New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23
~ 1TY the poor, lonely "Florodora"
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a. CATION Of beautiful young wom-
en-, gowned in the seasons most striking
designs, faces such as made Charles
Dana Gibson famous, grace that simply
flowers in all that is lovely, causes one
TO forget all that is commonplace, all
that is homely, and to think of girlhood
IN all its splendor-and of millionaires
and pocket-bulging oil magnates and of
motor cars built of rich woods and
studded with pearls and diamonds.
The "Florodora" Sextet! You almost
detect an odor of fine perfumery, of
piled up roses, of costly necklaces, of
letters by scores offering marriage and
fortunes. You think of the "Florodora''
Sextet and you think of prettiness, of
romance. You think of those six young
women, and you see rows Of high hated
gentlemen standing nervously at stage
doors, awaiting the arrival of the "pret-
test Of them all" after she has washed
away her rouge and her make-believe
eyebrows.
In those other days, they say, when
the "Florodora" Sextet first introduced
itself to an admiring public, row Of
the clty's most elegantly polished "rigs"
used to drive up to the old theater en-
trance and stage door to receive the silk
clad young things as they left the the
ater, afterward to stop before one Of tho
city's gayest amusement parlors to dine
and be merry. What daysi
And then, they tell us, after the great
production concluded its run in New
York and tho cast was broken up and
scattered to the four winds, it was dis
covered that every one of these beauties
had settled down into millionaire's
home, had Caught" husband worth so
much money they couldn't even begin to
count it, had agreed to sing for life:
There are few, kind sir. but simple
girls and proper, too" They say that
one Of them now owns the most elegant
home In the great state of Texas, that
another is in Hawaii, that another has
an automobile for every day in the week,
and that, In fact, they all are quite COM
fortably overseeing the homes of gentle
men rated in Bradstreet's alongside the
money kings of the land. What fortunel
But 1t is not so strange, you may
think, when you know that while the
old "Florodora" was under way here
in New York young prince, travel
ing through America incognito. saw the
production, fell so deeply in love with
one Of the comely maidens in her broad
hat and her wide, flowing skirt that he
fairly had to tear himself away from the
city in order to prevent himself from
asking her to marry him. That in scores
Of homes wherein peace had reigned hus-
bands began nagging wives, suggesting
that they try to look young and sweet"
like Miss So-And-So in the "Florodora"
Sextet. That milliners began using
the hats worn in the production as
models. That the songs the girls sang
were copied in Europe, in South Amer
lea, in China. That artists fought to
draw them. That, to make long story
short, they were the rage Of the season
among men and among women, among
little girls and little boys.
But, read on:
The sad part Is yet to be heard.
The "Florodora" Sextet Of to-day is
lonely! Actually lonelyl
Not that it isn't just az pretty as the
Sexset of twenty years ago. Far from
that Most persons agree it outdoes the
original ssxtet- However, II is not
nice to compare. 30 let IL simply be said
that there is no division 81 opinion about
the prettiness Of thess 1920 girls who