The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-18

one q tho protlena ~ cts ufe
which ia particularly dinlcult % So
LUTON "a che provision ~ agreeable
hut inexpensive homes or apartments
Cor business airis and women The
average salaries ra.d women wil not
permit amp extrnVaEaucc ln the way
~ living. ana IA Ia uot en- easy task
20 adjust tha lndiVidaul tastes and
purses - the husY feminine workers.
when seiectinH a place in which thes
must spend that portion uf their time
when not eonnned in onicea UF stores
They cannot 30 60 expensive board
fuE houses. u0r can they pay the
prices demanded Ger conEeniai and
comfortable rooms. iu Desirable loru-
tons because " their salaries.
TIE Young Wumou'a Christian az
sqciationa IN the cities ~ tho country
have accomplished a marvellous amount
- Eood m rrnvidlng pleasant homes
far business Hiria. at q naminal cost
Hut even the nost spacious and com
mndlouH ~ These y ". c a. homes
ere inadequatn generally to meet enc
demands made upon them
The builders of apartment houses
rarely even provide any rooms which
can Pc rented Tor q moderate sum IS
business women. The usual apart
meuta seem o. be- erected Cor che beno.
~ of men ane women. Hlfh very larac
Incomes. Because q these conditions
which have thrust themselves uron
public attention. me prosa - the couu-
try g. hegfnninK % nEiiate the cues
tinn of making mere comfortable and
cheerful me lives 81 worhing women
nna Nirin. A New York exchange.
which aiVea much space Co discus
sinn of feminine activities and aspire
tiour in its issue - immediate date.
thus makes plea for enc Improvement
~ conditions enNironlnm the majority
q business women. saying in part
"ono 81 the shafpest Questions
forced upon the SELF supporting wom-
an % today IL the question ~ the
rlaca Ia which 90 live. Thin ia p4rtir.
uiarly 80 In NSw York city. but l. b.
no means confined % A. Every city
bears witness 90 the fact that the new
economy which has called woman out
into the Industrial world has forgot
ten % make provision Cor the "aftef
hours side az life Home IN the Old
sense % the word aas disappeared for
her. but home Tea one adoption or
another iH NOT likely ever Cd disappear
from the horiaon q her needs ana de-
sirca
WORKING giriH who have not tho fam.
iiv background have decidedly the
worst u 3D. Neither thh paiianfhrop-
icaily nor the commercially inclined
have yet seen a way clear a. the rcn-
erni establishment ~ working girls
hotels. similar. Tor Instance, 60 the
Mills Hotels for men Two ar three
ANAL places an this city have been.
from their beginnings. crowded from
basement % roof with young women.
while there are long waiting lists ~
candidates Tor admission
Tor self Hmppurtlnw women whose
lives and energies are almost wholly
consumed Ca business o. in profea-
sionai work. with good salaries but
little time e. their reward &c labor.
the womanH apartment hotel seen "a
ofer qualifications for incroaainM pop
ularity There la enc here chosen BY
ths higher nalaried business woman.
and petroit has just had one opened
within her gates stockholm has one
that seems Do have proved exceptional
~ satisfactory ID Was built at an
approximate cost 81 t2on.coo. End ita
home facilities consist 90 uinotY four
one Two and shrea room fats ~
these even the one room nat ia De-
signed to form = complete n tinv
nor e. The two room nat - the popu-
iar one. % rents Cor ttso year and