Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1918 — How Colorado Women Financed a Rest Room [ARTICLE]

How Colorado Women Financed a Rest Room

Private solicitation and a county appropriation enabled the establishment of a rest room for country women at Grand Junction. Colorado. The furnishings of the room and the matron's salary were provided by an organization composed of a number of rural women’s clubs. One hundred and fifty dollars was appropriated from county funds and a like amount- from town funds to pay the cost of the rent and heat of a convenient room, as no quarters were available In any of the public buildings. For furnishing the room contributions were solicited from members of the organization and from the merchants In town. To pay the matron’s salary of $25 a month pledge cards were issued, each calling for the payment of 5 cents a month. In two years the demands for other rctlvttiesi in connection with the rest room developed and the monthly expenditure increased from S6O to $l6O a month. This additional amount was provided from profits from a restaurant established in connection with the rest room and by subletting space for a woman’a exchange. The total receipts from all sources averaged $l6O a month, which amount Is expended in carrying on the various activities undertaken.