The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-05
IMPORTANT SCHEMES
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bed room, sewing room, lunch room
and lecture room. The membership
foe is only % cents month for the
use Of all these comforts and the free
enjoyment Ct many fine lectures, con.
certs and other helpful entertain
ments. The best OF food Is prepared
at the lowest cost and good, hct
lunch can be procured for 10 cents
IN a beautiful dining room which VIII
accommc date 1900 gil.s, between IL
and o'clock every day. At least Goo
women attend the lecture courses and
over 2ea are members Of the classes
III litetame. languages, etc. These
girls. who. Nest Of them, have on Y
what they can earn by hard work and
Icing hours. are safe guarded from the
temptations Of a great city, by this
cheerful comfortable resting plac :
where they are encouraged to keep
we'll and happy,
The most significant thing about
the MONDAY Rest is that here the
class lines are broken down between
women employed and women Of leis'
ure. The latter helped to found the
beautiful work and aid in carrying it
on. but all enjoy 1t together, The wo-
men OF wealth and culture In the
afternoons in the beautiful assembly
rooms, and the busy women enjoy
them yet more keenly in the even
lngs. Neither could enjoy such a
lovely place without the other. Ths
location, No. East Monroe street
just off of Michigan avenue. is one
of the best in the city and the rent Il
So 600 a year have chosen the Kllo
Association, one the finest forms Of
womans work for women that | know
as an example OF what can and is
being done very near us, and becaus
| believe and have long hoped, fen
several years. that the Cairo Wo.
mans Club might sometime inaugur
ate and carry on here similar WORK
In a small way, for our younger wo
men so many Of whom are employed
and whose members are increasing
yearly. Most of these, our owr
friends and neighbors. have comfort
able homes and the same advantages
except leisure, that we possess, but
some Of them may not have, and as
changes constantly occur in socia
business life strangers are always
coming in. I ask myself constantly, is
there not something we can do 4
help them, something practica.
Here is this beautiful club room which
we enjoy through the generosity o
one of cur best beloved charter mem
hers for all time, without expense
Usually it is occupied two afternoons
in the month and one evening IN thu
year. At other times it is silent am
its comfort and beauty unused. VII,
cannot the Woman's Club share 1t
great privileges with Others and loa'
this beautiful room to our youni
friends one or two evenings month
| Here they might come to read am
rest and confer with each other an
with us on matters of moment u
each In the Masonic Temple In Chi
cago is another lovely example o
woman's work for woman. 1t Is tn
Altrua Library and Rest Room wher
several hundred girls employed Il
that great beehive of industry and il
neighboring buildings have the RICH
of entrance. 1t was started ten year
ago by one of the founders OF the Kill
Association, Mrs. Jean Sherwood. VIII
next to Jane Adams. is the best be
loved woman In Chicago. She place
| her valuable art library of 500 vol
umes at the Altrua and every season
gives art talks to members of tn
club as we'll as at the klio. Every da,
in the week from IL until ? o'clock
the busy girls when incoming hou
comes can go with their lunches t.
the Altruna and get cup of tea an
read or rest upon the touches.
Only those who stand for nine o.
ten hours upon their feet I'm tn
crowded stores or sit the same wear,
hours pounding out dictation on nerv.
| racking machines can feallze what j
means to have a little rest in such .
lovely room surrounded by books. pic
lures and Whitley cleaning classic
casts. Hundreds of young womer
have found in Mrs. Sherwood, "th'
little grey lady" as we love to ca
her. never-failing friend and helper
She is coming to Cairo hope in Feb
ruary, and | am sure II she were re
quested. she would bring her beautiful
message to us. and show us how Il
Join the blessed ranks OF those wo
men who have learned to forget some
what their own selfish interests IL
working for other women.
wish we might do some such prac
teal work as this-as memorial per
haps to the dear president who was
taken from us a year ago in the prime