Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-03

CHICAGO'S NEW '. W. (. \ UUILDING. ations and i9 fully organized state aSso- citations In Chicago the order has main home temporarily Ut 291 Michigan avenue, another at 55IS Kimbark ave nuc. home for transients at 367 Jack son boulevard and an employment bu- rcau at 2I3 Wabash avenue. all of which are to bc concentrated in the new building. which iS also la bc a woman : hotel and boarding house. The lot was bought of the Drake estate in lSS6 for SIO. OOO and is now worth much more and iS so hy l6l feet in area IL will all be covered by the new seven story build ing, of which the front will hts uf rain drop brownstonc in the basement and above that fire pressed brick, ornament ed with terra Cutta.
 The entrance will he through m or nate portal. with marble steps To the right as one enters will be the library and to the left the reception room and pIrlur Back uf the entrance hall the gymnasium k to extend the full length of the basement. and the rest Of that floor will be taken by the dining room and kitchen. On the next flOUr above is the assembly hall. with seats far 600 and extending through two stories. and back and above that will bc library. dis pcnSary. lodging and other rooms. The interior will b,' finished thruuGhout in hard woods and all tie building we'll lighted and warmed. IL is n surprise tO learn that wi;h aif this tine charge fOr board and ruuu'. light and heat included, will only bC from Si. jO tO Sj par week. the ,lIiI,'uuCy lsiuS CIlv in the lus.Iiinu of the rOuJIS, Uf which there will bJ 2jO. And vet the ladies i'll charge cN- pcct the institution to hc self supporting after tho first year. The building will cost Sl2j, OCO and the furnishing prob ably S3O. 900.
 The work uf the association is meant to bo altogether preventive. "Wc dC not" says Mrs Lcandcr Stone. the president, wait until they go over the precipicc and the ambulance comes with changing bell. attracting the attention nt the world Indeed our work is so quicr very little Is known of it. " In the con stitution adopted Is years ago il is de clared that:
 The oIi,S't of tn" as>,'ciatiun shall l-' to TrD mote the moral. r'ligious. intellectual and term
 
 arr d,'Ycni, ut uI~on their own cx'rttous f"r support, a Tslrt uf this work la csrrl>i~t in or ganiEiuI kuru'~ aud securing cmpls'. m, m f0i self supporting girls and thcsss' VntlsIV,rlns [, hCcunc such. and furnishing medical ai, through n well regulated dIST- u~slry-
 The association has agents. who u:,Vi all trains coming from distance ana | passCnc,r steamers during tho '.ISlI and direct all women travelling alone tc safe lodging and b,'ardiuE houses and give all desired information about C'H meeting ualus. suggest CCOnnrIiCa methods ut transferring la-gagC and J all ways assist thnsc who are confused on arrival in strange city.
 These agents tell many intCpSIim. stories uf their encounters with CT tain >s Fl uf women who seek their pr,N at the great railroad stations. In tn, year 1898 they guided some t. 100 per sons alright and rescued man.. yOuns girls WI had already been taken il charge b. female harpics.
 The cosmopolitan character ot the hu man inflow to Chicago appears i'll thu fact that the women thus cared for wcr' | from 2l states and territories, from l; European nations and from Canada ana l Asia.