The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-26
A CLOAK OF CHARITY
Masque Carnival Scheme for
Benefit of Orphans"
THE HOME is NOT A RECIPIENT.
Young Women Selling Tickets for the
Affair Are Not Acting for the
Ladies' Aid Society.

The grand masquerade carnival which, Ii Is
advertised and announced will be given on
September at the Hotel Calkins in East Seattle
for the benefit OF the Orphans Home, is not al
together what II purports to be. Mrs. J. Narer
adyertses herself as the manager of the affair.
and, though her intentions may be of the noblest
character, the fact remains that she has abso-
lutely no authority for soliciting aid in any
shape or by any means for the home for chill
dren, or has no connection with the Ladies' Re-
llef society, under whose auspices the Orphans
Home, at Box and Harrison streets, is conducted
Mrs W. Il. Boone. president OF the society, was
seen at her home last evening concerning the
matter and said: 81 am provoked beyond ex-
preston at such objectionable presumption.
Our society knows of no such affair, and would
not under any consideration go before the public
in such way. We are in good financial condi-
ton and are outstanding our resources for erect
Ing building When we ask the pubic Tor
anything it will certainly not be in such way"
Mrs. J. III. Sanderson, vice president OF the
society and member of the board, SAID that she
was In entire ignorance concerning such an
affair." but she was sure that it was being gotten
up, if at all, without the slightest semblance to
authority, and that least of all things would the
organization give promiscuous masked ball
Mrs. Mary c. Smith, matron of the Home, was
seen at the institution yesterday, and was much
surprised and annoyed at being shown ticket
for the affair
81 think ii was last Friday or Saturday" she
said ga young woman came here, whose name
do not know, and told me she was going to
give ball for the benefit of the Home,an asked
my permission told her that was only the
matron. had nothing to do with the financial
management of the Institution, and advised her
to see Mrs. Boone, whose address / gave her.
That is all / know about it, and the woman most
emphatically had no warrant OF authority from
me-"
The next place visited was the Hotel Calkins
in East Seattle, where Manager s. B. Briefly was
interviewed TO ascertain the extent of his con-
nection with the affair. He said: ga young
woman, Mrs. Marer by name. came to me few
days ago and said that she was going to give an
affair for the Home, that she was fully author
lied to manage the affair, and asked the best
terms could make for this most worthy, char
liable object l, acting upon the presumption
that the whole thing was straight, agreed to
give her liberal percentage of all possible re-
ceipts. | want to say right here, however, that
my house cannot be had for this thing if it is
fake If this woman wants to give bali and
it is not for charity | want to know it,
Mr.. A. F. Haas, superintendent of the Seattle
city railway, said that the same party called on
him and made similar representations about the
matter, and thinking that it was a bona fde ball
for charitable purposes he agreed to allow his
men to take up stubs from the bail tickets and
grant percentage for every dollar taken in on
account of the ball. If the affair was not as rep
resented he should certainly have nothing to
do with it,
In her advertisements Mrs. Marer uses on her
committee the names OF Mayor Harry White
and Justice of the Peace Hancock Neagle and
some others Mayor White said: "The young
woman came to me and said that it was affair
to be given for some charitable purpose, and
without inquiring much into the matter, said
If my name was of any value, she could use it,
Justice Maggie said that the use of his name
was permitted upon a similar idea, and that
Mrs. Marer had positively told him that she hal
the authority from the Home for getting up the
affair
Below is given a facsimile of the tickets
which Mrs. Marer is industriously selling about
the city. She has disposed of large number of
tickets and yesterday it is reported she was in
Tacoma selling tickets and arranging for an ex-
cursion to Seattle on the night of the ball.