River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-09-26
WOOin6 Of the Chorus Boy.
Love and Stage Associations
Win Against Millions.


THE chorus boys valet paused irres-
L olutely on the threshold of his
masters bedroom, the rose-colored
bead curtain gathered in his hand.
lie had orders to call him at noon ex-
actly; still he seemed to be sleeping
so peacefully that the man hesitated.
is that you, James?''
1t was the voice of the chorus boy.
Evidently he had been. only doing.
The man allowed the curtain to fall
in place with musical clash.
''Yes, Mr.. Cecil. There are two tel
egrams and a number of notes. Miss
Feezy called"
Miss who?"
Miss Feezy ser. She said to tell you
that Miss Feezy of the Foosleorum
seXtet had called to run over that last
passage where you stuck last night.
Those were her words, ser"
"Oh, Fizzie-you mean? Monstrous
To call at such an hour"
''rhe bawth is ready, ser"
He handed him a cream colorcd
crash robe with sprawling ara5esques
and in moment the chorus boy was
splashing in his pink china tub. Cecil
always did his thinking during his
morning tub and to-day the mention
of Fizzie's visit brought back the old
days when both she and he were pu-
pills at a dramatic school, never dream
ing of the successes that fortune was
to spread at their feet. Well did he
recall the day when the fat manager
came in and looked over the class, in
dicating with his cane the particular
pupils that he thought would do for
the Foozleorum seXtet.
Nothing beefy," he said 1--WE want
iightweights. Genteel-looking. neat
footed girls and boys that can sing
a little. But lockers they must be-"
Side by side Fizzie and he had re-
hearsed through the long summer I'M
ell the opening night of "Foozleorum, -
when the musical sextet made the hit
of the comedy, coming in for any num-
Der of recalls. Then the papers next
day commented upon the fact that the
chorus boys all looked and acted like
gentlemen and wore their clothes well
Until this, chorus boys had never been
noticed or featured in any way
Rough-loolling "supes" had always
filed the places of peasants and viii
layers in operate productions and
their clothes had never fitted them
But "Foozleorum' marked the en-
trance of the chorus boy on the Amer.
oil ,, \,
in London for a couple of seasons.
The pretty girls of "Foozleorum'
had taken the town, but the chorus
boys took society, While Johnnies
filled the boxes at night, the mattinees
were social events and the manage
ment had TO put an awning out, there
were SO many carriages The story
got about that the girls bath tubs
were kept so fun of orchids that they
were forced to take cold sponges il
the morning instead of the usual be
fore-breadast dip. Then there hat
been Wall street plunges, purchases o
blooded horses and seaside cottages
designations and brilliant marriages
But the success of the chorus boy
was more unique, for while societ,
had taken to the stage it could no
Toe said that it had taken to the cho
rus. At first the "Foozleorum" sexte
had been sung at midnight in DRAWN,
rooms, the II young people drivin,
from the theater Immediately afte
the performance to the stately man
sions, where they looked quite in tn
picture wearing the smart clothe
that their parts demanded. Soon Gee
had his first invitation to a luncheo
at the home of Miss Nothingbut. a
acknowledged society leader. Afte
that he had been simply inundate
with attentions. The other boys cam
in for lot of it, too, but Cecil wa
the star. He drove in the Afternoon
and rode and golfed in the mornin
and lunched and breakfasted a
day long. Then the idea of Fizzi
running in that way. It was dreadful
The child would have 20 be told. 81
was nice little thing. but she hadn
aspired to anything better than beir
photographed on raft in a bathir
suit with the other 'Foozleorun
girls.
Cecil dressed leisurely and walk,
lsnguidly into the breakfast rooI
where the chocolate and rolls al