New-York tribune., 1906-07-25
wONAN'S HOTEL READY.
Tro,rmOrt Inn WI Receiue Guests
nm Augnst !


-,ouuart Inn the new hotel for working wom-
= ., Abingdon Square, viii be opened TO the
80 m August / That 1t VIII not start with its
.-r comulernent of three hundred guests is due
: -. desire OF W r. II. Martin, the originator
"a ozner Of the inn. to go slow at the beginning
--,F a number Of little details about the manage
-. haze adjusted themselves
sTssre viii be no formal exercises OF any kind. %
..,s wr. Martin TO a Tribune reporter, We shall
=, open the doors and put up the flag with the
s-,srs name on it. The latchstring will be out
- me hotel viii be running"
Tovrnart Inn. as stated come time ago in
=. tribune. was built exclusively for women, and
-.,irularlv for those earning not more than so
: r2 week Named after TrOwbridge Mr.. Mar
-. son. who died, in combination with the first
.asNe Of the family name. il was planned for
- benefit Of the selfsupporting girl who is tired
4 ibs tawdry lodging room and sick Of the mis-
bls rookery 10 which her little salary has forced
E 10 60.
A sewing room with sewing machines, cutting
tles and pressing irons all free; pressing rooms,
vbsre a shirtwaist or turnover can be renovated;
resident woman physician, and a laundry, with
aOufng facilities and a steam-heated drying room,
also al free and ample facilities for receiving
nsn friends, are among the attractions of Trow-
uar Inn. Board has been placed at s. 80 for two
IA a room: s. where one rooms alone.
I've got an interesting proposition here. and I'm
r'iDF 70 make success Of it, said Mr.. Martin.
Thsn. going on TO speak of women's hotels in gen.
ssl he said:
This way of doing good has been attempted be-
tre by Stewart and Tilden. for instance, but they
lst their plans TO be carried out by trustees or
lseaiees who did not have the vital interest in
:hsr schemes which have in this, but who worked
70 defeat their plans. Hilton defeated Stewart 8
psns and smart Tiiden was his heirs found
fzw in his VIII and ripped II open.
'EcK, l Will do this in my lifetime. MY trustees
znt say 10 me-. We can't take this and run IL on
tie lines you say. because II can't De done without
g. endowment because 1 can say, 1t has been
sinking tund, ano you take u on Inese terms or not
& an And ] viii make sufficient changes or bet
iHmeats 10 carry it out on the lines have pro-
" Martin characterizes his new enterprise as a
lsianthropy- NOT charity i want lt under
5000, he said, that no return is iooked tor on
tbs nyestment-nOt an iOta of a return-and that
ne cost OF the building and equipment has NOT
ben considered except so Tar as would make IL
"BUt while the hotel is not TO make money. IL
must pay its own way. If at the end OF the nScal
gsar ind possible to accommodate girls for less
mar - % ana s ] propose TO cut down the price
q bard and lodging. but not below a price Ehlcll
arg wage Garner respectable girl would feel she
would have 10 pay elsewhere. l don't want TO put
as price low that employers will use II as an
.Xor DO ] propose continued Mr. Martin ''to
lies q their own want their little earnings TO
g into their homes enrich the family and help
hr Martin has received heaps Of letters from
women thirty-fye. the age limit of entrance 20
lroEmau Inn, and earning over Sl2 week. ask
g what they have done that they cannot live at
lE1TlaTt I'm.
We find II Just as hard TO get along as the
Younger ones is the burden of their lament, and
Es need nice. comfortable home just as badly.
Which is all true enough added Mr.. Martin.
oaly The younger and poorer ones need 1t worse.
cannot nope with accommodations for three
aLnarsd 10 meet a situation which involves sixty
1ausand working girls. Women over thirty-tl tlve
G not stand IN The same need of protection that
g1gng girls do
Eliminate against The older women and those who
an The most. Of course We shall not turn them
eA but as their leases expire we shall replace
1sn With younger women and smaller wage earn
s want 10 keep room or two always for the
q who gets stranded. Trsnsients will be received
Z Matter al What time Of night"