The evening world., 1902-12-17
Auburn Locks and a TrifIe Of
ability Will Assure any
Woman a Place in Chorus at
Good Pay.
MANAGERS ARE SEEKING HER
BIeaehed Blondes Cannot Get on the
Boards In Any Position, and 5ru.
nettes surpass Natural Blondes
In AttractIVeness.

II you have red hair, young woman
and n voice with a little color in Il
hasten to the RIalto. Arrived there
eiImb the stairs to the ONCE on the dooi
OF which is printed the magic word
Manager" At the threshold will
ana a Loormat with the welcome side
up. Inside there will await you with
outstretched arms the high and mighty
Parsonage who makes contracts. Just
now he's straining his eyes looking for
maids with Mary Ann hair and Queen
Anne figures.
In short, the red-headed girl has first
call or places In he front row of the
chorus.
Styles in chorus and show giris-like
other styles-are changing. Titan TIL
lies are the vogue Even though they
be freckled makes no difference. Grease
paint covers a multitude OF freckles.
The hairs the thing.
With the coming of the Zaza type of
how girl. the blonde Is going. In fact,
ne bleached brand IL all but gone. II
~ no longer Peroxide Flossie who shades
her eyes and cries, The soldiers are
corningf' Hardly anything In coming
her way these days.
The brunette is the staple article. with
the strawberry blonde as musical-comedy
deiieatessen. The bleached variety Is
down and out.
No BIeached Hair.
Eyes" said George Dederer. speaking
% the all but extinct species. she has
eoen her day. / wouldn't engage a girl
with bleached hair at any price. The
public has grown tired OF her. She looks
600 artificial and STACEY She also looks
as II she had seen better days. I don't
mind few natural blondes. but I'm not
running very strong on them. The tall
brunette has put her blonde sister out
a. the race. Brunettes are commanding
about so more a week than the real
blonde. Tall brunettes. with iissome
figures. bring even more. while the red
haired girl, n she has figure and some
talent, can get $50 a week. The reason
COR this is that red hair lights up better
than any other kind. 1t illumines the
stage like a Fourth of July celebration.
And the red-headed girl Is as scarce as
coal
John Fisher. OF 'Florodora" past and
'Silver Slipper present. tells the same
story.
1.-The bleached blonde for stage pur-
qiposes Is a thing of the past said he.
psg wouldn't think OF putting one in my
chorus. The public taste no longer runs
In that direction. 1 don't know what
has brought about the change, but It is
q generally conceded fact that theatre
patrons like best the chorus girls who
don't remind them OF the corner drug
store. The red-haired girl Is In great
Remand. She makes nm especially strlk-
Ing show girl. But there are so com
paratively few of her that Il Is impos-
sfble to get a chorus which will shine
like a rosy sunset. We fill the ranks
therefore with the brunette girl. II she
is statuesdue, so much the better. The
Gibson girl is my model She has Just
sthe right quality OF dash and style es-
kDential TO the up-to-date chorus"
"And is there no future at all for the
keached blonde:" he was asked.
ron. yes answered the rotund man
1er. Her hope lies In the same corner
ig store where her vanity first took
+. All she has to do is to dip her head
o a darker dye and come around In a
days for a job. I've known EN- to
the trick IN a night. Only the other
1 was walking DOWN Broadway
when a handsome young lady smiled and
bowed. / raised my hat, but was unable
70 recall where l had me; her.
One of the Originals.
Who is that young lady?' l asked
% a friend who was with me.
Why said he in surprise. that's
Mss So-and-So, VINO was in your
original ''Florodora' ssxtette,'
THE puzzle was solved. When the
young lady was In my company her
hair was extremely light; now 1t was a
heantifui golden brown. 1t changed her
wonderfully, making her much hand
8oSner than she was before
Dan Arthur, who Is organizing the
Nancy Brown" chorus, is another
manager who has placed an embargo
Oh blondes. He takes. OF course. a d.f.
ferent attitude toward Marie CahIl
however. When a blondes a star. It's
Another matter.
more a matter of size than hair Win
him.
sThe happlest day o: my life was thC
day ! was married. said one Of In,
male characters In "A R~emarka6lt
Case at the American Theatre yes
ferday afternoon.
80 HapplNHA hag III my lAts re-
ipfae1 another actor, was the day
10 a divorce
AZ this o middle-aged man sitting T.
- ron row broke into such enthusia,
applause that the audience roareC
4 woman remarked:
That man must have had trouble II
family"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT is made that Mrs
eke Will, season after next. appear Il
Itch Ado About Nothing" and Mac
st OF her success In the role D
Irlcc there may be some doubt. bu
zHdy Macbeth much may be cxpecte,
cleFer songs. when the Dreame
tra sung by Van Rensselae
and my Little Hong-Konl
sung By Adele Richie, hav
n11ed IA Chinese Honeymoon.
me eVtninS of Dec. 30 the Casln
N t0S Me New York Lie In
Ehnpssgawhos army of agent
the performances on ina
arid has proved hlmssl
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