The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-09
LONDONLIKES OUR SHOW GIRLS
HOW THEY WIN SOCIAL SUCCESS
THERE, AND WHY.
They Need No Chaperons and They Are
Never Dull-But Great Change Comes
Over Their Exuberance by and by
Thumb Rings and Max cup Eschewed.

They Need NO GnaperOnS ana Iney Arc
Never DulI-But Great Change Comes
Over Their Exuberance by and by
Thumb Rings and Max e-up Eschewed.
The news that another graduate from
the chorus Is soon to be married to wealthy
English nobleman will doubtless send
another cargo OF show girls from the Rialto
to the Strand in the spring Ever since
one conspicuous instance which sent
girl playing an inconspicuous role to the
first rank and later to etardom in musical
comedy the tendency Of the chorus maiden
has been Londonward.
For some reason the American chorus
girl is marvellously popular in the British
capital. While all do not achieve stellar
fame, they are nevertheless the objects
OF great deal OF attention OF different
sort from that offered to them here.
The refining effect Of London upon the
chorus girl Is one OF the things most won
derful to contemplate. She no sooner
wins any sort OF success abroad than she
sets up a small establishment OF her own
with two or three servants, all OF which
is as possible as fat with one colored maid
in New York, and no show girl worth a
thought Is content with anything less In
the way OF home once her name appears
in print on the programme.
The first noticeable change In the Ameri-
can chorus girl in London is the English ac-
cent and style she Immediately adopts.
She no. longer chews gum or wears rings
on her thumbs. She ceases to wear make
UP in the street and becomes the most de-
mure Of young women.
uar onkla- lanOth akirt and her Fren oh
heels disappear She puts on long trail
ing dress and frilly hat. She drives
about in a hanson and scorns to walk in
the Strand as she would on Broadway.
Her glance Is downcast and discreet. By
and by she ties her hat under her chin and
carries a little dog or cat with her when
she goes out.
She drinks tea SYSTEMATICALLY at the hotels,
and after the play you will see her supping
in the dining rooms Of the Savoy, the Carl
ton or the Cecil grill room.
The reason for the social success OF the
American chorus girl is not SO much her
superiority over the English girl, but the
fact that her training and position allow
her to 60 about escorted By man and
don chorus girl is not so interesting as the
New York variety.
1t is rumored that II you wander behind
the scenes at a Drury Lane show you may
see the native chorus girl frying bacon
over gas stove, perhaps darning stockings
or quoting crying baby while she waits
to 60 on with her glttering associates
The London chorus maiden Is wretchedlV
paid and usually badly fed. She has none
of the joyous and debonair quality usually
in evidence wherever a gathering of these
Young women is encountered in upper Broad1
way even when they are looking for places
and have little in the way Of cash or cloth.
ing to make them happy.
So when the American type Of show girl
appears in London with her joyous man
ner, her slang, her good appetite and her
usually generous share OF good looks she
is popular at once. No prejudice forbids
her accepting an invitation to supper or
luncheon alone with an escort, yet her
so far as the essentials are concerned. She
is O new type to the Londoner, and 80 she
becomes popular.
One reason for the refining influence of
London on the New York chorus maid emf
is that women do not 60 about alone there'
as In New York. The spectacle OF women
dining unescorted Is rarely seen, except
in one or two restaurants where no won an
OF reputation ventures. Once in a while
two or three American women will storm
the citadel OF some famous restaurant, but
they will be at once put down as Americans
by the English men and women present.
Another cause for the social success OF
the chorus girl abroad is that actors OF
both sexes stand higher in England than in
The singers and actors who are
asked to sing and recite at the most ex-
elusive London houses are not only well