The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
Managers of the WOrkrOOm Help
Others to Help Themselves
in Hour Of Necessity.
A SPLENDID WORK, WHICH
MERITS GENEROUS SUPPORT
Hot Lunch and Employment Is
Provided and Provisions
Sold at Lowest Figures.
BY ROSE B. LEE.

- So NAhNN ~ w u 6ItoL
many careers p e for women, but
the best of them all is the old
sweet one, being a woman" tender.
sympathetic and kind. 1t is such
women who make it possible for the
world to be habitable and who make
at least hopeful the lives of those Who
are unfortunate.
There Is something sweeter and
better ana nopler ever tn IN the siren
uous effort at making the most of our
Selves" and that is helping other peo-
pie to make the most of themselves.
There is no need of putting on a uni
form and advertising that you have
set out to do your mission. Such work
will speak for itself, as does the splen-
did achievement of The managers of
the Workroom for Women.
Go to IL Academy street and walk to
The top floor. knock on the door, enter
and, behold, you will see before you a
happy. group of women who call them
selves~the Happy Club, and whose
wants are ministered to by those who
feel that the worthiest charity is that
which teaches the poor to help them
selves.
Happiness reigns supreme in this
win ~ oAS ~ " ny ~
are either too aged or too feeble to
battle with the world at large. There
7hey are given work which does not
tax their physical strength, and en-
ables them to earn money wherewith to
buy their food. In most instances
elderly women who are unable to take
care of themselves are provided for.
They sew rag carpets, mend clothing
which is sent in and sole in rummage
sales, or clean and take care of the
room, in which they are so happy. 1t
is the desire of the managers to en-
large the quarters; so that they might
utilize part of the place for a sales
room, not t. interfere with the work
room.
One of the new features of this work
room is the hot lunch, which is pro
vided by one of heir number, and
which enables these Door women to get
at least one hot meal a day.
Grandma Williams. a negro woman,
70 years old, is the happiest of them
all, il that is possible. and is cook.
She has taken it upon herself to serve
a dainty lunch at II O'Clock and one
which would tempt the most particular
of women. She also serves luncheon TO
some of the employees of the Bureau
of Associated Charities, who have their
Offices on the second floor of the build
ing.
Every Wednesday and Thursday
morning n every Saturday after
noon are the special sales, when the
women tempt the buyers with the
goods on hand, and many are the bar
gains to be lad The clothing sent
there is fumigated before it is put on
sale, and often articles are sent which
are sold much below actual value.
These women, wh0 I so assisted, arc
paid ten cents an hour, and as the
workroom closes at 1890 o'clock, they
receive not more than thirty-fiVe cents
each. Part of this they take in gro
ceries, which are on hand, and sold to
them by the managers.
The managers aim to make these
poor women as happy as possible, and,
I'm order to give them something to look
forward to, they take them on picnies
during summer and give them little en-
tertainments in the winter.
All the work done by the managers
deserves the assistance Of every IN
in the city. A visit to the workroom
will convince anyone of tho value OF
the work. Miss Lillian Dale. who is
temporary superintendent, has done
much to further the cause, but she is
to leave next Tuesday. and Miss Aline
Hawk will take her place.
Those who arc especially interested
In his splendid work n have done
much for these poo women are Mrs.
Alfred N. Mayhem. president; Mrs,
Theodore Gray, secretary; Miss Lena
Egner, treasurer. and Mrs. Frederick
c.. Jacobson, Mrs. Laban Dennis, Miss
Elizabeth Harrison, Mrs. Harry Camp
ton, Mrs. Charles Dickinson and Mrs.
Abbie Beleher.