The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-06
IDEA COMES THROUGH
A DREAM
Object Of the Trust is for
Mutual Benefit and
Free Lunch
[By Associated Press.I

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Chicago, H., Aug. 6.-Bachelor girls
of Chicago are organizing a trusl ac-
cording TO ideas revealed in a dream
to Miss Louise Nelson. formerly a.
member Of the Swedish quartet and at
present teacher of vocal music with
studio in the Fine Arts building.
The trust is to be different from
the billion dollar steel trust, the sugar
trust, the whisky trust or any other
trust now in existence. There is to be
no effort to stamp out competition or
10 corner the market in any one ar
ticle-not even in marriageable men.
Just where the trust comes in may
be hard for the initiated to see, but
Miss Nelson says it is a trust, and as
she made II she ought to know. It's
main object is education and help to
working women There are to be
phllanthropic and business ventures
as side issues.
The promoters who are getting a
corner on the bachelor girls of Chica-
go intend to pay them good wages,
educate them mentally with scientific
training. teach them to save their mon
ey on novel plan and share dividends
with them
Plan Club and Free Lunch.
The young women who are interest,"
Ing themselves in the organization pro
pose to keep a clubroom open day and
evening In some central downtown
building and will serve free refresh
ments to any self supporting women
out Of employment To increase the
happiness of the trusi magnates and
their friends and visitors music and
games and moderate dancing will be
provided for.
At the clubrooms a business meet
ing one hour in Length will be held
every night According to the con
stitution, this meeting cannot be dis.
missed until every person who has
asked the aid of the organization has
been given employmen. or tempo
rary aid II necessary.
These meetings are to be opened
With prayer and are to be concerned
with the questions How to live? How
to earn bread and butter?' They are
to be made experience meetings for the
benefit of members and persons whom
the organization is helping.
Stockholders in the trust are diyid-
ed into two classes, styled the "ou.-
and inner circles" No profession
of belief no statement of the appli-
cants inten ions, no oath Of member
ship. no red tape of any width or
length is required for membership
in the outer circle. The only require
ment that is made is apparent res.
pectability.
Inner Circle is Sacred.
In striking contrast are the re-
quirements for membership to the in
ner circle. The first requirement is
membership in the outer circle, and
the fee for the first degree, which
makes one member of The inner cir.
Gle is S25. This amount ia placed to
the account of the member and can
be used by her in case of her own
sickness or the sickness Of her friends.
Before the degree can be taken the
applicant must be voted on by the
entire inner circle and approved
Stated tests in regard TO refinement,
education. culture and character are
made which are very severe, eceord-
ing to the promoters.
In receiving the first degree as in
the case Of every succeeding degree,
the candidate is taught a specified
amount Of the trusts precepts, which
she must in turn teach to the members
who have taken one degree less than
herself In all there are twenty-five
degrees.
When stockholder has taken all
OF them she viii have to her credit
$4,000. The trust takes measures to
prevent It's members from spending
their deposits for anything unworthy
No girl can remain a member Of the
outer circle longer than six months
At the expiration Of that time she
must begin to rise in her organiza.
ton II she wants to remain a member