New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-01
AN ATTRACTIVE HOME.
New Boarding House for Girls a Model of
Daintiness

This morning dozen young working women are
| preparing 10 move into their new home the Jack
son at No. 312 West FTfty-eighth-st which is the
| latest development III the problem Of boarding
houses for respectable girls who are earning SO
| or less a week
For days painters and carpenters have been hard
! at work under the direction Of Miss Jean p Stern
the decorator, who has had charge OF the entire
furnishing Of the house with the result that evev
thing IS as fresh and and artistic as Tic most
exacting housewife could wish
The three upper floors are given oye- 20 bed
rooms, in which twenty-five girls can be accom-
modated -Four hall bedrooms VIII contain only
one girl each but the other rooms have been ar
ranged 70 accommodate TWO or three beds Sinela
cots only are used-aH new, with soft thick nil
lows and mattresses and warm. downy blankets
In the rooms that are TO be occupied by more than
sirl partitions Of bUrlap curtains in the IA
ural color have been hung 10 give privacy Freshly
Numbered dotted white muslin curtars at the win
dows accentuate the prevailing tone of spot1ess-
ness Each floor has its ba throoTn in the best Of
order.
On the first floor there are three rooras-the large
reception room, the living room and the bedroom or
Mrs. Murphy, the matron. who Is also 4 trained
nurse. In the front room where the girls will
terrain their men friends. every piece Of furnitre
X prettier than the other Two comfortable wide
wicker chairs. roned to soft brown with pillow
cushions, a mahogany sofa, upholstered IN gray
blue velvet low tapestry covered chair and a
cherry red dvar Part of the furniture that helps
10 give homeike atmosphere.
III the living room, jest back IF the reception
room, another broad divan covered with red tap
estry and piled with harmonizing pillows invites
a cosy chat, while the an open fire
burns merriiy. A bookcase and writing desks
are here also. and square weathcred oak table
holding magazines and periodicals. stands in tho
centre OF this room. in which the girls will pass
their evenings. ONLY piano Is lacking and the
Rev. DR.. Joseph Rushton. assistant rector Of the
Church II Zion and St. Timothy. who is the moving
spirit OF tie enterprise, hopes that the future may
hold for them
Last. but not least, comes the dining room. in
the basement. Here are six weathered oak square
tables on severely plain lines with chairs match
four each table. Blue denim covers a ire on the
tables and at meal times white linen squares Of
the dimensions Of the tables slipped over the
denim. while in The centre Of each stands a tiny
growing plant in a blue china jardiniere The
white nnoleum and edged with heavy white lace
contains the china-au English ware decorated
with d design IN blue and yellow the prevailing
All these comforts and pretty surroundings N.
ny To fIaT :, m q o0sgds are to enjoy
are only four one weeks noard must be paid in
advance, bedrooms must not be used sitting
and residents must be in by 10 p. m, and lights
;'Xone Of these rules are hard and fast though
said the Rev. D., Rushton yesterday morning
@ In that case %.i instead Of maRing her kee
up her board week in advance she won't have
a certain laid by out Of the 5000 that Mrs
l. y. GrisWOld gave us. 10 provide for such cases
The reason made the second rue-not allow
ing the young women 10 sit in their roomS-is that
we want 10 foster the family spirit. The living
room IS the place where family sits, and that's
where the residents viii gather.
The rule that "A girl must De in by 10 o clock at
might doesn't mean IN the least that she is TO be
treated Ike a baby. She can stay away all night
if she simply informs the matr2n. or she can go
TO the theatre and come in at midnight Some one
said 10 ne re- emily. What VIII your lnatron do
az girls wandering home AT
a m - She viii her IN. without question
replied If n girl is going wrong. il won't take
US long to find It out. We are not going TO fetter
the residents thinking that they are not strong
and wise enough 10 look after themselves our
aim ie IN make This boarding house SO CHEEKY and
attractive that the girls will look upon il as their
home"