Show Show Girl Sunday School Teacher Says Her Toes Dance to Church poor Door t 4 J I k 4 i f f 7 4 t p i Frances Mildern in two stage poses and with her Sunday school class A. A By VIRGINIA SWAIN NEW EW YORK Tonic March 10 EA- EA Its It's a long long trail from the footlights footlights foot foot- lights to the chapel font even for tor dancing feet teet But little Frances Mildern makes maltes' maltes the journey every ery Saturday night between midnight and morning Saturday night the curtaIn rises in the new theatre FranceS rances o it is discovered as a beauty tripping the light fantastic clad chiefly In personality and grease paint But on Sundar when the lights gO n In the primary room ot the Cha 1 ot of the the world ma see Fran es the he Sunday school rouge n demure sur- sur ur- ur rou ded by a on adoring flock TE CHER AND CHORINE 4 or two years ears he has been the popular teaches teaches' in he Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day school and at the same time timo timea a chorus horus girl in Broadway Her ITer Ite Is a medley or of cUe books and Sunday school quarterlies powder powder pow pow- der puffs and prayer books booles She Ic knows whiCh of these two careers she li Ji es ea the better An And she thInks each helps the theother theother other needs she What the theatre says Is a little more church In- In fluence I Ilove love the stage stag and r I really hope to see it improved b by bythe the influence of church members t bring my mr class or of youngsters down downto to matinees ot of tUe Io Rita SHOWMANSHIP IN CHURCH love It ft am I think the beauty ot of the show is good for fOl them And as for the church well my class has grown steadily A chorus girl ought to know some tricks to hold her audience whether it has come to watch her dance or to learn the ten tn I use s1 ow manship in church chUlCh and Christianity In the the theatre tre Why isn't that fair exchange t Apparently it It Is' Is Nobody has oh- oh to her dual lIre life so tar far though It fl has hall occasioned a good deal ot of curiosity Naturally a chorus girl whO her Bible to the show soshe so so- she can study it between the acts i is liable to Sonic some kidding the i iI airy tooted sisterhood ot of the he st state gc I she had some somo trouble trou trou- ble in accustoming her theatre friends to the sight Possibly the tolerance or of her church to be wondered at Why Vh in my mothers mother's time fays cays Frances no would have dared allow a a. show girl t tO teach the tM Some ch chUrChes r hel wouldn't even en admit them to tem tem- bersh ip it Is not a girls girl's job but her character that counts Mr Charles F hman belongs to my church chulch There are other theatrical I people In it The rector is glad to have them and they're very fond or of him DENVER TO BROADWAY Prances Frances Is another little girl irl who came out or of the west Denver CoIn Colo to he to exact conquer Broadway It If she has not yet landed in headlines headlines head head- lines she ahe has made a living with h her r dancing and appeared in many musical shows shows' But the first connection she made in New York when she arrived here herewith wIth her mother mothel was with the he Chapel Chap Chap- el ci of the Intercession Her always had been 1 and Frances had been reared in the best I church tradition It never neer to her hel that her theatre life Ure would Interfere with her hel church life She round found a congregation that was liberal in its views As to mash notes and gay parties and the other concomitants or of life in inthe inthe the Follies Frances has only a shrug for comment FOR REASON Of course I get Invitations Some ot of them are ale nice and I accept them Others I just ignore I live a very conservative lire life with my mother Many or of the girls do Pm not interested interested in- in In every man who wants to meet me And for tor that last statement there seems to be a reason Frances need never worry about an escort to take her home after aftel the show There Is Isa isa a young church curate who Is glad to perform that sometimes service with his clerical collar in his pocket and a less conspicuous one his neck And on matinee days when the class Is on hand she may count counton counton on finding as worshipful a al flock of Johnnies graced graceda year old as ever a stage door |