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Show POOR GIRLS' HOTEL IN MANSION. Mrs. Medill McCormick and a number of other society women of Washington, D. C, interested in the welfare of the many thousands thou-sands of working girls and women in Uncle Sam's federal departments depart-ments and other places, have concluded to lease a spacious mansion wherein working girls can get really comfortable board and lodging at almost nominal rates, or at least so low as to bring the accommodations accommo-dations within the reach of all, however poorly they may be paid. Says Mrs, McCormick: "I am anxious to impress upon every one that the institution is in no way a working girls' home. It is simply an investment proposition prop-osition and not a charity. Women and girls employed in the de- partment service of the government and those employed in the offices of-fices and downtown department stores necessarily seek a place where they can obtain wholesome food and a comfortable place to sleep. We are going to have the property fitted up as comfortably as possible. pos-sible. The establishment will be an ideal one. The persons living there will fare better than many other laboring women and girls who pay more for their food and lodging. In providing a good place for them to live, we expect to accomplish a great deal in the field of bettering civic conditions as far as women and girls are concerned." i . |