The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-12
GUEST HOUSE FOR
ALL WORKING WOMEN
-
Articles of Organization Are
Filed Today by Prominent
Charity Workers.

ing or otherwise acquiring suitable
grounds and buildings to be used as
a home where self-supporting women
and girls can secure rooms at reason
able prices, an association, known as
the Richmond Guest House has been
organized Articles of association were
corder this afternoon.
Rose Dougan, Elnora Robinson,
Clara M. Sweitzer, Sarah Hill, Pen
nina Trueblood, Evangeline NJ. Jay,
and Edith S. Moore, E. Annie Wilson
and Ida Bartel, have been chosen as
trustees for the ensuing year. The as
ISOLATION has no capital stock and is
not organized for pecuniary profit, but
| for the education of women and girls.
1t purposes to give working women and
girls all the advantages of home life
at a price which they can afford to
pay. The purpose of the organization
is indicated in the appended clauses of
| the articles of organization:
| The objects of the association are
to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire
suitable grounds and erect thereon
buildings to be used as a home for
self supporting women and girls. at
such reasonable prices as that they
may be provided with home comforts
and sanitary and proper surroundings
and influences as they can afford to
pay.
| TO provide in connection with such
homes, place for the guests or any
other women may obtain meals, at
reasonable prices, to furnish literary
and educational advantages to such
self supporting and other women and
| girls in the community, and to do such
works of education and philanthropy
respecting women and girls in and
about the city of Richmond, as oppor-
tunity may from time to time offer
and as the management Of the insti-
tuition proposes to be established may
deem worthy and proper to do One
| of the objects in the establishing Of
such home will be to make it a social
center for women and girls not in a
society sense, but in an educational
and philanthropic sense.
"Or to lease or acquire ground and
buildings already constructed which
es indicated either temporarily or per-
manently. The institution so pro-
posed to be established will be man.
aged and all it's business affairs con-
Quoted by and under the authority of
board of nine trustees and this gov
erning board will elect president as
many vice presidents as may be prop
err and advisable, secretary and
treasurer, these officers will be mem
bers Of the board of trustees or the
board may elect a secretary or treas
urer or both from persons not men,
bers of the board. 1t is proposed and
contemplated to interest a large num-
Der of people in the city of Richmond
and vicinity in the benevolent work of
the association and to this end there
will be an auxiliary board or society
to advise and cooperate with the
board of trustees as to any and all
institution. All matters of business
and control however will be 6eterm-
ined by the board of trustees.
1.-THE board of trustees will have
power to fill all vacancies in the men,
bershlp of such board at any time and
however the same may occur
The board of trustees will select
appoint and employ such superintend-
ent and employees as may be found
practicable and necessary to carry on
the work contemplated and fix COM
pensation of all employees and will also
adopt such rules and regulations for
the admission of women and girls into
the home, and the prices to be paid
by those coming into it, as shall be
found practical and which will be con-
sistent with the purposes and objects
of the institution.
The association will have power to
receive donations in money or proper
ty to buy, lease and hold such real es-
tate sufficient for the carrying out it's
declared object and purpose, and will
nave the power and responsibility of
corporations generally.
The association will be entirely
catholic in it's spirit and purpose.
There Will be no sectarian influences
allowed to interfere with it's practical
work; and for the purpose of keeping
the association on such broad and
catholic lines in it's work and that it's
management may be in the hands and
control of women, who are interested
in the work, the trustees will be chos- |
en- for terms of three years after
those first elected and will be so elect |
ed as that two thirds in number of |
the board will be members of some |!
experience in the business and man. |
agement.
The auxiliary society will be expect |
ed to advise the board of trustees of !
the personnel of the management as |
we'll as all other matters of interest, |
and with such harmonious co-opera- |
ton together the purpose will be to |
have the board of trustees composed |
of women who are actively interested |
in tn work of the institution and who |
will make its interest in all they do |
firsthand paramount"