The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

lunch rooms with small tables. These
tables are all occupied almost con-
tinuously for two hours in the middle
of the day. The majority of the girls
bring their luncheons and get bowl
of soup, cup of some hot drink, or
glass of milk to supplement IL. Some,
however, get their entire meal at the
receiving window, for there is always
an ample luncheon served for those who
wish it and at very moderate price.
The point from which one best real
ICES what the luncheon traffic is, is the
interior Of the serving room. Windows
open along two sides of 1t and on the
inside running under the windows are
shelves holding plates, cups and FOOD
ready to serve. These windows are
surrounded during the serving time
with some of the young women three
or four deep, who come to the window
and give their orders, receiving them
when filled and taking them to the ta-
bles. In this way the cost of actual
serving is reduced to the minimum, for
when they have finished they return
the soiled dishes, paying for their
luncheon at the same time. When You
consider that an average, of 900 girls is
served here every day the year through
you are amazed to realize by how few
helpers the work is actually done. The
numbers run from $50 to 1900 a day,
according to the season, and the help.
ers range from eight to eleven in num-
ber Moreover these helpers find the
work either attractive or profitable, for
they stay on year after year. 1t is a
pretty custom of the association to
confer a gold medal on any helper re-
naming five years, and another after
ten years service, and there have been
four of these medals given in the ff-
teen years since the work was begun
three for five years. service and one.
for ten years. These medals are in
scribed For Faithful Service"
The Dormitory.
On the third floor of the building are
dormitory accommodations for about
fifty young women. These are intended
mainly for transient use, and only five
or six girls have their permanent home
there. The dormitory accommodations
are as plain and simple as they could
we'll be, but the charm that goes with
spotless cleanliness and order is theirs
and there is something very attractive
about the tiny con1partme MIS- with
their dainty white BEDS their snowy
walls and their carefully planned and
compact convenienceS. The dormitory
has acquired a wide reputation as
safe and comfortable temporary home
for girls who come to the city as
strangers seeking employment, and also
1oi young NOiilSH .SlISdSSQ III Tie I'LL
linery or dressmaking business in the
smaller towns of the state. Coming to
the city in the spring and fall to make
purchases and get styles they gladly
avail themselves of the comfortable
quarters offered by the Young Womens
Friendly association, and the dormitory
resources are taxed to the utmost at
these seasons, emphasizing the need
for more extensive accommodations.
Lodgings are secured for Is or 20 cents
night, or for 81 a week, and lodging
and board is but $3.50 week.
For Physical Culture.
In addition to the dormitory on the
third floor is the gymnasium, which is
used all through the fall and winter
season for instruction in physical Gull
ture. This department has always been
one of the most popular features Of the
association work. 1t is in charge Of
competent instructors and the classes
are attended with enthusiasm and are
productive of great good to these young
women, nearly all of whom are oc-
cupied during the entire day in work