The Washington times., 1922-05-22
A Graphic Story of Metropolitan Stage
Life and Beautiful Girls
Great Sacrifice.

productions thls summer, rope
had undertaken series Of maga-
zine articles descriptive of the
reisnins theatrical beauties, and.
while he detested women in gen.
eral and the painted favoritss OF
Broadway in particular, he had
forced himself to write the COM
mon laudatory stuff which the
public demanded. Only once had
he given free rein to HE inclin.
atoms and written with q poison
ed pen. Tonight, however, a. he
entered the stage door Of Berg
mans Circuit Theater. it was
with a different intent.
Regan, the stage-door tender,
better known since his vaudeville
days as The Judge" ahswered
his greeting with q lugubrious
shake Of a bald head.
Same Old Trouble.
I'm a sick man. Mr.. Pope.
Same old trouble"
I've come to interview one 81
Bergman's types; that new
beauty, Miss knight. 10 she
here YETI"
Sure; her and the back.drop,
too, She carries the old woman
for scenery" Mr.. Reesn took
the callers card and shuffled
away leaving Pope to watch the
stream Of performers as they
entered and made for their
quarters. There were many
women in the number. and all OF
them were pretty. Most OF them
were overdressed In the extremes
OF fashion; a few quietly garbed
: ladies and gentlemen entered the
lower dressing rooms reserved for
the principals.
Through Pope's column att.n.
ton had been focused upon Berg.
mans latest acquisition; and once
New York had paused to look
carefully at this fresh young new.
conner, her fame had spread. But
he had never met the girl herself.
and he wondered idly what effect
success had had upon her. A
total absence OF scandal had
argued against any previous
theatrical experience.
Meanwhile Pope exchanged
greetings with the star-a clear.
eyed man with the face of a
scholar and the limbs Of an ath.
lete. The latter had studied for
the law; he had the drollest legs in
the business. and his salary exceed
ed that Of Supreme Court Justice.
They were talking when Mr.. Re.
gan returned to tell the inter.
viewer that he would be received.
Pope followed to the next floor
and entered a brightly lighted,
overheated dressing-room. where
Lorelei and her mother were wait.
ing. II was a gIarins. stuffy cub
by-hole ventilated by means Of the
hall door and a tiny window open.
ing from the lavatory at the rear.
Along the side ran mirrors, be-
meath which was fixed . wide
makeup shelf.
From the ceiling depended sew.
eral unshaded incandescent globes
which flooded the place with a
desert heat and radiance. An at
tempt had been made to give the
room at least q semblance Of cool.
ness by hanging an attractiveiy
figured cretonns over the entrance
and over the wardrobe hooks fixed
in the rear wall: but the result was
hardly successful. The same ma
terial had been utilized to cover the
shelves. which we're Uttered with
bewilderins assortment OF makeup
tins, cold-cream cans. rouge and
powder boxes. whitening bottles.
wig blocks, and the multifarious
disordered accumulttions Of a
dressins.room.
The walls were half hidden be.
hind photographs, impeled upon
pins, like chronological specimens;
photographs were thrust into the
mirror frames and they were prop.
ped against the heaps Of tins and
boxes or hidden beneath the con-
fusion OF toilet articles. But the
collection was not limited to his
variey OF specimen. One ssctien
Of the wall vas devoted 10 teie-
graph and cable forms. bearing
messages OF fsiioitation.
CTo BE Continued Tomorrcwl