The evening world., 1915-02-25
No CHAMPAGNE At
TRUSTEES Dinner,
SAYS MISS CRAMP
Gutenberg School Teacher
Admits She Was There
With Blackmore.
"PUT UP JOB" HE SAYS.
Ordinary Little Table d'Hote
Meal, and Only School
Affairs Were Discussed.
"PUT UP JOB" HE SAYS.


Grille" letter from Trustee Charles
w. Biackmors and who was found |
dining with him in the Cafe Laioy |
in>Thirty-ninth Street, Manhattan,
was Miss Helen Ida Cramp. She |
admits this to-day. The letter she got
was signed. Your Uncle Dudley"
Miss Cramp II not yet twenty. -
petite, has dark brown hair and large
eyes and Is vivacious. Her family
lives in Harrisburg. Pa. Miss Cramp
declares that Trustee Blackmors.
who 10 fifty-hve years old. married
and . grandfather. takes only . sort
Of fatherly interest In her.
She talks frankly about the dinner,
Feb. .1s. at the Cafe Laloy. which
was interrupted by ths unexpected
entry Of Principal Isaac q. Miller Of
Gutenberg. and his daughter. .
Barnard College student.
1T was simply an affair of bust
ness" she asserts. II am alone here.
800 miles away from my relatives. and
Mr.. Blackmors vas good and kind to
me. have been to his house and
have met his wife and family.
SAYS TRUSTEE DIDN'T BUY ANY
CHAMPAGNE.
81 accepted his invitation to dine
with him In tho Cafe Laloy In New
York. because that II near his place
Of employment. No. he didn't buy
mo any champagne. a. some persons
have insinuated. It was an ordinary
little table d'hote dinner. and hs
talked about school to mo. and
can't sec why all this fuss II being
made"
The Cafe Laioy Is located directly
across the street from the Times
Square postal station. where Trustee
Blackmore 10 q clerk. He has been In
the service for more than twenty years
and Is Secretary Of the Mail Clsrks'
Association.
Trustee Bartholomew Bracket, q
friend Of Principal Miller, obtained
the Hello Grille" letter from Miss
Cramp and read 1t to the board. He
and the principal insisted that Black
more resign. Blackmore offered to
resign II there would be no publicity.
The other trustees would not agree
to that. so he says he will get a
lawyer and resist expulsion from
office. Mrs. Blackmore Is standing
by him.
IL was framed up" Blackmore said
to-day. because some time ago /
wanted to reduce Principal Miller's
salary by $500 and give that money
to the hardworking women teachers. !"
MARBLE CUTTER READS THE
"HELlo, GIRLiE," LETTER.
II Blackmore quits the board with
out u fight. Miss Cramp will not be
asked to resign. The board. however.
may adopt a different course with
respect to her II Uncle Dudley
does not resign.
The Hello Grille letter was read
. to the Gutenberg School Board by
Trustee Bracket. marble cutter
night before last. The contents OF
the letter are as follows:
"Hello, Girlie. Whatever In the mat
ter? I have waited and waited for q
reply to my last letter. Why don't
you telephone? hope have not Of
Tended my little pal. Suppose you
have been very busy enjoying your
self hope so anyway. as l always
want you to do that.
well, the washington trip II COM
ing of Feb. 27 and can arrange ia
include your dear little self In the
party IL you so desire. and II won't
cost you a cent, as /. being manager
can arrange all the details. Do dror
me a line and let me know all about
yourself. The days seem like weeks
and all because l was expecting Z
letter from you. So sit right down
and iend few lines to your
UNCLE DUDLEY"
J "Uncle Dudley Blackmore listened
to the evidence against him, and theu
made some explanations. Perhaps hi
had been a little indiscroet. he said
1t was true he had written this lettsI
and another one. and had taken 0
teacher cher name was not mentioned
at the meeting) to a cafe. As to the
invitation for the Washington trip
that merely meant including the
teacher in a party of some 200 Nom.
bers of a beneficial organization
which had the trip scheduled.
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