Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-19

as carefully studied in their lofty base
ment as the editor in his upper room. The
compositors have quarters which a mer-
chant prince In London mighty envy.
Every comp. has his own cupboard. where
he puts his outdoor clothes when at work.
s,vely handed over to these men OF the limo
and OF the. stick The lavatory accommo-
dalton with Its mosaic foors. plated pipes
and marble wallis. comes as surprise. The
composing room n In keeping. 1t 10 very
lofty and elaborate provision n made to
insure coolneu In summer. Those who
know what summer TINA In q southern
printing once means win Be best able to
Ths system OF care for the employees has
not been connned to the buildinga The
Star employees resemble nothing 70 much
as family clan. their chieftain being Mr..
s. H. Kaufman. president OF The Star
Company. Mr. Kaufman takes special
pride in printing. and he has band OF men
around him who have grown old In his ser
vice. Son succeeds father and grandson
son In The Star Offices. The comps. here
are not merely human parts Of a machine.
but are members of a great body. Once a
printer enters The Star ONCE he regards
himself as settled for life. for he knows
that II he keeps up TO his work he Will be
cared for when he is sick and pensioned
when he IL old
All this, / may be told. is not business.
Perhaps not. yet In this case Sc seems to
have answered we'll even from a business
point OF view. The Star started In a
shanty. and is now In a palace. and the
money for the change was made out OF the
paper. The admirable get-up OF the daily
sheet speaks for itself. And In the times Of
strain. which must come In any journal
with a long history. the proprietors have
found that they had body OF men willing
to stand by them with other interests than
their weekly wages alone.
The Good Influence of Cleanliness.
The provision of shower baths. cupboards
and the like for the printers has. in the
opinion of Mr. Kaufman. answered even
from the immediate commercial point OF
view. They have induced carefulness and
elaborate cleanliness which serve the
paper well. II is not beneficial to have a
composing room like a pig-stye. When the
men have facilities for being clean, they.
a matter of course keep their limos.
and other appliances clean. and this saves
wear and tear. The composing room OF
The Star Is for daintiness Of detail more
like a lady's boudoir than a printing room
Of the old time; yet II is a place where
very solid and smart work Is done.
The printers themselves appreciate It.
The Evening Star chapel made a formal
resolution to this effect when they entered
their new home. After being Installed in
the new Star building, the members Of The
Star chapel of the Columbia Typographical
Union, No. 1Ol, desiring to make open er-
preston OF their sense of enjoyment OF the
this 4th day OF July, 1900 passed the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved. That. being located In the new
and beautiful composing room, with its
modern and complete mechanical equipment
and conveniences to facilitate and make
pleasant the discharge of duties. we ex-
press to The Evening Star Newspaper Com
pany. through this resolution, full appre-
citation of our surroundings. and also con-
vey to the company our sincere thanks for
the liberal spirit and interest manifested in
the welfare OF its employees"
The News Rooms.
The news rooms and editorial departments
are on a similar scale TO the composing
room. There is a very elaborate system OK
pneumatic tubes. which reduces moving
about to a minimum. Every reporter and
writer has a roll-top desk and swinging
chair and Remington typewriter. The re-
porters are expected to type their work, IL
being found that this saves work at both
ends, enabling the reporter TO get out his
copy quicker. and is easier for the printers
to set up. This is an innovation which
English papers-notably the Daily Mall
are now adopting.
club is run In the building for The
Star staff, where recreation and refresh
ment can be had. This was started, not
alone for the comfort OF the staff, but to
enable them TO be on the spot when wanted
If the men are scattered about at the time
of some sudden emergency, delays arise. III
they are In their own club, they can be
found at once. The club premises are
worthy the rest Of the building. though they
are eclipsed by the consulting and recrea-
tive rooms for the heads Of the paper.
These are the most perfect specimens of old
Dutch style / have ever found. and have
delightfully."- quaint old German kitchen at
tached to them.
A Palace Worthy of Washington
The idea of Mr.. Kaufman and his COL
leagues was to build a palace worthy OF
Washington. and they have more than sue
ceeded- 1t is difficult for outsiders TO real
ize the intense civic pride the people OF
Washington have in IT. In New York. In
Chicago and in Philadelphia. one hears the
people continually pouring scorn on their
city, sneering at its government and deplOr-
ing its abuses. In Washington every man
seems to think that the city is his. to be
looked after by him: and he would resent
a sneer at 1t more than blow at himself.
Splendid buildings. not merely gigantic and
costly, but artistic, are springing up on
every side, and The Star office can stand
beside even those put up by the richest
government on earth, without fear Of suf-
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