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Show I A HOTEL FOR WOMEN J H BY MRS. KINGSLEY. H trgjl HT "oman is coming more 1 lia nn( more 'Dt ner ovni 's H ISJ proven by the fact that each Hl . . year as it comes skipping up Hl adds a f e - raore interests to her al- H ready varied list The day is past m and gone when a matron invariably M grew stout and readj' to don a grand- H mother's cap at 30 and if perchance Hl she reached that 'dread age without H adding a husband to her collection of H curios she was promptly labelled "old H maid" and carefully placed, upon the H shelf in lave der and rose leaves H Modern inventions have sent house- H hold drudgery flying out of her path, H while knitting, rourlng tea and gos- H sipping arc boinb pushed farther and Hj farther away to make room for her H intense and natural Interest in life ir Hj general and the big things of it in par- H One of the most striking proofs of H the attention being paid to the require- M ments. whims and fancies of woman H todav is in the planning of new hotels M No less a hotel than the Common - Hj wealth, in New York, has found it Hl worth while to look carefully and par- H ticularly to the comfort of women H guests. The Coramonwcallh is to oc- Hl cupy an entire block front in the Hn Times square neighborhood of New HJ York, in the heart of the city's thea- HH ter and shopping district It is to H I have more concessions to the comfort H and taste of women than any hotel H ever erected or thus far planned. H An important part of the plan Is to H se aside for women an entire floor. M where any feminist may be as utterlv M irdependent of mere man as she H wishes. Even her meals may be had H ) in her own particular domain If she so M desrcs. H There will also be space ample H enough to accommodate comfortablv H and conveniently the largest of the M women's club . The members mav H have, during the women's special H hours, all the privileges of gymnasium, H swimming pool. Russian and Turkish H , baths. And the club woman who H wishes to play golf, tennis or handball H may do so whenever she chooses. H , Whole floors will bo devoted to fam- Hl ilies, too, and the mother who comes to New York on lours of shopping Hl business, sightseeing or what not, mav H( go forth on her various errands and H leave her little boy or her little girl in Hl safe and competent hands The kid- H dies will not only not be neglected H but they will be highly and healthllv M, entertained. Big, sunny rooms, fash- H ioned for fun, and toys and little chil- HH dren ,wlll occupy a snug corner of the Hj great hotel. Low tables will be there, Hj and chairs that will not stand too high H for short, chubby legs. H Nor will tlie watchful eye of the H hotel's special dietitians allow a sln- Hl gle bit of food to slip In that is not M just what is best to build healthy j young constitutions No germ will be M permitted to sneak in through the M scientifically clean kitchens to cause M childish ailments. But even in case H a germ should be so bold as to slip j in through some other opening, the M children's own doctor in their own H hospital will speedily see to that both- H ersome germ, H In the barber shop tiny chairs will H hold tiny folks with' curls to be H trimmed or straight, contrary locks to H be bobbed. So also will they have H their own .reserved seats with, the H dentist H Kindergarten classes, story telling H clubs and special moving pictures for M children will be planned with all their H allurements, and when tired mother H comes bac'j: from her shopping tour, H she may be delightfully entertained H I with accounts of happy adventures H I before a sleepy little form is ready to H be tucked away in bed by her own H hands. H For the children's day is keeping H pace with the woman's, and the mod- H em hotel Ls planning a part In both, |