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seated at one time. Much care has been devoted to 

 the decoration of this hall; the pillars have exercised 

 all the ingenuity of modellers, and are dadoed and 

 frescoed in accordance with all the requirements of 

 high art. 



" Part of the duty of the management will be to 

 ensure a rapid service to customers ; indeed, such will 

 be a necessity, and to thoroughly carry this out there 

 are half a score of rapid lifts communicating with the 

 domain of the cooks. The floor space is of dimensions 

 sufficient to provide for a public billiard room, and 

 a comfortable smoking room and lounge, fitted up in 

 accordance with the rest of the institution. This much 

 is for casual visitors, the lodgers and all such patrons 

 of the hotel live in a world of their own in the upper 

 stories. On the second floor they have their drawing 

 rooms, reception rooms, breakfast and dining rooms, 

 rooms where ladies and their friends may gossip over 

 the five o'clock tea, sitting rooms, lounges, and a bil- 

 liard room, every one of which will be directly lighted. 

 Light and ventilation are features of the Federal 

 Coffee Palace. Oriel and bay windows are numerous 

 to increase the beauty of these apartments, and in 

 each one there are ventilating shafts to carry away 

 impure air. In this way a blast comes from below 

 and sweeps the vitiated atmosphere above it through 



