, 1881-12-19
THAT FRENCH FUND.

THE FACTS w. Tt1E ETUDIEn M1RNHrNEsESTA.
T1oSS OF THE "sTALFYAHr 0FFiCE-nEnHAh
On VARIOUS ocons,ons between 1873 and 1873
much has besn published In the Chicago papers
rognrl1n9 what WIS called tho French artfsis'
contribution to Tho ro1ier of tho sulrerrra by tho
fire Of lH7l. A'nnmbor Of Pnriss pltnters corr
trlbutcd works Of nrt. with direction thae tho}'
hc soil in this country and the proceeds used III
relieving tho ncets Of hurnt.out Chicago Hststa.
Tho pafntnQs lid not reach AmesIcn until 1917.
md In january ct TINT yenr the Relief s; AID
Society ha,l ANNOUNCED to tho world that It wns
nppnrcnt that. owing to tho open winter, further
contributions wcrr not nootied. Sn tho snlu OF
tho pictures waa not preRacti, and they remaincu
In tho hands for aome time Of tho Nuw York
trustees, ex-0ov. Z. D. Morgan baiug tho Chair
1nan' thereof. They wero tliAposcd OF late III
1si2 for t3o.sts and. as The Relief s. Aid socscly
bud announced that It had no pressing need
OF tho money, tho fund was invested
,tndcr the control ~ tho trustees untii tho
saprlnx Of 1871. when tho RELIEF and Aid Society
% T a eSs t IT, psad x bssa 5as Sas .ss es .ixe a
ln tho reports nf tho society, md were also pub-
l!s6ud when applications were tnRde by tho
tons for this tuna-npp,,citions which tho Ncw
York 'trusteps refused to Hecodo to, alnoo 1t
would bu. n diversion Or The FUND from tho rolicf
Yet, Notwithstanding tho repeated publicity
gtvcn to those FACTS In nil tho 1atly papers, tho
sxgt 1n,s, ;a mm Re1ss ~ b.'a II Hneax y taay
this money, and to tho efforts OF u reporter 10
lind OUT what hid become Of 4. These re-
intorvtew porsns who lad 10 .tceoss @ r. 10 te fo1 o.
ortls, while II tho Dl!tor OF tho Inter- Ucean had
gcvttet n little Of tho time which ho s1,ontls Ii! Il
hls own paper ho would have found there,
though tn I'M Imperfect and orudu RhNpc, All tho
he sn hays
heen nows in 1s's. but ID not sp now, md would
hnvu escaped
MAKtna I11MaEIr AND MS SHEET nrp,ouLous
BY prIptlng stale nows and printing IT Incorrect.
AmunE the mlsstatomeuts- ntional, doubt-
lcss AEtleo tho lneans Of obtAinLng correct ufOr-
ono to the orcus lint tho then MnyUr pnrtIuular.
" announced that Chtcago no ionHor needed any
help. WhatoScr announcement ho tnadc, ie
seeo s @he% se tsss hse5 a A
tton S1il1ay ssid saat snonx bSl bso
Wow Of tho case, and 90 did every rcspcctntio
Chlcaeoan-thnt enouRh sxas onni,eh, ai,d that
for tho rollcf ot the llnpecunions who suffered
oy tho ttro untIl they could tako earn OF thou-
selves, Il was morally wronx to contlnuga,cg-
cy %o s s any ss;psSsSs In
, A. far tho snslnuations and elurs <rcgardlug
noy Msk a9y m sony Ta&s 9s
rcgNrdtng tho disposition Ut this Frenuh nrttsts'
turn It oycr to tho ea1se OF nrt in th!s city, aa
represented by ouB OF ita academies 1T ttcal9u,
no telt hlmaclt lullnd by the terms imposed by
tho uonura. 1ta held tho ni,ngy On tnterest,
subject to tho order of tho. Nellof anl Aid So
outy, md wbcu 4 asked for tho fund. Stating its
tsea, b. turned ned Il oyot, 3as oasly o9 q A.
And thus, IN 1B77, when tho nucd Ut tho m,noy
Rruae, the Intentions OF sila donors were carried
1t had drawn the money In ls74 dnl spe.it it. i,
All thss0 iottore and' r0i,ortst NIL thoso facts
hnriuE been prillteA orer ind 0sor ngnn In tho
Chicago daily press, It tsuca AppeMy NJ K nutht,E
hut Stalwnrt" desire to misr0preseslt and tr1.
dnce Coy. hlorgai. and rshors. could nu,o
prnmpted the publication ut tue column nf
Htggar.