Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-13
PRINT SHOP
TOLD OF BY HASkIN
Daily Letter by Frederic ;. Haskin

Every inch of ~serviceable space
in the huge building was USED LOT
machinery and workers. But Nlr,
Carter studied the pointed roof anu
the useless attic under it. he oe--
cided that the roof could be raised
a. the sides to form a complete
eiehth story. He called ms en-
Moves together and talked 1t over,
and the result was that the bureau
decided to go into the cafeteria
brsir ess or a large and eflcieht
scale. The government would pay
for the alterations in the pulldlhg
and for equipment, and the en-
rIoyes' association would undertake
to nance and direct the business
Employees Save Money
A fund of $4,000 was raised oy
contributions Of one or two doiiais
from every member of n new as
ISOLATION and with this capllal Tue
cafeteria started doing business
January go. Today Mr.. Carter estl-
males that $4,000 meals have been
served and the cafeteria is saving
thc employees Of the office 100000
a year. u
said to be from rs to SO per cent
cheaner than those in restaurants
in the vicinity of the bureau. Tne
printing office sells soup TO ltsolt
at G cents a bowl. Salad is ~ cents;
sandwiches are s.: q pint ot mi:k.
G: pie and cake, 8; and vegetables
are 5 and s cents. Even with THESE
low prices the association epofts
that it has replaced the $4,oO0 win
which it started and h a 1t mas
made 81, 200 profit in addition.
The twenty-four hour day on
which the cafeteria is obliged 10 or
crate, runs smoothly. The employe
who comes on duty for night Wo"k
can get late supper before he starts
his shift, lunch in the early morn
ing. and breakfast before ne leaves
tho office; while the day worker
can get his three meals at the GALE
terra in a. more usual order. Sew
| eraI hundred of the employees DO
take advantage of this opportun>
TO eat all of their meals at the office
and thus to save considerable
money.
Nearly every employe in the
printing office eats lunch i'll the
| cafeteria. Before it was opened
these who brought lunch ate at the
presses and machines where they
were working. The Cafeteria Asso-
i citation decided, however, that every
worker should have a change OF
| environment during the lunch De
rioG. Accordingly tables were pro-
yided in the cafeteria Tor persons
bringing lunches from home. For
these employees too there is a snort
order counter where they can quick
ly buy a cup of coffee or a piece
Of cake to supplement their lunches
The entire eighth floor of the big
red printing office belongs to the
emnloyes, There are rest rooms,
shower baths, a well equipped bowl,
ing alley, and a large assembly hal
with a stage at one end. h en-
n~loyees bought a $1,400 grand
piano for this hall. But their sense
4 of fitness did not allow them to
use SO dignihed an instrument for
lunch time dancing. So a sturdy
upright piano that could be ham
mered without fear of injury was
added to the furnishings OF "Har-
ding Hail."
The Musical Scrub Lady
A player piano stands In one cor
ner of this room, too: BY
a nickel in the slot dance music or
a classical concert can be enjoyed
when there is no musician ON haad
This player piano is extremely
pcpular, Mr.. Carter says. Late the
| other night he happened 20 pass
through the assembly hall. 1t was
| empty save for a solitary SCRUB
woman who stood with hands on
her hips listening with blissful sat
isfaction to Beethoven's Minuet. Re
Gently the piano refused to work 70
the great alarm of numerous en-
ployees. The manufacturing COM
pany was appealed to and the sug-
gestion came back that, while the
piano had been in use only a short
time, it was Just possible that it
might be suffering from a superhu-
ity of nickels. The pox was opened
ana the mysterious ailment reme-
died.
When the eighth floor was plan
ned Mr. Carter saw the possibili-
ties of a roof garden-not an elabo-
rate affair with potted plants and
fancy awnings-but q shady, railed-
in fiat roof where employees could
spend their rest time out OF doors
without going out into the noisy
streets. The root garden plan wal
carried out and it is regarded as
great success.
During the extremely hot wealth
er, men who quit work at a la.'
hour come up to the roof to coo