The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-14

whose only requisites were tolerably
pretty face, we'll shaped legs and an
inceSSant smile. OF course, these
things are still demanded, but they are
not all, and it would surprise many to
know that the various musical acade-
mics and Conservatives of the country
furnish by far the largest supply of
chorus girls. These girls are not, as
rule, what the interchangeable press agent
dubs vaguely, society girls But they
are girls of good parentage and with
decent regard for their regulations
and plenty of ambition. 1t is the ambi-
ton that causes them to go on the
stage. Every little while they hear of
some chorus girl that suddenly springs
into fame and becomes a star in a
night, as it were. They have good
voices that the conservatory has Guilt
waited. Why they ask themselves,
Should I not stand as good a chance"
And they work when they get into the
chorus. The girl that does not work
does not last very long. She fades
quickly and her experience counts for
nothing. Any manager would rather
have a fresh, pretty face than expert
ence any day. The salaries paid cho-
rus girls are higher now than they used
to be. Where formerly a girl received
frosl $12 to SIS, she now receives $40,
$22 and $25.
"Then the Show girls, the quartette
gils and the seXtette girls have brought
about another change in the lot of the
chorus girl, change for the better.
The show girls are the ones who wear
the most striking costumes, who al
ways are found in the front line and
who are occasionally given small
speaking parts. To be a member of a
quartette or a seXtette means that op-
portunity will be open to display indi-
viduality. To become a show girl or a
sextette girl is step up for the chorus
girl. 1t supplies the needed incentive
for her to do her best"
Last week Mr.. Muhlenbruch, leader
of the Metropolitan orchestra, receiv-
ed a pitch pipe from Mr.. Jones, must
cal director of the king Dodo" COM
pany. ut is pitched to the key of the
chorus and the orchestra that will aug
ment your own in the performance of
King Dodo,'" read the instructions
that accompanied the pitch pipe. We
have experienced some difficulty in
in getting the heavier instruments of
the local orchestras, the oboes, the
bass Viols, etc, keyed to the exact pitch
of our chorus and our own orchestra,
so we have decided upon this method
of obviating the difficulty and find it
has always smoothed the opening per-
formance," further supplemented the
instructions. Inefe seems 10 DE no
reason why the opening performance
of king Dodo" tonight should not be
a satisfactory one at least.
The augmented orchestra is another
step in advance for things theatrical
Chauncey Olcots company carries with
1t number of it's own musicians, and
many other plays that contain musical
specialties carry few musicians of
their own and directors. For musical
comedies and comic operas the local
orchestra Is always augmented. Many
old residents in st. Paul will remem-
Der the citys first theater orchestra
which never was augmented, always
had the same leader, yet invariably
played good music. The orchestra
which played in the old Market Hall
theater contained just four musicians,
three of them brothers by the name of
Munger. One Of the musicians, Will
liam Munger, died in st. Paul less than
a year ago. r. S. Munger, another
brother, is now living in Duluth.
"KINe poDo" OPENS TONIGHT.
Big Comic Opera, Headed by Hitch
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