Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-11-03
A TRAINING HOTEL.
A SCHOOL FOR THE DEvELO LOPMENr
 OF TRUSTY KITCHEN HELP"

th0Oi VI st1-iN hf~-A Flow Clean Lodgings and Wholesome Board at Reasonable Prices May Be Furnished Gaests of Limited Means and Geod HIOrsl Chnracter-Outl.ne Plan.
 The cry for clean lodgings, wholesome board, moderate and reasonable prices goes up on every hand. Thousands of clerks, both male and female, in our stores and offices, thrown upon theiR own re- sources, find themselves h largo city without home. Students, apprentices, young men just starting either in their professions or in business must live as we'll as people better of. How infinitely better for many 6 young man and young woman if they could marry when but few years older relatively than their par ents when they msrried-providirg the aforesaid young man ean support himxsH and family. Commercial dFuusiners, togF- ists and others, ccsnmonly known as ''trsnsients," an army ever on the in- crease, are continually seeking clean and respectable places wheTe0n to lay their heads and whereat te be filled, with the reasonable assurance of having enough money left after paying their hotel biss LII tne VIAL WAfC1A tO kbS O0b O1 town
 practical solution of these mueh mooted questions-the condition of the ''city slave giri'' and of the "hired girl" and the betterment theTeof-ee Q limited extent at least, would seem to he in a proper recognition and sdllful eombi- nation of these two great public d6EaandS Q) The demand, on the one hsnd, for eI- perienced ard trustworthy hslp; ca the demand, on the other hEns, for cleaa lodgings, wholesome food, moderate prices.
 Now es to the ''raodus operandi." &c., cure suitable location, proeab bly near:one of the largo railroad stations in ths eity. Erect there plain, freproof, commodieaa hotel, with the modern Improvements. espable of comfortably accommodating GOO guests, both as ''transients'' and es regulars" fTl1nish an ordinary 60 cenA meal or bed for g cents, or board and lodging at s1 per day or & per week. Such hotel would necessarily be fur nished very plainly throughout- Per haps no carpets would eeck tho oiled hard pine floors But, roswAh standing, everything could be kept scra- pulorsiy clean; the food could be whole Some, well cooked, and plenty of 1t, even if tho delicscies of the season were want ing. And under proper management such institution could be made to pay for itself In time. Prices would be so reasonable, the service so excellent, thet people would naturally flock to such pieces of refuge without the expense of advertising. la other words, it would advertise itself. The two chief conditions for admission into such hotel homo would be good moral character and weekly payment in ad- | vance
 To run such hotel properly would prob ably require no more servants than ars today reqI fred to minister to tho wants of an equal number of guests fn any ordinary hotel. Although the domestief would be noviees, still the hotel would make little Preten6ions at anything but cleanliness. Everything would be con structad to save work wherever possible Such hotel to accommodate l 1,000 guests would require probably anywhere from 150 to 200 domesties ell the time. These servants would be under experienced in structors, the best that money could com mend For instance, dinner would bS prepared by class of fifty, If necessary each at her own range, arranged in sem circles, with the chief cook ia tho center much as instruction in chemistry snG other sciences in our colleges Is now i'm parted There would be regular course. of instruction In cuisine, in laundering etc. The primary object would be to giv, eayeh graduate adequate knowledge of hos to 80 into any well regulated kitchen c, laundry and take entire charge thereof.
 The immediate consideration for suos service would be Hone other than board lodging, necessary clothes, aforesaid in struction, and the promise that 80 soon a competent the iaEtitution would do all iI it's poEer to fEd its graduates aeoeptsbii situations in respectable families CT othe hotels st remunerative wages. Tho srr plus in the receipts of this hotel-for in stance, 1000 regular bes>I-eas ct So pc week or S2s3, ,005 yeariy-left after payinl e1l running expenses, salaries of the vari ous necessary instructors and assistants besides possibly per cent. interest on th original investment, would form a fun fToGa which prizes would be given tho3 girls who had completed systenati coarse of training. possibly averaging S5 to S75 cash per year for each eraduct during preparation. This would be bette than paying them weekly wages, howeve small, for tho incentive to complete th course, not only for the knowledge bu fer the pecuniary reward awaiting th fatthful, would be 80 strong Os to prat tieGIly prevent their working s few week. getting respectable outfit of elotf ing. and then quitting. Then, again. N eeiving upon completing the coarse Gr stead of weekly) whatever pecuniary il dueement such institution might be ebl to extend them would prevent their foo ing away upon trifes their earnings, thu quietly reducing to mininun their il ordinate desire to run, which disciplin they would ind when in service in pr
 vate families not to be their least recon 1ns16atton. All their necessary wan
 would be supplied and they would haN
 no occasion for pocket money.
 After years faithful service in sus
 institution & sergeant could com1nan
 from ons-third to two-thiFds more wagi
 than before, and after two years sut
 service she would receive double, or,
 exceptional cases, triple her presel ' wages, besides being forever insured
 good homo in some well to do and I
 spectablo family. Should she afterwal
 conclude to marry-for with such g " Il man 1t would no longer be a questit s whether or not man could be found if ask het-her husband would find heF l. be veritable treasuYe.-E. H. Sanford o Chicago Times.