The sun., 1895-05-28
LODGINGS FOR W0MEN.
Something About the --latest Experiment OF
the Christian League.

Something About the Latest Experiment OF
the Chri.tian League.
Tho latest experiment in lodgings for women
will he opeped next saturday. IL Will be called
the Christian League Industrial Home for Self
supporting Women and Girls The term
"home" applied to any public foundation is
word fraught with attraction for somo people,
and equally instinct with repulsion for others.
Some will exclaim OF IL WHATS In nameF ~
while others answer Frequently tho name ~
all ;hcro Is to IT," Yet whether viewed from
optimistic heights. or inspected from tho duh
depression of tho pesscmist, venture OF this
kind nlways excites moro or less interest. Other
vomen's homes have come. and majority
of them hnye more or less speedily gone; hut
the idea which they sought to embody seems
eternal in the philanthropic breast. 1t Is an
unauenchablc impulse to provide artiiicial
homes for those TO whom the real home Is out
of reach. Most OF these attempts bear the re-
lation of incubators to the natural method. ono
takes a scientific interest In the experiment. but
is conscious of n certain pity lot the ch'ckeh'
the child. or the inmate.
The most recent embodiment of this benevo-
lent itlen Is located at . East Twelfth street. II
IA n comfortable, old fashioned high-stoop
house of brick, with stone fncinEs and new
awnings over all the front windows. Not Hp-
pcarinE unusually largo from tho street. one Is
surprised to find that II contains no fewer than
twenty.seven rooms. all high-ceied. well ven-
tilatcd, light cheerful rooms. An extension
built over nearly all the yard space at the back
IS devoted to half u dozen single rooms opening
into n long narrow corridor Each room has II
pleasant window looking eastward.
When THE sun reporter was conducted
through the house paper hangers. kalsominers.
and painters were rapidly making the interior
neat and bright and sweet. The plumber had
already done his perfect work; and and, carpets were
being fitted and sewn. a Eooa ata! OF lurniture ,
separa,ed wS rated by fine pair Of oIdfashoned sliding
doors in massive mahogany Mrs; +. B Gran
he,pue in the Intervals Of directing the work.
men, gave information about the establis hment.
what led to it. and what Its promoters hope 1t
it:To begin WITH" said Mrs. Grannis. have
been carrying on under my own roof this wo-
else you choose to call it. business. for years.
There nrc numerous places PROVIDED oy Doth
Women who have gone wrong: but there isn't.
so far rs have been able to discover. anywhere
to to- pay her way. More than once women have
been brought to my home in East Twenty-sec-
@ ton house house. or or a refuge. were manifestiy unfit
beads took them in Not onG ago s%G s%9
their responsibility. applied 70 me: me: They
Margaret Lou se Home. not aware OF the rule
requiring that an application for admission bo
to pay II moderate price for Recommendations.
Other women who are unprortded for In the
OF %qF WITH
and daughters with parent. or Younger
brother or sister. Any Of these would surely be
ties even temporarily. When people belong to-
them even temporarily | have now up at my
house young mother and her baby. and until the
@ was there i also IL % This little family came from
the West. found the people they knew had all
TheS to s IN
deep encouragement. l received them as my
guests until the sitnati ion improved"
"rhcn this home Is not for women exclu-
"it is not" replied Mrs Grannis. while
donot propose to associate anonymously all sorts
and conditions OF human life, rtatnly will
not prohibit Ihe admission OF an aged grand
daughter may be able to earn her own living
and do something toward that OF her relative.
Who i wishes std 10 Keep younger brother. to whom
she Nils, psrhaps, a mothers place. under her
But detached men will be barred outi''
That is my Intention; But decent human
being in distress is 9 problem to which l have
This house is designed to afford temporary re-
lief 1t will offer transient hospitality to the
young or old. cultured or ignorant ! shall dis
crlminnte against women whose appearance
proclainis them eligible for admission to
the shelters, provided for those who have
stepped aside from the path OF rectitude
only. bought this property four months
Since that lime there have been from
eight to seventeen dodgers each night. although,
rs YOU see, the house Is not yet 10 rights. paid
$4,000 and gave IL mortgage OF Sa4.O00. The
interest mOney and taxes. changes. and Eeces-
sary expenses OF the property will amount to
much the same as the ordinary renting of such
II house. Some contributions OF money have
been received and one gentleman has pledged
himself to pay 800 II year for five years. Sew
eral of the largest stores have made donations
of carpets and bedding. But out OF u number of
promises OF furniture, &c, only one has material
lied in the shape OF n gas stove and some match
safes.
II realize the seeming venturesomeness. to
put il mildly, OF this movement which entails
great responsibility for people without money:
but wish to state plainly that not dollar OF
debt will be incurred beyond the personal re-
sponsihility of the President. who assumes tho
entire financial indebtcdEess. Come again
when we are in working order. and l hope to
show then that home which has no rules and
neither prison regulations nor boarding school
restrictions can be conducted as properly and
successfully as wei ordered household OF we'll
bred peop!e-a family in the best sense Of the
word.'