Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-11
MEN Of MIGHT
ARISE To DEFEND
MRS. PLUMMER
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mer's Newark tag day plans SET for to-
day, Mrs. Plummer said today that she
said to him point blank. You know 1t
is a fact, Mr. MacDougall, hat 65 per
cent. of the money you take In goes
to pay salaries and running expenses.
ard that the secretary of the Associ-
ated Charities hastily pleaded a press
ing engagement and departed without
going into the question of percentages.
Il might have gone right ahead and
held the tag day." said Mrs. Plummer,
but l decided, after due consideration,
that IL would be better to dispose first
of these charges which have been made
against me. As soon as that is done
l shall carry out my original pro-
gram"
A powerful defense of Mrs. Plummer
n her methods, and a drastic ar
raignment of her critics Is contained in
a letter received by Mr.. MacDougall
today from A.. M. Heston. comptroller
of Atlantic City and a director Of the
Bide-a-W Wee Home. Mr.. Hes;on is also
tre of the Organized Charities of
Atlantic City, yet despite that fact he
comes p%erilcus'y near threatening hIs
brother official with something serious
unless the fight on Mrs. Plummer Is
stopped. The letter follows:
March 10. 1911.
MFR. Arthu w. MacDougal, Bureau OF
Associated Charities, Newark, N. j.:
Dear Sir-The officers of the Bide-a-
Wee Home for Incurables have read
In today's papers of your action in in
terfering with Mrs. Claire P. Plummer,
general secretary of the Bide-a-Wee
Home at Longport, near this city. We
have also learned of your comments
regarding Mrs. Plummer. Accordingly
l wiIed you today as follows:
"'Ne resent any criticism of Mrs.
Plum { or interference with her good
work for the cause of humanity.
"'Signed by Charles Evans. treasurer
of Bide-a-Wee. and A. M. Heston, d.
rector of Bide-a-Wee, treasurer OF or
ganized charities and city comptroller
IT also wired Mayor Haussling as
follows:
We earnestly protest against any
interference With Mrs. Claire p. Plum
mer by the Associated Charities of
Newark. She Is working faithfully for
the Bide-a-Wee Home.
"'Signed by Charles Evans, treas
urer of Bide-a-Wee Home. and A. M.
Heston, city comptroller. director of
Wee and treasurer organized
charities.
I'm conversation with C'arles Evans.
a leading citizen of Atlantic City, pres
ident of the Atlantic City Nat onal
Bank and trs asurer of tie Bide-a-W g
Home, we decided to call upon you Tor
proof OF your charges against. Mrs.
Plummer. You are doing the lady a
great injustice. / would rather be.
lieve Mrs. Plummer han the persons
who make the charges, whether they
be residents Of Atlantic City or else.
where. If tie charity organizations
had workers like Mrs. Plummer they
would do better work than they are
now doing, and I say this with no
thought of disparaglng the work of the
Organized Charities. of which I am
the treasurer in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Plummer has the Endorsement
OF a board Of governors composed OF
representative citizens of Atlantic City
and elsewhere. She was duly author
tied to. conduct the tag days in New
ark and other cities. The statement
that she received q part of the moneys
collected in Atlantic City on tag days
is false. The boxes were opened an
money coui.ted by Charles Evans, VIII
lam A. Bell and myself. and he money
turned over to the
The unfortunate inmates OF the
home have teen fed from the grocery
store Of Mrs. Plummer's husband for
a year past and we now 1--WE him $1,000
We also w Mrs. Plummer's broth r
in-law 81, 500. which he procured from
the bank to assist In carrying on the
work.
IF you persist In your efforts to do
Mrs. Plummer an Injustice or pre-
vent her from conducting the work of
raising funds for the B.de-a-Wee
Home, we will take further action In
her behalf. / never desert a man,
woman or cause when 1t Is the object
of an unjust attack and I commend
this rule to others.
Mrs. Plummer may not be a thor
ough business woman, but she Is "a
hustling woman In the cause of hui
mainly, which counts for more than
business ability.
Yours very respectfully,
"a. M. HESTON,
Comptroller"