Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-07
HOME FOR 20 CENTS A DAY.
The Problem for Honest Workinu Girls
Solved by John Arbuckle.

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III" question has never received any
thing like serious answer until john
Arbuckle. Golf &c and sugar merchant
ny vocation AL phiianthrupisI by avo-
cation, undertook 20 answer il. In
order 20 get some idea Of what number
of applicants he would have to deal
with IN his new scheme Mr.. Arbuckle
inserted in the newspapers, an adycr-
tls"tnent ncad;d, $50 per week, OF.
forty cents Der Jay, board and lodging
FOR women; SOD per Week or fifty cents
per day, board and lodging for men,"
| and followed il by this descriptive an
nOulccrlt ut: Two short blocks from
Twenty thild street, New York city.
Good. substantial. healthy food: home
like cooking: comfortable, Well venti-
lated bedrooms. largr, light, airy din :
| inG-room, rdrlOr, smokinS-room, read
n@-rooin; piano, Caily papers and
iHonthly magazines for free use Of
guests. The poorer you are. the more
theerfuily You will be received, pro-
vidcd you are respectable
Some time ago NJ. Arbuckle cstah-
lished what he called d "deep-sca
MOTEL by rciit,inG a vessel the Jacob
a. StamleI, 20 give NaSc-earEerS Il
short SEA voyage and brac.. them up to
c"nilnu" their work during the sum
nler. but when he heard Of the very
low wages which ar being paid to
young women. he decided that the
floating hotel might du. ing the winter
months. be utilized TO accommodate
tnenl. and, if Successful. carried on the
year through. The replies to the ad-
urgent that Mr.. Arbuckie has put the
Jacob A. Stamier i'll commission again,
a I'd +" hen it is fully made ready it will
provide accommodations for seventy
i've girls. Many Of the replies came
from men. and to accommodate them
til4 John Wise was fitted up. with room
for twenty-five. The hotel" after its
first week in operation, was running to
its full capacity, with about forty-five
guests. the other rooms being fitted up
and taken as fast as possible In order
70 get complete idea Of what the
forty-ccnt hotcl was like, | journeyed
Down to the foot Of West Twenty-frst
street where the ships are moored
The forward cabin OF the Stamler is
i'tted up as the parlor. reception-roonl,
or livingroom. IS you choose to call it.
upholstered d;van with many sofa
pillows. In the centre of the room are
tables covered with magazines and
papers and tastefuIy decorated with
plants. a piano in enc corner is open
for anyone musically nclincd. while if
the inclination exists but the ability is
lacking. pianola is provided. In this
room both mcn ana women are al
lowed. and every evening the Jolly
crowd of shop girls. factory girls.
clerks. and artiZans nay ~ found in a
coScy little social gathering after the
days work. Lishts are out at ten
| o'clock. and EVERYONE has TO be in his
room at that time. If anyone stays out
later than thai he viii find the door
closed and will not be allowed in I'M
loss ne has proCur"d a pass.
The larger cabin aft is the dining
Room. which at present consists of ten
o, 4 dozen tables for four III two loIi;,
rows, With snowy tablccloths ana
bright silver. Neatly painted in The
White and light blue Of the ships cabin
il is a Y""y attract tive room Break
fast is served from $50 to 80. luncheon
from - to 10. and dinner from $50 to
I. 30. Few. of course, are able to come
10 the midday luncheon. and for them
4 luncheon is put up. generally of
saniu irhcs ana cake. The pantry, just
Oft the dining-room, is well appointed
ANA arpetiZing.
Adjoining the ,lining-room is Il smoli-
irG-room for those who insist Oh the
society of Lady Nicotine rather than
that Of the ladies Of the ship Books,
magazines. and newspapers, divans and
4 coy corner make it popular. No
smoking is allowed anywhere else on
the ship, nor are any ardent spirits
a!ln wed on board or anyone under their
intiuCnce or addicted to their use.
All the StnterOOmS are below. in the
hold Each room is capable of accom-
mOdatine five persons. that is. there
are hunks for five But the intention
is that no more than two shall occupy
each room. Each is ventilated by a
portfolio and a register connected with
Il ventilatirg system of pipes operated
by Il large fan which drives 10000 cubic
feet Of air per minute. The ventilation
is of course regulated, but if desired
the entire atmosphere of the ship can
be changed in less than minute. The
rooms are warm. being heated by
steam, ana are liz lteu ny
do you think the hotel is reaching
the exact class of people it was in
tended fOr?" was asked.
"You mean have we any guests who
could afford to pay more elsewhere?
No. | don't think So replied Mr.. Cou-
tant. the manager. "Most of the girls
are making six dollars a week-or less
and the men about a dollar or dol
lar and a quarter day. Most of the
girls are shop girls in the department
stores; a very small proportion are
factory girls. Most of the men are
clerks in the same stores. We have
turned away pretty nearly five times as
many as we have taken. because we
believe them 10 be making too much
money to Justify their living here"
Glow do you discriminate between