The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-26


With tho convenience Of the houses corps
At their disposal In an emergency. But In
other apartments Ii found the arrangement
which, It Ia said. does away with the servant
problem. Such apartments command large
reptals, but the scale is fixed to furnish all
the servants needed At no extra cost except
q nominal amount for tips.
Perhaps this system lie best explained by
an enthusiast who for several years has
lived with his wife in house OF this kind
He went there after living for several years
In his own dwelling house and he's never
going back 10 that style Of living. he says.
Here are his reasons
We had all sorts OF trouble with servants
We'd have dinner party on the schedule
Tor guests whom We wanted TO impress.
The day before the dinner the cook would
leave-no apparent reason for her action
abe Just said that II was free country and
announced that she was leavln'.
30 my wife had TO hustle around to get
another cook, paid fees at about nine in
teiligence Offices to get a jewel in hurry
and finally got one. But she wasn't q
real iewel-only an imi, ation-snd the way
the dinner went was shame Everything
first time what The servant question really
meant
THAT started all our trouble. Wait
resses left. soms after giving notice and
some without. Ny man threw UP HE job.
Our corps Of servants was changing week
by week and never were We satisfied; ~
finally we tried the apartment hotel. THERE'S
nothing like it. We have four bedrooms,
a living room and bath. all connected by
private hallway.
And We have no more trouble Where
we live service is included In our rent.
We have practically the undivided attention
OF eight servants. One comes in twice
week and cleans the windows. Another
dusts and sweeps. have lot Of brass
work In my apart ments, and one man
keeps that shining There are maids for
my wife and valet for me within call, and
hall boys to do odds and ends.
We don't hive any bother with these
servants. II they don't do their work to
suit us a complaint at the Office shakes
things up and perhaps a new servant APP
pears. But we don't have TO 20 out and
hustle around employment agencies fer
them. and everything goes as smoothly as
ciookwork ,,.,a
'Of course, we have to tip them. but
when the freedom from care IL considered
the tips are well expended, and they ere
not at all exorbitant.
Downstairs Is . restaurant. We can
have food served In our rooms for dinner
party, or eat In the restaurant. as VIC please.
When we dine out at some hotel or accept
invitations we don't have to provide q
meal for servants or pay for meals that we
don't eat.
We have no sidswalk TO keep clean, no
furnace TO bother with, no coal to buy,
no gas bills coming in, and yet we are as
coeey and have as much seclusion As we did
when we kept house.
THE rent appears at first TO be high,
but when you consider what We get for our
money, il costs no moro than the houte
did and the freedom from care puts big
balance on the apartment side OF the COM
fort account
In apartments such a. this the rental
depends entirely on the size aud location
that part ocular establishment costs $1,000 Q
year.
So much for the servant problem. For
luxury and conveniences for the family
which has it's own servants, the newest
apart ment hotel. which towers like a sky
scraper and has no less than $500 rooms,
should be described. This is the building
already referred TO. II cost about q, 900 600
and though II has not been open very long it
is now half full and new tenants are coming
in all the time; this too. in spite Of the fact
that this is the dull time Of year. according
to the manager, who hopes to let every
suite In his building on Oct. /. the pop
ular moving time Of the year.
There is no hotel more extensively built
or better equipped than this new apart
ment. All It's rooms have hardwood floors.
It's halls are covered with the thickest
and most expensive carpe,s lite rooms are
papered with a covering that cost so cents
a yard, and the manager boasts that this
wall paper lie the same as that which Regi-
Maid Vanderbilt is 10 use in his home.
It's kitchens have porcelain washtubs,
and the hand basins, bathtubs and sinks
arc OF the same solid subst ance. Its dining
rooms are finished In white wood, and in
each is a chandelier that cost $500. This
Ia the sort OF luxury which goes with the
$500 hall bedroom and a private bath may
be added TO il for $3.50 year more.
such luxury comes high. The largest
suite on the chart brings rental Of 5000
a year, but II ono wishes more bedrooms
the house 10 40 arranged that they can be
connected with the suite. and bring up the
yearly rental to $4,000. That is probably
the top notch rental for apartments. con-
.iderina that service Is not included and
that the charge is simply for the unfur-
nished rooms.
For soon the tenant gets suite OF eiRh-
teen rooms having the southern exposure
and on the most desirable floor Of the build
ing. This includes eight or nine bed rooms.
three private bathrooms. parlor. dining
room 20 feet long by 10 wide. q music room,