New-York tribune., 1922-06-18
1000 Business
Women Plan
History Club
Membership Based on One
Qualification, Applicants
Must BE Self.Supporiing;
Bonds Will Furnish Funds
800Rooms and 400 Baths
Building Will Contain n
Restaurant and Provide
Conyenicnces of a Hotel

One Thousand sclf-supporiing bust
ness women OF this city have formed
committee under the American
Women's Association, Inc. Of 2is Mad
ison Avenue, to raise funds with which
90 construct n clubhouse ior business
women similar In every respect 10 the
modern clubhouse FOR business men.
A meeting Of the committee will be
held next Thursday At the Hotel Penn
sylyania, at which every business
woman will be welcomed.
Miss Gertrude Robinson Smith
president Of the American Women's
Association. said yesterday: mot one
dollar IN contributions will be solicited,
as the business women desire IL clearly
understood that they do not wish In
any way 20 be subsidized and that
.rc.r clubhouse is 70 be on q strictly
business basis from the start
To Sell 100000 Bonds
Bonds % the amount OF 5000 900 are
90 be sold during the drive which
opens on Thursday, TO the business
womon ~ New York. When the hrst
hGlf million dollars worth Of pledges
.asl been gathered in, the site for
iae clubhouse is 20 he purchased and
tae plans for tac hp.lJing started.
Membership ln tie new clubhouse
wil. boz based on orc qualification. that
the applicant bc self-supporting An
nuai dues Will be- SO Tor resident
members over twenty -Cvc years OF
age. and 81 for those under twenty
fvc. on the supposition that beyond
the age 81 twenty-five women In busi-
ness win have attained a degree %
success. enabling them 20 pay the
larger amount Nonresident dues
viii be S.
The fourteen-story club will be cen
traily located and will provide 500 sim
gle rooms. with bath FOR every two
rooms. at an average rental Of Sl2 per
week Der room 90 an members, out-of-
town members and guests Of members.
There will also be a restaurant serving
cable dhote and cafeteria meals; a
lounge. library. billiard and pool room,
reception room for the use Of private
parties, hair dressing and manicure de-
partmcuts. gymnasium. swimming pool
and Turkish baths A parcel checking
room. trunk room and safe deposit
vault will De added convenicnces.
Purely Social Club
The club will be purely social. II
will be in no sense a hotel or apart.
men, house. II win be democratic, self
governing. non-polifical. non-partisan
non-sec'arian. From the initial cam
paigr Of bond selling en- 20 the main
trrance ~ the completed plant 10 vii
be seif-upportiug. This independon'
financial basis viii be a point strongly
emphasized by the committee OF on'
thousand .n coming before the public
next week.
Serving on the organization commit
tee o. the committee OF one thousand
are Mrs George Oakley. chairman
Mrs. O.. Cramcr Dodge, vice chairman
Miss Julia Doran. secretary; Mis-
Miriam K. oliver, corresponding secre
tary: Theresa Avnet. Dr. Lucy Bannis
ter. Thaha Brown, W. Ethel Balmes
Katherine Baimes. Ida Clarke. Louis,
Conicy. Mrs. Alma Clayburgh. Mary r
Frazer. Helen Harrington. llilda Hath
away. Rose l.. Lewis, Katherine Lot
torer. Mrs ponsonby Ogie, Edith Righ'
ter. M.nua Hall simmons, Grace sims
Helen Waldo, Florence Wilson and
Maude Wctmorc.