New-York tribune., 1907-09-21
HOTEL FOR WOMEN.
Non-Sectmiap, although Built by a
Charch-It VIII Open Soon.

-rno,,ss-ds Of New York men and women touch
.ltrvrs every night with the vast numbers of
rorJ[ in factories or shops To a few OF these
and women It occurs TO wonder TO what sort OF
I,o-,sr these girls going, and how those who
- aIore in New York can manage with the small
,,.szae most of them receive-Sl0. S. s., sometimes
as low as g a week-to live at all and keep their
--especf Now and then somebody not only
1ron5ars bur investigates. and once in q great
,rbfa an investigator. startled by the conditions
and the great need sets out 10 90 something prac-
sIcsI Cor a few of these girls who are trying to
i-eep food in their stomachs. and clothes their
backs and roofs over their heads. and virtue IN
- bearts on S g week thereabouts One of
,Easa rare yractical individuals is the Rev H NJ
Tr-nssu pastor Of the Peoples Tabernacle in East
jas5 street and the new Hotel for Working Girls
standing next the tabernacle. at No. 6S 102d street
and almost completed now, is the result of his
we conceived this plan q good while ago. and
We hesau the building almost two years ago" said
Mr TvndaI yesterday to a Tribune reporter. He
Rad a troweI in his hand and doing some in-
side plastering. What set thinking of a work
ing girls hotel? Why. had seen the need OF them
20 often in my work. l remember one young won-
en- who came here from some, small New York
town 10 take course in Teachers College. She
hsa almost nothing 10 live upon. but she was de-
.a--nined to get her diploma. We had a spare room
tn cur Missionaries Home upstairs in the church
building. & steam heated room, and she rented Il
for s. 50 a week. She kept Il for two years. and
j remember how glad she was TO get IT We have
frequently had TO think out some way for girls
struggling 20 I've S. s. or IS a week.
What becomes Of such girls when there is no
enc 10 think cut way for them. Mr.. Tyndall?"
80 think Il you talk with the matrons of some
of the rescue homes in New York you will get
fhst question answered, to OF the girls.
tt n seems TO me that prevention is better than
cure One thine that set thinking Of the need
of hotel like This seeing the waiting list OF
eppfcauts for admission to the dorTuitory main
tafned by the Harlem branch OF the Young Woul-
en's Christian Association. Their prices are not
exceedingly low, for they feel the need Of paying
OF the debt they have. but numbers Of young
women are waiting for rooms. Then, too, there Is
the fact that there are SO few hotels where girl
can gain admission IL she comes 20 New York
alone al night
1t is TO be for permanent boarders, but II tran
slents come We shall certainly not turn them
away
n n be true that a work done in a spirit OF love
sIways makes for blessedness. then this hotel
ought 10 be an abode OF peace. The Peoples TAB
ernacle is not rich church. by any means ana
meant not q little sacrifice and hard labor on the
part Of pastor and congregation. especially as
thew would rot beg and would not go in debt The
pastor drew the plans for the building, and he ana
his brother Robert Tyndal. elder in the church,
did good deal of the actual work, includ1ng tne
;iling Of the parlor and dining room floors. The
floors were covered with plaster dust yesterday
hut the pastor seized a broom and swept a space
clean that the reporter might see now lhe IIes
were laid They were certainly done in workman
es3e whole building is OF concrete" he said. 1T
had the virtue Of cheapness for u.s. for at the time
This building begun concrete was little used,
and We got the gravel. one of the main substances
euaployed in its making. foT nOthlng
Little has been said about this new hotel for
women but gradually people are bearing about It
and becoming interested The other day the ma
rron employed hr one Of the large department
stores to look after the welfare OF It's saesg1ris
called on Mr. Tyndall 10 ask about the hotel She
has been made realize the need OF such places
SO keenlv she said II is TO he hoped-though the
pastor ana his people are not asking for help-that
somebody Will be moved TO contribute toward the
furnishing Of the rooms, for there is as yet no
money for the furniture. and there are a great
many rooms-enough 10 accommodate nearly one
hundred girls The girl who has room with
somebody else viii pay 8 a week for room ana
board and the girl who has room all by herself
will paw $ 2 week. All the rooms are quite large
ana airy. and there are two bathrooms on each
floor
Downstairs are two pleasant parlors and on the
roor below that the dining room There Is sim
a floor below that. where there will be bowling
sllev-'ff-' said Mr Tyndall. some good friend
enpears who thinks bowling alley would be
coed thing. We plan. too. 20 have a bridge across
from the top Of the building 20 the ROOF OF the
church where there is large roof garden
The hotel is 10 be absolutely non-sectarian.