El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-25
MR.. zIELoNKA REPLIES.


Editor FL Paso Herald:
was under the impression that I
wrote a fair English and that my words
conveyed the thoughts I desired to ex-
press But ii seems that 1 am mis-
taken. At least 1 Judge so from your
heading Reply to the Rabbits Attack
placed over communication signed "A
Member of the Womans Charity"
When Mrs. Rawlings rang me up
yesterday morning 1 could not under
stand how such an Interpretation could
be placed on my words In fact in
terviewed several people. prominent cit
liens who attended the lecture and
asked them whether my address was
destructive, l. e. an attack or construct
we; l. e, solution for a pressing prob
lem Every one claimed that the lat
ter was the general impression left on
the mind In fact business men stopped
me on the street yesterday and thanked
me Tor publicly offering a solution for
vital need
/ would not answer an ANONYMOUS
writer. one who is ashamed Of her own
writing, We're it not for the fact that
IL does a great injustice to myself per-
Sonaliy and the object for which / am
striving and which was the cause Of
the address.
can assure the writer that there ara
many more charity workers IN the city
than those Of the ". A. c.. and many OF
these have worked at least seven years
IN the cause and one I know has
card index for a longer period. wish
furthermore to state that nv object
was not TO attack" the ". c. but
rather to point out our problem and
give method by which it can be al
layed and that I mentioned the W. A. C.
only insofar as it was absolutely nee
essary because it was the public agent
for the dispensing Of charity. I dis
tinctly quoted a report of the society
as recent as April 1908, and said: The
work then done for women and children
was good and no one said a word
against IT. furthermore said:
When these women assumed the larger
responsibility of a United Charities
and became the public almoners. then
must they be ready to answer public
criticism because they are dispensing
public funds"
These quotations give correct view
OF my position and I know many more
who take the same view. We have no
associated charities=only a Woman's
charity organization that is attempting
10 do the work Of a larger organiza-
ton The women have undertaken more
than they can handle and IL is time that
a larger society. a true associated char
tiles be formed suggested one
method in my address that I deem feas-
ible- Surely there is no attack in this.
l am surely permitted TO have an opin-
ion and have right to express it.
As for using the word clique" I
distinctly said: Il quote the words OF
member of the board to Mr.. Mclean
of the Russell Sage Foundation"
surely could get no better authority
than this If an active member Of the
organization uses this word, 1 have a
right 10 assume that she knows
whereof she speaks.
Whatever else was said I leave N TO
the impartial reader to decide whether
or not my address was an attack" 1
only ask that their criticism be based
not on garbled selections of a few sen
fences quoted at random, but rather
upon the full discourse. 1 purposely
used manuscript last Friday night and
carefully wrote out beforehand every
word / said lest / be misquoted
With this explanation or interpreta-
ton the matter ends so far as I am
concerned Newspaper controversies
are exceedingly distastefui to me. In
conclusion. I simply wish TO saw that
l fail TO see why the ladies are so
aroused over my address, when their
superintendent who was present ar the
address telephOned me Saturday morn
ing and thanked me for what was said.
Martin ZialOnka