The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-02
BY A STAR REPORTER

Once upon time. many years
ago, fell In love with a chorus
girl who was In the second row OF
musical comedy company which
was touring tho tank towns.
That's how ! came 10 meet her
! was n Ray tank.town blade.
remember gave up my Job NJ
Baldwins grocery store TO follow
her 10 the next tank town. and tho
next. until We came 20 Nation.
III. where went broke.
The lady lifted me for travel
Ing salcaman whose line Was hab-
erdashery. He wore striped trous.
ers and toupee. and was demon
with the women.
Tho experience ombittorcd me.
He Got over u
Years later. In n London music
hall. saw Gaby Deslys cut cx.
King Manuel dead. and knew just
how he felt
got over my infatuRtion. OF
course. and In due time married 1t
lady OF many virtues. among which
are numbered frugality and com.
mon sense. These are excellent
qualities In n Journalists wife.
You may have noticed In me a
strain 81 cynicism. That la what
the chorus girl did To me when
she threw me over for the haber.
fishery salesman
Tho press agent for VERY Good
Eddie" nj the Metropolitan. boasted
to me that the chorus girls with
his show were an exceptional lot
Not only. said he. do they dance
gracefully and sing swectly. but
they also are skilled In the arts OF
domcsiicity.
Chorus girls" he said. make
fine poor mems wives"
Whcreat ] laughed. remembering
the tickle hussy who left me
stranded In NATION. m.
Oh. That q. Al
Il have no doubt" said !. that
they know how 10 make fudge
They can stew mp nasty messcs
over n gas Jet in hall bedroom.
And they are adopts at ordering
expensive suppcrB for boobs TO pay
for"
mo. no." cried the press agent.
You wrong them. You Judge them
by surface indications. Chorus
girls are rcsourceful. adaptable and
courageous. They must be. They
They fend for themselves.
IT." he went on. I'VE are reduced
10 such desperate straits by the
war that all the men must fight
and all the work must be done by
women. a hundred thousand chorus
girls will answer the nations call,
and In field and factory and home
will perform the labor that must
be done"
''Boshl" said I.
Whcreupon the press agent IN.
troduced me TO bcwildering mum.
Der of chorus girls--and he whis-
pered something to them-and n
smelled n rat-but they hurled me
into for-hire car outside the thea
ter. and sat on me.
Baked Bread
II was. I confess. rather pleasant,
6Aa ~ Afu w llf that Inv
vixen who Tilted me for the haber.
dashery man was pretty good
scout after all
We stopped at The Star office
long enough TO conscript the staff
photographer. Then we went to
Chauncy Wright's bakery, whore
the girls baked bread. Here's the
picture 10 prove II.
Next we streaked out Botherl
road. and stopped AT big farm
house. and the girls explained to
the bewildered but grinning farmer
what they had come for. And he
scratched his head and said.
"Surel"
And the farmer and his wife sup
piled them with overalls and rub
Der boots. and they withdrew be-
hind n haystack. And when they |
reappeared. they looked like Maud
Muller. who on summer day
raked the meadow sweet with hay. |
MIXED a Cow
They shoveled grain into n sack |
Just long enough for the photog- |
rapher to take their picture. And |
they MIXED n COW.
The fact that they failed TO milk 1
the COW dry is not important. Nor
is II important that the COW put
her foot in the pail. spelling the /
milk.
When all this had been accom-
plished, they gathered around me
and wanted to know II | would re- |
tract the horrid things | had said |
about chorus girls.
| went ms far as | could. said /