The Washington times., 1901-07-07

do not get Shall we longer tolerate this
/ state of affairs:
! will cooperate with this school in its no
/ bic work, and Come-speedily to the rescue
OF their homes and the needy girls. What
! mother Weuld-not prefer to.See her daugh-
| ter go into Christian homes as cook.
/ hOusemaid, or seamStreSs. under the au-
! spices of such a school as this, than have
Z her exposed to the trials and temptations
. of public life? The glamour is wearing of
that first attracted woman into man )
work. Home life has been sadly neg
4 leCtcd. cur young men are wTOnged in
the reduction of wages by women working
! at starvation rates--and has she been ben
cfted2 Let the lost souls reply!
I Men are made better and more capable
by the dependence Of women; the more
I the women rely upon them the stronger
and greater the men are; II brings out the
best of their powers; but woman has her
work in the economy OF home, or in the
school. literature. art. music, etc, which
is work, indeed a help. most meet FOR
man and II fninS in women.
In addition to her other literature Mrs
: Hayes exhibited t. her patron bcnefactors
a small circular which was addressed to
those girls who contemplated joining the
school Its introduction reads:
Ne extend TO all girls who have the
problem of life to solve without the
means Of acquiring an education an in
VitatiOT OF welcome to the advantages Of
fered by our method of training for pro-
fessioual work. And TO our graduates we
guarantee good positions that will enable
f. hartering the soul. honor, and a good
name TO acquire it. All instructions are
given tree without money or price.
There a'c hundreds of positions wait
ing to De iilled by competent. willing
workers We do not ask you to expose
yourself to the communicating influence
of factories, mills, stores, or offices. but
We place you with Christian employers.
with whom il is understood you are to
have certain hours of vacation from your
pursuits for recreation of both mind and
body.
a club organization under a Christian
leader is provided FOR our girls wherever
located, who shield the inexperienced
from the many temptat>Dns that lurk
along life's pathway; also good books,
good society, healthful amusements. ex-
cursions, entertainments. as we'll as be
ing encouraged 10 keep up their studies
and general Sem-improVement, so this pro-
fession offers not only the power to lay
up money Tor rainy day but respec-
liability. progression, good society. and
Christian protection. The school is a
stepping stone TO life of usefulness and
womanly independence
All graduates of the school were to be
required To wear uniform while at work,
as IS done by the trained nurses at the
present time. and thus the temptation To
buy expensive clothing would be reduced
20 minimum and every encOura cement
would be offered graduates to start and
maintain bank accounts Societies were
TO be formed. in all localities where mis-
son graduates were employed, TO look
and to provide them with occasional op-
portunities TO mingle socially during their
unoccupied hours
Mrs. Hayes plan has met with the
hearty approval OF practically every per
son to whom she has presented it. and
she has number of most enthusiastic
endorsements from well-known Washing
ton ladies. Among them is one from Mrs
g. A. Wilkins, Of 1892 Seventeenth Street
northwest. which has been printed on
some OF the circulars for general distri-
button, and which reads:
The stigma that formerly clung to
domestic service has been altogether re-
moved and replaced by a feeling of mu-
tual benefit and helpfulness between mis-
tress and maid.
THE influence of the school does not
cease when these girls leave its roof.
but follows them into every community
in which they are placed. They are sent
spices of Christian women of intelli-
gence; arc organized for social recrea-
ton, enjoyment. and culture.
The lOng-felt need for eff cient, thor
oUghly trained domestic service should
arouse in every home maker who strives
to have her house something more than
mere lodging place a deep interest in
the excellent work Of the Monte Vista
Association.
we heartily endorse the work and
workers and are ready and willing to CO.
operate in all the efforts of the associa-
ton
The attention Of the Police Department
was first called to Mrs. Hayes through
letter from W. l. Payne, the assistant
postmaster at Newport Giles County,
Va, near which place the association
property is said TO be located. Mr. Payne
is also member of the firm of Payne
* Schneider. whose letter heads an
nounce that they are general mer-
chants" He stated that he had been in
receipt of several letters making enqui-
ries regarding the association. and that
as no property was owned there by any
such persons he pronounced the scheme
a fraud. Detectives Baur and Muller
were assigned 10 the case and found that
Mrs. Hayes and her husband had come
to the city the early part Of January and
that she had been successfully promoting
the enterprise ever since.
He called upon her, ne states, and on be
ing informed OF the big school that was
in operation and the other large enter
Dris5s that We're supposedly under way.
but which. according to his inf0rma ton,
were on paper only. he left with the un-
derstanding that he would return and pur-
chase a membership in the association for
s25 When he returned TO the office about
( o'clock yesterday afternoon he carried
with him a warrant charging Mrs. Hayes
with obtaining money under false pre-
tences. Mrs Hayes was accompanied 10
Police Headquarters BY her husband, Dr.
c. f Hayes, and afterward was sent 10
the House Of Detention whore she was
seen by a Times reporter She IS an at
tractive woman. OF about thirty-siX years
OF age. and is possessed OF exceptional in
telHgence. She stated that the entire
trouble was the OutgrOwth of miSunder--
standing between her and the owner of
the property that she expected to buy, one
McWillamS.
I entered into negotiations with him
last Dec mbeT. she said. for the pur-
chase Of some property about two miles
from Newport Va. He at first wanted
$500 for the property. but eventually
S1S1D was agreed upon as the purchase
price. and the deal was all but closed
when for some reason he withdrew his Of
fer, although he had given me an option
untii March !. Since then I have been
collecting the money with the understand
ing that ] would secure another location.
! have now an option on some property
that IS particularly desirable for my pur-
pose, and on which stands a large motel,
and ] was 10 have left here Tuesday to
confer with a number Of clersymen
throughout Virginia respecting the imme-
diate purchase Of the property.
1t has never been my intention 20 be
dishonest, and IL ] am not interfered with
] viii be able TO fulhll all OF my obliSa-
tions. II ] am sent TO Jail / viii only be
stepping in the tracks OF those refOrIners
who have gone before and who have ever
been perse Cuted. Persecution VIII not de-
ter me. for when ] am released shall
continue the work.
Both my husband and / were born and
raised about twenty-pne miles from
Louisville Ky. For ten years 1 have been
d teacher OF cooking, three of them being
spent in Atlanta. Ga. 1 have given much
thought 10 the plans on which ] am now
working. as for many years il has been
a pet scheme with me. secured So from
each Of the ladies whose names appear
Of rH..~a