New-York tribune., 1899-02-08
WORKROOMS FOR WOMEN.
THE CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY
ASKS FOR AID FOR THEM.
rysxu1.ED WORKERS ARE TRAINED IN LIVE
1IEooD WHEREBY THEY NAY BECOME
sELF-sUPPORTING

~. following appeal has just been issued by the
charity ORGANIZATION Society through the commit
.sa N charge Of the Workrooms FOR Unskilled
Women:
We ask the continued ad Of the PgbC 70 o, hep S,n
he needy 70 help themselves. To LIT out OF as
t-Sss and pauperisn the habitua dependent Is the
an H. % women receive instruction in cooking the
Midday meal IN house-cleaniue sewing ana rlpplns
aroey.s ~ be made over cutting and joining car
sst rers etc All q tbs tends to develop character
sreolent The Workroons IN the course or tne year.
Bvt II skilled women ask our help 1t is generally
..orf5 nat "s.rong drink is the cause Of their
p1vre[9 6,@er4rt natonap,ies have been repre-
,s-.ed Sv Ills years attendants. The larger pro
..-,io, - srnlicants have been women with fami-
les The number of women received curing 'he
5 61- new departure IS me laundry training school
now conducted at the rooms Al! Woman Wlto T 5 oD
;Sonsnr can fers receive training. and certificate
II rreri, q she proves herself worthy ny woIk ana m
g911sT" TEd9s9 .uce1, knowedge Of laundry work TO
nSe axe o-Toos can never become self-sustaining.
Their products are ro- sa'aole al market prices
They are a place o, education, and the prohts re-
the Improved character % The oenehcar.es who
nav here receive training
Wy Clothing suitable FOR Uen and women IS
needed our s,oreroorn ls almost empty. Serd gar.
70 4 Prospect place (oetween Forty-second and
Fory-,hird SIS easO Or send postal card Eiving
serd for the garments 70 be donated.
Tickets FOR laundry training may be bought at
the Charity Organization Society. No i6 East
twenty y-secon1-st
The r7atron's diary shows that during the last
vesr 2sl women were received al the Workrooms
These women have been almost entirely mothers
with families Only 1S2 Of this large number have
been homeless These indicate the occupants OF
houses or Z rooms IN tenement buildings.
Ou, OF the entire number OF women who have
been admitted 20 the Work. roOms l35 have worked
IN the Laundry but because tickets required 10
secure the benefits OF the Workrooms. but few OF
the women have received consecutive training. ono
hundred and .h.rty-fve women have worked in the
laundry training department. but these women have
only worked 554 days The average employment has
been but four DAYS work TO each OF the lS.
The work In the laundry during the last summer
has been done 10y few women, all Of them very
poor, and oil Of them individuals who have been
trained 70 do this practical work at the Work
rooms These operatives did not represent skilled
workers" buy were women who were in process Of
learning to wash and iron. They were paid in
money food or clothing and the sum earned by
their work and the money thus expended have
helped many over hard places ia lfe
Five women were trained TO De expert laundresses
ana given certificates OF merit
y costs & 20 secure 10 woman tWeNe consecu-
tive lessons in laundry work. BY these lessons a
woman may become a good washer and irOner,
ready 10 w0rk n the laundry for wages. and there
ths can acquire the skill OF an expert
The mem hers OF the committee think that * spent
70 give tha mother o. family d paying trade IS
wiser charity than the amount divided into 80
cents piece for ten women, because pauper
porting mother win educate an honest, respectable
household