The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-13
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
1he invasion of the New Woman Chart.
table Baroness de Hirsch and Her
Work In the Metropolis.
Especial Correspondence.l

- ~ -N''o oiio SecIuS 10 10 determined
10 invade every field of business and
pleasure i'll which tho brute, man, has
SO 1ar laborcd under tho delusion that
he held full sway. Mrs. Ledyard Ste.
vens, who is prominent in the upper So
olai circles of New York, has made one
OF the most daring inroads upon man g
assumed prerogatives by startinga place
whero tho members of the gentler sex
may get their shoes shined in the most
approved fashion and without undergo.
ing tho annoyance of being stared at by
thousands of pairs of eyes, us would DO
the case were the operation to be per-
formed III the public streets.
Mrs. Stevens, who was Miss Eliza
beth Winthrop White, daughter of DR..
Octavlus White and Elizabeth Chanler,
calls her new venture "a bureau of So
cial requirements, adding one more to
the novel business ventures of society
women.
Other Work of the Bureau.
She offers to supply ideas and origi-
nal designs for entertainments; to su-
perlntcnd entertainments OH established
lines, relieving the hostess of all weari-
ness and anxiety; to manage and order
Iuncheons, teas, receptions and other
social affairs; to supply means or rec
lpes; to give information on social
matters where any knotty point is vex-
ing tho uninitiated to take charge of
madam'S visiting book; to keep the
household accounts, do the marketing
n
keeper; to give suggestions and help in
matters of dress. homo decoration and
shopping; to plan and buy mourning
Tor those i'll sorrow; TO help parents
With advice as to schools or charities;
to take charge of settling or unsettling
the house i'll fall or spring; to care for
lamps and silver, and to supply ladies
and children with pleasant place to
have their boots polished.
In all of these departments of useful
ness Mrs. Stevens has had her expert
ence, even i'll tho last, for before start
ing III business sho took practical les
SOILS Ill bootblacking from profession
al, although she does not by any means
intend to ply the brush herself.
In this wide range of departments
not fall to prove boon to many people.
The opening days promised well, for
there was u steady run of business.
Tho pretty bureau surroundings
would tempt IL caller to stay and chat
and watch the littlo bootblacll, and the
coZiness of the whole atmosphere would
almost lead to confidential chats.
Charitable Baroness de Hirsch.
Great as WAS the reputation of the
late Baron Gle Hirsch for lavish philan.
thropy. it would appear that that of his
estlmablo widow is destined to take
rank alongside his us tho continucr and
completer of many plans for charity
which were cherished by tho dead null
timillionaire. Her recent contribution
OF 5000, 600 for the establishment of u
home for working girls in this city. to
say nothing of other liberal donations
to enterprises already in existence,
seems to amply bear out that theory. 1t
is currently reported here that this lady
Will shortly communicate plan to the
proper authorities of New York beside
which all previous charitable schemes
Will pale into insignifiance. 1t is said
that this will not he done, however,
until Greater New York shall have be-
come II reality.
With reference to tho homo for work
ing girls, there has been little delay
ana the announcement has Just been
made that the site has already been Sc
lected Five lots have been purchased
Ill SlXty-third street, between Second
and Third avenues. Tho building is to
be OF brick and stone, five stories high.
The total cost is to be 5000, 900, which
Will leave fund Of $500, 900 for main
tenance. The institution will have room
for 100 persons. The inmates are to be
provided with good home free of ex.
pense, and arc to have the advantages
OF mental, moral and industrial train
ing. 1t Is expected that the building
VIII be ready for occupancy early next
year.
Mrs. Sarah Strauss has been elected
president of the board of directors. Mrs.
LlZette Sterne is vice president and
Mrs. Florence g. Sutro secretary and
treasurer. Tho other members of the
board are Mrs Gabrielle Greeley Glen
denim, daughter of Horace Greeley; Mrs.
Rose Abraham Mrs. Emma Wassermap.
Miss Jennie Ickelheimer, Mrs. Frcda
Warburg, Mrs. Sarah Goldman, Miss
Irene Kohn and Edmund f. Wise.
Cost Of Swell New York Dinners.
Some idea may be formed of the cost
of reasonably "swell" dinner in New
York city by the amount of the judy-
ment for which Louis Sherry, Il caterer,
recently entered Judgment against DR..
BisselI. The sum in question was
$675.S5.
Sherry, through his attorney, alleged
that on Aug. 6, 1896, he was engaged
by the doctor to finnish a hannnnt Cor