South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-24
ID remoter ancestors we're native
Beauty Through the Mail.

and remoter ancestors were native
Americans.
Beauty Through the Mail.
Here is a striking fact. Our
strictly American girls offer a great
er number OF types Of beauty-mOre
varieties Of charm-than any ouner
nationality in the world. You would
agree with me If you could go over
my mail which pours in from ham
I let, village and industrial center the
nation over. and see the photographs
Of stage-struck girls anxious to be
come Marilynn Millers.
There are rugged. bold-chinned
beauties from the mountains and
ranches Of the Rockies. There are
the langUishing types from the south
who are "just dying to see New York
because Cousin Amy saw the Follies
last month and thinks 1 would make
a right smart chorus girl"
There are the pathetic photo
graphs that come with letters from
little middle western villages-from
the daughters Of the corner druggist
or grocer:
and don't you think. Mr.. Zieg-
field, they conclude after five pages
OF rambling of themselves. that
considering my experience in the
choir and stage presence which my
high school recitations have given
me. that 1 could stand a good chance
in your company"
All this being pinned to a much
thumbed snapshot photograph OF a
sweet-faced "fapper" so young that
the Gerry society wouldn't allow her
on the stage.
If you are a theatrical producer
Of musical shows. however. you can't
afford not 10 wade through your ap-
plications and their photographs. no
matter how busy you are. I recall
number Of particularly striking
girls who have been discovered in
this way in recent years.
one morning. two years ago. IS
was going through what seems 70
be an interminable mass OF letters
and photographs fresh from the
mails. my attention was arrested by
n strikingiy pretty girlish face.
From the description OF her height
and weight given in the letter which
accompanied the photograph,
Judged that she was of the dancing
girl type. I read the letter and then
made a few notes on my memoran-
dunn pad, so that I might keep her
in mind.
The upshot OF this letter was that
Rita Otis came from her little Ohio
town and soon was accepted for a
position In the chorus Of a show.
She made good and is now an unuer-
study 20 a principal
Billie Dove is another instance.
She came from Pennsylvania and ap-
piled for a position by letter. After
some corresponding we interviewed
her and gave her a position in the
Midnight FrOlic. where she made
good as a dancer. She IS an inter
esting type OF brunette beauty.
Il Is a large country, the United
States. and there are a good many
thousand hne-lOOking girls scattered
throughout Il - OF all types, in
al circumstances OF life. To gs,
beautiful girls Is not 30 hard as o.
get girls who have beauty plus per
sonality, vivacity. and dancing abll-
IT,.
Sources Of Beauty Supply.
I watch all sorts OF sources for "a
supply OF <. - q this rare KInc
There are the newspaper and maya
zine beauty contests. which may un-
earth some bewitching face in the
most obscure corner. There are tbs
motion pictures Many girls are nov
entering the chorus from the movie
field. thus reversing the order o.
/ things several years ago. when there
was something OF an exodus from.
! the stage 20 the film. The reason
FOR this change, OF course. IS thal
the movies have ceased 70 be such
| prolific producers.
And 50 II goes. year in and year
out, With the theatrical producers
and directors who are continually
searching for beauty. For the one
I girl unearthed from obscurity. how
ever. there are 500 who are actively
] seeking a chorus career. I have
had as many as 5000 girl april