The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-13

,-aitor5' day yesterday On po"iu M nov
s.,,oing hotel for working girls. tied up
The winter in the North River on twenty
s,rsot. His girls, a. no calls them,
",hough Few have weathered "A many
..in,,rs a. plain John. fed on turkey and
w. ,,tted the old gentleman on the back
III hin, how nicely ne played the piano,
ssglod at a lucky cop who guards them
80, too persistent beauS and were photo
.,nhed seven times with Mr.. ArbucSie
"a benignant contrepiece
.,i,,t he nice TO "a girls?' said rosy
...aLsd Young woman who gets board
aaIodcng like all the rest for $3.50 week,
md thereby saves $3.50 out OF her salary oil
"a why he's just like an angel from
So,vsn. Hes human. that man L.
The sea going hotel with its cargo OF CRATE
A., si,ls is at once Mr.. Arbuokle's delight
iu' IVA ediyersion. He manages to spend sun
Iavs and two or three evenings week
in them and when he's aboard he's as
bnsv as mothery hen
A. the noon dinner yesterday he sat at
,ho head Of a long table and beamed at a
sorhle row Of hungry young women who
.a,o cutting into turkey and trimmin's ana
,,ro linds Of pie His cheerful look, the
s.oned no table, a touch Of green here and
,hsre and the rafting OF the sleet against
,he glass Of the portfolios gave the feast
quite an air of Christmas and nobody
thought It funny when one OF his pert prote-
oSes spoke up: Please, Mr. Santa Claus,
pass the pie
Retvoen pie passing and bites Mr.. Ar
buckle talked about what he intends TO do
with the vessels he has turned into board
ins houses for the poor.
Il haven't any illusions about this
h,,sInesa' said he 1T isn't intended to
bsa biz thing at ALL Maybe I'll got bun
coed few times. but here's the way look
a, II What's the use of a man who has
,breo good boats letting them do nothing
nine months in the year, when he might
With small expense smooth life bit for
few deserving folks?
Summer excursions are all right. but
the winter is the time when people need a
band-up most. Pm accommodating about
thirty girls on the Jacob A. Stamler and
about twenty young men on the John A
Wise. When we get things fixed up a bit
| will he ready to take care OF about 100
on both boats. The girls can live mere for
$3.50 week and the men for $3.50. OF
course that doesn't pay the cost of the thing.
but It gives an old man the satisfaction OF
knowing that he is helping thorn to COM
fort plus self-respect,
After dinner seven fussy kodakers climbed
on board the Jacob A. Stamler and got into
action Mr.. Arbuckle was photographed
eating piece of pie, photographed playing
the piano while three demure maidens
lowered over his shoulder; photographed
holding baby; photographed sitting and
standing in action and repose.
oh. II doesn't bother me any said MIR.
Arbuckle. 1--we got so | walk up TO a
camera like a horse after oats. Once there
was a good old Methodist preac cher who
was shifted around 80 much by his presiding
elder that even his chickens would come
I'D when he clucked 10 them lie down on
their backs and turn up their feet to be
tied I'm pretty much Ike that old
preachers chicks
Two young men came into the cabin and
asked to seq Mr.. Arbuckle. They were
well dressed, and they looked well fed,
but they we're lacking collars, their coat
collars we're turned up and they had sad.
hopeless expressions when they thought
people we're watching them. They told
Mr. Arbuckle moving tale of hard work
at IS a week not much TO eat and bard cot
for a bed.
II sounded all right but Mr.. Arbuckle
didn't waste much time with them. He
told them courteously that there we're no
accommodations at present for more men,
They departed in what seemed to be deep
detection.
4 have been told said Mr.. Arbuckle,
that there is a rimor about town that
another good thing has turned up There
Is an idea about that am Mr.. Easy Mark
good natured old party who doesn't
know his way around without a chaperon.
nh IlTuF tsY,s.a A tnf Ion
heard that good food and soft beds are
to be got here by little tickling Of the
aforesaid good thing hate 10 turn people
away, but the goats must be separated
from the sheep
All the visitors were shown over the
Jacob A Stamlar from hold 10 upper deck.
They saw a big. white, airy dining saloon,
neat as a pin. fu:of ,white-clothed tables,
carpeted in soothing red. nicer looking
than most hotel dining rooms. Adjoining
that is larger cabin for the girls 10 sew
or read or chat in Aft is the smoking
room for men
The Stamler Is the meeting place and
social hall OF Mr.. Arbuckle's hotel fleet
The men live on the John 4. Wise, lying
alongside. Below decks are the state
rooms, c0sey and comfortable meant for
Two persons each. The ship is lighted by
electricity throughout
80 Ny girls can do pretty much what they
ht~'i ttll MI AtfeNNktt. ney can go
ont TO places Of entertainment at night and
stay 10 a reasonable hour, Nobody keeps
an eye on them 10 see that they behave.
At 10 o'clock every night the electrics wink
once az signal that it IL time for folks to
oe IN bed, Thirty minutes later they 20
out' II the girls want TO sit up later they
nave TO do 1t by the light Of oil lanterns.
WIN which their rooms are furnished |
aont care If their best fellows call on them
mere 10 long "a the boys don't stay later
man 10 o'clock. guess they don't object
:. NO they didn't, the girls said. except
was sometimes embarrassing when the
nsh's suddenly went down and then flashed
W again But it was a good hint and saved
mem me trouble Of telling their callers it
10 Time TO fit % shore. Any way Mr.
Hoiokle was a dear sweet man, and any
'nlng he did was right
me Stamler, the Wise and Mr. Arbuckle's
{aeht viii remain tied up until along in
sahs' Then. every night. trips will be
eeA1e TO the open sea for fresh air On
sundays the feet will stay out all day. The
mo7pect Is aluring to the young women
Inc hagship the Stsmler. is a full rugged
s..'p OF the old-time solid oak build. a. stout
ehu aahch as she was when she was built
.l century or more ago. She ran as a
Shger vessel between New York and
. .iSre before the fast steamers crowded
Hng ships out Of the passenger carry
Ing uaae Once at Havre there was a fire
ner Mold. The captain scuttled her
= 80 e put the fire ont that wav
Il sl IN N9- IN the China trade later. and there