The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-02
GIRLS, HOMES.
Every One Should Feel as Though
She Had a Secure 0ne-A
"HOtel" in Chicago.

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tured Rome should have found its
chief amusement in ~gladiatorial
fights, and nothing but the strongest
evidence can make us yield belief.
The strongest evidence will some
time be needed to compel the belief
that in our day it was a common oc-
currence for a woman to find herself
on the street not knowing where to
90. The Girls Homes represent the
first efforts to escape from that re-
proach. 1t might be pleasant to view
them as chivalry's homage; but en-
uuiry well nigh dispels that fancy.
There were few founders and many
foundresses. Their efforts were often
arduous. Praise can add but little to
the reward of gratitude already
theirs.
Suffice it to recapitulate the mo
tives underlying these institutions.
Women have fewer OF I'm
ployment than men, receive less pay,
have longer hours of work and no
political influence, are weake than
men, and doomed by nature to
greater suffering. For these draw
backs they should be compensated
by greater security. They should
have adequate preparation for their
natural Office of educators. But
these reasons are secondary. The
prime reason Is that restitution ex-
poses women to incomparably greater
danger and to far more hopeless ruin
than it does man
Thus is the problem stated. Sue
cinctiy it reads, "Give to every woman
a secure home" Having sought and
found this kingdom and its justice,
many things will be added unto them.
Can the problem be solved? The best
answer will be to show how it has
been solved, in part, by the existing
mary of their functions
Room and board ON credit Tor in
exchange for work. to girls without
means. Night lodging. Room and
board at cost to i'll paid girls. Better
Facilities for culture. Training in
homework, nursing, cooking. Club
house for outsiders. kindergarten.
Cases of injustice investigated and re-
dress d. Employment bureau. Board
directory. Holiday houses in the
country. Travellers Aid" Hotel
for transients.
The last item suggested the title of
this article. The word ''home,"
though by far the most appropriate,
is attended by a serious %inconven-
fence. Used in reference to poor
girls, it means to many persons a
refuge for those not considered re-
spectacle. The institution which
fears to be COMPOUNDED with n of
like name must seek a new name. The
name ,..hoteln adapted by an institu-
ton in Chicago, is suggested for o
general employment. In sh ort. dig
nified, attractive strikingly descrip-
tive, and not suggestive of charity,
but, on the contrary, implies self sup
port. = Robert Stein an HdTpeT's
Bdzdr.
Brush and Rub the Head frequently.
If there is nothing the matter with
the head or the skin the hair will grow
all right if it is treated in the natural
way. Ordinarily stiff brushes should
be used, and occasional rubbing and
smoothing out with the hands are
soothing to the head and good for the
hair. Mental workers are especially
troubled with neuralgia pains and
headaches, which frequently kill the
coloring pigments and turn the hair
prematurely gray.
Combing and rubbing the scalp of
the head with the hand draws the
blood up to the surface of the head,
and not only relieves the pain at times,
but adds new strength to the hair.
Those suffering from neuralgia head
pains should spend half an hour in
A. &, x.rarly auaru nf.t,r hnfnra nafir.fno
This gentle massage treatment also
has a tendancy to cure dandruff. 1t
strengthens the skin and opens the
pores so that the blood can throw off
its effete matter.-Ydnkee Blade.