Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-23

ing, get q couple OF hours rest, then
GET M for a rehearsal, lasting three or
four hours, perform in the evening, and
leave directly after, arriving In town
again at $50 a. IN, all tired out and full
of the war paint of the night before,
which we have not had time TO properly
erase" -
Then these jolly girls indulge IN
peals OF laughter, as they talk OF some
OF the queer incidents which occurred
on the early morning arrivals 10 town
why" said Miss Desmond, a jolly
little girl, with dark eyes and soft hair,
1--WE startle the milkmen so on their
early morning rounds that they stop
their carts and look after US aghast, es-
pecially If we come in groups, and no
doubt they think we are wandering
circus troope just arrived in town."
"Or," said Miss White, "perhaps they
think we are real German peasant girls,
such as our Faust" costumes repre-
sented
Miss Ryan burst into jolly laugh.
Imagine any one mistaking Ryan
and a Rooney for German peasants!'
ANOTHER CASE FOR LEXow.
'.Well, 'ssaid Miss Rooney. 81 re-
member one man who didn't mistake
me for any German peasant girl, when
| arrived in town at five o'clock, last
Wednesday morning, from Philadelphia,
and that was one OF those prim and
proper officers OF the law"
Here Miss Rooney's soft, red lips
pursed up in most disdainful manner.
Miss Rooney had evidently been reading
Republican reports OF the LexoW Com
mittee.
when I arrived In town. had my
little satchel OF makeup, and, untortu-
natey, all the makeup about me wasn't
in my satchel.
Il wanted to catch the train the night
before, and could not stop to make use
of mirror. II wasn't quite light yet,
and came through Grand street TO
Broad way and waited for a cable.
None came, and as l seemed to be
attracting the attention OF the passers-
by l thoughtthe safest thing TO do would
be TO stand close by one OF those big po-
licemen that line Broadway.
81 approached aud asked him II the
cable cars were running. He said no,
but horse car would be along shortly.
$50 waited beside the big officer Of
the law, feeling that under his protec-
tion would be entirely free from any
impudent or insulting remarks from
men who might be on the street at that
hour.
Imagine my surprise and chagrln,
therefore, when 1 boarded the car, TO
have this same big policeman wave lis
hand. wink at me and say:
"'La-de -da; I'll see you later!
You may think my ride uptown was
an enViahle one, but 1t wasn't with all
those passengers, some ogllng me, some
looking amused and some disguised.
mo more Philadelphia for me, " was
the emphatic WInd-up OF her sad little
tale OF the Broadway copper, and she
was Joined by chorus OF Me, toos.
Miss Noslyn and Helen White are
two Of the prettlest girls in the grand
opera chorus.
But, then, al the American girls in
the chorus are pretty, and are used as
sort of offset for their Italian sisters.
Don whom the lovely goddess Venus
has not smiled so generously.
Aud jolly bunch of flowers they are,
too, giving each other friendly sugges-
tions about the makeup Of their eyes or
the tint OF the rogue upon their cheeks,
sharing their sandwiches with each
other, and reading their copious and
continual love-notes aloud for the oene-
bit of the crowd.
Then Miss Desmond, who Is quite a
promising little actress, recltes 10 the
girls during waits, while 1.-The girls" sit
around on tables, boxes and each others
laps, listening to some plaintiVe tale or
comic sketch, as the mood Of the fair re-
otter may prompt her.
BALLET GIRLS NOT so BREEZY.
There Is different atmosphere, how
ever, upstairs in the dressing room OF
the ballet girls. These are older girls,
women, might say, who have no time
to waste upon such little incidents and
trivial matters as please their Younger
sisters below.
They are not the class of ballet girls