The herald., 1896-07-05
WORKING GIRLS FUN.
AN ADMIRABLE SUMMER RESORT
FOR NEW YORIx'S TOILERS.
GENUINE PHILANTHROPY.
Girl Has just ~ Good q Time as
the MillioAaire's Daughter.

NEW YORK, June 26-The working girls
Df this great city are oftentimes pitied.
True. they work hard. some of them from
o'clock In the morning until in the even
ing, at laborious. monotonous tasks, in an
atmosphere none too healthy. and amid sur
roundings which would shock their more
delicately reared and fortunate eisters. But
In the summer time they have their out
ings Of q week or two. and more actual.
honest enjoyment In jammed into the seven
or fourteen days than the average girl gets
out Of Z whole season at q fine hotel on an
allowance Of q hundred or two hundred dol
1Ars . week from her wealthy father.
Miss Grace Dodge. Mrs. Mason Davidge
and Miss Virginia Potter, three wealthy
women who have practically devoted their
lives to the working girl Of the metropolis.
decided eight years ago to purchase some
land on Long Island near a little village
called Miller's Place. and there erect two
House-and from the last OF June until the
second week In September they are filled
with women. The houses belong to the
New York Association Of Working Girls
Societies Any GIRL . member Of one Of the
many clubs belonging to the association. can
make use OF this summer resort.
The houses are with q stones throw Of
each other. What one lacks the other sup
plies. The Holiday House is the older and
with Its broad lawn and grand old trees,
suggests the country resort; the Harbor
House has a beautiful view Of the Sound.
and wooded path leads from it to the
beach. Both the houses have broad piazzas
simply and comfortably.
There are old-fashioned open freplaces
In each parlor. q piano. which the girls
delight In using, and divans in denim, banked
with soft pillows. All over the houses the
floors are painted. and here and there are
. ryaI lie ksnk-
moor the broad windows open on the We
randa. Here there are plenty OF rocking
chairs and hammocks and girls to fill them.
There are two dining rooms in each
house and about twelve bedrooms. Some
OF the rooms are SO large that they COM
fortably accommodate four girls. Each girl
has her own bed and a screen. so that she
may dress in privacy. The servants en-
ployed IN each house consist of a cook.
laundreeg, two Mattresses and q man. Each
girl comes for two weeks, and her board
for that time. including her railroad fare,
costs $3.50. The payment Of her board bill
gives hAr feeling Of independence, and no
summer girl at Saratoga or Newport has a
better time.
1t Is only necessary to spend a day in
the houses to prove this. The gire think
the grass which carpets the lawn in front
Of Holiday House "simply beautiful" They
grow enthusiastic over the sea-washed peb-
Dies ana the MOWERS OF the nelQS, ana tney
also show a marked admiration for tiny
black kitten which has the freedom of the
place.
The rules and regulations Of the vaca.
tion houses are few and the girls spend
their time as they please. At 7:30 the ris-
ing bell rings. and a: breakfast is ready.
On Sunday the breakfast bill of fare con-
ssts OF oatmeal. fish cakes. coffee, bread
and butter and glass Of milk. Three
mornings each week hot bread is served
There is always a bowl filled with wild
flowers in the middle of the table. 1t stands