_Mrs. Elizabeth Dalton_ Teresa Maxwell-Conover. _Grace Dalton_ Helen Freeman. _Theodore Thompson_ Milton Sills. _Jack Bud_ Joseph Kilgour. _John Watts_ Albert Bruning. _Harold Dalton_ Eugene O’Brien. _A Bellevue Doctor_ Harry C. Browne. _Attendants_ { James Grove. { Mark Powers. _Servant_ Judith Snaith. The following letter on the subject of the Goldknopf accusations gave Belasco much satisfaction: (_The Society of American Dramatists and Composers to David Belasco._) “New York, November 27, 1912. “Dear Mr. Belasco:-- “At a special meeting of the Board of Directors of The Society of American Dramatists, held immediately after witnessing the performances of ‘The Woman’ and ‘Tainted Philanthropy,’ a resolution was passed congratulating and thanking you for your splendid work in behalf of the dramatists of America in having called the attention of the public and the press to the efforts of irresponsible writers and lawyers against authors and producers of successful plays. We are of the opinion that these ‘strike’ suits, having no basis or ground for legal action, are a great hardship to the professional dramatist, and [that] the attention of the Bar Association should be called to this particular suit as an aggravated instance of sharp practice and unwarranted attack on the dramatist’s name and pocket. “Yours most sincerely, “CHARLES KLEIN, “Secretary.” In his decision Judge Holt said: “This suit is to restrain the [alleged] infringement of a copyright.... Both pieces have been presented by experienced and skilful actors, with excellent scenery and stage appointments. I have carefully read the manuscripts of each play and have seen the representations of them.... In my opinion the proof _wholly fails_ to establish the charge. There is _nothing_ to prove, _or to suggest_, such a comparison of the two plays--that ‘The Woman’ was copied from ‘Tainted Philanthropy,’ or that any part of the one was taken from any part of the other. There is _nothing_ to indicate that either the words, the ideas, or the plot of the defendant’s play were suggested by complainant’s play. The two plays, in my opinion, are wholly dissimilar, and I see _no ground whatever_ for the charge that one infringed the copyright of the other in any particular. There should be a decree for the defendants, dismissing the bill on the merits, with costs.”