New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
Home of PariS's ,S4-a- Week Girl.
Provided for Government Telephone and Tsle
araph Employes-Good Food q Feature.

Rounded corners and angles make absolute
cleanliness easy. The bedrooms to the number
Of Ill, fitted up with taste, even elegance,
the furniture having been made expressly for
the house. The walls, is the case throughout
the building, are frescoed instead OF papered.
and each bedroom Is decorated with frieze or
spring flowers, giving a charmingly bright deco
rative effect. These bedrooms steam heated,
and let for from So 80 to 81 month-the most
expensive of them being cheaper than the quar-
ters. less hySienic In respect to light, heat and
location, which woman can find elsewhere.
Seventy-fiye rooms were already occupied be-
fore the opening day.
The ground floor is occupied by spacious and
imposing lobby. large restaurant and. adtoin-
ing, broad yeranda and combination reading
and study room. In the basement are situated
the kitchens and lavatories for the use OF pa
irons not residing in the house.
The reading and study room is open not only
to the boarders. but to all women In the en-
ploy of the Postal-Telegraph-T Telephone service,
upon payment Of monthly fee of 10 cents.
The members of the reading room thus conStl-
tute a working girls club These girls already
possess enough general culture to follow public
events with intelligence, and it is hoped that in
this club they will enjoy the advantages too
many of them have been deprived of. The club
work Is unfortunately, much handicapped at
present by reason OF the meagreness Of its IL
brary, which has TO depend for growth entirely
upon outside sources. However, the managers
of several publishing houses have come to its
aid with contributions OF books, and the editors
Of several newspapers and periodicals also con-
tribute regularly. Complimentary tickets have
also been received from several theatrical man
ayers.
In order to complete the ethical and philan
thropic work wisely instituted. the managers
Of the restaurant have decided to open this de-
partnent to all women, whether in government
employ not. This restaurant, notwithstand-
ing the elegance of its appointments, offers
nourisbng and attractive bill Of fare at the most
modest rates. 1t is open from $50 o'clock in
the morning TIL at night. and meals are
served either a la carte or table d'h6te. For
about is cents one enjoy a complete meal
of bread, wine relish, meat, vegetable and
dessert.
At the very beginning NJ. Biaut. the architect
of the government and the Musee Social
adopted his rule, Nothing to be wasted on
superfuities.' As consequence, the decora-
ton, while pleasant in detail and harmonious as
a whole, is kept subservient to the practical
Nothing is purely ornamental; everything has
The whole building breathes air of
freshness, brightness and sunlight. It is home
where a girl may have privacy society she
pleases: hotel, entirely up to date and at
tractive many more pretentious hosiery;
a woman's club as pleasant any in the city.
Later the girls employed in the other govern
ment departments-the stenographers copyists
and on-will be lodged in a similar house, TO
be erected on the same plan the D. P T. T.
house.