The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-20
BALLET Girls,

The habits Of the ballet girls is never
ending euhjrct of speculation to tho people
before the hoo,-!ights. ~ pretty eirl
with a pretty figure sweeps across the Stage
on the tip OF her toes, every motion tuli OF
grace. one feels "A strong curiosity 10 know
who she is, and where she came from, and
all about her. The training OF the girls has
been written aboat so much that IL has
become almost % com mon as that hrst
subject OF the fresh young repor.,,
But in crest still clings about the habits Of
the girls aud their origin A Cvurlsr-Jour-
nal reporter had long and interesting talk
With Mr.. Frank Carlos Griffith, business
manager of 'Jalma," last night, and
learned some curious things about ballet
dancers.
rule" said Mr.. Griffith, much better ma
tured than singers. Most OF them are ltnl-
jans; some IRE Il glith. Occasionally You
lind them married, but they always leave
their husbands 10 the old country. They
are paid from $50 to $3.50 week and their
travelling expenses. Their morality 10 about
as good as that oil mos women on the stage,
no. any better and not any worse. You
vii I'D good and bad women among
| them"
"Do You have much trouble in getting
local dsncers?"
mot great deal. It depends, though,
upon where We go. In the south II 10 harder
10 get women to go upon tho btage than IL
is in the north AMI east. We always ad'
vel Else for twice as many women as we
want, Very frequently weli-connecttd
girls, who h ave Limos and forms OF which
they are proud, come to US, and hte willing
TO 20 on the stage Tor nothing. 1t 10
frequent occurrence TO have parents coming
Sometimes they write letters and
END - photographs. These girls 70
| Ia uhder assumed names, which
makes il all the more difficult 10 detect
them. When We have variety OF girls to
n BOSE from we make them exhibit their
! obi ect to this most seriously. ard II 10 only
| done In business way, and they soon learn
to regard It 10 that light themselves" :,
How do the legs and arms OF Louisville
girls compare With those Of the girls in
other cities?"
"verv favorab!y. The best developed
and ss i've nav we si had Se rood
girls. The lower limbs Of the St. Louis
girls seem to have run to feet. II
Is more difficult to get girls to 70
to the ttsgs hore than any. other
city we have been in. Philadelphia girls
are not only badly formed, but they are
absolntsly stupid. 1t is with the utmost
difficulty that you can get them TO learn
anything. II 10 odd how perverse woman
can be- II one OF them goes wrong once she
is liable to do the same thing over and over
In spite of ell the talk in the world"
"Is there much padding among ballet
dancers 2"
None at all. A girl who pads can't
dance. 1t Is impossible. There is very lit
tie padding on the sage anyhow. The
stories about 1t are very mucn exsggera'
ted"
"who dance the best, lean girls or fat
girls?"
Sometimes a fat girl will dance the
best. and sometimes lean one. or course
the audience will prefer girl who is plump
and buxom TO o skeleton, with limbs like
broom. ticks. You can't have any idea oil
what a girl will do I'LL she begins to
dance" 49,.
as there much jeslou y among them?"
VERY little; and 10 tnat agsin they dit
fer very much from singers, who are the
most Jealous Get OF crea' ures In the wpfld.
The girls seem to epj y tue lifs they lead.
and l.ush and go on among themselves du-
ring rehe, rails sitter business Is through"
How much do you pay 10 the new girls,
whom you pick up 10 the various cities
I'VE give them IS week, and extra pay
for extrs services. We don't pay for re
nesrssis. [Cotrier-J ou' NIL.