The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-15
WATERS AND
CHORUS GIRLS
CKansas Citv Stadl

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Girls, if you wish to get married,
and have had difficulty in finding a man
to lead you to the altar. go to work as
a Waitress in a restaurant.
| AN you need to do to find a husband
i to dress your hair nicely, put on a
white apron with embroidered straps
Pover the shoulders and carry food to
/ hungry men in a restaurant.
Or become one of the chorus girls in
a burlesque company. Their chances
to marry are almost as good as those
of waiter girl. But it is not every
girl who can get into the chorus. while
any young woman with health and
strength can get job in restaurant.
Miss Nellie" has Desn a waiter girl
for twelve years. She is in charge of
a number of girls in a restaurant on
Walnut street. She has been a waiter
in Chicago and other large places and
her opinion is worth listening to.
We'll, just let me tell you some
| thing" she began. give me a girl
who is anxious to marry and 1 will
guarantee to have her married in three
months if she comes to work in a res
taurant Of course, she will have to be
fairly good looking and not be over 100
years along.
why? Because we girls are thrown
before the public in a way no other
class of girls in the world is We meet
ali sorts OF men every day. Many of
them are strangers in the city or are
old bachelors. In either event they are
apt to be lonely. They want to get
| married, and there is a fascination
about a waitress that attracts them.
You know a hungry man is pretty
likely to warm up to a girl who brings
steaming hot meal and sets it down
before him. And he's more apt to
when he observes that she looks so neat
! and wholesome. He gets to thinking to
himself that she'd look sweet in home
of his own.
Men "Warm Up" to Waiter Girls.
I'VE have hundreds of men every
month who ask the girls to go to shows
or parks with them. OF course, many
of them are just out for pleasure, but
| others are nOnely and want compan-
ion to share their evenings. This is the
start that eventually leads to the al
tar"
Don't waiter girls often marry other
walters or cooks?" she was asked.
Miss Nellie" gasped in horror. "Well,
for goodness sake!" she exclaimed.
With look of supreme disgust upon
her face she turned away. Then she
faced the questioner again and said
emphatlcally:
mo. What for? If girl marries it
is because she wants to better her con-
dition. She makes as much as the cook
! if not more. She would consider 1t a
lowering in the social scale. anyway"
But suppose you loved the cook?"
Love? Now, wouldn't that squeeze
you? Let me tell you, son, we girls see
too much of life to take any stock in
love. It's q dream. A delusion. Say,
when 1 worked in Chicago 1 knew lots
of waiter girls that married. They had
good homes and good husbands, but do
you know, they would often come down
| town and work moons just because they
| liked it. There's a fascination about it.
"A girl never gets over the desire to
grab a tray of dishes and dash into the
crowd. It's the excitement and hustle.
And here's another thing-waiter girls
are extravagant. They get good money
and have no board to pay. Consequent
| ly they spend lot of money on foolish
ness. There is not a better dressed
crowd in town. When they marry they
expect the same extravaganza. Few
waiter girls care to marry, although I
think they have more opportunity than
any class in the world. Why, there
isn't day goes by bat that some man
proposes marriage to a girl i'm here"
Eaoer "a Harry Cbnrtc GirIe