Show I SPEAKING TG ACTORS ALSO MAKE MONE Xo Yo the the- actor I is not yet ready for tho tim poorhouse nor has ho lie been discrimInated discriminated against In the wholesale distribution distri distri- of ot shekels which seemed to become become be- be come como the tho national pastime in place of ot baseball durin during the year cur In 1919 The They ma may talk about tho enrichment of or merchants mer mci chants during tho year following the armistice but the men and women of the stage had at least a finger besides a n thumb In the plo pie Moro More than in salaries was wai paid p out to actors and actresses during the year In 1919 One Is likely to bo be astounded at the amount which has been paid palt out to thele the tho le legitimate players but how much more moro stupendous a figure uro would this be t If the tho salaries paid to vaudeville actors to motion picture actors some stars receiving a a. million dollars a 3 year ear to burlesque actors and to actors In local stock companies were Included Paying actors and actresses the tho sum of ot was only one of or tho the items Hems for which the managers ers and producers had bad to dig down In Iii their pockets Theatres Theatres Thea Thea- tres had to be bo rented costumers had to tobe tobe tobo I be bo paid scenic artists sent in their bills authors author had to receive their royalty royalty royalty roy roy- alty checks s tho the busl business ss manager and his staff had to bo ho kept In good bood humor b by a periodical application of or tho smile smile- producer mone money and newspapers and billboard concerns had to be paid for tor advertising space and printing |