The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-19
FARES OF THE STAGE
Thousands Of Aspiring Chorus
Singers.
AN ARTIST IN PUCK COSTUME.
~oshinx Erer shocks tfse NcdeSty Of
New York Theatrical
Audience.
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wr. srons0a. manager OF the Casino;
John Hes,sal Era:.rsS wIlson and Ned RISE
receive In every rear in the aggregate not
less thar ieExs3 applications for oYpoTsGEil-
ties to sing II the chorus Qla-siraeTS re-
member rery ws.I when, il ISIS. the a<ss-r.s.-
fu- iessss OF the beautiful ballet III the
.El4ek caookV FRS; startled NeS York ard
SCI the then fashionable rgpfias OF TIE day
into what they pleased 10 cali tervid ecssacy.
sermons weTe preached, GsairAbes were de-
live-ea, all manner Of editorial uttsrances
were sent forth il Eea1ke Of the Illicit es-
posare, but the exposure Of that aay, As
compared with The snameiesSness o. this,
was IS the petty bill mentioned in Script
ure which skipped Tor JOY Is BY the side OF
the Alpine mountain substantial and Ell
during forever.
On one occasion Betty Rigi. beautiful
girl. shspeiy. without preannouncement
sprang upon the stage In what was known
IS the demon dance in a skin-iight rig.
scarlet from The tips OF her horns 10 the
heels upon her shoes she was absolutely
modest when analyzei. bat Uprosriousiy
ialnodesf when irs; looked at. and 50 out
ragged was public sentiment BIZ what was
after ell the very acme OF propriety, in
day in our most reputable theaters, that
she was compelled TO wear some kind OF a
skirt and little make-believe jacket.
Within a few weeks past | saw in
McVicker's thearer the prettiest pict-
IRE have seen IN years Louise Beaude
in Puck costume. a more airy, fairy
ike creation was never suggested 10 the
mind OF poet. or disclosed 10 the eve
r .xsss2
assuming that she was born--whieh don't
think she was al that time-but had she
been born and HAD she appeared in such
costume in the first days Of the BLACK
Crook" she would either have been laughed
or Kissed from the stage. The fact is that
as the community political has become ia
miliar with fraud in high places, aud as the
community financial has been accustomed
20 disgraces unknown to the commerce OF
other days, so the community artistic, the
atric, lyric. has become acquainted with the
stage Developments today meaning nothing,
which years ago would have meant death
and destruction 10 manager and to play.
Hence Beaudets.
And thank heaven for ii, so long as
Shakespeare's creations are intrusted to
men and women of artistic temperament
professional excellence and personal worth,
as in this particular instance.
What lovely legs"
| turned quickly, for the voice was that
OF young girl. somewhat surprised at the
photograph. The young girls party con-
sisted of a gentleman, apparently her
father, lady, presumably her mother;
another young woman, and two young
men. Utterly unconscious Of any impro-
priety the girl was commenting upon one of
the chorus girls she had seen upon the
stage. what lovely legs" said She II
wonder how Id look upon the stage" Now
IL seems to me in that sentence there was
an utterly unrefutable argument against
the sentiment OF age. Ii this girl
perhaps IL years old, had been at home
with her .mother. and III the seclusion of
her chamber, while recalling the events of
the evening had said, while speaking of
this girl, What beautiful legs she has,
what pretty figure" there would have
been nothing out of the way IN it. although
the fact that she looked at the chorus
girls legs, using her eyes. rather than
listened to Lillian Russeli's voice, using her
ears, would be rather suggestive; but this
was i'll public foyer. Twenty might have
heard her as we'll as ]. and probably did.
She simply voiced what she thought, and
when she said II wonder how would look
upon the stage" she wasn't thinking of her
face, nor OF her Voice, nor Of her abilities,
mental or lyric, but she was thinking of
her legs, and that's the point I'm coming
to,