The evening world., 1911-07-28
BY

BY DARNTON
Next seasons chorus girl will be
there with her hair In a braid. Al.
ready she is here with It plated
down her back. She II young and
she Is plentiful If she we're any
younger the Gerry Society would
catch her. II she were more numer.
Gus she would get caught In the
stage door. This Is the situation In
a paragraph that the earnest student
OF the chorus may paste In his hat
without fear OF being led astray.
Serious. shirt-sleeved men. arduously
engaged In the production of musical
| comedy, az, as165. assert. 81: even :~"-
claim. that sur-baked Broadway now
presents a striking case OF the more the
merrier with the ~"merry-merry." Man
ayers anxious TO Ill their front and
back rows are not wearing furrowed
brows his season. A dearth' They
should say not! The crop Is the biggest
ever known In Long Acre Square.
ONLY ONE BIG "GIRL SHOW" IN
ToWN,JUsT NOW.
Every girl who hasn't found a sob"
In a summe park Is showing nm active
pair Of French heels up and down
Broadway. She II much more In evil
dence than ever before. One reason for
this Is found in tho fact that there Is
only one big ''girl show" In town Just
now. Therefore. the Offices o. man.
ayers are %thronged. while stages upon
which rehearsals are being held have
more girls han they can comfortably
hold.
Tn now crop has brought new faces.
II has also brought out thu fact that
sweet sixteen Is filled with an ambition
to go upon the stage. For example. the
annual roundup OF chorus girls for the
Lew Fields productions shows that a
long stage career may begin where
short dresses leave on. Eager misses
with their hair in braids have como
from the east side, west side and all
around the town. many OF them accom-
panied by mothers who know tho
ropes" and arc consequently both
guides and philosophers.
Most Of these young girls have already
learned various dances. "Ili teach you
tne tbP u yOu ~ ho t"c p"Hs's
says one to another, and thus the early
education of their feet 10 not neglected
The stage director. with this promising
material at hand. quickly whips II into
shape. He may suggest a penitentiary
warden while he 10 doing Il. but wher
the rehearsal 10 finished he u%ndergoes
change that makes him ssem almost
human. He has even been known &c
smile in absent-minded moments. TAX
ing advantage OF these strange lapses
chorus girls who have known him IN
past seasons occasionally summon W
courage 70 speak to him about othei
girls who want "jobs." One may say e
him "will you let me bring Mamie with
me Tomorrow" And II he mods Mani,
gets a bit OF good news for supper.
oLp-TIMERS VANISH MUCH LIKE
LOST PINS.
Many old-time chorus girls are liz,
ost pins-no one knows what becomes o
them. But II Ia popularity supposed tina
ponies" marry theatre t~reasursrs. m
diums' become the wives of hotel pro
p~rietors: while show-girls wed automo
> bile agents. traction managers or Pitts
burg m~illionaires. Anyway. they disap
pear and are seen no more; or. X seen
a not recognized because they have grow
, Eat through lack of exercise.
/, Where most Of them como from IL
q question that Ned Wayburn "
practically by lining up the twenty girl
, on the stage Of the Broad way Theatr
and asking them to name their birth
-. places. When ne had run through IN
. list the score stood. Now York.
: philadelphia, 8; Chicago. .; Pittsburl
l (surprise and exolamations); Burial,
/: Nashville. ]. Kansas City Um froI
= Missouri, !; Boston. l daughter with
- out a~pplause): Albany. I; warsav
Russia. !. London. England. tnic
voice).
Just as I thought" concluded m
experienced wayburn. New Yor
q wins"
Mr.. wayburn added hat New Yor
furnishes not only tho most but Il
best chorus girls.
Nearly all of them know how
:" dance before they have had any sta
experience" he said. IAN that v
% nave to DO II to teach them certa
ia steps. which they learn very quickl
n. A great many come from dancir
er schools where they have been taug
ne stage dancing. while others ha'
rs picked Il up by going 10 musical cor
u edy and vaudeville performances we
IN In n week our, I've seen girls W
~ without any training whatsoever kne
all tho steps.
err BLONDES OF LAST YEAR Ar