In the autumn of 1895 she and Mary Neal left the mission to co-found the Espérance Club, a club for young women and girls that would not be subject to the constraints of the mission, and could experiment with dance and drama.
No outono de 1895 deixou a misión xunto a Mary Neal para fundar o Espérance Club, un club de nenas que non estaba suxeito ás limitacións da misión e podían experimentar coa danza e o teatro.