The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-07
THOMAsES' APARTMENT
FoRTY-FIVE THOUSAND is WHAT
THEY PAY
Suite of Five Rooms at the St. Regis
spIendidIy Fitted Up With Inlaid
Furniture and Solid Silver Pipes in
the Bathroom

Mr.. and Mrs. E. R.5Thomas, of New
York, who are. rapidly becoming some
bodies by sheer force of spending
money, have lately distinguished them
selves by taking suite at the St.
Regis hotel which is the recently
erected rival of the Waldorf. Mr..
Thomas is a millionaire racing man
and his wife has social aspirations
which seem by way of being satisfied.
This wonderful suite of five rooms is
not very large and was designed, in
manner, for royalty. Almost every ho-
tel has some apartment set aside for
particular guests, and in this case the
rooms were so luxurious the builder of
the house had his doubts about their
ever being occupied. when 10, they were
the first rooms taken! The price paid
for the lodging of these milionaires
comes within Sc, 600 of the salary paid
to our chief executive. And really all
they get out of the immense eXpendl-
ture is a place to sleep. Should they
be sufferers from insomnia, these
Thomases, it is exceedingly doubtful
whether the thought that they are pay
ing the largest price OF any one IN New
York for an apartment, will put them
10 sleep. Sleep is one of the GOOD
things of this world that you cannot
buy with money.
The five rooms of this wonderful
apartment consist of salon, library,
bathroom and two bedrooms. In one
of the latter is a bed that is SAID TO pc
the most beautiful thing of the klnd
ever made being of solid mahogany
inlaid with gold and mother of pearl.
Upon this Mrs. Thomas will lay her
weary bones. The bathroom from the
description is really the most interest
ing of all; the water pipes are OF soma
silver-which ought to help little
and the water especially diSl1llea'
There are other pipes from winch now
perfumes; you can have-l should say
the Thomases can have bath OF vlo-
let water or any other perfume they
want. The air which these Thomases
will breathe will be subjected to nj
tration by the latest process before De-
ing allowed to enter their opulent
lungs. Beside being filtered it is to
pass through water. No microbes VIII
be found upon the Thomases. The
rooms will be cleaned by suction.
lovely process which blows everything
away that is not fastened down. The
only thing which bothers me is to know
what "them Thomases" are going to do
when invited out to dinner and sub
1ected to the indignity of breathing
unfiltered air. Not to mention that
they will at times have to go out doors
and breathe the same air as the hol
polloi AS far as / can make out some
sort of a big tube will have to be made
to blow those same Thomases from
place to place without danger of en-
countering the perils which are daily
faced by ordinary folk.
Mr.. Thomas, we are told, is very tall
and slim. Of Mrs. Thomas l am not
able to obtain the exact dimensions,
but we are vouchsafed the information
that she is from the South and wanted
the $4,000 suite, so husband pur-
chased it for her. Let us hope she is
not too long for that inIaid bed.
Now of course there is nothing to be
seen from the windows of this costly
apartment save brick walls and pave
ments, but as it is not proper form to
look out of the window this will be no
drawback to the Thomases having a
good time. There is so much to be
seen inside that there can be no posi-
BILE reason for looking out. And doubt
less Mrs T. will keep the perfume
pipes SO busy that she will have less
time than ordinary folk for minding
her neighbors' affairs. The bathtub is
undoubtedly of solid gold although it
is not so mentioned in the specifica
tons, and the soap dish of followed
out emerald. Nothing much can be
done in the matter of enrolling soap,
as any little setting of gold or inlaying
of jewels might take from its useful
ness. However, it is safe to presume
that the Thomases have the best soap
that has ever yet happened, almost as
good as that which is made in West st.
Paul. oh, to be a Thomas!
However, let us not repine Inlaid
beds and solid silver pipes are nice
things to have in a house, but it be-
hooves us to remember that one can
only eat meal at a time, wear one
costume, and one can sleep as well in
fiat at thirty month as the Thorn
asses can at the st. Regis. The only
things which one does feel little sore
about are the filtered air and the per-