Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-04

The GAZETTE acknowledges the
receipt, through the courtesy of Mrs.
Ida M. Ball of the Delaware members
of the board of lady managers of the
Columbian Exposition, of the prospectus
as We suppose we may call it, of the
women's dormitory enterprise which
has been set on foot in the interest of
the women who will visit Chicago dur
ing the fair and especially of those
classed as industrial women, wage earn
ers and working girls. 1t was felt by
the lady managers that, after reduced
travelling rates had been secured, the
next best thing for them to do was to
take steps to ensure for these women
good, clean, safe quarters at reasonable
rates. Mrs. Matilda B. Carse, who
raised the million or more dollars to be
used in the construction of the Temper
ance Temple at Chicago, was chosen to
engineer this enterprise. In short
time she reported the promise of land
rent free for a large dormitory and
plan for the formation of a stock company
to be called the Woman's Dcrmitory
Association of the Columbian EXPOSE
ton. In harmony with her plan an as
sociation has been formed and incorpo-
rated and is now ready for work. Its
directors are well-known and reliable
women Of Chicago, connected with the
board of lady managers. The associa-
ton will soon be ready to issue stock in
shares of $40, which stock is to be APP
portioned among the several states,
Delaware being assigned so shares.
These shares are to be transferable and
receivable at their face value in pay
ment for lodging at the dormitory. The
projected buildings are to be capable of
sheltering 5000 women, at q cost, for
room and lodging, of not exceeding 30
cents per head per day, and they will
be presided over by refined motherly
women who will have a watchful care
over unprotected girls coming singly or
in groups. Each person must engage her
room at least one month before coming,
in order to be sure of accom-
mediation at that time, and, in
making application for stock, must state
in what month and what part of that
month she desires TO come. If the face
value of her stock is not used up by the
holder during her stay, the balance may
be made over to another. After the
face value has been used, the share still
Ger Js Ahf, nf4 1,a
credited to the holder, and she will be
entitled to her pro rata share of the
profits if surplus remains after the
enterprise is closed.
In forwarding the prospectus, Mrs.
Ball writes:
trust that the advantages to be derived
from participation in the success of the en-
terprise treated of in the circular sent to
you will, through your representations, be
obvious to many. Already several shares
of stock have been taken without special
solicitation. Fifty shares of stock have
been sent to Delaware to be disposed Of,
land it seems only necessary to remind
many OF our people of those who, during
the progress OF the Centennial celebration,
fell by the waysidc because of imperfect
accommodations in order to commend
this scheme as very wise and beneticent
one. Trusting that you may be impressed
sufficiently with the measure to dilatc
upon its merits, enclose it to you. Mrs
Matilda Carse, who is the originator of tile
undertaking, is well known to all workers
IN the temperance movement, for it was
she who raised the million and more dol
lars to he used i'll the construction of the
Temperance Temple in Chicago so that
her name is synonym for good business
sense. 1t seems to Inc that many of M
manufacturers who employ women might
be induced TO take several shares of tht
stock either to be offered as premiums fol
good work done by the employees or 10 b,
retained by them and sold out as the tim,
Tor the great exposition approaches.