The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-12-20

Special Correspondent Of ne Warrington Herald
New York, Dec. 19.-Several hundred
vampIring women OF the musical
comedy stage along Broadway have
been shocked to the very depths of
their souls by the edict OF District
Attorney Swami ordering the wearing
OF clothing In the performance Of
their acts.
This unspeakable order has come
like the proverbiaI bolt from the blue
sky. Suffocating under the already
burdensome attire they are forced to
don. these young women cry out for
consideration.
From one bedimpled young miss
who made a mistake the other night
and put on a postage stamp instead
Of her costume. receiving an ovation
and raise in salary for her error,
comes the loudest remonstrance.
Soon" she says, wen will be
forced to pull down our window
shades when we take q bath" An
other young girl said she had worn
her ribbon all season and was think
ing of discarding 1t for some lighter
weight garment and she wouldn't let
any old district attorney come along
and make an Arctic explorer out OF
her.
There are girls who should be
forced to put on more clothing, 1
think" she said. but do not come
within that class, thank YOU"
1t is said that there is a roof show
in town where the combined material
for six young and frisky girls would
not make a dress for Mrs. Tom
Thumb.
But 1t would seem that the edict
that Broadway must nut on more
clothing is going TO be about as pop
ular with the diaphanous CARRIED
young folk as one strange bull dog
is with another.
Through the canyon Of upper Broad
way. Just after the pink unts had
chased the gray out of the east, rolled
solitary Broadway-Seventh avenue
car on its way to South Ferry. A
lone woman stood on the rear plat
form. At Thirty-fourth street it halt
ed and a man stepped on.
One moment he held his nickel sus-
pended above the metal box. He was
friendly fellow and he started to
say Good morning. George" Blu,
the masculine name froze on his lips.
There smiled across at him a pair
OF laughing eyes-unmistak ably fem
mime eyes-from beneath the conduc-
tors cap. Eta IL you don't mind. -
said the conductor for II was truly
she. And thus 1t was that the first
OF her sex took charge OF a Broadway
trolley.
WI
the straight hits the comic-has been
revived in a vaudeville skit. And IL
was received with genuine joy. There
is something about hitting a maj
| over the head with a bladder that
makes everybody laugh. 1t is psy'
chology.
For instance: DO you like oys
ters?"
Yes
What kind of oysters?"
CLANS"
Zowie. Over the head with tn,
| bladder. No one would laugh at tho
joke-but when the bladder struck the
house exploded
Aesthetic dancing does not seem tC
\ be going out OF vogue. While the
present season has not brought forth
a goodIy crop Of rhythmic dancers,
the old opponents seem still to be in
demand. At Hero Land the Chalii
dancers stood out as one of the fea'
lures Of the big spectacle. Then there
Is appearing on Broadway at striking
group of girls in a pantomimic dance
which they have entitled The Clos
| ing Of the Lotus" Those who used Il
laugh at the classic dancing now &c
to be entertained. 1t takes some while
for the artistic idea to sink through
but when it does a classic dancing
fan" is made.