The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-14

weather eye upon all who approach the door.
PRIVACY Of this severe and unbending de-
scription brings a reward ofpublictty truly
grateful To aspiring clmbers
royal atmosphere and a truly royal
disregard of cost mark and dignity state
apartments. There are, perhaps. ton rooms
IN them music room. parlor. breakfes'
and dining rooms. recsp tion cabinet, pri-
waite sccretary's den. chamber, dressing
room. and "A bath III for Roman Emperor.
All the woodwork Is solid mahogany. the
floors are doadoned, the walls hung with
hroc,de at $40 a yard, or genuine antique
tapestry. or pnneled In rich woods and
overland with narvcls Of the potter's ski
The big bed stands upon dais, ou' OF
Difference. possibly, to a royal shade, Tor
1t belonged originally TO a famous king.
The rugs came straight from Persia. and
more than half the furniture il costly an
tquc stun The Other noietv II all hand
made and beautifully wrought.
EaCh room has separate color no'e,
hut all melt insensibly into an inde.cribsblv
harmonious whole Here il something
beyond IN" glare and gliding tho famboy-
ant fre~coe-, onyx and hra~ses, and mosaic,
81 plentiful elsewhere in the great structure
Taste and genius severely refined, wrought
hero for the porfecting oG all things.
II l. not strange that some few occupants
SURROUNDINGS bored. and in a degr"" en-
yioue of the folk who have lighter and
Gayrr, If less dist inGulShad. quarters. lh'S''
iniuglC with tie tlirung III palm room ana
smoking room, mount with me awe"
.igh,scers 30 the dizzy heights OF sun par
lor~ up to the fifteenth story, and take aiter
noon tea in the palm room and the cor
ridors where the dress ''srade warns lie
hearts cookies Of feminine onlookers. whie
men play softly on stringed instruments as
the tea drinking and gossip 90 forward. .,
The apartment, hotel is very unlike an
this 1t il no more than an ordinary hand
srmn apartment. with exemption from
Housekeeping cares.
Materially. il is less gorgeous than the
big hotel, got more ornate than the average
apartment house. In II one can be ruiy
"A private person il one chooses. One can
also dine IN public with almost the same
show Of damn-k, glitter Of silver, Az. low
Of flowers inevitable on the dinner Ia e
Of tho bigger places.
There arc great bathrooms. foyers and
roof ra-den dining halls. The buildings
are light and airy throughout, well bui,',
but each bears in some subtle thhloh TIC
earmarls Of its construction era
Change is the apartment hotels law OF
being What vas the height OF fashlon
five wears back II distinctly out OF archi,
tectura! fashion in this present year OF
grace.
10 the times; detail. or wholly empty or
only partly furnished, 20 as to leave room
for ones special I.ares and Penates.
The tenant has little to do beyond paying
the rent. Light, heat, service, meals, an
are looked ont for by the management
II is an easy life. and so easy that II often
ends by becoming strenuous.
Variety ia impossible in the menu, or
rather thai sort of variety which satisfies
palates strongly individual, SO in the main
il is "A life suited only To very lazy, or very
busy, people. There must he a great plenty
Of such folk. for apartment hotels continue
Ia multiply and flourish
Truly. up-to-date housekeeping apart
Inent- offer all the discomforts Of home,
along with the eplendors OF hotel. IN
cidentally. there are also many comforts.
one can have thirty rooms If II pleases
him. or ten or even i've, One can nave
apartments Of two stories,
There is an imposing entrance. Light
and air are in b"wildering plenty. Some
big hojiso. are built around great central
court with four passenger elevators. one
in each court corner. Others are IN shape
souewha, of letter II; still others approx
mate the Maltese cross.
The ground plan of one Of these big costly
apartments L. as intricate as that OF coun-
try house There are foyer halls, passage
wavs arches and alcoves, bay window
conacrvatories. floors Of hardwood or
mosaic mail Chutes. telephones, not ana
cold water, hot and cold air. gas and cleo
.ric ranges; two or three bathrooms, a
blessed plenty Of closets for every con-
c"ivable need; open fireplaces, brave in
tilework and brasses. mirrors wherever
they should ba, and occasionally where they
should not: and walls hung with whatever
su,ff the fancy of the occupant may demand.
Nearly always the windows have pretty
ont looks
Rents rise with tho floors. The higher
one goes, the more one pays.
The construction is supposed to he fire.
proof. a fact that is largely considered in
the rents. Some Of the houses have auto
mobile rooms In the basement and charge
batteries from the surplus OF their electric
plants when lights are not required.
Nearly all have perfectly equipped lhun-
dries independent Of the tubs in each
kitchen StorCrooms are. OF course, pro-
yidad
But guest apartments are rather new.
These are suits set apart to be rented IN
single rooms 10 tenants Hospitality inclined,
who lack sDaco for guests.
Servants quarters. outside OF and apart
from the main m6nage, recommend them
selves n an innovation equally desirable
So do the sun parlors which crown sone OF
tho roofs These furnish excellent play
places for little folk and old folk in stormy
weather.
Fvervvyherp there il n laudable attempt
to lct in the light and make the most of it.
In the upper streets and avenues of New
York. which are almost solidly apartment
built, one lecs nearly every imaginable
Joyi,o for yar,ilotinp and brichtppas