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The Bozeman courier., 1921-09-14

Again the canning industry has demonstrated
its advantage to the farming industry. 1t has
been the "shock absorber" between over-produc-
tion of various crops and has been able to pack
the greater part of the farmers fruits and vege-
tables for distribution later to a world wide
market. Canneries make possible profitable
farming
The Bozeman courier., 1921-09-14

It's very small calber person who does not
know how to manage any business better than
those who have been in the business all their
lives.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31
DIMENSIONS OF THE AVER
AGE CHORI-S REALTY

AEE 0iiOklS BEAUTY.
Compiled by a noted New York
theatrical cOstumer. who rs fit
ted over 1900 chorus girls I'm
the last Is Yeas.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31

was talking with one OF my di-
rectors once about this.
Now what shall we do about
Molly Baye?" he said, referring to
raving young beauty who had been
retained up until the final cut out
Of squad Of several hundred.
I'm afraid she hasn't any brains, 8"
1 replied. but she has real beauty"
Take my advice he said, "and
drop her. I've made desperate eff
forts to teach her how TO think on
the stage, but she seems to be
thought-proof. There's one prin-
ciple / always follow:
Never give a girl a job in the
beauty chorus if she hasn't inteIli-
gence."
And that just about sums it up.
OF course, there are exceptions. We
sometimes make place for a girl
without brains if she Is just so
lovely I'm face and form that you
can't pass her by. But we never
give such a girl an important part
in the activities Of the chorus
This popular notion that the
chorus beauty is a light-headed,
giddy young thing who merely dis
plays herself-is wrong. To be an
attractive chorus beauty is a com
pick job. Beyond a certain point
of good looks. intelligence weighs
far heavier in the deciding balance
than physical beauty.
The Butterfly Girls.
Can she make exotic stage cos
tunes seem a natural and lovely
adornment?
Self possession That is what is
required in the wearing Of ordinary
pretty clothes and besides it-imag-
nation.
For instance, in my latest pro-
auction, sally I paid out thousands
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31

my invariable habit first to elm
mate those whose facial beauty does
not meet requirements; next to dis
card those too slender or too stout;
third. to make them walk across the
stage TO music. A very simple test
but one that eliminates a great many
real beauties who have not that very
essential thing called graceful bear
ing in action.
Can she dance to muster
BY this I do not mean that each
girl is expected to be a highly
trained, expert dancer. That train
ing-a wonderfully interesting pro-
cess in itself-is given 20 her after
she is elected to the final quad. But
she must have the dancing instinct.
She must naturally take 10 express
ing her beauty in graceful and
rhythmical movements.
Can she wear beautiful frocks like
a gentlewoman?
OF course, 90 out OF 100 American
girls think they can, and. 1 am bound
to admit that our American women
are the best dressed. generally
speaking, in the whole world. ]
think that it is the opportunity to
wear beautiful clothes that attracts
so many pretty girls 10 the American
stage. Fine feathers usually do help
10 make fine birds, even when the
subjects are beautiful 10 begin with.
Most girls in a well-costumed
show are prettier on the stage than
off. But it is only one in 80 that
can really wear marvellous gowns
as if ito the manor born Freedom
from self-consciousness e the de-
termining factor here.
There is no better example of the
show" girl than the queenly Dolores
whose presence and general person
atty display to astonishing advan-
tage the most beautiful stately crea-
tons of the modiste's art. I have
seen this girl come upon the stage
from the rear at the moment in the
performance when principals occu-
pied the center of attentiOn-and in
trice the eyes and thought Of the
whole house have switched and be-
come riveted upon the stately figure
Of the beauty Of the chorus as she
swept forward. regal in a gorgeous
gown and train.
Heavens! How that girl can
wear clothes" you hear en- all sides
from men as we'll as women. for
while the show girl and her beau
tiful frocks and costumes make their
strongest appeal TO the feminine part
OF the audience. it is wildly appar-
ent even TO the average man.
Can she wear beautiful clothes?'
is. therefore. an important question,
but at that il is not so important
as the next point in the final test.
Is she intelligent?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31

IDTTOR'S NOTE - Where the
American chorus beauties come FROM
was the subject Of Mr.. ZiegfeId's
first article in This fascinating series
which began lea last Sundays News
Times. Illustrating hrs narrative
with hitherto unpublished stories of
famous stage beauties, the acknOwi-
edged leader Of experts on Amer
lean beauty compared the various
cities Of the land for their beauty
crop Yield. and revealed the aston
i~hing fact that nearly half OF
Americas chorus girls come direct
from the home 20 the stage without
previous employment Of any kind
Mr.. Zc2feld also told Of the dra-
matte discoveries OF certain beauties
in handle walks of life and of their
InctcOric rises from Obscurlty To- the
bewildering limclight Of national
popularity
The chorus sc9uty," he asserts.
has been grossly misrcprescutcd for
many year.. IL = my purpose TO
reveal the truth about her. III my
story punctures number Of pop
uIar illusions about her life. habits,
and workaday conduct. ! can only
hope that the American public
always fair and just when "a really
LnOws-wiii be- glad 90 hear the
facts from one behind the scenes
who H. in a position To speak"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31

If she is pretty and nice. she will
arouse plenty OF admiration.
Girls, Don't Be Vamps.
A great many girls come into the
offices OF theatrical managers in the
I United States and make the absurd
mistake of trying 10 initiate the
vampire type. which is supposed to
have been so popular. Most OF these
girls are not vampires by nature,
any more than a kitten Is a hyena.
But for some reason or other a very
large number do try TO be ''vamps."
My advice to them is TO forget il.
The vampire is not a popular house
hold pet. The girl with bounding
health. and a wholesome, youthful
appearance. with not enough real
beauty, however, TO get into the
Superiority chorus, would do bet
ter to rely on her natural charms
and not attempt the suicide OF imi-
tation.
is the contestant for beauty honors
naturally comely 10 a degree that
she can dispense with cosmetics?
Ninety-five per cent of the girls OF
America seem TO believe that paint
and powder are an infaliible aid to
beauty. and il seems TO me that this
excessive use Of cosmetics ia likely
to ruin the complexions OF American
women If 1t is not checked. AS for
exaggerated makeup which we see
on the streets nowadays. it Is posi-
lively repulsive. There is no doubt
but that women all over the coun-
try-in the theater and out or it
have been going through a period
OF "kalsomining craze" which has
reached tho limits OF sanity. II has
been so extreme that there is bound
10 be a reaction-and 1, for one, viii
be glad to welcome 1t.
So, while it is true that the blind
ing glare of the footlights and cal
ciums demands a certain amount of
stage makeup to prevent a beautiful
girl from looking CHASTITY on the
stage. it is not true that the girl
should rely on it for her beauty.
She never can and get into the super
beauty chorus.
Does she stand as straight as a
lance?
knew a girl who came all the
way from the Pacific coast 10 New
York to try for position as a stage
beauty and failed only because she
did not have a free and erect car
riage. She was beautiful when
seated in a chair, but unfortunately
there is no demand for passive beau
ties on the stage She did not stand
we'll This was a strange case, too,
for the girls from the west usually
have had outdoor life and athletic
training 70 develop a graceful bear
ing.
Does she walk we'll?
In testing our girls il has been
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31

pupil. And both have the short
upper lip.
Altogether different types OF
beauty. you will admit. 1t might
seem TO indicate the essential i'm
portance of the short upper lip. but
It does hot A girl can be stun
ningly beautiful without this fea-
ture. az for instance, Miss Barbara
Dean of Cincinnati-a young lady OF
classic beauty whose proper proper
ton of features would mark her as
one woman in 5000 in any country
of the world. Her facial beauty
does not depend upon an upper lip
shorter than the average. This can
not be entered upon the list. there
fore. as an absolute essential to he
classed with the six points I have
just mentioned.
\ Second Test
Not every girl in the 5000 ON in
spection who meets this preliminary
test, however, would be eelected for
any famous beauty chorus. There
is a second test, numbering nine
questions which you must ask your
self about each applicant who has
passed the preliminary one.
Is she truly beauifui. or have
you been misled by her exuberant
youth and glowing health?
one evening, just as [ was about
TO go home, young girl came into
my Office 20 apply for a position in
a beauty chorus. She evidently had
come straight from the train and
was somewhat bewildered by the
rush and turmoil Of New York. 1t
was easy TO see that she was from
the country. Her eyes were clear
az crystal. she had a marvellous
complexion, unspoiled by powder
and the roses in her cheeks were not
artificial.
In spite OF her dusty, travel-worn
clothing, she appeared TO be in that
wholesome state of health and ex-
uberance which the public so ad-
mires AS she stood there. she
seemed much more radiant than she
actually was. I was so impressed
with her that I thought l had dis
covered a new beauty. and asked
her TO report the following noon for
a try-out in the company of other
girls.
II proved TO be a wise step Next
dav. surrounded by other girls of
varying types, the country maiden
turned out to be merely healthy
looking. She was pretty. perhaps.
but she was not a real beauty.
Someone asked me the other day
If the wholesome type OF girl was
liked on the stage, meaning by that
the girl who looks genuine. sincere,
natural or mice" Yes. she is. OF
course. she must be pretty, too. But
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31

and shapely. and in proportion to
the rest OF the face
3.-The teeth. They should be
regular and pearly In wilderness.
1.-The hair-so often referred 10
as the browning glory Of womanhood
should be thick and lustrous. More
over, il should be natural in color
Il is true that occasionally a girl
with artifcially dyed hair is accepted
for a beauty chorus. but FOR my part
1 dislike any attempts to improve
on nature.
5.-Feet and Ankles. Both should
be small and trim. Broken arches
and fiat feet are almost irreparable
bars TO true beauty.
"a buoyant carriage Of a we'll
proportional figure It is possible
for a beautiful woman 10 weigh as
much as $50 pounds 40 long as the
weight is evenly distributed and
does not interfere with graceful
walking and dancing.
These things, roughly speaking,
may he said to constitute beauty. !
shuold say that they We're essential.
a girl might not have these charac-
teristics and yet have wonderful
charm. even brilliant ana attractive
power on the stage But If we are
% call a girl beautiful. in the or
binary sense OF beauty, she must
have these six things at least.
The Short Upper Lip.
Isn't il true" a man from St.
Louis asked me. that a short upper
lip is essential to true beauty in a
woman? Wouldn't you add that to
a preliminary test OF good looks p
NO" ! answered. although I
confess II is a mistake which per
son might easily make"
II does seem plausible. because
when YOU reflect you realize that
probably three-quarters OF the beau
tiful girls who have won beauty
chorus distinction during me las;
few years have had this feature.
Mary Hay, the little 19-year-old
RI Paso. Texas. beauty. has it. She
is small. slender and has brown eyes
and brown hair. Dolores. of sally"
an English girl Of entirely different
type. has il too. The latter is almost
six feet tall. has blonde hair, gray
ewes. and an altogether regal per-
sonality. contrasting with the
piquant diminutive grace OF Mary
Hay. You will also find it evident
i'm those excellent types OF natural
blonde beauty. Irene Marcellus and
Gladys Bowie whose pictures are
shown on this page.
Here. for example, are two girls
from different sections Of the coun-
try-Miss Marcellus from Boston,
where she had been employed as a
stenographer and was supporting her
widowed mother, and Miss Bowie
from New York city. where she had
been a telephone operator up TO the
time OF seeking her fortune in the
beauty chorus Both have regular
features, glorious blonde hair, good
teeth. etc The soul of Miss Bowie's
beauty lies in the shades and depths
of slumberous brown eyes. In the
oensive blue eyes OF Miss Marceilus
are careful observer viii find ar
tistic temIferament indicated by the
white Of the eye showing beneath the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31

SELECTING THE sUPER-BEAUTY
BY FIorcnz Zicgfcld, Jr.


" OF are sitting at a table watch
Y ing while a line of 5000 girls
goes passing slowly by.
Not this many miscellaneous girls
scooped up haphazard from any
crowded street. but 5000 young and
pretty girls-au chic. piquant ra-
diant. some of them astonishingly
beautiful.
There are all sorts Of types be
fore you: Blondes brunettes and
Titan haired maidens with dancing
eyes. AS they pass. YOU see south
crner" plainly written on The person
alities OF some. Others swing cas-
ly BY with that lithesome carriage
that so often betokeas a rearing in
the free and open places Of the
west From every state they have
come.
They are virtually the cream OF
the girlish beauty of the whole
United States. these 5000 girrs De-
fore YOU And it is your job to Sc
Iect from this large. distractins field
Of loveliness. a chorus Of so super
beauties who Will charm the nation
individually and collectively
What Is the recipe for a chorus
beauty, anyway somebody asks.
THAT is simple" says the man on
the street. "a pretty face and a good
figure"
And that is exactly where ne IS
wrong. for this question of beauty
is "a very complex one-and mere
prettiness and symmetry OF figure
are far less essential to the success
ful aspirant TO the beauty chorus
than most people imagine.
/ have been actively interested in
the production OF musical comedies
ana revues for over 20 years. the
last being my greatest successes
sally and the Follies os 1921 In
that time ] suppose I have warcned
more than $4,000 candidates for
beauty choruses pass in gay parade
before the inspection table. And
cut of my experience ] have cleaned
what might be termed an effective
preIm. mary test for beauty
THE eyes. They must be large
iu size and soulful in expression. In
color they should be l'ue. brown,
er black FOR gray eyes that have
fire and animation are the exceptions
rather than the rule
2.-The nose. Ii should be straight
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31

Of dollars for beautiful butterfly cos
tumes-artistlcally painted and he
jeweled
wanted the chorus beauties who
wore them to act and look like real
butterflies. For this. specially gor-
geous scenery had been prepared.
Altogether the act was to last but
few minutes on the stage. The
effect was to be splendid-b1lliant
in the eyes of the audience.
At the dress rehearsal on came
the butterfly girls. They futtered
in and il came time for them TO
group. One of them sank into a
pese intended TO be a gentle droop
OF the wings. Instead IL resembled
the crouch OF a mechanical locusr.
The scene would have been spoiled
She did not have the capacity Of
wearing anything but conventional
clothes OF the goth century. She
could never again be super-beauty
in the chorus-elect. She was not
possessed Of Imagination. II IS as
important a qualification as a trim
ankle
Has she a positive personality?
You may think that chorus
beauty can make hit Just be-
cause she has a pretty FACE and a
good figure But If these are all
she has. she Will never create more
than a passing impression and she
viii not do for the superiority
chorus. The girls who make the
biggest successes in the beauty
chorus-and in the ranks OF the
stars, too-can even be short on
beauty IL they have enough OF the
rare personal magnetism and charm
which We call personality. Physical
beauty IS something you see. But
personality is something you fee.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31

II you cannot trust yourself. ~
one in the world can afford 70 trust
you. II you have not confidence in
your cause. 81 Is lost; II you dispar-
age your work. another had better
do IL.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31

REVAL-The bolshevist supreme
economic council at MOSCOW plan 90
open a bank in London 10 furthcr
trade between soviet Russia and
Great Britain, according TO advices
received here.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31
BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE LAND OF BEAUTY
The Inside Story OF The Beauties OF The Great American Stage

Pretty Face and Good Figure Not Enough Make First
Class Chorus Beaaty-How 5000 Pretty Asprants Are
Sifted Down to 90 Super-Beauties-Ihe American Wo-
man Will Ruin Her Complexion if the Rouge and Kali
somine Craze Keeps Up-The Ideal Chorus Beauty of
Today Described by Beauty Expert of 3 Years Ex
perence in Theatrical Production.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31

came 20 my Office in New York and
sent IN cards bearing the names
Marion Fairbanks and Madeline
Fairbanks" They were twins and
looked SO much alike that Il thev
had changed places you couldn 3
have told whether you were adj
dressing Marion or Madeline. They
were good looking. bur not exccr
tionally beautiful But IN eacn ~
them personality stuck ou- all over
They were distinctly new beings
No one could disregard them. Their
dancing was "a further revelation az
their unusual personality. Here was
a case where 7 Simply had 90 find
place Tor a very attractive fea-
ture. I engaged them on The spot
and created a special act for them
in connection with the chorus.
So much for the tests which we
apply 70 chorus beauty applicants
Out OF every thousand pretty Eirls
who come seeking their fortunes on
the stage, seven or eight viii be
able 10 stand the test. 1 have sftei
as many as 5000 fine looking girls
to get a super beauty chorus OF go.
Upon another occasion. fer the pro
duction OF a special kind which re-
CURED dancers for a small theater
whose stage is very close 70 the
audience. more than 400 beauty sp-
pl.cants yielded only 90 girls.
And when the Superiority j. Sc
Iected-what them
The pubic has gotten the idea
that she Immediately steps out into
the Hmelight OF national popularity
and admiration. But she does not
Now that the super-beauty hes
been chosen, IL remains FOR her 20
take up the difficult task OF holding
her beauty-Derhape improving II II
she can.
There Is no royal road % succeEs
IN this new and honorable profes-
sion of beauty. There are rules OF
conduct which must be observed a.
reHgiously as the orders or the
coach are followed by the college
athletes. These are things OF which
the public hears little. but which
are important in the making OF a
chorus beauty.
I shall deal with them in ne
next article.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-31

How does popular beauty keep
her figure wcIl-propOrtiOned?
What are the "ten rules OF con-
duct for chorus beauties?
How does a woman first begin 10
show her age?
These and many other questions
will be answered in Mr.. Zicgfeld's
third article: The Hard Work 81
Keeping Beautiful" which VIII ap-
pear I'm next Sundays NeWs-Times
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