, 1874-09-06

! Willamese, l1rs, Frederick Prime, and Irs:
| Lewis j. Dcladcld, Of this city; Mrs Edward
Prime and 1Irs. Webster Wooaman, Rl7ardalo ;
] Mrs. Hugh n. Camp and iIra. James Lees.
Olyphant Englenood. n. ]. Mrs. P. F. Billing
or and Mrs. Center, Elizabeth, N. J.; Mrs. e. 3.
Brewster, Ryo; Mrs. William Whittemore, Staten
] Island Mrs. William E. Lenvtt, Flushing .hrs.
". 8. Verplauck, Flshkill and Mrs. s. Gilcrlst,
Jersey City.
The Directory was opened on the 1et Of Iay,
1873, at No. 1902 Broadway. tho corner Of Forty
fifth street. Tho Offices include q conmlttee-
room, q work-room, . ladies receplion-room, aud
the employment office. Women who apply for
their name, address, nationality, at'd Religion,
with the names and addresses OF former employ
crs- II written recommendations arc brought.
they are received and examined This amount
Of information having been obtained. circulars
aro sent to each Of tho persons By whom tho
applicant IS known to have bccn employed, With
blanks to DO filed in AID returned, 10 as to show
tho time Of sor7lco, ard the Wa5cB paid, tho
nature Of tho vol: and the char&ctar Of the
servant so fur a3 known. Is 9 Postage stamp ia
inclosod, tho desired ansIegs ere Usually re-
turned, although a lady aomcti1ne5 replies that
tho girl wss employed by her several yoars ago,
and must have later1eferences," " not understand
ing that the Directory wishes = complete his
tory of the applicant so fer ea it can bo pro-
cur cd.
The ladies' who snbacrioo to tho Directory pay
M annual fec Of e5 which cntitlea them to pro
cure seryanta In any capacity. The applicants
pay fee of Is cents, which entities them to q
seat in the employment -oflico for ono week, and
to removal OF the privilege in case no suitable
offer is made to them within TINT tftne. These
25 cont fees IRE used for reicf-fuud, which IL
eupoysd tn IL a.ssqg needy girls out of work
Tho investigation OF character is 30 strict that
only tha best class Of servants can sccufe the
recommendation Of tho Directory. or some
6,000 for whom situations havo been procured
since the work vas begun, but nbout forty have
proved unsatisfactory, and few have changed
their places. Tha qualities dee1ned essential in
those engaged arc, uea.Dess. puuctuallty, hon.
esty, civity. aobriety, aud fidelity. If servant
iu any way breaks any Of her engagements, sho
is not further. assisted to place. ThoBo who
como for employment are required to ba neatly
dressed, willis inery il q decided objection, and
false hair and 5owelry arc positively prohibited.
These sumptuary regulations caused considcra-
bic difficulty at FIRST: but since the Directory has
become better known they are submitted to With
less opposition, and como Of the servants oven
buy the calico dresses and white aprons which
are furnished by tho institution at small al
vance on the cost OF material.
Tho applications for servants nro recsiyed not
only from persons III this city aud neighborlood,
but by letter from almost all parts OF the coun-
try, orders having been fllcd even for places al
distant as Wisconsin The uso OF tho Directory
for tHo months can be obtained for $;2 but tho
tlt1E1GNEG 10 Eitdl u d1Iu6& StiGHCIiHt(H HuCu
thcre Is mora than ono application for the
same kind Of servant Those given employ
ment era chiefly Irish, but thoy also include Ger
mans, swedes, aud women OF various other
nationaisies;: Even number Of American
girls have bocn induced by it to engage in
houaework. In addition to servants, tha Di-
reetory supplies Eovernesses, honsekocDers,
sa}eauomou, drcssnalers, lauud1esses, e:c. In
casea OF need, when situations nre not ro.dy,
scaulstresscs, house-clcaners, etc, arc given
rn
sowing machines arc kept in the wo:kroo,n, II
orders are not given for the Sowing done, it is
paid for by tho officers Of tho Directory, aud tho
work disposed Of AZ most Convenient. Seam
stresses arc also sent GU. to private houses b. the
day and others aro cent for temporary assiAtance
to the Training School for Women in Tentl, street,
Il ID also designed to establish 3 clearinghouse
for po3r women out Of employment, and laun-
dry and cooking aclool 1!li ba started when
there is o prospect that thoy will be sct-sup-
porting,
The Directory encourages the girls in faithful
ness to their employers and to their own intes-
csts, taking interest III the welfare Of all who
show themselves worthy. ThcEo efforts havo
conduct, Mrs. kearny saving that IN many in-
when in need had como back to repay
:ho money when thoy had obtained en-
ployment. Ga an Illustration OF tho caro- |
II the Directory for tlle torvnu. as well rs tho |
Mistress, ehe mentioned case in which Il !
woman was sent by IN unfeelng omployer to !
and then to bellevue Hospital,
There Bhe soon diod, = case Of apople1y having
oeea mistaken for intoxlcation. Having inycsti- !
,atcd tho matter, Mira. kearny delayed the
,urial, and by nn advertisement discovered tho ]
relatives, who were thus enabled to
,lvo her decent fuuernl, vhlle her niece re-
ciged considerable sum which ehe had loft as
he result OF her savings.
In regard to into1ication, Which for somo |
Mysterious reason ia special falling of other
rise desirable COOKS, Mira. Eearny sail that
lumber Of this class had boon induced by the
Directory to tako the temperance pledge before
heir priests, end had then been procured kit-
lat;ons. The pledges go obtained la7e not been
rokon in q single instance.
In al casea the employer is furnished with all
no information in regard to scrTant which the
Directory has been able to obtain. The iustitu-
ion is not yet entirely solf-supporting. but as its
1ork extends the income is expected to exceed
no necessary expenses, aud enable more to bo
one for objects purely benevolent.
Kansas Girl Elopss with Fer Lover,
and Rides 200 7iiics in . Lumber
Wagon.-Shc Declines Either O Marry
E1er Lover or Return E1o1n<, 20 Her
Parents.
From. the La'~7tn.s {Ean.) journal.
Wedncsda- afternoon stranger came to Mar
lal Walker and informed hl1n that his daughter |
I'd run away from him aud he Thought eho vas | ,
'mewlcre in this city. Col. Walker asked the
ian to giyo him account Of tho ml:ter, and | ,
,om lia statement it WAS learned that tho ,
hangers name was A. A. Godfrey, and that lis {
omo was in Denmark, Lincoln County, in this
tate.
The missing daughters nnmo was Eliza, girl /
,arccly 16 years Of age. Uo SAID abe had lun {
Say with man named H. c. Bailey, who lived I
farm adjoining Golfrcy's. aud who had c
zen paying considerable attention to his daugh- {
+ for three years. MIR. Godfrey went Oh to .
ate that he had missed his daughter Oh tho |
ii OF June last, and since that time in socte1- t
6 for her ho had bcen nil over theuoshvcstern
1rtion OF the State. aud into Nebraska, tra2ol- =
8, 1t ia thought, over 600 miles in wagon lie |
I'd finally come to Lawrence, hearing that Bailey
Id brothcr~in-laW living III that city. Fur r
shed with tho naulo OF tho relative, tho Mar =
nj wont in search of the girl. bat no trace Of il
II conid be found, and tho father reluctantly =
;lcludod to abandon the chase and return to !,
s homo. Ho remained here over night to rest q
mself and bis worn-out lorGes, and latendcd to y
art in the afternoon or yesterday. About noon t
Q po1icu, who had been furnished with de-
ription Of tho pair, saw Baifoy end Eliza driy- g.
z into town In a covered wagon. The father ii
s notified Of tho discovery, and, with The Mar Il
81, intercepted the team. Tho two occupants Il
ire told to clight, and taken to tho cal:oousc. 81
lore thoY wcro locked up wililo tho fa:acr Co. 81
tminod what to do. h
at this stage OF aniairs tho writer viai.cd c,
Q young couple. li4ss Eliza IVES taking the );