New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
TO|LERS At PLAY
Working Girls Have "PerfectIy
Lovely" Times'on Next
to Nothing.

Heaven will protect thes working girl
runs the song. But HeavenN has number
Of agents and chief among these Is the
working girl herself And she does not
confne her activities TO purely defensive
ones. When II comes to starting some
thing. protecting her health and having
n good time. the working girlNis ION the
job"
Take the matter of summer vacations.
The earthly powers that be have iarraneeu
things very poorly. for the shop, and fac-
tory girl particularly. Paid vacations are
the exception rather than the rule, accoIu-
,,g :, a renort of the Committee on Amuse-
roent Resources Of Working Girls. and IN
some places a girl is entitled TO no sum
rer vacation unless she has been en-
ployed by the concern In question for SIX
months. and In some cases for one year
Then there is the question OF summer
board-always up in the air. but higher
this year than ever before
Nothink daunted the working girl makes
a running start andN clears these seemingly
insuperable obstacles like a bird. With the
executive aid Of friends she establishes heF
self-suporting holiday houses where two
weeks vacation in the hills or at the sea-
shore may be had for $40. and less in some
cases. And the girl who gets no vacation
Is not lost sight of. There are camps
within easy trolley distance Of the city
where she may spend a refreshing week
end-"board from Saturday noon 10 Mon
DAY morning 81,
1--WE been going to Millers place every
summer now for twelve years, said the
president Of one of the associated WORKING
girls clubs II guess that gives you some
idea of what it's like. Say, it's grand!
WHY don't YOU come down yourself THIS
summer. you're looking a little thln'
Wen fix you UP in fine shape The board
only q a week for girls that aren't mem
beers of the club and I'd be glad 10 recon-
mend YOU We club members only nave
10 pay 81 and we get special party tickets
on the railroad that only cost us y %
round trip. It's quite distance out. you
know. near Port Jefferson, on Long lsiehu
Sound.
But, say. amt it great when you ger
there! The best of food and swimming
every day and dancing in 1.-THE barn every
evening. Some of us is getting to be regu-
lar Annette KelleImanns.
and we have some time every Friday
night. believe me. Plays and amateur
vaudevilles and any kind of stunt you can
think Of we have in the barn. Sometimes
the people from the, village come up ana
there are always the girls from both
houses. Holiday and 'Harbor. l guess
there are about eghty-fve girls there all
the time, and they do cut up some jinhs'
"Rules, Well, there's two: Lights is
out AZ 10 o'clock. and everybody's glad 10
crawl in by then; and you can't invite
teller TO the dances without introducing
him TO the chaperons, and every one Is
I glad enough to do that, too.
: "The only work we have to do is TO
make our own beds, so you see there
lots of time for fun"
The new weekend camp Of the New
York Association Of Working Girls CLUBS
will open formally on June %. II consis's
of two great tents at Orchard Beach on
land granted; for the purpose by the PARK
Department II will be called the virginia
Camp after Miss Virginia Potter presi-
dent Of the association. 1t can be reacheo
nv trolley for about 20 cents, and the ooaro
for the week end is 81. This means that
members ,of the clubs who get no long va
cations may get taste at least OF camp
life. a little respite from the radiant neat
of the citySstreets and little reserve OF
strength 10 add TO their scanty summer
store.
Tho great value Of these little weekend
outings seems to be more fully recognized
this year than ever before. While there
are some lucky working girls who are able
20 spend 81 30 occasionally through the sum-
mer for a health-givng holiday, there are
others. with families dependent upon thelr
earnings. who cannot afford even that re-
taxation from the daily nerve-racking Toll
IN hot and often badly ventilated SHOPS
and factories. To ameliora1e these conu',
tons the Association for Improving th'
Condition Of the Poor, at NO l5 bas'
22d street, has begun this year TO invite