The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-12
Association Refuses Plan of
Mrs. w. ID. FOuIke Detail
ing Selection of Trustees
For Home.
WILL RETURN GIFT
Contributors Desiring Re-
funding of Cash Donations
Will Receive Money on Ap-
plicatiOn to Treasurer.


; iation makes the following statement
of the proposed project. which was ex.
clusively announced by The Palladium
few days ago:
To the Public:
| The ladies of Richmond, who have
| been laboring to promote and estab.
llsh in this city the Guest House. for
the benefit of worthy, self-supporting
women and girls, feel that the public,
and especially the very large and en-
couraging class of our citizens who
have manifested generous interest in
the enterprise, are entitled to know
how and why our work has been de-
layed and why it is temporarily sus.
pended.
| We have asked our counsel Mr..
John l.. Rupe. who has served as our
counsel from the beginning on account
of his friendly interest without COM
pensatlon, to make a statement Of the
legal complications and difficulties We
/ have encountered. and the delays
necessarily resulting therefrom. His
statement will be published with this
and we feel assured will satisfactorily
account for the delays in our work,
and will show that such delays have
been unavoidable.
Plan Unsatisfactory.
When we had. as we thought. over
come the difficulties set forth in the
statement of our counsel and were
ready for the formation Of the new
corporation upon plan to embody the
wishes expressed by Mrs. Foulke, she
| under the advice of her counsel, was
inl hot
! legally carried out and the rights she
wished secured to herself as to repre-
sentation on the governing board cer-
| tainly and legally secured to her
| Mrs. Foulke through her counsel
| then proposed to us two plans of or
ganiZation viz: That a voluntary as
sociation be formed. similar to that OF
the Morrisson-Reeves library or. that
corporation be organized. upon a
| plan. proy iding for the selection of its
| trustees or governing body by the
| contributors to the enterprise. they TO
have voice or vote therein based
| upon the proportion of their respect
| i've contributions
Differ With Donor.
The ladies who have had charge OF
the enterprise. were unanimous in the
opinion that it would not be wise to or
sested plans. 1t is our belief that an
organization upon any plan which
does not meet with general favor OF
, our citizens would at least be of
| doubtful success and the expression OF
views of citizens generally. which have
come to us in our work thus far leads
us to believe. than an organization
upon either of the two plans suggested
by Mrs. Foulke would not meet with
popular favor. We have therefore
notified Mrs. Foulke that we could not
accept either of such plans and her
offer made to us conditionally has
been withdrawn.
These numerous difficulties we have
encountered have necessarily delayed
our work. have been discouraging. but
we have not given up the work. or
abandoned the enterprise.
Suspend Work.
We have been very generally advis-
ed by our friends, and il is further
more manifest to us, that In view of
business and financial conditions now
existing. it would be unWiSe to make,
further canvass for contributions just
now. We have therefore determined
to suspend our work temporarily with
the expectation of resuming it actively
at as early date. as the return OF
normal business conditions Will seem
to justify: and until then We ask. and
trust that all citizens who have given
us pledges. will allow them to stand
effective. without any call for pay
ment. until our work is resumed.
Any citizen who has made cash
subscription, or has paid his pledge
in whole or in part and who wishes
us to return the amount of cash paid,
will receive the amount he may have
paid on written demand therefor from
the Guest House treasurer Ida Bartel,
oil North T. street. We ask all such
however. and trust that they will be
willing to give pledge card for
a like amount to be paid when other
subscriptions are collected. upon the
resumption of our work.
We are grateful for all the kind
nesses. encouragement and generous
help of all our citizens. in promoting
and forwarding this worthy enter
prise: and our work is suspended tenn
porarily in the confident belief that
when the early time seems opportune,
We may resume our work and find the
same generous response and interest.
which have already given us assurance
that our hopes are to be ultimately
realized, in the establishment of this
excellent and worthy institution in
our city.
RICHMOND GUEST HOUSE AS
ISOLATION.