The daily sentinel., 1903-03-02
Letter Received
From Singers.

leslerudS mOrHluR fsU tne SERVICE III
the Methodist church, Rev. r. Sander
son read letter coming from Miss
Furguson. of the Philharmonic quar-
tette which is given below.
The young ladies. whose personal
characters were attacked. feel that
they have been done great injustice.
Their many friends in this city also
feel that the charges were uncalled for
cannot be proven and were vile and
scurrilous. That any young women
who are endeavorlng to earn an honest
livlihood should be the subject of a
newspaper article defaming their
characters. in any city. calls for the
most honest condemnation from the
people at large. If this city expects
to earn a reputation for boorishness
and cowardice. for attacking women.
almost UNPROTECTED. it cannot consis-
tently go about it in better manner
than to make them the subject of un-
warranted newspaper attacks.
The informant of the newspaper is
to blame mainly. If what is charged
is not true. they should be in some
manner made to feel the displeasure
of the people:
American Forks. Utah.
Saturday. Feb. 2Sth.
Rev. Mr.. Sanderson, Grand Junction.
Colorado.
NV dear Sir-We are just this mo-
ment in receipt of notice, which
was printed in one of your papers.
following our concert in your town.
And in justice to myself and the
that l must write you and perhaps
through you we may have this infa-
nous article denied. 1t is the very
first time in all my travels that this
company has had one single word said
that could possibly hurt our feelings
and must saw the author must be a
villain TO dare to publish such an ar
ticle without one particle of ground
co do so. and thus try to destroy the
character of five young ladies trying
to earn an honest livlihood.
To begin with the article says that,
one of the ladies cursed the restau-
ants and their services. Now Mr..
Sanderson this is an infamous false
hood. Not one of our company was
ever known to utter an oath. Then
as 60 our smoking cigarettes and ex-
pectorating on the floor 1t makes us
blush to think of it. 1 will take any
oath. Mr.. Sanderson. that not one of
US ever smoked cigarette in all our
lives or even know the taste of them,
and why should we scratch the walls?
We would have to be crazy to be
guilty of the things we are given Gre
dit of in this most terrible article.
AS to our having lively time, l
must say we did not have it in Grand
Juntcion; not even pillow fight. or
anything like it.
1T is fact that we rolled back
the pieces of carpet on the floor of
our quarters for our quarters were
small and we found them in the way.
AS my sister and Miss Eddy made an
entire evening dress while there and
wanted the room clear of rugs.
If the landlady had a grievance
against us she did not express it to us.
We did not have word with her. l
paid her 81. 90 for three days rooms
and no complaint was made. only
against our trunks for having to be
taken up.
AS to our being a bunch of spin
steri' we certainly laugh. The oldest
is 26 and the youngest is 20 wears of
age and were all members of churches.
''We each and all come of good
Christian families and try to live
right and honorable and it grieves us
more than you can imagine to have
the public read such a villainous ar
ticle. [ will ask you to read this
letter to your congregation, and hope
it NAV convince you and your good
people that we are still worthy of
their respect.
Very Cordially.
FANNY RGUSON.