Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-08

not as a monument but as build
ing of service for mothers. who
; would combine for the general under
| standing of the world, for the mothers
| of the great and for all classes OF
mothers, and to preserve from oblivion
the names of the great pioneer women,
! not as will be seen in any way the idea
of Mr.. Noble, which was only monu-
| n1ent to American womanhood OF which
| statuary."
Discussing the part played by Mr..
Noble in the project of the alliance, Mrs.
| Calhoun said that from the style OF
Mr.. Mobiles studio, his many lux,ries
and his assertions of the number of
wealthy hackers he had. we believed
him when he said he could and would
help finance the movement" the
sculptor Mrs Calhoun claims, was keen
to have any part of the design he had
created IS years earlier used in the alli-
ance's proposed building, and that he
offered to finance the second booklet III
, it carried his design"
Judge Charles Kerr, who was on our
executive committee" Mrs. Calhoun says
of this phase of the review, wrote a
resolution to be seen in our minutes
that We accept this design in general
outline only for purposes of illustration.
able to advance any money at all"
The preliminary work for the distri-
button of the booklet was completed and
Mrs. Calhoun left for. Europe, where
she planned to promote the alliance s
work. Before sailing she explains, she
advanced 81 800 from her private funds
for the clerical work and distribution
of the booklet during her absence, and
later, she says, she was obliged to pay
fIa IF
than $4,000.
This book fell fiat on the public as
people did not like the design" the
statement continues at this point. I'VE
received numerous letters of protest
about it. not only criticising but ridicul-
ing 1t, and Mr. Noble reaped from the
book nationwide publicity but no orders
for his work. and we did not reap
enough memberships even to pay for
the postage, as shown in the letters on
file"
Mrs. Calhoun says that during the
course of Mobiles association with her
and the alliance, only one founder men,
Der joined the organization, paying a
total of $4,000 in fees which the eXecu-
tive committee allowed to be paid over
to Mr.. Noble on account of his work on
his model"
Paid for Studio Dinner.
Upon Mrs. Calhoun's return from Eu-
rope. she. says. a dinner was given at
the Noble studio at her expense for the
purpose of showing Mobiles model
Among the guests was Mrs. Stilson
Hutchins, who, Mrs. Calhoun declares,
was prepared to make subscription Of
81 1000, but which she withheld when
she saw Mobiles model.
Continuing in the recitation of her
association with the sculptor, Mrs CAL
houn says:
I'VE labored for months with Mr..
Noble to try to get him to make his
model practical. We invited noted
architects from New York and else
where to come to see his work and COL
laborate with him. After they had
seen it, they declined to do so. We
have on file a letter from the Office of
McKim, Meade & White to this effect
In order to get some idea of the proper
cost Of the construction of his model
we had the Fuller Construction Co.
send an agent to see 1t, in its incom-
plete state. They found 1t so i'm
practical that they declined to COM
pute what it would cost or to rake
bid on it.
MIR. Noble then tried to have us draw
up contract by which we were to
pay him 100000 for his incomplete
design and $4,000 for his unfinished
model. This we of course refused to
do. In the meantime, because 1 felt
sorry for Mr.. Mobiles struggles and
failures and his and his wifes very
apparent financial distress, lent him
various sums as personal loans for
which still hold note for $500 and
an I. o. U. for $500. The other money
is all unaccounted for by him.
Blames COMMITTEE.
'Mr Noble blamed oalr committee
and not himself for the failure of his
design. In the Fall Of 1925 he wrath
fully withdrew" in writing his plans
from our organization, as he declared
1926, that he had nothing further to do
with our organization andAEdprbade us
to use his plans, even for illustration,
though We had long since abandoned
them.
"Mr. Joseph Geddes, an architect,
who had also tried to collaborate with
Mr. Noble and failed made us a ten
tative sketch. not in the least resem-
bling Mr.. Mobiles, which We used after
his so-called severance from our Or
ganiZation."
in New York for the alliance and at
tended by Queen Marie Of rRumania,
Mrs Calhoun says:
I'm 1925 we incorporated the
Mothers Memorial Foundation as a
Separatae entity under the Universal
Alliance, and when Queen Marie came
tn this country. an entertainment was
given for it in New York for which the
Queen lent her patronage and pres
ence. An attack was opened on the
entertainment, on Loie Fuller and on
our organization. We learned after
ward that anonymous letters had been
sent from Washington TO the Queen
herself and New York paper, and our
profits were materially cut through the
articles of said journal. These letters
were shown to me by lady in the
encourage Of her majesty, saying that
the Queen understood too we'll the
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