The Washington herald., 1922-02-15
ESTIMATES 800
CHORUS JOBS ARE
SOUGHT BY 1900
Theatrical Historian Says
IA Boarding Houses
Are Bankrupt.
By o. o. McINryRE.

NEW York, Feb. 14.-Au astute
thsatricai historian estimates that
io'ooo chorus girls are daily making
the rounds of-the agencies In Man
hattanl seeking work. To see them
tripping in. and out the elevators
one might imagine them surginy with
= new found happlness--lnstead OF
Their pompous fronts and painted
eharms have weathered the Rialto,.
severest storm. There win NOT he
more than 900 chorus girls needed for
the seasons future productions
Gus.
The chorus girls know this. Life
mas caught Nhem with the make-up
on. unbeaten and unafraid. The other
gay one thinly clad girl. tortured
ano worn by the ceaseless quest for
work, dropped into a doctors office
during the heavy snowfall.
what you need" he said kindly.
rs long rest"
isn't that nice?" she replied.
Know any more jokes, doctor. "
Then she went white and slumped
70 the moor. Revived. she told her
story. Two weeks work all season.
FAMILY dependent upon her.. The
oHy arucie OF clothing left were the
dress and Jacket she wore. So sbs
smoked a cigaretts, laughed from the
lips outward and went out into the
storm.
Fourteen women who conduct
theatrical boarding houses in the
Forties have gone into bankruptcy
since the first OF the year. One of
them Is the widow OF a well known
race track book-maker and a former
member OF burlesque chorus.
she pawned her fur coat and sold
ner electric runabout to keep her
place going. For twenty years" she
said. I have trusted chorus girls and
have never lost but IS, and that was
because the girl who owed II to me
was killed in a train wreck"
He Is the original Dumb Dora's
brother-a reigning member of the
Sapp family When he got out of
college an uncle gave him a lob IN
a concern doomed to an early demise
and paid him a few dollars a week
and the rest in stock.
through a freak fortune the con-
cern prospered and became great.
The young man found that in his
nrst year OF toll he was really max
Ing $4,000 a week based on the pres-
ent value Of the stock. He rode on
top wave to success and at 80 is
a multi-millionaire and as popular as
the boll-weevil.
Just now he Is using the golden
Hood to oil his way into society. He
gives taily-ho parties. buys out sup
per clubs for the noght and has had
mixed crowd as guests. Two
chorus ladies had never heard of
him.
where did he come from. asked
one.
'T don't know" said the other but
think from a long line Of maiden
aunts."
The resourcefulness of the actor
when props" go wrong or lines for
got is glorif1ed in many stories and
songs. Frank Condor, the magazine
writer. tells Of an Uncle Toms cabin
show where Simon Legree was facing
Lawyer Marks and his deadly der
ringer. Twice Marks snapped the
trigger but the gun failed to work.
Legree finally clutched at his throat,
fell forward crying: MY God! That
old heart troubler'
Here Is a comedian on and off,
A vaudeville actor was arrested for
doing a few impromptu steps in
front of an all-night store on Tenth
avenue. He had been imbibing
deep Of potent toilet water.
what did they charge you
with" asked a friend next day,
"Fragrancy." was the snappy re-
Vanity costs New Yorkers millions
a year yet the queerest slant on this
all too human trait was .evealed to
me by a head-waiter. He picks up
many ten dollar bills from what he
calls name nobs." Men who have
never been to his cafe call around
and present themselves before the
evening dinner. They slip the head
waiter ten dollar bill to call them
by name when they enter with their
party.