The Washington times., 1912-03-01

When II comes to singing songs and
giving advice to stage struck girls,
there Is only one Blanche Ring. This
clever young person who rode into pop
ularity with Rings on her Fingers
and Bells on Her Toes" usually finds,
when she arrives in a city, that she
has accumulated bundle OF mail that
would make the ordinary person gasp.
These notes are from stage struck girls
who believe that Miss Ring can tell
them just exectly how to proceed to be-
come stars. Every girl who writes cher
ishes the belief that she has within her
the divine fire that will make 9 sue
consent consent dS' to tell her m how how to % 20 about il.
Don't go on the stage" is Miss
mot only are you lonely" says the
buoyant star of "The Wall street Girl, J"
but you can't do what you want. You
can't sleep when you are. sleepy; you
can't eat when you're hungry, you
can't have a home and children when
you want a home and children; you
thing when your feminine heart wants
its way about every thing: YOU can't
live the traditional gay life and live
bong S ys in aT se ypu ar cant te dH SoyhRs So tRs
housekeeper chained to her pots and
pans and kettles, the farmers wlte,
with her live stock to look after, ner
chickens to feed and her children to
raise, the girl who stands behind the
counter in the department store, the
newspaper woman, in fact every Wom-
an who does any sort OF work, mas
nothing on the actress, or even the
chorus girl, when 1t comes to work.
Few Chorus Girls
Become Real Stars.
rev girls work up from the chorus
to be stars or leading women, but even
IL a. girl does work up to the universal
goal of being a star, 1t is lonely life.
She must live in hotels most of the
time, and some of these hotels are
none too good. 1t is difficult for her
to find congenial company. she @ must
tically all the invitations she receives
to dine, wine and joy-ride, and she
has time and energy. only Tor her art
that is, If she is OF the ambitious liris kfho'
Many people have an impression that
the chorus girl lives a life of revel.
That is erroneous and UNJUST. More
than likely the chorus Slr! Is senoins
A few who may try the go-called gay
life do not last long. They cannot
stand the pace. Nobody can: IN nearly
every large company VIII DC iouna
them a person outside may believe that
slI CHORUS girls are leading a gay life,
but those girls are greatly in the minor
ity. Then, too. the idea that chorus
girls always marry lnillionalrcs Is ef-
roneous. 1t is a pleasant cream Tor
while occasionally a chorus girl cap
lures a millionaire for n husband. 50
does the stenographer, the telephcne
operator. the Sirl in the department
store, and even the chamtcrmaid.
The girl WHO wishes 10 make g. sue
cess or the stage must live enureiy thr
her work" osontnued Miss Ring. She
can't cat as much as sne wants. and
often must forego the very things she
likes. Potatoes will make her too tat,
and lobster will spoil her complexion.
| She may not eat sweet things, because
! they, TOO. will ruin her figure and spoil
her complexion. and there YOU are. L
myself would like to take a nap every
| 3 aftrrnoon, but I can't, for II / 90 II
spoils my voics for the evening. and l
would be dull. and lack magnetism. An
actress has little home life. and love
woman, therefore, the one who longs
| for these things | have. mentioned.
would better stay where she Is. for she
would never b. la!}ry on the stsge.
Ambitions of Youth
Are Merely Dreams.
| Speaking of ambition. Miss Ring con-
tinues ir a philosophical vein:
THE ambitions of your youth are
dreams. more or less, and only occa'
| sionally do dreams come true. We al
| want to be in heavy tragedy when we
start out in life. We don't want &c
play simple. but beautiful. roles, FOL
| which a wise Providence equipped us
| We want TO stalk across the stage anc
| win the audiences heart. We want
| sympathy, we want the middle OF tht