The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13
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% What 70 DO. Ths Trow haFiiD 1na, Whtoh
coon opens Its doors 10 WORKING eifiss and
has recommendations for abOVt 80, VIII
charge - . weeh f0P Q and tWO meals
o day, and the eWnse. egnnsceed fsT yeRfs
With hotel enterprises. says thas - only
eapsets 20 clear expenses a that figure.
Hex osFtais there viii b no dividenis On the
mccoy invested. Should thsrs be hD win
drop The pFi0o 81 board and lodging.
Women, however. thoroughly aequsinted
with the puFuhaaiaa power d Q dollar,
pSint out that o good slssd room 10 herself
10 not en- abs0iuts necessity for D gif
who can pay oaly % o week. In the pres
Dc condition u affairs, thsy say. she 10
often obliged 20 share o poorly ventilated,
badly lighted tenement house room with
half q dozen or more persons, and between
such quarters and those provided tn Mr..
Martins inn there lee comfortable medium
which can be attained at q figure veil below
% Q week. In support Of this theory they
| quote the statement Of d. o. Mills, made
recently In response 20 questions concern
ing the financial condition OF the Mills
hotels, that from the start they have paid
8 per cent on the capital invested In spite
Of the fact that q man may live In n Of
them for $3.50 q week OF less, and that men
generally oonsume more food than do wo-
men.
On the face Of II this statement IL enoour-
aging, but Mr.. Mills himself declares that
a hotel for women could not be successfully
run on the same lines as tho Mills hotels,
In which dodgers must vacate their rooms
every morning and stay out Of them till
night. being debarred from the privilege
Of lacking up their homo photographs on
the walks or tying ribbon bows to the fur
niture. What IL more, Mr.. Mills fatty and
persistently refuses TO consider any propo-
sition to build a woman's hotel.
Notwithstanding these differences Of opin-
ion as to the feasibility Of building and
operating cheap hotels for working girls,
every one who has any knowlsdge at an
Of the question agrees that cheap, respect
| able lodgings for working girls 70 a need
which must soon be dealt with that
from a civic standpoint II would be q good
thing to start In at onoe 10 create such
homes; indeed, that something will have
TO be done soon 10 prevent large numbers
Of girls becoming public charges. Such IN
the trend Of the remarks made ct many
public meetings Of late by womsn long
identified with plans OF many sorts for che
protection and encouragement OF working
girls, some Of which plans are theoretically
ideal but practically impossible. Needless
TO cay, none Of the speakers Expresses tho
slightest doubt that, once started. the
hotels would o~onvincingiy silence doubtsrs
who now persistently declare that nothing
Of the sort can DO made 10 pay. n must be
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the faith that IL in them, some Of tho en-
| admit that personally they have not demon.
strated the possibility Of feeding q woman
| for q week at the cost OF q good sized beef.
steak ut a frstolass restaurant, for, OF
course, not much more than half the sum
paid in for board and lodging can be turned
over TO the culinary department. Rent and
running expenses must share with the
| Kitchen, and rents in the populous districts
close to shops and Office buildings are high.
| To build hotels or boarding houses miles
from the business centre Of New York
would, 1t Is said, DO worse than useless.
They would remain empty. Wage earners
getting s5 a week or less must live within
easy walking distance Of their work.
Fortunately for the future prospects
Of tho working girl OF small pay and NJ
home, all the enthusiasts are not vague.
Here and there is one who has studied the
economic features Of the situation and 10
prepared to give practical Illustration Of
what has been done and what may be done
With 81 q week.
Mrs. Clarence Burns, for example, who
for the last twelve months has gone. ex.
haustively into every phase Of the subject,
Is primed with facts and figures, which are
reasonably conclusive. that decent, CON-
Portable living accommodation and enough
good plain food TO keep a girl strong and
healthy can be furnished for less than
$3.50 or s5 a week. When asked. why,
then, have not many suoh houses been
built long agot' Mrs. Burns replied:
Because OF this very vagueness Of which
we have been speaking. Many women who
come In contact with the working girls In
the shops and elsewhere have long appre-
dated their needs, and believed thoss needs
could be supplied, without taking the trouble
to yet enough convincing data together
10 inspire women Of means 10 20 ahead
and spend their money on working girls
homes.
sNo one who has not gone into tho ques-
tion In earnest has any idea how almost
impossible It IL To get hold Of reliable
statistics OF any kind.
For example, I was Obliged TO send b.
Washington to nnd out how many working
Girls there are In New York and how they
are classified. Nowhere in New York
could I get the information. Dry soods
merchants had no figures to give as 10 the
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