The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-19

! nue. and twenty -clENtN street, toHNt"'f
to car lines and elevated stations, bu
the owner of the middle lot, supposinl
his land Indispensable 10 the scheme
promptly went up $1,000 in his pric'
and the committee az promptly dropped
that location. They are now hesitatins
between two others equally good anu
| n anything, more reasonable SO tn'
| greedy landowner did not serve the"
30 mean a trick after all. ~,
The building will accommodate V0'
women, in single rooms or suites aC
| cording 20 their incomes. the arch,l tS,'
| has made out a scale OF prices VIZ
are fairly accurate. and when ne ~
diets will be an inducement 10 occupants
and pay stockholders redsoidOie PC
/ cent on their investment -.
Single small rooms. furnished WIN heat
/ and light. Sc or 81 week. according 70
| location: one room and Dath, -, par ,
| eloenlne-roonn and bath. 81: paflor Two
eleepiug-rooms and bath. $40. for tiioso
/ doeirin, 70 ''keep house" there VIII De
unfurniebed apartments with kitchen' u
be leased by the year, while the othel
will he let from month 10 hohth'
that parties away for fhe summer ~
mo cannot afford TO pay for their rooms
d,,rips, vacation will not be obliged to 90
co Tbere will be two elevators IN the
building and the services OF a porter
and n chamber-maid al nominal rates
10 the inhabitants of small towns VINO
nav S25 q month for a whole house ana
considerable ground these prices may
soem exorbitant. but comparing them
with the New York charge for far less
desirable quarters they are very reason
oble indeed. Two or three girls can share
a suite of rooms and have the coolest
Dossible time. They can do as bachelor
qirlsp are already doing all over New
York-co into cooperative housekeeping
and divide NJ the expense. They rent
pleasant rooms buy some furniture,
dishes and knick-knacks, hire maid
and proceed to make home for them
eelves as a little family. II they can
rorsuade married woman-a willow,
for instance-to make her home with
tben, 60 much the better for there Is
M eainsaying the fact that girls in New
vorl, can have more freedom and more
outines Of all kinds If there is chaperon
connected with the establishment. There
will doubtless be a professional chaperoh
living in the apartments TO be call@d on
In emergencies. something after the Wo-
mans Guide and Chaperon bureau re-
Gently defunct. .,..o ho,,,o
,,ili no sc in any flrst-class apartments.
Tronclad references as 10 responsibility
and reliability will be required ana WIZ
he thoroughly looked into, but once
,,oroan &c admitted there viii be no es-
,,ionage OF course, If an occupant an
,o,,s neigbbor she will be asked 10
desist or go, or if compromising ruihoIS
force themselves on the MANAGER Vi the
house they will be investigated, but not
IA the extent Of suspicion and spylnS
without cause. as has been the pe.e huar
of well-intentioned women from lhe
ginning of their independence. IL may pe
that an occasional undesirable tehdn1
NAV be taken in, but 1t may sa1eiy De
predicted that she won't stay Ions S'Iu
The women in general are not TO be
..e,ted With anv the less consideration
ON that account. Their friends, both
men and women, may be entertained in
their rooms as in their own nome
something that is not permitted III tne
average New York clearinghouse. a
may open an once III hei
sitting-room, to save rent, anu lne vi 80
maker carry on business IN CONNECTION
with her living-rooms. The walIs may
ha deadened so music teachers ana pupils
NAV practice in peace, ana the top hooI
viii be reserved for studios WIN ln1
necessary top north light. IN lact' eNeiy
thing will be done with the welfare VI
the working woman in we" -SoiieliiIhe
49, seams too good TO be true TO the
- Who has battled with circum-
stances in New York Tor the last '0N
years. ...,,s brild-
N win he essentially a woman puilu-
inc and II is TO be hopen mat the oilieicne
ol,,bs schools and branches OF business
,aouliar to women will gather uhuer on
roof to be easily found when WaIlteu'
ghere Will be a telegraph ana teiephone
office with women operators ana JUN
md news stand with women cleI''s' M
round floor will be divided INTO STORES
ma here should be installed mamcures'
atr-dressers. gloves and notions, fancy
,.orlk-- every branch of business that
woman carries On successfully
I'VE restaurant IN connection VIII De
,nder the MANAGEMENT Of woman, on sal
,rv n possible, so there will be no luea OF
,ain. but merely Of supplying the very
,oet that can be afforded at moderate
,,ices. and II will be a public restaurant
,pen TO both men and women, aVolains
he forlornuess of an old mad : iuiCh-
Dom. .,.,.
he superyision of a woman. There are
vyo 1aundries in New York to-day that
no owned and operated by wcmen.
There viii be a fine opening for turkish
,atps. as there is but one place In New
orlx vyhere q woman car have 4 Dath
.fter l o'clock, and that is dingy place
which is practically out OF the pusy
reach, because it is not open
,venirgs, Sundays or holidays, as the
mems baths are. In building Where
yolnen live there will be che added luxury
# a bath and bed directly afterwards in
.tead of dressing and going into the out
loor air risking ones death OF cold.
The open court has already been spoken
or the sale OF potted plants and cut tiow-
rs by a woman florist on Long Island,
md a bower of beauty IL Will be. A Ii
,rary Will probably be donated as
memorial by a philanthropic woman, and
he Associated Artst-as association com
,osed mainly of women-win give their
ervices in the interior decoration.
A large assembly-room Will be decided
feature of the building Sorosis pays
sherry 800 a month for the occasional |
ise OF certain rooms; the Womans Press
hub and the Twelfth Night girls are awe
ully crowded for space " hen they under |
axe to entertain their friends, and the |
'arious other women's clubs greatly need |
suitable quarters Tor public meetings, |
eceptions. dinners, etc. This assembly
com In woman's building win iii a long
elt want
1t is to be hoped that no name will be
given the building other than The
n Omans Apartment House" Thare
must be nothing TO stamp it as home or
harity CT Christian association affair, or
he business women Will not so into it.
They are jealous OF giving Up one iota or
heir deserved independence, and previous |
dams have gone to pieces because of the |
ed tape that impractical 'phnanthropists
shed to tie around them. Benevoently |
Inclined ladies who have been sheltered |