New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

=, ,hcse DAYS the combination OF
.,ovor and good looking chorus girl Is
scarce. Ii is an easy matter 10 cohee'
company OF fifty or seventy-hve cnor-
listers. but out of the lot not more Una"
ton OF them are likely TO be properly
atted for a modern musical show. Wheh
YOU discover one that can sing or dance
she is. as rule. so unattractiVe tha' 'ne
10 de,riment 10 the organization. Ihe
famine in chorus girls dates back three
wears. So far as | am able to ascer'ai"
the producers OF motion pictures ma
contracted for q goodly number OF INC
missing ones know positively that ho'
less than thirty OF my former oeauues are
now leading women for moving PlCtuic
concerns earning salaries ranging from
go ~ S,O nor week. Miss Lillian walker
who is. perhaps. the most popular VI
tho "novie" actresses, was empio!eu ~
tho chorus Of the 1910 "Follies' AT SAL
AIRY of $50 a week. and now unoers'a"u
aho &c engaged by one Of the Eastern
nic,urc producers at a salary OF q"
wosklv Lillian Virgins. Jessie Lewis
MARGARET Morris, Ruby Lewis and nu-
merous other former decorative fea'uIe'
of the "Follies' are at present earhins
surprisingly large salaries as movie
actresses In converse ratio 10 the dlmlh-
ishing numbers the growing dehnanu nos
;,,oroosed salaries 10 an almost prohibiuve
,oi,,, 4 few wears ago s25 was con-
sjdored rather high stipend Tor choiuS
Girl To-day clever girls are dcchhhs CIV
q week. The average salary OF my pres
on, chorus. which is to be seen at INC
>,o,r Amsterdam Theatre tomorrow
evening. Is s35 a week. OF course sono
Of them receive as low as 20 WINE o'''''
get as much as $50 but the general ave.
are is SIS. When 'Florodora WAS "o
duced I'm the Casino Theatre IN New fo'N
the ton chorus girls salary was NS per
wesk During the run of the piece inc
"E.,orodora Sextette" developed into real
feature of the show. and John G, Fisher
the manager. realizing the importance Ut
tho chorus. increased the salaries OF the
sextetts TO s25 a week. Back in the BLACK
Crook" DAYS SIS was the limit Tor
chorister. and none were engaged tnat
did not possess a NoiNt anu ''''''N
ability. In the past twelve months IN"
cabaret entertainments have also roboeI
the stage of a number OF clever and bcau-
tiful chorus girls. For instance, MISS
Florence Walton. Joan Sawyer, vera
Maxwell. Margaret Morris, Mae Murray.
Beatrice Allen and Bonnie Glass; al pres
ent performing in and around New YORK
were members of the 'Follies' choruses
for several years. These young women
with their dancing partners, are earning,
Il is said. about 81. ooo a week, as against
SEQ and so in the chorus. The legitimate
stage has also gone TO the chorus ior
stars and leading women. Miss Edna
Goodrich and her mother (known then az
the Goodrich SisterS were employed as
choristers in "Florodora." Frances Bel
mont who some years ago married an
English nobleman. was member OF the
same organization, as was also Evelyn
Nesbit. Elsie Ferguson, Edna May, julia
sanderson. Annabele Whtford, Lillian
Lorraine, Shirley Kellogg, Grace Leigh
and Trixie FriganZa are also chorus grad
yates. The situation grows n 70 dfhcut
each season. Every year | must search
longer and further to find precisely the
. type OF girl want The lengths TO which
] have gone are indicated by the fact
that in tho present "Folles' ! have hut
four New York girls. The rest hail from
as far cas- as Portland, Me, and as far
| west as Portland. Ore.