from boston .com; th. 5/15. Sidekick section and community calendar with photos, describing improvements in the rest rooms at Boston's Lenox Hotel,
Newbury St. entrance. Updated womens room has new marble sinks, 2 way mirrors, and upgraded stalls; butt "the men's room is the real attraction
here," says the Globe insert, "sleek, with waterless urinals,with a tv screen above each one,?????and a cartridge which traps urine and sucks it down
the drain, saving the hotel 40,000 gals. of water annually. Commendable water savings, BUT what's the schtick with the tvs above? Following Boston's
sports team scores, or ticker tapes on stock markets? 
Other rest
rooms covered include the Ritz Carlton, 10 Avery St.; the Hotel Commonwealth, 500 Com. Ave; Boston Public Library, oh, yeah 
; and the Wall Co. automatic toilets. 6 locations. 1. in front of Boston City
Hall; 2. at Popuolo Park in the North End; 3.at the Charlestown Navy Yard; 4. in front of the Boston Public Library; 5. in front of the Aquarium; and 6. in
front of the Boston Design Center, on Drydock Ave. The article describes "That thing that broke?" which looks like a ticket booth.
... Look closer, it's a self cleaning public pay toilet, drop in a quarter,
wait for the doors to open, step inside, do your business, and then press the exit button. "The doors open automatically in 25 minutes." 
We're invited to take the Globe's photo quiz, at "boston.com/things to do" 
Other rest
rooms covered include the Ritz Carlton, 10 Avery St.; the Hotel Commonwealth, 500 Com. Ave; Boston Public Library, oh, yeah ; and the Wall Co. automatic toilets. 6 locations. 1. in front of Boston City
Hall; 2. at Popuolo Park in the North End; 3.at the Charlestown Navy Yard; 4. in front of the Boston Public Library; 5. in front of the Aquarium; and 6. in
front of the Boston Design Center, on Drydock Ave. The article describes "That thing that broke?" which looks like a ticket booth.... Look closer, it's a self cleaning public pay toilet, drop in a quarter,
wait for the doors to open, step inside, do your business, and then press the exit button. "The doors open automatically in 25 minutes." We're invited to take the Globe's photo quiz, at "boston.com/things to do"
from our staid Boston Globe.
My
penny pinching Scottish mother and her sisters, (of the "workin' girls' generation," allowed to work before marriage, but NOT after, former
telephone operators, salesgirls, and office workers.)They and we girl cousins, shopped there twice annually, for the lowest prices, decades before the chain
stores came along.What we didn't get at Filene's basement was made by our mothers on peddle driven Singer Sewing machines. There were 12 cousins to
be clothed, boys, and girls, on then limited incomes. (Nine of us are still alive and well, and we get laughing so hard we can't stop with the family
stories.
via the MTA, 10 cents fare for under 12, and about 25 cents, for adults,
back to our suburb. Definitely no frills, and few rest rooms. If it was snowing, it took longer. 
