Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-11-29

homes. the girls coming from ten for
eign countries and Twenty-Five states
in the union. one hundred and ten
, womea from thirty-four churches are
giving the best thar is in them to TINS
work, and together with every membe
of the corporate board down To the
humblest scrub women are contributing
to the Individual comfort Of or house
hold"
The home for s~clf-supportins women
was founded nineteen years ago, and
the board of fifty Chicago ladies' hope
to celebrate its twentieth anniversary
by laying The cornerstone of a new
building. Al present they are quar-
tered in 4 large douhl house. with
the castle" in The rear connected With
the main buiidins by what romancers
of the fifteenth century would term "A
draw bridge" which. however. is never
drawn. DorinitoricS are popular with
homesick girls. who would die of lone
illness in y single room. but iev-l in the
gay companionship OF half a dozen or
more girls. Their principal battle cry
for IL new home is. please give US
plenty of d~ormitories." And they are
not to be despiscd even by girls accns-
toned to the privacy of their own
rooms. sunny. we'll ventilated. and
Quilted with comfortable beds. private
dressing rooms. locker and bath. There
Is no laundry. for the home is under
the smoke of many factories. but every
Saturday night clean sheets. pillow
slips. one BATH and two face towels are
hung ON the foot OF each bed. and once
in three weeks the spreads and cur
tainS are changed.
Home for Self-Supporting Women.
The home Is hampered by lack of
! room. as ii accommodates only seventy
nine guests. and notwithstanding the
age and wage limit. there is always Il
: waiting list of from forty to sixty girls
under 80, single. married. widowed ana
divorced. Preference is given to home
less, unprotected young girls earning A
small salary.
The happiest feature of everyday life
4 Mt the home is the comradeship between
the girls and the matron. for Mrs. Com
q den has not forgotten her girlilood and
. is actively interested in all their merry
markings. She breaches practical ser
mons on many teXts-the care of then
y clothes. habits of domestic economy
u and the dignity of housewifery. She
gently ~disillusioniZes the country girl
i, who imagines ii is easy to capture 4
- husband in u city fun OF men, anG
teaches them that marriage does MOI
: imply an idle life. but involves seriou.
responsibilities. and that a we'll KEEP
!, home and appetizing meals saves me,
q from dissipation. she is so genuinely
:. Young tina there is no need to repres.
< the natural oXuberance OF giriish spir
its. no necessity for deception. rs sh'
q forgives misdelneanors and overlook
minor ,iciimuucnoies. When disconsolat
: they come to her for comfort whei
- joyous she says. Tell me that | ma.
h laugh. too"
j. \ great sorroW led to the foundin,
If of the Eleanor clubs far from the nois
N and turmoil of the downtown district
: When Miss Anna Law itobinson's he
IS throthed died, leaving her II great for
:. ,,,,A S1. nu,,t b,,;i1iItv ANA fn,. inI
- salaried girls.
The Eleanor Girls Clubs.
: The first was opened on Michiga
~ avenue and nffty-eighth street. in
ie large stone he use, With plenty of SUI
shine and fresh air. Eighty girls liv
- like n happy family. and when he sec
~ ond Eleanor club for iifty-two girls wa
- opened at 1916 Wabash avenue. thes
M girls took am almost material interes
!" in its furnishings. In the evening the
organized sewing bees to rutf1e the GU
m tains and hem the table and bed liner
vi The housewalming was a time of gel
~ eral rejoicing. and the most fratern;
VII relations exist between the two clubs.
;; For seven years Miss Robinson h;
= made .innua presentations to the lars
W, md we'll chosen circulating library. an
- her Christmas trees are loaded vii
~ gifts for these homeless girls. She hol,
9, hiblo classes Friday evenings and col
~ ducts sabbath services with little Sc
II mons that are ike !; tonic to a Iii
81 oouraged girl.
''' The clubs are conducted on practice
.,s ~ The same lines rs Tho other home
-. with laundry privileges ON s;aturda
- There is no age limit. and transfer
~, are admitted at extremely leaSonab
- t"rUlS. Oh. permanent guests must fu
-, llish rCfcrences from two reliable pc
SONS and must be seif-supporting. BE
~ ter paid girls are admitted with the u
deistandins that they must N.lcate the
rooms when needed Tor girls receiNi!
II ave wage. Board is $50 to 80.
Jus per week. but the clubs are not IN III
on sense Of the word charitable instit
ions. but are conducted Oh such a bu
yer ness basis that the income meets t
:. QUITO.
-. Shielded from Temptation.
HE Their greatest treat is an invitati
to Miss itobinson's luxurious hon
ere where they are entertained as CUES
,ur Al tn" e!ubs there are weekly lec.nr
I'M. musicals. chalk talks. and reading "
Tor musical accomplishments for those "
cannot aiioid rttlcf illuSenleitS. NJ
Robinson'S chief aim Is To make |
as girls self supporting and self relia
!. n But she stands by them IN 1iuanc
ers.
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