The evening world. Newspaper, February 9, 1900, Page 11

AUTOBIOGRADET EDNA MAY THE BELLE “TheBelleof NewYork” SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTER. Mise May, in these from chorus girl to starr telling of life behind "and of the lemptations and pittal Yestertay whe gave ai 1 her @Aicra to seeure ot ties, ent ot bet rttcle describes the daily routine and ceatlers toll of a chorus girl's lit CHAPTER 111, HERE are three sorts of chorus girte: First—The girl who really has some i who recognizes the rdships of her life, but sticks pluckily it in the hope of some day rising. fecond—The girl whose only capita! ts she will be a star in six months soon | as rapld THREE VIEWS OF MISS EDNA MAY. ” be Leader of the Tesderiota Pari- fieation League in “The Belle of & pretty face, a good figure and a tolerable voite. She must make o iiv- and can earn more money in the chorus than st @ factory or shop. Mage-struck girl, who leaves a good home, drawn by the gilt- ter and glamowr of the footlights, and who finds too late what the other side of ue save is really like. yg A be ¢! ton chorus Y girs <outrat CA under one cH Geo fe] femininity from hore and ae Hen. io for and erevaitions ot ? Ad it tone BSL of the venemeny MLLED HER Mrs, Flood Run Down by New York Hospital new girl has, perhaps, never tasted champagne before. She te delighted at the food (no different from her boarding- house fare); the wine, lights, laughter and flattering attention of her escort turn her silly head. It all seems so jolly —and innocent! ‘Wat harm can come of It? If sve has enough principle, steadfast- ness at purpose and all that sort of thing, no harm can come. But, ‘unluckily, all girls don't possess those very fine qualities. ‘The same thing ts true in every ‘walk of life, Onl~ the chorus girl's opportunt- tles are are about a thousand times greater. A hard-working girl's longing for pretty clothes and Jewelry is another t temptation, Fifteen dollars a (especially {f one has parents or unger brothers and sisters to support) sn't buy many luxuries, It ouht to be easy to turn one's back in righteous indignation on the man Who can provide jsuch presente, But sometimes it tsn't |All girls long for fine clothes and dia- |monds, The chorus girl's chances of ketting them are more frequent; that's the iy difference. It all depends on the girl herseif. Discouragemem {is anoiher pitfall. Not one girl in fifty can rise in her profes- sion, The stage-struck damsel who be- comes « chorus girl with the ‘dea that girls with not hind a” Talent” ‘are drawing big sai- Saino |" And, she looks about for other meal f gaining the wealth and luxury #! earns for. if Here of advancement in the profession also forms a great temptation, when managers are unscrupulous and girls | # “TTue readiness with which auch of- Iveepe down one more barriet A cht down one more rt ee oy amore © er gare Hl om account she lead To sum Asp pA il sy | Plan ‘There are thea. Seprace es |!2 207 walk, of life. 1 Mite it mer ro Fy on the stage ae tn the con: | entree ven eine ane cit ete, Ee -wusceptibie sees true a Er Pes a rote, abd compat laughed over » and answered—no can say the came titing, When they do reply to 4 mashe ally with a view ® attentions t to guying him, or (to Pan expressive Vulgaram) Wo “play My queerest expert South ealled at the theat and asked ( ‘sce me. He er wantid me to make a egie jelphia, f As Violet Gray, the Salvation Army Lecste, in “The Belle of New, | dice, bat? i to the By as the youth | glaimed to represent. heard of Sum oro! the slggested en av ihe meaner er called at m: z y hovel Slory, to “show me the Y rower Mite ‘den taken Lng ptecett. “jhe bas and go fora Tire att nftere rd. 1 opdered bim from the house. One night, on my lea: rig t the Olym- followed ll the wey Next day a case te of champai wd came to the house for me. It was lowed by a big box of candy and of flowers. Each gift was er "the inugh stock of the to tell ie Foal stery, but m ore the rule—not the excep- ‘Mtatistics are al let me say that J phras comes in te tn the case of Mar-/ of Geores P. Ludiam, Superintendent of geret Fles@ a widow, fifty-two years/ the Hospital, that nis mother had been | ff 014, living wrth her son and daughters |Knocked down by an ambulamee, tha the bad a slicht scalp wound and was, | merely dazed. Catherine Flood went to her mother's She says she discovered her | t No. 2 Waverley place. @he was knocked down and mortally injured by | one of the New York Hospital's ambu- lances. nd He. a ‘The horse stepped on the whlow’s| she called & doctor's attention head, crushing the skull in two places. | *°" and the other deughter were de- There were also ieee! injuries. Mrs. ed admittance to the ward hurried to the! There will be an investigation of the I know my subject and they don't Probably my views on civice, theology ‘and political reform would be as idlotle | study of the great social probiem of an are their notions of stage morals. And now let us talk about another and still siltier idea that prevails concerning the chorus girl—namely, The Masher. No age depravity in complete of the seductive “Johnnie” lying In wait outside the stage door. It w sensible to say that no prise fight complete without sheep to rend the combatants with its} might even hesitate to escort your Kt be as the presence of a The stage door masher is the silliest, « thing that ever came down the pike. Me thinks he {# Don Juan, Mephis- nd Cupid all rolled into one. é funniest thing about him. vetved enough “mash” notes Patrick's Cathedral. I've He doesn't know it. yawned over others, Most other giris ty usu- ve with a masher ia A eatlow nald he was saysng that from being slow, was in its way as Paris or New gover ine with ips, door after the performance the soe man stepped YY Hefore he coul ee | for sev yards eee e want to er heard from “"X. Y. %” after Ate fas aercelatible I inter- ed] ae me to play the; nerves. ti he | was a wreok. 0 eutfered Jeo o personal regs of my success, 1 have tome a. ba jock MMterary meric. salon oat condition a1 cnet & "CO. "1S AMUSING ‘WITHOUT ANY SOCIAL PROBLEM. 000OO9SOO0HDNHHOH ND DOTS Ve HOGS ATAAOTAOORHOE® may be that my early reiigou nature therefore warped, twisted and eked in places, but I certainly liked ‘Coralie & Co. Dressmakers,” and 1m going to tell the archdoacon xo when he { calls. last night, at the Madison Gquare ‘Theatre, & emooth-faced gentleman, in clerical garb, sat directly in front of me. As:the play progressed every now A and then he would look a bit shocked and then laugh immoderately. He liked ( It, and merely looked shocked, |t met, trom a sense of duty. There Was not a serous moment during the entire evening. For that let us give thanks. There wasn't even a trace of & great social problem from the rise of the curtain on the first act until its final lowering after only two houre of unal- loyed fun. With four hours of earnest “Bapho” on Monday night, and with over three hours of the study of an- other great 1 problem of ‘The Countess the night following, two hours of “Coralie & Co." came like 1 brandy and soda after the French ball. Mind, it inn't exactly the sort of play uu are going to bring little Cousin Edith, of Bouth Norwalk, to see, You maiden aunt Ella, from whom you have expectations after death—her death—but if you are a person who has walked, say haif a dozen times. up Hroadway from the Dewey Arch Longacre Square after the illuminated signs have begun blazing tt's not going to nurt you a bit, and you're really going to enjoy clever @ cluster of im situations and breathe in an atmosphere of good acting seh ‘as doen't come every day in the week, Sundays not included. It would be almost eriminal to bore one with an attempted story of the plot To be sure it deals with Hatsans and all that sort of taing, but when one stops to think Uhat the play is adapted from the French one iteianty realises that Malzons are ex; A French farce without Hfaisons and husbands would be a good a Weish rapbit without : & Co, —they don out “co.’—reminds clown disappeared #0 suddeniy in tat jon's Fantasma,’ “Humpty: Dumpiy, and the Byrne Brothers’ “B.ghi Bells. It was largely trap-d other wicked persons essential to at adaptation from the French removed themselves from the vision of every one fave the siage manager. But, Dav.ng attained your majority, and perenne having reached that proud Ea vou can say you voted for branam lancoin, you understand al! those tricks of stagecraft, and smile amusedly at jay affords, the “reseed me moni Was, Nelue pate + absence of tiue u ally understood that Hee B buter vias outgrown the tight hawt, a full- feaged comedienne, and} it ‘s ony falr to say has developed into an ceases of much ability, But when she a without the blue silk tents there was an audible groan. from the frst three sone which the Sion: vain ly endeavored to suppress. and bP Mahony sink rizhls ery as mah of @ landmark | o eral seatons as the tilded Diana who shoots! f the wind blows fr \t tower in the 8 are of age fra ‘» church. : DIRD IN BRITISH HOTEL. This ctey, | rs. Maraball Samford, Found Dead in Bed. LONDON, Feb, 9.—Mrs. Marshall Saf- ford, of New York, was found dead in her bed this morning in @ betel at St Albans. ——— Notes of Opera and Concert. The special performance of Carmen ‘at the Opera-House yesterday afternoon acted @ large audience. Calve waa cm voice and gave one of her very iy aperatore will be the opera to- night en ae ‘Don Glovanni.” Nor- Maptell!, Campanari and Dippe! will Miss Kathein Hilke will give a rong | recital to-n! patiors of the resttal tone pyterian church. ‘No Uckets are necessary. Wraggea Under Bridge Car. A fireman, !mpatient at the mail tro! ley service on the Bridge, to-day at- tempted to jump from the front plat- form of @ car eye the New York exit His, toot ail he fell ¥ DOGANCTLE’ $CWDOGDS 610 SSCS! COO in waieh err-| ing wives and husbanas and ail the) ‘al members of the U caiee feat iD the box m the keen enjoyment which eh] * ‘ sible of description d, from an! weil oxshagtn chat, ke, a, dan of rearorl| have, purponelyomittea, the, gun of “COTTON bi ring Tks “Fa tn coer Tim attala’ Cy arte Der . from this a ‘ Wal THAM WATCMES, DLA MON drop into the theatre it, grasp lis mel bil! wine oS", macrcoet Seed ath owe! must not Butler] jt reminded me at bse with the enlte de} artment out t fh fon % a ir yard hi yale Fits? Fitch Union Square, Between Broadway & University Place. February Clearing Sale .. Some of the best values are found in the smaller lots, which ai made up of goods somewhat broken in sizes so that we cannot fit every foot, but important because they represent the largest reductions in Lots ing from $0 pairs to 500 ;airs each, and from Men's Shoes to Infants’ Socks, are worthy of study. dragged ge? "Betton fv the car ni clothes muddy’ and. torn in severa; placer, but he was unhurt wr" Infants’ Kid Shoes, |," Intants’ Solt-Soled Ae We Sangle se ‘La dies’ Bicycle an stock of " ibou Working Shoes and samples of ri satin 00 sere pairs Ladies’ Bi- | and enamel shoes, wie from i > $1.50 to $3.00, at.. fas ie oe ee Maced Pa Sizes 1145 to 2, Jeather laced Shoes | m et SES at Sten, Ss «i Father and Six Sons All Oficers | ores deer eeseeres sees | .00 marked at wo prices 25¢ and 50c¢ Children’s Shoes 0 cars Chi. Ladies’ Kid Shoes, 12 | dren's Button at 75c. and Laced Shoes, $1.40. laced styles. 50 and $2.00 to . OPEN SATURDAY EVEN World Almange holds Its place a8 | sa of a8 the Cy py hook on the things evervbody wants to) sis Sale No. 21. The Derby and 4 | Al erin = Black, ~~ Hector, Tuxedo and new brown shades; also ©: Pearl Alpines, fast- 4 bi dye, all-fur felt, wi with silk band and \( binding; beginning 4 4 a to-morrow, week ending next Friday, THE STARTING PRICE IS $3 ' OR MEN'S BEAVER AND RSI OVERCOATS AND CASSIMERE AN DCHEVIOT SUITS. All values here dre proportionately good—85, $7.50, $8.50, aad the magnificent creations at $10, $12 and S15, a 8 BOYS’ KNEE PANTS SUITS THAT ARE POSITIVELY STYLISH AND HIGHLY DURABLE, SEWED WITH THB IRON-GRIP STITCH, 75c. [ Very dainty novelty styles at 95c., $1.60, $2.50, $3 are foremost ’ features of this huge stock of boys’ apparel. SHOULD ANY PURCHASE FAIL TO PLEASE THE MONEY I8 STANTLY RETURNED. ALL CLOTHING BOUGHT HERE _'8 KEPT IN REPAIR FOR ONE YEAR FREE, Me "Flannel NELLIE BUTLER. sii j IC whiet Wants, —_19C)tindeeweat, 7 COON OOT VODA MOMOOD COMME ® M __ 85 Soart-atyle sacrilege. and an effort to obtain money The ac ing this farce was so u " feted under faire pretenses, to drag Misa Hui-| toimle eno make individual cri shreking before the footlights, elem su rau Frits Willams, clothed ike a woman at a kettledrum;) sie Holand, May jalys oan. os ype and the fire: three Barn Heed Route Butler (dexpl the .YER for two ¢ays only, Sa' rday al and Monday, Bd KNEE PANTS of blue and black cheviot, rough and tumble use OPEN SATURDAYS UNTIL 10 P. M. OTHER DAYS UNTIL: ive vik, tgbiey, Maggie Rrandon Fisher, money J Jay Wilson, dat reviled tnd inthe, second| Keartey rae Forbes, James Wi ‘amet Ved hunself a man} V1 Kuali “harles Gibson, Mi ot honor Men Butler Stood revealed in| Larsbert—uhe who made. hit op’ wink Miss THE THE SURPRIS. \= fit “Coralie @ Co.” P| Ing in “On a and “York of '¥ AD. OF U The iaglion fariguege! tMitchta a Bit avout the oy 182 TO Me WEST FOURTEENTH ST. BBs rn AND TPH Ay to the uses of en! herselé last ntghi—Anita Morris, Louise Douglas ret e mort Impres-| Hawdrow—they were ening was Mr.| gether for the succ ar the bed o papt anal oe It lx Impos-| to my mind they succeeded le Fiteh will ative remare ibe pre e night, see Mauri arti daored a hes excalaxar Watcu co nd then’ that forget 5 <n Tariten” gets from any canons sabe tes ALP. Ciavat will perome epiiemic 8 remember, the acting was end the ron Soe corks oe Mr. George! ail that could b See wo charming be offended. at Poco hope true friend of Miss Deridkson, iM vise her to forego the nigh wich after the performance tar order that she may put In thee time studying her part WILLIAM RAYMOND S11, of the #l too. The very |FOR SALE OF MEN'S, WOMEN'S, FOR SALE OF wr nati rae ee ven ne BOYS’, MISSES’ AND CHIL- MEN'S AND BOYS’ SHOES ied AU GSTS. 6&7 ATE DREN'S SHOES. ONLY. FURNITURE, 30WORTH ON $1 DOWN AND $1 WEEKLY. assa THE LOWEST. 68 & 70 N iu St., LEWIN'S, 40 WEST 14TH ST. Corner of Joba St, 267 WEST 125TH ST. id iTRWAITAN Remingions | Bait = RNTED & ott Ew t stanpek et ay parmrans, 6 ur. WASWIATTAN DIAMOND, WATCH CO., 17 Malden lane DIAMONDS. ;, eS ted otis rin rink i sasdew lane. 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