The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-17
THE HOME is OPENED
UGH INTEREST MANIFESTED IN
THE BERTHA BALLARD.
Many People Visit the Home During
the Afternoon and Evening"
Memorial Rooms.

The Bertha Ballard Home for Business
Girls was open to the public yesterday
afternoon. and last night the board of
managers were hosts and hostesses for an
informal reception given as a house-warm-
ing. The board includes Mrs. J. J. Brown.
president and general manager; Mrs. r. w.
Furnas. Mrs. Joseph Stubs. Mrs. Robert
Adams, Mrs. Horace Hadley, Mrs. Evan
Hadley. Mrs. William Pyle. Mrs. John
Johnson, Mrs. Lawson Harvey. Mrs. Will
liam p. Spray, Mrs. Elizabeth l.. Hadley.
Mrs. II. A. Holiowell, Mrs. Howell Waddle.
Mrs. w. II. Ballard. Judge Lawson Har-
vey, Mr.. Albert j. Brown, Mr.. William L..
Pyle. Mr.. William Furnas, Mrs. Carrie NJ.
Wright of Kokomo, Mrs. Ducella Wilson
of Carmel, Miss Mary Ann Lawrence. Mrs.
Ghorntown and Miss Sallie A. Mills Of
Plainfield.
The different rooms were adorned with
summer flowers and palms, and the Wis
itors were all invited to look through the
house from cellar to attic. The object Of
the home is to assist working girls and
furnish them nice. cool rooms and board
cheaper than they can secure them else
where. Some of the sleeping rooms are
double, and girls can live at the home from
s3.25 to S. per week, according to the loca-
ton of the room. Many of the rooms are
memorial rooms and have the name on
the door transom. They are as follows:
Mr.. w. H. Ballard. two, one for his daugh-
ter Bertha and another In memory of his
wife AIDA: Ar. r. w. Furnas has fur
nished one in memory of his wife, Mary z.
Furnas; Mr.. A. X. Hollowell, for his wife.
Alkaline Hollowell; DIR. Evan Harvey,
their mother, Mrs. Delitha Harvey; Mrs.
Anna RICHES children nave furnished one
in their mothers memory and Mr.. Rollin
McCrea has taken one I'm honor of his
Taylor has taken one for his mother, Mrs.
Mary Taylor. and Miss Emma Lilly has
one in honor of her mother, Mrs. Catharine
Lilly; Mr.. William w. White has taken
one for his son Fred. Other rooms taken
are named Roberts Park Church, Board of
Managers, Indianapolis Friends, Christian
Endeavor, Albert Dixon. the Indianapolis
Friends Church, Plainfield Friends
Church, Susan l.. H. Cassidy, of Dunlap,
H.; Mrs. James f. Shower. and one has
been taken by the friends in P~lainfield of
Mrs. Drucella Wilson. One of the chief
attractions yesterday was the life-siZe pic
ture of Bertha Ballard, in whose memory
the home is named. 1t hangs in the first
parlor under a canopy and drapery of red
also of Bertha Ballard at the age Of seven
years. The home will accommodate fifty
girls. and already twenty-five applicants
have been taken in. The board of man.
ayers require a reference before any per-
son is admitted to the home. and the rules
OF the home are very practical. Much of
the furniture on the first floor has been
donated by friends. The home is now ready
for occupancy, and there Is no doubt that 1t
will have many applicants before IL is
many days older. The large. cool veranda
is very inviting, and is furnished with
porch chairs and rugs. The basement is
htted up with gymnasium and bowling al
leys.