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288 Oct. 15 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1911 287-78

Chicago Israelite TO GIVE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' BENEFIT PERFORMANCE.

A Yiddish drama produced with all the vigor and with all the emotional art accredited to the Jew, music by well know opera starrs will be a part of the patriotic rally for the benefit of the American Soldiers' and Sailors' Welfare League of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith at the Haymarket Theater on the eve of Lincoln's birth- day, Monday, February 11th. Mr. Joseph Kessler, leading trage- dian of the Yiddish stage with an all star cast tendered his play house and his company, as well as his own per- sonal services to a Committee of the American Soldiers' and Sailors' Wel- fare League of the I.O.B.B. as his contribution towards the $100,000 fund which the League is endeavoring to raise in Chicago in the interest of and for the comfort of the soldiers and sailors in the middle western camps, cantonments and training stations. "In a Strange World" is the title of the drama wherein Mr. Kessler and Mme. Gudinsky, his leading lady, will show up to great advantage. Dr. Emil G. Hirsch will address the audience. Between the acts, leading opera starts will render vocal selec- tions.