The chronicle=news., 1914-06-09
OFFICE BUILDING
FOR WOMEN

The Kansas city Women's Com
merciai club VIII erect AN office
building exclusively for women. says
the Kansas City Star.
Al "a meeting of the club recently
II was decided 10 begin work On the
nav structure as sOon NJ the sit.
can be proeur.d. the plans made and
other preliminari.s attended To.
TIL. new building will be- iosai-,i
within stohs d toss-a woman h
sion" toss-of P.ttieoai lane, The
presitcnt OF the club only smiles and
shakes her head when urged To tell
Just where II In To he. She admits s
that fifteen out of iweniy-on~ votes
w-r. east for . single site. hut she
''do~ra't want real estate prices tn
soar prrmainr-iy In that loraiiiy.'
TO Investigate further and Ia msAs,
definite plans for the new offies
buiidinx II viii b~ built within the
next few months,
TIL. project i~ to hc financed b,
woman ~ho has been waiting for
Just such an Investment, II viii b-
d-,isn-si by a woman architect with
q special si.~ to the aeeomaa aodai ton
Of the business women who have
sT.k-n for offices The agent of the
building will L- . woman. There
:. .N - ,~...-.. t....s.r .ta..s.s ris0a q
t.ortr-..4s sni throughout the build
:ns xisi. ~iii be- employed ins'.ad "f
office boys. No male i-~rson n--.: ap'
piy for = ioL and no preference siii
T.. shown the ~-ii.kruom-d male sen-
oxsaph-rs
\ man ~ho has asked for ap ssfi.-
IN the n~N' building i---ansr he kn-~
i, -ouii ~ k~p, clean has s--a r-.
fused.
The wsm.n's Commercial siun Is
.osnps.-d Of ~os-a ~ho o-a az OPP
ssai- . bu.ih-s.S m far q. the m@n,-
b-rs ka.v. II lie tho ONLY osssnisa-
lion af i,s kiad In the country The
business. women ~ha -iii psa'sabiF =
all b~ m-sah-'x Of the ofsaaisa,ion.
,h.ssh this ~iii not b- a r-auif-.
r,.nt
II lie the pian at the siub 10 r-as
ali ar a-afis ali the asf's- sIsss be-
s.-- = stone is iAis ia tho fo'in'iatioa
\ ~oman banker In another siS
has -nsas-.i .ga.- aa the street sla.'s
t-r a -aman's hank. Th-s- viii i,~
sh"sss -h-rr voal-n nias hur th-,s
tarn.'s aHa th-ir iinx-ri- AMI 'hsis
/ 'susk. and .asts. ell tha, a ~ps.tsn
wears. \ au.in-ss sshn.,i owned br =
uoman ~iii o~srpy sn -a,is- iiaas
\ leading hair irrs.-r ~iii op~n Isss,
aas- h-f asfi.-s s~si a woman ..p~s.r
sna -anssn .i~n.iss -iIi have out
sh-is s,>p-s.is. shingles il the cor.
-i.i.rs thu, .Iii f-,--ha aniF I. the
'izt. TRAD at sar-a. 4 'insis'. q
I,tia'uarsph.r. = Jrrssmst.s. = hsssse
decorator. a cleaner snd rf-ssrs and
t.sssiis sa.aaa.srhrr ~iii eater s-
ihr need. q, kansas city ~pna-as
. In y. ,i,y as u. sis- sa Nsa.siss
arr ,h-r- .o many successful husin.sa
-on-n as in kanaa. CITY s'saE-
uum-n I-san 4. work t.s ,h-if .sn
.iaiiy .r-ai and pudiiar ami pi.. ana
tsun.i II rnor- agreeable job than
thcy -sP-s,-si. they have 'st-n hpia
ot the iif- II tho business world ~i'h
= s.ip that has grown .i-aiiir tiEg'1-r
Il, is Characteristic at -om-n 'isa,
Whatever arvursiioe ,hrt arr horn
s. ur have 'hrpss uT"n 'h.m. s'''
sasS-s it.ir time aai prrsnnAii'Ss =
man reserves s.mr nj his ,inio t"s
play or has sc,a- sssatIon u. which
he d-Vo,-s hi. surplus ca-rei-ss 4
woman dcvosrs her surrtu. cnCrris'
TO tho business that ha. aisssris"s brr
dsr. v she hagp~n. io 10 a business
w.man. of 4. .ridsr or rmhruid-ry
" her time AMI tastes hspg-n I. lie
tia, says u she has spent her day
,snspine she viii prc' ably sp-rd me-
evening ,snsotas. and. " shc has
tr.n cooking or tending babies all
tay. she will he cooking -r tending
tabi.s all evening. or resting w for
tho n-s, days session.
I,-cause Of this characteristic Of
women. theY ha,s forged rapidly
ahead whenever they have so' busi-
ness start and happened To possess
the necessary brains and a.umens
The nov ~omcn'. office building
probably will he ten s,orie. high.
aud 4, ia to be of beautiful ar,hiicc.
,ure. The halls and public rooms
will bc finished arttstitallv. The
members of the club have discussed
the proicc, in anj ou, of their meet.