The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17
NOW LOOK OUT FOR SQUALLS
DAUGHTERS o. THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION To MEET.
saSEm signals Have H%en SET Ger Nearly
Nsath-Ia d Aass TpsAa Eiiher MRS.
Se~et. Presllrnt-oeneFAL 90 Mass
WucoA. secretary. van Have % Retire.

I
! . Naath--n d aAka Tp,Aa Either SIrs.
scott. Preslarat.Ge1erML 90 sllss
WucoA. secretary. wm Have 20 Retire.
WASHINGTON. April Is.-"LOok oUt for
squalls- u always the signal Gown during
| the annual sessions OF the Continental
Congress of the Daughters % the kmeri-
can Revolution. which enlivens waaAing-
ton each spring. THIS year Il n not merely
squalls that are expected At the congress.
which will open Monday. for the stosm
signals have been set for ~ least q
mouth.
Al the New Willard. where most % tbs
delegates are registered: ~ Continental
Hall. where the preliminary board and
committee meetings arc being held; even
n the Arlington. where Mrs. Matthew i.
Scott. president general OF the ID. A. r..
has lived al winter. 10 ~ said on the ons
hand that Mrs. Scott III bc impca~he ID.
and on the other that INA Smuch ~ Mrs.
Scott certainly cannot with dignity
continue to serve ON the same hoard with
Miss Mary D.. Wilcox. recordinG secretary
general Of the organization. Mis- Wilcox
will certainly have TO be removed. An
extremely lively row II expected when
the two parties thresh the matter out
during the convention. Mrs. Scott now
seeIns to hold the strongest position. 90
the national board AZ u nesting this
morning iHdorsed her action In the matter
AZ issue and formally csnsured Miss WILCOX
! for criticising her superior
The whole trouble aro@e over q clerk
ship from which Mrs Scott summArily
dismissed Miss Agnes Gerald Miss
Mary Wilcox promptly took up the cudsels
/ in behalf ~ Miss Gerald. asserting that
/ Mrs scott had no power 10 dismiss. A
pretty controversy developed and no.
/ body knows when Il will end though
Z IL is predicted that 10 con only end In the
retirement OF either the prcsident-gsneral
OT OF the recording secretAry-General.
Like most ID. A. r. rows. " appeala
Out-Ot-a-Eso!ehill sort. Aiss Gerald de-
clined Tn answer a question put 20 her by
4 Mrs. Amos q. Draper. because Mrs. Draper
and Miss Geralds mother had had some
/ ing that Mrs. Draper addreeeed her not
a. an individual. but ofaciAliy and az an
employee Of the National D. A. r.. Miss
Gerald says she answered. However,.
Mrr Draper took her grievance 90 MIRO.
Scott and tho result was a sharp note
from the president- general % Mics Gerald
on February p. dismis-ing her from the
clerical service Of the ID. A. r.
This course has become necessary
wrote Mira. Scott. owing 20 your coc-
tinued and persistent acts and attitude
OF characterization ~ an employees. which
eliminated In your action OF February "a.
Miss Gerald promptly consulted Q
lawyer. l.. Cabell Williamson. who wrote
Mrs. scott that he had advised his client
TO rerort as usual and perform her duties
as clerk. a. she had not been legally dls-
missed by the authority OF the board OF
management or BY the Continental Con-
gresN OF the ID. A. ".
To this letter Mrs. scott did not reply.
but on March 1 she notified Miss Wilcox.
recording secretary OF the oEGaniEntton,
tlsaa Mise 6-tAid stls- tlo- isnmss ga de
payroll. Miss Wilcox immediately wrote
Mrs. scott. respectfully informing her
that she had no authority to dinmies Mas
Gerald. she having been appointed by
\ the national hoeryt ~ ulRUsRefpent 81
the q A. r. and Therefore viii cOnttnue
her services Va my dspartment, where
they are needed. until she shall have been
dismissed by the said national board Of
management OF the ID. A. r.
AiIs scott did not bother 70 aneN er
this communication. noe one from Miss
Gerald dated March ?. couchsd In much
more concfltatory terms. Asktng To be
informed wherein she had offended and
beggine an opportunity 10 defend herself
/ from that charge. since that date Mise
Wilcox hes cOntendsd that Mis- Gerald
was still member u the clerical stan
and Mrs ScOtt has maintained a diGnltSed
{ silence there the matter nov stands.
+ Mis- Gerald was put On the .'p~rrDanent
I payroll 81 the organization just a year
ago largely because she vas q daughter
~ good and regular standing Who needed
the money. Her frisnds claim that the
alleged characterization vas entireiv a
re-N nal matter between her aud Mrs.
draper. who they say used hSr position
- make the girl A. uncou Portable IN her
I work A. possible Meanwhile Miss Gerald