The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-08
HELEN WONG

in properly raising the orphan boys
and girls who have. lived i'll his
parents home during the last twenty
years.
/ 81 have talked to these boys from
time to time about morality and
social institutions" he said, land have
taken all the boys who have come to
my mothers home and taught them,
among other things, car repairinG'
| electrical wiring, and have helped
/ them with their lessons"
Asked il he had sought to counsel
and advise the girls, he said:
Yves. / have been constantly talking
with Margaret Harmer about putting
paint on her face, because, l told her
| il would not appeal to the type OF
man she should want for husband
Consulted His Parents.
Frequently, the witness said, he dis
| cussed with his parents the various
children, and together they laid plans
for their training and education. .-
How did your mother and father
treat the children" Attorney David
asked.
Better than I was treated. They
were far more strict with me than
/ they were with those children he
declared.
IF all parents were as strict and
/ instiIled such principles into their
children as my mother did with these.
VIC would not be confronted with the
! girl problem in this country today,
/ he added.
The witness was asked how his
mother came to bring orphans into the
! home. 'G
Mother started the business be-
| fore l can remember he said. "She
/ first had negroes in her employ, some
of them from North Carolina, L be-
lieve.
"Then mother conceived the idea Of
bringing orphans into the home and
! giving them training in the business
/ o prepare them for life"
! Some Of the boys and girls have
married and gone away, the witness
said, others were incOrrigible and had
to be sent away.
Mother Operates Bakery.
The witness said his father was
contractor and that the bakery was
{ opcrated wholly by Mrs. Greer.
He was asked about his fathers de-
portment in the home in so far as the
| girls were concerned.
! - have held up my father as
model man." he said. 81 always
thought he would get as good place
in heaven, II there is such place as
the rest of us
Asked how the orphans were
clothed, he said that:
These orphan girls particularly OF
late wears, have had more clothes than
my sister has had, and the boys have
been better clothed than my brother
and J."
Picnics. parties. and entertainments
were provided for the children, the
p witness said. and they were permitted
. To 20 to the movies three times
, week.
Tells of Outings.
The witness said they were also
given outings at Glen Echo, "a place
. [ personally disapprove of, he addsd
'Did YOU ever hear or know ina
YOUR father was guilty of any indiG-
nifty in the house," he was asked.
Not until Mamie Lynn was brought
: into court in Philadelphia on haOeaS
corpus proceedings he answered.
..'reU rs about that" counsel asked
The writ was served on me- VII
' was she in your CUSTODY counsel
t. incurred. "a 81
n mo, she was twenty years old ano
d not an idiot" he answered. -,
Were misrepresentation maj
81 that she was under age: couhS'
asked.
Yes, sir .,.,
The court ruled out Of the eVlue"'
e the question and answer.
0 To Produce Court Record
Asked by the court the purpose o
this line Of examination, Attorne'
David said:
The purpose of that move was 10
practically kidnapping her TO nT'u'
s her to Washington to force heI ~
testify"
The witness was not permitte e
90 into further details, but promise
I to bring certified record OF the cas-
!, TO the court.
$ He told how The Grcers. MS PSI
ents, had first taken uis Lynn int'
their home; how later they took ~
sister, Kathleen Lynn. and had pal
passage from ireland for Mamie Lynn
another sister.
Mamie Lynn. now Mrs. Bayne' ma
ragfdaH In he 81 the witness III