The Washington herald., 1922-02-05
new YORK; LIFE
DELUXE VIEWED
As BEWILDERDNC
Mcintyre Tells Of Cor.
geous Scenes in Is
Room Apartments. :,
By o. o. M,INTYRE.

NEW YORK, Feb. THE mere-
tricious briiliancy of New York's
de luxe apartments Is bewiidering.
One in particular fiings a majestic
facade skyward sins the peae eful
purlieus of upper Park avenue. The
only entrances are by motor cir
cling in from the street. -
Two footmen in powdered wigs
and knickerbockers agiitter with
silver buckles stand to turn the
revolving door. Inside awaits an
other lackey whose costume ih even
more gorgeous. He has a superb
English drawl and is completely
overawing in his grandeur.
The elevator operators are knick-
crbockered and their slippers are
bright with buckles. No detail Is
lacking in ultra razzTe-dazzle. The
telephone girls might well grace
the front row chorus of a reiEning
musical comedy hit. There is an
operator for each tenant.
Hidden lights she5 soft glow on
gracefully carved settees and enor-
mously high-back and brocaded
chairs, plucked from royal me-
nages, in the foyer. There are no
Railways. The elevators stop at
private entrances to each apart
ment, and no apartment has less
than fifteen rooms.
Special elevators carry children
and nursemaids, who are hidden
away as much as possible. One
imagines a book agent, once insi9e.
meeting no milder fate than IN,
guillotine. a
The florist department alone IS
larger than any shop on Fifth ave-
nue., and furnishes free to tenants
flowers for table decorations at sll
meals. One may have home
cooked dinner or, by pressing a
button. bring the French cusinie:
from the nfarblcd labyrinths below.
He will suggest the dinner, pre-
pare II. and have 1t served by
hand d-picked walters. Each apart
ment has its little court. with run
ming fountains and leapinE fish
sporting in the spray. Too on each
moor are a private barber, COLI
Keur, and tailor. catering gratis
to tenants. t. -, =
called to see a man by. inVi-
tation. He was in the throes of
An dllACk VI lhuibCoNiOh eHe ~"
cased in mountain high. soft, siikcn
blankets. once upon a time he was
a puddler. A mssseur, manicurist
and barber we're working over him.
TOO bad you're laid up" / Nen-
tured. yes" he groaned. 81 cat
too much cabbage yesterday" Later
the official perfume sprayers ar
rived and ] misunderstanding on
a double -barreled. six-piysPolar bear
rug en- route. But naughty No
end.
A doughty old clubman sat In
the bridge whist room Of his club the
other day waiting for some cronies.
A process server stepped in and
handed Him a summons in a suit
filed by a young sprite of the the
after for what the headline boys
call heart balm" He read II, tore
il up and tossed the remains into
the open fireplace. Cant trust
no one any more" he sighed. I'm
even getting suspicious of my boot
logger"
McrshaI p. Wilder used to say
that the New York subway was
built so that people could hide
going to Brooklyn. Brooklyn has
always been the butt of New York's
scorn for no reason at all. Brook
lyn Is peopled by those who like
fine homes with spacious lawns.
The home life there Is akin to that
of the small town and despite its
size there Is scarcely no night life.
Sunday morning Brooklyn makes
a church going event-dressing In
SUNDAY clothes and poinr homo IN
big Sunday MONDAY dinners: