The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
SOCIETY STAGE GIRLS.

From the chicago chronicle.

oyster arrives with the following month.
The manager. sitting in his office. con-
cludes some engagement for an approach
ing production. Any putting that he can
get 1t from the newspapers appears val
liable to his eyes.
How about a competition for the
manner" asks the press agent.
Too played out; besides, We did it on
the last show" replies the manager.
why not lose the Manuscript and adver-
tise for it,"
That's another dead one"
The press agent looks contemplative,
The manger gets the inspiration first.
I've got it! What's the name of that
girl just engaged for the chorus? Gimme
those photographs out of that box Then
go call up Blank, on the telephone and
say I've got good story for him-society
| girl gone on the stage; swell, bang up,
| good family, and all that. I'll only tell
MIN about 1t, too. Nobody else shall hear
| a word about it."
The press agent threw down a bunch Of
photographs and went towards the tele-
| phone. The manager looked over the MIC
lures. They might have been considered
70 suggest youth, beauty, talent, or any
thing else In the world but society They
| certainly did not look much like that.
can use that last girl" grumbled the
hahger' as the agent approached with the
Information that Blank was sending up a
reporter; she's got tights on. Even Blank
wouldn't STATE. for society girl that was
| Photographed IN tights"
WHAT'S the matter with this one here ?
She looks all right" suggested the agent
httIng from the bunch the picture of a
woman VINO was at least clothed In the
customary garments Of society; "she' d
look the part best of all of 'em. -
Old Mile Haines, who's been in every
snow here for the past five years and is in
the back row now? Forget it! Send m the
one IN the tights and cut off the photo
graph at the waist. What's the namep
bertha Swadinscki. But she calls herself
vaughn. Tell her to come upstairs for a
lew minutes. She's rehearsing now on the
stage. Tel her to straighten herself up
ana not look like sloppy weather the
way she did few minutes ago."
Within few minutes card came IN to
the manager followed by a reporter He
was asked to sit down while the manager
went out In seach of the latest recruit
from society. She was eating a cheese
sandwich and drinking a glass of beer in
one of the dressing rooms. The press agent
had been talking to her.
He's telling me TO say I'm a society
girl, as If l wasn't the real thing. any
how" she said. 1.-THE last winter Iivsd
In Elkart I went to every german the
club give. There was three of them. and
plcycie rides after in the summer If Tn
not II, I'd like to know who is"
We'll, wipe that piece of cheese off
your upper lip and come upstairs. He's
waiting"
The manager returned to the office.
HAD a hard time to make me come"
sala ne TO the reporter Hates to get
anything In the papers about her going
on the stage. Her old mans dead sore on
It, One of the most prominent families In
the society at Elkhart Ind.
IL Is true said Miss Vaughn. when she
was finally induced to%alk of her intention
10 take up the stage as a career. that
nave decided to be an actress, and that
my family is one of the best known in the
Snake Grass region of Indiana. My father
was judge (the original said 'sheriff0 and
Two OF my uncles were postmasters. NV
fathers father was the first undertaken
TO bring a rosewood coffin to that part of
the country. When my father died I real
lzed that nothing remained of his great
fortune. II had crumbled away, and il
became evident that 1 had 10 make NV
living. Frequently in other days I had
sung for my friends and once or twice for
society people of Elkhart So 1 resolved
to cultivate my voice further and went 10
Paris and studied under Marchesi. Viarlot-
Garcia, Sbriglia, Moriani Lamperu and
other well known European teachers. just
as was about to make my debut at the
Grand Opera House in Paris as Juliette
the opposition Of my family persuaded me
to abandon my career returned to this
country, but the old feeling was too strong
for me, and 1 felt myself unable TO resist
the temptations of the stage In order to
prepare myself for the pro
fession 1 joined the Ron
f1nDTq affrar1
gave performances twice day on a boat
built in a lake near Denver. 1 have no
patience with those persons who want to
begin at the top of the ladder. SO I Joined
the chorus and sang with the company
for four years Then I played for two
seasons with the Whacks in Roast Ham.
here L am commencing my career, and I
want to succeed through my own talents
without the aid of my wealth or my So
cial prominence"
Miss Vaughn said that she had no idea
OF attempting to elevate the stage. but
would be satisfied If the public appreciated
ner artistic labors
That was the way in which the news
that another recruit from society had been
gained to the stage reached the world
Half a dozen similar recruits had figured
during the preceding season. The photo
graph of this distinguished society woman
minus her tightS-was printed and an
ptdlSu along Win the interview with her
under the tide Another Recruit Leaves
Society for the Stage" 1t was, of coarse
minated in the article that her .!ebut
was to be made In the Forthcoming bur-
lesque to be given at such date with I'M
precedented spendor. The manager. read
it with interest the next morning, and the
subject scarcely recognized herself In the
account of her social conquests.
IF I'm all that" she said to the man
ager, II ought to be worth more than
$4 per"
1T amt what you are that counts" he
answered. what would you be If Blank
wasn't such a good thing?"
This Is the typical development Of the
recruit from society" Sometimes she
may come from one part OF the country.
ana at others from a wholly different re-
gion. Sometimes she has not had fny
stage experience and is simply a nfce girl
who belongs TO a reputable family of the
town in which she lived Some of the
Southern women on the stage come of the
best families in the country. but few or
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