New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-02
OF Interest -
- to Women.
TROWMART INN OPENS.


The Trowmart Inn. the new hotel for working
women in Abingdon Square, formally opened its
doors yesterday with fifty guests.
The inn has been open FOR several days for
registration. and one young woman so
anxious to be the first 10 register that she came
at o'clock or the morning of the first registra-
rion day.
'Oh, IL you could only see the dreadful place
have been living in" she said. and paying 81
week. This is paradise. simply paradise.
Every one who wanted a room was obliged TO
come and apply for IL after the Inn opened, and
then Il was a case of first come. first served,
while no applications were received except from
those who were prepared to occupy their rooms
immediately. A considerable amount Of trouble
was experienced with the age limit. No woman
over thirty-hve is admitted TO this paradise. and
q good many such applied for rooms One was
obviously approaching the allotted span OF mans
woman's life. and when told that she could
not be admitted she Indignantly declared that
she would write to Mr. Martin about It.
Pets were another difficulty. Young women
otherwise eligible declined 20 be separated from
a beloved bird. cat, dog or parrot. None OF these
animals no matter how exemplary their lives,
can be admitted TO this earthly paradise.
Most OF the forty guests WHO took possession
OF their rooms yesterday are between the ages
OF seventeen and twenty-five, and represent a
wide variety OF occupations. There are stenog-
raphers. secretaries, designers and employees OF
department stores publishing houses and a large
electrical firm. They are an attractive looking
group Of young women. Most Of them are nicely
dressed and speak good English, and some are
very pretty.
The hotel is furnished With great simplicity,
but no expense has been spared in anything per-
tanning 70 comfort ease Of operation. The
Kitchen IS said TO be unsurpassed in any hotel
~ the city, and the cook, who has worked in
several large hotels. says she never saw any
ming like it, Everything is as near flreprOof
ana oustprOof as it be made. Even the
upper corners Of the rooms are rounded SO that
they VIII not catch dust All the floors are bare,
OF either wood, cement or mosaic, but in the bed
rooms and parlors they literally supplied
with rugs The walls are tinted light tan, and
rhere are simple, white muslin curtains at the
WINDOWS The furniture is all simple in line but
perfect in workmanship, and there is a fine piano
IN the large drawing room The tables In the
dining room Of polished mahogany, and are
70 be used without tabecloths.
The bedrooms are necessarily small, but every
inch OF space is utilized. The single rooms con-
tain a little iron bed. a dresser, a chair and
with the hooks distributed the under sur
face of a larger shelf. instead of being placed
around the wall. in the usual way.
The doctors Office and library al the left
OF the entrance, and over the room clerks desk
ts a stained glass window, with angel head,
the features being those Of Trowbridge Martin,
built
The room clerk is a woman and so is the
Elevator boy" The housekeeper. Mrs. Shep-
herd, formerly occupied similar position at
the West Side Settlement Of the Young Women s
Christian Association. and is not In the least
afraid Of assuming the management Of three
hundred girls The rates for board are 81 30
week for two in a room, and 50 where a single
room is occupied. This covers two meals a
day, and II cents win ne charged for the third
meal on Sundays and holidays.