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...measuring 3 1-2 feet in length, an old-fashioned pull-chain toilet, and a marble washstand. Paul Miller '46 and his wife, Marjorie, have one of the few suites which is equipped with a shower. Necessarily, too, claims Miller, who measures 6 feet-seven, a height which Brunswick tubs were obviously not designed to accommodate...
...best buy," and proceeds to go about making the most of the meager furniture which is provided--two chairs, a "sofa" and a table for the living room; a chair, bed or beds, and chest of drawers for the bedroom. Rooms on the first three floors of the Brunswick's five are a stately type, set off with bay windows overlooking Boylston Street for Copley Square, and fireplaces which comprise 19th century works of art in black walnut. Almost every living room has a mammouth mirror over one of those classic mantels...
...streamlined washing machines--a kind that takes clothes soiled and dry in one lump and, for a dime in a slot, turns them out damp and clean half an hour later, with no personal attention in between--are another Brunswick selling point to a student's wife, who is apt to have an 8 hour-a-day job in Boston or Cambridge...
Although breakfast and dinner is served to Brunswick residents in a paneled basement dining room, taking meals at the hotel is not compulsory, and some couples prefer to eat on the way to and from the university. Efforts are made, however, to provide varied dinners and breakfasts, similar to those served at Harvard Houses, for $17.50 per week per couple. The Draytons and the Raymond W. Ralstons (he, a graduate student in Physics) feel "portions could be larger" at the hotel dining hall, while Harry Eckstein '46 (a government concentrator) and his wife, Vivian, say the food at the hotel...
...Brunswick rents range from $25 to $80--suites on lower floors on inside courtyards renting more cheaply than those in outside corner positions. So a married veteran student, with his $90 per month subsistence from uncle Sam and, invariably, his wife's salary, manages to come nearer making both ends meet at the Brunswick...