Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-15
NJ. c. A. OPENS ANOTHER
BOARDING HOME FOR GIRLS
Annex ut s West Cary Street Has
Been Loaned by Philan-
thropist,
GIRLS ARE SELF SUPPORTING
tDomitories Are Provided for Fifteen
Us Working Girls, Who, When Sal
IS aries Are Raised, Are Expected to
Give Way to Others on List.

~.Opened less than a month ago by
the Young Womans Christian Asso-
boarding home at 1oS,wcst Cary Street
is already serving the purpose for
which It was intended in providing
home for. young business women of the
city while they are becoming esta -
lished in the city and while they stfH
need the protection which is thus
thrown around them.
This annex is at West Cary Street.
1t is in charge OF one of the house sec
retaries of the association, Mis- Eliza
beth Smith. and is n pleasant home
like place. The entire building is not
used by the association, but only the
basement and the first fiat on the
ground floor, which was lent to the
Young Womcn's Christian Association
by well-known philanthropist for
yea Rand newly papered for the as
sociation and most Of the furniture
supplied.
There arc dormitories in this fiat
Tor fifteen girls to have comfortable
quarters. Each room is comfortably
furnished, each girl has her own bed,
and there are all modern conveniences.
The girls go UP to the old boarding
home at 107 West Cary for their meals,
however. The beauty of the annex is
the basement, which is reached from
the street and has two big rooms con-
nected by sliding doors. hardwood
y
two rooms are to be used as sitting
rooms for the convenience Of the. girls
in the annex. New furniture is al
ready ordered for these rooms, which
are being furnished at the expense of
the association.
GIRLS ARE INDEPENDENT
- AND SELF-SUPPORTTNG
81 For all this in a city where one
hears on every side complaints about
the high cost of living. the Young Wo-
mems Christian Association gives these
girls comfortable rooms. heat light,
board and home-like surroundings for
tho purely nominal sum of s2.T5 a
week! While the homes are fulfilling
Esgphilanthropic idea of the founders.
vet they are in no sense non-self-
supporting, SO that the girls who live
II both homes feel that they are in
dependent. self-supporting young wo-
men. even IL the maximum salary re-
ceived by them is only IS a week or
less.
MRS. w. B. Loving is in charge OF
the boarding home at 108 West Cary
This house was built by the Young
Women's Christian Association. and is
a.model Of its kind. Having no rent to
pay. the home is easily self supporting,
even at the rates charged the girls
II is beautifully planned for the pur-
pose for which it was intended On the
Hrst floor are three sitting rooms for
the convenience OF the girls when they
have company to entertain. The house
IS heated by steam and lighted by
electricity. The rooms are all single
rooms, each with n roomy closet, and
there Is always an abundance of hot
water in the bathrooms, Of which there
are 4 sufficient number for the needs
OF the fifty young business women who
make their home with Mrs. Loving.
MANY HOMELII<E AND
Attractive TIIR u @
"A pleasant feature Of the house is
the sttting-room, on the third floor
where there is n piano. desk. COM
Portable chairs and couch, and just
outside the windows, opening to tho
moor, a wide balcony overlooking the
street. The kitchen and pantries are
Il On The first floor at the back spot-
leesly clean, with an immense range
and fixtures for keeping meals hot
until ordered. The dining-room, with
Its many small tables and general air
or attractiveness and comfort, is on
the second floor at the back.
For the privileges of the Young wo-
mems Christian Association Boarding
Home, the young women pay no more
than IS week, and many of them
less, II their salary does not warrant
the higher rate. But once established
IN the business world, the young wo-
men are expected to give their places
to others who need more the protec-
ton thrown around them by the Young
Women's Christian Association, and
when their salary is raised to more
than $40 week they are supposed to
be generous. enough to consider the
other young women who are on the
waiting list of the association.