Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-16

has everything else Originally $4,000 was
expected to build and equip house suitably.
Lumber has gone up. Wages are higher. Furni-
ture Is almost unattanable Transportation Is
difficult Constant delays occur. Nevertheless
Hostess houses must be built. The appropria-
ton must be sufficient to all these difi-
culties. Twentyseven thousand dollars Is not
too much to invest In Of these hospitality
centers
Even after the house is built alterations and
additions must go The military sanitary
regulations must be fulfilled II they In
crease In severity. With summer comes the
screening necessary. Yet every house Is worth
10 the community and TO the nation In general
all the money invested In 1t. OF the $5OOOOOO
budget appropriated by the war work council or
the Young Womens Christian association $175O,-
900 Is being devoted TO Hostess houses.
Another work of the greatest importance which
has just been undertaken by the Young Wom-
ems Christian association Is the housing of wOm-
workers In connection with our great indus
trial establishments. While this Is not strictly
a new problem created by the war, the calling
of many women workers to service makes
the situation Immediately acute. Obviously the
providing of proper housing for these newly
called women workers, since 1t is part Of
the war program, must be done by the govern
ment. The Young Women's Christian associa-
ton Is now constructing, Mt its own expense, two
buildings ms demonstration; one at Camp Sher-
u
ton, $. C., for the women employees In the navy
uniform factory The latter Is being built ut
the request Of Secretary Daniels IL the govern
ment shall decide TO make provision for the
housing of Its women workers. the Young Wom-
ems Christian association offers TO provide the
needed social and recreationa workers.
Based on its experience In housing girls dur
ing the last 80 years the association believes
that younger girls should be grouped where they
have social life and opportunity to
terrain their friends, and still be under some of
the restrictions OF the home; that older women
want independence of living, many of them
Objecting to living In large groups because of
the noise and confusion and ensuing fatigue and
that II is more successful to house non English-
speaking foreign girls I'm small groups, until they
learn English and become used to American Gus,
toms.
The type "a" building, the permanent struc-
which the association Is building at Charles
ton, is designed for In places where only one
building will be erected.
The dining room and recreation hall several
parlors. and bedrooms for A girls are on the
first floor There Is but one entrance for the
residents. This makes II possible for the ma
trOn social head of the house, who Is In the Of
fee near the door, to see everyone who comes
in or goes out.
The entrance hall is attractive and homellke
Opening out Of II several parlors separated
from the hall by arches. To the right Is an en-
trance TO the wing containing the recreation hall
and dining room. These rooms are so arranged
that they be thrown into one for n large
social gathering.
There are bedrooms for 81 girls on the sec
ond foor There is also sitting room sepa.
rated from the hall only by pillars This Is for
the use of the girls only. Next to this Is n
small sewing room with facilities for sewing
On the third floor are bedrooms for six girls
an nhrmary and private BATH
In Industrial communities the buildings are
intended TO be grouped as effectively possible
with due regard to natural advantages. There
can, OF course. be as many units as are neces
sary II Is also proposed to provide a number
of three and four-family houses to accommodate
the elder women and the non English speaking
foreign girls. In all of these buildings an NJ
tempt has been made TO use style of arch-
lecture which is distinctly American.