THE WOMAN WORKER'S HOME.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 529, 9 June 1909, Page 3

THE WOMAN WORKER'S HOME.

:: Ths ; ;:prgblemi -bf ;^ousing; ,;/the - woman; ;;'•;• Sorter, _a' problem; which - : troubles' '.'.....h0t. a; little, I jis:: : being.' ! isol%3.": !, ui.: ! Mclbourno' fe-(says -'an Australian;'paper).'...'.A.rfew yoars, ;:.'-';lago ; the. was ia, really hard one.' to^for'board anß.'lddging,- and at that'. • '; : 'price..;tho r said.''bbard:ahd :; .;' \£a.nly,of a very,dreary character. '-jSow there ;>....are -'finb/buildingsuiMelbourne, housing huh- ;•!.•■;• dreds-'o.f -.working, women, 'who; .on incomes , ■'■;.;-.. ranging; fromyt : pound ■■;.-■': ableto live,: Sot .merely., decently, but'in : a ; ;'■;., fair :6f.;comfort..,.Attached to' many ;:';:bf:these bnildingS.-is.a restaurant; each".flat ,;-- has its; bathrpnm,';and;.in a; few. .'places a •;..-' 'beneficent landlord' or .company 'his provided. ;';::.: a. little;;lauhdry, : ■. which; saves is;his': tenants ;.^' r * n y a;;shiUing.;,,:ln:m6st :i of ; the; residential .; ; ;; bnildings the- community spirit-is quite ;in '}:-. ; / ..evidenoe--a circumstahco'due'probably to the ; y. -fact that independence of. individual .action- is ■V; -: jealously cost of living ; is ;, '.'.necessarily; minimised 'by the common .restau-: ..;';.:rant, bathroom, and 'attendance,' and when.it ■■'„': ..is seen.how;.yemfar-a' small ; incbhie.-may; bo ;.;.. made ; to go in, ,these; modern homes; it would 1 : £- -seeni 'is 'if;the 'had. proved. a ; '-.■ yery' good' case/for the community■ dwelling v';r-n6i>sei-.<j}; r ';:,.:.\.}■<;'::■;/•.■: ;;../>;.' '../'■].■::> ■■''-■'■;■