The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-27
CHORUS GIRL BRIDE
 OF HARVARD YOUTH FIGHTS ANNULM MENT

New York, Aug. 2z-The elope- nent of a chorus girl and Harvard student and an annulment suit in stituted by his irate parents came to light in the Supreme Court yesterday when Green,s Hurd & stowelI, at torneys, applied for guardian ad litem for Mrs. Dorothy Gates Herr man, known on the stage as Dorothy Phillips.
 The papers slow that on Jan. 25 last Miss Phillips, then in the Winter Garden chorus, was married to Philip Herman, son of James S. Herman. a wealthy contractor and builder lv- ing at, 238 West Seventy first street. This was after the father had visited Miss Phillips and begged her to break : off the engagement. In the annu1ment action the elder Ierrmans. charge that at the time the ceremony was performed their son was only Is years old, few months the senior of his bride, and therefore, neither had a right to wed without parental consent.
 Chunn of Mrs Ethel Belmont. l MT. Herman. ST., made his plea to Miss Phillips in the home of Mrs. Raymond Belmont; who, before her elopement with the son of August Belmont. was Ethel Lorraine. Mrs. Belmont is living apart from her hus- band and it is understood that by agreement he pays her a certain sub stantiaI sum annually.
 Miss Phillips met Miss Lorraine when both were appearing in a Broadway chorus several years ago. They became very friendly and are 1 living together at 245 West Fifty first street. It was there much of the courting was done by young Herman. Afhdavits attached to the papers set forth that Miss Phillips was Dorothy Gates, born at, Charleston, S. C., July 22. 1897, and that her husband was born April IS of the same year.
 In an affidavit Edward Glasgow, an attorney, says that he and the elder MT. Herman called on Miss Phillips prior to the marriage and begged her to discourage young Herman. After that effort failed and the marriage took place, MT. Glasgow says, he in formed the young woman that an an nulTnent suit would be brought, and if she meant to fight it she would better engage counsel.
 To this the young women. replied, MT. Glasgow swore, that she had no desire to stand in the way of an ann ulrnent. N
 i When the younger Mrs, Herman was asked by reporters about this latter statement she expressed great surprise.
 Did Not Want Him to Die
 '.It is true my husbands father and 1 a lawyer came to see me, before the marriage and talked to me about giv- ing up Phillip she said; "but it is not true that I am an agreeable party to this suit did promise to give Phil ip up, and I would have done SOL but the very next day I received 8 letter from him in which he said he would kill himself if did not marry him. I preferred to wed him rather than have him commit suicide for love of me. shall fight this suit, you may be sure.''
 Mrs Herman was asked how she met her husband.
 Through Harvard students who were friends of his,'' she replied. .'Ie was with Watch Your Step at the time and the Harvard men intro duced me. This was Dec, 8 last. I must say. in Justice to Philip that he lost no time. His courtship was swift and within a week I had promised to become his wife.
 s'After we were married we did not live together, but he called on me as often as he was able. These calls continued until the first of last July, when they ceased. This was because his father induced him to desert me-
 Mrs. Herman said she was trying to establish that her husband was twenty years or older. when he mar ried. But she has been unable to ob- tain a record of his birth