The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1915-01-27
R5M|LL|ONA|RES
ASKED T0FURN|SH
|. HOME FOR GIRLS
Neighbors of Pembroke Jones
Mansion on Fifty-first Street
| Will Help Equip 1t.
SEEKING ALTMAN HOME.
Dead merchants Residence
! Would House Hundreds
of Destitute Women.
SEEKING ALTMAN HOME.

Twenty-Five miilionaires with homes
On the same block as the Pembroke
Jones mansion at No. 10 West Fifty
nrst Street. which has been thrown
~apen as a shelter for destitute women
the White Cross Society, were ap-
hled to to-day to Join forces with
committee and work for the re-
ef and comfort Of the unfortunate
guests in the Jones residence.
Since the home was opened a week
ago to-day the penniless women have
slept in magnificent rooms-extrava-
Gant as to size and decorations, but
bare Of furniture. Herbert M. Cow
perthwait, q furniture dealer, set a
worthy example by equlpping three Of
The twenty-seven rooms in the house.
Some OF the neighboring Million
esrss who received letters To-day from
Francilyn Lawrence. Chairman of the
committee. asking their aid. were
Henry Ciews. No. ~ West Fifty-flrs
Street; Henry p. Dawson. J. p. Nor
sans business partner. at No. ~:
William p. Clyde. steamship owner:
Mr.. and Mrs. suffern Taller. Clifford
b. Harmon. Robert Graves and WILL
lam v. Hoffman. head Of the Hoffman
estate.
1--WE have unfurnished rooms which
will accommodate four. eight and
twelve women who are now facing
starvation. II not worse" said Mr..
Lawrence. "and we need the assist
ance Of these wealthy neighbors. We
have, already canvassed the homes on
the block and have been assured the
property<owners have no objection to
our shel1ef. Now. what we want each
OF them to do Is to become a chair
man OF a special committee for one
%, these rooms. to be known under
their own name. and personally or
with the assistance Of friends provide
for its complete furnishings"
y With the contributions OF blankets,
food supplies. bedding and fuel. the
White Cross shelter Is now in a fair
way to handle adequately the majority
Of unhappy applicants who stream
steadily in until midnight each day.
Almost a hundred were fed yesterday.
but there were facilities for housing
for the night only a dozen. Only girls
the shelter untA they find work. The
others are sent to relief homes.
Mr.. Lawrence announced to-day he
had opened negotiations with NJ. ".
Friedsam, President Of the B. Altman
Company, for permission to occupy
the palatial mansion Of the dead mer-
chant at the northwest corner Of Fiji
t1eth Street and Fifth Avenue.
I'VE could easily accommodate 800
GIRLS in the Altman Home. which,
since the death Of it's owner. has been
stripped Of Its art collections and fur
nAure," said Mr.. Lawrence. The art
An appeal for knives. forks and
heDhen utensils brought a letter from
The manager Of the Ritz Carlton
Hotel promising a complete outfit
IRON that hosiery on Feb. I. At
present, the chef at the shelter faces
TIE problem Of feeding more than
lialf q hundred daily with an equip
ment of but two stew pans, one fry
Ing pan and coffee pot, with net
capacity of one. quart.
'~Three actresses. who, In better
times, are intrusted with responsible
roles In the legitimate drama. were
cheered by the news to-day that a
large music house had offered the use
d a plano. So perhaps a cabaret
may yet ind Its way to the Pembroke
Jones house.
because we are destitute Is no
reason wa should be miserable" Is the
way one of the guests put II to-day.