The evening world., 1903-04-22
She Tells Some Of the Secrets
Of Her Sisters Who France
and Sing and Hope for Future
'LimeIight Greatness.
TYPES OF THE CONFIRMED.
The "Joy OF the Johnnles," "ths
Thrifty Member" the kittenish
ANOTHER of Five" and Others as
Seen from Behind the Scenes.

Here's q story dDOuC chorus glrlS WIFI
ten and Illustrated by a chorus girl.
Miss Margaret Robe, who can draw
and write as we'll as sins and dance.
has set her merry sisters down On paper
for the entertainment and cd''icatlon
Of Evening World readers.
Miss Robe is n member " the chorus
of 1.-THE Runaways," the new nusica.
piece which will shortly succeed "A
Chinese Honeymoon" at the Casino.
Glance at her pictures and cad "hat
she has to say OF different tyres OF the
chorus girlie:"
You hear n great deal about tne
CHORUS girl type The callow youth
paints her as a acknowledgements
golden-haired fairy with a penchant lot
lobster a la Newburg and champagne
The humorous man from Kansas refers
to her as the only type h can author
itatively decipher the hieroslyph!cs on
the Central Park obelisk.
But IL you we're to ask a chorus
maiden to describe her sisters she would
probably tell you it would be quite as
easy to give a description Of a soprano
or cohtralto from the physical stand
point.
"Joy of, Johnnies."
In every comic opera company there
are a certain number Of chorus girl
types. First OF all there is the Joy
of the Johnnies." She trips through
life on a pair Of extremely ~high-heeled
patent-leather oxfords. You always
see them. for she holds the skirt of her
black velvet gown wrapped about her
Agure so sparingly that the CLEAN OF
Biiken hose above the theatrical lasts
II part of the vision.
You seldom see her without a big
white malines chou at her throat. and
around her neck hangs a chain with
somebody's locket and somebody's pic
ture anchored to 1t. She wears In
varlably a big bunch OF violets. and her
approach is heralded by the swish OF
silk petticoats and evidence of a reck-
less p~rodigality Of perfume.
Golden tresses done In a MARCEL
wave. q fat scoop hat with the ever
present fiuttering veil-these are charac-
t~eristics as unfailing as the thigh-heeled
tread" or 'the chorus girl gait She
loves to talk nonchalantly Of her con-
quests. how she was out to upper with
this young millionaire or. that Wall
street magnate.
Tho Thrifty Girl.
THE girl who saves her salary" is the
envy of the uninitiated. While the less
diplomatic chorus maid is making use
Of crowded street cars. the thrifty show
GIRL as she insists upon being desig-
mated. rolls up in her hanson or auto
mobile.
1t is against the principles of the sal
ary-savtng girl to appear In public with
out a huge bouquet of violets and lilies
o~f-the-valley and she chats about her
victoria n her horses as freely as she
flaunts her enormous marquise ring in
the eyes OF wondering novices who
really can't understand how some peo-
pie handle their salary with such dis
erection.
vel there is the mother of five chill
'dren.' At first you gasp when you hear
the giddy chorus girls talking about
Wlllie's latest e%scapade or Marguerite's
severe cold. The mother OF hve'' is
the most kittenlsh OF the aggregation.
She Is coy and coquettish, always wears
q short walking skirt, a natty tan jacket
and a girlish smile.
Again, there Is '1Old Reliable No
company could bo organized without
her. She is always placed in the back
row., and has gre IN old in the service
waiting for that small part which
was promised her when she entered the
profession years ago, with the light OF
nope In her yes and u real flush OF
youth on he- checks.
"OId ReliabIe" Bellows.
It is .'old Reliable" whose voice
sounds out above the slender PIplngs Of
the. first line; but in the back row she
still stands and dreams OF the day when
Bhe VIII have lines 10 say and will see
her name on the programme.
Every company has it's "Butt-ln." She
a pest that cannot be extermlnated.
Every wonders how she broke In
and heartily wishes she would escape.
tell every other girl In the company
Just what TO do. She elbows YOU the
dance steps; she Informs you If You are
not singing up 10 her standard. She
never Knows tho words herself, and is
generally one OF the densest members
of the company. But that does not
prevent her from telling other girls what
they should DC. She even resorts 10
performers Into line rigSt IN ii fho sls,ss
OF the footliShts,
-he Is generally q l~Rughipg-stock for
the rest OF the girls, who regard her
assumptions as amusing. But eyerv-
thing has It's limit, and before a com
pAny has been. organized many months
Il 10 a natural result for the girls TO
band themselves together In a "Cluh for
the suppression OF Butt-lns," and IL is
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