South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-24

thousand times in the last % years.
And yet. until now, I have never
taken the trouble TO answer II ex-
cept by saying:
"Oh, from everywhere"
Of course. this ia true. A census
OF all the $1,000 to 10000 chrous
girls I'm the United States would re-
veal tina. every state in the Union
was well represented IN the beauty
crop that claims so large a share
Of attention upon the American
stage each year. But It is possible
20 go further than that and say that
certain sections and particular cities
seem TO furnish an extraordinary
percentage of pretty show girls.
Begin with New York. There Is
a great deal Of popular misconcep-
ton about Father Knickerbocker as
a producer OF chorus beauties.
It Is true Of course, that you will
find many beautiful women In the
millions that are 10 be seen on the
asphalts Of Brooklyn and Manhat-
tan. Personally. 1 do not hesitate to
say that neither Paris, London.
Vienna. Berlin, nor any other great
capital in the world, can equal In
charm of appearance the beautiful
girls YOU can see in the Wall st.
financial section almost any noon Of
the year.
For perfect features, for intelli-
gence and alertness of expression
for verve and personal.ty-a1l of
which so TO make up real beauty.
where can you match them?
The answer is that you can match
them only within the United States.
Do you know the eastern beauty
type? The picture of Pearle Ger
monde Of New York shown on this
page we'll represents 1t.
The middle west? Barbara Dean
Of Cincinnati is worthy of the honor.
You could tell the souths choice
without a label so typical is Emily
Orange of Louisville, Ky.
For the Pacific coast have
chosen Betty Williams, a striking
young woman from San Francisco.
Yet, New York does not yield any
liAOA UOuI III Il NluU VI ElAOIuS
beauties. considering her enormous
population, than Chicago. Cleveland,
Kansas city, or any of the smaller
cities in the great grain belt be-
tween 81. Louis and st. Paul. have
heard it said by men Of wide ex-
perience in musical comedy that
more chorus girls come from Iowa
han from any other state, in pro-
portion to population. and it would
not surprise me if it were so.
But there is a wealth Of beauty
which comes from the Pacific coast
| particularly from San Francisco,
Seattle. Portland and Los Angeles
/ There has been a great influx OF
/ this type Of late years. II will doubt
/ less surprise many also to learn that
| New England, particularly Boston
I furnishes far more pretty girls for
\ the chorus than does the south
| whose bountiful beauty crop fol
many years has been widely her
/ aided.
Direct From Home 10 Stage.
What occupations do the chorus
/ girls come from?
I estimate that fully 40 per cent
| of them have never worked before
when they make their debut before
the footlights. OF these Il veEy large
number are girls who come TO New
York or Chicago from small towns
I to seek their fortunes on the stage.
Many Of the 200 chorus beauties
I'm my various productions have got
ten their first job with me. Marion
| Davies. from Kentucky. one OF the
hits OF the 1916 Follies and now a
film star. was one of this kind
I Emily Orange. of Louisville. a re
cent chorus favorite, had never
worked before she joined my com
pany.
Others who had never been previ-
ously employed are Janet Megrew
who was a society girl of Washing
ton. d. c.; Mary Hay OF Texas. now
q star I'm sally: Betty Williams OF
san Francisco, whose only previous
work had been the organizing OF