Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-12
FIFTEEN HUNDRED WOMEN.
They WIN sleep Under one Roof at chica-
go Next summer.

CHICAGO, February 9.-Fancy 1000
or maybe l, 500 souls OF the gentler SEX
maids and matrons, sweet, fascinating
young buds, and gray heads whose own
srs have given thslr lives 10 the ad-
vancement and amelioration OF their
ssx-fancy 1900 women, the dear crea-
lures" as the toastmaster grsndilo-
quently proclaims while asking the
banqueters TO drink TO the health OF
/ "the lsdles"-1, 500 women. all slumoer-
Ing restfully under one roof.
Fancy the cloakroom that will be re-
! quired TO safely provide for l,5o0 dainty
hats, bonnets and wraps. Fancy the
styles, the colors and materials Of 1900
dresses. Fancy the pile OF choice linen,
aud OF embroidery, and OF sundry lin-
gerie that forms part OF various ar
ticles dear TO the feminine heart that
could be contributed by such house
full OF femininity. Fancy hotel over
the threshold Of which the foot OF nan
Is Aot 10 pass as q guest, a hotel Ia
which the cashier and the room clerks
and the bell aud hall boys-perhaps
that's 40 Irish bull-snd all the other
Of the small army Of attaches will be
women. That is the kind OF a hotel
that Is to be one OF the striking features
OF the Verbs Fair.
How uaBrotscsed feminine youth as
well "a old age might be enabled 10 wish
/ CHICAGO next summer with the assur-
ance OF quarters aud surroundings Ia
which safety would be combined with
comfort was one Of tho earliest questions
| 70 enRross the consideration of Mrs.
| Potter Palmer aud her associates on tho
Board Of Lady Managers. When the nS-
tional commission, after the Board had
! been brought into existence by act OF
Congress, undertook TO prescribe It's spe-
ciAc duties, II laid down the general rule
that tia ladies themselves should have
full charge and management of all In
terests OF women In connection with
the exposition. This is what might DO
regarded as scope at once broad ana
comprehensive, for the general inter-
est" Of the tens OF thousands OF women
that Chicago expects and hopes TO VOL
como and entertain between now and
Christmas cannot by any possibility oe
confined within the limits Of Jackson
park.
Ample provision for the education,
enlightenment and the entertainment
OF tho sex has been made through the
plans adopted by the Women's and
! Children's buildings, to say nothing OK
the special attractions Of particular In
tere.t TO womankind that will have q
place In the other structures; but somo-
thing, II was held, should be officially
done to Insure for the expected great
army OF women-especially those tnat
might be classed as industrial work
ers," wage earners and working girls,
or students. teachers and others en-
gagged In various professionalism oene-
fits and advantages Of good, clean. safe
hones at reasonable rates.
How this aim might be accomplished
was a question 10 which the ladies' gave
prolonged thought and consideration.
The views and advice OF Influential
friends Of the movements beneficial 10
women were sought aud given, and as
a result came the formation OF the Wo-
mans Dormitory Association OF the CO.
lumbar Exposition. While the funds
for this enterprise have been contrib
cted from outside sources as a matter
OF pure necessity, for the board proper
has use for every dollar appropriated TO
its treasury, yet AZ the same time 10 re-
CARDS and desIgnates the dormitory en-
terprlse as an auxiliary.
Among those who are sSEomibM-1ra
working In It's behalf and Identified
with the active management are such
women as Miss Frances willard and
Mrs. Matilda ID Carse, who have
blessed humanity by their work la con-
nectIon with the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union; Mrs. James A. Null
ligan, widow of the famous soldier who
gave his life for bis country on the Geld
OF battle; Mrs. James L. Doollttle,
widow OF the only son OF Wlsconsin's
venerable ex-senator; Mrs. Charles
Henrotln, the better hall OF the noted
ChIcsEo banker and consul for the Bel
gIan Empire; Mrs. General A. l.. Chef
lain, Mrs. Helen NJ. Barker aud Mrs.
Ben G.. Truman. names oil OF which are
familiar 10 these interested In move
ments beneficial 10 women.
The rooms Of the hotel will be fur
nIshed with comfortable beds and toilet
conysniences and the structure will be
divided into sections, each presided over
by refined and motherly woman. who
will exercise watchiul care over un-
protected girls, whether they come
alone or are part OF group. The rate
for accom- modasiobs will be q remarkA-
bly, low one. Large numbers OF work
ina women and girls have subscribed
for shares OF stock, which are 20 be Ia
ken in payment OF the bills incurred
for commodatlons, and to these the
rate per day, so II Is estimated, will not
exceed 40 cents. The site selected IL
H. ~ a A n n n
sition entrance, and the structure will
be ia readiness for the entertainments
OF guests before the ist d May.
Very much on the same principle and
practically under the same auspices Is
the Family Dormltory association.
Most OF the ladies already mentioned
are identified also with this enterprise,
while 70 the list may be added such
names as those OF Mrs. General Logan,
Mrs. George NJ. Pullman and Mrs. j.
n. McVlcker. The family domiclle
will be 10 the women with children
what the other structure Is % tie lone
women, save that male heads OF faml-
lies will be acceptable as guests, provl-
ded only that they have their families
With them.
In this way husbands and wives,
brothers and sisters. widows and Wild
overs, with their little ones. may be
housed economically and comfortably
under the same roof. Both OF these en-
terprises will 60 far toward dispelllng
any Idea smcng people Of moderate or
sls.der means that their financial con-
dition will not permit Of visit 70 the
Worlds Fair and a wrsstle with the er-
orbitant prices that are supposed Ia
| popular estlmstion 20 be toe natural
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