The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-23
THAT CHORUS STRIKE IS OFF
IF THERE EVER WAS ONE, Ex-
CEPT FOR PUBLICATION

Have Learned the Broadway Trick,
but Being New 70 the Game They
Did Get . hit Of Free AdyertiS1ns.
Mr.. Dutch Meyer, one Of the chorus
girls on strike up at New York University.
was fixing the metal part Of bis left garter
out on the campus yesterday by pounding
il on a Fat rock with a oObblestone and was
being assisted and advised by two other
striking chorus girls, Jooe Magrath and Gyp
Heale Of the students' Capt. Kidd q Co.
oompany when word got 10 the group that
the strike was on. Young Mr., Hui, the
Chinese member Of the chorus, who pro-
nounces his name Hughy, brought the news
out in his native tongue. As his excitement
subsidized Mr.. Hui ploughed OF into English
and told il finally in United States. There
was rejoicing.
You will remember reading in yesterdays
Sun that all the chorus girls that ara to
appear in the New York UniversityDnmatto
Clubs presentation Of Capt. Kidd a Co
tomorrow night aud twice on Saturday
announced their withdrawal from the
show business when they got hep 10 the fact
that this year owing to the tremendous
advance sale only a pair Of tickets would
be given 10 the members Of the chorus.
instead Of the four tickets handed out TO
each chorus lady in former years. Even
worse than this, advance copies OF the
printed programmes reached the college
and a glance showed that the names Of
the merry villa gers had not been printed.
Indignation,
SO they all struck. II Was the old story
Of jealousy between principals and chorus,
for, an hath been said again and again
he'll hath no fury like a woman scorned.
And then when Beef Payson, who plays the
part Of Mrs. Kidd, wife TO Mr.. Kidd, began
telling about the orchids all around his
room and hat little spin Thorough Bronx
Park the other afternoon and things like
that the jealousy Of the common or beer
garden variety Of chorus girl knew no
bounds Beef added that a Certain Party
has an automobile around, too. every time
he feels the call Of Broadway. and that II
lisa Reinhardt goes to Europe next month,
as has been rumored in our most promi-
nent circles, Lew Fields is going to move
Marion Whitney over to Elsa's part and
give Beef the lines that Marion now has,
Well. YOU couldn't hold the chorus after
hat. because, like all out Of town players,
the Bronx chorus girls are simply wild
to get a job in a Broadway show. Night
life in the gay restaurants appeals 10 all
chorus girls, and there's the salary that
enables one to own automobiles OF ones
own. and The fat Uttered with invitations
to birthday parties, and a chance to stop
writing home for money in fact. a chance
to save enough TO help pay on the mort
gage on the farm.
And il the worst comes To the worst
there's always the chance, il one Is a promi-
nent show girl, Of getting Gene Allen to
put ones Picture on the cover Of the Clipper.
With all these delights in view the New
York University chorus girls naturally
thought tw ice before they decided TO give
up the show business in a state Of plQue
and take up some regular vocation. Hence
the rejoicing when Mr.. Hui brought the
news to the members Of the tToupe already
mentioned that matters had so adjusted
themselves that they could go back to the
T, chorus with honor,
Joce Hagrath who is known among the
folks and on the stage simply a. A. Jocelyn
II. Alagrathl: Gyp Heale, known In private
life as George Heale. and Ormand Miller
We're dlAIlE AlltlI llOllblNN a NllN AlAbl VI
girl named Dutch Meyer had got his left
garter fixed Yesterday and we're wondering
whether MIR. Hui had told the truth about
the strike being settled. when mp came
Leroy A. Van BOmel. president OF the ORA.
matte Club, wearing a sweater like Abe
~ETlanger's. The chorus girls began to
Cast aspersions upon him. for none other
than Van BOmel is blamed Tor holding out
the tickets
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Bear with me. You indeed may have
| four tickets each and your names will ap-
pear on the programme. Applause. This
morning. when | heard Prof. Sihler advise
YOU in his Latin class to stand firm until
YOU got your rights. ] couldn't help thinking
that a man NAV know all about Latin. but
that it takes a pretty fly dub TO save himself
from falling for a press sto-
-Oh. shush. Van" cried the chorus girls
hurriedly. A couple OF these parties here
are reporters and
Perhaps this isn't a verbatim report OF
the remarks Of Van and his striking chorus
but somehow or other 1t seemed to any one
that has had much to do with press agents
that the troupe feared every moment that
Van would forget himself and that they
really would have 10 cry out a warning
-Shush!"
And this ia one reason hal THE Sun
absolutely refuses this morning TO take
much cognizance OF the so-called strike Of
the New York University chorus girls
! Any old time that Dutch Meyer and Beef
and Gyp and Hui and Dutch Wolf and
Scanny Scanned and the rest Of the troupe
think they can work the newspapers two
days running with a press story they're
sadly mistaken. Wherefore il is the opin-
ion OF this newspaper this morning that
the less said about the trike the better