Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-11-06
GIRL BACHELORS.
They Have Formed a Federation
of Several Clubs.
THEY BUY AT WHOLESALE PRICES
They Have Coal, Cake, Ice-Cream and
Towels In Quantity-Nicest Apart
ments In the City.


The members of this club are individ-
ual clubs. The merry Bachelors. the
"Girls' Reading CLUB" the "Paris
Tour Club and many. many others
are members of 1.-THE Federation Club"
also may belong to it, and
the only recommendation required from
anybody is letter of unquestioped
financial security.
In these days of benevolent associa-
tions and aid societies and working
girls helps Of all kinds the mention of
financial security CRATES harshly upon
the ears. But without financial refer
enoe the object of the Federation Club
would defeat itself and the members
be as bad off as though they did not be-
long to it.
The Federation Club is a union of
girls clubs for the purpose of securing
for the individual members household
and dress supplies at prices less than
retail. 1t is cooperative club, and
thus far in its career-that of six pros
porous months-it is the greatest sue
cess of the century. There are now 800
members.
The President of the Federation Club
is very pretty girl bachelor. She is
not member Of any other club. and
put in her claim for membership on
the ground that she liked to keep house,
but couldn't quite afford it at current
rates for rent and household expenses.
After month of membership so SEN
sible was she on all questions, and SO
invaluable when the members were
"cornered," that she was unanimously
elected President for the next year.
The principal thing that the FEEDER
alton Club does is to hire apartments
for it's members. A canvass is made
and the members tabulated. At the
September canvass twenty wanted to
live down town. twenty-five wanted
General residence and fifty desired
apartments near Central Park. Ten
wanted to be far up in the town.
Acting upon these wishes the long
headed Miss president dispatched her
agent to the apartment-hous in the
desired parts Of the city. Down town
she secured whole fat-house, very de-
sirabla in every way. for third less
than regular rental, on condition that
she take the whole house for year.
The same arrangement was made up
town, and again around the park.
Very nice quarters were secured at low
rents, and everybody who lives in a
large city knows what this means.
The President next sublet the apart
ments to members according as they
desired them. The rents varied, and
SO did the purses, and all were able
to be suited.
As it was September, the long
headed Miss President began looking
around for coal. Crates and ranges
needed it, whether steam heat were
provided or not; and, Notwithstanding
the coal barons, she got it for quar-
tel off the retail price by taking 100
tons. This distributed in the different
cellars, according to orders left at her
office, gave each supply for the win
ter. And so all things are managed.
The President, when interviewed in
her rooms about the Federation Club,
said: "Our aim, and our only aim. is
to give the girls the advantage Of
things at wholesale rates, and, there
fore, we buy everything that is re.
quired in household"
"There is our bread and roll list, you
see," said she. 1--WE order 100 loaves
of bread day and 200 rolls. One
baker has our orders and he delivers
at little above wholesale to the men,
bers in their apartments every morn
ing. I pay the baker and the members
pay me. That is why we have to be
soiparticular about financial references.
with our milk we do the same,
also with -four, tea, coffee and the
staples. We also buy meat at whole
sale if desired. l have orders for
twenty roasts of beef every Sunday and
100 fowls. get them cheap, and my
agent selects the meat to be sure it is
prime. We cannot take individual Or
ders, only standing ones. and SO we get
them at wholesale.
"There is one thing" said the Pres
ticular, and on account of which SO
many cooperative clubs fail. We pre-
serve our independence and our own
social circles. None of our members
have a personal acquaintance with each
other. We have directors who audit
accounts once month, but further
than that we never get acquainted.
Individually know only "a dozen of
our members, though get letters from
them all. Here for instance. is letter
from young artist, who gives lessons
in girls school. She keeps house
we'll and entertains considerably. She
wants a little maid to open her front
door afternoons and bring in the tea
tray. Here is another letter. This is
from a girl who has business of her
own. She goes out early in the morn
ing. and when she returns she wants to
find her house in order. She is enter
tanning considerably and doing her own
work. I fancy the same little maid
would fit in both cases at different
l.