On either side are staterooms, each about eight feet square, with latticed window and door, the upper half of which also is latticed to admit air. Bird's- eye maple woodwork inlaid with curiously grained woods is polished to satiny finish. Cabins usually are lighted from above. The men's berths are hung with olive-colored damask curtains, while fine blue silks drape those of the ladies. Floating palaces are these passenger vessels of The Age of Sail.
Days pass pleasantly enough for cabin passengers.
Aroma of broiled ham, eggs, frizzled bacon, spitchcock, salted shad fish, and mutton cutlets, through latticed door, calls us to breakfast at eight . Then a little cognac with Scheidam as a chaser. Very occasionally a small salad is served, but it looks a bit tired. Here the sofas, mirrors, long tables which so delight the feminine eye' furnish background for ocean flirtations. The sighing wind through rope and cable, the myriad stars and black expanse of sea, the helmsman with a speck of light on his charts, and the ghostly billowing sails overhead are left at last for the cozy cabin beneath.