New Britain herald., 1929-06-22
F0LES BERGERE
 GROWS HIGH HAT
Society Girls, Titled Misses hoI
 in Partisan ChorcS

Paris, June 23 (UP)-The qual- lty of the chorus is picking up and tho famous Folies Bergere is being stormed by battalions of girls who step out of classrooms and society salons. Pierre Frejol, connoisseur of knees and knuckles who has picked choruses for the Folies for the past 10 years, contends that If he had 10 daughters he would turn them into 10 chorus girls.
 Frejol must be the most en,iea s'tired business man" in the world. He has seen a parade of 20,oO0 am- .hitious girls who have halted before this desk long enough to disrobe -their charms and get a job with the Folies,
 He has seen great change in 10 years. In the old days the chorus was recruited from the boulevard cafes. but nowadays the chorus pays better than the dresmaking shop and every little dressmaker and m'lliner dreams of growing pretty enough to make the Folies.
 He has seen another change. for he contends that women are getting more beautiful and figures becoming more perfect every year. A critic or ipulchritude has his hands full now, M. Frejol contends, and to select 2o0 girls necessary for the Folies chor- uses, he has a hard time elimlnat- ing beauties from the last five hun dred.
 Two Titled Chorines
 The present Folies chorus con- ltains two titled women, daughters iof Russian nobles. several daugh- ,ters of generals, exiled for political reasons from other European coun- tries, and any number of students.
 The students provide the stage with their finest recruits. M. Frejol contends. Girls. tired of class rooms or failing in examinations, find their way to his office, throw their books into a corner, undress and prove their claims to consider ation.
 "All sorts of girls find their way to my office in a years time. from the toughs to the daughters of fine families who seek to hide their real identity while taking a pleasant fling at life from the stage" Frejol told me.
 Some of them suffer stroke or timidity when they reach my office. srow red with shame instead Of un- dressing, finally stVnmer out that they have changed their minds. Others have convinced themselves that they might as we'll get 1t over with now as later, and tear at their clothes like savages as they dis robe.
 Five Points Of Beauty
 "The professional chorus girls dress and undress so many times ill their lives, that it is all in the days work for them. The students often take it as a lark, and many never come back even after they have been accepted. They may simply want to prove to themselves that they could make tho chorus if they wanted to-
 Since the quality picks up and the quantity increases. the pickers of beauty for the Folies. the Casino de Paris, the Moulin Rouge, the Palace and the many concert halls of Paris, can be more particular. They now exact not only pretty fig lures, judged coldly from 8 stand ard based on five points: straight knees, inc lines. slim lower limbs |, fall ssts of teeth and plenty Of chest expansion. but also intelligence. : Folies girls are paid on a grad uated scale in accordance with thelr five-point merits and intelligence ranging from 500 francs month for tho attractive youngsters with predominately fine point or other among the five to 1,500 francs months for a pure Venus with brains.
 Tho quality of the music hall chorus has reached such point that managers are tying up their girls with contracts to prevent them De- tng taken by the opera ballet and by vaudeville booking agents as soon as they learn the ropes.