Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-24
A Eallet-Gtrl's NOtos.

"They term us all ballets now"
said the young woman. Though we
may never dance. We are live
dummies to hang character dresses
on. One week eOnrt lady, the
next a sailor in Pinofore. gipsies,
peasants, parts of u crowd, invited
guests at balls, and so on. II il
hard work getting out of these low
err ranks. Where one succeeds hun.
dreds remain always IN this dead
level. There are ambitious girls,
too, in those walks, who would at
short notice fill higher parts. l can't
say how creditabIy, because they
never had the chance to try in pub
lie. They are Intelligent, Iady-like
girls, too-well read, lady-like In
demeanor, correct In habits. Some
attend school In the day time and
their small earnings are help to
many cramped income. Some
are regularly met at the stage door
by their mothers or some other
member of the family aud 60 d.
rectly home, and Others go to a
late supper with u gentleman.
IA young lady," continued the
young woman, "fortified by friends
and social position, may experience
little annoyance or risk unless she
lays herself open to it. But the
poor girls, the upernumeraries,
must endure the advances of any
leading gentleman who chooses to
force himself upon them. To speak
piainly, gentlemen will assume
torwarduess of demeanor with a
strange girl in such position which
they would not dare to do else
where. Would Mr.. - ask a So
ciety young lady to late supper
two hours after first setting eyes
upon her, as he did me at the -
rheatei?
"You may think it easy to avoid
these things, but it is not. AS 10
propriety, girls in the humble
dramatic walks are very much mix
ed. Some are good; some are bad.
Managers do not hire morals. II a
girl shows we'll and acts with out
ward propriety, that is all that is
required of her. This mixture
gives a bad man many opportuni-
ties, since he may assume that they
are all OH the same p ane of charac-
ter and act accordingly. He has the
vantage ground Of position.
"Stsge managers often prove
great trials to the humble girls.
Some are coarse in demeanor and
rough in language. When out OF
patience they will use big DIS and
little DIS very plentifully. They
lose respect for women. They see
too much Of them. A manager
arrives at last at that condition of
mind and habit to regard his
stage rs many married men do their
homes place granting full lib
erty to fume, fret and bully. They
have some cause. A crowd of chat
tering, mpty'headed girls is u try
ing Charge for any man.
"a certain proportion-indeed o
large proportiou-oft theatrical peo-
nile live so much among themsel yes
rs to forget there lie any outside world
except that seen nightly from the
foOtlights. Their talk IL all with
each other and of each other, and
about their peculiar business.
heard an actress once remark that
she had been twice around the
world, and about all she had seen
OF 1t WAS u steamer, the inside of
railway cars, the inside of hotels,
and the inside of theaters. Some
persons living such lives become
illed to cveIflowipg with conceit,
and deem there's little outside the
dramatic world worth considering.
It's not wonderful, considering how
much more attention aud admira.
ton theatrical people Of promln.