Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21
PROTEST AGAINST HOME
FOR FALLEN WOMEN

Continued from Page One
choosing the Barring street location.
petition was Immediately got up by Ray
mond @. Fuller, of 34O2 Barring street,
and Miss Klemm, Of s6l9 Barring street.
Nearly a hundred names were attached
to the petition and It was forwarded to
Mrs Bullltt at her home in Rittenhouse
Square.
ITS ridiculous" said Mrs. William G.
Bullitt at her home today, "all this tenn
pest in a teapot about the home. It will
be entirely noffensive. the girls will not
be allowed to be on the porch or in sight
and 1t will be like an ordinary house.
ut could not depreciate their properties
any more than they are deprecated for
1t is n very poor neighborhood. The
| Pennsylvania Railroad ruined 1t years
ago with its smoke and all the decent
people moved out l don't understand
where they see 1t is n good neighborhood.
They threaten they would sell their prop
critics. but they could not, because they
are not worth anything.
I'VE decided upon the house because It
| Is larger and just what we want. The
final meeting of our committee has not
taken place yet, and I will not say
whether we have paid for the house yet
| or not My matron goes TO the House of
| Correction, gets the girls and keeps them
until positions are obtained for them in
the country. That is all there is to 1t.
THE persons in that neighborhood are
| only making lot of trouble about moth
ing, and they might as we'll get 1t into
their heads that the home will not be
| offensive"
Mrs Bulitt and her associates in reply
| It is said gave the residents to under
| stand that the home would be very un-
| obtrusive and quiet. The girls It was
| stated. would not be permitted to sit on
| the porch or walk in the street. Miss a.
! NJ. C. Dupree. of the Aldine. one of Mrs
| Bullets co-workers, said she would just
as soon have the home next door to her.
MEETING FOR PROTEST.
Finding the fight going against them,
| the residents of the neighborhood held a
| protest meeting last night in the parish
| house of st. Andrews Episcopal Church,
| at Seth and Barring streets. The Rev.
| William j. Coke, rector of the church,
| presided. There the entire situation was
| discussed and committee was appointed
| to work in cooperation with Mrs. Bullitt
| to attempt some sort of u compromise.
A good sum has been paid to the own
| ers of the house by the Home Com
mittee, It Is said, to insure the transac-
tlon. This sum, the Barring street resi-
dents have offered to pay to the home,
and they have even offered to raise a
the hope that the managers of the home.
seeing the earnestness of the nighbor-
hood, will use their influence TO have 1t
moved to some other locality.
REV. MR.. COKE OBJECTS.
The reason why tho home should be
moved into such an old and restricted
neighborhood is a puzzle to the resi-
dents
81 should think they would want a
HaH he Tr
Coke today 1.-THE house they have
chosen it perhaps one OF the most con-
spicuous in the neighbOrhood. 1t Is my
opinion that a situation in the country |
would be much better, as the girls could
have the country to walk in without |
any curious and unsympathetic eyes star
ing at them.
THE whole situation is rather delicate. |
We do not wish to appear as If we were |
not in sympathy with the movement; |
that Is not so. 1t Is a wonderful work, |
but TO move II into q neighbOrhood such |
as ours is more than l can understand. |
1t would undoubtedly depreciate the prop |
erty. In addition residents in the block |
own their own houses with the exception |
of two.
MRS. BULLITT IN CHARGE
At the meeting last night a committee
was appointed to call Mrs. Bullitt on
the phone This was done, and Mrs.
said also, according to Miss Wilson,
chairman of the committee, that she had
gone ahead in the matter without con-
sulting her colleagues, as they had placed
everything in her hands.
This statement. the residents pointed
out, looked too much like a "one-man"
affair. Remarks of "steam-roller meth
ods'' were also heard in the meeting.
RESIDENTS OWN HOMES.
A canvass OF Barring street between
36th and 37th streets showed that with
the exception OF two every house was
occupied by the person who owned IT,
A table OF the houses in the order they
are situated from 36th street follows: 360l,
George II. Hill, owns; 1908, Ellis Bacon
owns 1905, Miss Mary Troth, owns; 3607
John w. Price, owns; S609, Edward II.
Wilson, owns; 36ll, proposed locality for
institution; 36l3. Harry Palmer rents;
$685. Mrs. A. X. Robertson, owns; 36l9,
Mrs. John Klemm, owns.
on the south side are houses: Corner,
st. Andrews Episcopal Church; 1904, Rev.
William j. Coke owns SO6, Charles ].
McNulty, owns; 1910 James Boyd, ownsi
S6l2 Miss Anna Hogan, owns; S6li, Joseph
Ashbrook, owns; 1916, vacant; S62O, Il. NJ.
look. owns; 1922, William Petzel. owns;
1924 Mrs. A. s. II. Bush, owns; S626,
Harry ]. Minich, owns.
SPEAKS WELL OF HOME.
Residents in the neighborhood OF $50
and Wallace streets, where the home Is
now situated, gave the institution the
highest recommendation.
I'VE are sorry to see 1t CO." said Mrs.
John Kelley. OF 643 North 3Sd street, d.
Tectly opposite the home. ut is a good
institution and il bothers no one. The
majority of persons in the neighborhood
think that 1t Is a private house, because
It is so quiet. The only difference Is that
II has a brass plate on the door"
Il cannot understand" said Miss Brown, |
superintendent Of the home, why any
body would protest our moving near them
1t Is always quiet here, as We never have
more than FIVE or six girls at a time
remember only one time when We were
We had 50 girls at that time,
but II was not a bit noisier than the aver
age house. Every one around here likes |
US In fact l think We have improved the
as We stopped the noisy
boys who used to play on the corners, !
annoying everybody.
Mrs. Edward Wilson, who lives at
$500 Barring street, next door to the pro-
nosad site said she did not | l