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Show FRIENDS COME TO RESCUE IF AGED ACTRES Woman Who Has Never Seen Ker Offers to Give Fine Home NEW YORK. April 7. By the Associated As-sociated Press.) Rose Cophhln, 71-year-old comedy star of an earlier generation, has been delightfully converted con-verted from her belief that nobody in iht world wants a broken old woman, and sLe no longer prays for death as th unly way out. News that the distinguished actress of the "So's was ill and almost penniless penni-less In her rooms Just around the curlier cur-lier from Broadway, today brought an avalanche of friends to her aid. And Rom- Cophlan walked for thfl firnt time in woaks. The, door bell bUXZed and bulled. .Now it would be the postman with another sheaf or solicitous letters. Nov. u uojid be ti florist's boy with more roses. Now an old i'lk-iid culling In person lo inquire .ifti .In health of Co-.- Cohlan and offer aid. I I I I rilMM. RINGS The- telephone, ton. poiiied In .1 . ...... j.-. Jin-.un in m i.-u neu'- cans. while all the way acrosi the continent t from a woman who had ncvor even seen Rose Cbyhlap cann- an offer of a I.i" hi me, an KUTOfnobile to ride in and pretty clothes to wear for Hie real of her life. ' .Mother thinks this Is the most wonderful of all," -aid Mrs. Richard Pitman, Roae Coghian only dauffh-i. dauffh-i. t. when she was advised of the offer sent bj Mrs Tom Dolphin of Alameda, Alame-da, Cal.. through the Associated i 'reaa "To think that a woman who didn't even know her would extend an invitation invi-tation like that, it is wonderful. '" CAVNOl 1CCEPT .Mrs-, pitman said ln-r motiier could not accept the offer, however. At Past, not yet. i-'or she has already accepted an invitation to spend the summer In a big house ..n I-ons Island, where all the old friends Rose Cogh-lan Cogh-lan thought had forgotten her. can watch over her recovery, sin plans ! to no next week. One of tin' letters Miss Coghlan received re-ceived yesterday contained a $100 check from David Belnsco, producer of "Deburau," the last play In which she appealed. Another brought S26 from Carl Hunt, an old friend Sam II. Harris, president of the Producers' Blanavers' aabociation, was expected to call a meeting of the man-:i);.-ts today to dlsciiKs plans for en ally benefit performance to swell her thin purse. HiAlfKD 1 I R AIjAM UDA, Calif., April 7 Rose Coffhlan, adored cornedy star of two .le. ides lro who feared that ' nobody in the world waul me" bflCaUM Of tragic role of pennry that fate recently recent-ly lux ..ant for her, may know now Uafr fhere Is a home where bhe Is Wanted and wanted eagerly In this city on the east shore of San Kran-clsco Kran-clsco hay. This was the message that Mrs Tom Dolphin. 2124 Clement avenue, Alameda, would have sent to Mi- 'oghlan today, but uninformed of the ac trees' address in New VorK nhe : , j . pah-rl i.. Th- A nsm-ia i ed Press, whose i ontluned on page Two ) FRIENDS COME TO RESCUE OF AGED ACTRESS (Continued from I'asw One) wires carried the story of Miss Cogh-Lan's Cogh-Lan's plight. 'Plea tell Miss Coghlan that she is wanted right hero. said Mra. Dolphin, "there Is a big home here tp which she is welcome and a cai we'd like to take her riding in; and she needn't sell her . ostumas, noi bother about getting new clothes. We want her to come right a way ' Mrs Dolphin's husband, manager ol an automobile repair agency, heartily heart-ily concurred In Ins wife's request. Neither Mrs Dolphin, her hUMbaftd nor her mother, who compose the household, ever saw Miss Coghlin oi I the stage. |