, 1874-08-30

provo their mtnQ5. LILO upper fioof was takcO
for the dprmitories Of those who remained In the
| house aud learned to do housework. The
| next floor below is the laundry, where all
kinds OF laundry work are taught and nicely
dono. The next floor bclov tha. is tho
eewing-hoor, and it consists Of the :wo large
rooms OF tho main building proper thrown
together. Tho ground or parlof floor contains
the office Of the Secretary, Mies Corson, IN the
front room. tho class room. where the classes
arc taught, on Tuesdays and Fridays, staoogra-
ply, bookkeeping, and proof-reading, and the
apartment in tho extreme rear, which is tho
reading room and library. IN the basement is
the restaurant. in which food is furnished TO any
one all day. The food is OF tho best quality aud
good variety. and is furnished ut q moderate
cost Tia idea is to make tho restaurant SELL
sustaining-tllat is all.
When girl has mado up her mind to earn her
living honestly, continued Miss Corson. aha has
gained victory over horself, aud may
almost always bo trusted. A WOMAN clerk
behind o counter ordinarily earns about
ST day. They arc required to drcse neatly,
aud mu4t have ribbons. .kc to make themselves
attractive to the customers. It ia impossible for
q woman to live on this money, and 1t is no won
der that real distress and suffering drive her to
vice and sin. When they apply here, many
neat handy girls would be glad to do house
work in family instead OF working behind q
counter. Good housekcepers arc in great de-
mand, and cooks are born, like poeta. The So
ciety receives the woman, and, il she has no
Of work to earn something. if only 50 cents
q day. All the teaching is practical There il
no theory. The girls arc taught to cook we'll
aud cconomizo food, working up everything III
an attractive and palatable manner tor the table.
II the woman is more than ordinarily inteli-
gent, the Acst time to buy what to bur. the
nourishing qualities, and other chemistry of
common life, are taught. They arc then sup
Piled With Il good houle. Thoir expenses for
clothing arc light compared with what girl
mist spend who works behind counter, and
she can soon begin to lay up monoy IN tho
savings bank, A great many women prefer
housowork TO any other Kind, and tucir prefer
cnces lre generally regarded, though they arc
always taught to do that kind Of work i'll which
they are Judged to bo best able to succeed.
When girl wishes to learn to run the BOW
ing-n1aelllne, she is at once put into that room.
The girls who learn this work arc CONSTANTLY
coming in aud going away good aud irst-class
workers.. The Society becomes responsible for
the work that the employers send ip, md il 1t il
spoiled 1t must be paid for out of tho contingent
fund.- But the beginners and less expert work
orr arc put upon coar,se. plain sowing, and in
three or four days the dulleat woman can
earn 50 cents. It may seem At1nugu, but
the girls prefer the cheap work becauBe
they can make tho most ont Of 1t. The
work for this department is furnished
By the different downtown wholesale gtores.
Kothechild l. Go. send great deal OF common
cheap work, like striped calico Shirts and Lord
L Taylor give the Society great deal Of every
kind Ct sewing. Thus tho girls earn money
while they are being taught and becoming expert
workers on tho Bewing- g-nachine- If they wero
to learn in one Of tho large manufacturing es-
Establishments they would bs obliged to work for
six weeks before they could receive cent OF
compensation. During this time q girl might
suffer great want. Wnon the Society can rec
place. for no one is recommended who
is not frst-clngs worker These
girls nre greatly sought after, and
tho demand for irst-cass workers on tho BOW
ing machine is greater far than tie sociotys
ability to supply. Applications. too, are III
greater numbers than can 10 accommodated.
But their turn soon comes. Besides these, the
Instructions in the classes IN stenography and
proof-rcadine, twicc week. enable Tho Society
to ft many intelligent women for place thai Is
Only few weeks ago lady wrote to the So
ciety, telling d talo of great poverty and
suffering. She was from the South, aud
had family Of small children. She tried every
Kind Of work she could find but at mono
could she earn moro than - or = per week.
They coutnvel to live On so week. but they
had not enough to cat, and their colo food Was
bread and buttermilk, Stlll, they were ahlo to
keep sonl ard body together upon this dict. Tho
in tho way was the 50 week
each week, but kept running pehindLand. At
length the clothing Of the mother aud her chill
dreu became very much worn and almost too
shabby for decent appearance. 1n despair. slls
wrota to Miss Corson and told her all her
sad story - how she had been carefully
languages and music, but could do no practical
work that would enable her to earn living for
herself and children. because she did not know
how to employ her talents and education in >
nnecessitics OF tho case, and taking her in
week, tanglt her how to read and correct proof
After The hard weeks study large publishing
houHe offered the woman position as proof
reader at 3 salary OF IS for the first two weeks,
while she became more expert and after that
sl5 Hor probation ended last woek, and yes
terdaJ the happy woman began her first days
work at the princcly salary, aa it seemed to her,
Of SIS week.
a1any cases might DO told Of equal interest
These are generally sufcrin9s from poverty boz
fore the applicant comes to the Society. Often
and homeless. Then they are sent to St.. BarnH-
bas' Home in Mulberry street., or to the Free
Dormitory for Women. wllcro they aro given
to eat and lodging for hight OF two:
Constable j. Co., and the other larse firms may
cooperate with them Alter they SEQ the great |
good tl1at they are doing to the worklng-women. |
They employ large numbers, and to raise tho |
standard Of the work is to increase their |
business. Miss Corson said that if the Society
could only secure Mr.. Stewards large building |
On Fourth avenue they would have no want OF |
room. aud then could extend the work 80 that all
who wished could be benefited. Many who are |
deserving azo now obliged to wait for chance,
Is the rooms arc full.
The moral Influences thrown .bout the girls |
Taught by tho Society are excellent The Society
ID not in the least scctarian. The girls generally
esteem it privilege to attend church, aud they |
What is most valued by tile girls and working
women iB tho reception and reunion cyery |