The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-16

leading Women. Edna doodrich was a
chorus singer. for a number Of years, aps
nfffhs a s%d Fl aailSsoedair ris and mn. joe s'R Sssss'.
shows. until she finally determined TO be
q legitimate actress, starting out as leading
lady with Henry Woodruff In sThe Genius
and the Model Later when Nat G. Good
win secured the rights to this same piece
original rola. and she continued In the sup
| port OF Mr.. Goodwin for two years.
Elsie Ferguson has abandoned the
frivols Of The Liberty Bellies" The Wild
Rose .The Girl From Rays and Louis
atmosphere 70 be found in Kyrle Bellows
company In -Brigadier Gerard in London
with Cyril Maude In "The Earl OF Paw
tuohet." and the season Of leO7-os abe was
leading woman with Wilton Lackaye.
role was originated in London by Mrs.
Patrick Campbell.
Beatrice Morgan, Harlem's pet, was a
member Of the Daily company, for two
years and. while she played several dramatic
duty and small bits in aThe Geisha, .The
Circus Girl" and "The Runaway Girl
years age In -14s2." "The Wizard of the
Nile -Irilby,' and In the DAILY company,
Rutter. Daniel Frohman engaged her
for the Lyceum Theatre Company in 1899,
changing her name.
A comic opera entitled +The Walking
Delegate" produced in Boston In 1897,
Dickey.. Almost Immediately afterward
Miss Diokey became a dramatic actress,
appearing in "The Tarrytown Widow
and Because She Loved Him So" Later
she changed her name to Blandick. Her
success as an actress has continued. =.
Mafrirnnnv hu the UNIV haR claimed
any number Of footlight favorites during
the last half dozen years, all OF whom
were chorus girls at some period OF their
theatrical career. q,
Ashburton Of the British peerage, stepped
from the -Florodora" sextet into the
leading woman's role in "A Message from
Mars Pauline Frederick, formerly in
the chorus Of the Rogers Brothers, recently
concluded three broadway engagements
under the Frohman MANAGEMENT. .
Billie Burke, now q star in Love Watches
played several small chorus bits in London
musical pieces until about a year and a
half ago, when she blossomed out as q
company, where her work brought forth
an offer to come to her native America as
leading woman with John Drew In my
Wife. Constance Collier, soon to be i'm
ported to these shores to support William
Gillette in -Samson, began her career in
Oiid 90 q oAS e'' e'N
Edwardes. -.
Doris Mitchell, formerly a Weber and
Fields ohorister, IL to appear on tour as
the heroine In CLASSMATES" Adora
Andrews, who recently played Margaret
Anglin's part in a travelling company OF
"The Great Divide" was known to fame
ten years ago as Goldie Andrews, at which
time she W In the chorus OF The Circus
GIRL and Pauline Chase, once a figure in
Broadway's chorus girl land, Is now ac-
cepted in all seriousness as a dramatic
actress on the London stage.
So the wheel Of time moves on, max:
ing many changes in the theatrical world
In it's various turns. The unknown chorus
girl Of to-day may be the prima donna or
tragedy queen OF tomorrow. II may not
be especially pleasant for an ambitious girl
to seek the chorus as a means OF getting. a
start up the stage ladder. but given brain
and talent, plus the average amount OF
luck, her time Of obscurity is likely to be
comparatively short.