The weekly tribune., 1891-09-12
q GROWING INNOVATION.

The WOmans Exchanse in new fork
Has Become Cramped for Want of Room.
Few women in this city realize what a
power for good is that establishment |
known as the Woman's exchange, which |
is the outgrowth of one kind hearted
womans single experience. 1t was |,
while Mrs. William Choate was making
a purchase in one Of the shops twelve
years ago that she became a chance lis
tener to the conversation between a wo-
man who was trying to sell some articles
of her own handiwork and the shop
keeper. The difficulties TO be overcome
in making the sale and the small sum
the woman received for her work gave
Mrs. Choate the idea which resulted in
the Woman's exchange, and beginning
with thirty articles, the institution is
now the means of helping thousands of
women who could not otherwise have
obtained Il livelihood.
Mrs. Choate is and has been its presi-
dent for the last twelve years, and it is
through her earnest efforts, added to the
natural growth of the institution, that it
is maintained.
The business is, in fact, stretching be-
yond the capacity Of one house, and
plan is projected for either erecting a
new building or remodeling one or two
old houses better suited to the require
ments of the exchange than its present
quarters. There is only one thing that
stands in the way of this, but it is very
important item-money.
Ii sufficient means could be had plan
would be carried out which would make
every womans heart proud, whether she
were consigner at the exchange or
only stranger paying visit to the city
This plan is to have large business
house devoted entirely to the enterprise
of women Any one who is at all ac-
quainted with the work going on at the
exchange knows how varied and how
numerous are the crafts and businesses
of women
A good place in which things could be
shown would not only be of enormous
benefit to those personally interested,
but it would be great convenience to
| those who buy.
dice against schemes projected by wo-
men that it is uphill work to put them
into operation, but already "A certain
amount of money has been subscribed
for the new building. That it is neces-
sary to have good business location
goes without saying. 1t would be called
the Business House for Women. Inge-
nuity is one of the strong points of wo-
men. and more and more is this faculty
being developed.
The Woman's exchange more than all
other organizations is made cognizant
of this through the many patented arti-
cles brought to it, There is but little
space to exhibit these, and less money
} to help the inventors to place their arti-
cles on the market. The nucleus of n
fund has recently been started for this
purpose.
Surprise has been expressed that there
has been no endowment made to the
exchange, but DR.. Agnew once offered
encouragement to its founder by saying
that every institution, good as it might
be, had to wait certain length Of time
for its endowments and bequests. Peo-
pie had to learn to feel confidence in it,
and he spoke from experience with the
Eye and Ear hospital, which waited
dozen years before its usefulness was
| recognized.
; A place which does not depend upor
the erection of new building for the
exchange is the establishment Of lunci
rooms for men and women all over the
city under its auspices A certain sim
plicity would be followed in all the de
tails, but one of the chief characteristic
of the new establishments would be tn
old fashioned dishes which were SO dotet
upon by our fathers and their fathers
but which receive small recognition il
the new fashioned cuisine
| The lunchroom at the exchange /
( even now one of its most remunerativ
< departments, and its capacity for accom-
modating guests is very limited. Chicken
pie and waf1les are the two dishes il
greatest demand, members of some wei
: known families making their appearance
there at least once week to indulge il
: these delicacies, Those who are obliged
to depend upon restaurants for thei
+ midday meal, especially business WON
1 en-, would hail with delight the new pro
c iect of the Woman's exchange, and tn
speedy establishment of the lunchroom
IL is earnestly looked for.-New York Sun
t. A Woman Bullfighter.
Il While the fair damsels Of England ar
!, endeavoring to oust men from every pc
sition, which until now they alone hav