Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-09
SOCIETY PLANS
ADAMLESS EDEN
Entire New York Block to Be
Club For Women.
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR 1000
Ballroom, Amateur Theater, Roof Ten
mis- Courts, Dozen "Beau ParIors" and
Free Typewriters Among Features of
100000 Residential Home For Bache-
lor Maids Soon to Be Erected.

Tor Maids Soon to Be Erected.
| A whole city block of women, with
not man in sight, will become an in
tercsting reality in the Improved
mode of living in New York city ear
ly next year Prominent New York
men and women who are keenly inter
ested in the housing problem say
the new arrangement will offer accom-
mOdations for many hundreds of New
York'S business and professional wom-
en- and students who represent the
bachelor maid population of the city.
The members of the woman col
Ony. which it is declared will be the
only one of its kind in the world will
be housed in two separate buildings.
2 The first building. which it is expected
will be ready for occupancy next Feb
ruary. will be known as the Junior
League Residential club The second
building. for which plans are now be-
ing made. will be known as the Model
Kitchenette Apartments For Women.
Will House 1000 Women.
The buildings when completed will
accommodate nearly 1000 women. The
only men to be allowed on the prem
ises will be those received socially
by the young women guests Men will
be encouraged to make social calls,
and provision has been made for this
social feature of the club by provid-
ing Il few dozen of what will be
known as beau parlOrs."
In the new order of things, where
women will live under the same un-
restrained liberty as the men and
women of wealthy clubs. there will be
no interfering janitress, no elevator
maid. no woman superintendent or
lady night watchman tiptoeing about
the halls turning out the gas as Il
gentle hint to the young man that he
had better be moving.
Miss Dorothy Whitney. daughter of
the late William c. Whitney. and other
well known society women who have
given much time and money to philan-
thropy. including Mrs. Charles Rum
Sey. daughter of the late T.. II. Harri-
man; Miss Harriet Alexander. Miss
Lorraine Roosevelt, Mrs. COurtlandt D.
Barnes and Mrs. Frederick r. Swift,
with the assistance of William d.
Sloane raised about 100000 to erect
and furnish the building
The managers Of the new enterprise
say the club will not be in any way q
charity. although they hope to give
girls Il pleasant room and good beard
for Sc week and perhaps a little
less. with the additional educational,
social and recreation features. for
which there will be no charge.
Liberty Is Principle.
Liberty Will be the keynote of life
at the new Residential club" said one
of the promoters. Young women who
have the courage to come to New York
to try to better their circumstances,
whether to earn their own living or to
study. should be given every encour-
agemCnt The social side of a girls
life has beer as carefully provided for
in the club as the economic one. l
think the recreation one Il most i'm
pOrtant feature. We will have a ball
room to accommodate as many as GOO
persons We will have tennis courts
on the roof garden. and we will have
a clubroom where amateur plays may
be given. and we hope to interest the
girls in these.
THE utility features will consist Of
an office room where girls may type
write any work they have to do. There
will he a sewing room where the girls
may make their own gowns and hats
if they wish. and there will be laun-
/ dry room for their special use.
Il think one nice feature which the
girls viii like very much is the little
pantry at the end of each hall. These
will be provided with dumb walters.
! If girl wishes to make a cup Of tea
or cup of chocolate all she will need
! to do will be to drop coin in the slot
for the gas use(i and she can have a
cup of something warm for a small
cost"