The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-09
TEE sexes AT WAR.
Male and Female Pioneer
Vereins Disagree About
the Raymond Roth
Home.
MRS. sCHLEGEL'S ACTIVITY.
She Is Upheld by All the Ladies
President SchmoIse's
Statement.

Pioneer Verein and the Women's Pioneer
Verein that meet in Turn Hall. 10 First
street, was organized, is to maintain the
Raymond Roth Non -Sectarian Home for
aged people in. Garfield avenue The
President of the Women's Society is
Mrs. Gallery of Magnolia avenue, who
has been i'll and unable to attend to her
duties for some weeks. Mrs. Schlegel of
First street. the Vice President, has
acted in Mrs. Gallsry's place. and has
been active in promoting the affairs Of
the Home.
It appears that some of the men in the
Pioneer Verein think she has been too
active. for the Women's Pioneer Verein
recently received an official letter from
the Meu's Pioneer Verein suggesting tnEt
Mrs. Schlegel and the Woman's Verein
were doing more than their part and
more than they vera authorized to do In
the management of the RAYMOND Roth
Home. But this letters effect was the
opposite to what the men intended. The
ladies mad more TO say In the manage
ment Of the Home than ever.
Il INDIGNATION MEETING.
A meeting OF the Women's Pioneer
Verein was called and vas attended by
twenty-five members 1t TURN Hall last
night. Mrs. Schlegel presided. The
ladies made speeches endorsing Mrs.
Schiegel, aud setting forth thai the men
were acting real mean 4 horrid. Then
they adopted resolutions expressing their
perfect satisfaction with Mrs. Schisgel's
worK for the home, commencing her In
strong terms, and in effect urging her to
be not weary in the same Well-doing.
Then they adjourned.
The meeting was secret and no man
attended IL. the Mems Pioneer Verein
now has the floor. 1t is not believed that
any immediate change In the affairs of
the Home will be made. 1t is not under
stood that the men accuse the ladies OF
gross mismanaGement; they think the
ladies are taking Upon themselves duties
III reference to the Home that the men
should attend to.
PRECEDENT S~CHMoLZK'S STORY.
While the Board Of Lady Managers of
the Raymond Roth Alten-Heim wers
last evening the president of the
society. Mr.. George Schmolze. of GreeD-
vile, neld one gu a Smaller scale with q
reporter of The JERSEY CITY NEWS.
The reporter mad called upon Mr..
Schmolzc TO ges his side OF the story and
found HIM Very anxious and rcsdv to
have ''the truth OF this thing" us he
CuliCo ~ pldCC0 0CtOtu e4o PuOiIC. OPOu
! eing questioned rs to the nature OF the
trouble MIR. Schmolze sad:
s"fhis was only Il slight niisunderstand-
lug at nrst, but AS the women seem to wish
TO make a great fuss out of it, we cannot
of course deter Them. Tho affair has
all grown out of the In which
Mrs. SchlegeI, the head of the Board of
Lady Managers had conducted herself.
Mrs. Gallery formerly held this position,
and as long us she did everything went
Oh smoothly. She was taken ill, how
ever, ONT weeks ago aud had to resign
and since that time her successor. Mrs.
Schiegel. has made IL her business To
enaeavor to take powers unto herself
which were never intended for and never
allowed to the women Of the society.
The Board OF Directors aud myself saw
this at one and we made up our minds TO
cheek it then aud there. This we have
doue u the consequence is that we are
at great variance with the ladies.
THE WOMEN TO AID, o BOSS.
I'm the first place, the Hume and
every thing connected with it IL the prop
srty Of the men, aud the were
only tolerated as an and, but hey have
taken it iuto their heads to shift posi-
ions with as, aud We do not agree 10 the
change. Our rules and regulations state
plainly hat the men are the managers of
the home. and 1t was never Intended to
allow the women even Il IN in the
management OF affairs, for we foresaw
that W heads TO one body would prove
disastrous,
One of the rules provides that every
inmate of The home shall have
u day in each week ION which
he eau leave the home If he
wishes to. DO anything else convenient to
him. Mrs. SchleRel, however. assumes
the power OF granting days off whenever
she saw dt, aud while we would not lave
said anything about q single occurrences
much tor us. ln addition to this sne d.
fecteu the matron 10 sell no vegetables.
fruits. ETC.. to anybody, and as 1t had
Deeu the custom all along for members
to buy what WAS left over from the vege-
tsbles and fruits raised OH the place for
tne use OF the inmates. our opinions
clasned again, aud the result Is we are at
loggerheads.
Now we think that. as We hold the
reins We should also nse the whip, and
before allowing the Ladies' board t.,
overreach iJs bounas we will get al onR
entirely without it. As long as they
attend to Kitchen aud bedroom affairs
they are a help to us, but as other tuan
an aid we will no5 tolerate them. /
speak of the other side as the Ladies'
Board but I am sure hat Mrs. Schlegel
is nr the bottom of it ali, and that this
nm pleasautness would never have oe-
Cured but for her."
Upon being shown the story of the
row. published exclusively In last nights
News, stating that the ladies would hold
an indignation meeting. he laughed
heartily aud continued
"They can hold a dozen indignation
meetings for all we care. The Board of
Lady Managers was created By us u of
courtesy TO them, and IL necessary will
be demeissd out of justice TO ourselves.
MIR. Schmolze wished particularly TO be
put on record as saying that las long as
the ladies behaved themselves they were
welcome, but otherwise they wers earn
esily requested to stay away"