FROM OFFICE TO STAGE.
PRETTY LONDON TYPISTES. ENGAGEMENT FOR REVUES. LONDON. Sept. X. Andre Chariot, the revue producer, considering that business girls are prettier and more attractive, and have daintier ankles than many already on the stage, organised a Sunday morning theatre parade of 300 girls, whose employment prevented their application for stage work on other days of the week. The girl 3 appeared on the stage six at a time, and were tried out in high kicking and singing. M. Chariot chose eight, giving them immediate contracts at £5 a week.
Two, aged 20, will go to America. One of these is a city typiste, and the other a dancing instructress, who brought her younger sister, but had not dreamt of being chosen herself. M. Chariot remarked: " I won't be popular for bringing more girls into the profession, but many girls now on the stage would be better in offices, while many in humble commercial jobs would make a name behind the footlights."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19119, 10 September 1925, Page 10
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