The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-03

sino contingent of metropolitan chorus
dom. | won't mention Madge Yorke, an
att active and useful understudy, nor Syl-
via Thorne who, at first blush looked like
blonde ptima donna. These ladies' consid-
or themselves above the chorus. There is
no plnca where there is so much caste and
etiquette MS in a chorus. The gulf that
between a chorus girl and a prima
donna dissoluto--l mean assofuto-can not
be measured.
chorus al !. Occasionally she will deign to
feeb!y smile upon a chorus girl. but moth
ms more. The chorus girl takes her re-
yenge by not noticing the extra girls
supplementary ladies who stand around n
form poses and pictures at So a week. Talk
about the etiquette of courts! Why, dear
boy, the etiquette of the chorus is almost
as elaborate. The only one who dares to
break it's solemn rigor is the comedian. He
will occasionally chuck 3 chorus girl under
the chin and address her by a name as alb
breviated and endearing as her skirts,
Now. let me See, you want to know a
few of the girls who sing and dance around
in Wang at the broadway theater. Helen
Beresford. now. is a graceful and petite
brunette: then, Ida and Mabel Leclaire
gene ally run together. Oitilie Roitfarth,
there. is a daughter of ennie Reitfarth, the
singer. The stately captain of the guard is
uno Burbank, who used to be with Dixey,
and, seen from the front, has ewes that re-
mind one of those OF the goddess. Ida
Namayo comes all tho wav from tho West
Indies. Agnes Reilly, the little girl III
green who plays tho tough messenger boy,
Is a modest New VI er from the east side.
There where Anna O'Keeffe originally
came from, you know-oneo of the east side
avenues. Miss Vincent and Miss Martinez
are almost as good looking as their names.
Sally Maddern is that girl with brown hair
and blue eyes-piquant combination. May
Levinge, who looks at you with keen
dark eyes is q clever musician,
graduate from a convent L. see her
very often with Tillis Frank. Louise Edgar
comes from the land of cinnamon seed and
sandy bottom. Those two fair-haired girls
are Louise Conway and Bessie Galloway.
Marguerite Wood is the living image of
Laura Joyce-Bell. d Albro will pass in a
crowi. Miss McIIvaine has II soprano
voice of wonderful power. Dolly Chase, Il
pretty brunette. who was once the wife Of a
sporting man, now blooms and fourishes in
single blessedness.
Quite a list. YOU see. It's difficult to get
them all straight. There are a lot l may
have missed. Chorus girls abound at nl
times. Stroll along Broadway and you are
convinced of the fact. Fragments of Hill
and Dun companies strike you at every
turn. Misses Estabrooke and Clayton, a
symphony in blue topped by sailor hats,
are bright and pretty. May Thomas. Mel
lie Desmond and Brownie Wells arc great
pals. But why so on?
Turn an imaginary opera glass for a mo-
ment ut the chorus cohorts who prance,
persplre and do vocal pyrotechnics around
Tar and Tartar at Palmer's theater Just
now. Mae Patterson is fond of her ample
shape. That brunette yonder is Miss
Brooks. and a fine alto voice she has. |
hear the girls consider Miss Lisle and Miss
Green elderly, but that's probably spite.
Miss Jsrman has rather a peaked face.
Cute Mcdonald Is like her name, loves to
neck the other day by tumbling downstairs
bohind the scenes in a whirlwind OF fun.
Carrie Noyes is hail fellow we'll met, blonde
and pretty.
Miss Graham is not over popular with
the girls. Grace Hamilton has been II kind
of general football; rather an attractive
girl, too, from tho front of tho house. Hat
tie Marshall and frankie Leouald are
ehums. Miss Clarke is pugilistic. Miss
Brunson puts on ARA, they toll me, because
she Was once a prima donna.
THE girls in the McCaull organization,
by the way, are living comparatively easy
lives now. In tho old days Rosa Drucker
was there, n constant menace. Rosa, YOU
attendant and general factotum of Mime.
Gottrelly, and what Rosa didn't fnd out,
know and report to madame wasn't worth
knowing or reportiag-that's all.
'How long do girls remain i'll the chorus2
Some. l should say, remain there ~forevet.
Inc composition oil n chorus IN most di-
verse. There ara i'll almost every comic OPP
era chorus IN the land ingenious girls,
honest married women, broken down primo
donne, respectable grandmothers and airy,
fairy ladies who use tho stage as q means to