The San Francisco call., 1896-12-13

published some weeks ago in The SUNDAY
CALL, but the result of that picture has
been that Mr.. Mccormick is about to lead
Miss Macy to the altar.
Strange to say it was not Miss Macy g
picture that appeared in the paper, but
That of one of the same team" as they
say in variety parlance, and thereby hangs
tale.
The Vassar Quartet consisted, for it ex-
lists no longer, OF Miss Cora Macy, Miss
Josie Intropedi, Miss Blanche Chapman
and 10 Sturgis. Jo was the manager OF
the team" and he always showed a
strong penchant for having things his
own way. He was thoroughly i'm bued
with the idea that of all the fair singers
Blanche Chapman was the only one that
merited the name of a star, and his fiat
had gone forth that only Miss Chapman
should be pictured by the press.
In blissful ignorance OF this invidious
distinction made by the manager, the Or
pheum sent an attractive photograph of
Miss Josie Intropedi to The CALL several
days before the Vassar Quartet arrived
from the East. The first thing Sturgis
saw. on taking up the paper on the morn
Miss Intropedi. "Ahap' he said, this
girl has been sending on her picture, she
imagines she is our star, will show her
she is not" and be went down like q
cyclone to the management, and gave
them piece of his mind, which shook
the placid calm of the management to it's
foundations.
AS a sop to Cerberus the management
promised Sturgis 10 move heaven and
earth to get Miss Chapman's picture in the
paper next week, but as the days pro-
gressed every one decided that Miss Macy
would make a prettier picture, and toward
the middle of the week the press agent ab-
stractad Miss Macy's picture by stealth
from its place in the case, where it hung
among the other vaudeville stars, and
tried to brave himself to give that for
publication.
The absence of the picture was at once
detected by the vigilant Sturgis, and he
raised such trouble about 1t that the man.
agement decided that henceforth the Vas
sar Quartet should 60 pictureless as far as
it was concerned. Cora Macy and Josie
lntropedi never heard the end of the pic
ture grievance, though. There were
wranglings and jealousies and chickering's
about it every day, and at last, after the
team" mad played out its engagement
here and had gone to Los Angeles, the
mutual indignation which had first been
engendered by the publication of the pic
ture reached such pitch that the mem
bers of the Vassar Quartet could no longer
appear on the same stage in harmony.
onOOh Iuc QuSt Vi kOS AuR6leS
off his feet, declaring that he no longer
wanted to be manager for team which
defied him in the matter of getting pic
lures In the papers. Cora Macy and Josie
Intropedi replied tearfully that they had
nothing TO do with it, but they were nev-
ertbeiess left In Los Angeles to shift for
themselves, with nothing to f6ll back on
but little ready money and their ward
robes. In this dilemma they made up
their minds to return to San Francisco
and rehearse new act as the Vassar duet.
Directly after their return here Miss
Cora Macy met a. J. Mccormick, to
whom she had been introduced during the
days of the Vassar Quartet. The acquaint-
ance which had been interrupted by the
tour to Los Angeles was renewed with
such ardor on the gentleman part that
the pair are now engaged and will shortly
be married.
Miss Cora Macy says that If it had not
been for the picture there never would
have been trouble in the Vassar Quartet,
and II there had not been trouble the
quartet would have gone East IRON Los
Angeles, ana if it had gone East she
would not have met A. ]. McCor-
mick again, which is equivalent to saying
that she is about to be married, entirely
on account OF tie picture.
Miss Josie Intropedi has joined the
Tivoli forces, and will appear in "JacK and
the Beanstalk.