The Penn's Grove record., 1888-12-01
Pooh MEMS LODGINGS.
n Benehcent Business Scheme to be
Developed In Chicago.

NThe Albemaflel' How nlgn t0neu
and arIstocratic 1t sounJsi ndcedl Wis.,
ions of that most exclusive and expen-
sive hostelry of the same name In New
York, and Of other "Albemarles'' In
London. Paris, Berlin and Vienna flash
through ones mind. But this Chicago
uAlbemarle" will be Of a different
kind.
1t will be nothing more nor less h
a cheap lodging house on a more gig
antic scale than exists anywhere else IN
the world. 1t will accommodate TOO
dodgers. But though distinctly cheap
lodging house, the Albemarle will differ
in most respects and most radically
from other cheap lodging houses. Here
is a list Of things which 10 cents VIII
buy for you In the Albemarle any time
and in any part Of the house:
The use Of the general parlor, read
ing room and office during the day or
evening. until you are ready TO go TO
bed. This may be for as many hours
out OF the twenty-four as you choose.
There is bright gas light; there are
comfortable benches with backs; there
are handsome tables; there are the
newspapers of the day: there are DOM
in1e,, l..eIe al, L.essloJrds. You may
make use OF any or all Of them without
extra charge. There is good stationery
and writing materials, free. You have
read, played a few games, smoked your
pipe or cigar, written a letter or two.
You wish to go to bed. You register
your name IN the book kept for the
purpose. You are assigned to a bed up
stairs. There are six floors. You are
given a Yale lock key, the number on
which corresponds with the number on
a small clothes press standing at the
foot OF your bed, Your key Will I'M
lock this clothes press, and no other
key out of 700 will do it. You put
your hat, your necktie and collar, and
whatever other tribes you may have
about you in q compartment at the top
of the small wardrobe. You hang your
clothes neatly and compactly on hooks
underneath, so that they will neither
crease nor soil. You put your shoes in
the compartment below this, Then
you lock your wardrobe and put the
key under your pillow OF hang it around
your neck. as you choose. Your clothes
are safe from everybody's interference
during your sleep.
If you have other baggage with you
-sachels or trunks or packages or par
cels-you leave them in the baggage
room down stairs, which forms part OF
the Office, and which is constantly kept
under lock and key. You will get a
duplicate brass check, bearing a num-
Der and the engraved name Of the AL
bemarle on its surface. This will Sc
cure your baggage. If you have other
valuables, money, jewels, watch, or i'm
portant papers about you, you may de.
post them with the clerk, who puts
them into the safe and gives you an-
other check for them. Yon are as safe
this way from robbery OF thieving a;
you would be at the Palmer house. All
this without extra charge.
rLENTY OF PURE AIR.
Next you climb into your bed. /,
forms the lower or the upper half of a
double bedstead of iron. II affords
plenty OF room to move in and plenty Of
air to breathe. You will lie on a
woven wire mattress, on which repOses
another mattress, filled with wool and
cotton, soft enough for tired limbs to
stretch on. There are two clean sheets.
There is a soft pillow, encased in a
white slip, and there is a comforter OF
good quality. The sheets are changed
twice a week, and oftsner, If necessary.
You will have no difficulty in sleeping
If you're tired. The ventilation of the
room is good. In winter the big stove
in the center will be heated. There is
a Waterman by day and another one by
night in care Of the six large dormi-
tories. This Waterman possesses two
eminent qualities, honesty and bravery.
He must be an Al bouncer. Ifyou be.
gin to fight with your neighbor; if you
curse and swear and won't desist; il
you use indecent OF foul language, OF
persist in talking at all; il you must
smoke OF chew and disobey the rules
which are displayed or the walls IL
type big enough for the blind to see
il you Go all or any of these things out
you gol Within Die more twinklIng OF
your evening star you will find yourself
in the street, shot down the stairs and
into the cool night aft by the catapult
of those two brawny arms hanging just
now peacefully by the sides of the medi-
tative night Waterman. Therefore,
bewarel
How ever, as you're 4 sensible NAL.
you won't do anything Of the kind.
You will, instead, take Il good, sound
snoozo and wake up refreshed next
morning and willing and able TO begin
the battle of life anew. You wash
yourself thoroughly. There are good
facilities for the purpose in each dor
mitOry-six marble basins, with run
ming water, an unlimited supply Of
soap, and clean, wholesome towels.
Next you have the free use Of the
backing brushes, of the combs, hair
brushes and clothes brushes, and you
look respectable. Then you can &c
forth to your work, or to seek work, as
the case may be. The whole thing has
cost you 15 cents. You will think that
you've had the worth Of your money.
But you may stay another half hour
and read the papers, go out and eat
your breakfast and come back and have
a smoke, still on the strength Of that Ii
cents. You may pay for your lodging
by the week in advance, in which case
it will cost you 81 for the seven days.
Yon will ave s cents, and may leave
all your baggage and things in safe
hands, just as You would in a more ex.
pensive boarding house or hotel.
1t is true all this concerns only the
lowly, the men of humble means, the