How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage.

Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries.

Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!

I don't have a very quick sense of humor.

Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant.

It is the task of several months and it is a fact that a girl, either while rehearsing or actually playing, may be training for some character or feature in some future production not yet definitely fixed even in my own mind.

How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage.