The Washington times., 1912-02-23
Julia Murdock Pictures Chorus Girl
As Seen On and off the Stage

and talked Of the chorus girls, life.
There are always two OF Them" she
said They seem to travel In pairs
seem to be nfraid TO be out alone, or
el3e Ihcv pelieve that theree safety In
numbers They are always one of twu
s"rts, the old, bald-headed duffers, who
have one foot in the grave. and ought
tu have the other one there, or they
are the 'Iah. 'rah KIDS, out for good .i
timno, lnd to spend rcra's money. just
snnb them. That's what we do, for, IT'S
only the very new and very unsophistl-
Gated chorus girl who bcthers about
them, Or even notices them. The chiet
nightly concern Of the. chorus girl, who
has been on the road season, Is TO
get to her hotel and jump into a klno-
M and get 2, nice hot supper IN her
home for the night, then get some
sleep so she can write. home in the
morning o. go shopping."
Another chorus girl. stella Kelly. who
and JEFF Company, took off her kid
gloves and over a cup of tea one after
neon. discussed the girls Of l.er pro-
fcsslon with a frankness that was re-
Il think chorus girls are good,na-
tured slobs," said Miss Kelly. They
go on the stage because thoy can have
a better time-because they can make
more money. and because they can see
the world. / don't say II Is right for
them to accept presents from men, but
they do 1t, Just the same. II some old
fool fires things at YOU what can YOU
do? Anyway, girls off the stage accept
presents from men, and are Usually glad
to get them.
"Ciirls on the stage are better of in
MANY ways than other girls she said
hearted and | never knew one yet
who wouldn't split her last penny with
a pal II 1t came to showdown. on
the stage. most all the girls have met
ii
they are always ready to believe any.
thing about a friend. But a girl
shouldn't be on the stage unless she
has strength of mind to resist tempta-
ton She should always think of her
mother"
Ziegfeld Has Views
On the Chorus Girl.
Flo Ziegfeld, who brings the Follles
| to the New National next week, points
| to the American chorus girl as a type
very little known. 1t is necessary, says
he, for the chorus girl to have little
! dramatic ability, a good singing voice.
and she must be decorative. For that
! reason chorus girls are hard to get,
| and would be hard to keep II they lived
| the lives usually attributed to them.
! ''The woman who sings" he says.
must take care Of her voice, and she
cannot, without damaging IL, particl-
| pate in late suppers and the other dis
| Ripations that the world believes are
! the common lot of the average girl Of
! the chorus"
Like the cost OF living, the salaries
| of chorus girls have Increased ma
! terially i'm the past few years. Zieg-
! field says he wants no girl in his com
! pany who is not worth $24 week, and
/ the highest paid beauty draws exactly
So a week. He usually counts on losing
/ one chorus girl week from his COM
/ pany, for Broadway has strange fas-
! Cinaton for these girls. They know
|, that there. where they are in constant
demand, they may enter a new attrac-
| ton at an hours notice. The girls In
| the Folles are typical of their class,
| and may be taken as criterion for
| similar organizations In the following
| statement: the youngest girl in the
company is sixteen; the oldest, accord
ing to her own statement, is thirty
About 10 per cent of them are married
JULIA MURDOCH.