, all brand new and marked
"John Convert." Upon the dressing case was a small jewel box, containing
several kinds of gold cuff buttons, diamond scarf pins, and a solid gold
watch, on the inside of which was inscribed, "From Arletta to John."
It took some time for me to get over the wonderment into which I was
plunged at the sight of these things, and the contemplation of how far
Arletta intended going before ceasing her benevolent acts towards me,
but after spending an hour or two in becoming accustomed to my
surroundings and putting the various articles away into the bureaus and
wardrobes, I decided to make a general survey of the entire hotel
premises.
I learned that the Waldoria Hotel was thirty stories high, and covered
an entire block in the most fashionable district in New York City. In
many ways it resembled a small city in itself, containing a bank,
theatre, music hall, photograph gallery, art studio, gymnasium, laundry,
electric plant, Turkish baths, tonsorial apartments, brokers' offices,
library, and various ball-rooms, besides four different restaurants, two
cafes, and several reception and smoking rooms for the use of its
patrons.
The entire roof of the building was utilized as a promenade and summer
garden for musical entertainments.
The hotel could accommodate about three thousand guests, who occupied
apartments, the rentals of which cost from three to one hundred and
fifty dollars per day. About two thousand employees were necessary to
keep the establishment in good running order.
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