, 1877-11-18
4 NnR1.F MEMORIAL,


ALEXANDER T. STEWART, and provided for in
his will, known as the Working Wolnens
Hotel, is now so nearly completed that the
New York Times gives the details of the
structure and its internal arrangements. The
building is q little more than 200 feet square,
and seven stories in height. There are 5o2
private rooms, Of which lis are double, and
all of them are furnished in the most elab-
crate STYLE Each room is connected by
wires with tie kitchen and dining room,
tho i,nitor's and porter's rooms, as we'll as
with the Office. There are bathrooms and
watcr-closets on every floor, accessible from
each room, aud every apartment will have its
own gas and hot and cold waiter. The dining
room will have capacity for GOO persons ut
a time, aud the pnrlor and reception-rooms
will be very spacious and elegant, each OF
them having iirst-class piano. The library
will be arranged for the special comfort Of
the guests, will have $500 volumes on Its
shelves, and will contain q complete
selection Of newspapers and periodicals.
adapted to women. 1t is also intended
to ornament all the public rooms
with paintings, and statuary, and other works
of art. The kitchen is to be Il model in every
respect. and will be presided over by French
cook. Everything will be marked down on
the bills of fare ut cost price, and the restau-
rnnt will not only furnish meals to the reg31-
lar boarders, but to all working-women who
want to tnke food horne. The hotel is SD
built that every room in it has we1l-lighted
windows and good ventilation. The inner
square is laid out in mosaic work, adorned
with trees and flowers, aud has fountain in
the centre, and negotiations are now making
for the purchase of q large tract IN the rear
Of the hotel to be laid out rs u park for the
use of the guests. The building is Us nearly
tire-proof us it can be made, no wood being
used except III tile doors aud window-frames.
The basement floor is of stone, and the irst,
second, and third Of marble, and between
every second room there is brick wall twen-
ty-four inches thick. The main walls, eyen
at the top Of the seventh story, are thirty-six
inches thick. Nothing seems to have been
left unlone that will minister to the comfort
and convenience of the guests. They will,
for the low price Ut s. per week, really have
better accommodations, furniture, food, at
tendance, nnd entertainment than they could
have IN any iirs:-class hotel in this country Mt
s. per day. With regard to the internal uan-
agement, the Times says:
ANS woman .! good character will be accepted as
guest; bnt she must be woman VI guou chat:c-
ter. Zach guest may have Il single room+ or two
may take Il duube room together 1T double the
prlcc II single rouul; or any guest who chooses
mar occupy double rom il she pays foEi 1t. The
hotel will oc well ucccred md watched. Of course,
the Supcr,ntcnlcnts will be women. The came
socal regulations will prevail prevail ut all hrst
class hotels. Like them, the management will re-
lain the right to discriminate against hjectionab;e
bcart,c1s atd visitors. There will he plenty OF
reception ROOMS for. tue entertainment OF the
guests company, and the same rules will be cnforc
cd for the prevention III tisa@reeAole occurrences
III the totc enforced ut all nrst-cluss hotels
ant the same steps takeI for checking them. 1t
sufficient 10 say that thc same soc'al supervision
will Obtain it, the ou,rs Hotel as obtains IN any
rcally suot hotcl-ro more and ITO less. The same
business cxac,itlte will oe observed. Gne=tS Will
he expected to he certain and pru,lpt n the nay
rcut uf their bulls, their apartments will b.
questcsl. It Is not chnIltabte Institution iu ATTY
sense. IL lwlll he conducted on business principles
II is intended to help those who help themselves.
There does rot seem to be any doubt that |
the mission of the Women's Hotel will DC
successful. If so, it will be III elegant and
enduring monument to the memory Of Dir.
STEWART, anu one which will llsurpass all other
OF his memorials in practical usefulness It |
will not only be Il hotel but homo, and one |
thai will be blessing to thousands Of work |
ing g-women.