Show TORS SEEKING TO ALL IN r FUNDS CRUSADE i Disbursed by So So- ety ty Between 1882 and 9 Trustees Not Paid I a may y seem strange yet nevert e. e lt itis t is true that after more than five ty years of or Its existence much he le grand work of the actors actors' fund America merica Is but superficially known ond nd its own owa confines This l lack formation could be to a a. a large exx ex- ex explained ex-explained x but not extenuated extenuate cording to its charter the so so so- jr y might legally have limited Its eC a t to caring caring- for the sick and andi ying i l g th the dead but so diverse have bave fits IlitS dispensations that the appeal every very every deserving applicant wasted was ted when possible irrespective of ot Lion nationality or creed his Uis association began its career in 3 with a capital of or obed obed ob- ob ed through benefits and donations teen thousand dollars was ex- ex ded Led during the first fiscal year 1914 16 Between 1882 1915 1915 more than hasLi hasl has l Li The Income never neve r aged raged more than 50 per cent o of f outlay which lamentable fact tact ha has s tithe Ithe loyal and able trustees i sly ly striving to preserve the integ integ- of ot the most liber liberally lly scientific scientific- land economically conducted l. d I society that ever did or I Jer St St. t. t No Noi trustee has ever reed reed reed re re- ed financial remuneration every er e is isa a trustee 1 e will not permit individual ref ref- l eto to all directors the below ed a. a words word's from a speech of the ident dent Daniel Frohman may safe safe- regarded Tas ns indicating the tha sen- sen the entire board I have ed the fund as secretary trustee president during thirty odd years ft li Lf hope I may continue to serve zany needed capacity for the relder reider re- re eider e- e ider lder of my life Mr Frohman never never ne retired from the presidency i e association has hrs dependents in out ut of or various institutions in dif dlf- rit nt at parts of or the country In this City uly the first in Importance is actors' actors fund home bome an est establish establish- blish- blish has has' frequently been de- de edL In ed-In in various publications yet it re apropos to state that the conns conns con con- I de-I ns th there re for re receiving and entering entering entering enter enter- enter enter- ing its guests ere are more c consid- consid I sid e Elland and broad minded than those j ny fly so c ll d. d existing Institution v Superintendents fr tR Mackay a retired eminent vatic for ninny years years' y ears a rem rem- of t the the- fund the chairman of ot its iU e 1504 and d sec- sec vice ice president from 1908 at the i J Annual meeting n tl of fth the order in part as as follows lace ince in e the home opened W o have had Superintendents 15 You may may remarkable for so short a a. time the trustees ot of of this fund are arede rede de Ined that J. J 4 hom shall 11 e ke keT a home hom and not a prison and ande e every man and w Woman nan there who carded the right to your charity Ibe L ca called ed a gu guest s of th the theatrical al The executive e ct committee ed il and found they were not jated- jated aced by those superintendents superintend YR you you may ma may r rest st assured that their athy lathy th Is with the actor le 2 of f the home con contains tams this ener en- en gr er r. r The superintendent shall by i ass ss endeavor to make the home a a. a Pot f cont contentment and happiness e e 5 E e ire are re charges of ot the society who nm which render them ins Into in- in s to its own home and yet adl ad- ad ible l to other institutions one of his his' 1 ls' ls the Brunswick home Amity- Amity j Long rong Island N N. Y where as in InA Actors Actors' A Fund home e each ch single afforded d a separate room light I airy Ther are o and well furnished There are no mentally afflicted persons here The Is excellent tranquillity is considered and psychologically studied and strictly observed Cleanliness Cl Cleanliness ness is perfect and constant It Is q quite erroneous to presume that very ery many of those who compose the public amusement community become indigent indigent- through Improvidence Large salaries are very rare and the frequent shortness of a a. theatrical engagement I makes even such sal salaries ries average average fuite small The business is precarious not alone financially but mentally and physically and through severe itinerancy itinerancy an ancy y there Is much h f exposure p to hard hard- ship Campaign Promoted There Is now a propaganda being publicly promoted known as The National Campaign to Endow the Actors' Actors Fund of America which purposes purposes pur pur- poses to raise by popular and other subscriptions one million dollars with the object of endowing the fund And end so saving it from disintegration thereby assuring Its Its' salvation and permanent fu fu- fu t ture ure existence It Is hoped thus thus' to establish es establish es- es a splendid foundation for Its permanency There are many m men n and women in this vicinity alone who out aut personal inconvenience could could in in within twenty four hours guarantee this endowment and so fill thousands of ot hearts hearts' with Joy dispense with further outlay and anxiety on the parts of many and create In the donors donor's mind the sublime gratification that a a. great good deed has been done If It one person cared not to do this act there could be a combination formed of wealthy philanthropic ladles ladies and gentlemen gentlemen gentlemen gen gen- and so effect the greatly required re requIred required re- re desideratum William Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakes Shakes- peare wrote One touch of nature makes the whole world kin and as this campaign is a nation wide effort to enlist the hearts of all the people In aid of the great cause it Is ia hoped that everyone men women boys and girls will send contributions according to their means to the Actors' Actors Fund of America Longacre building and second Forty-second street New York Tork City |