Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-24
AMERICAN GIRLS IN PARIS
dome for Lone Workers, Students
and Tourists Has Recently
Been Provided.

The problem of the American girl
alone in Paris. either as student or
oreadwinner, has been solved more or
less satisfactorily for many by the Amer
| ican Girls club says the Brooklyn Eagle,
| founded by Mrs. Whitelaw Read. Quite
recently new protector of these ex-
patrlated workers has arisen in the
shape of the BritiSh-American Young
WomenS Christian association which
mas become an interesting addition to
the American colony. While the Amer
can Girls club is intended more partic-
alarly for students the Young Women's
Christian association offers a home for
he low price of four dollars a week, to
young women of limited means engaged
any occupation.
Inc house is situated in the Rue de
Iurln No. 5, and though but short walk
from the business district is we'll shaded
by trees and fronted by lawn. Some
Oh its features are: An employment
directory, reading room, physical cul-
ure, home nursing. millinery and French
classes outdoor clubs, afternoon tea and
social evenings. Bible classes and gospel
service. The enterprise has the backing
of both English and American women
II social prestige; it is the first perma-
nently organized association of the kind
IN ParlS, though at the time of the expo
sltlon a regular association branch was
started. merely continuing during the
summer of 1900 Much of the success of
the Paris association is due to the gen.
crosby and executive ability of it's presi-
dent Mrs. John Hoff, who has resided
for the past four years in Paris Mrs
Hoff is daughter of the late David
Whitney. the millionaire, and was born
in Detroit, Mich
The american Girls club established
in 1891 by Mrs. Whitelaw Read for Amer.
lean girls studying in Paris 1t is located
at Rue de Chevreuse. not far from the
bulevard Montparnasse, and is on the
borderland rather than in the Latin quar-
ter proper. The plain stone facade close
on the street gives no hint of the pleasant
interior looking from three sides on to
large court and yard beyond filed with
Hover beds and shade trees. On the rez-
dee-hausee are the dining and tea rooms
the latter the gathering place of the girls
every afternoon at five O'Clock. the for
mer containing some dozen little tables
where meals are served a la carte at very
moderate prices. Coffee and tea cost
five cents, meats IL and vegetables five
On the floor above are two drawins
rooms and the library. large white cur
tanned room furnished with writing
tables, periodicals and good collection
of English and French books This is a
favorite redezvous of the girls another
is, during the warm season, the long bal
cony overlooking the court, which with
its awnings and vine-clad ratings offers
an inviting place for chat of the dis
cussion of a novel.
The majority of the pensionaires are
art students, though in summer numer-
Gus tourists take advantage of the home.
like atmosphere and low rates of the
house. They must, however, be unmar
ried, as married women are debarred
from rooming at the club, though they
are allowed to come there for meals. The
rooms are rented as low as seven pei
month, the more desirable ones being
slightly higher in price. A large hall on
the upper floor of the building serves for
entertainments, to which many we'll
known artists contribute their talents
gratis.