Show Cooperative pera Really Paid Polish Artists 11 1 C I An A w May My S luther an W heme baa ha been baen adopted by the Warsaw W Operatic who ho nave bave formed d themselves Into Ino a co operative society and are running Ih staton on w without the Ule help of ot a manager or an Impresario without any capital beyond their own brains and what u IS trances of 01 all 11 have made it pay When the Philharmonic Society relin relinquished th the opera at the end of or last season the Warsaw Actors Adora club JI confronted with the dM of ot pro providing Pl viding for Us It poorer J men ber The are re unable to get t work for tor themselves but the member of f the tho orchestra and nd the to In Ray nothing of ot the ballet were ere with starvation as there waa no pos poe possible sible ble employment for lor them Theo Then It wax all that Henry Hnry president lit litot of ot the ahe club the Serge who ho took part In ID last years year opera OpeN came me with a scheme for lu saving tho little army of oC All the sing singer er cu who 1 had bad worked In Warsaw dur during durIn ing In the pat past lIOn were called ailed upon to come Ome to the rescue rHeue of ot their poorer colleague A J meeting wa w held and anda nd a Cooperative Operatic company formed All 11 the lb personnel from tho tenor teo to 10 the coll boy belonged to ao it and nd as It has paid Id very vel well It may be of oC Interest to give a short abort re resume sume of or the lines lIa upon which willell It la I worked wor Two great t argument thai the president dent and managing use u In It favor avor are a that It does doe away a with tilt the profit of 01 an 11 Impresario thus putting money which used to go JIO Into his hi pod pock pockets eta ets Into th of oC the and nd that it itcan can n be worked on OD far Car more economical line A will be b seen there I la no danger dan ger of the th local 10 star W sitting tUn full tull salary In a bad season n be II chorus ch girls going without Every By member of I the I Ira opera ra gains ID or r lose In to hi or her salary ry EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE nt executive committee upon upen which the ho burden of t t ci MC W of five members elected by open vot and ad the leading baritone a bass the mage manager and thelo tor of f In addition to tn them there Ihrl I the th president nt nary Henry a lawyer who ha h V n pre n of II Actor c lub n Itt Iti foundation eral YM arn ago A lawyer a 01 v 1 absolutely necessary JH I In a rf kind where wh squabble nn 11 I ml mi understandings about contracts may ny crop up liP at t any ny lino Ii Th makes mRk the rule rul and ad draw dra up the m nr tl Itt ts contract for rn the no engages n rUt stars from and nd Italy sing aln from time um to Im engager and when hn necessary dl ni cf f the orchestra nl as well w a athe aa the Ih servant employed at t the thea theater ter a arrange nettle all quarrel tIlA rel 1 and nd h the opera Ih part Amon the t Uhl thin U I a very ory d II It Itc cate c duty Inel I nn n culprit who IB I and 1 or oth Ih r break bk the tit ruler ru ruan and an look Into Inlo HM t of ot Jl JIt ai 1 d nines among th to tl off to help who I brings nn que li n h h II mav v art rl th Ih c which meet twice a R w f k 1 and In I ri l All are k by tI nit In which th deride V n n Hi th vote ore are equal the U 1 I dent or In III hl absence e th Iho has a the casting vote ute SALARIES AND D The artists are re paid every for night before betor which the th account foi Ot tl t lote re receding ceding days Ity have h va been be n made up I They y receive what the th commute t IMS It been 11 to tall mark The nominal value alu of ot a mark Is la 0 Wh engaged an artist agrees to take IJO many nn per r month of nt coure I not apply to the th tar from foreign tore I opera who have ha separate parale comment and aie ae paid In the tho usual y an artist agree to take tak thirty mark per month At AI the end 1101 of nf the fortnight when the not okIM kins have paid I e 1 hire of ot r and effect from frum the th mounting 01 nt chetra hetra JIrl of ford for Ign tar thi th oter F and nd th residue i divided Into a many mally lur HH H th Ih while hat 11 irk If thi th admit of ot a i alu than th n the nominal X S each artist which ha baa not yet et hap happened happened during the tint month lInth of r the society ty th klu will not admit of ot this value alue ea h mut take lake less 1 One per ceni nl Is I deducted d from each h mark on ment and put Into the Artist Tendon fund h aim Im to 10 ort off th actor adon and In III who hll become too old for or their work Con Concerts nn rt and representations are given for this Uti purpose Any flues which th payee pay ha h Incurred axe from the Ih mArko and nd put Into th pension fund but no line fine Onn be high higher er r than hn 12 13 and so 10 far r few rew have ha been n Imposed a all 11 work together to ther WIll well and k et o up to 10 the tho mark markIn In the way wy of rehearsal Each artist mut sing ID as a many time a month a Ii athe the committee directs and mud mut Ink tAk the th pat pait given to him without mil mur murmuring murine Hut But Impo r i im m an for the th with 1110 of ot an opera by infusing to tn nl or r leaving the town not nt 1 III IIII is very v heavy being equal to In th gro receipt of ot the th house hou on un that tat pe r occasion An n artist who shig g fur fr moth r without the coin e or nr from work ork when tut III lit or lOr without grave au Is ta liable II to pay a AIM r which Is among the Ih oth other er r No o member of ot the society Is j Allowed to sing at public pubU concerts f 0 i nothing On these thelle occasions live dv pe Pf cent Dt of ot their fee fH I to bo too given to 0 Ih th Pension Fund AND WORE MORE The artist are pleased If with the th result of this experiment There Th is I tar far lea Ie fus tua behind the than there used to be and bl them th l I more mn profit for them Hut Nul NulI It I touting uc depends depend on theli IK ng able abl to In run rim the tb opera to lull ful fuli lullI i without paying too many ex X Ive lvE tar tan from other stage n that they I h must mut keep u a ne ae among mone R themselves t and grod v win over or Polish Pollitt artist from Aur Au trian Poland Po where hitherto man mam manh have h gone n because nue of ot higher larl Of Ot ou Urn time alone will prove er or nr not the are al capable lI OI te of oC thin Ihl problem One On weak k point has h already Id oho Itself and that Is I the want of t In mounting a new opera 0 would uld think that Kaaa Is I not d to 10 put on the sta e and nd yet t In ti t third act aM there were wre several fault the Ih choice of oC furniture fault fult of nI Wil an n J manager ourt i ini ni I to In have hv been n guilty Of couri cor u h mistake could be avoided by sailing a pRinter painter t superintend tn col ir rheim It would cost a great deal a ath the th committee but It would aU t people to 10 have the Ih whole thing doti well for fr It I a fact are II for the mot most part i iI I Ignorant of or the th lINt best and mot mt f wy of nt staging the opera the appear In n C I |