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VARIETY I t'CVKti >« Ml ' ' » II •»<•»"•' *- ' INTYRE and HEATH HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE NATIONAL VAUDEVILLE ARTISTS' CLUB We visited the National Vaudeville Artists' Club, and were greatly impressed with the entire surroundings and the air of progressiveness. We have always felt that there was no reason why a Club should not be started for the purpose of working hand in hand with the managers. We never could understand why artists should want to antagonize the managers when the latter pay them their salaries. This getting to- gether of the manager and the vaudeville player is not only a pleasing thing,, but a perfectly natural one. The artist has some- thing to sell. The only one who can buy it is the manager. Why shouldn't they trot in double harness and make things easier and better for each other instead of con- tinually going in opporite directions? If vaudeville artists who have spent hun- dreds of thousands of dollars in the last few years on agitation had only taken that money to form the right kind of an organ- ization and make things smooth instead of rough, they could have done that easily, and still have had enough left to build and sfcpport a home for disabled or unfortunate artists who are unable to pursue their stage work, or who are temporarily up against it. It would be a splendid satisfaction to vaudevillians if they knew that the vast amount of money they had given had been spent in a work that would mean help and consolation for their* fellow players, and even a haven of refuge for themselves in case they hit the rocks. All this could have been accomplished with the money spent in trying to upset the whole scheme of vaudeville. The National Vaudeville Artists is start- ing off in the right direction, and we believe it to be the duty of every vaudeville artist to support a policy of conciliation which cannot help but bring the best results for the artist in the long run. The Actors' Fund get theii; great benefit through the efforts of tlie managers, and no one can dis- pute that the Actors' Fund has been of great benefit to the unfortunate theatrical artists in every branch. There is no reason why the vaudeville profession should not endorse and support the same kind of a policy in their own line of business. (Signed) JAMES McINTYRE, T. K. HEATH. New York City, Jan. 24, 1917. / ■• «... r ■