Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-19

MISS Lulu Chaser plays almost the
 entire second act of ''The Aero Club
 with her feet in a mustard bath. Fl:
 Henry W. Savage has selected Miss
 Helen Hale to play Blanche Bailey,
 the souhrette role, in his forthcom- ing production of "A Yankee Tour ist.'
 Fl:
 Mime Melba will return to this country next season for long con cert tour and will again appear for limited number of performances with MT Hammerstein. He will proS- ably postpone for her until next year the production of Helene by Saint saens, in which Mime Melba expected to sing this winter. NM. Dalmores and Bassl are also reengaged for next year.
 :II:
 Miss Blance Walsh was at the New York auto show to see If she could get manufacturer to build an electric truck after her design. She wants car with five wheels on eith- CT side and with a steering gear at both ends of the truck. She wants the wheels arranged with huge hinges so that when not in use they can be bent under the truck. Her truck would dump the scenery on the stage electrically. No one took her order.
 II:
 Marcel Benaud. who sailed yester- day on La Sovoie, is under contract to return here next season and open the second year at the Manhattan op- era house in performance of Ser lioZ's La Damnation de Faust' The other artists in Mir Hammerstein's company are all engaged with an op- ton on their services for two years more. Mir Hammerstein has informed them that he will exercise this op- tipn on February 15. Among the members of this years company defi- nitely engaged are NM. Bonci, Ari- mondi, Ancona and Companini.
 Fl:
 An amusing incident happened the other day which might be worth tell ing. The distance from the railroad station to the theater, in Erie, Pa, is about mile, and arrangements had been made with Erie Traction Co to provide q special electric car for the exclusive use of the College Widow company to take the organization from the station to the theater. By some accident an Irishman happened to get aboard at the last moment. and the conductor not knowing and the company manager not wishing to say anything. he was permitted to stand and hang on to strap Street after street was passed and nobody seemed to leave the car. The lrishman stood first on one foot, then on the other. until finally he couldn't stand 1t any longer, and, turning to the entire company. asked: For the Lords sake have none of you any homes:"
 III:
 The New York Hippodrome chorus girls have been sorted. catalogued, and filed away for future reference. We know now how many there are of | the bewitching beauties where they | come from. and what their former were. There are 26O | girls employed in the Hippodrome production. and they come from all parts of the world. One of them $ from Melbourne, Australia. One was born at sea near Japan. Several are from France and Germany. A num- Der of them came from England. | where they were in the most complete school of dancing in the world. the famous Filler Ballet school. These 260 chorus girls have had various oc- equations. Nearly one-third of them had no previous employment of any kind before they came to the Hippo irome. A number of them are girls out of school. A great many | of the chorus girls were formerly i singers in church choirs X dozen of | them have been telephone girls. and l, could easily run private exchange In the Hippodrome. About thirty of !, them can count money rapidly. for they have been cashiers in restau- rants. hotels, and stores. Half lozen of them could easily manicure lhe nails of every chorus girl in the ' for there are six mani- ,ure girls. Any one wishing to learn lOtttSh fthkuaktS IO ctt- t. ,ral of the girls of various nationah- lies who have earned extra money Dy teaching French. German and Spanish. The great dearth of good in the financial district s explained by the presence in the chorus of nearly a score ,f expert typewriters. Two or three .lever vaudeville artists. unable to se- ( .ure bookings are filling in time in he Hippodrome chorus. X number If artists models. dissatisfied with he arduous labors of posing. have ,one into the Hippodrome chorus Three of the girls admit they have made living by dressmaking. Sev- ,ral of them worked in bonnet shops. Two have been nurses. But what .ver their occupations. they are now settled in their stage am- Iitions. The singers all expect to ave parts some day. and each of he ballet dancers expects to become premiere danseuse of the grand 'pers. They are thoroughly in earn st in their present labors. and they onstitute now the most perfect sorking organization ever employed n any place of amusement anywhere