The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-14
KEEP OPEN AIlLNIGHT
MANY INDUSTRIES THAT DO BUSl-
NESS AT STRANGE HOURS.

Recruits--A Big Night Business In Type
writing.
The signs "Open All Night" and "Nev.
er Closed" are becoming less rare continu-
ally, and new branches of industry are be-
ing added to the old time all night traffic.
The druggist, the undertaken and the deal
er in solid and liquid refreshments had the
monopoly for a long time. One of the
first additions to the recognized all night
places was the 'dental parlor," which was
| opened in the hotel district. The illu-
| minated sign caused much comment at
! first, but soon other all night dental offices
| were opened, and 1t became evident that
permanent addition had been made to the
list of night toilers.
"Our place is frequently visited by peo-
! pie who have no need for dentists serv-
ices, ~ said an all night dentist. 'We are
! asked to paint discolored faces and to
make people presentable whose faces show
signs of having been roughly dealt with,
and we even have calls from men who
think that we keep corps Of BARRIERS We
have often helped people who have been in
distress because of broken brace or in
strument without which they could not be
| about. But the men who come to be
painted and shaved have to go elsewhere.
| Many n man who came TO town at an
| hour when dentists offices were closed has
| found relief from hours of suffering and
inconvenince by coming here, and we have
many regular customers also who live in
! New York and save time by having their
regular dental work done at night
There are places also where one may
have the services of stenographer and
| typewriter at any hour of the night The
business done by these places Is growing
constantly By spending an evening in
an up town Office Of this kind one can form
an idea of the amount of clerical work
that is done after the regular business
! hours. One night recently eight men were
kept busy until dawn making n copy of
specifications for some government work.
! The document had TO be ready for delivery
at 7 O'Clock the next morning, and the
call night" typewriting Office, with a corps
of rapid writer's, made 1t possible. In
| cases where attachments or seizures arc to
he made carly in the day and facts in the
cases were not known until after Office
! hours, these Typewriter offices are also
| called upon, and all sorts of legal work are
ratified off on the machines at hours when
| few typewriting machines are available.
st would be hard to enuInerate all the
work W hich comes to this office, - said an
all night typewriter "Some of our men
sleep here and, while they may have little
to do sometimes, they are overcrowded
with work many nights, and they can
never know what will turn up next. Peo-
PIE from the hotels come to dictate private
letters Newspaper men who send New
York letters to out of town papers wait till
the last moment and then come here to
dictate the stuff"
The out of town buyers are good Gus
toners for the night offices. They spend
their days in the wholesale district and go
to the theatcrs and see the sights with
statesmen ut night, and when they reach
their hotels early in the morning feel lit
tie like writing business letters To them
the all night offices, where they can dictate
letters and tell how hard they have been
working ard how fatigued they are from
their days exertions, are source of great
comfort.
Some time ago an east side photographer
had to keep his place open long after mid
l night to allow workmen to make repairs
to his place which if made in the daytime
would have interfered with business. In
the course of the evening he had many
calls from people who thought his place
open for business, and the circumstance
led TO another all night industry. There
are several all night Photographic estab-
lishmentS in that part of the city now, and
many sailormen and others who make mp
the walking population of the Bowery sit
for pictures there Among the best Gus
toners of these places of business are the
young men and women who go to fancy
dress parties and want pictures of their
costumes, and the little waiting rooms fire.
quently contain grotesque representations
of historical and NEUROLOGICAL characters
waiting to be taken.
One of the most recent recruits to the
all night ranks is the never closed lawyer.
One firm of that kind has offices in the
business part of this city for the day prac-
tice and another office in the hotel district,
where clients are seen and advised at any
time between p. m. and IA. m. The
firm consists of lawyer and his wife.
They are commissioners for nearly all the
states in the Union, and their office prac-
tice in the up town branch is large and Of
q varied character.
"Some people on their way to Europe
delay procuring passports until the last
moment, and then, when their traps are
already on the way to the steamer, come
here to be helped out of their trouble, F"
said the lawyer in speaking of the many
kinds of clients who come to him. "We
have cases of that kind every week during
oic suluIlcr' lntl pcOplc COiuc nero W
get advice on all imaginable subjects
We keep blanks for all sorts of business,
and are called upon to write Deeds draw
, atiidavits, take dispositions and draw wills.
Merchants haze called here after midnight
to make out assignment papers, and 9th.
ers have reused mo to draw the necessary
, documents for making an attachment of
merchandise.
"Of course If n man comes to do 90
cents worth of swearing in the small
hours we are apt to say that the shop is
closed for business But if we are asked
, TO draw II will the hour makes 10 differ.
ence. A couple came here lew weeks ago
and wanted ne to direct them 10 justice
of the peace They wanted to have tho
marriage ceremony performed, and they
bore the signs OF The runaway couple, al
though l kLuw they were both old enough
I TO have right to make n contract for bet
ter or for worse. hey would not go to Il
clppuVman lppunSg they Apra of different