The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1921-04-02
CHORUS GIRLS SHAPELY
ANKLES CHARM LONDON
BY Lloyd Allen
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

London. (By Mail. )-Slender an.
kles, after all, are the best diplomacy
And the American chorus girls, who
have been imported here, are cement
ing Anglo-American understanding in
a way undreamt of by ambassadors
and such.
In the League of Notions" c. B
Cochran's latest theatrical produc.
tlon, there are ten of them; and Eng.
hshmen, who as a rule are net lavish
IN their use of superlatives, describe
them as the "willowiest, lissomest
and gracefullest girls" who ever glid.
ed across London's "boards." MOI
only English men but English wo.
men, too, are You'd in their EXPIRES.
sions of admiration of American type
of womanhood, which differs quite q
lot from the English product. Coch.
ran has been particularly happy in
his selection, and his American girls
conforming as they do to the "Kirsch.
ner" type-tall and slender-make
striking contrast to the "petite'
English girls who are part and parcel
of the same show.
|. While American chorus girls, with.
out exception, are tremendously pop.
ular with audiences-they cause the
management one or two geXtra grey
hairs on account of the unpunctua!ity J
during rehearsals. From inquiries
made of various theatrical managers
who have young Americans under
their wing, it would seem that usual.
ly they come to England with a glor.
ious anticipation of being thoroughly
spoilt. Hence, they begin by turn.
ing up late for rehearsals and proceed
to overstay their lunch hour. At the
first managerial reprimand they raise
supercilious eyebrows; at the second
they are prettily penitent; but at the
third they began to realize that the
manager means business, and reform
accordingly.
However, the conquest of London
has not been left to American chorus
girls only. Those "stars" which AM
erica has spared from her own great
armament are shining brightly over
there.
The Dolly Sisters and the Trix Sis
tiers are making hit, while the two
biggest successes of the past season
were Paddy the Next Best Thing" In
which Edith Day scored such a 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 immune from
the American lure. At recent
dance of Lady Lavery the TriX Sis
ters were sorted out by the Prince
of Wales for special attention. He
danced with one of them and in
sisted on hearing excerpts from their
"act t"-and went on applaudng 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 ba' ',rc in, the
American demonstratcr is - the fore.
At the Savoy Hotel, Len1:a Hug hes
with her partner, Maurice, held the
huge ball room spellbound each
many Londoners went
just to watch them dance without
any Intention of joining in the
whirling throng themselves
Elsie Janis makes q musical COM
plant, entitled Its All Wrong" at
the Queens theater-and while this
finds little favor with Americans in
the aVdience, Londoners clap and en-
core and pronounce it "Fine!"
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 Ameri-
can Company" are practically GER
tain to play to a full house.