South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-11
AMERICAN CHORUS
GIRL WELL LIKED
BY ENGLISH FANS
Score Decisive Hits in Per.
fOrmances In Britain's
Playhouses.
By United Press.

By United Press:
LONDON. April s.-Slender an
kles, after all, are the test diplom-
acy. And the American chorus girls,
who have been imported here, are
cementing Anglo-American under
standing in a way undreamt OF by
ambassadors and such.
In the League of Notions" c. B.
Cochran's latest theatrical produc-
ton, there are 10 of them; and Eng
lishmen, who as a rule are not lavish
in their use OF superlatives, describe
them as the "willowiest lissomest,
and gracefuIest girls who ever
glided across Londons boards" Not
only English men. but English wom-
en-, too. are loud in their expressions
of admiration for the American type
OF womanhood, which differs quite a
lot from the English product. Coch-
ran has been particularly happy in
his selection, and his American girls,
conforming as they do TO the
"Kirschner" type.-tan and slender
make a striking contrast to the
petite" English girls who are part
and parcel Of the same show.
Cause Worry.
While American chorus girls, with
out exception, are tremendously pop
ular with audiences-they cause the
management one or two extra grey
hairs on account of their unpunctu-
ality during rehearsals. From in
auiries made of various theatrical
managers who have fair young
Americans under their wing, 1t
would seem that usually they come
to England with a glorious anticipa-
ton of being thoroughly spout
Hence, they begin by turning up late
for rehearsals and then proceed to
overstay their lunch hour. At the
first managerial reprimand they
raise supericilious eyebrows; at the
second they are prettily penitent; but
at the third they begin to realize that
the manager means business, and re-
form accordingly.
However, the conquest Of London
has not been left to American chorus
girls only. Those stars which
America has spared from her own
great armament are shining brightly
over here.
Dolly Sisters Liked
The Dolly sisters and the Trix sis
tiers are making a hit while the two
biggest successes of the past season
were Paddy the Next Best Thing" in
which Edith Day scored such pro-
longed triumph.
There is some flavor about Amer
lean talent which never fails to
please the English palate. The
Prince of Wales is certainly not i'm
mune from the American lure. At
recent dance of Lady Lavery the Trix
sisters were sorted out by the Prince
of Wales for special attention. He
danced with one of them and insist
ed on hearing excerpts from their
"act'-and went on applauding and
pleading for more until they had fin
ished the third number.
Another complete and individual
American success was scored by
Mary Nash at the oxford theater IN
The Man Who Came Back"
In London's smartest bathrooms,
the American demonstration is to the
fore. At the Savoy hotel, Leonora
Hughes, with her partner, Maurice
held the huge ballroom spellbound
each highland many Londoners
went lust to watch them dance, with
out any intention of Joining the
whirling thrOng themselves.
Elsie Janis makes a musical COM
plaint entitled It's All Wrong at
the Queens theater-and while this
finds little favor with Americans In
the audience. Londoners clap and en-
core and pronounce it "fne!'
Managers are at a loss to know
whether it's the American ankles or
the accent" that so completely wins
London's favor, but the favor is won
beyond a doubt, and those programs
announcing an English and Anerl-
can company are practically certain
TO play TO full house.