A HOTEL FOR BUSINESS WOMEN

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 110, 1 February 1908, Page 11

A HOTEL FOR BUSINESS WOMEN

. ,Many'..lantl:adies'-object .-toMlady. lodgers. \Vhy ' this;' should bo so 'it is .'difficult- to say, women m'business being as little trouble as :the average:maii .lodger. Probably'it-..'is be--causo they cannot : pay so -.much that female 4 lodgers are treated with disdain,.'or pdrhaps —but'no., matter, . tl}'e fact .rciriairis, -and w.o-, men. sulfer .ill consequende. j. Several' abortive Efforts' have been -mado to start-. residences •- for 'women workers, but although such.homes are popular in London; so.far. they. hayeinot. '''eaugnt '^011". 'to' : any 'great' 'extent in . the; provinces.' There-has always been some objection: the- rules have been ,too.' many, the prices too high, or. the "rooms, too much -on the., institiitijpal system." /.In.'.Glasgow we' have had, t Queeiv Margaret Hall fov\<juitc a; number-.'of years, but;then.it-is, principally,, a rosidence: for 'students -:and professional.' women.' For working girls 1 there are-one or two-cheap places 'of residence, but th.eso are. on. a': small. scale, arid appeal ,to a comparatively ' limited' .class;' of the community. It' has. been .left to the Salvation Arniy.to inaugurate, a". Young .Women's. ; Hotel: on a really 5 big -footing in Glasgow. •; Arid this the. l ':Armyv has,done-'with instant success.' • is situate -at, 139 Bath' Street, and -'although it- is' only 'newly-, open, is already the homo of some thirty-eight young! Women■ - Several of the boarders arc study-' irig cookery; economy. v and other subjects in Glasgow schools,', and others are employed, m slwpg' and officcs,' while now and;agairi professional women—vocalists, nurses, etc.—are.airiong. the'visitors. ,'Servant.. girls, out of employment also find a comfortable Bnd economical temporary home' in the Young Women's, Hotel. The,rooins are all moderate in. price, accornnio/latibn in a room with five or .six : beds being'ai' the ,'rate of 2s. 6d. : per. persohj while;a guest' who wishes'ja private apartment may have a;'charming little-room I for; I think, ss. a week. There are inter-.-mediate prices, according to- thei number of iind' so forth: - Board costs about 75.extra per week,-, which is .certainly■■ very moderate when brio ( considers the many, comforts'to be'had fin. tho hoiis3. '•' Thero 'are'large,, airy sitting-roi'ms,; tliefood'' is and■■ plentiful; the.; house t is', lit' with 'electric- light,; and is. most fconveiiiently. situated for business girls, . These qiial-f ificatioiis, , combined with, absolute - cleanliness; and careful management, should ensure its ultimate success.

, There is only'one; way for the motorist to ■ treat'.-each-and every' comer—namely, to assume that there may : bo a .vehicle or person just out of; sight on the wrong-side of the road muddled .in wits and unable to got out of-' the 1 way.; To assumo tho' royorso is to' tempt'fate.—"Car." '.

In matters iof:medicine never be : surprised at anything. Once upoii a, time, when people; suffered-from-a bad cold, they were given hot .drinks and' told to remain .at homo in a warm'room. Nowadays they .are sotriotimes made to' sleep in the snow. The great.thing is to find "a temperature cold" enough; 'to kill the micrbbe; 'Unfortunately the mtedbe-cldes not die-alone. : —''Journal." Parit.' .