Evening star., 1919-09-28


whose beauty and personality caused
her for several years to be the most
generously exploited member OF the
Ziegfeld Follies productions, where
feminine chorus beauty always pre-.
walls in it's highest form, compares
the American with the English type
of stage beauty.
The charm of the American stage
beauty" says Miss Lorraine. lis her
are of the opinion that their beauty
alone is sufficient, and who do not
e themselves to be interested, or
Interesting, while on the stage, make
sad mistake. The American admires
his chorus girl who Is able to make
Kim laugh by her antics as well as
please his eye with her beauty.
..In England the chorus girl is pre-,
fsrsa # she is Of hR the and
figure are beautiful, your true Eng
ishman likes to see her in absolute
repose, like human statue or
living picture.
fine looking girls with almost classic
features to lead his chorus. the rest
are merely workers, not good LOCKERS.
'.rhe American thsstergoer expects
activity in every member of the
chorus, or at least semblance OF IL.
II am of the opinion that there IS
more chorus beauty to the square inca
on the American stage than there 10
in all Of Great Britain. Fate, however
being kind, through the wisdom or
the theatrical producer. has apparent.
1y Ro arraL ed ii that each dlnerent
nation is able to have its beauty nun,
ger duly satiEfied by its preferred
type"
Constance Binney,s Rise to Fame
Constance Binney has had a eurpris-
ing rise in her profession.
la In ~ a"
yorker, Miss Binney did condescend
to leave the zone anu only city long
enough to go to a convent In Paris,
where she received all her early edu-
cation. Immediately after her gradua-
stlon, only about three years ago. she
modern dancing and filling private
Engagements.
If was on one of these. occasions
that Winthrop Ames saw her dance,
and suggested that she take UP oal-
let dancing. In Paris Miss Bfnney
was coached by Cecchetti, the seyen-
ty.year-oId maitre de ballet OF the
Ballet Russo, who taught Pavlowas
Eijinski and many others.
Until the time should coHHe when
he could place her in ballet work.ME
Amss utilized her talent for Satur-
II did not have a long lease OF life.
II was while in this play that she
was engaged for "Oh, Lady. Lady in
which she made an astonishing hit,
ana last season she was given one Of
the two stellar roles In "3s East"
-LSeut. Bernard Granville.-Bernard
Gfahville. long favorite headliner in
vaudeville and featured in the
''Fo1Iies" and the Passing Show" has
returned to the stage after three years
overseas duty as first lieutenant Of the
- IL TnR
when was a student at the Linds-
ley Military Institute. Wheeling. W.
Va.," says Granville. II started my
dancing. There was an old colored
man there who used to do chores. and
when he was not at work he used TO
hang around among the students. He
had q few dancing steps which he did
for our amusement. fell into the
habit Of initiating him. Pretty soon
i was able to fdo all his steps and
few more beside.
sAs was not overload Of carrying
gun. and as could play = bugle, I
made the request to be assigned TO
the bugie corps. The following sum-
'mer I visited my grandmother in CO.
lumbuA. Ohio. One day while I was
practfcing on the bugle in the back
yard I was approached by q man who
wanted to know if I would like to
join a minstrel show. to play the
BU8l6 luc UdnU. w6e ShC 1Adh
ager of the Al G. Fields Minstrel
Company.
TT might have been to avoid the
severe discipline at the military
school that made the ideal appeal to
me very largely. At any rate, with
out as much as consulting the wishes
Of my parents, / Joined the minstrel
company on the spot
During my leisure moments I prac-
tioed the steps i saw the dancers do,
and tried to invent new ones. Then.
too. / was able to observe that the
dancers did not make enough of facial
expression in their work. BY working
before q large mirror. 50 that I could
combine facial expression. 1t was not
long before / succeeded in originat-
ing several new dances
After my minstrel experience
played in vaudeville, in q musical
comedy in Chicago and then in Lou
isiana Lou also in Chicago. While
I was with the company Florence
Ziegfeld engaged me for The Follies
Of 19fe' Owing to the delay Of that
production I made my New York
debut In the 'Winsome Widow another
ZieEfeld company"
Mr. Granville has also been seen in
tho "Follies of 1918 and Of 1917"
"The Midnight Frolic." on the New
Amsterdam roof. and in the New
York Winter Garden review. THE
Whirl of the World" and the pass
ing Show of 1914"
GARRICK-"39 East"