The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-30
] CITIES UNDER 4
! SINGLE ROOF !
Comforts and Eeesssaries to Be Had !
In the Big 0nce BHildinss /
Of Men Iefk. {

"a Il THRILLS Oh Inc newer ONCE 0uif
!. ings in New York City have col
forts and conTeElerces under the
= roofs that in a smaller place it woul
. De necessary to go over the enti'
!. town TO get, says the New York SUI
j. Everything virtually but sleepin
. quarters is provided. even 10 gymni
saums and musical entertainment:
The latter may be enjoyed from th
top of some lofty structure Will
: the patron is eating an excellent mea
:. and gazing over the picturesque hal
Dor of the second greatest city II
;, the world.
A business man needn't be annoyes
. II late in the afternoon he hear
from friends visiting the city anG
finds it necessary to entertain then
. on short notice OF course, he 1:
!. not dressed for the occasion, but tina;
is matter easily attended to.
First OF all, he steps into the eie
vatoT and descends to the ticket of
ice in the building and secures tic.
kets for theatre. Then he sfen=
into the Ia ilar ~ShoD-
IL ne hasn't taken the precaution
to leave his evening clothes i'm one
OF the lockers there he is able to
have MS business suit pressed while
ne waits. or in pinch he may rent
some after-dark wearing apparel. II
his linen is trif1e soiled it takes
out minute to step into the haber-
fdasher's on the same floor and re-
place 1t.
After a session with the barber
and the manicure, an attendant has
a bath for him at the proper tenn
perature. While he is having his
hair trimmed lonsdistance tele-
phone call comes in from Chicago.
He has informed his Office assist
ants OF his whereabouts and the op-
orator switches the connection to
the barber shop. A portable tele-
phone is brougt TO the business man.
and without leaving his chair or even
interfering with the barber he carries
on conversation over the wire.
That reminds him that it is not a
bad idea TO save time By having his
friends meet him at dinner in the
building. After calling up the caterer
Upon the ROOT. Or wherever the rest
aurant happens to be, for maybe it's
one OF the rathskeIIer kind-to re-
Serve a table he. wiggIes the receiv-
er hook, gets central again and mott
fes his friends uptown OF the ar
rangement.
He's able to dictate a letter or 80 |
over the telephone to his stenograph- |
er while having his shoes polished. |
and after ordering some flowers AMI |
candy for The women of the party /
al the florists outside the barber shop /
to be delivered at the restaurant lat
er, ne goes back TO his Office after
an absence of less than an hour. dur
ing which ne has lost little If any
time from business.
The friends arrive just as the bust
ness man is signing his letters. They
nave come By the elevated railroad
which has special entrance into |
the building, and they will leave lat
/
of the elevator shaft into a nearby
subway station
But before they start fer the thea
re several hours may be comfort
ably spent at dinner in the building.
made more enjoyable by good or
,hestra.
There are several office buildings
downtown where, il a tenant knows
Just whom tc speak to, he may get
sleeping quarters over night with the
'aretaker's family. Fer in nearly all
OF the larger Office buildings the
'aresaker or custodian along with his ,
amily has quarters in the place. liz
most cases this is on the roof.
Not long ago lawyer downtown,
preparing an urgent case for court,
ound that it would be necessary for =
Inn to work the better part of the
light. He lived in Jersey, making
out OF the question for him to go Il
ONE; also he was far from hotel @
nd didn't care about losing the val n
able time during which he might be b
leepiIg. e
I'll fix you up" said the janitor il
18th wink.
And he did in comfortable style. Il
he lawyer commented afterward on O
lie fact that the bed was as nice c,
Id cieanly as in my first-class fo- t,
t. The news of this mans find b
read about and now it is possible in Ia
any. cases to get sleeping quarters s
skyscrapers, though possibly it II
ay not be with the approval OF Ii
e buildings owners One OF the q
rye Broadway buildings besides
elterfng a theatre also boasts OF ia
e following Injuries that tenants hi
ere may have under one roof: a "
lysical culture school, a fencing ia
ademy, tailor, dyer and cleanser. h.
assage establishment, billiard and so
ol rooms, bowling alleys, restaurant, FL
loon, shoe shining stand. tobacco Al
ore, jewelry shop (where the balky in
nepiece may be looked after), tele- mi
aph and cabe Office, baths, bar m
shop, dentist, doctor, and for the On
mfort of the women hairdresser's 40
d a millinery establishment. IN.
Several buildings which are used o.,
gely by lawyers and engineers con- So
n splendidly equipped Libraries, ve
Tile in others. in the financial dis IN
ct, there are branches of banks. r.,
the main establishment, SO that DIN
'tomers who have large deposits 90,
make regularly are assured OF in Tn,
ased safety by moving into these !
lrters.
)ne OF the new buildings not far so-
% the automobile belt up in the Tro
ties has added well appointed ne,
age. This is a feature that Is To-,
md TO come to many other build. are
$. And so one comfort innovation "
ows another. It is beyond posi- w,