New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-02
A HOME FOR WORKING GIRLS.
ANOTHER PHrLANTHRoPIc WORK ENDOWED RI
THE BARONESS DE HIRscH

ANOTHER PHrLANTHRoPIc WORK ENDOWED BY
THE BARONESS DE HIRscH
A large and completely appointed home for tho
poorer class Of working girls will be in exist
enc in this city The Baroness De Hrsch follow
ing the noble example set by her late husband.
Baron De Hirs-h who gave immen." sums for the
work now carried successfully here has
given cocoon FOR tho purchase Of land and the
huuIng OF the home. and has moreover. guaran-
,eed trust fund which will provide an income OF
$500 year for thu maintenance OF the home
The work here has been intrusted by the Baroness
- Oscar s Straus and II 70 him that tho
sg0 Oo was recently transmitted. Mrs. Stratus will
b. tho president OF the home and Ter selection for
this office is \ wise one. as she has for some tims
been the president or the present home for work
ing girls In Thirteenth-st. This home has only
room, for twelve girls. In the rev home there will
40 senarete rooms for hundred. and q most
additional valuable feature OF the work Will he a
raining school in connection with the home. At
,h,ch the Girls will learn domestic service and use
fui trades.
Mrs strans when seen by a Tribune reporter at
hor homo No = West Seventy fourth-s yester-
div said that the home would not be intended for
transient boarders as considerable would he
,akea I'm the choice Of those who would be admit
tod md this could he done In the case OF tran
sicnts To the latter however. lodging would not
bs refused II they appeared respectable but tho
home would he primarily ror WORKING RUlS VINO
did not earn more than s.. or AZ the most s.. a
week This would take IN the large class OF fac
tory girls who were now neglected more than any
ofhor clase of working women. II was hoped that
they might be able to take permanent boarders at
s. "A week As far as possible the nome would pe
mad self suppOrtine but. added Mrs Sraus she
feared mat in the beginning at any rate the trust
fund cnored hv the Baroness De Hirsch would nave
to be drawn upon 49, III, - ,.,,u .v.-v
effort 10 have the building erected at the earliest
possible time The plans have already been COM
n.ted and contracts are being let out ,
Mot of ground I'm Sixty-third-st east or miro,
ga has hren secured. The architects nave planhe1
a huil1ing TO cover the entire frontage OF -
Zoo, Win three wings extending a depth OF eiShIy
feet the whole structure being somewhat the
shape of n letter II. -, 49, a.. &C., s,orv md
go MANNED with imposing marble columns sup
nor,ir,g he entresol. on the ground moor VIII pe
,b recepton rooms. parlors. gymnasluins' cuiss-
VIZ ~ opd diulng-r room. The upper floors VIII De
,o,,n.od ~ the bedrooms and a spacious oaseHlen,
,,l a ford storage room and contain me Iaunury
All rther accessories OF n big hotel or nome;
'rhe action of the Baroness De flrscil IN tHus ne
,.o,i,r a large sum of money Tor tnls purpose II
III Emo of long series OF similar g!fts TO the poor
U,'; ,h,s and other American cities begun by the
ia ~, r,aron De Hirsch and continued by herseIi II
. ~ been occasionally stated that the baroness
nnca visit ed this country, ana that ner sctiohs are
,ho result OF her observations here: rms is not the
10 she has never been in America, ana this fact
o., 90 nor interest in the welfare OF the poor popu-
infions in American cities all the more remarKaoie