The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-02

On the second floor Of the bu;,a.
Ing are the gymnasium, the Nm
room. . banquet room and MR..
classrooms. In one room q class .
zoo women and girls. most Of ~
the wives and daughters Of the -.
eign workmen, are taught s1vis.
machines ore provided N.
the pupils furnish their own M
terials and make any kind Of n,
parel they desire for themse,,s.
Next door Is q cooking class. MA
10 taught all the mysteries Of AZ.
tetics and table-setting, and vhi.s
at the end of the course, n -.
mited to try out its knowledse =,
Its parents BY inviting them "a !
delicately cooked and served har-
Quet- There are also classes IN m.
chanical drawing and shop MINI
matics for the men, as the ~" han.
dies the apprentice work for n.
steel plant.
The ballroom is quite magnif,.
cent, with q beautiful, smooth ~,
and an outdoor balcony sometimes
used to accommodate the orcher.
ira, and sometimes for the reiuy.
enation Of the weary dancers. just
off this room Is the BANQUET haIl
provided with long. thin tahlH
chairs, and q dumb waiter which
connects with the soda fountain m
the lobby and also with the kitchsn !
in the basement. The fountain NJ
ually supplies the refreshments for\
dances. while the kitchen takes cars
OF dinners and luncheons. Any
society or organization can arranrs
with the ~" to hold a BANQUET in
this room. and be served the same
as in hotel. According to the Gee.
rotary, on an average OF nine ban. |
Quets a week were accommodated
here during the month of May.
which was the close of the season
for many clubs and fraternities.
The various superinteadents Of
the steel plant have a luncheon
here every Tuesday, and the fore
mems club also uses it for an oc-
casional banquet. The representa-
tives elected by the employees find
it an excellent place to eat and talk
| over their problems, so that TIE
room is seldom idle.
The dormitories on the ton floor
Of the building. which house l55
men from the steel plant, are very
much like the rooms found in q
first class hotel. Most Of them ara
double rooms, with two large closf
cts, two beds and two bureaus, and
two kinds of decorations. some
times Yale and Harvard pennents
occurring in the same room.
The most interesting part Of the
"Y," however, is the basement,
! which contains cafeteria, bar
Der shop, bowling alleys, swim
ming pool, lockers and a bewilder-
ing variety of machinery for car
rying on the activities of the club.
Can Feed 5000.
The cafeteria is larger than most
hotel dining rooms, so that it can
serve, according to the secretary.
as many as 5000 people If called
upon to do so. So far it has had
to accommodate only 1000, This
is not because it lacks appreciation,
but because the men work only
eight hours a day now instead OF
| ten and eat on the job. Many Of
them leave their tin pals at the
"Y" as they 60 to work in the
! morning, and the cafeteria fills
them and sends them over to the
plant at noon. '
! The kitchen supplying the cafe
terra has the proud distinction Of
being the largest west of the, Mis-
sissippi. 1t contains several huge
gas ranges, built like coal stoves
and a lot OF interesting culinar!
equipment which we might hav'
taken more pains to investigate ha.
the kitchen been cooler. We dit
notice, however, a potato peeler
which peels Is pounds of potatoes
in a comparatively few minutes
and huge electric mixing machin'
which was mixing bowl OF =
eggs. Nearby was an egg-beate'
which was so large and wlry ina
/ it looked like bird cage.
After this we were led by MI
| Shelton, the secretary. abruptly IN
, to the refrigerating plant Which
/ turns out 900 pounds OF ice ever!
IL hours, and stores We forget nov
! many hundred pounds Of meat am
: fresh vegetables. Then came
!, view of the swimming pool 7 jus
, vacated by a few dozen workmen
} and a glimpse of the filtration sys
, tenn that pumps water into the poo
and pumps it out again three time
j a day. The water in the pool
| heated by steam pressure, the Goa
r used for this purpose being meas !.
i ured by a meter that registers ~
, consumption hour by hour. .,
As we returned once more 10 'n
lobby. a young girl in a pink glns
) ham dress and hat appeared a. ~
: front door. "Oh. there you si'
dad" she cried. as she caught sign
l of a tall, grey-haired swede In
: leather rocking chair. Have w.
forgotten that tonight is iaolc'
: bowling night and that you ps'u
Used to give me lesson?