The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-24
MISREPRESENTATION
a BIG RUMPUs oBNTRING ABOUT
MISS GRAHAM,B BCH0OL,

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she Deciinea 10 Accent Eniss BnrnberEer ne q
rupii. nnd Siiss BauaserEer's Frichds Seem
90 Biuuns Frank q. Tiiford, but why u
Net Clear-Sr. TIirord's Ind'gnnnt Denial
The refusal Of Miss Helen @. Graham, who
conducts n fashionable school for girls at Sow
onty-seeond street and tho Boulevard. to receive
as a pupil the daughter OF Abram ~. BAN
berger, a wealthy cotton broker of this city, has
incensed the friends Of Mr.. Bamberger and
caused q number Of prominent jews to openly
resent the discrimination made by Miss Ora
ham against their race. Miss Graham frankly
admits that her refusal to accept Miss BAN
berger as a pupil was based on her religion
adding that from a business standpoint IL would
DO bad policy to take her as q pupil.
In some way tho name Of Frank Clifford OF the
firm of Park & Tllford has been brought into the
case as being the person who influenced Miss
Graham in her refusal. Mr.. Trford denies this
most strcnuously, however. and SO agitated
was he over what no regarded "a an attempt
TO set him up as opposed to the Jews that he
hurried over to the residence Of Rabbi 0ottheil
OF Temple Emanuel when no heard that his
never been SV Consulted suite Hf in the natter and had
/ never in any, way attempted to prejudice people
Two months ago MIR. Bambcrger called on
Mist, Graham and said that he wanted TO, send
MS dsughter to her sch9ol. Miss Graham DO,
s''''Sa iOOVi y uh.tt hs.
Ing to refuse to take your daughter" she said,
but | cannot dc, IL because Of her race. DO;
s llSIe w hsF w q MidSll bs ss,s sanr4 to III s soSoe sf''1 I do
Of my pupils, and personally it would be a plea
sure to me 10 have her here. must decline,
Though; for purely business reasons,
MI; Bamberger Vas astonished and greatly
ward with a number Of friends, and they came
TO the conclusion that Mise Graham had boon
l%fip t inSes she BY had sSS% nsesSiyod r 1e ssr FsfSssl' and 4 , Ias
Of Miss bs%bSrFers., P Mr. Tilfo J" tHg ne% n's'' Was
Mr., Tlifor;d ' feeis badly ally a" ABOUT Sn0 the iSsn mater SS r" and
tension he has been placed in q false position.
Yesterday. na Il do ea'a Know Ms; lp Mr.. B aS baSpSa' or
way ATTEMPTED TO prejudice people against
them; l presume that the fact that l have two
s"nsh.G1s tn tn Miss aa Wiz GT"G T. ms s0G spsl. I may naUs
that | had been brought into the matter came
about two weeks ago, when l was In our Fifth
man, whom / knew well. came to me, spoke
about Miss Graham having refused to receive
Miss Bamberger in her school and a;tounded
had influenced Miss Graham to act as she had
done. Ing lady said, Furthermore, that the
and hat he was going to write me a letter about
first l was indignant that l should
have been thrust into such u false position, but
after a while concluded not to wait for " letter.
but to go to Rabbi Gottheil at once and set the
thing right. DR.. Gottheil received me with the
greatest courtesy, admitted that he had heard
my name mentioned in connection with tho
case, and after listening to what ! had to say,
said that a mistake had been made and that /
had been blamed for n thing | had no hand III.
Later l received n letter from Miss Graham In
which she said that she had heard of my I'M
pleasant position and assured me that she had
no idea whore the report started. The absur.
dity of IL. she said, would be apparent TO all
who were acquainted with tho rules Of her
school,"
Dr. Gottheil said yesterday: "Mr. Tilford
called on me and denied that he Ind influenced
Miss Graham. l thoroughly believe Mr.. Til-
ford. Ho is not capable OF such an act"
Miss Graham and Mr.. Bamberger declined to
discuss the matter.