Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-30
AFTER THE BATH
IS AFTERMATH. TO
FROLIC BY CHORUS
PRINCESS C0RYPHEES IN A
RAGE AT MANAGER
Mason Players Didn't Mind Public Dip
In Ocean Before Camera, but
Baked at Four Bits COL
lection AfterWard

| The next time Manager LoVerich OF
the Princess Theater company insists
on his chorus girls taking a bath, a
walking delegate or two from the
Saucy Society for the Succor of Sand
bagged Soubrettes is going to up and
demand that the ablutions be per-
formed in private, in nice porcelain
lined individual tubs, thank you, and
without any Venetian background. Also
said S. S. for S. S. S. will require of the
amiable San Franciscan, reposing this
week at the Mason, that all superfuous
auto rides, bathing suits and touching
advice as to the proper stroke to be
used in breasting the blue Pacific be
omitted. Economy is the unions
watchword, and who cares whether the
horrid thing had to pay $3.50 for the
trip. anyway?
You see Loverich, who is nothing If
not good advertiser, conceived the
idea that the Princess chorus would
look better-in print-for a bath. That
is, not to be ambiguous, he made up
his mind to have a real daring photo
gr&pher kodak a 1.-THE and frolicsome
group of chorus lassies in statuesque
and stunning poses on the Venice
beach. To this end huge outlay, of
course. was necessary. Every indi-
vidual chorus girl had to have her own
individual bathing suit. How about
wearing their stage costumes, you say?
Horrid thing! Do you think the poor
girls want to freeze way out in the
hriny- briny? No, Of course not! Very
well. then!
Three Autos Hold EN-
And there was the transportation
Mr.. Loverich never does anything by|
halves, so yesterday he took the whole
erowd-forty (40)-count s'em-forty
(4O)-down in three roaring, chugging
automobiles that sounded for all the
world the way Fred Mace looks when
Zoe Barnett gets under the spotlight
for a minute. They all went down to
Venice, and Venice all went down to
the beach. Every one of the fifty
seven inhabitants got a seat in the I'M
dress circle. And when those charm
ing maids tripped into the wet and
salty sea- Mr.. Loverich was as happy
as the three auto chauffeurs.
But autos-like bathing suits-cost,
and when every dripping, tripping
little grille had been properly dried
and packed away-reclad. of course
into the big whizzing cars, Mr.. Lover
ich began to fear he had been too |
even for "a jolly good fellow, |
don't you know.
Let 1t Be Sad
I'D Trovators music here, professor,
pleaseD
Which is why each one of those thor
oughly clean chorus girls is said to
have received a nice little billet last
night, inviting her in the incest kind
Of language to produce four bits for
the expenses of the bath, photographer
auto ride and bathing suit.
Most Of the bits were missing last
hight, and Manager Loverich was still
If he hadn't been quite ur-
annuoI I,a toi
rave let Brother Oppenheimer handle
his delicate matter. And meanwhile
he chorus oirls were taking the bits
n their teeth--so to speak-in q series
If impromptu Indignation meetings
behind the scenes. Some OF the prin-
'ipals are said to have sympathized
With them, and there is some talk of
lending a round robin to Papa Wyatt,
Who was never known to refuse a
tearing to Betuty in Distress
Now, This Is Naughty
Some of the most vindictive of the
are limiting that perhaps
entitled, who Killed the
may be solved by a little
lose investigation of Mr.. Loverich's
ctions about that time.
"Oh, girls girls. how can you be so
ruel? And him such a kind, pleasant
ent, tool
Most of the observers of the teapot
empest side with Brother Loverich.
lis intentions were obviously noble.
We all believe in clean chorus girls.
SUIT he missed his one best bet If
g had only sent Three Weeks" down ,,
o the seaside for that bath, how happy
re all would be, would bel
OF course, that must have been rough
n Venice, but then everybody can't
o p1eased in this sad theatrical lifei
w. H. B.