The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-21
BEHIND FOOTLICHTS
CHORUS GIRL TELLS THE GLOBE
OF GLAMOR OF STAGE
LIFE
SHE LIKES THE EXCITEMENT
Details of Daily stage Routine as
Seen by a Maiden Who Halls
From SOmnOIent Phil
RdeIphia.

Its my first season" said the Chorus
Girl. Il think the stage is perfectly
lovely
She was such a pretty Chorus Girl-the
enc the editor of T h e G b e S Wom-
ans page interviewed yesterday-that if
she had exclaimed over her own lowell
ness instead of the beauty of the barren
stage, one must of necessity have for
given her. 1t is true her hair was
blondined and she showed a naive map
probation of familiar grammatical rules,
but the former made a halo about face
that had retained all it's childlike con-
tour, and the latter-well the latter was
forgotten when one looked at the big
sleepy gray eyes that flashed now and
then from under their long lashes. The
setting only spoiled the picture that this
tall, slim young chorus girl made. The
room was small and cherries. An I'M
finished breakfast unattractively arrang
ed on a big black tray occupied one of
the two chairs in the room. The visitor
occupied the other and the Chorus Girl
perched herself on the trunk.
What do l like about it?'' she repeated
dreamily. Why candidly, Il think it's
the excitement. You see were always
going some place and there is always
something to see or do. The girls in the
company are awfully nice, too. 1t seems
like one big family.
MY home is in Philadelphia con-
kinued the Chorus Girl confdentially.
Perhaps you've heard" innocently,
that Philadelphia is slow?'' The visitor
nodded.
Yes. it's awfully slow" and the Che
rus Girl sighed retrospectively. And,
anyhow, ] always wanted to go on the
stage. OF course, 1 had had a little ex-
perience in private theatricals and
danced and sang little. When the COM
pany began to rehearse in Philadelphia
I went TO the manager and asked him
for position. He gave me one at once.
1T was difficult at first. Everything
was strange. So many girls were crowd
ed into the dressing rooms and there was
the makeup. Nobody tells you anything
about that. You have to use your own
judgment and ask the other girls about
the results. You get to be a good judge
yourself in a very short time and you find
out what kind of rouge is best for your
face. Most of the girls use grease paint
but l never do. Before l makeup, how
ever, / rub cold cream on my face and
then I apply cosmetics Then, when l
want to remove the paint after the per-
Torrance 1 rub more cold cream on and
that takes most of the paint off, In that
way, you see, 1 protect my skin.
Are chorus girls ambitious? Yes, l
think most of them are. You see"
the chorus you don't like and naturally
you want to get ahead of them. That
makes you do your best.
mo, I don't find it hard work, and I
really like ore might stands. Yes, / know,
most girls don't, but 1 truly do. You see
If you don't like a town very well you
just have to remember that you are
there only for that one night and you
can look forward to the new town that
Nfhe company is to visit
What do I like best about my work
Why, like the dancing and the different
colored lights and the music and the ap-
plause. Suppers and things?'' The Cho-
rus girl threw back her head and laugh
ed. you read about these in the pa
pers,' she said demurely. 1--WE do not
hear so much about them on the STAGE