Show tj t 4 1 11 v ita I 1 r i f Z A i ta el I 1 N washington via hie united states im government coment to la trying a in an ante resting and domestic experiment which life includes include among other things the a u whether beth r or not let 1800 aoam women can I 1 live together in perfect harmony so tar far the answer 1 Is I 1 in m it uie affirmative immiti alth although gh la a the th be ginning there them was just a little doubt as to tile the complete sue success r of f in the a mp expert ment meat however I 1 ne cao this ritt rift 1 in t the h a lute was due cue to the feet fact that a mere incer man was made mad general manager of the its plan and as this tha same mine individual has slave ibe been thrown out bag and bag gage gag there them now seems small email danger that things will not let work out just ca as they were intended to the subject of uncle sams gains unique experiment 1 Is his war workers and tile the plan 1 la the somewhat belated solution of 11 housing them a problem which the end of hostilities line has not it off elimina I 1 ei b by Y any my means for is not mot et ct done and war nor workers keds I 1 in I 1 ington or are still too numerous for ado ade qute quate retell handling ing by IV washington ashington a lot late ate housing using facilities Is a matr matter of fact war workers mine come and go joet as 1 in the dais daie of the war and eh week the statistics show how wit an ir I increate r a for M cry 1000 war workers work era that leal ies e 12 1 seem to come to tahe falls their elms and it to further augment the govern ment payroll this la is sold bald 1 to be the first time alree in 11 it attern p pt I 1 has been made to house so many women together to in a ebo bittor aaste men have until lived in ID barim barbai ks in since bute time immemorial but it be has I 1 we wave let been admitted that now men or are eim it pill pie logo to in handle and that the female of the ape hes 1 la more mom deadly the than ties the mule male at any rate uncle sam having reinforced conquered I 1 insurmountable problems problem during the war he hab had bad tile courage to abet at himself up as house housekeeper it per cwi SM young led aad unattached women ile he Is even more mom than housekeeper in for r he has assumed the additional bur it den of th chaperon mon and it the fact that he the young we women to have company in the parlor until 11 p in would beem e to indicate that he 1 ta a very er y viane hut lenfant j stir one As li a matter of if tact fact he be even cem tillon allows his ardo to remain out at until it that in more 1 to or leas im edt 1116 1 hour our without ithma ext explanation 1 or eloise hut lot that 1 fe the dead ile line wed and it margaret of ties the army or 1 ali alice of tile the N navy 1 17 expects cu to in be out our later r than it 11 0 ccok all bhe t give ghe a reason for her old ab seem bence I 1 if t this reason mason 1 Is accepted low her name 1 Is put on the night list and 9 given van to the no watchman wati hman thoom on duty to whom atie 11 reports report III when she returns uncle carle sam a girl war workers receive c I 1 from flow 1200 to 1400 a year of course cars that dounda do like a lot of 1 no noey money ey bock back in me home town but when tile clr uncle d sams I 1 a kess TO sow IV V y robert H hmoud Mou kor hw 77 9 11 0 fa A fl I 1 URI I 1 1 girls arrived 1 in wt wi bingmon they dis revered covered the highest war or prices in the country prevailing in tile the capital and found filled that it took it alep every penny I 1 they made i it merely to he 1 exist I real comfort and convenience was out of the question I 1 in the private room rooming bw dhonies ag yg ilmo four girls in one ale room p paying 1 9 fla ir u month each or 60 00 for the ia lot was noi unusual of course me under r such net clr 1111 cum stances they ley had to wait for most c everything let to get into the bathroom comb their hilr unhook their clothed from the me single clothes hook heck and it so go on for their meala amral they just at ate need around they waited on tile the corner and saw car after car go by filled to the last inch when they finally suc craded in getting a fur precarious earlo foothold on an a car step they rode red tor for thirty minutes JR jammed mad let into a loald mass of hu 1 manily I ty then they ad armilio milio a breakfast place dw downtown tw if they vent cent to an order and ced in get a table the waiters or waitresses were orm so on rushed bell that often it was waa another it thirty minutes tm before the girls gills could old be served if they went emid to a cafeteria fafe terla they totted in a line for or ft a chance to serve themselves exhausted and disgruntled they would old arrive rint riat thel their desks as an rest near 9 as a rate fate old and the facilities of the city elt of wb wash W b beaton permitted pe bitted at touch lunch it was the mom e old wait and at dinner dilver after at t er a it lav or of pounding powel fint typewriter t keys ii s or at working over columns column of statistics shat tutt I 1 or tt filing letters or fiall filling out cards card they stood in 1 line again to wait waft their turn and when at last they reached their roomi crawled wild into I 1 their our cot beds and found flood themselves a sinking into forget ful fill slumber lumber if they were term almost sure to in be awakened by the return from the monies or some other entertainment of one m or more of their partners in I 1 misery something had to be done so a housing committee was waa appointed and whom when uncle 8 sam am announced that he be had the courage to undertake the run con wr efimi of a vast net dormitory system to be inhabited wholly by women me it ft was mom agreed d that tile hie experiment was on an epoch making one me president wilson himself paused indeed 1 in the adit of hla his war making to tour we washington hl ift 1 I 1 and it per personally ily select ih the its ite u upon pon w which fell th this no manless to town wm we woi to rise ile he look looked d 11 all ll over abe cover available liable open spaces pan in and d about be t th the park system of the capital and art utter d due e deliberation decided to ida place the I 1 dormitories for I 1 the h war workers on th the plants which connect the capitol and the united station and there they stand land today two tell groups im of buildings col containing talling gwehe dormitories 1 in each group in ID the center of each group is in an ad mt ad mini strati on building buil dine here the general manager be has be aci daice here all ail business Is conducted here la is the registration dk desh and the general post office tile the buildings are re long low dark g my gray at stucco I 1 three thre stories baw hagli they nm in groups of three f forming r in Us the central building of each I 1 group be having a recessed entrance porch parch framed by flie arches suit and flanked ducked by tell tail to rn londal with a small ft li cupola on top these central buildings contain reception fmc rooms and it writing selling alha rooms for arthe the use I 1 or of the girls rl these them booma arc 1 spacious p md and try airy and it on entering one Is Imp impressed romed with the son gen era erml atmosphere of refinement and corn com furl fort that p prevails emilis the furniture 1 la ohara odel id and mahogany A phonograph has b been furnished i e each building cg b ih the a government and the girls girl supply the records some gome of the dormitories aimee pianos these were purchased by the girls themselves a collection love hav ing been taken take up among the them to raise cities the won money The are two dining rooms memo one on in cm each h of dormitories rated located in the administration buildings then dining dicing bell halls or are large and attractive having something of the air of ft a an sum mor mer resort with ft A beating capacity of GOO there them are am tables I 1 in each rown room with six alit seats samis it at ivory every table the guests are arc served by waitresses old and a an sufficient I 1 umber number halt ber been provided in order that every waitress shall have only two tables table to wait it upon the bedrooms bedr ooma are comfortable and sanitary mot tery in every respect rh rach r h or of the single me la 1 furnished ferma teed wilh a bed writing table ladli chest cheat which fit fita under the bed closet with will separate parate ac compartments p ale above for hats bar begs and 1 lavatory bittor u with I 1 hot and mid cold r running im ir war water A tow few of the rooms room are double in reade I 1 two girls gills wish to live tw ortho i these in are provided w with th two beds two tire dr dressers dres se sera se in two tire closets two cedar red r chests in tact two everything lug all ali the the bed lose linen and it towels rowel are am f bed by the th government as a la Is a reasonable amount of maid service in ID each corridor telephone tel ephon acte has hem been placed and 1 in ale every room roam there to Is a call bell A signal sy tous tem r bus be apen arranged urged and ad posted and it e eh each h room ran can be communicated with in this manner some of the signals a are on one bell tile rise two bells mine come to office mat three bells ri 1 a caller waiting citing f four belle bel la answer phone p h one in hall A bath room containing one large larg tub and tour four corri shower baths both Is 1 in every corridor der one of the most at thoughtful thought 1 things uncle U ir S sam did who when he erected these daml dormitories rise ina baa to provide a oneth washroom rmon 1 in tile the basement of each building where hem the fil girls ris lan can launder small things aad it press tb their it clothes them rooms memo nrc are III fitted t it it with wash ash basins basin having he hot I 1 and old cold water the th latest patented ironing im ing boards and electric irons brons an up to te date laundry however Is 1 main ann tolled aimed and run ell n by the governing go vernin ot where they ia launder im der at cost for or the girls girl such each building has Ine a trunk track roon roo n 1 la the basement to avoid the necessity of keeping trunks in bedrooms I 1 |