Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-23
WILD BILL THOUGHT SHE
MEANT 1T
Jumps Over the Footliahts at Actress
Invitation and Scene Is Saved
by Quick Work of the
Orchestra

Records of every kind size and de-
scription have graced the pages of
American catalogues from its earliest
history, yet Miss Eulalie Jensen. the
charming prima donna of the Peggy
from Paris" company, has established
a new department i'm the record line by
setting the pace for flirting.
Miss Jensen Is a st. Louis girl and
when she tells how the stage manager
taught her to firt so charmingly over
the footlights there is q twinkle i'm her
great brown eyes which suggests that
much teaching in the gentle art was
not required.
In fact the flirting act of the Peggy
show has proven one of the greatest
attractions of the season. In the last
act of the performance the spot light
swings to one of the wing entrances
and Miss Jensen appears on the stage
in charming attire.
She steps to the footlights and to
the thirty or forty men in the front
rows she sings a flirting song. The
song in itself is catchy and pretty and
during that performance Miss Jensen
winks in dstracting fashion at the
men of the front row who look about
in discomfort to sec if their wives or
sweethearts are present and who often
make hasty departure.
Angles with Hearts
In the chorus the dainty songstress
singles out one victim of the front row.
She leans far over the footlights and
beckons to him, holding out her hands
and singing in manner which for its
charm is worth going far to hear
During that last performance the
spot light is trained directly on the
victims head and he wiggles and Won
ders whether or not he has made an
impression with little Peggy that she
should thus single him out
But that is just a part of the show
and then Miss Jensen, with the other
girls of the company, sings the chorus
a second time, fishing with tiny fishing
poles to which electric bulbs in the
shape of little hearts are attached.
These bulbs light up as they swing
past the faces of the front row and the
fair anglers have oceans of fun.
DO L become embarrassed with the
performance? said Miss Jensen yes
terday. 'Oh, not a bit, but l often be-
come frightened You see when 1
started to sing that little song 1 was
not quite sure how the boys in the
front row would behave.
Perhaps Married Men
There had been thirteen other girls
none of them ever had to sing that
flirting song and it is no easy task to
hirt with several thousand men every
year. That's rather a large order for
one girl, especially when she is not
used to flirting.
"The stage manager taught me how
to fiirt gracefully with the front row
boys 1 flirt with all of them during
the first part of the song, and then
when it comes 20 the chorus 1 must
single out one particular one to victim
ize. It's lots of fun when a young fell
low is sitting down in the front row
with his sweetheart to fiirt with him.
My, how he does wiggle about and get
red.
when l find a middle-aged or elder
ly man with his wife in the front row it
is fine to watch him preen his feathers
and think he has made a great hit,
while his wife looks daggers at me and
nudges him in a way that portends
stormy session later.
cat one performance / singled out a
popular young man whom | knew to be
well known in the city, and 1 deter
mined to sing to him. He was ac-
companied by his sweetheart and her
mother, and when began to f1irt with
him it was a picnic just to watch the
way those two women had fun at his
expense.
Wild Bill Gets His
"Most of the men rather pride them
selves that they have made a neat i'm
preston with me. They think they are
the hits of the evening and generally
receive little note from them. Some
of them turn about evidently to see
whether or not their wives. or relatives
are watching them, and if not they try
and flirt back, but on more than one
occasion they have become so fearfully
embarrassed that they have left.
"One evening we were playing in
Texas and there was a regular 'Alkali
Ike or Wild Pete man down in the
front row. He had crammed himself
into hard boiled shirt while a col
lar, horribly big for him, stuck up
about his ears. A huge red necktie