The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-16
Those Cooking Receipts Making
Trouble for the WOman's
Exchange.
The Institution Declared to Be Used to Pro-
mote Social Ambitions of the Very
NouVeaux Riches.

the board of managers the second letter,
of which this is a copy
To the President of the Board OF Directors
OF the Womans Exchange-Dear Madam:
Some time since l communicated with your
board concerning article which was pub
lished in the Wave April rejecting dis
dent OF the Woman's Exchange. l explained
my position relative to the subject matter of
that libelous article and asked your board to
investigate the matter and accord me ordinary
justice by taking official action indicating
my honor as your former superintendent. 1
hive heard nothing in response to this COM
muncation. Yesterday the Morning Call. in
article entitled "A Tempest in a Teapot -
reviewed the subject. I now feel that patience
has ceased to be a virtue. and 1 intend to de-
fend myself: but before doing so, disking
d @ the hs s
take action in the matter. If this is not done
within a reasonable time 1 shall feel con-
through the daily newspapers in an open letter
to the Woman's Exchange. in which shall
lay the entire subject Se before oaS the public
1t will become necessary in the absence OF a
complete vindication by you. as 1 deem my
honor paramount to my regard for your organ
June 10, 1898.
After some time during which I was
totally ignored by the board, finally re-
from Henry E. Highton, attorney for the
board, of which this is a copy:
Dear Madam-Your letter of June 10, 1898, ad-
dressed to the president and board Of direc-
tors of the Exchange for Woman's Work has
been referred to me. Only day or two ago l
had written an answer to former letter ad-
dressed by. you in the same way, and had
apologlzed for my delay.
If. in your opinion. the article you refer to
in the Wave was libelous. know of no reason
why you should communicate to the ladies OF the
Exchange your intentions to commence an &C
ton for your vindication. These ladies had no
connection with the publication of the Wave
and you had no right to assume that they had
Nor is there any reason which can be legiti-
mately assigned for investigation by the
president and board of directors of the Elk
change for Woman's Work in aid OF any pro-
ceedings you may fit to take with respect
to the author or publisher Of the article in
question.
1 quite convinced that you have been
treated with the utmost delicacy and considera-
official relations Nor have l any doubt that
in furnishing the recipes with the names at
tached to the Cleveland Baking Powder Com
pany, however innocently, you overstepped any
possible authority you had. The printing of
these recipes with the names attached in the
pamphlet issued by the Cleveland Baking Pow
der Company and ought to have been re-
properly used, and who were thus placed in a
false position. The best thing that could have
happened for all parties concerned after the
suppression of the pamphlets, for which the
Cleveland Baking Powder Company deserves
credit would have been to allow the whole
matter to pass into Oblivion. If, however YOU
feel impelled to avail yourself of this oppor-
newspapers. that. of course. is exclusively
within the province of your own private Judg-
ment.
The ladies Of the Exchange feel that the de-