The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09
DOMESTIC HELP PROBLEM
Movement On Foot that Nay Help Very
Materially Toward Solving II.
Mrs. Hughes Effort to Establish a Home and
Training School for Domestic Servants
Good that May Be Accomplished.

Mrs. l.. Huglr, who for some time past
has been at the head of the Woman's
Christian Employment Association. In the
Baldwin Block, is at present engaged In q
labor which it Is believed may prove Of
value toward the solving of the servant
girl question. which, as the housekeepers
of Indianapolis are already aware. has
proven o knotty problem. Mrs. Hugle has.
after some months of careful study of the
question, devised a plan which she conf-
IDENTIFY believes will not only result sue
cessfully. but will be q boon to the army of
defenseless though respectable working
girls of Indianapolis. Mrs. Hughes enter
prise is to be q home for working
girls. not In the line of a charitable instl-
tuition. but q home which shall be self
sustaining and In which it's inmates will
each have q self interest. When once es-
tabIished this proposed institution will
provide q refuge for domestic servants and
factory girls who are out Of work or who
require a rest. For the sun of 81 per week.
the working girl may find substantial
board and lod ging and an atmosphere of
pure associations and kindness. If she is
unable to pay the amount she
may enter the home and by her
this object In view Mrs. Hugle has thus far
arranged with q number of families. res
taurants sad hotels to take the products of
the home. in the way of breads. cake. pies
and other pastries. In addition to other
advanta ses the enterprise offers, will be the
rare opportunity girls will have of learn
ing to cook and to carry on homework.
and Mrs. Hugle believes that she Will, after
her institution has become established, be
able to furnish trained servants for private
families whose work will be entirely salts
factory. She that it will require
about $500 to carry out her ideas of what
the proposed home should be and to start
il on @ business basis. Mrs. Hugle has
spent many years Of her life In the inter-
ests of working women. and especially that
class who follow the occupation of servant
girls. She is In perfect sympathy with the
working girl and realizes fully the trials
and temptations of the existence led by
these young women. In speaking OF the
movement Mrs. Hugle said:
Il think q homo or industrial school OF
this kind will be q grand help to our girls.
Almost daily we have applications at the
employment agency from young women,
tired and weary of the constant drudgery
which hey are compelled to follow. and
they desire rest and quiet. We cannot
keep them for we have no room and they
go out again into tine world. no one knows
ployment work is to conduct q home
or school. not for charity. but on
the industrial plan. A girl enters
the place and she has an interess
there and we have an interest in her. Ii
she wants q position one is found for her
and she does not have to depend upon the
world for q ~sustenanoe. Often girls thrown
out of employment by the closing OF q fac
tory or by some other means come and beg
me for a nights lodging or q place to stay
q day or two until they can get work. but
/ have no place TO keep them"
Mrs. Hughes past work IN this city in q
philsnthropic direction shows her q praoti-
cal. Christian woman whose mission In the
anticipated enterprise is solely q desire to
do something for her sisters whose lives
have not been filled with the choicest
bIeeaipQs.