New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-11

or peculiar, and hundreds OF groups of people
would be doing the same thing if they were only
brave enough.
Il have no desire" she continued, Ito express
any common purpose definite aim of the club
as a whole. but will say that all the members
hold views more or less radical and should
become interested group in any political social
or industrial movement should most probably
work together to accomplish that end, although
each separate member has a serious purpose and
well defined work which he she is doing.
Yes" she added there is a probability of the
house becoming radical centre But the life
will not be bohemian, as has been stated for
most OF us are old enough not TO he childish in
that way. Bohemian life is only form of child
ishness. We shall lead a perfectly conventional
normal family life.
There are very few NEWCOMERS in our num-
Der. We are mostly from other cities living here
because our work is here. A group of us have
been living in an East Side fat in the Settlement
neighborhood Although one of our number han
pened to be Settlement worker our living among
the Settlements purely accidental We have
been driven TO despair by the disadvantages OF
small flats with for the servants All
the members Of the club know one another thor
oughly, the anxiety of our being uncongenial
is removed We had been thinking OF something
like this for a long time"
Miss Helen Todd, Chicagoan who IS a literary
woman interested in industrial and economic
moyements. is at the head of the movement ana
Miss Martha Binsley. who is another member
Is contributor TO magazines, and much interested
in trade unions
Another member, who is interested in organizing
working girls trade unions. said: IAN that las
been SAID about us far the newsra ners
gives the impression that are organized for
diletante. artistic, easy living, which is entirely
false. There are more than thousand WORKING,
girls employed in few blocks around us and Z
am interested IN getting them organized The
club rooms are convenient and large and can be
used nicely for the purpose. ! regret that neonIe
have the wrong idea of our club. We are mere
for work
Howard Bruebaker the president of the club
is interested in the mental and physical develop
ment of the University settlement clubs "For
some time" he said, I'VE had considered the adj
visibility of getting literary people together for
mutual profit. Nothing definite was done until we
found the house which with its large dra wing
rooms, dining rooms and halls and apartments for
eighteen or twenty people being lust off WASH
ington Park. Is very desirable. We are having IF
repaired now and contemplate occupying il March
/. The rooms Will be paid for on a sliding scale
I'm proportion To their size. light. elevation etc
The room rent will cover all lighting heating ana
telephone bills, everything but food. little more
than the exact cost of the food will he divided
equally among the members and paid month";
We hope 10 get together interesting peoDie Mir
Ideas and similar tastes, with the Object Of &C
complishing more work by cooperation and Iiving
with pleasant and congenial People. II has no
relation the public except as the club NAV Ia
up public questions IN a literary way and ~
nothing to do with Settlements" ~ mas
That the idea of such club Is DoDular T. -.
tested by the fact that in its present early stsgo
Il has large waiting list.