The evening world., 1921-05-10
WOMAN QUOTES
BIBLE INF|GHTING
INCREASE IN RENT
Court Accepts Mrs. TinSley'S
Unique Answer to Aeolian
Hall Demands.

Mrs. Leila M. T1nsloy, tenant OF an
office In Aeolian Hall. announced in
the 9th District MunidppA Court to-
day that her heavenly father" would
be COUNSEL for the defcnse in the
dispossess action brought against her
by the Aeollan Hall Company.
Instead Of law books she carried a
worn Bible into court, and instead OF
a legal brief she presented to Judge
j. Lauer a typewritten document OF
thirteen pages In which she quoted
the holy writ In support OF her con-
tention that $1,000 j year - an ex-
occupies.
Those who had gathered In the
courtroom seeking amusement were
disappointed. II was a serious af-
fair, and the court itself recognized
this By refusing to rule out Mrs
Tinsleys extraordinary document.
Martin B. Faris, counsel for the
landlord company, suggested TO the
court that the cgse should be dis
posed OF at once.
Judge Lauer refused, saying that
Mrs. Tinsleys document would be
accepted as a regular answer and
that the case would be adjourned
until Thursday morning in order that
he might have time to read the paper
carefully. He said the case would
be thoroughly investigated.
Since the death Of her husband, |ho
was q lawyer, Mrs. Tlnsey has built
up large business az public stenOg-
raphcr She maintains q large office
downtown and a small one In the
Acolian Hall.
She said that On May l, 1919, the
rent Of the uptown office was in
creased from Sl,OSO TO $1,000, which sho
paid for a year. Then, she said, she
was notified that the rent for the year
beginning May, 1920, would be $1,000.
She paid this for year under protest
In January OF this year she WIS
notified, she says, that the company
will not be able to renew or grant
a new lease 10 you on these prem
Uses" She promptly replied, with
many references to the Bible, that
her spiritual interests and spiritual
duties" entered into the case, and
! that she would continue TO occupy
| her office on the building 80 long as
! | am convinced that my Lord wills
/ that I shall Just how long that win
/ be has not been revealed to me; II
may be until May /, 1921. noon, and
II may be To the end OF my life,
I which may be years hence, months
hence, weeks hence or hours hence
I i cannot tell"
She admitted that It was not a
! case OF no place 20 go" declared that
! she could get pie Of offices which
would be even better Tor her business,
| but INSISTED that her duty was to
| keep up the fight, not for herself but
| for the spiritual welfare OF others, in
| Guiding the landlord company itself
In her answer" fled to-day she
| said that when the agent OF the com
| pany notified her OF the $500 increase
! she said TO him:
such an enormous increase lifts
| the matter entirely from the plane OF
a mere business transaction and
| leaves me but two methods OF ap-
! proach, one by way of the bomb, the
| other by way OF the Bible. ! have
| chosen the method OF the Bible"
IL. b. Tremain, President Of the
landlord company. who il himself a
| Bible student, wrote to her that he
saw no spiritual significance in the
Increased cost of commodities" She
said she replied to him that he placed
| his conduct of his business on the
| basis of thirty pieces of silver"
She added that she saw no hope of
| decreasing her debts IF | have 20
create a pension fund for protiteers. "