The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-02-28
FROM CHURCH CHOIR SHE
GOES INTO VAUDEV|L E.
Mrs. DorIon-Lowe De
clares She Will Scrub
Before She Will Go
Back to the Old Life,
: because Of the Treat
ment Singers Receive

Mrs. Martha Dorlon-I-owc. VINO vi!
make her nrst appearance IN vaudeville
March. II. Is to have the largest salar!
ever paid 10 u singer on the variety
stage.
II am through with church-sinEin'
forever" she said yesterday. as ",
talked together In her cosy apartment
in Brooklyn. Mrs. Lowe had Just come
In from a visit to the photographer ant
sooked very happy and meet attractive
In a taiior-madc gown o. gray broad
cloth and blue silk waist which Just
mAtched her eyes.
II have stayed In n church choir a'
tong as I can and retain one particle OF
self.respect. II you are unfamiliar With
the methods OF the usual church music
/. committee my statemen, in this conncc'
Sdon will mean nothing to you. But !:
you know anything abou; this matter
you Will understand that the members
OF q church choir are treated exactly as
thous1, they were OF the least import.
ance in tho Sunday services. ard. in fact.
IN lhe whole vide world. Now. person.
aitjvls must say have been treated
we'll. but am rcsignins just In time !"
escape the disagrceablcs. ! am not 60
ing to be discharged. am going OF my
own free will. From the time was
twelve years old my ambition was {"
eIpE In DR.. Storrs's church rcal'zch
that ambition a year previous I" the
death OF DR.. S.orrs. whom Lowell AMI
rcvercpced with all my heart. But az
Ter his death I discovered that the new
Music Committee was going TO treat the
mxnbers OF our choir juss cSns'y a.
most music committees treat the choirs
in the various churches.
uli made up my mind to give up
church sinEing NJ the expiration"
Of ny contract and to "cr""' u
necessary, before ro"'d ever he
= member Of = chuvcss choir again.
..f WINS notified las, week tina, change
Vas to lie made aud that nv services
would no, be required after May !.
had already announced my Hsent,o" o'
gong into vaudeville. When J tell you
how the oldest member o! our choir mas
been treated by the church committee
perhaps you will understand ME better.
This man has been singing al the
Churcl, OF thc Pilgrims for eight years.
Het Il, an artist through and throush'
I peryouaily know tina; the people All
m.red his work sincerely. Indeed. they
couldn't help 1t. lie Is sirrIiy >. 'uperb
singer. Well tho ;Iu.c ccsT-nIitt~" de-
cidea to dischar;- aim. an4 .-r three
weeks before they eold Aim he was 10
r, they had his encccssor engaged.
v.an, that a cont emptihlc thing 10 do'
am a church member myself. I shall
al~,ays love TO attend church. But sing
aus.In in a church choir. I never will"
..po YOU think you will like vaude-
yi,lcr' I asked.
rindce,, I do. love to sing. and to
give dramatic expression 10 song. when
oossib,e. I should have gone into opera.
oplv,I have very pronounced ideas about
everything. I have always maintained
thai no woman should go into grand
opera after she Is eighteen.
.Bu, let me tell you why am going
on the stage. l am to have the larses;
.ui,ry ever PAID a vaudeville singer.
Now. the money. n. money. doesn't in
t.rest me, Eu, as a means TO rendir;
ms son sydney through college AMI to
h,ln.nu n dear old aun, Of mine. who -
f.slfIY frventy years tIu uHu WI -
about to lose her home, the salary I'm
10 get Is an lmpor,an. factor. All my
llce I'm. been one struggle TO help my
,elf ana o:her. want to do some good
m .hs world. love TO extend n helping
hand to those who are struggling as !
nsvc struggled. As a girl I had every
ME-, .ra,iiicd. My father. sydney Dor.
80 N SeY York, was a rich man. as
,verv one knows. But was only ten
r.,r. old when he d.ei. Later I made
an unfortunate marriage. And now
have nv Two boy. to think OF and to
No,k for.
at am ,o,nr into vaudeville in the very
aim. ~ nv life. lam in pcrfcc, health
IA sni,,,. and voice am taking tho
rsrx Nee, ~ m. mi, the new Iifc, ana
mann - .,ccscd. wil, succeed" and
,,snn.,i M, Was brought down on a large
NM vi,h a whack.
Hns., vo,,nre., nov !, in tho navy. II.
20 a., n.,t. nnic.r ~ nj. grade. Mv
.,aa.t hav !. n ans mu.,c,,n and a great
.,,,s.n. m =. wn,,,I on ,hrouyh co,.
~. !, n. hos n vol hi. w,v' m,