The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-10
Young Women's Hostel
Opened up this Week
- in Dallas for Girls
Working Girls Home 10 Operat'
ed BY Salvation Army for
Small Salaried
Girls

A Young Women's Hostel, which
is to be a home for girls in ever,
sense Of the word and not a mere
lodging house, was opened by thu
| Salvation Army in Dallas yesterda,
Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock
The hastel. located at 1918 Corsicans
street, was leased by the Army Just
a month $50, for this purpose.
The building has been completely
renovated. reprinted inside and ont:
side, repapered and pat in first-clas.
condition. Every inch Of surface o.
tbs woodwork. and floors has beer
gone over, vanished and no two
rooms are aiiks for the naatron z
charge, Captain Maja Thell wishes
to impress upon TIE ssifis that shey
are in . real lime and not an ;nstitu.
ton I
csptsia EheH il the house mother
10 this home and she is we'll fitted
for tie respoasihility She. is >
eraduats nurse having received, her
training in Sweden, her native coun-
tn, ana q ths Nnrses' School Of
Jamestown, New York. She had ex-
perienee in tie Salvatios Army
bosrdiae hone 10 Los Angeles vhieh
accommodates us siri&
An, officer in the Salvation Army
for The pasts~siGht years Captains
Theii spent most Of her time in res
cue home work. She has filled the
position of head nurse in the rescue
homes At Chicago, Spokan, St Louis,
San Antonio and DesMoines. In
Portland she was in entire charge of
the home.
From this work IN the rescue
homes, she realizes just what girls
need 70 keep them straight. They
need pleasant surroundings and good
times and few irksme rules. In this
home. then, the girls are not bother
ed with many reguiations. They are
allowed to stay out on three evenings
of the week at late as, II o'clock and
On the remaining four until II O'Clock.
They have l living room and = wide
front porch where they are At liber-
" to entertaia their men callers as
often a, they like;
Csptaia. Theil relies upon the per-
zonaI equation in the further manage
ment Of the girls under her care.
She understands them and is eager
70 help them and they soon give her
heir confidence II they do rot
kncw how 70 keep tlseir rooms clsan,
j. TO mend their clothes de teaches
hem. Il. have never had sny trouble
Win the Girls under my care" she
.spla;p.: ut il befau.e I have their
seafidsneA became I understand
he- =,
Tie hose already has' Z waiting
list Ore II tie, large business coli
eses ia Daffas, Ia. Oder day, calted
Up CAPTAIN Thell and asked her to
ale n fifty of their studsats. But
he home has only twenty rooms and
viii accnnodate only tbity-five. 4 !
prize Of Il = week is charg-
d for : single, -rSoM with board. |;
lrseaoAasion. is tie double rooms
:ost less A. the home is designed
or girls receiving small salaries,
hose receiving salaries larger than.
$ dollars week will not be admit
ed. ~ n
MRS. George K. Meyer, chairman
# the Government Home Demon
tration Service for Dallas County,
nd member of the Dalias Board
+ Public Welfare, visited the home
efore it was opened and expressed
er unqualified approval Of it's man
cement and equipment. "The Saliva
ion Army is. doing a wonderful
rork," she said. "They have trained i
'omen in charge of their institutions,
'omen who have vision and exper-
.nce. t only wish that the home
'ere three times as large. am in
lvor Of having the city build mu-
icipal home for girls. large enough ,
, meet the demand. and then turn il
yer to the Salvation Army, an or
anization which is trained in the
of such homes. |,