Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19
NEW YORK NEWS ITEMS
Doings Gathered In and About
Busy Gotham and Its Vicinity

loose wave is "in" Even straight
hair is under consideration, but it must
be glossy. The change has come about
1t is said, because any woman who has
little spare change may be mar
celled' by one of the towns thousand
hairdressers, but to keep tresses in the
new loose wave means one must have
maid to give daily attention to it.
Cooperative Homes
Cooperative apartment houses, which
are receiving so much attention from
promoters and builders in Manhattan
today, are not new departure in the
real estate field, but rather the revival
of a movement begun about fifteen
years ago, which was later discouraged
by the failure of the company which
built the Spanish flats" now known
as the Navarro apartments. The idea
is based on the home club system,
which is found in Scotland and on the
continent, where the custom of own
ing a floor has existed for centuries
The pioneer among these houses in
New York is the Rembrandt, on West
Fifty-seventh street, which was fol-
lowed by so Madison avenue and later
by 121 Madison avenue. After these
came the Knickerbocker, Fifth avenue
and Twenty eighth street; the Barring
ton, on Twenty-f1fth street; the Berk-
shire, Fifty-second street and Madison
avenue; the Randolph, on West Eigh-
teenth street; the Chelsea, on West
Twenty-third street; the Hubert asso-
citation, on West Fifty-ninth street, and
the G.: mercy, in Gramercy park. In
most of these the members of the CO.
operative company each receives a
share of stock representing his invest
ment in the property and also proprie-
tary lease to an apartment, thus pro-
tecting him not only in the possession
of his habitation, but also in his pro-
portion of any profit that there may be
in the enterprise. In the case of the
Spanish flats the fee was not the
property of the tenants association,
but of the operating company, which
failed, and under foreclosure proceed
ings the leases, which were given for
ninety-nine years, were wiped out.
About six years ago Harry Ranger and
an association of architects organized
company and erected a studio build
ing on West Sixty-seventh street. That
began the revival of this character of
operation, which promises to become
one of the most notable movements in
Manhattan's reconstruction.
An Auto Wine Cellar
The modern devotee of the gasoline
car is not satisfied with his sport un-
less he is provided with all the COM
forts of home while making a tour.
Observers wouldn't be astonished to
learn of the woman of fashion demand
ing tonneau big enough to be divided
into a suite of rooms, and when she
gets that possibly she'll want bal
cony at every window with hanging
garden at the roof. The newest com
fort is the auto wine cellar. One such
has been made to order for Mrs. Fred
erick Vanderbilt, who though she bare
ly touches her lips to her own glass,
as a rule, is always annoyed If she
cannot serve at least something as
commonplace as champagne to her
friends at a wayside luncheon. Ham
pers for transportation of edibles in
touring cars are old stories, but the
wine cellar seemed impracticable. ow-
ing to the probability of breakage,
until Mrs. Vanderbilt hit upon the idea