The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-31
An1uSen1entS

An appealing feature of the pre-
sentation of Klaw and Erlangers
greatest musical comedy success,
Miss Springtime" at the Orpheum
on Nov. Z, will be the rendition OF
Emmerich Kalman's sensuously
beautiful music by q special orches-
ira of Is musicians, that form part
of the big touring organization. Kali
man in writing the music for Miss
surpassed even the
efforts that won for him such
lavish praise when his "SaTi" music
was heard in this country. The beau
tiful musical passages of Miss
require the most skillful
KIaw and Erlanger determined to
provide their own orchestra for the
coast to coast tour this
season, as no matter how capable
were the local musicians en- route,
none could have sufficient time to
reheaTse the score so as to be able to
play it with the proper effect.
Many of the numbers Of Miss
have obtained a country
wide vogue. which promises to retain
a degree of permanent popularity
that has seldom been accorded the
music of the lighter operate and
comedy scores Of recent
days. Throw Me a Rose. sung by
MIR. Mcintyre; THE Garden of
a duet by Miss Burks and
Mr.. Brockbank; Miss Barnett's "A
Very Good Girl on Sunday; THE
Love Monopoly. "A Country Mouse,
My Castles in the Air.. when
You're Full of Talk. "A Bid For
Sympathy" and "Once Upon a Time"
are known and praised by all who
themselves in present day
musical compositions.
In selecting the big beauty chorus
for Miss Springtime", the VOCAL
powers OF each young girl was care
fully considered, with a result that
the company has one of the finest
singing, as we'll as one Of the most
attractive appearing choruses on
tour.
The orchestra is under the exper-
fenced direction Of Walter Gordon
Hydes.
Additional interest Is lent to the
performance of Eugene Walters lat
est melodrama, The Knife, which
will be the attraction at the Orpheum
theatre, Saturday. Nov. 3. This ad-
interest is due to the Ruth
Cruger case which is now occupying
the attention of the public. The
chief character in THE Knife" is a
young girl who gets lost on her first
trip to New York, and is doped and
attacked in a fortune teller parlor.
When THE Knife" was first produc-
ed in New York. some people thought
that the conditions which it portray
ed were too highly colored, but since
the publication of the item that over
700 girls have been lost in New York
since Jan. /. of this year, the fate of
Kate Tarleton in THE Knife" has
been proven true to life beyond a
question.
Il tell you, being a chorus girl
isn't what the ticket buying public
said a member OF the When
Dreams Come True company which
will be seen here at the Orpheum
for two days commencing today
with special matinee Thursday. II
guess / know something about be-
ing a chorus girl, after six years in
stuffy dressing rooms with all kinds
of girls, dissatisfaction and queer
languages. But we never mix with
other girls unless we want to and
like them especially well. One can
take dreadful chances cumming
with chorus neighbors.
Like most girls / was stage
struck. and my one desire was to
become an actress. My father declar-
ed he would never hear of my going
on the stage in any capacity. After
his death. / coaxed mother into let
ting me join Sam Bernard's COM
pany. One of the girls was taken
sick or was discharged. and ap-
piled for her position and got it.
had just two days to rehearse before |
L went on. and oh. what a couple
of days. You know when a new girl
goes into a chorus, all the other
girls declare they will show her a
thing or two and hate her before she
even shows her scared face in the
atmosphere. At least, !
that is what happened to me.
THE steps that seem trivial from
the front and look so easy, are SO
full Of aches and pains that the au-
persistency and endurance they call
for. Every time l learn a new step,
or start dancing and rehearsing, /
get so stiff ! have to swallow tears.
Keeping eternally at it is the only
thing that drives the ache away.
They pay chorus girls better than
they used to, but no matter what
they get, they spend it all. Some of
them complain of being spoken to
and stared at, and all that sort of
thing, but as a matter of fact, it's
their clothes that causes 1T. If a girl
dresses quietly, she can pass prac-
tically unnOticed, no matter where
she is.
THE reason chorus girls live up
to their last cent is usually be-
cause their lives make them like the
bright things, and the happy places
in life, and they would rather spend
all they have for a good room in a
good hotel, than live I'm a dingy
house and have more to
eat"
At the Garrick theatre commence
ing tomorrow. Elsie Ferguson, the
most beautiful artist Of the American |
drama, makes her motion picture
debut In Barbary Sheep, for Aircraft
pictures. One Of the most promin-