New-York tribune., 1906-10-20
HOTEL FOR WOMEN,
Cftu FED" to Start One for $50
Week Girl.

TIA CITY Federation OF women's Clubs is
r,,r.r 20 start 6 hotel for working women. Yes
,.,ssy at rs convention IN The Hotel Astor, It
con-irted itself 70 this the most important
s.~p IN IT'S history up To date, and climbed tts
,,od action by subscribing in a few minutes for
n..y1y 500 worth of stock
Enough pay the rent Tor year" as Mrs
T.o-e Lyon smilingfy remarked when the result
was made Known.
al came about after Mrs. Clarence Burns
nsd told the convention that no woman can live
,n New York SO a w-eek-but she can die on II.
The sS-s-week girl is hopeless" said Mrs
pu-ns you can't do anything for her without
,niuring the whole class CT working women for
~ you should start home for her the employers
would at onoe lower her wages. She doesn't live
very long any way. but soon becomes a public
charge It's the girls who earn 81 week-s7
down 10 s5-that We want TO try TO help
And carried eway by her eloquence and the
thought Of the 100000 wage earning women In
New York whom her words coniured up the
federation. undete-red by the remembrance Of
the state federation's sad experiences IN trying
70 r11n q trade school for girls. unhesitatingly
voted Yes"
This shows" as Mrs. Dore Lyon expressed It
when the matter was thrown open for discus
sion that the City Federation Is more united
,han ever before For the first time in our his
tory we have risen little beyond own
clubs"
special committee, headed by Mrs James
Grtswold Wentz. has been investigating the mat
ter of Mills hotels for women since the spring.
Mrs. Burns. as a member OF that committee
told some of the things II has found out.
There are ,oOo women domestics IN New
York said Mrs Burns. among other things.
Hundreds of them turned out into the
streets when summer comes, homeless and with
out funds If women would only insert 'ad'
IN the papers. SO they could get another position
there would be less misery IN the city.
We don't want TO begin our working girls
home with a splurge. Let US stert in small
way by hiring g couple Of houses and making
them as clean as soap and paint will do It This
hotel must be q strictly business enterprise from
the start. with no cast iron rules except those
that are observed IN any first class boarding
house. prolonged npplause) We must run It
very economically. II We only give about
fifty girls good sleeping quarters and good, plain
food. under e practical management there is no
doubt OF our success II first hotel is a sue
cess we shall start others IN other sections"
II closing, Mrs. Burns commented on the fact
that there is so much better accommodation for
than for women.
why, men can get good meal for 10 or Is
cents that women have 10 pay quarter for"
she said
y
water on the project. Improve the city and
you raise rents" shs remarked oracularly.
''Raise rents and you lower wages. Let US In
terest ourselves in such questions as woman
sufrage''-
Il believe in working for suffering women as
well woman suffrage" cut in Miss Ida Croft,
Of Brooklyn amid applause.
How about TrowInart Inn?" asked somebody.
Doesn't touch the problem OF the 81 a week
gr al ALL" replied Mrs. Burns. positively. No
BODY can live there on less than SO. And while
you single tax people and others working to
bring about future results. don't forget that
there are thousands in need Of your help right
now"
What shall we call it?" ventured another.
"Oh, let US wait till we get ii and name Il
afterward," was Mrs Burns's smiling response.
They voted TO form stock company to run
the hotel the shares 70 be So
Immediately Mrs. Horace Whitney rose with,
81 will take five shares
Before the meeting adjourned 13S shares had
been taken Mrs. Burns, who appointed
treasurer to receive subscriptions. said the COM
mttee would begin at once TO look up houses.
Other mem bers Of the committee are Mrs. A. J.
Wilson Mrs Arthur Wilson. Mrs. Dore Lyon
and Mrs Emily Van Bel.
The morning session was marked by a success
sion Of spats and quibbles- After a lengthy
wrangle The following delegates to the state
federation convention next month in Saratoga
were nominated: Mrs Bells &c Rivera, Mrs. J.
Augustine Wilson, Nine Won Klenner and Mrs.
Harry Hastings. The convention passed q reso-
luton favorfng eQukt pay for equal work for
women school teachers. At the opening of the
afternoon session the women stood II silence for
minute out Of respect for Mrs. Jefferson Davis.