New-York tribune., 1909-06-08
MISS MINERS PLANS
,1onss To Haze Summer Home for
Girls on Probation.

-, ,1s-,s Of Miss Naude z. Miner, founder and
~ waverley House the home for girls
pos fro-n the courts on probation, do not mis-
f'-- 4bsrs viii be new summer home for young
30, s,n,errhere near New York by July l,
sol'- ,,1ss srv now existing. There are plenty Of
FAN homes fer one sort OF girl none for the
f1l--- l-.t5a The pale Miss Miner and the New
e. r,,+z-ion Association. of which she is secre-
'O-- t.,,svA that the girl who has made mistakes
change from ths hot city in summer as
ss soes the girl who has always kept straight
.Iozs,5 dollars viii run such home for
" - rent, buy food and cover the cost Of
s-r1orrins the girls 70 the home and back Friends
- 1ro-lz have already given Miss Miner s4oo
tczs-d f. -,-,-- 49,. -. -.
Sc - waverley House for basis" Miss Miner
Tribune reporter. and $1,000 viii carry us
- Miss Miner says will" and intend
- g matter Of course in speaking Of the sum
g. g. +o-,e seeming 70 have doubt ~ all that she
csn get l. SOMEHOW
-7-e shall spend nothing for service, she went
s--ba girls can take turns doing the work Of
-, ho,,se ! friend Of mine. an old college friend
- teacher now. has promised me that she will
=. 4or two months and take charge OF the home
- re 4rirlz that through the summer, with this
-. home opened. the work at Waverley Hcuse
--157't be so heavy, We could perhaps. spare
nstron from there
Miss Miner has resigned her post as proha-
+,,n osoer IN order 10 give her whole time "a the
- o4 the Probation Association and 10 Waiver
lev House. Not all the girls who come TO WaVeT-
L., F5or,se come through the courts The hospitals.
-. os than keep in touch with the place and
..,5 d'scharsed patients there girl perhaps.
s,schs-red with her little baby before she is able
:, tste care of herself. Or maybe girl who has
hss sn oneration, or one who has been sick. II IS
so- cases Ike this especially that Miss Miner wants
.he summer home
None Of the convalescent homes viii take these
rs,l. she said There is no place for girl who
t.s onz wrong 70 get her health IN if she's sick.
AMI I have had SO many Of these young women
with their babies. They are so helpless in that
"A, ,zht-no one 10 help no one TO advise We
slv-svs encourage them 10 keep the baby, because
that il the best hope for them; and many OF them
want 10
.,of the two hundred and fifty girls who have
rome 10 Waverley House IN the past year many
were very young. Some were brought by their
mothers who couldn't manage them And some
mothers don't know how to get along with girls
Say girl stays out late. The mother-this kind
of uother-says: You be home by Z o'clock or sou
needn't come at all BY and by the girl takes her
mother al her word and doesn't come. Then If the
rnether-ss she sometimes does-goes out and gets
Tie girl arrested. the first step is taken It's in
working with these young girls that our hope lies;
you can't do much with the older ones but with
these you can.
gons said TO me only day or two ago, Oh
Miss Miner if I'd only had some one TO talk TO me
srd advise me few months ago, I'd never have
gor into this trouble
q think it would mean a great deal for these
girls 70 have e taste Of country life We want TO
hsre 2 place near the shore where they can have
tss b.tf7ing. One place We have under considera-
un IS 2 house that was used for z clubhouse II
tsy twenty big bedrooms. and-a great advantage
f-can be rented very cheGply-
Waveriey House is at No. is West 10Th street