Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1915 — ACTORS HARD HIT BY WAR [ARTICLE]

ACTORS HARD HIT BY WAR

Beerbohm Tree Says Large Percentage of Thespians Have Gone to Front. London. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, while addressing a meeting of the Actors’ association, said that the war has practically doubled the cost of living, while for the theatrical profession it has resulted in a 50 per cent reduction in salaries. After the war, he said, actors and actresses will virtually have to start life over again. Meanwhile, the war has reduced all actors to about the same level. But for one thing, he continued, the theatrical profession should be proud. It was that they had contributed as stapchly to the protection of the country as any other class. The total number of male members of the profession did not exceed 8,000, and of this number 1,500 had joined the colors.