The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-22
KINGS DAUGHTERS.
An Explanatory Paper by Mrs. 1.
A. COnkIin.

The Board of Directors of the Kings
Daughters Home for Incurables called a
general meeting of ali Kings DAUGHTERS for
l o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Irving
Hall, Tor the purpose of giving them all
possible information regarding the proposed
home, and of obtaining members for the
organization 1t was expected that there
would be large Attendance, as it has been
known for some time that considerable
dissatisfaction exists among certain OF the
daughters as to the way the Board of
Directors was elected or, as the malcontent
say, self-appointed. The Indictment wea gHer,
however, had lettering effect only
eleven OF the daughters uonned their water
proofs and came To order when Mrs. l. A.
CCnkln, President of the Home for In
curableS, tapped with pencil for business
TO commence at O'Clock liz the afternoon.
Mrs. l.. b. Grace, the Financial Secretary,
read an itemlzed accrunt of the various sums
received and paid out ON account of the
recent Arabian festival held under the aus
pieces of the Kings Daughters. NJ RS. A. V.
Wakeman, the Treasurer reported that
she had received $500 70 and paid oat on
vouchers 1921 30. The sum now in bank to
the credit vi the home is Sob 90 and this
will be increased by over 500 when al tie
affairs OF the late entertainment are set
tied up.
The President, Mrs. |. a. Conklin, read
an address that she had prepared, which was
explanatory of Tie actions of til 50 who
now constitute The Board of ID rec or5 and
intended as an answer to those who have
openly claimed that the board elected it
sell without consulting the hundreds or the
other Kings Daughters III the city. In her
explanatory paper, NrS. C0HkIin said that
after months of talking aid plaanin. the
Kings Daughters CT Palace Circle aud sew
eral other circles on September 10th decided
TO form an organization to found Home
for lncurables, aud elected three ladies' to
have charge OF The matter, 1t was also de-
clded To Incorporate, aud a lawyer was cUII-
suit d. The ladies' were informed that
while there are many ciIcleS and many
daughters there are no N m0erS, There II "
Ing been no previous Regular organization.
The three ladies, sid The President, then
endeavored to ind those who would serve
as Directors, and finally, alter some diff
Guilty, induced Mrs. q. W. Prescott, who
was the first to introduce the society ON this
Coast. and Mrs. 4. s. Breyfogle to consent
TO serve. The articles OF Incorporation
show that meeting at which only four
Kings Daughters were present, VIZ. Mrs.
q. ". Prescott, Mrs. Edwin s. Breyfogle
and Mrs. A. F. Clark, was held on Novenl-
Der %, 1880, aud they unanimously elected
themselves, with Mrs. A. V. Wakeman, as
Directors Tor the Home for incur, bieS for
one year. The Directors flied articles of III
corporation with the Secretary of State on
December 10, 1880, and have since adopted
code OF bylaws which will be sent to
every daughter.
AT the conclusion of Mrs. Conklin's adj
dress Mrs. Iheail intlmated that tue organ
lzers had 10 right 10 use tue name Of ktug's
Daughters in connection with the home, and
asked whether 1t would be a sectarlan iusti-
tuition. She was informed that all VINO be-
lleved in Christ and worked for him could
join the Kings Daughters, but as that lie 1t
out at least one class she asserted that the
Institution should be called tie Protestant
Kings Daughters Home for IncuIables.
The bylaws say: ANY Kings Daughter,
being Protestant, may uecOme an annual
mem Der" etc, by the payment of So, and
any circle by paying SO annually.
SO tar twenty-eight members have signed
the roll and paid the necessary fee. the
proceedings terminated by the auclionIng
on OF sumo articles that remained over from
the festival