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was compelled to purchase shoes.
comedy.
This girl, then, had to clothe her.
self for off stage, pay for her room
and board and all other expenses.
out of a net income of probably 81
or SIS per week, which was not con
ducive to beauty maintenance. And
besides paying her own expenses,
she proved she was made of the
stuff that heroines are made of-for
she sent money home regularly to
her aged parents in the West.
Well, II was hard work. but it
was labor of love with her, and all
went well until a certain notorious
society millionaire, who haunted the
theatrical district. fell in love with
her looks.
The philanderer had seen the
little Western beauty in the chorus
one night, and made up his mind to
meet her, and forthwith started n
siege of flowers, candy, perfumes
aud notes imploring her to dine with
him. All of these she refused, much
TO the amusement of the other girls,
although L happen to know that
there were many times when she
walked uptown two miles or more
after the show in order to save car
fare and send that much more home.
Now, it is a matter of unfortunate
record that the stage door Johnny
in those days sometimes could WELD
influence with a weakened man.
ager, andjth is exactly what hap
pened in this case. Angercd at her
repulses, the millionaire roue
schemed to have her discharged
from her position in the chorus, and
although he must have known that
1t might blight the girls career. he
persevered until he was successful.
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Right in Respecting

tendants have strict orders to al
low nobody near the stage entrance
who has not some earnest business
in connection with the show.
/ will go farther and say this:
In twenty-five years of theatrical
production 1 have never permitted
any man not a journalist to go
"backstage" during performance.
I feel so strongly upon this matter
of non-interference with our EN-
ployes that l have frequently de.
clined to allow even my personal
friends to witness a performance
from the wings. can recall,
moreover, only a very few journal
lists to whom this privilege has
been extended, and then 1t has
been granted chat they might OBJ
serve the technical phase of the
conducting of a modern revue.
In spite of the strictness of the
modern stage manager, however,
the public still holds rldiculously
antiauated opinions about chorus
beauties and stage door Johnnies.
regret to say that l am reminded
very often OF the narrow minded
ness of many of my fellow Ameri-
cans when our companies go on the
road. A large class Of people still
cling to the belief that any girl
no matter how well behaved she
may be or how sterling character
she may appear-must be Stunned
IL she has been in chorus.
It has been the unfortunate ex-
perience Of some Of the smaller mu-
steal comedy companies, / under.
stand, to find certain cities OF their
road itineraries devoid of hotel &C.
commodauons. To lodge the chorus
beauties overnight It has been nee
essary, therefore. to seek accommo-
daticns in boarding houses, and, in
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DAYS OF THE MOTE"
HAVE GONE FOREVER.

1t is obvious that with girls OF
this newer type Of education,
breeding and culture holding the
limelight. there can be no crude
stage door Johnny business around
the modern theater. The day Of
addressing a note to THE Third
From the Right" or THE Tall
Blonde on the End" and expecting
1t to reach a certain girl in the
chorus line is long since over.
Some people have thought that
we are unduly strict about this sort
of thing. Some think that after
the chorus beauties leave the
stage II is none Of the theatrical
managers business whether they
meet a millionaire's son for din
ner or go home with their girl
chums. Nevertheless. l have never
tolerated and never will permit
anyone to loiter near the stage
entrance of the theaters where our
performances are taking place.
We want none of the stage door
Johnny-not even the guileless-
looking college boy type. The new
profession of beauty is serious,
business-like profession. We pay
girls we'll and we expect from them
strict attention to the business of
providing the public with artistic
entertainment. For frivolity we
have no use. My stage-dOOr at
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JOHNNIES HAD POWER
WITH THE MANAGERS.

Some twenty years ago a young
girl came on from California TO
New Yor&-the city of her dreams.
She was girl with that rare
sort of beauty which enchants at
first sight. She struck the me-
tropolis with a high heart. high
ideals and a lot of ambition.
Seventy-eight dollars I'm a chamois
bag under her dress was all the
money she had in the world.
Making the rounds OF the the
atrical managers offices. applying
for job in the chorus, II took
three weeks for this rare beauty
to land position. CThey did not
know how to play up beauty ef-
fectively In those days. Nowadays
this same girl would have been
snapped up eagerly by the first pro.
Queer who saw herr. And ner pay
was S22 per week, out Of which she
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answer which, IL you remember,
o. Henry wrote a delightful short
story.
Well, like the man about town."
the Stage Door Johnny was some
times a bounder, sometimes just
a plain young fool. Some times
he was an old fool and often he
was downright vicious. The type
always including a sprinkling of
millionaires who would get the
chorus beauties into fearfully ex-
travagant habits of living. The
great majority of the rest had
much more money than brains and
were of the kind that pestered a
girl most annoyingly with their
silly attention.
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to exist on this pay and advance
their profession at the same time
and II was a terrible task.
Could the beauty of those days
really be blamed II she accepted
luncheon and dinner engagements
from the stage door Johnny? With
her it was often a case of getting
enough to eat. She had expensive
clothes to buy and might be or.
dered on the road at any moment,
with no larger pay to compensate
her for the extra PERSONAL ex-
penses involved in travelling.
l recall a pathetic instance Of
those days which will give you a
graphic conception of the poverty
of chorus girls possessed of really
striking beauty. 1t is thing which
could not happen today.
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Miss South. too. has that person
atty and grace born Of we'll
developed social training. am
told that she comes of a prominent.
Tennessee family of wealth and
social prestige.
In spite of her arduous stage
work-for the life of the chorus
beauty. as I have said repeatedly.
requires jealous perseverance TO
her art-Miss South manages to
find time each winter to fly to
Palm Beach and rest a bit with
her society friends.
Also from the South is Miss
Janet Megrew, the Washington
society girl. AS one Of the Butter
fly Girls" in Sally" she has won,
her way to the admiration Of many
thousands.
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cases Of emergency. such as the
holding Of a convention in the city,
TO apply even at private houses.
What have been the results? In
many cases the mere mention of
chorus girls" has caused the door
to be slammed in the face Of the
'questioner. 1t has taken a detailed
house-to-house canvass to secure
lodgings for perfectly reputable
young women who are in every way
as fit to mingle in respectable 30
eiety as any other women who work
for living.
BIGOTRY NOT CONFINED
SOLELY TO SMALL TOWN.
I must confess that this puritani.
cal bigotry is not confined to the
small towns or even to the cities out
side Of New York. One of the most
unjust attitudes ever taken toward
chorus beauties was displayed only
recently by Brooklyn landlady in
whose boarding house a welI-known
New York show girl had been living
with her invalid mother for several
months.
By some remarkable freak of ma
ture the landlady had failed to ask
this beauty where she was employed.
The girl. very businesslike and dig
nified. had kept to her own affairs
like the perfect lady that she is and
had never mentioned the fact that
she was connected with a theater in
any capacity. She left the house
every day at noon and did not return
TIL midnight. minding her own bust
ness and devoting herself to waiting
on her mother when she was home.
1t happened that one day tho
beauty's mother was confined to her
room with some slight ailment and
required assistance in taking her
medicine. In a quandary, the girl
turned to the landlady:
Would you mind looking in on
mother at S and at 10 tonight?" she
asked. and then added her explana-
ton: .-
II may be late in leaving the the
alter tonight"
THE theater, did you say"
queried the landlady in icy tones.
why do you go to the theater
when your mother is ill?"
why. I'm not going to see .
show" laughed the girl, "of course
| wouldn't go If l didn't have to.
But, you see. I'm in the show. I'm
In the chorus"
The landlady's face registered an
expression Of prim horror and the
girl fled from the house fearfully
upset. Upon her return that eve
ming she found pinned to her door
note which only too clearly con-
firmed her suspicious.
You have been staying in this
house under false pretenses," was
the message of this woman who
lives in the twentieth century, "and
L shall have to have your room at
the end of the week.
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The Passing of the Johnny
BY FLORENZ ZIEGFELD, Jr.
Acknowledged Arbiter of Feminine Beauty

Copyright
YUNWENTY a
friend beautie of
there a
the
said mote to the telephon
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SOCIETY GIRLS ENTER
IN THE COMPETITION.

-" SoA"A
1 will tell you another reason why
the stagedoor Johnny passed as rap.
idly as he did,~and why, accordingly.
the dignity of the chorus beauty's
profession has risen to it's present
generally accepted heights-Brook-
lyn landladies and Main Streets"
lodging houses Notwithstanding.
Long ago the great rival for the at
tention Of a stagedoor Johnny-the
smart society girl-began to worry
about Johnny spending so much of
his time with the old-time chorus
beauties.
Theeociety girl, i'm New York. Chit
cago, San Francisco and every city
in between deliberately set out to
study the reasons for the chorus
beautieS popularity. She found that
ii attracted this type of men to he
gay, and the more daring society
girls thereupon began to grow less
conventional.
They began to smoke. They took
to the cocktail. They took up eager
ly the latest dance indiscretions from
Paris. They showed their pique at
chorus beauties in the very cut of
their clothes. So that today what IS
the result?
Nowadays, as everyone knows. the
society girl sometimes IL faster"
more Sophisticated, infinitely more
daring than her sister on the stage.
No, the stagedoor Johnny has long
since departed from the theatrical
world. and If he survives at alias
some people affirm Is likely---he
must be reincarnated in the form OF
the gay young blood who hangs on
at our wealthy country houses,
sporting clubs and dances of the
rich. For I am sure that this gen
tleman does no longer seek the favor
OF the chorus beauty.
How do chorus beauties dictate
the styles to modish American
women?
How did the extreme short skirt
originator
who starts the freak fads Hike the
ankle bracelet and tho swagger stick
for girlss
These and many other questions
will he answered In Mr.. Ziesfeld's
rrv' nrti"lc, entitled How Rcauty
Sets the Styies''--a discussion which
, wiz he Of particular interest to
women. II will appear IN next Sun
days Washington Times.
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LEADING FAMu les
OF SOUTH SENDING
Girl S TO CHORUS

Ideas of Public Concerning Stage
Folk Not Confined to Provincial Towns
Bigoted Brooklyn Landlady Shows Some of
Unjust Handicaps That Confront Honest
and Industrious Play-WorId People Who
Seek Respectable Homes.
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salary while rehearsing-an I'M
heard OF thing twenty years ago.
When she goes on the road she Is
apt to be paid more than when in
long stand" in a single city. And
she is treated as laborer worthy
of her hire. Moreover, as I have
pointed out in previous article,
the chorus beauty can add rapidly
to her salary.
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SOCIETY GIRL NOW
OFTEN MORE DARING
THAN CHORUS BEAUTY

articles by Forenz Zegfed, world
theatrical producer the real truth about the American
chorus revealed for the first time Mr. Zegfeld
when that the public dwell
ing completely deusons regarding type Of
ular entertainer much in the public
Previous articles have told where the chorus beauties from
how they selected for their jobs how they keep beautiful
the of fascination the tired business 1t thu
authors contention that the American steadily
in modesy beauty today the
of charm through personality vvacy through
appeal
The articles constitute what probably the authoritative
treatise feminine beauty the public The!
will continue Sunday Washington
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BEHIND THE SCENES i'm BEAUTYLAND WITH FLOREflZ ZE
PASSING OF THE STAGEDOOR JOHNNY AND THE MOD


Bold, indeed,
must be
the man who
would dare
to loiter at
the stage door
entrance to
accost this
patician
beauty whose
wealth and
: social position
are two
barriers, but
whose self
respect,
modesty,
culture and
refinement
are even
more
efectual
in hating
approaches.
by strange
admirers.
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BEAUTY STOOD IN WAY
IN HER STRUGGLES.

,Johnnyisn.
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HEAD
DECLARES TEAM
|SN0TF0RS SALE
President Baker Emphatically
Denies Oil Men Are
Negotiating.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. s.-'The
Philadelphia National League ball
club is not for sale and you will do me
a favor II you will put great emphasis
on this point"
Baker used forceful language in
denying the reports at .his office.
THE stories being circulated in the
newspapers now about the sale of this
hall club are absolutely without foun-
dation. Yesterday I read that / was
in conference with men by the names
OF Wolfe and Reich here in my office,
on Saturday afternoon. ! did not have
talk with these men here or any
place. In fact, l have yet to be intro
duced TO these gentlemen.
81 now am in control OF this club
and my word ts final. The franchise
ls not for sale, and will not be placed
on the marker until il is q winner. ]
would not consider selling until l had
experienced the happiness of a team in
first division, and I doubt IL l would
let go then, for there il considerable
pleasure in having a winner and |
might want to hold on. II I do sell
at that time the figures would have
TO be large"
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ALEXAST|RL|NC
TRANSATLANTIC
Of MISS EE|TCH
American Golfer Declares Wom-
on Abroad Were Sim
ply Better

NEW YORK, Aug. o,--"They were
simply better than / was" today said
Mrs. Alexa Stirling, who returned to
America late Monday, and I failed to
win just because of that, but / had
the time Of my life"
The American woman golf champion
was not in the least depressed over
her failure to win the British or
French golf championships and she
expressed the hope that she will get
another chance to go abV'ad looking
for honors on the links.
Miss Cecil Leitch and her sister.
Edith, a mighty fine golfer. and Miss
Doris Chambers are coming over for
the Canadian and American champion
ships" said Miss Stirling. I'm Miss
Leitch Americans will see wonderful
woman player, a marvellous driver and
a player who does almost as well on
the putting green's as she does with
her driving irons"
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TAGGING AL THE BASES

Two more games with the Brownies,
today and tomorrow.
Thursday and Friday viii be open
dates for the Griffs. On Friday they
play an exhibition at Richmond.
Hughey Duffy brings his Boston
Red Sox here Saturday for two days.
Then the Griffmen leave for st. Louis.
After touring the West and calling
upon the Mackmen and Yankees, the
Griffs will open their final home stay
on August 80.
Frank Ellerbe is cheered every time
he comes to bat. Many fans still be.
Hank Shanks, which Is not so. There
was no place for him here, that's all.
The Griffmen are all for him.
Tommy Connolly, the American
Leagues veteran arbitrator, gives a
good account of himself whenever he
works behind the bat. His work yes
terday on balls and strikes was per.
feet.
Lee Foil, the st. Louis manager,
has already signed up for the coming
season and is now planning for the
1922 campaign. He has the markings
of contender in his Brownies and
may fool the wise ones next season.
Skillet Finn sat in the pest box yes.
tsTuay. TOT n WniIe ne was ufeau'
fully nervous when foul balls came
back against the screen. In the eighth
inning he discovered a heavy screen
between his dogs and the fouls. Then
he was content. Bum dogs explain
many things.
Shawkey let the White Sox down
with four hits In the first game, but
Hoyt was touched up for nine and a
defeat in the second encounter with
the Yanks.
The even break was a blow to New
York as the Indians trimmed Phila-
delphia twice and regained the league
lead. Coveleskie and Sothoron pitched
for the worlds champions.
Everett Scott made a home run in.
side the grounds/At Fenway Park with
McInnis on base. 1t was Boston's
eighth straight victory over Detroit.
McQuillen forced in a run in the
tenth inning and gave the Cardinals q
victory against the Braves.
Jess Winters got no support from
the Phillies and the Reds took the
game easily.
The Dodgers are making life miser-
able for Pittsburgh. Burleigh Grimes
did bit of worlds series pitching, let
ting the Pirates down with six hits.
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Recent results on Eastern tennis
courts have somewhat complicated
the task OF the nominating committee.
The defeat OF both Tilden and VIII
liams by Young Vincent Richards at
Providence caused the tennis solons TO
sit up and take notice.
Al Newport Williams came back,
defeating Richards handily. only to
be beaten in turn by Watson Wash
burn. who capped his performance by
adding the scalp of the veteran VIII
liam NJ. Johnston TO his string.
Willis Davis. the San Francisco
star, and a player deserving serious
consideration in the Davis cup selec.
ton, has also met defeat since COM
ing East, so the work before the com
mittee is something Of a puzzle.
Four players are TO be selected 10
defend the cup. IL there were five
instead, the team selections would be
much easier. as IL would no doubt
consist OF Tilden, Johnston, Richards,
Williams and Washburn.
The sole difficulty. then, apparently
rests with the elimination of one man
and in this respect the defeat of Rich.
ards by Williams at Newport may
count against the young star because
of Williams ability TO come back and
his greater experience.
1t has been considered practically
certain all along that Tilden and John
ston, whose great playing enabled the
Americans to bring the Davis cup
back to this country, were sure TO be
named. Neither of these players is
exhibiting his best form at present
Tilden's playing. in particular, has
been away off color. But there is
much time before the challenge round
will be played and both of these vet
Grams will be enabled to ct into theil
strides by September 2.
The playing of Washburn, who i:
now in top form, indicates that tn,
committee cannot pass him up. snC
as a result tennis devotees are predict
ing that the team will be composed
entirely of veteran players.
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Ruth's two homers made off
Weinecke and Kerr OF the White
Sox, made him even with his 1920
record and he cannot fall behind
again until August IA, the date of his
forty second homer last year, made
off Shaw at Washington.
With five days to go, it appears
fairly certain that Ruth will keep up
with his record and, even though he
fails, there is better than an even
chance that he will forge ahead in
the long run, for in 1920 his forty
fifth and forty-sixth homers were
not made until September 4, off
Jones and Bush in Boston.
During the next two weeks the
Yankees will be up against pitching
that Ruth should be able to hit for
home-run swats. New York will play
the Athletics, Brown and White Sox,
in the order named. after leaving the
Polo Grounds, and if Ruth fails TO
keep even or ahead OF his 1920 rec
ord he will have to fall into a slump.
The hittin3 of the big left-hander
this season has been as clean and as
versatile as ever. He doesn't seem
to care what kind of pitching he goes
up against. He hits right and left
handlers with equal ease and IL any
thing, he is getting more distance
out Of his hits than ever before.
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WHAT BABE RUTH
DID AT BAT
FIRST GAME.
White Sox at Polo Grounds.
Total homers, Al.
Total homers OF career, IA.

FIRST GAME.
White Sox at Polo Grounds.
Total homers, Al.
Total homers Of career, 144
FIRST GAME.
FIRST INNING-Score: White Sox.
o; Yankees, 0. Winecke pitching. None
out. Miller on second, Peckinpaugh
on first. Foul, ball inside: foul, strike
two; forced Peckinpaugh at second on
an attempted sacrifice, taking third
on Bakers single to right.
THIRD INNING-Score: Yankees.1
White Sox, 0. Winecke pitching. None
out. Peckinpaugh on first. Foul; ball
wide; ball two. wide; ball three, high
foul, strike two; Ruth hit terrific drive
into the upper grand stand for a home
run, scoring Peckinpaugh ahead of
him.
FOURTH INNING-Score: Yankees,
4; White Sox, 0. Hodge pitching. None
out. Miller on third, Peckinpaugh on
first. Strike, called; fouled to catcher.
SEVENTH INNING-Score: Yam.
KEGS, 8; White Sox, 0. Hodge pitch
ing. Ruth first up; strike, swung; at.
tempted bunt, ball wide; beat out bunt
to third, taking second on Bakers out,
going to third on Meusel's out; scoring
on Pipp's single to center.
EIGHTH INNING-Score: Yankees,
Z; White Sox, 0. Hodge pitching. Two
out; Peckinpaugh on first. Ball, in
side; ball two. wide; strike, called:
fouled to catcher. Summary-At bat
five times. Runs, two; hits, two.
SECOND GAME.
FIRST INNING-Score: White Sox,
8; Yankees, o. Kerr pitching. Two
out; bases empty. Ball. inside. Ruth
hit tremendous wallop for home run
into right field bleachers. Was his
seventh off Kerr.
THIRD LNNING-score: White
Sox. 4; Yankees, 2. Kerr pitching.
One out. Miller on second. Ruth
grounded out TO Collins, Miller taking
third.
FIFTH INNING-Score: white So1,
4: Yankees, 3. Kerr pitching: one out;
bases empty. Ball. wide: ball two,
low; ball three, low; strike, called;
walked; out stealing.
EIGHTH INNING-score: white
Sox, 5; Yankees. 3. Faber pitching.
Ruth first up. Ball, wide; strike, foul
flied TO left.
NINTH INNING-Score. White Sox,
8; Yankees, 4. Faber pitching. Two
out; Miller on second. Peckinpaugh
on first. Ruth Intentionally passed,
filling bases. Summary-At bat three
times. Runs, one; hits, one.
<Scepyrisht 1871. Al Munro ElisD