This is an excerpt. Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 . Some of these ways are stop-gaps, to bridge us over this period of low income.
Cabins are a new thing.
Already there are many people who tell me they don't like them after they have tried them. They're more for hotels than ever. They like the sociability of the lobby, the dining room, the chance to make new acquaintances. They like the feel of the crowd around them. Take so simple a thing as hot water.