New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
By Grace Crawley Oakley

"HE average business woman
works under high pressure
l. for five days and half each
week. and the remaining thirty-siN
hours present problem Of rest and
remuneration. On the completeness
Of her weekend relaxation depend
her fitness for her occupation ana
her long distance powers Of endur-
ance. The secret of rest is complete
change of scenery and surroundings.
1t is best to get away from your every
dav world, even from an affectionate
and solicitous family. The hospitality
Of a friend offers an inadequate solu-
ton, because there one is bound by
certain restraints and obligations.
Recognizing this, FIVE successful
women, Miss Lillian Valid, Of the Henry
Street Settlement; Mrs. Helen Hartley
jenkins, who endowed the Nursing and
Health Department of Teachers Col.
lege; Mrs. NJ. Adelaide Nutting, head
of its "most up-to-date and alive de-
partment"; and Miss Anna c. Maxwell
and Miss Mary Magoune Brown, Of the
Presbyterian Hospital, founded the
Haven Country Club for Professional
Women.
The club has its home in an old man
sion situated on a high bluff above the
Hudson near Nyack. In front broad
green terraces slope down the hill
toward the town. From the windows
and porches one revels in view 81
miles of the river, wide sweeps OF II
over the treetops, with the opposite
shore mistily outlined in dark green;
little vistas and glimpses Of the water
as it curves and turns on its way to
the ocean. II is place Of big air
spaces and breezes and sunshine.
The Task Well Done
Miss NJ. L. Mckay, the superinten-
dent, has had charge of the club from
its inception. She brought TO her task
G double fitness-long years of house
keeping for her father, and a subse
quent term Of service in an Office. She
can see the club both as hostess and
business woman guest. Miss Mckay
helped select the clubhouse, and she
said when she began its arrangement
she sat down and thought of all the
things in hotels and boarding nous IS
which most annoyed her, and promptly
planned TO correct or eliminate them.
Next she conjured up in fancy the
comforts she had most longed for in
her business experience and supplied
them.
The Haven Country Club has no
rules. You may lie in bed all day and
have your meals brought 70 you. or yoE
may be up with the sun hunting wild
flowers and squirrels. II the arrange
ment of your room does not please
you you are privileged TO shift the fur
niture, and help will be given you in
moving the heavy pieces. You may
change this around not once, but twic =.
until you are satisfied. II you prefer
high light you may have il, or ii
drop light pleases you better. II is fg:.
nished and you can indulge in that
delightful and usually forbidden lux.
ury, reading in bed. II the porches
which extend around the house look in
viting, there are steamer chairs and
rugs for cold weather, or inside the
living room an open fire burns on the
hearth, the chairs and well-stock d
open book shelves promise enjoyment,
and there are always plenty Of people
TO talk with. There are no introduc-
tions; you are among friends. On the
other hand you may be just as exclu-
sive as tired nerves dictate, ard have
all your meals served in your room.
The place is run for your comfort and
your convenience. And the summer
sports are augmented by those OF
colder weather, good skating on a
nearby pond, snowshoeing and wonder
full coasting on the club hill.
The grounds have their own paw
ticular lures TO offer. Behind the
house the orchard curves up to the
garden, an unusually fine one. cover
ing three and a half acres. /. is .he
pride and joy Of Tony. the gardener.
He shows his white teeth in smile
when he tells you that he holds the
record for prize tomatoes in RCckland
County, and that the first green peas
and corn Of the season are coExed 20
ripeness under his care.
Beqides furnishing all the vegetables
which are used during the summer
waters when you think Of them-thero
are bins Of potatoes-i25 bushels-and
heaps Of carrots, beets, oyster plant
and celery buried in piles OF sand In
the cellar for winter consumption. The
garden has been a paying proposition.
Its big. yellow tomatoes and other
choice products because Of their ex.
eellenee have been sold in the city at
fancy prices. and each week baskets
Of vegetables at reasonable prices s'e
shipped TO members who desire 10 have
them.
They Let Men Work
Beyond the garden are two hard clay
tennis courts, and further still We
vety meadow, with soft eyed Jersey
cows which furnish the milk and cream
for the house. There are plgA, too.
lively tame fellows, who come scanper-