The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26
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Travers considered the subject deeply.
with knit brows.
That's So he said. u tell you what I!
/ let's do. Let's go see some OF the man
ayers of those continuous performance
places and tell them we have a dark
horse that the Grallame Vests and Lefty |
Chamberlain herself and George Lester
think Is the coming dancer OF the age. |
and ask them TO give her a chance, And
Well make some sort Of contract with
them. We ought 10 fix 1t so that she
is to get bigger money the longer they
keep her in the bill. have her salary on a
rising scale Come on" he exclaimed.
warming to the idea. Lets go now
What have you got to do?'
I've got nothing better 10 do than just
that" Van Blbber declared briskly,
The manasers whom they Interviewed
we're interested, but noncomnllttal. They
agreed that the girl must be a remark
able dancer indeed to warrant such praise
from such authorities, but they wanted
to see her and judge for themselves; and
which the impresarlos refused to dis
close. But they secured from the man
ayers the names Of several men who
taught fancy dancing and who prepared
aspirants for the vaudeville stage. and
| having obtained from them their prices
and their opinion as 10 how long "A time
| touches TO a dancer already accomplished
the Hotel Salisbury
From the Seventh story to the
Stage" said Trayers. ''She Will make
| very good newspaper paragraphs. won't
she? The New American Dancer. in
| dorsed by Ceestine Terrell. Lefty Cham
| berInin and Cortlandt Van Bibber. And
| we could get her outside engagements to
| dance at studios and evening parties,
couldn't weP, he continued She ought
| TO ask from fifty TO a hundred dollars
night, With her regular salary that
would average about three hundred and
| fifty week, She is probably making
three dollars a. week now and eats In the
| servants hall"
| "And then we will send her abroad
interrupted Van Bibber. taking up. the
| tale, land she will do the music nails In
London. II the plays three halls a night.
| say one on the Surrey SIDE and 1sllngton.
and smart West End hall Ike the En-
pire or the Alhambra, at fifteen gu!neas
hundred and twenty-five dollars week.
And then she would go to the Folies Ber-
gere In Paris and finally 70 Petersburg
and Milan. and then come back to dance
In the Grand opera house under Gus
Harris, with great international repu-
tstion. and hung with flowers and medals
and diamond sunbursts and things
Rather" said Travers, shaking his
head enthusiastically. And after that
we must invent new dance for her:
with colored lights and mechanical
and finally she will get her picture on
soda cracker boxes and cigarette ad-
vertisements and have race horse
named after her, and give testimonials
for nerve touios and soap. Does fame
reach farther than that?"
II think not said Van Bibber, "un-
less they give her name TO new make
of bicycle. We must give, her a new
name, anyway, and rechristen her.
whatever her nannc may be. Wen call
her Cinderella-Lsdy Cinderella. That
rather long for the very largest type?'
'It, isn't much longer than Carmen
cita," suggested the other, And peo--
! pie who have the proud knowledge OF
knowing her like YOU and me VIII cal
her 'Cinders' for short. And when we
read of her dancing before The. Czar OF
at the Grand Opera house. in Paris:
we'll say That is our handiwork, and
we will flnd that we have not lived in
vain
Seventh foor. please said Van Bib
Der TO tho elevator boy
The elevator boy was young man
} OF serious demeapor, with a smooth
, shavcn face and square, determlned
Jaw There was something about him
: which seemed familiar. but Van Bibber
} could not determine what It was, The
eleva tor stopped to allow some people
to leave It at the second floor, and as
! the young showed the, door to
happened to know OF a chambermeid
with red hair, a tall girl on the sew
enth foor, girl who danced very we'll. ;,
! The wire rope OF the elevator slipped
! less rapidly through the hands of the
young man who controlled II, and he
, turned and fixed his eyes. with sudden
| interest van blDnct IICe, alN
scrutinized him and his companion with
serious consideration.
Yes. know her-L know .!MI,, ,!S Who you
mean; anyway" ne y said, p,,,ndr mMhyY raising
his eyes 1--WE wish to see her on a
matter of business. Can You tell me her
manner"
The elevator was running so slowly
, now that its movement upward was bare
Her names Ann,e-Annie crehsn.
doubtfuly. "'ain't you the Young fellows
who came TO our bail with that Eng
lleh lady, the one that sung. a.
antly. I'VE were there. That's where
I've seen you before. You were there'
too, weren't your
) most all the evening 1 seen all youse
&c .s'of Course" exclaimed Van Bibber y
remember you now. oh, then you must
know her quite Well Maybe you can
help us. We want to put her on tho
stage"
abrupt jerk and the young man showed
his hands behind him aud leaned pack
against one of the mirrors IN its side. -.
| ''On the STAGE he repeated, Why
Van Blboer smiled and shrugged his
shoulders !n some embarrassment at this
peremptory challenge, But ~ there e wa was
ner that could give onense. He seemed
much in earnest, and spoke as though
they must understand that ne ldu So1ic
right to question.
''Why? Because OF her dancing She
is very remarkable dancer All OF
those actors with us that night said so.
You must know tbat yourself better than
anyone else. since YOU can dance with
her She could make quite fortune as
dancer. and we have persuaded several
managers 10 promise 10 give her trial,
= And II she needs money 10 paw for les
sons, we are willing 10 give II TO her.
or to lend il TO her. II she would like
| that better"
'WhY?" repeated the young man. Inn
movably. His manner was not encour-
aging
with growing impatience-
WHY are YOU willing 70 give her
money? You don't know her"
Van Rihbcr looked at Trnvers. and
Truvers smiled In some annoyance, The
electric bell rang violently from differ
ens floors, but The young man did not
heed It. tle had halted the elevator
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