Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-13
STAGE STRUCK GIRLS

'1he mournfuI prominence of a Washing
ton Arl in recent celebrated case got me
to thinking the other day of how. few
years ago, there was veritable stampede
among pretty and clever Washington girls
to get oh the stage in New York" observed
a man V no divides his time between Wash
ington ,and New York.
You will recall the series of hasheesh
fantasies that were printed in the yellow
journals of New York a few years ago
about the colossal success in New York
comic opera and extravagarZl shows OF
girls from Washington. Those yarns as
suredly did cause a lot of trouble and mis-
cry among the stage-struck girls of Wash
irgton TIE Washington girl afflicted with
the hopeless footlight mania Deeitile ~
zled as she ,e2d OF how this or thit WASH
ington girl had been breaking The hearts
of both the vea!y ard decrepit johannes or
New York ty her mere appearance in the
seXtettes of 'Nororoara' or others OF the
foolish shows: Of how the Washington girls
in the New York shows were IN. -kl"S nSaVy
plunges on the stock market on tnsir mou-
est incomes CT SIS week: of now eacn
and ali of them cent? ived to own garage
of red devils and white ghosts on the same
humble incomes; of how they were buying
verdant isles in the st. Lawrence and cha-
teaux in Italy. and seats on the Island o.
Capri with their savings, ana al tna'
dreary sort OF tommyrot.
And then, besides the pretty, left behind
stage-struck madens of Washington reao
In these New York yelows that all Oh the
Washington chorus women making such 81
gantic hits for themselves in New YORK
belonged to the elite of the capltai' tiiat
they numbered among their relatives some
of the most distinguished people OF the Ola
southern society of Washington, and lot
of similar rubbish.
IF those girls, unused the left-at-home
sxryt, uyn
here in Washington simply as the ordinar-
lest kind of giriS-if they can be so cuteiy
talked about once they catch on over III
New York on the dear, lovely stage, why
can't we, too, when we make mus, De nam ne
by these innocent New York reporters as
er-the real thing when it comes to family
ancestry. and so on?
1.-The descent that was made upon Ne"
York, when these pipe-dreams were pelns
turned out by good-looking but entlrely
urgifted Washington girls-no less goou-
locking, but surely no more gifteo. tnah
girls from other cities, as why shoulu lieS
be?-in search of immediate ana Hrs'-Ia.c
billetS with the frothy eXtraVaSanlas' was
something that all but swept the New 1ork
theatrical employing agents OH thelr Iee.,
1t seemed if every other girl oiie Mou
meet on Broadway while the mama iasleu
was a chit of a creature whom one hau
known in starched short skirts and plgtalis
in Washington only a very rev years aeo.
1.-The majority of these Washington girIs
returned to Washington after very sun :
STAY in New York, thoroughly curea VI
their stage mania A few of them-per-
hans half a dozen, all told-contrived 10
catch on with the extravaganza companies
because they were good looking 10 d solhe
what unusual extent and BECAUSE III az
dition they had lot OF luck
.Rut a certain Washington girl that
have in mind in making these opserHa =
tions did not return to Washington; ms
girl made a runaway of it when she ieL.
for htir
AGAINST her mingHng with the "retcheu
white lig hit -and-lobster-palace existence VI
the big cold-blooded town. A Washing toi
detective in fact, was sent over TO New
York to attempt to prevail upon 'iie e'
to return to Washington. .a
"But she wouldn't return. she Waiteu
to go on the stage in New YORK, ana tlia =.
all there was about 1t, SO there, slie s sNt
She wanted to get in line for the slo d
week of the show girl and purchase faH an,
hard and Mercedes machines WIN het pm pa,
money and buy or sell Io,ooo oi 80 n
shares of L. & n. every day, and wear d
huge picture hat with black piumes In the
front row, and see her picture In the en-
derloin magazines and the SUNDAY yeiions .,
and sit in box at the races, sur ouioea
nv idolatrous pinheadS, and all the rest VI
# No. she would not return to Washlng-
ION so she wouldn't, and the detectlve re-
turned to Washington and SO reported.
.Well that girl didn't make Ihuch VI d
Thev found her a chubby little thing, Win
a LOT of front hair and several OF the Gun
nin'est imaginable freckles on her nose,
but nose-freckleS don't go particularly wIii
foy front-row girls, and the chuppy 81! ie
of Young woman for chorus purposes iiao
gone out of fashion several years peIore.
The little Washington girl looked rep[oN-
irgly out of her large blue eyes at the New
York managers when they faileu 10 tahe
her on and give her good front-row oppor-
tunities but the fiZZle she mace OF II ny iio
means induced her to feel ike returning
to her Washington home -
For several months she haunted the
managers offices, and yet show after snow
and all of them carrying slathers OF sifiS'
was put on, without her ever getuhs 80
much as an offer. In an e1ort 10 attract
attention to herself ana thus OBTAIN an 81.
gagement she tried two or three extraoi-
binary notwithstanding stunts at the IN
stigation of professional booster ana
hsnger-on press agent who once hVeo III
Washington. ,, H.;
.One of these stunts was something ols-
NAL Diablo the fellow who hrst ioopeu
the loop on a bicycle with circus at Mau-
ison Square Garden, was making nuse
success at the time, and the Htlle Wash
ington girls booster announced tnat Sic
was going to try to duplicate the feat on d
certain night. The inevitable gang OF Ne"
York reporters were on mana on the an
nounced night for the young woman per
ilous undertaking. She MADE her appear
apce in Madison Square Garden, clad IN req
tights, that caused her chubbiness 10 LOOK
like plain adipose, and her booster was
along with her. -
"The young woman went to the top OF
the incline where Diablo customary
mounted his wheel, took a good look at the
lob ahead of her-and galloped oua OF the
garden and into a cab, scared almost 10
death She OF course, had never meant
to loop the loop on a bike or anything else
but she and the booster figured on Dig
lot of advertising out of the thing Ihey
got left on this. Not line appeared about
the incident in a solitary New York news
paper. $1,000, -. -.
sight for a long time.
"Last Sunday Coney Island opened, ana
7 went down to look the new things over
\, lille walking through the malodorous
| Midway l stopped to listen to the remarks
of a barker The barker was about three
narts loaded. and he was bawling at the
nassers-by as he stood in front OF a
veal her-Worn smoky-hued tent
Come on, youse mugs an yr Mays, he
yelled. an take a peek at de tent ousan :
| dollar beaut! She makes de Queen o Sheba
| look like Biddy de Bite, an Cleopatra ain
| in it wit dis sizzlin' tamale any more
| I'm in it wit Corny Astorbilt wen 1t comes
| t. de cush. De ony recall gen-yo-wlne
tent ousan' beaut on de rocks, an II youse
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