The evening world., 1915-03-15
No0 THE DEAU PARloR
WORKING ORDER.

SAsSssoAAs ouu ssoAo 30 Nv ~oO AAA es~~
FINDS THE BEAU PARLoR IN
WORKING ORDER.
There most certainly 10 not, and one
ID glad that social workers are waking
up to the fact. Meanwhile Just what.
where and why IL . beau parlorf I
tried to md out from Miss 0eary. but
the person who told me OF her abb
sence added that her great idea had
been worked out most Interestingly
right hero in New York-to be exact.
at the Harriet Judson Home Of the
Y. w. c. A.. No. so Nevins Street,
Brooklyn.
They are there! I counted them
myself-six delightful little parlors.
all In varying but harmonious shades
Of brown. each with its two trim
chairs. high backed corner seat. small
round table and excellent pictures.
The beau parlor 10 not 'play" room.
Q thing Of portieres and screens. It 10
solidly partitioned or from its neigh.
bors. and the only chaperon 10 the
open doorway which fronts on the big
main reception room that reaches half
the length OF the house. There are
two double parlors. 30 that girl chums
may entertain together.
Every night In the week ths
beau parlors are occupied, and -
first aids 70 Cupid they have ai.
ready proved themselves invaiua.
BILE. Although the Harriet Judsen
Homo has been open only . little
over . year Il has already been
the scene Of one wedding end
dozens Of girls living In u have
left to oct married. "Thsrs were
90 many weddings last spring."
Iauahs Miss Emma Alexander, one
Of the two resident supsrintsnd.
snts, "that ! said I'd have to give
those pariors shorter working
hours."
In actual fact. she 10 as pleased as
any Of the girls at their success. She
nodded instant assent when quoted
to her Miss Geary's remark about
there always being beaux to entertain
SO long as pretty girls live In insti-
tutiops.
"I have been asked" she added
with q twinkle, III 1t isn't necessar,
for a girl to be pretty before she cor
be admitted to this home. The quail
hcation is not an essential one. pu
J we do have such q large number o
pretty girls" ..
GUT HIGH STANDARDS.
!. .p,ease tell me- about the bea,
. parlors," l requested. What are In
rules for their user
: I'VE have no ru'es here. only stand
ards" Miss Alexander explained. Will
pardonable pride.
= .vsrv njoht in the week u she
| likes. We have Dancing here tor
the air,s every night after dinner,
and on Friday nights the men
dance. At least once . month
We have . big terra tSrms' rec rsSSPnGiGi ni.i
nav invite ons or more men. She
in ALSO allowed to ask her men
Srisnds 70 dine here, and once. .
Mssk or oftsnsr, in summer, she
o NAV entertain nsn callers in the
: root Garden on toy Of the house."
: Do YOU wonder that the Harrie
hudson Home Is q happy huntin
:, ground for Cupid? And Isn't It q re
ereshing change from the old. prison
like. INSTITUTIONAL boarding house fe
Q working girlsf
s Yet liberty 10 not confused wit
l. license. AS Mss Alexander went @
Q to explain. the social life OF the CIR
- "a conducted exactly as 1t would
in any well-regu!ated home or CO
iege dormltory. Just as the proper
u iy brought-up daughter presents HI
callers to her mother. as a matter
10 course. SO the girls In the home Q
70 Neyins Street naturally introdut
their men friends to Miss Alexand'