Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-28

vengeance, feeling the reproach under
which their city suffered On account OF ~
Of three E1onths there wasn't an anarchist
left In Paterson. They hocked to New
York, where they had reason to feel that.
a inS CT the tey rsod Ss and
they were right. fhe most violent Of the
anarchistic screechets Of New York Just
now are Women They are Desry tt ana s unr
who become envious Of the notoriety gained
BY the Emma Goldman woman, and they
set work to :see Il they gould not Guido
have succeeded. and these shrieking. muir
der-advising termagants are really at the
head Of the widespread anarchistic propa-
ganda In New York at the present time
utter the more power they gain among the
brutalized reds. Conservative and fnfluen-
tial men of New York who are aware OF
the conditions have been urging the police
for months past to take UP the work OF
cleaning out the anarchistic districts of the
East Side, but the New York police have
been too busy in raiding poolrooms, the
keepers of which are always acquitted, and
In other such diverting If useless occupa-
lions to pay any attention whatever to one
of the worse menaces of the city, II not OF
the world in general.
Gossip About Leopold's Visit.
II King Leopold of Belgium. who. 1t Is
said, Is likely to visit the United states
after Easter, could hear some of the talk
of New York clubmen on the subject OF
his medtated visit 1t Is not probable that
he would feel like crossing the ocean to
these shores It Is to the last degree i'm
probable, SO 1t Is claimed by persons In
position to know, that Leopold, king though
he Is. would be entertained in any repre-
sentative New York home should he come
to this country and If they won't enter
tain him in New York homes 1t is not like
ly that they will receive him In homes
anywhere else, for this town Is cosmopoi-
tan and broad" to say the least, In sucn
affairs.
Hes a jolly old sport, Leopold" is the
way some of the New York men Of social
influence express themselves, "and he gave
us a rafting hot time in Ostend and IN
Brussels. Well reciprocate by showing
the old boy all that there Is to be seen
of New York. But take him home? Well,
he's not exactly a--er-family man, the
way we look at 1t, you know, and SO !
don't think any of US would care to present
him to our women folks. But Well as
suredly take him In hand and show him
around, If he comes.'
It is not likely that Leopold, Indifferent
though he may be to criticism and to at
fairs Of social ceremony, would care to
visit the United States If he had any idea
homes would be shut in his face. But that
is the view expressed by the men who
have been sounded on the subject, and,
when the aged monarch's record Is con-
sidered. the wonder is not great that there
should be a tendency on this side Of the
water to extend him purely stag" time
of it should he stick to his resolution to
visit these shores.
Dearth of Pretty Chorus Girls
There is such an acute dearth Of pretty
unemployed chorus girls in New York at
the present time, owing to the large num-
Der of extravaganza. burlesQue and So
called comic opera companies that have
used up all of the available material here
this year, that the managers of entertain
ments Of this character are tearing their
hair in their distress-and the employed
chorus girls are getting their salaries
raised Is a more desirable result Of the
shortage. There are more than thou
sand chorus girls on the New York stage
at the present time, of varying degrees OF
attractiveness. The companies that were
organized early in the season exhibit the
prettiest women, and those only recently
formed present the least attractive. for
the reason that the first companies to or
ganize have the pick of the field.
The, chorus girls are now. for the first
that general name, in a position to make
demands upon their managers, and II some
of these demands are captious and unreal
sonable, the justice Is poetic, for the indif-
ference, not to say the abuse, which the
managers have been bestowing upon the
women Of the chorus for a good many
years Is familiar to those intimately ac-
quainted with the affairs Of the stage.
Some months ago the managers on the
lookout for chorus girls, finding that 1t
would be absolutely essential for them to
obtain and train new material, advertised
extensively in the New York papers for
women Of beauty first, and possessed Of
fair voices as a secondary consideration,
method effeGtnal There
are SO many fake advertisements in the
New York papers all the time for good
looking women" to go on the stage that
not much attention was paid to these ad-
vertisements, and the women who respond
ed were, as q rule, SO far from good look
ing as to cause the managers to groan in
spirit.
New Scheme to Get Chorus Girls.
Lately a new scheme on the part Of the
managers to get chorus women has been
put into practice, and with pretty fair re-
suits so 1t is said. Women agents are sent
through the big department stores for the
purpose Of inviting the pretty sale girls to
take chorus positions. There are hundreds
Of astonishingly- pretty girls in the New
York stores, and 1t Is said that fair pro-
portion of these evince disposition to
yield to the Establishments Of the female
agents of the managers who portray in
vivid colors the glories and the opportuni-
ever, is not regarded as exactly correct or
even legitimate by organizations of women
who look after the well -beng Of their sex,
and some threats have been made by these
bodies to the managers who utilize this
method Of obtaining chorus girls, who, as
the managers put 1t, are lockers"
One Of the managers has sent his agents
into the towns and cities Of New Jersey and
Connecticut for the purpose Of recruiting
women for the chorus, with results, too, for
the young women who live in places within
hitting distance Of New York all seem to
want to live in the big town. This plan
will probably not spread among the man
ayers. however, for 1t has already evoked
howl from the residents Of the places
from which the girls have been recruited,
who, naturally enough, do not feel inclined
to contribute their pretuest girls to the
chorus ranks,
The great success which has been attained
by lovely southern girls who have Joined
New York extravaganza companies during
recent years, many Of whom have earned
quick promotion to thinking parts has
served to utterly destroy the vogue of the
blonde chorus girl. in New York. the young
women from the south who have Joined the
New York choruses are all brunettes. and
their dark style Of beauty has served 70
push the bleached and blondined gfrlN
Particularly the blonde girl Of adlposity-
to the rear. The New York managers Of
organiza tons that employ large numbers
of chorus girls will not now take a second
Look at the blondes who present them