The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17
Cities Under a Single Roof
which are Marvels.
EVERYTHING IS PROVIDED
you Need Leave Only to Slecp-Au
other Necessities Of Life to be
had in the Once Building-One
Of them with n Population OF 15,-
600 Persons.

iEC In New nOrh tlty nave comforts
and conyenicnces under their roofs
that in a smaller place 1t would be
necessary to go over the entire to- Sn
10 get Everything virtually but
sleeping quarters Is provided. oven
TO symnasiums and musical enter
ta,nments. The latter may be en-
loved from the top OF some lofty
structure whilo the patron Is eating
an excellent meal and gazing over
the picturesque harbor OF the great
est city in the world.
4 bv vsiness man needn't be annoy
I'd II late In tho afternoon he hears
from friends visiting the city and
finds II necessary to entertain them
on short notice. OF course. he is
not dressed for the occasion. but
that is a matter easily attended to.
First Of all. he steps into the eleyn-
tor to the ticket Office in the bu. Id
ing and secures tickets for theatre.
Then he steps into the tailor shop.
II he lasn't ta'-cn the precpution
70 Leave his evening cio, hes iu one
OF the lockers there he is able u
have his business suit pres. ed while
hc waits. or In a pinch he May r,at
some after DARK wearing appara.
li his linen is a trina soilcl, q takes
but a minute TO step into jha laber-
dasher's on the same floor aad re-
place It.
After a session with the barber
and the manicure an attendant has
bath ready for him at the proper
temperature. While he is having
his hair trimmed long distance
telephone call comes in from Chica-
60
He has informed his Office assist
ants OF his whereabouts and the op-
orator switches the connection % the
barber shop. 4 portable telephone
IS brought to the business man, and
without leaving his chair or even
interfering with the barber he car
res on a conversation over the wire.
That reminds him that il Is not
a bad idea to save time by having
his friends meet him at dinner in the
terer-upon the roof or wherever
tie restaurant happens TO be, tor
maybe it's one OF the rdthskellcr
Lind-to reserve BILE ne wiggles
the receiver hook, gets central aga.n
and notifies his friends uptown OF
tie arrangement.
He's able TO dictate a letter or
Two over the telephone TO his steno-
grapher while having his shoes pol
ished, and after ordering some flow
ers and candy for the women Of the
party at the florists outside the bar
ber shop to be delivered at the res
t2urant later he goes back, to his Of
fee after an absence OF less than an
hour, during which he has lost little
II any time from business.
The friends arrive just as the bus
mess man Is signing his letters
They have come by the elevated rail-
DAD which has a special entrance
into the building. and they will leave
later through a tunnel from the bot
tom OF the elevator shaft into a
nearby subway station.
But before they start for the thea
tre several hours may be comforta-
bly, spent at dinner in the building,
made more enjoyable by a good or
thestra
One OF the large Broadwa:' build
ngs besides sheltering theatre also
boasts of the following luxuries that
tenants there may have under one
roof; physical culture school, a
fencing academy, tailor, dyer and
cleanser, massage establishment, bif-
Hard and pool rooms, bowling alleys
restaurant. saloon, shoe shining
stand. tobacco store, jewelry shop,
where the balky time piece may be
looked after; telegraph and cable
Office, booths, barber shop, dentist
doctor, and for the comfort OF the
women a hairdresser's and millin-
cry establishment
Several buildings which are used
largely by lawyers and eng neers
contain splendidly equipped libra
ries, while In others in the fnanHlal
district, there are branches OF bans
or the main establishment, so that
customers who have large deposits
TO make regularly are assured OF
Increased safety by moving INTO
these quarters.
One Of the new buildings not far
from the automobile belt up in the
Forties has added a well adapted
garage. This Is feature that s
bound TO come to many other Du'Iu-
ings. And so one comfort lnho'a-
non follows another. II Is not De-
yond possibility that the time Is ho'
far hence when :. man may sleep
carry on his vocation and live In the
same building.
The modern skscrapper is coming
20 be a complete community In u
self, and a mighty big one when
measured by the standard OF towns
else where. especially In the case o'
the new structure that Is 10 mouse