The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-21
CHAPTER l

iris in my New York Van
~ tiles" are known as "the most
beautiful girls in the world" 1t is,
of course, a misnOmer. All Of
them are beautiful. Some may be
among the worlds great beauties.
But all of the beautiful women i'll
the world are not in the Van
tiles" My girls are the most beau
tiful showgirls it is possible to
find.
When l went to Hollywood for
Paramount's filmization Of Muir
der at the VanitieS," took with
me eleven girls from the New
York show. 1 saw, in Hollywood,
many girls who were every bit as
beautiful. Some of these will be
seen in my next "Vanities," as 1
have made them attractive offers.
That is why the girls in my
show are the cream Of the show
girl crop. They are offered big
ger salaries, more opportunities,
and finer surroundings than in
any other show Consequently.
only the most beautiful girls
available have a chance to get in.
Annually I interviewed between
5000 and. 1000 girls to select from
forty to sixty for our chorus. With
such wide field to select from,
the ultimate winners naturally
are of extraordinary beauty.
I have no set standards, as far
as physical measurements go. In
order to get into the "Vanities"
a girl need only be beautiful,
IN order to facilitate my selec-
Il tions, I have, through eleven
years of the "Vanities," evolved a
point system that enabled me, and
my assistants, to eliminate quickly
those girls who have no chance
to be chosen.
I divide a girls personality and
physique into ten qualities. These
include features, hair, teeth,
hands, coloring, texture of skin,
feet, proportions, general physique
and animation. Allowing 10 per
cent to each quality, 1 quickly
eliminate those of low average.
I carefully avoid selecting any
particular type of beauty. never
have seen a perfect beauty, and
do not believe there is such
thing, for a perfect beauty would
please all types of men and wom-
en-, and I do not believe this pos
Sible.
DEAUTY is ths5 which delights
ID the eye, and a girl whom 1
find pleasing may not be at all
attractive to you, while your ideal
might not please me.
Beauty of face is the first thing
I look for in a candidate. Second
ly 1 look for beauty of figure. 1t
a girl can pass these tests, 1 next
test he'd grace of movement, and
lastly her personality.
I gradually eliminate the large
group, through five or six days,
till not more than $50 girls re-
main, and from this collection
select the girls for the show.
I never select a girl instantly,
if she is alone, for beauty is al
ways comparative. A girl must be
seen among a group of girls be-
fore adequate judging Of her
beauty is done. She might be the
most beautiful among six, or even
a dozen, but among fifty, she
might not be noticed.
MANY of my girls have partic-
WI ularly beautiful features, but
it is the ensemble, the whole,
that really counts. Beautiful eyes
alone, or a beautiful mouth, do
not make a girl beautiful. Her
other features must be good too.
All of our girls are not beauti-
full when they come to us. FIRE.
quently we see possibilities OF
beauty, which, under proper de-
velorment treatment, come to the
surface.
I do not mean makeup alone,
by this, for I consider too much
artifcialty a great crime against
natural beauty.
But we do have in our theater
our own beauty experts, cos
meticians, hairdresserS, costume
designers and others who can I'M
cover and develop beauty, and
display it to its greatest advan-
tage.
Next-The girl with the per-
feet eyes.