Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-03
CHORUS G|7L SHORTAGE
ONLY IN SHORT GIRLS
Roof Garden Variety Plentiful but
Prices Have Advanced to
$50 a Week.

There is no alarming shortage OF chorus
girls. At least Ned Wayburn said 50 last
night and Ned WayhIrn sho Id kno
He has hired more chorus girls than any
one else ON broadway aud that III .ttna
anywhere So another fabrication Is
nailed and possible panic averted.
THAT is qualified Mr.. Waypurn,
"there is no shortage Of the common or
roof-earden variety of ehors girls as
such There is, however, looming as pos
sibility. shortage of short chorus girls.
II seems on investigation that chorus
girls are distinctly classified. There is the
tall, shapely, majestic creature, who ds-
PLAYS priceless costumes and whose art
consists in stalking lang iidly through
part and gazing sideways through down
cast lashes Mt the front row. She rs the
"show girI" Then there In the medium :"
This isn't the kind of medium who takes
two berries out OF your jeans and tells you
John Barleycorn is going tn win the SIX
teenth at Havana. It's a girl who " not
big enough to be show girl and who isn t
| little enough for the pony Just the right
size for the downright hard, effective work
| which makes show scene. Last Is the
| small type. Now Of this small type there Is
a certain kind OF girl who IL known "a
| quality" She is competent all the way
! through. She can dance, sing, and, abov'
| all. look She is cute. Tins littie fairy u
getting harder and harder to flndA " hyf
Even this threatened shortage has not,
| however, affected the Wayburn shows, he
saws. I'VE are better fixed than most pro
| dllcerp We have n higher rate OF pay, n
| broader field of selection | think and |
! believe | may claim it Is no idle toast,
/ that my long experience has enabltd III
/ tn take better care of show girls than mo t
others. and especially now, nrod',e' rs
Then there Is the qualltv oi the Fho .
/ with which | am connected can e, !.
i kind of girl for the Capitol and Ie. ei
/ Rav,lcs who might hesitate 10 JON s"n
! other shows
.For instance Chorus giris arc very
i human g,rl Will JOIN 4 show such n the
two | have mentioned Tor reasons other
than salary Firtt they prt sent a is.ture
Each girl Is STUDIED Tier Individuality +
+ recognized She has a chance. Sseof q.
there, is the lure Of the beauty of The 81.
+ ting and especially o the cnstltmlag u tie
/ shows here is no woman OF farih g
/ whom the chance to wear 4 Sl.a0h II
which iq l,ilt in mate hcr and only Z,
i oauty and originality doea not appeal
Even in the matter II ay Mr. A., Urn
presented rosy pictGre - the lfiek u g
present chorus pirI IN The fre for all
between wagp scale and mounting costs
NV first asAociat4ou with chorus Elrls u
tho chow f,Ls,ness Was With NAV IRWIN II
1897. said the producer. We had an .
ceIlcnt show and got the best ~ the way 81
chorus broadway could offer The girls
were rati sI2 ecct N New Sofk ane
/ sl5 On tour. \ show with witch ! was
associated shortly afbrward patd thf
girls 500 week and Il that 81 ~, without
XIV drseruons. tic show went to tn
I Pacific coast over tic Northern PacifI'
and PLAYED hack over the Southern rolte
/. The girs bought All the accessotis : of then
cost, mes and raid their own sle' l'er AIT
| dining car hills
A. : contrast Mr.. Wavburn sad that
the pr $ nj rate 81 pay st tie apltoi ane
tho 10 10, Nas s50a nceh