The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-05

but not elat crate design IN stone aud
pressed brick, to be erected on a corner lot,
with an open court in the middle, for as
many light rooms as possible The site Sc
leoted was on Fourth avenue aud Twenty
eighth street, convenient 70 car fines and
elevated stations, but the owner Of tho
middle lot. supposing his land Indispensable
70 the scheme, promptly went up 80, 900 in
MS price, and the committee as promptly
dropped that location. They are now hesi-
tatlnR between two Others equally good,
and II anything more reasonable so the
greedy landowner did not serve them so
mean trick after all.
The building will accommodate 500 wom-
en-, In single rooms or suites according to
their Incomes. The architect has made out
a scale Of prices which are fairly accurate.
and which he predicts will be an induce
ment TO occupants ana pay stockholders a
reasonable percentage on their Investment
Single small rooms, furnished with heas
and light, IS or a IA week, according to To-
cation; one room and bath. 80: parl1r,
sleeping room and bath, a.; pnrlor, two
sleeping rooms and bath, $40. For those
desiring to keep house" there will be uu.
furnished apartments with kitchen, TO be
leased by the year. while the others will be
let from month To month, so that parties
away tor the summer, aud who cannot af-
ford to pay for their rooms during vaca-
ton, will not be obliged to do So There
will be two elevators in the building, and
the services OF a porter and a ohambermaid
at nominal rates.
To the inhabitants OF small towns who
pay S25 month for a whole house and con-
siderable ground these prices may seem ex-
orbitant, but comparing them with the
New York charge for far less desirable
quarters they are very reasonable indeed.
Two or three girls can share a suite of
rooms and have the cosiest possible time.
They can do as bachelor girlsn are already
doing all over New York-go into CO.
operative housekeeping and divide up
the expense. They rent pleasant rooms,
buy some furniture. dishes aud knick-
knacks, hire a maid and proceed TO make a
home for themselves as a little family.
III they can persuade married
woman-R widow, for instance
to make her home with them 10 much
the better, for there is no gainsavinE the
fact that girls in New York can have more
freedom and more outings OF all kinds IL
there is a chaperon connected with the es-
Enlistment. There will doubtless be a pro-
fessional cnaperon living in the apartments
TO be called on in emeg gsncies, something
after the Woman's Guide and Chaperon
Bureau, recently defunct.
LEGITIMATE FREEDOM
The management of tho entire house will
be as in any first class apartments. Iron
clad references as to respectability aud re-
liability will be required and will be
thoroughly looked into, but once woman is
admitted there will be no espionage. OF
course II an occupant annoys a neighbor
she will be asked TO desist or 20, or II COM
promising rumors force themselves on the
manager OF the house they will be investi-
gated, cut not TO the extent OF suspicion and
spying without cause, rs has been the bette
noir OF well intentioned women from the
h.nart NIL, II Iutm IA. Il Il
be that all occasional undesirable tenant
may be taken in, but it may safely be pre-
dicted that she WON'T stay long, and the
women in general are not TO be treated with
any the less consideration on that account
Their friends, both men ard women, may
be entertained in their rooms as in their
own homes something that is not permit
ted IN the average New York boarding
house. The stenographer may open al
office In her sitting room, to save
rent, and the dressmaker carry on
business in connection with her living
rooms The walls will be deadened 90 music
teachers and pupils may practice in peace,
and the top floor will be reserved for studios
with the necessary top north light. Ia fact,
everything will be done with the welfare OF
the working woman In vIew--someJhing
that seems too good to be true to tho woman
who has battled with circumstances in New
York for the past ten years.
IL Will be essentially Woman's building
and it is to be hoped that the different clubs,
schools and branches OF business peculiar to
women will gather under one roof to be
easily found when wanted. There will DO a
teleg aph and telephone office with women
operators, and book and news stand with
woman clerks. Tho ground floor will be
divided into stores, AID here should be IN
stalled mnnicures, hairdressers, gloves and
notions, fancy work-every branch OF bust
ness that woman carries on successfully.
The restaurant in connection will be under
the management of women, on salary IL Dos.
sIblo, so there will be no idea of gain, but
merely OF supplying tho very best that can
be afforded at moderate prices, aud it will
he a public restaurant, omen TO both men
and women, avoiding the forlornness Of an
old maids lunch room.
The laundry will Of course be under the
supervision OF a woman. There are two
laundries in New York to-day that ore
owned and operated by women-one Of
them doing the work by contract for the
Pullman aud one Of tue steamship cempa-
nies
LUXURIOUS APPOINTMENTS.
There will be fine opening for Turkish
baths as there is but one place in New
York where a woman can have a bath after
/ o'clock, and that is a dingy place which is
practically out Of the busy woman's reach,
because it is not open evenings, Sundays or
holidays as the mems baths are. In a
building where women live there will be
the added luxury OF a bath and bed directly
afterward. instead Of dressing and going
into the outdoor air, risking ones death OF
cold.
The open court has already been spoken
for the sale OF ported plants and cut flowers
By IA woman hors: on Long Island, and
bower Of beauty it will DO. A library will
probably be donated as memorial by a
phianthropio woman. and the Associated
Artists, an association composed mainly of
women, will give their services In the lutte.