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Show lly, and, by nature of thslr calling, worthy adjuncts to ir social fabric. Hut out of vurh a vast number thers r naturally few who through misfortune mis-fortune or through lark of buslDee acumen, have failtd to provide adequately ade-quately for the future. It In for thnae Improvident ones that h insurance fund of the vaudeville mtnaitfrt is beina: established. Feel-Ins Feel-Ins that any encouragement they can offer the J. V. A. will add to the power of the artist In elevating vaudeville vaude-ville to Iti rightfully dlnlfled posl-llon posl-llon h-Nide the mom highly respected of our arts, they have unanimously determined de-termined upon the Insurance fund Idea which in to provide each N. V. A. member mem-ber with a $100i policy payable Im-mdifttfly Im-mdifttfly to the family upon the mero-b-r' decease. fhsrttable contributions are not ao-Melted ao-Melted . of the public. The manairera feel that with a thorough understanding understand-ing of the 'great wood that 'Is being rcompllehed by the N. V. A., vaudeville vaude-ville patrons will be Inspired to a special effort to attend the matinee performance on April . where a ''full value received" show will be staffed. - There la a keen competition between Ihe various (heatrea as to which can show the greatest result a from this testimonial, and the manaament or toew Casino theatre in confident that lis patrons will not allow the record of thla city to fail behind that of, any other community. Loew's Casino to Stag N. V A. Testimonial The management of" Loew'a nstno theatre is hai'm'tf prt prttiona 011 an elaborate scat for tho coming yearly testimonial to the National Vaudeville Artists, the date for which has been set for April . This Is the second efiair f its kf.'d t : be htrlrl following the one of lavt year, and It is expected that the receipts will eclipse those of the former testimonial. The entire proccdt of this maiinc. will be devoted to a general fund which la belnc derived from the receipts re-ceipts of over .us audeville tln-ara throughout the 1'nlted States and Omit Om-it da to be used as a fotind-iio;i for an Insurance and benevolent tund for the members of the National amtevuio Artists. The National Vaudeville Artie's, an orgs nlxat ton wit h a membership ot oer lii.oOO variety actors anl in -hnl-Ing many of the highest paid stars on I bn at use. is an Inst it ut ion to which both Its members and the puMlc mav well point with pride. Not only throughout the war. but since, whenever when-ever the vaudeville actor hue been rplied upon to asftint In toirtt nnl civic movements which ha 1 us their olJ'tlve the promotion -of the welfare wel-fare of clvlhtation, there waa an ever rady response, no matter now great the sacrifice thai devolved upon the actor. I'nder the benign influence of the National Vaudeville Artiste the public entertainer of today la a net-son of extreme ex-treme dignity. Imbued with a lull ente of t he great importance the variety business hears to our areneral achenie of humuniinrian advancement, and im- Krenseri w it h t he I mportance of the iKh Ideals of cltixenshlp. There are few professionals betler paid than the vaudeville artist. Many of I hem have become affluent. Thcv ai-a-lUrifiy. ea4eepelsta?-ewd li-mape v mm, with a clean cut ncns of mnrfll- |