The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-10
BY BEAU RlALro.

written for the United Press)
New York, May lO-T chorus
girl, est omnes diyisa in parties tres.
There are three general divisions into
which the entire scrop Of Broadway
peach may scientifically be put. There
is the girl who goes into the chorus
ito have a good time" and perhaps
pick on some careless young million
aire until he proposes the time-hon-
ored automobile dash to sleepy JUS
tice in Jersey; the girl who can sing
and dance and finds chorus work a
much easier way OF earning a living
than juggling plates Of beef and or
shaving in a department store, and the
prospective Alice Nelson or Julia Mar
lowe who enters the chorus for the
experience" but who really intends to
have her name in white letters on
"Beeway" before many moons have
waxed and waned
The gay girl is mentioned first, not
because she is in a majority, but for
the reason that it is through her SEN
sational exploits that the general pub
lie has come to judge all three divis-
ions. AS a matter OF fact the girl who
goes on the stage merely as a medium
for the exploitation OF her charms and
the attainment Of large clientele OF
spendthrlft admirers is in a small
/ minority She exists almost entirely
in New York City from which
( heaven" she refuses to depart When
the musical play in which she has
been disporting on Broadway starts for
the provinces this queenly young
I person resigns her position and is al
most Immediately reengaged for the
next Broadway production
BY Gar the largest Of the three di
visions is that Of those girls who have
found the chorus a means Of earning
a decent living under more or less
fascinating conditions They have liz
tie or no ambition to advance in the
+ profession but are content to work
from season to season, whether in
New York or on the road. saving whai
money they can and taking life a.
they find IT, The good, the bad ant
the indifterently good and bad ar,
here to be found in an inextricabl,
/ jumble They are no worse and n'
better than they would have been ha,
they continued to hold their Jobs IL
the restaurant, department store o
business office.
4 Il is only the third division, amonl
tho ambitious ones, that ono finds
prevailing atmosphere 81 strict virtue
Nine out OF ten 81 this small class O
chorus girls live simple serious lives
Their path to and from the theater j
the shortest cut from the stage doc
TO their homes and their leisure tim
is spent in taking vocal or dancin
lessons or rehearsing la the priyac
OF their homes bits from the lates
E feminlne roles which have stirre
Broadway They are as primly pur
+ tanical a lot as is to be found in an
OF the more conventional walks Of lif
j They take their cIttimes pathetic an
8 billions as seriously as their determine
e tion TO walk the straight road am
e contrary to the popular belief d
e sooner is this determination reco
nized by their fellow players, mana
ers and even the social birds of Pre-
:. that flntter around the stage doc
than are they allowed to pursue the
rigidly proper course unmolested
IN fact 1t often happens that
g girl Of this type forms an intima
h association with one cf the guady hu
3, terflies with whom she shares a dres
Z. ing room or, with whom she doubles
t the hotels when on the road in su,