Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-18
THE AMERICAN CLUB FOUNDED
BY MRS. REID.
USEFUL ORGANIZATIONS
An Interesting Addition to the Ameri-
can Colony is the British-American
Young Women Christian Associa-
tion-cheap Living in Good Quar-
ters

! Brooklyn Eagle.-The problem of
the American girl alone in Paris, either
as student or breadwinner, has been
solved more or less satisfactorily for
many by the American Girls club,
| founded by Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. Quite
recently new protector of these ex-
patriated workers has arisen in the
shape of the British-American Young
! Women's Christian association. which
has become an interesting addition to
the American colony. While the
American Girls club is intended more
particularly for students, the Young
/ Women's Christian association offers
a home for the low price of 81 a week
10 young women of limited means en-
gagged in any occupation.
| The home is situated in the Rue de
Turin No 5, and though but a short
walk from the business district is well
shaded by trees and fronted by a
lawn. Some of it's features are: An
employment directory, reading-room,
physical culture, home nursing, mil
linery and French classes, outdoor
clubs, afternoon tea and social even
ings, Bible classes and gospel service.
The enterprise has the backing of both
English and American women of social
prestige; it is the first permanently or
ganized association of the kind in
Paris, though at the time of the expo
sition a regular association branch
was started, merely continuing during
the summer of 1900. Much of the sue
cess of the Paris association is due to
the generosity and executive ability of
its president. 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 was estab-
lished in 1891 by Mrs. Whitelaw Reid
for American girls studying in Paris.
1t is located at Rue de Chevreuse,
not far from the Boulevard Montpar-
nasse, and is on the borderland rather
than in the Latin quarter proper. The
plain stone facade close on the street
gives no hint of the pleasant interior
locking from three sides on to large
court and yard beyond filled with
flower beds and shade trees. On the
rez-de-chausee are the dining and tea
rooms, the latter the gathering place
of the girls every afternoon at
O'Clock, the former containing some
dozen little tables where meals are
served la carte at very moderate
prices. Coffee and tea cost cents;
meats II and vegetables s. On the
floor above are two drawing-rooms and
the library, a large white-curtained
room, furnished with writing tables,
periodicals and good collection of
English and French goods. This is a
favorite rendezvous of the girls; an
other is, during the warm season, the
long balcony overlooking the court,
which with its awnings and vine-clad
ratings offers an inviting place for a
chat or the discussion of novel.
The majority of the pensioners are
art students, though in summer numer-
Gus tourists take advantage of the
homelike atmosphere and low rates of
the house. They must, however, be I'M
married, as married women are de-
barred from rooming at the club,
though they are allowed to come there
for meals. The rooms are rented as
low as 81 a month, the most desirable
ones Icing slightly higher in price. A
large hall on the upper floor of the
building serves for entertainments, to
which many well-known artists con-
tribute their talents gratis.