The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-22
In New York

New York Tastes have changed since the late Texas Gui- nan used to plead with Broadway ho.-spotterS to give her little girls great big hand. These evenings,
 in the>clubs and at the revues, big girls are getting the applause.
 They're taller, at least, and are equipped with more contours than chorus girls have been in a long time. Diets aren't nearly so strin-
 gent, a fact doubtless noticeable to every stage-door John, Dick and
 Harry who takes a languorous lass
 out to dinner. Dance directors
 are pleased with the new vogue
 because they've found that nor mal-figured chorines can work faster and longer than thin ones. This isn't a forecast of the re- turn of the old-time spear-carrf- CTS, who reached amazonian chest dimensions of 45 inches and strained the scales at 1S0 pounds. All I mean is that chorus girl who dances may weigh up to 120 pounds, be 5 feet inches in height, and have 35-inch chest and hip measurements. The show girl, who isn't expected to do any thing but walk with reasonable grace, comes larger. The Casino de Paree revue-an entourage, fn- cidentally, which is going on tour | in a few weeks-has couple of dozen show girls ranging from Practically all the choruses be- ing selected are classified anatomi- cally as good. big mediums" 4c of of 1aocf 5 feet inches, busts of at least 34 inches, waists of 25-26 inches. hips 35 inches and ankles inch | es Not Junoesque, exactly. but | certainly a change from only a 1 few years ago, when 5 feet inch
 es was the desired height and 100
 pounds a fair weight. 4ss.
 Geological Dramaturgy
 Judging from the new play titles | Broadway dramatists must have | been hanging around zoos for in- | spiration. The rumor got around some time ago that certain opus | would be called "Forty-nine Dogs | in a Meathouse." The report Is
 true, and it will be produced soon
 by Frank Merlin Thomas
 Mitchell has announced a show
 called Two Bones and a Dog" | And Tom Weatherly, who hates to be bested at anything, has decided l to call his new Sam Hellman play
 "Three Mad Monkeys in Mortu-
 ary'' .. Others of the seasons offerings ' i'll be "The Man in the | Zoo", "The Lion and the Lizard's,
 Goat Without Horns, and .'The | Rats of Norway" Broadway
 already is going to see "The Red l Cat" and Alley Cat'. And from
 Pittsburgh comes word that Chic
 Sale has opened there in Shu- 1 bert production titled "Elepehant
 on His Hands"
 l Furniture Bargains
 Mediocre plays in bewildering I number have descended on the rialto lately. and while the critics | are busy at their lamenting and | the customers are staying away in droves, certain people read the un- I favorable reviews with avidity and gladness. They're the ghoulish bar gain-hunters who thrive on dra-
 matic misfortune by buying up the furniture, rugs and other props l used on stages. gs
 A few of them. of course, make
 a business of it. But mostly they are poor young couples who get about with the theater crowd and thus have advance knowledge of | whitening productions. They go to bad plays and sit( hawk-like, in the front row as they examine the pieces on the stage. Then when they hear that a show is about to
 close they telephone the producer and say: "I'll give you $15 for that brown rug. $20 for the leath-
 CT chair. and SIS for the chaise lounge" Usually the owner is
 willing to sell rather than. put the | furniture in storage for an indef-
 mite time.