Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1896 — For Women Who Work. [ARTICLE]

For Women Who Work.

A project which will interest women everywhere is being started in New York and the Herald tells about it. It is to be entitled “The Woman’s Trust,” and the object of those interested in it is to collect funds for the purpose of building a home for worklngwomen of good reputation who may at times be in need of shelter and a home. It is proposed to raise this money by public subscriptions and also to ask Congress to contribute funds. It is pointed out thnt Congress has frequently appropriated money for the erection and support of soldiers’ and sailors’ homes, and it is maintained that there is no valid reason why Congress should not appropriate money for the support of needy women, many of whom may become or already are the mothers of soldiers and sailors. The building, which it is proposed to erect will occupy a whole block and will be of approved architecture, most probably in the Moorish style. On the first floor there will be stores and an arcade. There will be a court yard in the centre and four entrances, over which are to be inscribed the following lines, which the Athenians formerly placed over their gates:—“We wished, we saw, we loved and we adored.” The building will consist of sixteen stories of about one thousand rooms. The rooms will be divided into suites and will as a rule be furnished as parlors with folding beds. The second floor will contain a dining room for the guests, and a separate restaurant for outsiders. There will also be reading rooms, class and concert rooms, where organ and other recitals can be given and where all the minor crafts can be taught to women. Spacious grounds will surround the home and will be laid out in an appropriate manner. The building will be run on the cooperative system, and is intended only for self-supporting women, who will be charged the nominal sum of $3 a week, in return for which they will obtain not only board and lodgings, but also all the advantages of reading and music rooms. No restraint will be placed upon the inmates, as it is desired to make them feel thoroughly at home.