Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-02
EMERGENCY AID
NOT BACKING THE
BELLEVUE BALL
Misunderstanding Leads to
Withdrawal Of Support
From Ambulance Commit
tee Enterprise.

t-'"-AfHhNarS. dau the original plans
ne ladies who are running the enterpris
CARRIED. u would have been given unde
the auspices OF the Emergency Aid Com
n'ittee. but the committee. OF which Mrs
a. y Cassatt is the head, agreed witt
the German Austro- Hungarian Ambu
lance Committee to disagree. and tn,
inembers Of the latter organization hav,
issued statement that they will g
ahead alone. They promise that the Ger
man and Austrian Ambassadors will
probably be present. and that the consuls
OF these nations in this city will certainly
be present Some boxes have been sold;
music, flowers, cigars and cigarettes have
been promised. and the work is going on.
EMERGENCY AIDS STATEMENT.
There are two sides to the story of
the break between the two committees
The authoritative statements made on be-
half OF the Emergency Aid Committee at
the headquarters of that body tnis morn
ing followss
a few weeks ago Mrs. George b.
Tuilidges OF Si3 North. f3d street, waited
upon Mrs. Walter Thompson, chairman
OF the German Relief Committee of the
Emergency Aid Committee, with the
proposition that the German Austro- Hun
garian Ambulance Committee, of which
Mrs. Thompson had never heard, be taken
under the wing of the Emergency Aid
Committee Mrs Tulldge said she had
founded the committee to purchase am
balances for the two nations named in
the title of the committee.
Mrs. Tullidgc explained that her son
Edward K. was physician In hos
pitnl in Vienna, and that was why she
took such an interest in the war work
she stated. incidentally. that she was o.
English descent and was intensely inter
eated In England. but her heart was
with her Ron and his work. She said
that her son had, with DR.. Charles D.
crsst. OF Camden. offered his SER
vices to most of the warning nations
hut upon being rejected they had gone
abroad on their own account. Doctor
Tullidge landed a job. Doctor Pancoast
is still seeking one.
ACCEPTED AS AUXILIARY.
"The upshot of 1t was that the Am
lbulance Committee was accepted as an
auxiliary of the Emergency Aid Com
mIttee. and that this fact was indicated
In the new title, which was the German
Austro- Hungarian Ambulance Committee
OF the German Relief Committee of the
Emergency Aid of Philadelphia. Rooms
at the headquarters were assigned to the
new committee and things went we'll
There was joint meeting of the German
Relief and Ambulance Committees jan
uary 16, at which the Consuls OF Ger.
many and Austria Hungary were present
and Mrs Tullidge and her plan received
formal Endorsement.
fSuhsequently Mrs. Tulldge told that
she Intended to send her funds direct to
Vienna, to be spent there for ambulances
The rules of the Emergency Aid Commit
tee provide that all moneys raised under |
fits Endorsement shall be expended in this |
country, and, If possible. in this city Mrs. |
Tullidge was so informed, and much |
negotiation between the two bodies failed |
TO secure from the larger body consent to |
any change in the rule a special meet |
Ing of the two committees took place last |
Thursday at the Bellevue-Stratford.
'.Mrs. Thompson was out OF town, 40 |
Mrs. G. II. Frazier. OF 1874 Spruce street,
presided. Mrs. Antonio Erllch. of the |
staff OF the Ladies' Home Journal. and |
president OF the Ladies Auxiliary of the
German Societies of Pennsylvania. be-
sides being member of the German Re-
lief Committee, was present.
MRS. TULLIDGE INCENsED.
Mrs rullidge was told OF the rule
governing the expenditure of moneys
She and her committee replied that they
.ould not agree with that condition Mrs
Frazier said that then the two COM
nittees could not get along together. Mrs.
ruliidge and her party said that they
would Leave at once. Mrs. Frazier said
hat the arrangement was agreeable.
For the next 20 minutes Mrs. TullidgA !
leid the floor. Her auditors were speech
ess. They were shocked, Offended and
but they saw Mt TO make no
'eply TO Mrs. Tullidge and the meeting
broke np
There has been no diminution of the
OF the Emergency Aid Com
nlttee. We are told that the ladies OF
he Ambulance committee are going on
With their work and that they expect
he Ambassadors from the countries they
ire working for TO be present The
Aid Committee Is not con-
:erned with the ball and has never been
'afther than having lent the committee
he prestige OF its name for few weeks.
We might say in this connection that
sbout p committees and societies apply
'or the use OF our name every week.
Some want to share gate receipts with
ls on the proportion OF 10 per cent
THE Emergency Aid Committee will
iot state the nature OF Mrs, Tulligde'a
'smarks TO the ladies at this meeting.
We merely say that we could not dignity
hem Win reply We do not impugn
Ter motives. The ladies OF the Emergency
Aid eommitte have no reason to believe
nat Mrs. rullidge was aware of the rule
ieVerHing the use OF moneys Mrs.
Thompson. when she accepted the ex-
ended aid of this committee 20 Mrs.
'ulidge. did not think to bring the mat
er nn.
We do not care to say II any mem
Iera oG the Emergency Aid Committee
lsve Withdrawn their patronage from
fFs Tullidee- II Is not our concern
ARs TULLIDaE's REPLY.
sra Tunldee. in sweeping statement
snles eatssorieaily every statement made
8 the Emergency Aid Committees repre-
satakiqs She said;
fhls Is a ease OF malice and Jealousy.
sAe EMERGENCY Aid Committee came to
Is ard asked us 10 help them out By
=HrtiHs Hith them Ars- G. II Frazier Is
e The bottom Of this and has started an
HzHs scandaiouu stosiaa. Ny COMMITTEES
ae natIonaEe Of the Consuls OF Ger
1f eng Austria, and we have asked
~ Ambassadors 70 be present AZ our
HH Ife4 ara eomlnE After We found
HHl #e 1ould not Ehip ambulancas arou
$40 eQuntrf atroad because they Ar
'eatfahaa4. - decided 10 lust turn our
IeneE OYER e cur consuis and iel .ihem
Is rot ons Eord of truth Ia
- afzzS made aBainst me. Ne one
=ef proposed a the meeting that my ae-