New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

take it from me that the last of the trio entails some
work. Which brings us to Totte DimpletoeS, the I'M
known article that is to be presSagented to fame,
stabefu of moorcarS, and to interviews on Ibsen Mrs
Pankhurst and the ultimate trend of the cingng skirt
IN the top rung of the musical comedy ladder there
~ is TODAY a Young lady who deserves every bit Of
her success but would not have enjoyed It nearly so
soon if set of curouSly fortunate circumstances had
not happened at the opportune moment Dix years ago
she landed in New York, stranger, with two hundred
dollars some unframed ability and the desire to become
an actress Her money, with the exception OF ten dol
lars was gone before she got a job, and she finally
started at twenty dollars week. Pure accident lifted
her out of the chorus and after year OF starvation she
appeared in Broadway chorus in small part for which
she received sixty dollars week.
One hot night five men drlfted IN to see bit
of the performance None of them knew the girl and
none had other than casual interest in her little song
and dance They stood in the rear OF the house while
she Chrped the lyric and, gracefully swinging her
bonnet in one hand and a dinner pail in the other
danced the refrain Then they applauded boStcrOuSy
while she took three encores. In cate next door
of the party the dramatic editor OF metropolitan
daiIv was amused to hear his friends alude TO the girl
bv her first name The next night quite by accident
the same quintet happened in the same theaer at the
same time when the girl in question did her modest
stunt. Again they appauded. ms time she got tour
encores On the following day the dramatic editor
printed story about combination OF Journalistic per-
sons which was drawn each night to well known thea
ter-there to watch, to admire to applaud pretty
girl whom they spoke of in terms OF brothery affection
but who personally unknown 10 all The HttcaruGe
cemcnted an organization that otherwise might have
died before it was born.
They investigated, and found out that she was dcs
perately poor that she was better than most stage
women are believed TO be- that she SCky, and that
she had not only ambition but brains. They decided
TO make the fictitious club reality, and did.
Bv reason of publicity Showered on the little dancer
through the columns Of New York papers, her salary
Jumped to seventy-hve dollars, then to one hundred
dollars then hundred and twenty-five dollars.
week This took month. Meanwhile the i've pencil
pushing comrades met the young lady They gave nor
supper at Martins, and the gastronomlc orgy was the
occasion for presenting to her a complete new costume
A Tenderoin reporter purchased the slippers The
star man on "The Sun procured the silk stocAngs
celebrated war correspondent furnished hat that al
most matched the cobweb hosiery; and professional
humorst pooled his available exchequer with the entire
savings of the dramatic editor and the total was Just
enough to buy flmy dancing dress. Then She was
taken very ILL., The hospital bills were paid by the tye
devoted servants, who kept writing her praises "me
she was sick and COnvaeScng.
By the time she well enough TO play again the
whole town knew Of her. and her salary had jumped to
one hundred and fifty dollars In the fall she obtained
engagement at two hundred and NIFTY dollars week.
and for the last two yearS-years not seaSOnS-hc en-
veiOp has been fat enough to permit her saving Ye
hundred dollars each and every week. a better eX-
ample of altruistc presSwork will be hard to md 1t
resulted in the quickest and biggest rise recorded IN
recent American theariCalS, and was accomplished IN
spite of rather than on account of the girls managers
MILE. DAZIE, a toe dancer who has risen to fame
lSl and a big salary during the last seven years
was made bv quick and efficient pTeSSWOTN. Mark
Luescher and Louis Werba both youngsters full Of vim
and daring rented the roof Of the New York Iheater
for the summer Of 1905 One was *. & +. press
agent; the other occupied the insignificant position Of
house manager. They arranged a show that Was NIX
ture of vaudeville and musical comedy, engaged Miss
Elsie Janis and Harry Bulger as principal PLAYERS and
then started to dig up a Sensatlon,-something that
would make baSG public sit up and take notice some
ing.
One morning the cable columns Of the nation news.
papers chronicled the dongs Of a mysterious masked