STAGE PLAYERS’ MORALS.
REPLY TO CANON’S CHARGES.
LONDON, May 10. Prominent actresses and managers are indignant at the charges made by Canon Guy Rogers, Vicar of Birmingham, that chorus girls are being sacrificed to luxury and license. They say that the profession is often made the object -of insulting statements. They deny that chorus girls are exposed to greater temptations and dangers than women in other walks of life. Miss Edith Day, the celebrated American musical comedy actress, wlio has the leading role in “Rio Rita,’ expresses the opinion that Engnsh chorus girls are very charming and modest. She states that when the show is over most of them immediately go to their homes in the suburbs. Mbs Margaret Bannerman says: Tho standard of the theatre is much higher than it used to be. Chorus girls are not exposed more to temptations than girls in offices and shops.” Mr C. B. Cochran, the well-known manager and producer, states that modern chorus girls live the healthiest of hard-working lives. Mr Julian Wylie says: ‘Gone are the stage door johnnies. Tlie Canon is off the track.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 139, 12 May 1930, Page 7
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