The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
PARLOPS FOR THE SPOONERS
ADVOCATES Y, NJ GA, EXPERT
Young Ladies Should Have Place Where They VIII Not Be
LntenupedBy OverZealous Matrons of the
Womens Buildings
UNITED Press Dispatch.I

piled equally we'll to any organiza-
tion's finance efforts. She is also the
originator of personal account book,
which is being used by thousands of
women and girls throughout the
country.
This book is divided into headings:
living expenses; postage. phones,
carfares; clothing, laundry; health;
recreation, vacation; education gifts,
beneyolences; insurance, invest
ments; and two blank columns for
additional entries. 1t also gives a
column for all cash received, the
date, and explanation of items, and
paid out column. The last two pages
of the book give summary under
these headings for the twelve months
of the year. -
Although Miss Geary is an advocate
of thrift and efficiency. she believes
that to reduce expenditure is not the
one and only aim we should set up
for girls. We should try to show her
how not to taste the many opportu-
mites for rest, recreation, strong
physical we'll being and growth of
mental abilities. 1t is not so much the
question of saving more money, but
of how to use it to the fullest for all
around development.
Miss Geary is making big improve
ments in housing conditions for wom-
en- and girls in industry in America
today. She is an English woman who
gave up musical career in London
because she felt that teaching music
to, after dinner society pupils wasn't
enough. The problem of properly
housing working girls and women
forced to live in undesirable tene-
ments she has reduced to an exact
science and has gotten big results:
i After four years volunteer training
and experience in managing certain
model tenement buildings in London,
Miss Geary heard from an American
woman of the Model Tenement City
and Suburban Homes company in New
/ York and decided to come to Ameri-
/ ca. 1t took her some time to con-
vince the company that woman could
take charge of that kind of work.
When she began there were $50 ten
! ants and in the eight years of her
management, which included the re-
pairing, hiring of employees, choosing
of tenants and the collection of
rents, the number has increased to
1854.
1t was in this work that the Ma
tional Board of the Young Women's
Christian association found her, and
asked her advice ON new buildings
they were about to erect. When the
national board was ready to add an
economic and buildings specialist to
it's staff Miss Geary was offered the
position. Miss Geary accepted. She
is now the consulting specialist for
the 976 associations on all matters
pertaining to her particular work.
She is called on to help select sites,
to go over all blue print plans, MAX
ing such changes as she deems advis-
able; to advise On building materials,
cafeteria equipment and management
and everything pertaining to the eco
nomic status of the association. Her
office at headquarters looks like the
office of the busiest business man.
She has the regulation architects
cabinets for materials and plans, and
from the blue prints always spread
out on her large work table, one might
call her office an architects labora-
tory.