
Dept. 23 L, Boston, for a liberal sam
ple cake, together with a thirty-two
page book on the skin and hair.
- A Distinction.
"Mrs. Flubbit appears to be some
what cold and distant since Mr. Flu
bit acquired wealth."
"Yes. While she isn't quite so f
id as the show girls in musical co -
edies, still, she is unbeara y
haughty."
Where It Points.
"For whom is she wearing black-'
her late husband?"
"No, for her next. She knows she
looks well in it."-Judge.
TO DRIVE OUT MKALARX A
OTake he d t4dard GROY 1 sYTSTE
The romula is plainl rinted on uvary tt
form and te nost oeecta tor. orgr a
people and children, 60 cents.
Slang to Define Siang.
"He's In bad."
"Yes; he'* all in."
For IflEADACHE-I-Hieks' CAPUD
Nervou T roubles, oapudinea will reivey
It' aiqu d pleasant otaanct mm -
stores.
He who knows most grieves to
wasted time.-Dante.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup ror bhidre.
teethIng, softens the gunas, reduces inflamm
tion, allays pain, anres wind col1c, s50 a botti
Sincerity is the saving merit no
and always.-Carlyle.
The Wretchedness
of Constipation )
Can quickly be overcome b
CARTER'S LITTLE
LUVER PILLS.
Purejy vegetable
-act/surely andn n
Head
ache,
Dizzi
ness, and Indigestion. They do their dp
SMALL PILL, SMALL. DOSE, SMALL PR
Genuine must bear Sigau