Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-05

,--v- YORK. juno 26.-Tbe working girls
s ,rt- treat city are oftentmes pitled
nm. r1ey work hard some " them from
O'Clock in the morning until In the even
t-r ~ lsborlous. uOLu,ouous tasks, ~ al
..uosphere none goo healthy. and amid SUI
rndings which would shock their AoIs
IsucateIy reared and fortunate sisters. b1s
b., the summer time they have their ooL-
ings OF d week OF TWO and more acl-a-'
honest enilyuen. IS TANNED into Ae seven
or fourteen DAYS than the average SRI gees
out VI d Whole season at d fine hotel Oh an
allowance NJ q hundred or two hurirel -1--
lars "a week from her wealthy father.
Miss G-ara Dodge Mrs. Mason DdYllse
and Miss Virginia Potter, three wealthy
women Nho have practically devoted tne.r
lives 90 the working girl Of che metropolis,
decided r5t years ago 20 purchase some
land on Long Island near a little village
called Niler's Place. and there erect Two
houses called Holiday House and HaroIr
H.Iae-aul from the last OF June until tle
second week il September they are filled
U.-L women. The houses belong 20 the
Sew York Association Of Working Girls
Societies Any girl. q member OF one OF the
many clubs belonging 20 the association, can
make use lt this summer resort
Tho houses are with q stones throw Of
each other What one lacks the other sup
plies. The Holiday House is the older. and
with IT'S broad lawn and grand ola trees.
suggests the country resort; the Haroor
House has a beautiful view OF the Sound.
and a wooded path leads from 10 20 the
beach. Both the houses have broad piazzds
and many windows. They are furnished
s-1.v and comfortably.
There are old-fsshloned open freplaces
81 ecl parlor a piano. which the girls
ID .nH. #Hr N.r ..
W. st pillows All over the houses the
n e are painted. and here and there are
r@ Tho walls are tinted. and on the first
t the broad windows open on the ve-
r1.l. Here there are plenty OF rocking
c-.rs ana hammOcks and girls % fill them.
There are two dining rooms IN each
house and about twelve bedrooms. Some
ot che rooms are so large that they COM
l.r-4liy accommodate four girls. Each girl
.ts her own bed and a screen. so that she
nay dress io privacy. The servants em-
l1yel in each house consist Of cook.
l-lcdress. two mattresses and man. Each
tr. comes t1r two weeks. and her board
for that time including her r0irOad fare.
costs $50. The payment % her board bin
gives ho~ feeling " independence. and no
summer girl at Saratoga or Newport has a
better time.
Z, is only necessary 20 spend a day IN
Do houses 90 prove this. The girIs think
the grass which carpets the lawn in fr0ar
o. Holiday House simply beautiful" They
grow enthusiastic over the sea-washed peb-
be5 and the flowers OF the fields. and they
o.so show a marked admiration for a tiny
black kitten which has the freedom OF the
place.
The rules AMI regulations OF the vaca
ton houses are few and the girls spend
their time as they please. At 1880 the ris-
irg BEN rings and az s breakfast is ready.
On sunday the breakfast bin OF fare cone
His-s o' oatmeal. fish cakes. coffee. bread
and butter end a glass OF milk. Three
MORNINGS each week hot bread is served.
There .s always a bowl filed with Wild
flowers -n Che middle of the table. 10 stands
ON q linen square. but mo- tahiecl0th Is used
The china is dainty and pretty. To .s princi-
paily in white and gold and Delfc blue and
white. Grace Is said before each meal. the
girls standing behind their chairs with
bowed heads.
one o'cicck Is The dinner hour. and tn,