Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-10-19


,ocicty's officers are kept in that
strict seclusion which is most eff
fectiyc for its public work, but its
agents. the real-estate owners and
builders, are carrying on an active and
aggressive campaign.
Following the example of the tenn
perancc people Who set up coffee
houses to forestall the drinking of liq-
nor, this society builds bachelors
apartment houses. and these are 50
equipped and carried on that accord.
ing to the statistics it is alleged that
the average sum of comfort and happi-
ness has been largely increased over
the older method of marriage
The only objection to the plan, and
it is an objection that Is manifestly
reasonable, is that thus far the society
has worked only for men, while its aim,
as everyone will agree, il one in which
women are equally interested. | have
taken some pains to get an expression
from women similarly placed, on the
subject, and SO far from objectiug to
the work of the society, they object
only to its limitations. and their feeling
toward men for whom the society
labors is rather one of envy.
The first of these apartment houses
was The benedict" The name was
the watch,word Of the new undertak-
ing.
Ii by any chance man backslides
and marrics he is forced to leave The
Benedict as his hahiation.
The Benedict. although modist. is
one of the most thoroughly comfortable
Of the bachelor apartment houses. 1t
has bureau of Information, with all
the paraphernall of speaking tubes
and an attendant to take charge of
and answer inquiries: there is an ele-
vator. The suits of rooms are adapted
to different needs and different purses
Of men.
The example of The Benedict was
speedily followed hy turning the old
Hotel St. Germaine into bachelor
apartments under the name of the
Cumberland
When the Metropolitan Opera
House was built the upper floors were
assigned to bachelor apartments, al
though the restrictions are not rigidly
insisted on, and these are the largest,
most perfectly appointed, and most
comfortable in town. More recently
has been built the Jansen. on WAY
erly place, and the Alpine" which is
the most important and boldest step
vet taken. 1t stands on one of the
most prominent corners of Broadway.
1t has everything that comes within
the term modern conveniences. boys
and bells and tubes. buttons and what
not. In it live swell artists, prosper
Gus Young commercial men, lucky
brokers, and that class of men who
find life pleasant as well as prosper
Gus.
just two corners below another large
bachelor apartment house, the San
Carlo" is now going up, eight stories
high.
A bachelor apartment is understood
to be sitting-room, bedroom and
bath. But the sitting room may have
an alcove which serves as bedroom,
and a private bath may not be in
cluded. This will he according to the
means of the bachelor, and apartment
houses are built accordingly. In most
houses there is restaurant, and break
fast, if desired, can be served in the
rooms. If there is no restaurant the
ianitor, the only man who is permitted
to indulge in wife and family, usually
utiliZes his wife and children in fur
nishing provisions, tea and coffee in a
small way; and bareheaded women
carrying trays are features of most OF
the studio apartment houses.