Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-10
BOUDOIR SLEEPERS.
Tie New Form Of LUXURIOUS TRAY
cling.
Boston Herald.

Boston Herald.
The New York Tribune of Saturday stated
that the Mann Boudoir Car company has
closed an agreement with the New York.
New Haven & Hartford and the Boston &
Albany railroad companies for running the
Mann boudoir Sleeping cars on tue Kew yorl,
q Boston route, by way OF Springfield
These cars differ so radically from the amer
'Han palace cars, and apparently o1fer some
such decided advantages, that q description
taken from The American Tourist Gazette
will be OF interest. They are essentially
through cars" /. e., while forming cclafor-
table sleepers at night, they are readily con-
Vertibie into luxurious day parlOr cars, all
indications Of sleeping arrangements disap-
peaTing. This is q desideratum, the long dis
tanceS Travelled by the same car in this coun-
try rendering it Indispensable that it be not
only good night car, i'll which regard our
palace cars certainly leave much to be de-
sired. The boudOir car has at either end
vestibule, from which open respectively
ladies and gentlemen's dressing rooms and
closets. The lagatories are supplied with
both hot and cold water, while the closets are
real water closets, thus preventing the dis
agreeable Odors incident to the system in use
in this country. Connecting the vestibules,
and shut off from them by doors, is u COM
modiouS corridor running along the side OF
the car Opening off this hallway by doors
are $ ve-al compartments or boudoirs, some
7rrango III. two and some for four persons.
by day IL rooms are simply pretty cabins,
with high, (. cd clear ceilings, large plate
glass windows II one rtwo luxurious sofas
with high soft bu, = and cushioned arm rests.
The sofas are attn. II the car and under
them and behind the iolined backs are car
rid the mattresses ana 4iGing Thus the
.a.ef weight IS near the floor, while the enor-
mously heavy palace car bed, hinged up in
the top Of the car rendering ii unstable and
5Ophe2vy aud shutting OF half the window
space, is entirely dispensed with. - night
the bacl; Of Tie sofa, hinged 81 its top ~ the
cross partitions is raised to u horizontal posi-
lion, where, auJo otically fastening itself,
d. sorms the upper ~, the sofa seat becom-
ng 80 lower bed. ms with the addition
If bed .r. two wide bees are made up from
each sofa. Ne beds are longer than those OF
5he palace c-s nd the head is made up next
% the corridor .s.tition, bringing the vital
arts Of the body in the middle Of the car, a
afer position tu2n along the side by the win
lows. in beds 50 arranged across the car
the sleeper avoiis ;ir rolling motion expert
enced in longitudinal beds, while tue head is
removed from the hois3 Incidental 10 close
cc1'tae5 with the car vail.
The Ventilation OF tho car IS b. o novel
system, without tbs dangerous draurlts ana
ioheriny dust fron the windows in the
elevated roofs Of American caTs. This roof,
great top weight, and an clement Of weak
ness in construction, is superseded by a sim
ole high dYme or Norman arch Abundant
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tunnels and forced through an ingenious
litter, freeing it OF I'LL dust, after which it is
discharged into the heater room In winter
5ho purified air Is thus heated, while il sum
mer the heater room IS converted into huge
refrigerator with ice. From this room the
air passes along a fiue inclosing tie heater
pipes down the corridor, and is discharged
through registers opposite the door OF each
compartments which doors, being provided
with Stats Of louvres, admit the fresh heated
0r cooled air il great quantities TO the COM
partments. In each compartment are three
4xhaustiGg ventilators, which, while they
cannot admit air FROM without, constantly
draw of the air from within. All the air in
the car is changed every five minutes, alb
splutely Without draugh5S or dust. The in
pOrtance Of good ventilation in cars cannot
he Overestimated.
Il should he mentioned that off the ladies'
vestbule IS Il tw-U-place bOudoir, always re-
served Tor ladies travelling alone. In this a
young girl might journey across the con-
tjueaJ without escort with perfect propriety.
Connecting with the gontieman's vestibuIa
are a smoking room and buffet. In each COM
partnent are electric boil communications to
rali the porter The chief feature Of these
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