Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-02-26
KEEP OPEN ALL NIGHT
MANY INDUSTRIES THAT DO BU5i-
Mes AT STRANGE HOURS.

The List Is Continually Growing photox-
raphers and Lawyers Among the Latest
Recruits Big Night business In Type
writing.
Tie signs "Open All Night and New
CT Closed are becoming less raro cpntinu-
ally, and new branches of industry are be-
ing added to the old time all night traffic.
Tho druggist, the undertaken and the deal
monopoly for long time. One Of the
first additions to the recognized all night
places was the dental parlor, z 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 it became evident that
permanent addition had been made to tho
list Of night toilers.
"Our place is frequently visited by peo-
pie who have no need for O dentists sery-
ices, said an all night dentist sWe arc
asked to paint discolored faces and to
make people presentable whose faces show
signs of having boon 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 O man who came to town at an
hour when dentists offices were closed has
found relief from hours of suffering and
inconvenience 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 a 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 copy of
specifications for some government work.
The document had to be ready for delivery
at o'clock the next morning, and the
"all night" typewriting office, with corps
of rapid writer's, made it possible. In
cases where attachments or seizures are to
be made early in the day and facts in tho
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.
1T would be hard to enumerate all the
work which comes to this Office" said an
all night typewriter. 'sSome 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 theaters and see the sights with
statesmen at 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 and 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
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 tho 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 up
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 L..-Sorical and NEUROLOGICAL characters
waiting to be taken.
One of the most recent recruits to tho
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 a. m. The
firm consists of a 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
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"
said the lawyer in speaking of the many
kinds of clients who como to him. "Wo
have cases of that kind every week during
the summer. Then people come here to
get advice on all imaginable subjects.
We keep blanks for all sorts of business,
and are called upon to write deeds, draw
affidayits take dispositions and draw wills.
Merchants have called here after midnight
to make out assignment papers, and 9th
ers have reused me to draw the necessary
documents for making an attachment of
merchandise
''Of course If a man comes to do so
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 a will the hour makes no differ
ence. A couple came here few weeks ago
and wanted me to direct them to justice
of the peace. They wanted to have tho
marriage ceremony performed, and they
bore the signs of the runaway couple, al
though knew they were both old enough
to have right to mako a contract for bet
ter or for worse They would not go to q
clergyman because they were of different
faiths, and here they were, baggage in
hand, wanting to get married. Iexplained
that l might draw up papers for them
which, if signed, would be as binding as
any marriage ceremony. A civil marriage
contract was drawn, signed, sealed and de-
liyered in the presence of my partner, and
the couple went away happy. New York
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