The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 24, 1902, Page 10

pardon. What a foolish Of cours u have been struck and all that. Wbt E ark of real roms Did out your ambition? is not for you unless you aidn’t, and you won't the Tivo Opera-h: anager end musical director have been rehearsing eager applicants for a chance to sing in grand opera. While at Fisch- er's there is a perpetual stream of stage- dens, all thoroughly convinced can create a sensation if the ed managers can only be in- to give them the slightest oppor- These rehearsals are productive of much using, more that is pathetic and Je that is absolutely instructive— age-struck maidens will ever take se rehearsals nearly al- ways end the same way, one that was held & few mornings ago will serve as a 4 illustration. & gesture indicative of satisfac- he stage manager signaled the o cease playing and’ turned tc ung woman who had been who leaned forward ir eagerness to learn his verdl v is excellent—clear, rich and ntary murmurs from the other applicants for nding near.) concerned”— 'you apparently Splendid hest deep; face full and pro- lers straight and all meas. stendard. But let me repeated the pretty young zled, half amazed. “Is ure of the chorus girls’ vo- ves,” replied the manager de that brooked no contro- r most effective set smile bring yous-#eeth into ished and not & Mttle fright- ected demand the pretty attempted a faclal conto: supposititious joy. The ants watched ‘her experi- The stage manager e sald telde.y. “Teeth ve good teeth to make a elf in the front row. Go ntist. Tell him to bulld He'll know what you er had anything to do rehearsal proceeded 1 the long line of ap- without finding & it. At Fischer's be surprised at how much mile counts in a chorus Jim Leahy, brother manager of the Tivo. rect the tour of Ferris e comic opera company opera season is on re surprised to see how who apply to us for a the chorus have or even a passably gly teeth make an ugly there is nothing more audience. od teeth, prominently those faclal contortions osed to express transitory ster character, and if our audiences are are not getting beauty for which msnager of this thea- Kreling, the proprietor 1d have every girl in ty. Oh, I think so pleasing as a pretty her they could opera company e st essential,” went with good veoices numerous than handsome should know how t form of act- ile, because there are There is the insinu- speculative "smile, the knowing smile, the a mirthless, of smile indicative of s of human emo- ith poor teeth can- hope to reproduce with pleasing effect. Indeed, the girl with a pretty and expressive mouth 1s a rarty." Thus it will be seen that the Gentist has come to be a most impdrtant factor in the chorus girls’ career. Few, indeed, are the singers whose visible molars and incisors are sufficlently perféct or in ‘suf- ficlent repair to add a charm to their emiles, and there is no getting away from the fact that an effective smile is as much to be desired\on the operatic and burlesque stage, so far as it relates to the chorus, as a good voice or charm of face and figure. Many and many & young woman who posresses a voice of acceptable quality is refused work in the choruses of the big opera and musical comedy companies merely because hér teeth are bad and not susceptible to dental amendment. “It is a fact,” says Manager Fried- lander of Fischer's Theater, “that none of our chorus girls minus the toothful smile are permitted in the front rows. ‘We must have it. Our patrons insist upon it, and we have gathered from our ex. perience since we opened our new theater to burlesque that none other is so last- ingly impressive. “It is true e shapely figurs, & well turned ankle, a handsome face and plump and shapely arms do much to enchant the spectator, but it is the smile, the b THE €UNDAY CALL. witching row of pearly teeth which/com- pletes the canquest. ‘The smile without them, especially the set and studied smile essential to th stege, is like unto the incandescent elec tric lamp with the power turned oft There is character as well as humo" in a smile and the chorus girl who know how to smile will never have reason 1 complain of lack of employment, for it is very nearly the whole secret of suc- cess on the stage. 3 “So we always say: Young ladies, practice smilles and make sure that you o mnot neglect your dentist. Keep your teeth white and repair every ravage of time immediately ‘and you may all reach the prima donna pinnacle while in the early stages of youth’s bloom and beauty. ““We have numerous applicants for posi- tlons in the chorus, who so far as voice and physical attributes are concerned are undeniably desirable, but who need dental attention in order to win public atten- tion, 8o we advise them invariably to congult their dentists and have certaln teeth straightened, repaired, removed or substituted according to their very ap- parent need. “What's In a smile is never better fllus trated than on the stage and the con- sclentious stage manager will exert him- self to develop its effectiveness In_ even the most insignificant instance. Nowa- days the man handling a large chorus has to study the psychology of the smile in order to present his people to the best possible advantage. For there are ‘ail kinds of smiles, chief of which, as you may have gathered from the photographs I have used to illustrate this talk, is the quality of toothfulness. ‘“‘Hence it 1s incumbent upon the stage manager to familiarize himself with the fndividuality of each ‘smiler’ in his com- pany and put her forth to the best ad- vantage. There are the languid smile, the hilarious smile, the smile expressive of heaven born innocence, the smile dis- creet and the smile sophisticated, but in ‘Wwhatsoever ethical department the smile may be accredited the dentist is the in- fluence most in evidence.” As an excellent example of the value of a good stage smile is the progress from the ranks of the chorus at the Tivoll to ambitious speaking parts at the Alcazar of Miss Frances Van Rayaegos, Tre g VIZZICAL DML i, Birorg STarReT Fijener) ThARE S AR S R whose smile, gulleless, spontaneous and imitate. Her picture en thim page shows G badan hu'hnmnpthw what excellenl teeth abe bas.