The morning call., 1890-07-19
GIRLS. PACK UP!
Judge Wallace Upholds the Y.
w. c. A. Management.

The trouble arising out of the recent dis
affection in the Young Women's Christian
Association Home at 1921 O'Farrell street
was settled in Judge Wallace's department
yesterday afterno on. Following the action
of the Board of Directors in expelling eight
of the boarders at the home, these young
women applied for and secured a restrain
ing order from Judge Murphy until an in
vestigation could be held. Their names
are: Eudora Walker, Charlotte Darling,
Marguerite Denzer, Ida Darling, ). Z.
Ritchmeyer and Sabina Lannon.
AT the hearing yesterday Mrs. q. w.
Prescott, Vice-President of the home, was
the first witness examined. Her testimony
was TO the effect that the young women
had been expelled for unladylike conduct
and rudenesS to the management.
Mrs. Redington, President, explained
that the bylaws of the association pro-
vided that the Trustees shall have the right
to expel any inmate whose conduct is
deeme prejudicial to the interests of the
institution, and therefore there was no
necessity felt for allowing the girls to
make statement of the causes which led
to their mutiny. The Trustees wer posi-
tive the malcOntents had been rude to the
Superintendent, and had made the other
boarders very uncomfortable.
Miss Parsons, the Superintendent, teStl-
fed that Miss Walker had refused to recog-
niZe her, and that the young lady men toned
had complained about the food had upheld
the conduct of Josie Hall and had helped to
sing the doXology when Miss Hall had
routed the First-Vice President and the
police officer. Miss Parsons charged MISS
DenZer with running around the hall after
10 o'clock at night, with giving too many
orders at the dining-table and with making
public the troubles in the home. Referring
to Miss Ida Darling, Miss Lannon and Miss
Ritchmeyer, the witness said they had dis
played an antpathy toward the manage
ment, and Miss LandOn's room had been
utilized for meetings OF the opposition.
Miss Eudora Walker was then called to
the witnesS-stand and said: " | have no
complaint against the home, but have
objected to the favOritiSm shown by Miss
Parsons. One evening when | was paying
my board, Miss Parsons asked me if l did
not think 1t strange that she was chosen
among all other women to be Superintend-
ent of the home? | told her l did. Then
she asked me to be more respectful 10 her
than | had been, aud l replied that l could
never have any respect for her.
II have caught Miss Parsons listening at
the keyholes of our doors, and have re-
feGred 10 her as a little hypocrlte several
times. l cannot make any direct charge
against the management of the home, be-
cause IntEe are SO many pSllS lndIleIS "
mention. | have ali along seen through
the underhand manner in which Miss Par
sons has managed the Institution, and |
could not help disliking her very much
for it,"
The Judge refused to hear any further
testimony, and stated that he must set aside
the restraining order. lie expressed his
conviction that no stigma would rest upon
the characters of the young women ex-
PEELED, considering that ladies of the high
est culture have been known to disagree
and separate from social relationship. The
Board of Directors had supreme power in
admitting boarders and dismissing them,
and any action of the Court in interfering
with the management would be democrat
iZing TO the Institution. He regretted that
the dispute had arisen, and stated that as
either side must give way, he certainly did
not believe the management should be Sc
lected as the defeated party He therefore
ordered that the restraining order be dis
solved. and that the young ladies expelled
have until Tuesday morning next TO arrange
for their departure from the home.