New-York tribune., 1900-12-14
FOR YOUNG GIRLS.
CLUBS HERE AND THERE.

At last womans club without an object other
than enjoyment has been established. And.
strange 10 say. II is by progressive up TO date
American women, but by conservative English
women. and its habitaton in London. The En-
press Club was organized three years ago. and
entered recently upon the enjoyment OF a $3.50 900
clubhouse in Dover-st.. Piccadilly with a member
ship Of three thousand 1t is conducted upon pre-
cisely the same plan the fashionable mems
clubs. with dining rooms, drawing rooms, reading
and every other kind Of desirable for the at
tainment OF the most luxurious comfort. Every
member has her mail box: matinee tickets pro-
durable at the touch of a bell; private dinner
may be secured by members who do not wish the
trouDe OF entertaining IN their own homes Inc
utmost strlctness is observed in admitting TO mem
bershp, good social position being requisite and
Duchess of Leeds is first vice-president and odd
feature is that there is no president but twenty
has the Princess Lowenstein Wertheim at its head.
A womans building OF another order is that re-
Gently dedicated at Lansing, Mich. in the Unver-
sity OF Michigan. The dedicatory exercises were at
tended by the State Federation Of Womens Clubs
then meeting at Lansing, which took an active part
in securing the appropriation for the building.
which is said TO be the finest OF its kind IN the
State. Built and furnished AT of S950OO this
structure of red sandstone and pressed brick pre-
sents an imposing front in the row OF dormito-ies
and laboratories surrounding the campus II is
finished in oak throughout with steam heat and
electric light. and affords room for hundred and
besides the wide halls and corridors and the pri-
room. gymnasium society rooms, students parlor,
music room, sewing rooms, kitchen and cook
ing laboratory, both equipped with the latest out
fitting and utensils of every kind: dining rooms,
bathrooms and laundry of the most approved and
convenient furnishings, and bicycle room.
Beginning year Of activity, the Consumers
League of the City OF New-York feels that IL has
much for qualification in the pronounced sue
of the work throughout the country. II has
been more far reaching than that carried on during
any previous summer.
The league has kept before the merchants the
necessity, If they care to remain the white
list Of considera ton their employees in the mat
ter OF seats behind decent luncheon places
pay for overtime and a Saturday half holiday in
summer. Massachusetts, assisted by agitation OF
the Consumers League of that State. has enacted
a law extending the restrictions Of labor of women
and children factories 20 those employed in mer-
camille establishments and at present the law en-
acted June I fOrbids the employment of women and
children for more than ten hours in any one day
or fifty-eight hours in any one week. F1rteen
manufacturers of wOmen's underwear now use the
abel, and the league Is endeavoring TO persuade
women in New-York 20 take the small amount OF
trouble necessary to obtain these goods bearing the
guarantee through this label that not one particle
OF the work has been done in unsanitary un-
American" sweatshops. but I'm good. airy factories