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Show ACTORS' BENEFIT PLUS FORMED Committees Appointed to Take Charge of Performance Perform-ance December 5. That Salt Lake will do Its utmost to aid the actors' memorial day fund was evidenced evi-denced yesterday, when an organization whs effected at the Klks' club to carry the plans into execution, with other big cities of th country, December 5. The meeting was presided over by E. Hugh Miller, exalted ruler of the local lodge of Elks, and a committee was appointed ap-pointed to take charge of the arrangement arrange-ment for the memorial day performance and all preliminary- matters connected with !t. George D. Iy pe r wa s appol n t ed cha Ir-man Ir-man of a committee consist I ng or tb managers of Salt I-ike playhouses, which will arrange the details of the beiu-flt jer-formance. jer-formance. H. G. Whitney was named chairman of a committee of newspaper managers, which will be In charge of the publicity campaign. The general committee in charge of the lenellt comprises Mayor Kerry, chairman; Governor Hamberger. I-ester D. ?reel. Heber M. Wells. H. N. Hvrne, Herbert S. Auerbach. K. Hugh Miller. Glen Miller. E. O. How.ird. H. G. Whitney, A. N. M Kay. George K, Hale. Krank K. Newman, Edward Ed-ward I.evy. lister Fountain and Georsre D. Iypr. Chauncey Moot t and his company will he In Salt Iike on December .". and Mr. oleott's play, "Macushla." with arts from the other theaters of the city, will be given In the af ternoon at the Salt Iake -theater. Seats, with the exception of boxes, will le sold for t2 each. The lKxes will lw auctioned to the highest bidders, the Elks taklnc the Initiative in the sale. Proceeds from the hundreds of performances perform-ances to be given throughout the rountry will go to a fund for the maintenance of a nome for aged and indigent actors In New York. |