The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-10-12
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1.-THE GIRL L LOVE-

The management of sSThe Girl ]
Love' company, which comes to the
Rhode Opera House Sunday, Oct. 10Th
mas made an extraordinary offer to the
chorus girls of that organization. II
has placed a premium on anti-matri-
mony.
In brief, every young woman who re-
Trains from getting marrcid until the
end OF the season will receive hand.
some bonus, over and above her salary
The sum will go long way toward
feathering the nest for any girl who
resists Cupid until the late spring
engagements are not barred in this
offer, so long as the girl does not
desert the stage as soon as she has the
solitaire on her finger. For it is whole
sale marriages and retirements for the
chorus that the management is strug-
Cling against.
The cause of all this is the fact that
there is too much beauty in the chorus
of sFThe Girl / Love-" Too much, that
is, from the manager point of view
The public, Of course, does not object
to an overdose of beauty in the
chorus, but when it attracts proposals
Of marriage by the dozen, and conse-
quent designations, the manager has a
right to complain.
Alpaonse Goettler, executive for Har.
ny Aslzin of the LaSalle Opera House
Company in directing the tour Of
The Girl I Love-" is having more
than his share Of troubles over this
marriage business. Three of the chorus
girls have already deserted him, after
being led to the altar. These took the
marriage vows before the company had
been on tour two weeks, and many
others are threatening to following
their example. Hardly a night passes
but what some yearning " john" bent
upon matrimony with a theatrical
beauty, stands at the stage door with
a bunch of flowers in one hand. and a
diamond ring in the other, waiting foI
a chance to pop the question.
The last romance was consummated
in Clinton, Ia, though it began in Mo
line, H. II m Looking for Girl to
Love Me, = one of the songs in the
show, seemed to fit the case of Emmett
L. Weber, son of New Orleans mil
lionaire lie saw Miss Elizabeth Van
Der Kar while she was singing
" Money! another one of the ditties
in the piece, and decided that she could
spend his "You're the Girl, = he
told her, adapting another one of the
song titles. Whereupon she responded
in kind, "eBlow Me Kiss.
All this took place in Moline. One
week later, they were married in Gin
ton by Rev. Elmer Allen Bess, pastor
Of the Presbyterian church there. They
then left for New York on honeymoon
trip-and Manager Goettler was minus
another girl.
The two who preceded her met their
fates during rehearsals in Chicago
They were so handsome that they
didn't need to appear before the foot
light to find home. Gilded youth OF
Chicago just marched up and grabbed
them without delay. Tn one case, ii
was mere Irritation until the young
lady said to her swain, "Just Bring
Around Marriage License and 9
Wedding Ring if You Want to Take
Ne Out to Supper. He acted on this
hint twenty -four later.
Manager Goettler is desperate. A
few days ago he held the company Oh
the stage after the curtain had fallen
and made pathetic appeal.
IF you young ladies will refrain
from getting married until the end OF
the season. he said, 8 will be deep
" grateful. / will be so grateful thai
if you feel like doing it then, I viii
make a handsome wedding present Il
each and every couple. But for the
present, please try to dodge Cupid and
save me from nervous prostration.
The girls like Mr.. Goettler and Sc
they are doing the best they can. But
it is an awful strain.