The New York herald., 1878-02-21
HlTCHCOCK'S CONGRESS.

'sBEAuTY AND CULTURE" PLACE THEIR CLAIMS
IN TIE HANDS OF THE woMAN's PRoTEc-
TIVE UNION.
The session Of the Congress OF Beauty ana Culture
was opened yesterday ON the secoud foor Of No. 3s
Bleecker street, which glarng sign declared to DO
the office OF the Working womaa's Protective Union.
Al four O'Clock the dsfrauded beauties assem-
BILE, bat feminine patience could not stand such
tension aud stray representatives OF the congress
put III appearance fully IN hour earlier.
Some half whose faith In HitchcocK's Office
seems 10 bo founded a most aiamantine
subslructure were IN attendance only TO have their
long deferred hopes again postponed indefinitely and
their indignant ultsranccs choked of by Official aavco
to seek redress elsewhere. When these early birds
amiaole mood, and there seemed 10 prevaii among
some oi them an idea that Hitchcock had emssarics
at work divertng tnsr attention from his real place
OF soJourn
GATHERING or THE CLAN.
At four O'Clock there were about two dozen young
women on hand and acquisitions were every moment
arriving. some few w1ose experience on tuesday
had famillarized them Win tue halfway insisted
locating there and discussing the story OF their
wrongs with occasional ni usion of the umor that
has distinguished their deliberations throughout.
There was moro oil an appearance OF downright busi
ness about them, however, than before, and not q
soul drted into mnstresy yesterday or essaycd cven
u chord OF the inevitable ''swsct BY and By" Eva.
coc.s ".iule game"
Me.ptimc Mr.. Parsons. the attorney OF tho Work.
pared TO accord the girls hearing They were AL
urged TO como into the Office aud state their claims.
some two or three girls who by tac consent seemed
to assume tho functions oi spokeswomep. told how
they had gone to Gilmore's Garden response
published advertisement. There they had met Mr.
Hitchcock, who de ineated In glowing terms tho
success tue congress would meet with aud the
choicenoss anu dclicacy OF the exhibition There
were to De prizes OF great value distributed, which
all could compete for, and, moreover, each young
woman wis 10 receive s. Tor her attendance tbero
through the week. some were set selling vsien-
ms flnln rVnc ttcE 4 ahs
ceeds OF their sales turned TO tho manage
meni Tho rest 10 known 10 the public They mad
been given worthless due bills instead o.: their wages,
and Hitchcock and his associates ''nad meltcd into
thin AR" 30 lar 90 ther creditors were concerned.
s. 10 u. aai ns Of ss yo"pr ~S@sa q
once, and rcQpeslsd them TO sign their names to a
document he had drawn up. some IN his Immediate
vicinity drew back ut this proposition, but one young
woman sezed pep, seated herself aud wrthed there
Tor three consecutive minutes after which she handed
over signature that beat anything on Clcopatra's
needle Chirographic efforts were discou ragcdxftcr
that ana tue names oil tho fair claimants we're
tered by tho unions clerical attache
AZ this moment Mr. sawyer, OF the bell ringing
family, entered II the head OF the deirauded male
employees oi hitchcock, ana was detailing their
grievances when ono Of his iolowers, bury young
man, with u lugubrous countcnanoe, broke out with
opitome on hnchcock's history.
HrcucocK's ATROCITIES.
"For years" sad nc, 'that ieler's been fraud.
He got the oss o them people that bought lots Of him.
What got joos Of i'm at the Third Aven uc Theatre
"Skinned themf" cried Mr.. Sawyer, whose know
ledge OF slang was eviJo0uy curtaiIod. "Sknned
them?' no repeated. with horror.
YES" said The biotapher; "he didn't give 'em q
cent -
'ohi" calculated the bell ringcT, much relieved.
"And besides that" the other went 90, ''be was
mean enough TO 90 10 WORK AZ that baby show"
"Ab, he's mean enough" growIed another youth
with voIcc like n descending elevator; "he's mean
enough to stcai u red hot stove"
M sawyer hsid . further conference, but no was
told that tho functions OF tue Woman's Protective
Union dId not extend 20 males, ana he aud MS COM
panloas wore advised to bulk tbeir claims aud urns
separate suit against Hiichsock. This shoy deter.
mined ~ do
all tho names oil the young woms aud tho facts of
their cases and put them hands Tho attorney.
They seem disposed 10 push the To the biitor
end and tbors 10 little doubt that Hitchcock will suffer
he ventures within their reach. Tue congress wero
advised 10 Keep up heart aud await developments.
Win that encouragement they adjourned aae die