The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-30

Three framed cards hang on the walk
OF every depot IN Chicago. They hav,
saved multitudeS from the horror ot
coming alone and friendless into \
great city. Not until the night falls
with no one sitting by the tlreside wait
ing and longing for your coming; the
nlSh When You first wander along the
dlsrlal streets of the rooming house
district, afraid of the evils within,
AFRAID OF the terrors without; when YOU
are bind with tears. when you heart
aches as if hurned With the branding
iron and memories crowd around you
IKE pHantoms, q YOU know the lone
linesS of Il homeless Oman
These cards represent the greatest
rhllanthropies in Chicago. and to the
d~estitute. The greatest of these is the
model lodging house. that opens wide
its hospitable doors to the old and
youns, with no age limit. no waiting
list, no letters of Introduction or ref
erence, no Inquiries about the past or
future. and no red tape, 1t is enough
that Il woman is tired and hungry. that
she needs food and shelter, and she is
made welcome.
Every bitter night when the wind
blows fiercely over the ice fields of
Lake Michigan, the bell of the model
lodging house rings and women anN-
iously ask:
Can | stay all night??'
surely. Come right in and reg
%ister."
May 1 work out my nights lodg-
ing?"
No. we nave more workers thar
IL" ana must 'aSof people VINO neeo
Can l set my meals here"
Nothing but your breakfast of bread
and batter. oatmeal and cream, and
coffee, for 5 cents
Model Breakfast 5 cents.
1t is an extraordinary breakfast for
Q nickel; great plates of fresh cut bread
and the best butter in the market, Il
.arge saucer of oatmeal cream, and
spicuous charity Of the house, for the
table does not pay expenses. But even
at this price many cannot afford it,
out make their tea on the kitchen
range and drink it in their own rooms.
The dodgers also nave the free use of
he laundry for washing n ironing.
After registering she is ushered into
a large dorlnitory that has once been
q handsome parlor, and puts her lug
gage under a little White bed with spot
Mss counterpane, clean sheets. and
cozy quilts, and then goes into the
pictures, and piano AROUND the reg
lster is a group of girls and women
eagerly discussing Yesterdays sermon,
" popular book, and the events of the
day that concerned their own lives.
All toll with their hands, bat it was
an intelligent service. and the
paper was as necessary as 1000 ana
shelter.
The model lodging house was found
ed in 1895, and is under the auspices
of eighteen Cook county CLUBS. with
an official board and thirty-tnree di-
rectors elected from the delegates of
Nomen's organizations represented in
The association. In one yea over 49,
coo women were lodged, OF whom 1905
were absolutely destitute. 50 there is
no need of Il ~friendicss woman going
Nnsheltered in Chicago.
The matron. Mrs. McG0vern, sUs-
tains the most sympathetic relations
with every one under her roof. and the
members OF the association are person
ally interested in every lie. Families
have been united; children and old
women placed in permanent homes:
pawnbrokers; tickets secured for
strangers stranded in Chicago, and the
sick sent to hospitals. y greet work
for women who have drank deep Of
the bitter waters of Marah and fer
young girls whose cups brim with
norwood n gall.
Life at h model lodging house is
almost a tragedy. with age, sorrow.
poverty and despair III the leading
roles, while in the bsautif0l home Of
the Young Momen's Christian assccia-
tion the great drama is an all star part,
where youth, hope and geains is beias
played by a company of Well born, Well
bred, we'll dressed young girls who
would grace any college in the land.
-Four hundred Joyous, contenteG girls
from many lands, governed by many
sreeds, but mothered by Il stately worn-
an whose tender lov and watchful
care transforms the big institution in
20 a h2nnV home fO, Mrs - ma wilson |
has the rare combination of great eX-
ecutive ability and exceeding gentle
ness.
What Four Dollars Weekly Buys.
-Four dollars a week for a luxurious
home, where in a certain sense you
tire mistress of a 100000 establish
ment, with trained service that never
gives you a moments anxiety. with Il
table supplied from the best
market in the world, the menu is al
ways a surprise. and you ave the
privilege of putting up a generous
lunch if you are unable to be there
at noon. o can entertain your
friends at any meal fer a triaing sum.
and receive them in a handsome parlor
any hour of the day or evening. You
nav the intimate association of girls
in your rank in life on live as
Nolitary as YOU please. You ave Il
fine library with the newest books, lat
magazines. and all the daily papers.
You have extraordinary class work aG-
vantages in English. rhetoric. clccution,
French, Spanish. wood carving, shirt
waist making, cooking and other do
~inestic sciences; also free lectures and
entertainments by noted speakers ard
meetings of the Round Table,
md q finely equipped gymnasium
where the girls dance after dinner: you
the use Of a bath, telephone and
q trunk room for your luggage: you
could live here a month and never step
out of doors wen to mail a letter, and
yet you have absolutely no financial
responsibility aside from you S4 board
bill.
The most unsophisticated and pro-
vincial girl in the world can come to
Chicago with perfect safety, for our
blue badge women OF the Travellers Aid
at every depot ready to rescue girls
from suspicious companions. save them
from the extortion of cabmen. secure
half rate tickets or even passes for the
INDECENT, take them to friends, or bring
them here or to our home for tram
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