The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-22
CHORUS GIRLS OUT OF JOBS.
MISS KIRWIN DROPS TWO OF HER
SINGERS.

Inc Other says Sne OOt heF CoHSS
From Breaking the Rules and Be-
ing Out After PerfOrmanccs-PrO-
fessiOnaI Jealousy Said to BE the
Cause of Miss POoIe's Going.
There are two pretty little actresses in
Savannah who are out of jobs. They
have been with the Wilbur irwin Com
pany, but their engagements with it came
to a sudden termination.
Miss Maud Poole is one of the two.
Her position as the leader of the chorus
and the under study of the star,
Miss Kirwin, was brought to a
period by a note from the latter saying
that her services were no longer needed.
Miss Poole was very greatly surprised
upon the receipt of the note. She was
seen last night at the Planters hotel,
where she is stopping, by a representative
of the Morning News. She said she did
not think the note was from Miss Kir-
win when it was handed her, and she
did not take the trouble to read it until
after she had discarded her makeup and
got into her street dress. Then she be-
came aware of the situation and that the
star no longer wanted her as a member
of the company.
Those who visited the thea ter vest erday
were very much surprised that Miss Poole
did not appear Since the company began
its engagement she has been one of the
greatest favorites Many people attended
almost every performance, and the faces
of the members of the company became
familiar to them. All of those who have
attended regularly know Miss Poole. She
is distinctly d type, and is one of the most
attractive figures that have graced the
Savannah stage. Her hair is an auburn
hue, and is accompanied by the clear and
pretty complexion that always makes lis
effect so attractive With the charm of
her face enhanced by those of a well
rounded figure, Miss Poole's popularity is
not TO be wondered 1t.
Miss Poole says she is at loss to ac-
count for the reason that could have in
huenced Miss Kirwin in dismissing her
She is aware, she says, of having COM
mitted no transgression of the rules of the
company that would warrant her dismiss
al She asked Miss Kirwin to give her rea-
sons, but the latter only replied that she
did not care to have her any longer mem
Der of the company. Miss Poole says she
was assured by Miss Kirwin that her pro
fessional services were acceptable, and
isfaction. This. she says renders her all
the more unable to account for her dismis-
sal
It is not unlikely that the pretty member
of the chorus may be invited to return to
the company. Mr.. Wilbur told her last
night that she might be asked to do so
She was advised to wait developments, and
that she would probably receive note
requesting her return.
Miss Poole is from Detroit She Joined
| the company there eight months ago, and
has been with it without interruption. She
says she would not be averse to quitting
the company, but that she would prefer
it to be in some other way than through
a dismissal. In the event she leaves Sa-
vannah as an eX-member of the company
she will probably go to New York. Man
ager Wilbur has reassured her, however,
by saying that she would be with the
company next week at Tampa, where it
will play ats next engagement.
While she has been in Savannah, Miss
Poole has been heard only once or twice
| in SOLO Critics say she has a good voice
and that she sings with expression How
ever this may be, it is certain that several
requests have been sent behind the scenes
to have Miss Poole sing. Those who have
preferred such requests have received
nothing in return more than the slight
trouble to which they were put. Miss
/
sweet smile pretty figure, and hair parted
in the middle, who was accustomed up to
the matinee yesterday to stand upon the
left in the living pictures to draw the
curtain
She has been paid her salary for the
! last six performances in which she has
| appeared. The company is paid by the
! week, and these were the performances
for which she was due. 1t may be that
| she can secure salary for two weeks after
| the receipt of her notice, as the law pre-
| scribes that actors contracts cannot be
cut short without notice to two weeks.
Miss Marie DeFstly received her notice
of dismissal last night. She did not ap-
| pear at the matinee in the afternoon, and
| believes that this was the real reason of
| her having lost her position. She says
/ she has been out after the performances,
| a practice that the rules of the company
strictly forbid on the part Of the girls 1t
| is this that she thinks induced Miss Kir-
! win TO send her the notice coupled with
her having been absent from the matinee
! Miss DeEstly was seen at her hotel last
| night. She SAID she had received her pay
and that she would probably leave for her
! home in Philadelphia. II think I was
discharged because of my having been
out after the show. This is against the
rules"
"Have not other girls been out also?"
| she was asked
Yes, but 1 guess they We're not found
| out"
| Miss DeEsuy is one of the prettiest
! girls in the company. She is petite and
! a pronounced brunette. Her greatest at
! traction is her eyes, which are large and
lustrous. She deplores her situation
! greatly. Both she and Miss Poole have
the symDathles of theater-going people.
While no cause is given for the dismissal
! Of Miss Poole, it is the talk around the
theater that 1t was on account of profess
sional jealousy The pretty young singer
was more of favorite with the audiences
/ Than the management cared to have her.
AS result of the dismissal of Miss Poole
and Miss DeEstly, both of whom were
! conspicuous in the living pictures. that
! part of the programme was largely cut
| last night.
! The MANAGEMENT Of the company de-
cltnes to say anything about the dismissal
! of the chorus girls
STRUCK HER IN THE FACE.