Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-26
JANCING
NOT ALL PLAY
PRETTY GIRLlES FIND IT HARD
WORK
They Change Their Clothes Right In
Front of the Audience, but
Badheads Rubber
In Vain

Three scenes and FIVE changes of
costume make busy twenty minutes
for the girls whO present "The Dancing
Daisies" at the Orpheum. There is no
danger of their getting fat while they
are with this act" said Frank ]. Sui
livan, the manager of the act.
"a novelty whicfeNfr wayburn intro
duced and which is seen in The Daisies
act is the change of costume in view
Of the audience. One of these changes
of course simply consists in discardlng
the military ulster The other Is made
behind a scrim drop which gives a
pretty and unique effect.
when the act was put on in New
York one of the original bunch of
girls objected to making the change of
costume in this way. She refused to
change her clothes as she said, where
anyone could see her. But after watch
ing the others from the auditorium she
decided that there is nothing immodest
in the act, and of course that is the
sensible view of the matter"
The young women who present the
Dancing Daisies" have short working
hours, but theirs is strenuous oc-
cupation while it lasts. They are con-
cealed behind bushes at the rise Of the
curtain After Miss Mink's first song
they come out of hiding, and while
Joining in the chorus present the dance
o. the daisies.
Appear as Geishas
Then they pass out and reappear be-
hind the scrim drop, where they are
seen by the audience making the change
from daisies to geishas. Concealed by
a big Japanese umbrella they come on
s..I- n
Japan" and do another dance.
Then off for another change of cos
tune. Then another dance and still
another change; then a final dance.
Upon Miss Louise Mink of course
falls the heaviest burden of the act.
She sings four solos, and not the SIM
plest in the world either and between
verses trips few dainty steps. She
also makes several minor changes of
costume, and finally takes part in the
difficult and complicated step dance
which closes the act.
Forty minutes work a day, twenty
minutes afternoon and evening, may
not seem a heavy days labor" said
Miss Mink, "but it is sufficiently so
that, were it not for one thing, I should
prefer comic opera or muscial comedy
where the play lasts for two hours and
more. and one often play three or four
matinees weekly.
Isn't 1t Dreadful!
Eyes, have been in both comic opera
and musical comedy. I left that in
favor of vaudeville because-well, be-
cause 1 do not like comic opera cos
tunes. One absolutely has to appear
in--in tights. you know, in comic
opera.
ITO sing-really sing-and dance
these fast clog steps is heavy work.
My voice suffers when I have to dance
in my act"
Miss Mink is Philadelphia girl.
'I love the dear old city," she says.
"There are such quaint names for
streets and places. Now the street 1
live on is called 'Gray's Ferry Road
Isn't that quaint and old-worldy?
New York is nice enough-if you like
it. But for my part 1 am always glad
to get away from there.
"Yes, know most show girls claim
New York as their home. OF course
that is the theatrical metropolis of
America and naturally more stage peo-
pie live there than anywhere else, but
1 think may actors imagine it gives
them an added Importance to put a
New York address on their cards.
But Philadelphia for me-