Ogden Morning Examiner and Morning Standard | 1910-03-13 | Page 10 | 128 Thrifty Actors Going Abroad

I I I i I I I I I j I I I I I j I I I I I I I I Thrifty Actors Going Abroad In the old days actor and improvidence deuce dence were wore Sur synonymous terms hut hilt such is not nol the tho th case cas today LOda A glance ance at the tho land records on Long L Island I shows that millions of dollars of prop property property I erty crt by b actors it tl to be an object of ef f the profession prof Ilon to toI save ga a little money mOiler to 10 add zest to 10 toI the enjoyment they ther gt out of lire life At the beginning of the tho current sea soa soaI season son Ron son a number of o asters actors and anti actresses In the employ of Elsie Ferguson cl who t I Is starring in iii Such Suh a Little Queen yore induced to consider seriously a trip abroad after aCler their seasons work was over OCI This ro resolve olvo was wag taken up liP IJ b by over ocr a hundred more artists artiste in inthe inthe the employ of Mi tilt Harris Harrl and nn Mr Ir general auditor an llor for the tho drat was urns made treasurer t and to him hint himI wa was u sent 1 weekly lr a retrain percentage pl cf of their salary to 10 be he on tho ho payment of fares from NewYork New NewYork York to Europe Eroll L This sum has as assumed assumed assumed large dimensions and when the seventh of T nu rolls around one oe and und twenty eight actors and ami actresses will iii depart for an nit eight weeks we 16 trip abroad all of which will have been boon paid for without having haing I caused causal any an distress s or annoyance It itIs I IB Is quite likely lik that thai this name sauie plan Illan I will ho bo taken up II by hy In the pro lire profession Cession In III the tho seasons to conic como Ac tore Instead l l of walking the limo sultry streets of New York In the summer slimmer and making the Rialto Wallo a I rendezvous for tho ho idle l lo and gar rn ous will hit hio themselves to foreign shores shoren and there then awk enjoyment in a sate sane C and fashion after the tho seasons long work worl I