The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-16
FOR THE RETIREMENT or
WOMEN
A MUCH NEEDED MILLS HOTEL
FOR WoMEN-THE RIGHT FIG
UREA VACATION WITHOUT
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FOX WON len 6E hIG7 fig
UREA VACATION WITHOUT
RULES.
MISS MAE HALSTEAD BEATTYs,
inspector Of Fairgrounds and
recreation centers in New. York city,
has much to say about mistaken
philanthropies.
There have been several hotels
erected ostensibly for the working girl
and woman" she said recently. Few
working women, as we see the ma
jority of them, can afford to live in
these places. Charitably inclined peo-
pie have done this, but they have not
understood conditions and have built
places where what one might call the
aristocracy of labor may be found The
commoner, the girl who needs a good
home most, is left out in the cold.
II believe that in city like New
York there should be a place on the
plan Of the Mills hotel given over to
the exclusive use of women. Surely
men do not need this more than the
women do, yet you have several OF
these hotels for men and not one for
women. In such a hotel / believe that
a woman who wants to establish a real
charity or true benefit to the women
who work and the girls who have never
known home life should institute q
sewing class where for small fee they
could learn practical, useful sewing; a
cooking class where real cooking could
be taught, one in millinery and an
other in housekeeping.
with such conditions established
the girl, after she comes home tired
from work, need not dress and go to
some class many blocks away but
could have the instruction and the
good fellowship Of her everyday COM
panions without effort With a lower
ing Of the cost of living for these girls
they could afford to take advantage OF
such classes. They cannot now as
conditions exist and there are moi
many young women who desire to &c
to a free class"
DIR. Maude Glasgow, a prominent
physician of New York. says in speak,
ing of the up to date figure:
"A woman should be neither thin
sor rat. II she is in proper health she
will be neither plump nor scrawny.
Think of the very fat and very thiE
women YOU know. Are not the former
wheezy and asthmatic and frequently
troubled with indigestion? If you weT0
physician you would probably find
that they have weak hearts. too; have
apoplectio tendencies and are apt to
contract Contagious diseases.
son the other hand. the very thin
women at first glance seem to be
much more efficient than their stout
friends. They accomplish great deal
nore-for time. But very, very often
they are working almost entirely on
their nerves, and when the end comes
Il comes with a crash. They are FREE
uuently people Of low vitality, with lit
tie constitutional resistance. When
they are narrow chested and stoop
shouldered that is sure sign OF pull
monary weakness. Their circulation is
poor.
"Of course there are exceptions, but
such only prove the general rule that
either extreme means weakness.
"The modern woman nearest to
physical perfection is tall and strong,
broad shouldered and deep chested.
She has hips and waist line, though
ii isn't an eighteen inch affair. There's
not an ounce of superhuous flesh on
her. Her hands and feet are not large,
but proportionate to her height. The
line from shoulder to hip is not
straight like a toothpick, nor does 1t
bow sharply like an hourglass. It is a
long, gracious curve. Bones don't
show, but they are merely covered, not
padded The muscles are elastic, and
the body is held gracefully"
" ~
That q summer vacation means q
real rest from all restriction, duties,
ETC., was proved by the action taken by
Miss Robinson Smith. chairman of the
vacation committee Of the women's
welfare work of the Civic federation.
She does not believe a working girl
can get the greatest benefit from her
summer vacation IL II Is spent in some
eemicharitabIe home for working girls
where there are restrictions as to hours
for going to bed. etc.
She inspected boarding places within
Easy distance Of New York where girls
can get accommodation at rates rang
Ing from Ss.s0 to SIS and 50.
Big posters telling where lists o.
these places can be obtained were
placed recently in all the big depart
naerlt stores Of New York city