The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-28
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) SALLY RAND's OWN STORY
Fan Dancer Tells
How To Lose
Your Shirt
BY SALLY RAND
Written for The Waterbury Demo-
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For several years they've been
billing me as q sort Of Babson Of
the Bubble-Dance, the fan-waving
financier. I took it big. didn't
see then that l was about to lose
my shirt.
Shucking off a garment or two
now and then is nothing in my
young life. But losing your shirt
is something else again.
1t isn't the first time it happened
to me. When my bank folded in
1888 it squeezed to death all the
savings had up TO that time.
The success I've had since, which
built all that reputation as the
Tycoon of Terpischore, came, dur
ing the last six years. Now can
start over again. And I will.
NOT EVEN
A ROLLS-ROYCE
Some of the writer's made me out
a sort of combination of Hetty
Green and Salome. l was supposed
to have thousands of acres of land,
and insurance annuity contracts by
the bale.
l was supposed to have the first
nickel I ever earned, tied up in
blue baby-ribbon. Well, however
much of that may have been true
last August, it isn't true now.
No stocks, no automobiles, no
Dolls nVnn
just $8067,30 worth Of clothes and
Jewels, for even a fan-dancer has
to have clothes for leisure moments.
NY creditors are trying to squeeze
S64,638 out of that.
According to all the stories about
me as a financial genius, ought
to be able to help them, but I can't.
Where did it all go? l don't know.
Where's Guy Kibbee's hair?
FIRST YOU GET
THE S174,SS0
So overnight turn from an ex-
pert in How to Make a Million"
into an expert on How to Go
Bankrupt, in One Easy Lesson
And it is easy, really it is. Here are
some of the things you can do to
help:
First, you take in $74830 from
the Nude Ranch at the Golden
Gate Exposition. Then you add an
other 100000 by night club appear
ances. This provides the money to
60 broke with. If you haven't got
that, you don't go broke. you just
are broke. I've been there both
ways.
Then you open, at tremendous
expense, q show called Gay Paree,
at an exposition which suddenly
decides to close IS days ahead Of
time.
PROVIDE DOORS FOR
CREDITORS TO BEAT
This enables you to take in just
Sl46 net before the doors close
and the creditors begin beating on
them.
You pay good salaries to the
flock Of girls who work In your
concessions. Knowing that you are
lucky yourself, you try to be gen.
erous to everybody. You keep your
shows changing, and costume them
lavishly.
Somehow you will find that 1t
goes out faster than it comes in,
and before you can say Lady Go
diva it's all over.
But I've been broke before. I've
slept on a bench in Central Park,
and 7 worked as cigaret girl
wnen ! was 49,
JEWELRY RESTS
WITH UNCLE
I've drawn 100000 into the box
offices during the past six years.
Some have claimed I was a mil
lionairess
wouldn't know about that May
be a million has passed through my
hands, but people forget the ex-
penses that go with these big SAL
aries. Usually the whole cost OF
my production and troupe came out
Of those big salaries.
AL know is that my best
jewelry is with Uncle in New York,
and that have more pawn tickets
than platinum right now.
Going broke on $174,830 a year?
It's easier than getting the $l74,830
In the first place!
Fan nah browl