The evening world., 1894-08-08
BALLET GIRLS CANNOT AGREE,
Fail to Decide Who Shall Be
Let in Their Union.
Some Of Them Want Fifth and Sixth
Line Girls Ruled Out.

The rehearsals OF the ballet for the
Liliputians was transferred this morn
Ing from Clarendon Hall in East Thir-
teenth street to the Fifth Avenue Thea
tire.
Steve Brodics troupe" was holding
down the few boards that make up the
Clarendon stage when a young woman
of Amazonian proportions, bearing a
bundle wrapped In n newspaper in her
arms, entered the hall and stopped stock
still at the sight OF the Brodie players.
Where's the Lilipewshes?' she de-
manded in voice that cut off Mark
Lynch, the heavy man for Brodie, in the
MIDST OF hoarse and terrible threat.
AFTER the first shock had subsidized
player from On the Bowery" descend
Liliuutians's change of base for re-
hearsals.
Sure, remember that now. I've been
walking In my sleep this morning"
she claimed, and sailed out. stopping
IN the hallway long enough to change
the arrangement OF her bundle She
shook out waist, a pair of ballet shoes
ings and a nondescript garment that is
bifurcated and designed to reach from
the waist to the knees. and, except for
very tightly sewed and rivetted She
then gathered them UP and rolled them
into a tight bundle
This young woman is one of the lead
ers or les dances de ballet, who are
about to organiz into labor union here
and her name is not given, because The
Evening WORLD reporter will not violate
confidence,
You can just bet we're going to have
union she said on the way to the
Fifth Avenue Theatre. I'VE need il bad
enough, n for nothing else than to
down sucn fellows as the Eldorado man
agement. i have been making s25 a
week for a number of seasons and can
STANG soinG IT, y, put some Of the poor girls are
SchwartZe promised to come over yes
terday afternoon, when we met at Clar-
endon Hall and pay us for the week and
coming. ne sent word that some OF the
costumes had been taken, and IL these
were returned he would pay the money.
,r wsh you could have seen the cos
covered us enough to keep us out OF
JAIL were the tights and slippers, which
me girls furnished themselves. All that
chiffon, which we wound around us like
kind OF cloud. As for the rest Of a
scanty attire. he didn't care. So that's
q sniae; the costumes weren't stolen,
are not worth stealing.
After yesterday meeting the $50 girls
OF Of, the EldqTadc. who has gathered in
| their
wages. decided TO meet again to-day and
perfect an organization under the pro.
lection lection Of, Of the Central Labor Union
ont rhat sh,s Is not going to be done with,
Is necessary to understand the profes,
sional Classification OF ballet-giris, 10
Eeady t breW MATURE 81 the row that is al
PAID by the week as follows: First line,
w: second line, 500 third line. sis,
fourth line, SIS; nth line. si2: sixth line
The scale. OF wages given has been the
standard for years. but recently III,
hard times have reduced it somewhat
particuIarly among those already poorest
The ballet; The first line is the one
Immediately facing the audience anC
S nrst,,a. naturally t;n, be composed of the
and so on towards the rear in the orde,
OF looks and proficiency.
me girls In the first three lines ar,
do%ed by hatnre w weS hay have been
hgures; Beyond that, and particu
larry the fifth and sixth lines, the girl,
are collected more TO produce the effec
appearance and skill Little or n,
previous experience is required there.
1.-THE The leaders regard these inferior,
t iron n tMG points mt, Of view: One side. anC
posed to having any thing TO do viii
me hfth and sixth line girls. The othe
side, more charitably inclined, say tina
Than their expert and b better paid " SIS
tiers, and that IL they were brouRh
into the union they could be taught tn
shamefulness OF working at beggarl,
As the question who shall constitut
an association is one OF the first en-
Ss bset r,r ffSr% min sGy
Immediately when they meet TO organ
!ze.