St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-07

ThOmsOn'S method of presenting the
subject, many women and girls have
received valuable information in the art
of preparing good and palatable foods.
The word art Is used adviSedlY. as, ac-
cording to Miss Thompson and the Y.
W. +. A, it is an art, and not drudg-
cry, as many have been in the habit of
regarding it.
y new plan in regard to fees, and one
which promises to be very popular with
| the young women, has lately been tried.
By this s. membership fee is paid at
! the beginning of the year, this to in
clude all the privileges of the associa-
ton, including the gymnasium and one
course of lessons in cooking. At the
annual meeting of the board OF man.
ayers, which occurs this week, it is un-
derstood that a plan which will make
the work more far reaching is to be dis
cuSSed.
A dormitory for young women who
are strangers i'll the city and others de-
string home at reasonable rates is an
extremely practical feature of the
,, work. The charges are so small, and
| the large, well-heated dormitory SO in
| viting as to make it a very desirable
! place to stay. either permanently or as
| a transient visitor. The rates are for
| lodging per night 20 cents. per week 81.
| and board and lodging per week $3.50.
| Of the three pleasant rooms in the long
! suite, the rest room, reading room and
lunch room, the latter probably appeals
little more directly to one in the hun
cry weather than either of the other
| two. So it seems. at any rate. to one
observing the little mothers" boys,
| for whom a special table is reserved,
and who trot in and order their lunch
| prices, which are as follows:
| Coffee, per cup. 2 cents; tea. per
! cup, 2 cents: milk, per cup, ? cents:
| cocoa, per cup, 2 cents: rolls, each, l
| cent; butter, 3 cents; pie, per piece, 3
! cents; sauce. cents: potatoes, 8 cents ::
! baked beans, ) cents; roast meat, 5
cents; soup and crackers,5 cents; boiled
beef, potatoes and cabbage, cents.
During the year of '93 about $4,000
young women visited the rooms. and
this number, which in itself seems eX-
! traordinary, would have been much
| larger had the year not been hard one.
and so many employers cutting down
| on their store and Office forces.
Stopping to consider the vast differ
| euce in the results obtained between
| this work and that of the Young Mems
| Christian association, and with SO
much smaller expenditure of money. it
is noted that the Young women have
reached out and progressed in directions
undreamed of by the members of the
! organization of the sterner sex. For
not only do the young women in this
very work improve themselves, phys
ically as well as morally, but in connec-
ton with the rooms are various branches
of work organized solely for the pur
pose Of doing for others, but of these
more at another time.
The association was founded Dec. II
1888, and the officers and board of mau-
ayers are as follows: Mrs. r. NJ. New.
port, president; Mrs. j. NJ Lichten.
/ berger, first vice president; Mrs. q. II
Bridgman, second vice president; Mrs
j. w. Edgerton, recording secretary
Miss Annie Sanborn. corresponding sec
Rotary; Mrs. E. S. Robbins, treasurer
Mrs. G. j. A. Morris, assistant treas.
urer.
The members of the advisory boarC
are: MesSrs. R. Nj. Newport, ii. Il
Brill, L. l.. Schurmeier, j. @. Adams
}. Z. Gribben, f. q. lngersoll. II. S
| Tompkins, aud }. NJ. Lichtenberger,
manager.