The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-14

and other cities, but no formal investiga-
,ion has ever been held. The- Chicago
Bureau of Charities inv estigated the Chicago
settlement OF the Sunshine Legion. IL
fond such a queer, tangled and suspicious
etete of affairs and such activity In COL
Letting funds that the organization was
b, lletined all over the United States as
unworthy. Reports from other cities went
TO sho W that all the branch institutions
vcre run on the same principle as the
Chicago ofice.
The Sunshine Legion made a fight:
F. rther, in the OPINION O so sae u rosS 10
n rnista,e, F1oridy applied in the Circuit
Court of Cook county, ILL.,, for an INJUNCTION
restraining the police and the Mayor from
fu, Their Interference. The matter was
TUNED over to a Master In Chancery, and
the work Of getting dispositions az to the
character Of the home Office in Jersey City
vas passed up TO the Charity organlza-
in these dispositions was SO direct that
tEc Master in Chancery denied the applica-
tio1. saving that the society was the
Copfsest kind OF fraud.
|ihereupon the league, which had been
Showing remarkable financial strength,
rci used to pay its Chicago attorney. He
ICdIized by levying an attachment on what
little property the league had m Shicago.
II al was the finish Of SunshineL Legion work
msr,Siv ever since in other cities. All
this year the Charity Organization Society
OF New York has been following the case,
ADDING to the dispositions taken in the
Those depositiops, never before made
prblic, Are beautiful. Beat OF the lot for
directness and clearness is mat OF Mrs,
Martha C.. Aitken, a Unitarian clergyman
al present preaching in West Upton, MASS
In.the fall of 1904, being then out oil a parish
and eager to find some work that w1nlo
tide her over, she heard that the Sunsh,ne
i.ogion wanted a manager for its Philadel-
Mia branch. Surprising that this was a
genuine charity, she took the place; she
vs. 8 employed not by the FloTidy Ilbpetts
outfit, but by a Miss Lillian LARK, VINO ~
Philadelphia in October and TOOK Gnatge
Of the "day nursery" at 800 North Eighth
street. They had there a basement and a
~Isrlor floor This is not a ehemeh u,e-
nl" She was surprised to find that there
Tcre only three or four children IN attend
sroel at the day nursery, Upon investiga-
VS. the child Of a wage earning mother
TIE father of one Of them, a prosperous
mechanic, sent his little girl there because
III at arrangement made less trouble Tor lts
m other. The mother of another sent her
oliid because it was noisy; she didn't want
II at home, and the day nursery didn't Cost
anything. two o, them were there every
- day eXCpDt three OF Jour .lInSS WHICH, 1 Soii0
item home because the nursery was too
ccld,' said Mrs; Aitken.,
) For food to give the children lunches she
raid between 81 and So a week Inc nrst
Communication she had from Mrs lid
belts was a complaint that she was paying
too much for food .r aid
TIE letter Mrs. Aitken wrote back COM
Naming that the work was doing no good
and saving that an eff ort should be made
to get more children; also that she wanted
10 Start a mothers club. The letter in
reply made no answer to TINS; ~ was q
tie place, which was very damp and IN
E.nitary, put in some kind of shape The
home office at Jersey City had another
kick. Money was not coming IN 1ast enough
philadelphia used to be our banner city,
I am very much displeased with you
wrote Mrs. Tibbetts. Finally Floridy came
AK man with a face anything hut char,
table. He wore an immense damon
ring, He said that it was the vilest smelling
rlace he ever saw; but most OF his All wa
about money" sa yySs M @eSeiy Al5k q com nm ui'
cation asking her to leave Philadeiiphla
and start a branch in Washington. There"
upon she threw up the job and had a fina
roundup With the Fior'dy-liooe''S man
Mrs. Aitken said that she had out from
Elk to fifteen solicitors all the tune are,
their 80 per cent had been deducted the
ret receipts we're from $50 to 500 a week
The whole cost Of the settlement, including
Ter salary rent and food, was less than
f3O a week. The rest was forwarded to the
home office in jersey City.
Nevertheless, her returns were so un
satisfactory that Floridy in the final round
no. complained bitterly. In her Testimony
size spoke of Mrs. Tibbetts as "a large
~peroxide blonde
The landlord of the place at 81 SUSSEX
street. Jersey City, which they occupy a
oeice and living rooms, had his say
sMrs. Tibbetts and Floridy are Twin
together on the second floor in a five ron
len with them-two his, I believe, and tw'
hers. / have often seen Mrs: Tibbett
Under the influence Of liquor; Very oftel
l hear them quarrelling and peati ppgf on
injured her so that she was in bed for tw
The police of Jersey City say that Florid.
is not his real name: He Is joseph w
FIaherty, formerly of Fall River. they say
and he first jumped into the charity gam
ae president Of the National Red, eros
Humane Legion. A Joseph w. tiahert
of Fall River refused to support his vii
several years ago, and she was cared 10
by the Overseer of the Poor.
'@Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners
and cuttings" were a part of their pre-
gramme, as advertised in their publication pHs
Testimony from q collector. gave the dc
tails of one of these Thanksgiving dinner
She was appointed to collect for such a dill
CITY She succeeded in getting a publ
school interested, and the children a
brought ,prcviskiGTpss ra from m fTs esn for II
SeTersl waqonloads of hams, canned frui
and vegetables and miscellaneous pre-
visions were sent to 81 Sussex street. A
the time Mrs, Tibbetts was complainin
that she was getting too many provisior
and too little money, After enough food
feed a regiment had been collected, Floric
decided that he wouldn't make it a dim.
5of Louise" To each child who attendt
was given a small, cheap doll as a souveni
but no food-eXcept a few 5asketfbpIs VIII nfs
The Man was changed and which she ga
the most needy at the door: What happen'
To- the provisions lifted from the echo
children was never learned. -, nj,
With seven institutions like the PM
deInhia one running throughout the count