The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-03

than 10 be n bed. ionged for it with
wistful and pathetic yearning. i paid no
attention TO the velvet carpets and bar
barious stuffed chairs and heavy hangings.
the bait by which the causal boarder Is
caught. / wanted a quiet. clean and re-
fined home. not elegance. or colored door
tenders with suspiciOusly tinted aprons.
or bric-a-brac or pictures. / wanted
sweet air and absolute cleanliness. a gen
uine bed, sunshine. wholesome food. and
a table without n castor on Il. For these
real luxuries. I was able TO pay but ten
dollars a week, II / wished TO have any
thing left for clothes, travel, books,
amusement, gifts and charities, not to
speak of car fares, serious Item OF
expense in a large city. Life costs so
much more than mere rent Finally. 1
did find a house such as / had sought.
Experience has led me to suppose that
this house Is the only such an one in
the city, and IL this IS the case, II Is
time that something was done about II.
Then the agonies of moving. / don't
know how other people feel about If, but
the mere act Of moving humiiates me.
Did you ever notice how utterly dsrepu-
table everybody's things look on a furni-
ture van? You may think YOU possess
one or two belongings which are quite
presentable. but pile them on a wagon
and see how they look then j have a
feeling OF deep sympathy for the own
eis or those shapeless masses Of chair
ana table legs as they are escorted in
triumph through the streets. and
Know they are at home hiding their sur
prised and wounded feelings. do see
lhat lot OF old stuff" the passers-by re-
marx. Old stuff indeed Alas that one
could so disrespectfully speak Of the care
Iul accumulati0ns Of years Of economical
travel, varied with trips to the auction
rooms! But this is only the final pang
or the mover-on upon the face Of the
earth. And the question still remains,
what is 10 be done about Il?
The women. being those OF the commu-
nifty who most suffer from the lack Of
refined and inexpensive homes are the
first TO act I'm the matter. and In this
city a genuine plan Is on foot for their
relief This plan, though conceived and
carried to the point Of triumphant and
practical perfection by a woman. lacks
as yet bat one thing for completion
a man. Warned by the failures Of vo-
mans cooperative schemes. and the diff
cultles OF feminine boards Of administra-
ton' the women Of New York wait for
some practical business man, who knows a
good thing when he sees It. 10 build am
apartment house for women. TO be RIM
on the usual strict business PRINCIPLES.
ana as matter Of business profit
Inc only wonder is that this has not
Deeh done long ago. Already every
apartment In the enormous building de.
signed has been applied for before the
matter has been advertised or the fret
stone laid, and the class Of applicants
tested by the most exacting references.
IS the safest and surest I'm the city II
Is an admitted fact that women pay their
rents and are more careful about all debts
and obligations, than mon. This. I SUI pose.
is because. being new to the business
world, they havn't vet gotten used ~
cheatlng. IT 1t pays to build apartment
houses at all. il ought 20 pay best Of All
70 build them for women. and after the
irst one Is erected. more will certainly
follow 10 supply the demand. And there
are the young married people Man I'm
hlmset Is far from being an objection
III Iact ne IS usually an essential. though
IN the present plan there Is no room for
MIN, except on the business board of tho
new apartment house. where by all means
let us have him, Why not build n second
apartment house. where the overflow wo-
men and young married couples NAV.
having given the best Of reference. dwell
together In unity? Miss Lewis. q charm
ing and delightful artist. whose studio
~ on 4Wehty-third street, is the inspirer
'N' 7''''l NAf'ii Va tlilo Iildl lOf the solution
or the moving question. and II Is owing
10 her good sense and excellent business
talent, that it has already been pusbo5
so nearly 10 the verge Of completion. The
details Of the plan. though carefully elab-
Grated are at present more or less of q
secret. but it can be stated that there
viii be facilities for housekeeping. and
rooms for those who wish 10 take their
meals I'm the restaurant. After the first
rlg1d examination of applicants. there
VIII be no restrictions whatever placed
upon them more than in any apartment
house nor viii there be any difference
In the management Some of the best
known names Of women I'm the CITY are
among those urging the building of
such an apartment house. and the de-
mand for it is almost irresistible IL is
now hoped that a man wen-known I'm
the conduct Of similar large undertake
ings Will build and run this apartment
house for women. If so. let us give
thanks, and throw up our bonnets. Nav
they build temple where the odors of
cabbage and onions will be unknown. and
where one can tolerate ones neighbors as
Well as to manage to pay the rent.