The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-08
A GRAND ENTERPRISE
ITS ORIGIN AND SUCCESSFUL OEvEL-
OPMENT DUE TO A WOMAN.


ers That Is Not Charity--sIiss NJ. A.
Fisher and the Home Hotei--Its Found
ing, Policy and Guests.
A modest little card tackled to the
front door of handsome brick house in
ST. AIMS avenue, near One Hundred
and Thirty-fifth street, announces to the
world the existence of hotel which
embodies woman s idea and efforts in
tightening the burdens of other persons.
Among refined and congenial surround
ings the guest of this house, which is
called the Home hotel and is open to
both men and women, may have a cozy
room and good fare for very little more
money a week than an orchestra chair
at theater costs, and If she happens to
be struggling against fate with an empty
pocketbook she may have the same ac-
commodations for nothing at all until
fortune smiles.
Yet the hotel is not charitable in
stitution. A more valuable possession
ian money is required to give you ell.
fty there. You must have brains, and
hey must be brains, moreover, that are
refined and polished by education and
culture, for tho hotel is conducted for
authors, musicians, teachers and men,
bers of other professions who find tenn.
porary difficulty in wringing dollars
from an unappreciative world, and for
those who are inoapacitated by age or
illness from earning money.
A courtly old gentleman opens the
front door to the needy brainworker
who comes for the first time and bows
the caller into the parlor, with the in
formation that Miss will attend
her presently. A very pleasant first i'm.
preston of the hotel is received while
waiting here. These parlors seem in.
stinot with informality and sociability.
The plain, substantial furniture; the
piano, with its loose and apparently oft
turned sheets Of music; the we'll thumb
ed magazines and books, the portraits
and engravings combine to remind one
of an old fashioned country house
where hospitality and simplicity dwell
and ostentation has no place.
The door opens softly, and sweet
faced woman enters In a manner full
Of charm and tact she asks the necessary
questions, and the caller is invited to
come again on a certain day Mean
while her credentials are carefully in
vestigated. II tho result is satisfactory.
warm welcome awaits her on her sec-
ond visit, and she becomes one Of the
little company whose ambitions in art
or literature have not yet been realized
or are worn out with the efforts of q
lifetime. Sho pays whatever she can af-
ford, from 81 q week to 81, and sympa
thy and material aid, where possible.
are extended to her in her work.
Professional persons over 66 may be-
come life guests by the payment Of $500.
whioh is raised by relatives or church
society, and sometimes by the patrons
of the home. There are at present about
80 guests in the four connecting houses,
to which the hotel has been enlarged.
They are not all without means. A
number pay full rates for board, and
live in the hotel because of its society Of
clever, interesting persons and the at
mosphere of refinement and homeiiness.
The founder of the hotel and the pres
ident of the association, which includes
among i's members many P'oinun' na
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