The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-16
cH1cAGo's NEW Wv. c. A. BUILDING.


ations and 10 fully organized state asso-
Citations. IN Chicago the order has a
main home temporarily at 291 Michigan
avenue, another at 571S Kimbark ave-
nue., a homo for transients at S67 Jack
son boulevard and an employment bu-
reau at 243 Wabash avenue, all of
which are to be concentrated in the new
building, which is also to be wOman's
hotel and boarding house The lot was
bought Of the Drake estate in 1856 for
$40, 600 and is now worth much more
and is so by 161 feet in area. It will all
be covered by the new seven story build
ing, Of which the front will be Of rain
drop brownstone in the basement and
above that fire pressed brick, ornament
ed with terra Gotta
The entrance will be through an or
nate portal, with marble steps. To the
right as one enters viii be the library
and to the left the reception room and
parlor. Back of the entrance hall the
gymnasium is to extend the full length
Of the basement, and the rest Of that
floor viii be taken by the dining room
and kitchen On the next floor above is
the assembly hall, with seats fer 600
and extending through two stories, and
back and above that viii be library, dis
Pensary, lodging and other rooms The
interior will be finished throughout in
hard woods and all the building we'll
lighted and warmed 1t is a surprise to
learn that with all this the charge for
board and room, light and heat included,
will only be from So so to IS per week,
the difference being only III the location
of the rooms, of which there viii be
ESQ. And yet the ladies in charge ex-
pect the institution to be self supporting
after the first year. The building will
cost $125, 600 and the furnishing prob
ably $50, 600.
The work of the association is meant
to be altogether preventive. I'VE do
not, = says Mrs. Leander Stone, the
president, wait until they go over tho
precipice and the ambulance comes with
changing bell, attracting the attention Of
the world Indeed our work is so quiet
very little is known of it. 7" In the con-
stitution adopted 8 years ago it is de-
clared that:
The object Of the association shall be to pre-
mote the moral, religious, intellectual and tenn
poral welfare Of women, especially women who
dependent upon their own exertions for
support, part Of this work to consist IN or
ganfzing homes and securing employment for
self supporting girls and those endaavoring TO
become such, and furnishing medical aid
through well regulated dispensary-
The association has agents, who meet
all trains coming from distance and
passenger steamers during the season
and direct all women travelling alone to
safe lodging. and boarding houses and
give all desired information about con-
Meeting trains, suggest economical
methods Of transferring baggage and in
all ways assist those who are confused
on arrival in strange city.
These agents tell many interesting
stories of their encounters with a Ger
tain sort Of women who seek their prey
at the great railroad stations. In the
year 1898 they guided some 6, 600 per
sons Alright and rescued many young
girls who had already been taken in
charge by female harpies
The cosmopolitan character Of the hu-
man inflow to Chicago appears IN the
fact that the women thus cared for were
from "A states and territories, from 10
European nations and from Canada and
Asia