The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-29
THE SARAH B. YESLER
The Work of the W0men's
Home Association Complete.
PLEASANT HOTEL FOR WOMEN.
Largely-Attended Reception Marks the
Opening-The Committees In
Charge-The Rules.

very pleasant reception was given yesterday
from 70 and s to 10 p. n at 1.-The sarah B..
fssler." the hotel for women 1t Poplar ami Re-
publican streets established through the EFFORTS
OF the women's Home Association. Lunch was
served both afternoon and evening aud music
was also given In the evening. A constant
stream OF visitors was coming and going and
the affair was very pleasant The committees
were ~ follows:
Reception for the afternoon-Mrs. W. r. Bent
ley, Mrs. E. W. eaekmsn, Mrs. Eben smith, Mrs
James Leddy, Mrs.. A. Levy. Mrs W. II. Reeves,
W. E. Boone.
Reception committee for the evening-MrA ".
kiI ssn5Isy T.. Mr. F;.n 5 p.rfsun' Mrs IA
graham, Mrs. Charles r. Ffshback, MrA T. B.
Fowler and Mrs p. b. NJ. Miller.
Dining room ommittee for the afternoon
Mrs. J.. H. Elder. Mrs /. Cooper, Mrs. W. j.
Jennings, Mrs. B E snipes, MrS Frank Lewis.
Mrs Irving Ballard, Mrs. John Kinnear.
MIRA Henry Thurman. Mrs. William Llewelyn,
Mrs. Myra c. Ingreham, Mrs. D. A. Mitchell aud
Mrs. Charles Fishback.
Dining room committee for the evening:
Mra W. c. Burdick, Mrs. H. E. Holmes, Mrs.
j. W. George, Miss Julia Kennedy, Miss E. N.
Mckown, Mrs. II. D. Ballard, Mrs +: II. Peter
committee: Mrs !. Cooper: Mrs: Jerome Cat
lin, Mn. Henry Thurman, Mrs. W. ]. jennings
and Mrs. K. P. johnson. There was also Q COM
hoass x n Nov
Mrs D. l. Fry. MIS- Reea r. Daniels. Mrs. K P.
Johnson and Mrs. D. A. Mitchell
''The Sarah B. Yesler'' IL in charge OF the
Women's Home Association, of which the ON
GERS are: President, Mrs W. r Bentley; vice
president, Mrs. E. W. Sackman; secretary. Mrs.
o. A Wsterhouse, and treasurer. Mrs. Myrs &.
Ingrsham. The hotel was established to fur.
nish young women good accommodations at
reasonable rates. 1t is in no sense q charity. q
''home' or an Constitution" Its rules are OF the
very simplest kind, about such ~ every good
hotel observes. They are - follows:
Fint--Board and lodging per week: Double
rooms. from 50 to s.; single rooms, from $3.50 to
81 Transients, 81 per day.
acknowledgement must b made weekly in
advance.
Thild-Breakfast. to oclock; lunch. u to
O'clock; dinner, $3.50 to 7:3o p. m. sunday
Breakfast, s TO o'clock: dinner, O'Clock; sup.
per, O'Clock
Fourth-Boarders must be in the house by
1870 p. m, unless by special arrangement with
Fifth-Liehts must be out by IL p m:
Sixth - Boarders are not allowed In the
seventh-No laundry work of any kind per
mitted in rooms or'bath rooms.
Eighth-All damage to furniture other than
ordinary wear will be charged to the occupants
Ninth-All visitors must be received in the
parlor.
Tenth-Baggage must Be removed within one
storage viii be charged.
Elevsnth-The matron IL required 70 enforce
these rules.
1t win be observed land the management de-
sire this to be clearly undsrstood) that the only
ones of the above rules which in any way re-
movements are rules T. and g. The rest are
merely formal and need no explanation. Rules
4 and are the only ones which in any way
SAVIOR Of strictness, and they can be varied from
in special cases, by permission of the matron.
The intention OF the management II to avoid
the mistakes which have been made In other
cases with similar hotels in having too many
and too strict rules. Rules and are consd-
cred reasonable and proper for q house of the
kind. The rule as to gas IL In force in most gen.
eral hotels, except that IL is put under the guse
OF . regulation whereby guests are compelled to
pay extra for gas burned after Q certain hour.
The remark has often been mado that names of
women, and especially OF unmarried or young
women, look strange on hotel registers when
unaccompanied by those of relatives or friends
Yet 1t is known that with the increasing num-
Der of women entering business OF all kinds. it
is absolutely unavoidable that they travel, and
frequently entirely unattended. 1t 10 to avoid
all Inconvenience resulting from these condi-
lions and at the same time accommodate perma-
nent women guests with some OF the domestic
comforts that the Sarah B. Yesler is established.
particularly agreeable occasion. From to
10 very many friends and invited guests were
present Among those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. Angus Mackintosh, Mr. and Mrs Henry
Thurman, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Knox, Rev.
Kenneth J. Duncan, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry L. Yes
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs s. L Crawford, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. A. Mclean, DR.. and Mrs. w. P. George, Mr..
and Mrs. Jerome Catlin. Mrs. Adelaide Holmes,
Prof. H. Sherman Sharpe, Mr.. Irving Ballard,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Anderson. Mr.. and MIRA G. F.
wittler. Mrs. J. F. Drfsko. Col ana Mrs. c. NJ.
sheafs, Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. Lovejoy, Dr.. aud
Mrs. J. c. Mitchell, the Misses Beach, Mr.. and
Mrs. d. /. Foy, Mr.. and Mira W. l. Annes, Mr..
and Mrs James Teddy, Miss Richardson and Mr..
and Mrs J. F. Eshelman- There was no formal
programme for the evening. Refreshments
were served in the dining room in the basement
During the evening Prof. II. Sherman sharpe
played some selections and Miss Jennie Housh.
ton sang q ballad. An interesting episode was
the playiug of two piano duets nv Masters r,,.