New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-21
NO LADY HANGERS.
NesU Boarding House for Cars WM
DO WithOat Them.

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About Thanksgiving II is expected 10 open at ~
V1a West Fifty-eghth-st. the Jackson inc Iie"eS'
-,sront 70 solve the problem Of the proper housing
- ,sas,,r Of the wage earning women Of New
York. -.,
-h.-e ara several novel and decidedly interesting
features about the Jackson. In the first place al
though 8 boarding house for young women 1t is
memorial [ a young man
Again while the funds and the IDEAS are fnr-
,,sbes bv Episcopalians-Nrs. L \. Griswo!d. a
,-oninent member Of the Church of Zion and St
Timcthy IS the angel Of the enterprise, and the
p,v Dr. Joseph Rushron the assistant rector, its
rowing gpirit-the Jackson is 10 be unsectarian.
.ny girl who can show that she IS earning only SO
!, week that she has no home connections in the
city and that she is respectable is welcome, what
ever her religious faith.
And there is one moro fact worthy Of note-that
a. the absence Of any board Of trustees lady
managers" Except for the matron-a trained
nurse who VIII be house mother to all the girls
n the family who want Neutrality-suspicious. will be
no mana cement oversight, ii being the inten-
lion 10 allow the boarders at the jackson the same
independence and privacy they would enjoy in any
boarding house.
Now. whatever you do cautioned DR.. Rushton
earnestly don't call It institution or home
or refer to the people who going to live in il
es inmates II Is going TO be a boarding house,
not q charity. / hope make ii pay its running
expenses. the rent excepted. At st. Lukes, Ger
Inantown. Philadelphia, they behind 5000
year charging only So q week. Their experience
proves that could not possibly come out square
II We charged only %. This is why have placed
our highest figure al S6 q week, which win give
girl q large han to herself. The lowest price
will be s.. where three girls occupy a room
IN common.
In will two girls occupy the same bed.
Where there more than in a room. there
viii be 4 curtain around each bed so as to insure
the privacy and quiet from interruption which
every woman wants and needs. The lack Of this
OF the great deficiencies most homes for
working women. and is one of the reasons why
many women choose less comfortable quarters in
public boarding houses in preference TO these
homes Where two persons occupy the same room,
screens curtains are necessity not luxury"
Dr.. Rushton said that the jackson Will accom-
MEDIATE t. twenty-five, not including the matron and
other help. Not many could take" he
added, but DO not wish pack the house to its
limit Besides the matron, there viii be
sistant matron cook ana Two mattresses and cham
bermaids. The girls viii not be asked TO do any
work about the house
My idea in starting this house is 10 make it as
homelke as possible, ana want every one of the
boarders to resolve 90 ali she TO make it
pleasant for every one TO look upon ii merely
a boarding house tc feed and sleep in.
The boarders viii be encouraged to entertain
those men friends at home. There will be a par
lor for the express purpose of receiving company,
and then there viii be sitting living room,
equipped WIKI magazines. books facilities Tor letter
Dancing? OF course they may dance. They
may turn up or take ~ the rugs whenever they
When asked why they had placed the limit at
that can live somewhere else, but on SO a week.
what can gin get? She can scarcely get boarded
IoT less tAah - ~ 1Ae4l tEeFe VIII PIopap4g De
60 cents d week carfaTe Then there Is her laun-
cothe and feed and lodge herself N New-Iork City
deoently on so a week: That is problem that
where was city missionary for four years Tor the
diocese. There IL! attention drawn to the
need for boarding houses working Here
the need IS very mucn greater.
What is gIrI tc 90 IN Aew-York on a SO wage?
OF them work in places where they tod frankly
when uey complain thai. II they cannot live on
their wages. they can supplement them through
friend, NY hope IS 10 forward the time "neH a
el can aIoid 10 I'VE WITHIN heF income without be
Ing obliged 10 submit 10 tie temptations offered by
But suppose she ressts all temptations and goes
to live in some tenement house. which Is about all
by the lack Of all the comforts ana graces OF her
home in the country or some small city and begins
20 feei that nOboQy cares, and il doesn't matter
what she does. and then somebody comes along
and says. Wei; what makes you 90 on living in
Ways Then the temptation begins again"
fers from most people VINO boarding houses
FOR working women IN not wanting q board of
4 wouldn for the world be understood to under
tened 70 explain, but think the less management
OF any sort thing OF thus KIND has the better off
MIS-. Grlswold returns from EUROPE she VIII prob
ably call az times bat that VIII De the limit OF any
mana cement. For twelve years have been wishing
20 Try this experiment l talked with Mrs.
Sr1EWold ana after giving il some consideration,
she agreed with my IDEAS 10 such an extent that
she offered 10 give 5000 lease run the house
Tor one year Sac doesn't believe III boards OF
lady managers any more than l do
You know how II Is. a girl wants to do this or
that Her case Is referred the lady managers
ehe enters the room whore they sit and thew draw
themselves up very straight, their silks and
Jewels. and look Al her, and the poor girl however
innocent her request, feels ike a culpTit or at
sef-respecI and makes her 10 kick over the
traces however reasonable and necessary the traces
may be. We don't want that atmosphere at the
Jackson. - '
One thing we shall require. and that Is a recon-
tlehoallon from some responsible person. We must
40 nai 70 protect the girls in the house If il IS
.Ieao Tor girl to gel letter Of ornnendation
-L1t VIII be one element Ia her favor for It will
sHgN That she IS without friends IN the city. A
81 came one night not long ago q home for
'HOihAls girls. She had references, but they were
"a heT trunk, and her trunk was at the station
.nIeh they asked her for them she explained this
e. IAey told her Il their rule never TO take
out INTO the street - "
1hoer similar circumstances the Jackson would
&c, tahel her In So long It has any room IL
IN IaAt N glrl who comes 20 il at night saving
cru an sspeclabie but can't show you any ref
HE Jackson is called after Jack" the onIv
soI % A-Ts GTisWold Mr.. Griswold had fust been
- - &c IroIn college with high honors but bro
~ 80 $50 from hard study when he was killed
y Train about year ago. @''''1
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