New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-15
WOMEN WHO PAY THEIR WAY.
THEY MAKE THEIR HOTEL PAY ALSO.
SUCCESS OF A SCHEME WHICH FAILED IN OTHER
HANDS.

SUCCESS OF SCHEME WHICH FAILED IN OTHER
HANDS.
Four hundred women at luncheon in room
makes lively scene and uncommon one. Yet this
is what happens nearly every weekday Mt Nos Ii and
10 East Sixteenthst look at the faces and clothes
OF the customers shows You that they are nearly all
workers. selfsupporting women and they act as x
they In their hotel. paying for all they get;
although each Is conscious that she IS getting unusually
good value for her money and each feels at homo
and more OF sense of proprietorsp than she would
feel in ordinary hotel. In fact. il is like
clubhouse than hotel.
Their luncheon consists OF soup hot or cold meats,
pie pudding, tea. coffee chocolate and bread and
butter For this they pay 20 cents or 81 for six
luncbeons IL they do not like the table dhote luncheon
they order anything the bill of fare and for 10
accordingly. The Is handsome. big and
airy. The floors of beautiful mosaic marble
and the wanscong Is of tiles richly and softly coloTed
The wood work is OF hard finished finely grained natural
wood The walls and ceiling painted in warm
colors. tiled fireplace with antique andirons. and
stained glass Window. lend charm 10 the whole that
attracts the tired. irrcsstbly. The front windows
open on the busy street and the
court with grass and flowers
Not luncheon alone. but dinner and breakfast arc
served here. The table d'hote breakfast consists Of
Oamea;. hominy grts coffee tea bread rolls
and butter. meat. fish eggs. This costs the same
meat. fish. vegetables and dessert with tea Coffee
This costs 80 cents four dinners for dollar. BY
the week breakfast and dinner cost 81 So breakfast.
luncheon and dinner. 80 50.
Meals sent TO rooms 10 cents extra. For there
are rooms, and nice too charming in their way
rs the dining room There fifty eight single and
twenty double rooms, containing 100 beds I'm all.
Every room is heated by steam. and lighted by gas and
electricity both and is admirably ventilated. An ee-
vator from the basement to the sixth story. Tho
bedsteads are Of iron, enameed white, with bright
brass mountings. The other furniture is OF oak. Tho
floors are covered with Brussels rugs The beds and
bedding soft and fine and white any
need desire. Muslin sash curtains adon the windows.
Embroidered toilet please the artistic eye.
Pretty candlesticks and dainty satin banners with
verses Of welcome them add the touches Of homelke
so rarely in hotel Or clearinghouse.
single costs 80 cents a day. with two beds
so cents, or 40 cents for each occupant
The parlors are also tasefully furnished Choice
engravngs the walls. A piano stands invtngly
open. There are bookcases whose lflled shelves
are open at all times TO the guests, while magazines
and daily and weekly papers invite the weary to sit
In rockingham under crimson or orange shaded
lamp and forget the worries OF life for awhile. Tho
roof also is furnished with chairs and settee and makes
a most attractive resting place in the warm
nights. Bathrooms, with floors Of white tile and flc-
ings Of marble, free to the guests The halls
all carpeted, that quiet at night is secured and
watch is duty all night in the halls, 10 give
Of security to the seepers be at hand In
Of Illness.
Admission TO this woman's hotel IS only to be
obtained through application to the Board Directory
Of the Young Womens Christian Association, which IL
open daily ut No East Fifteenth-st, from a. m.
to D. m. Any Protestant, sefsuppOrting woman,
who does not earn her living in mental work. and
bring satisfactory references from employer
pastor, not from relatives, caa obtain admission.
When there are vacancies. women who are not self
supporting are admitted for periods exceeding
week. These required 10 pay for their room
double the rates charged to self supporting women.
No guest may keep room longer than four weeks.
reasonable to the directors. Women may get their
meals here, whether they be self supporting or not,
for any length Of time.
For many years the Board Directory OF the Young
WOmens Christian Association has done importanu
work bureau of Information for women seeking
board in hotels. boarding houses or homes BY care
full investigation OF the houses Offering slcn accomo-
dation, they were able 10 recommend safe places 10
women coming as strangers 70 TINS great he,OPon,,
where the stay was 10 be short. Boarding houses are
generally unwilling 20 receive transents, ard hotels
self supporting woman. out OF this need grew the
desire on the part OF the Young Women's Christian
Association for place OF their own IN which they
could offer 10 sefsupporing women the accommoda~
ton they sorely needed
This house has been I'm operation Tor almost
year now, and while II was reghIded rs q rather
doubtful experiment at first. ard some predicted for
II similar fate 10 that Of the hotel erected by a. L.
stewart In ParI-ave.. 10 serve a similar purpose.
nevertheless 1t Is now sensasuhing ana Is ihlnhS
Mr. Stewards project was said TO he due mainly
70 irksome house-reguations which kept the guests
rom enioying themselves or feeling al home. Tho
to interfere with the freedom Independence Of any
guest. only such a. are obviously necessary Tor the
ard rhe fact that II Is paying its way Is the best
criterion OF its ability to MI II real want