The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Reply TO Mrs. MOOTe'S Facts"

Ou sumo one OF mOfeS IhoSe whit
have known her longest would not ex
pect her to make any sort of fight OF
white men. She knows their manner
of fighting would prov disastrous tC
her. Thus wit hthe aid of relatives
she decided upon and followed the
line which they regarded east hazard
Gus. an ingenious one in generalities
but embodying some statements ant
insinuations concerning which the
public has a right to know more and
which / am attempting to answer in
the order in which they we're printed
First, how did an imiterate woman
without previous experience, pass an
examinations in spelling, arithmetic
and hygiene with other important
questions to answer, and get a ratin9
higher than that of two or three well
educated women? Her competitors
were: Misses N. E. Wilson, Myrtle
Carr, Mrs. Virginia Bolts and a lady
whose name l do not recall. DR..
Thompkins, Mrs. Moore's son-in-law.
was chief examiner and it was said by
well informed people that her de-
mands to be placed at the head of tie
list occasioned him much trouble. The
relativeness of this fact is in that it
tends to show the type of woman, and
that hers is a dangerous path to cross.
In the line of duty l crossed it when
l was asked as to her ability to do
the various kinds of work which l
was informed that the woman who
would be kept on the pay roll must be
able to do. In addition to attending
the few baths, to handle girls and
young women's classes in athletic
games, folk dances, physical exercises
and some janitor work. Frankly, /
said she would not be able to do the
physical culture work and that she
had acquired the i'll will of the young
people who come into the building.
Thus assertion No. l that she was as
competent to do the work as the play
ground teacher falls of it's own weight.
AS to my attitude toward her;
two persons will bear witness that l
spent two hours with her on Friday
the day before she began actual work,
and again on Saturday morning. and
on the Monday following l put in an
other hour helping her at which time
l made up the weekly report in her
presence. 1t was then / saaw she had
been registering the cash register at
random much after the manner of that
of a three year old child. To sub
stantiate this fact-one needs only con-
suit the lady who she claims told her
that her work was o. r.. At the end of
the second week she had her daugh.
ter come down and make out the re.
ports for her. When l relieved her
of h duty Of taking care of the mems
bath, work which l thought would be
stead the care of the ladies' club loom
| felt a sense of injustice to Miss Will
son, who had done that work, but l
was extremely anxious to give Mrs.
Moore no ground for complaint. My
duties requires me to supervise every
phase of work in the building; there
fore, l could not spend all of my time
with Mrs. Moore.
AS to her hours; she constantly
complained of the uselessness OF her
being there so long. On more than
one occasion / called her attention to
the fact that she was leaving ahead of
her time. l recall on one occasion
she showed plainly she was in a bad
humor because I asked her to stay lat
er. All of this l am able to prove.
She asks, 'Why the former play
ground teacher went to the place
twelve of the fourteen days she was
there. If she had asked the Park
Board Officials they would have told
her that this lady had an agreement
with them to come to the building aud
handle the girl classes afternoons and
evenings much after the manner she
had been doing in the past, and for
which she was receiving some COM
.penation. All of this can be verified
by a visit to the secretary of the
board. AS to the number of classes
she handled, Mrs. Moore tells another
of her blissful falsehoods, as the rec
ords will show. AS to the teachers
CLOSE" conversations with me. All
extended conversations this play
ground teacher or anyone else had
with me, were at my desk in the office
of the main lobby. Never in any
private rooms for there are none in
the building, which by any stretch of
imagination could be adopted to the
use which her vile mind insinuates. /
have refrained from asking for a rest
to be suitably furnished because
of just such minds as Mrs. Moore's.
AS to the fireman in the basement"
Mr.. VIM. Brown, who has a commits
sion from the police board as a special
police officer, whose duties require1
him to look after the entire premises
and grounds; few people
visit the building without seeing him
in evidence and it is as apt to be one
place as another.
1t has always been a consoling sat
isfaction to me that fate has many
ways through the providence of God
to protect the worthy from the raw
ages of malice and revenge. In this
case it has not failed me. l see it
plainly in the circumstances which
brought Mr.. Joe Whitney, one of the
original employees Of the building
whose work at night had put him in
bad health to the extent of an attack
of pneumonia, necessitating his going
under the care of a doctor and re-
naming away from the building for
lust two weeks Tins re0uirinP a0me