New Ulm review., 1921-03-16
OUR REST ROOM
GETS BOUQUETS
ILLUSTRATION AND COMMENT
PRINTED IN THE FARMER
OF ST. PAUL.
LAUDATORY LETTER WRITTEN
CITY CLERK BY EDITOR
OF DEPARTMENT.

1t usually remains for an outsider to
come to New Ulm and tell us about
the many advantages s-natural and
otherwise our beautiful little
y city possesses. Not that we do not
know how to appreciate these advan-
tages, but in the course of time we
have become so accustomed to them
that the ''newness" wears off and they
become commonpla ces.
Convenience for Mothers.
One of these advantages, that
specially interests women and children,
is the modernly equipped and COM
fortably appointed rest room in the
new municipal building. The mem
bers of the fair sex in this community
do not seem to have become ac-
customed to this great convenience as
yet, for it is not patronized as generally
as might be- Some people evidently
are of the opinion that this rest room
is not intended for common folks, but
in this they are mistaken, for the
purpose Of the rest room is everything
that the name implies-and, best of
all, everybody is welcome to make use
of it.
Bouquets For Rest Room.
Recently, Anna Harper, editor of
the Household Department Of The:
Farmer, st. Paul, came to New Ulm
and paid visit to the city hall rest
room. She was so much impressed
with it in general that she had local
photographer take picture Of the in
terror and this illustration appeared in
the March 5 issue of that magazine.
Inasmuch as The Farmer is widely
circulated among the tillers of the soil
in this section of the state, as well as
elsewhere, the halftone and the ac-
campaigning favorable. writes up snuufd
help to greatly add to the popularity
of the coZy room.
Writes Laudatory Letter.
In addition to the free publicity
which our rest room has received as a
result of the magazine illustration and
write-up, Miss Harper wrote a lauda-
tory letter to City Clerk William P.
Backer, in which she says: Under
separate cover I am sending you a
marked copy of The Farmer of March
5, which contains picture of the City
Hall Rest Room of New Ulm. We.
are certainly glad that it was possible
for us to obtain this picture and wish
to congratulate the residents of New
Ulm in planning such a splendid room
for the use of mothers of the vicinity.
Thanking you for your kindness and
courtesy to me, l am cordially yours,
The Farmer, Dan A. Wallace, Direct
ing Editor, by Anna Harper, Editor
Household Department.
The Magazine Write-up.
Under the heading "A City Hall
Rest Room" The Farmer has the
following to say about the rest room
in our municipal building.
when the afternoons shopping is
completed and the children are tired
and restless, the mothers of Brown
County, Mimi, are most fortunate in
having availablea beautifully furnished
rest room in the city hall at New Ulm.
''This rest room, which is open to ALL
is almost luxurious in its appointments.
The floors are of oak and the wood
work of hard maple. There are COM
Portable chairs of brown wicker, up
holstered in leather, writing desk, a
couch, screen and two hall trees.
In an adjoining toilet room is a full
length mirror.
"As a part Of their 100000 city
hall, Brown County should be justly
proud of this rest room which was SO
thoughtfully designed for the comfort