People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1895 — TO HELP PAULINE MARKHAM. [ARTICLE]

TO HELP PAULINE MARKHAM.

Theatrical Benefit for the Fanioun Burlesque Actress at New York. New York, Feb, 14.—The "present’theatrical season in this city has been notable for the large number of benefits which have been given in aid of needy members of the profession. There has been none, however, which , surpassed in interst or where the beneficiary was better known to ti e theatergoing public than that given at the Garden theater this afternoon in aid of Pauline Markham, the famous burlesque actress of a generation ago. Some months ago, when her destitute circumstances became known, a benefit was at < nee proposed, and the movement fnet with hearty support from actors and managers the country over, especially from the veterans cf the profession, who remember the de.ys when Pauline Markham won fame and fortune for Nillo’s. Of late years the actress has met with misfortune. During her last season she broke her teg in Louisville. She brought suit against ti e theater management where the accident occt .red and was awarded liberal damag s. The higher courts, however, reversed the decision and Miss Markham was left absolutely penniless. It Is hoped that enough will be realized at this afternoon’s benefit to provide for her welfare during her declining years.