The girls arrive and Israel accepts. them and they perform for several weeks without anything further being said about their agreements.
Israel, on the arrival of the girls, did not' repudiate their agree me! The attitude taken by Israel is th: he knew nothing about the terms of their agreement, It is difficult me to believe that a business man who had just spent §2,500 of the employers' money to bring these girls from San Francisco to Shang. hai would have placidly accepted them without finding out on what terms he was doing 80.
Moverover, there is considerable: evidence that the terms of the cox trot were brought to his notice. He had many conversations with Miss Trixie Leach, the leader the girls. She has' net been called, nor was evidence taken before she left, although there was plenty of ie and opportunity to do so.
Therefore, I must assume that she would not have been able to corroborate Israel's story of his ignorance of the contract.
Moreover, Israel admits that Miss Gordon did'speak to him about her' passage back with regard to which liber contract: said, "At the expiration of this six month: leave by the first boat."
Even if Miss Gordon did not show him the contract, Isreel mus: have known she wan' speaking some contract or agreement. He also raised their salaries from $25 a week set out in the contract to $30 a week on condition that thes did an extra performance on Sunday at a the dansant, T am of opinion there is ample Jevidence that Israel employed Mist Gray as his agent to engage the girls, Namely, Mrs. Israel's letter written on Israel's instructions, in which terms of some sort must have been mentioned (although the letter has not been produced) as Mrx. Israel says she received a letter from Miss Gray on November 1926, saying "the pilis had accepted the terms." (nor is this letter produced).
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