The Washington herald., 1921-10-20
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.Day By Day
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|, NEW YORK. Oct. ie.-At 10
o'clock In the morning-that IL the
cali OF the wild! Twentyeone musi-
cal shows are now being rehearsed
on Broadway and at the hour Of 10
the middle of the night for
some"--the visions Of carefully
9owned. slippered loveliness seep
INTO the side streets for the 1ol
stage entrances.
They bring with them tiny valises
carrying their practice clothes
In the good old days Of the gilded
age, the age Of the popping cork
and scarlet claw, these girls wore
Jersey blouse and bloomers with
black stocking fleeing sedately up
toward the thigh.
But lately the practice costume"
has sloughed of shamefully. Even
from the street--if one stoops to
peeping-may be seen row after
row of dimpled knees. For the re-
hearsing chorus girl now wears
the one-piece bathing suit and no
stockings-just bathing shoes.
The chorus girl game Is the
greatest gambling game In the
world. No wonder their cheeks
have an unnatural flush. the eye q
'mischievous brightness-for who
knows tomorrow may be the day
one is selected to star or asked to
marry a millionaire.
Around 10 o'clock the subways
and surface cars are filled with
these hand-picked beauties. World
weary old men being carried madly
to den, canyon and sky-brushing
office tower peer over the tops of
the market pages-pretend not to
see and SO pretending take in ev-
erything.
Most of US like to josh the chorus
girl and we refuse to take her Sc
riously, but 1T is the pretty chlorine
after all who lures the Nordic dol
lar into box office cages. Silken
shod with dainty heel and ankle
and frou frou swish of shiny lin
gerie. she is the captivating magnet
that makes or breaks q musical
show.
|. Give me a perfect chorus" said
George Lederer, wise in his years,
"and I'll not need a star" The Ten
London Palace Girls came over
from England last year. They were
marvellous to behold in their dances.
Trained to perfection. They were
chorus girls-yet they made an
otherwise poor play a decisive hit.
Alfred Cheney Johnston. the pho
tographer, took a pair OF shoes into
a basement cobbler shop recently
for repairs. 1t was about dusk, and
after talking awhile he started to
leave. The old eobblef came to the
door and saw darkness had de-
scended. As Johnston was about
half way up the stairs the old fell
low called out: Watch out for the
step next to the top. 1t amt
there"
Dreams of Long Ago" he had IL
published chiefly to give intimate
friends autographed copies. He
asked that no effort be made to
push the sale of the song. He was
always bashful and timid about the
beauty of his ballads Of love. Now
that he has gone, Dreams Of Long
Ago" has been taken on the shelf.
The sale since his death has
reached 100000. Few people know
of the opportunities Caruso passed
up to cash in on his fame. One
newspaper syndicate two years be-
fore his death offered him $50, 1000 a
year to draw three sketches a
week. Casuso loved TO sketch. II
would have been play for him, but
he wanted to be best known as a
great tenor.
They arrested a girl In front of
Grand Central who took up a col
lection after ''shimmying and twist
ing" before p crowd. And the
Morning Telegraph suggests she
should not be punished for trying
to turn an honest penny.