New-York tribune., 1909-11-20
MRS. STE1S0N LOST
TAC1TES OLD HOME.
Rep0rt That Size Is Resting
Here After Ordeal.

Mrs Augusta T. Stetson. Christian Sci
ence teacher and healer. who was formally
accommodated from that church ny 10
Boston directors. has left her home. at no.
7 West 9sth street. adjoining the First
Church If this city.
AT her hCme "a was sail yesterday that sne
with friends in New York. resting ana
recuPerating from the ordeal through whica
she recently passed before tie directors In
the Mother Church In response to ques-
tiOns one Of Mrs StetsOn's secretaries said
that the former leader Of the local church
was not sick. but simply resting. and ner
secretary Genied the truth Of the rumOr
that Mrs. StetsOn had collapsed.
The board OF trustees met at the church
yesterday afternoon. and Mrs. StetsOn.
though a member Oi that board and even
though communicated from the Mother
Church stil holding her legal right to sit
with the local trustees. was not present
The call for the meeting was issued be-
fore the order OF exoOnmunic alton for Mrs.
StetsOn was received from Boston. and. sc-
cording To Edwin F. Hatfield. chairman Of
the board. nothing but routine business was
transacted The withdrawal Of the request
Tor "A special congregational meeting 10 act
upon the resignation Of Mrs. Stetson and
the entire board and the cessation OF the
annual payment Of S.Oa 10 Mrs Stetson
was received and filed. and the board voted
70 recall the notice for the meeting. whicn
was scheduled fer the 25d of this month.
10 was stated by a member OF the COM
mittee Of ten. who drew IN the demands
for the congregational meeting of the I'd
that the COMMITTEES would stand intact even
though It's contemplated Ia5ors were rem
dered unnecessary by the recent interven-
ton of Mrs. Eddy in the church quarrel
The committee viii. however. stand IN
TACT said this member. "on watch. so 70
speak. 20 see that the board Of trustees
makes good its promise % stand bv the
rulings or the Mother Church directors
Ihree OF the present trustees il was
learned yesterday. will retire from Office
on the third Tuesday In January. They
are William H. Taylor who has been ON.
Cf Mrs. StetsOn's Warmest sunDorters.
Joseph y Whitney and Mrs Isabelle a.
Dam Whether their names Will be pre-
sented for reelection. said prominent
anti-Stetsonites yesterday. depended m
tirely upon their actions between now and
that time
Another vacancy in the board oS truss
tees VIII occur as soon az the board acts
upon the previously proffered resignation
or Mrs StetsOn- The general attitude of
the congregation seems 20 be that the
board VIII act upon that resignation and
also upon the demand that her $1,000
salary cease. I'm the near future
Eugene r. COX. the practical representa-
tive of the Boston directors in New York.
said yesterday that the report from Ros-
ton that Mrs. Stetson had been tricked into
an admission OF error" was incorrect.
The directors he said simply acted upon
the testimony presented 10 them
Friends of Mrs. Stetson. however. insisted
yesterday that their leader had been trtcked
into believing that she was 70 be exoner-
ated. and they declared that the sentence
Of accommodation was entirely unex-
pected both by Mrs. Stetson herself and by
her friends.