Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-12-05
POOR MEMS LODGINGS.
T. Bencficcnt Business scheme 10 pe
Developed in Chicago

Developed 4h ShfS1-c-
ssThe AlbemarleIn How high toned
and aristocratic it sounds lndeedl Wis
ions of that most exclusive and expen-
siye hostelry of the same name IN New
York, ard of other "Albemarles" IN
London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna nash
through ones mind. But this Chicago
"Albemarle" will be OF a different
kind
1t will be nothing more nor less than
a cheap lodging house on a more Sis-
antic scale than exists anywhere else IN
the world 1t viii accommodate 'Vo
dodgers. But though distinctly cheap
lodging house, the Albemarle viii dlffer
in most respects and most radically
from other cheap lodging houses Here
| is list of things which 10 cents Will
buy for you III 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
] ont OF the twenty-four rs 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
inoes; there are chessboards. You may
make t,sc o. G~r or Al Cf them without
extra charge. There IS good stationery
and writing mateTi IS, free. You Lave
read, played few gaines, smoked your
pipe or cigar, written letter or two.
You wish to go to bed. You register
your name IN the book kept for the
purpose. You are assigned TO bed up
stairs. There are six floors. You are
given Yale lock key, the number on
which corresponds with the number on
small clothes press standing at the
foot of your bed, Your key will un-
lock this clothes press, and no other
key out of 700 will do 1t. You put
your hat, your necktie and collar, and
whatever other trihes you may have
about you in 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 or hang it around
your neck. as you choose. Your clothes
are safe from eyerybody'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 num-
Der and the engraved name OF the AL
bem2rlc on its surface. This will Sc
cure your baggage. If you have other
yaluables, money, jewels, watch, or I'M
IoTtant papers about you, you may de-
rosit them with the clerk, who puts
them into the safe and gives you au-
other check for them. Yon are as safe
tins way from robbery or thieying as
yen would be at the Palmer house. AL
this without extra charge.
PLENTY OF PURE AIR.
Next You climb into your bed. IL
forms the lower or the upper half of a
double bedstead of iron. 1t affords
plenty or room 10 move in and plenty of
air TO breathe. You will lie on 4
woven wire mattress, on which Teposes
another mattress, filled with wool and
cotton, soft enough for tired limbs TO
stretch on. There are two clean sheets.
There Is soft pillow, encased in a
white slip, and there is 4 comforter of
good quality. The sheets are changed
twice week, and oftener, 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 watchman by day and another one by
night in care of the six large dormi-
tories. This watchman possesses two
eminent qualities, honesty and bravery.
lie must be an Al bouncer. Ifyou be-
gin TO fight with your neighbor; if you
curse and swear and won't desist; if
you use indecent or foul language, or
persist in talking at all; if you must
smoke or chew and disobey the rules
which are displayed on the walls IN
type big enough for the blind to sec
If you do all or any of these things out
you go! Within one more twinklIng of
your evening star you will find yourself
in the street, shot down the stairs and
into the cool night air by the catapult
Of those two brawny arms hanging Just
now peaceably by the sides Of the medi-
tative night watchman. Therefore,
beware!
However, as you're 4 sensible MAJ.
you won't do anything of the kind.
You will, instead, take good, sound
snooze and wake up refreshed next
morning and willing and able TO begin
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yourself thoroughly. There are good
facilities for the purpose in each dor
mitoTy-siH 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 go
forth TO your work, or to seek work, as
the case may be. The whole thing has
! cost you Is 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 Is
cents. You may pay for your lodging
10y the week IN advance, in which case
IL will cost you 81 for the seven days.
1on will save D cents, and may leave
all your baggage and things in safe
hands, just as you would In Il more ex-
pensiye boarding house or hotel.
1t IS true all this concerns only the
lowly, the men of humble means, the
men who may even be out of work and
out at elbows But it is nevertheless a
thing which works FOR their good.
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