The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-22

kind Miss Fay Tcmplcton Is to them.
don't know wha' the girls would DO
company gets SICK. but Miss re:npio:on
doesn't send her flowers and she Is Al
ways helping them out when they get
irto any Kind u d!r,rGlty. Only Jew
weeks ago t~o o! the girls Sisters lost
their father. and had no money 20 30
q Sc. HIN buried. They were feeling
dr"ad.uliy ahou; 4. and no one seemed
q, think - the rtEht thing 70 10. hut
Miss Temple. on. Sh" ra'l"i them bot.
dI.n u her dr".s!nG-r5um and Ia".
hon money enough 10 go way out 20
shi AEo. where ;hcir me Was. and
Come OF the hard things with which
thcst ,i-trls have 20. contend can be Oh
served over The !oo,!ish;s. !, one Is
intp he secret.
The ordinary. plain. everyday chorus
girl resolves SIS n week salary. Th,s
does no. include the weeks she Is i'd,
during the simmer nor the weeks ~
rehcars.nE In tn. autumn. bu. merri,
for the working season.
Out o! :h!s salary she must provide
for the greater part Of tier stage cia,hc.
contrary 30 II" general belief For In.
stance, such, ;rl''cs is these noun, up
In The second scene 81 "Fiddle-Dce- De-
tho girls wear. some 0. them. pink tight
with red ankle AMI knee bands Thes.
tights must be paid .br at the rate OF
= pair. and the chorus girl herse!.
mus; h2 !! The charming soldiers IN
IN, IN. Griil 81 Ar.z2na. wear boots cost.
OF their own pockets The bootmnkcr
VIII not make them 20 order for less
WIGS lingerie. slipp"rs. ribbons. gloves
&c. in fact everything but The actual
o!tfiFess mus; ." provided for by the
chorus clri herself
In addition Their. are Hncs which IN.
stage manager imposes Cor non-at;end-
ancc or tar,.luess at rchcarsals, talking
on thc stage or behind the scenes or
n.n.- conduct unse.my In deco.oua
chorus girl
one slrl conadede to me ,car.dly ,ha,
week ~
After these expenses have been dc.
ductcd u Is not strange II the girls and
som" diniculty battling with the Imam.
clal problem
Frum so many sources lately I have
heard. aher people have discovered :hti
wnS engaged In writing up the
Don't forget, 70 say tina; It's a hari
III" II wouldn't do to have too man
Of orr girls running or to 60 onto tn.
stage"
Iii. indeed a hur,l ll.c. my li,,Ic .,o,..
struck maids. bU; do rot Tor n inomen,
let mc Infer tina; 1t is hard In the way
our Ttsin'ormc'i fricri.s would have it.
II l. harl because Of the work, tho
montS
|, s. hard because tho girl. mus, s.r,Is
gle t. l!r" dnwn the reputation a few o:
their rambler have given IL
n IL hard bccat u IL 20 near IN.
desired g"i!-i principal part. and VT
very far from II.
iIut nncn II comes to commemorative
give II" III. people OF tn Hiagc 10 those
q. every other profession. They arr gen
crous AMI Kind to each ether. the tradi.
'lonnl stage j"aiouoy = i misnum.r Tn
rnoris girl always has 4 friend In her
GHr company 20 tvrn to. and that friend
IS usually woman.
She does no, submit 20 Insults unless
sh. chooses TO- and the s,age-dpor
Johnnie flnds his caus" n badly pleaded
one. indeed.
In fact. IL he hut knew Il. he Is n
great Joke In the dress!ng-rooms and Is
regarded with the most whitening and
lasting scnrn,
But the realm NJ the !oot.ights IL not
tn" only place whore the chorus cir!
may be found
y IS the popular belief tina. when she
Is not actually busy NJ her accepted call.
ing she II dining =umpiuously on lobster
ana champagne Or trailing around her
rS;-"=iv" apartment; In bin" silk i'm.
ported dr"ssins-gDwns or ut tho Jewell
i"r's picking ont u diamond t!arn.
Tomorrow shall tell YOU OF the day
spent with n chorus girl on. chosen
At random from a company %. seventy
ave. CATHERINE KING