New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22
ATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS.
NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS OF AN OLD
TRAVELLER.

and corner Of their ships Is being converter lo P
ing accommodations. BuIkheads that were pun uP
the fall giving spaces previously deVoted 10 ireis
being taken down and siaterooms restored Ill " WIZ"
will fest the table accommodations 10 the utinos" %
latter day steamers have very generally auop'eu ''
u,idsbiu saloon-a great improvement on the OUTLINE
saloon at the stern with staterooms surrounding
body knows that steamers have way Oh pu'H"e
noses down between their fOrelegs' IKE oueA'"e
Mexican mustang. and 1t always seems as II tne stern
tered into sport with malicious zeal ana ID o" ''
twice as high into the air either necessary vi
aor,eobla And every one who has been seasick
can yidy remember the effect OF this sudden motion on
the internal construction and the doubt arising "no
the same IL really safely secured. the sense OF hi's anu
| onward tendency" OF the internal system CAUSING
| grave apprehension on that point Again reasohapV
good appetite can utterly destroyed in Just one MIN
ute by the publicity given to the woes OF your nespo
7, ,ates woman though to announce her misery In a
striking manner. She can do 1t IN more ways WIN
more variations and more tones OF voice anu con'o'
more positively the situation than could dozen nen'
She always announces that she shall die and sometimes
fellow gets so tired of hearing 1t that he may De par
doned for hoping that she will keep her pionlse' D'
~ what the doctors say true and OF course they are
never known to say anything thOt not 1t Is great
relief to groan and when In palm III So soule Oi
! the poor things should experience a sudden cure
The new STYLE OF saloon amidshps abates oil TINS OIL
time nuisance and being nearly the centre OF gravity
| D.
rooms or berths within he ring distance the passengers
who are unaffected have and delightful place
TO lounge the soft velvet cushions and read can
conceive nothing more cheerful and paatial than the
saloons modern steamers OF the crack hhs present
when the weather permits full attendance at dinner
the racks OF cut and colored glasses oVerheah
ing in prismatc the bright light OF the lamps the
snoyy table cloths the tables loaded with the choicest
yands and bouquets OF flowers ntersporsed the popping
of champagne corks. the neatly dressed quiet good
looking walters ready TO attend to every want the augn
and Joke and such appettesl As one pauSes anu ooS
across OF wehed tables ana listens 10 the I
and chat conviction forces itself on his nina that
this "a progressive age and is really an ingenious
animal The idea not patentable but let us compare
the luxury OF travel across the Atlantic In tneSe ys
with what fathers had to endure. when passage "
yerpool by the old Black Ball Line was serious mat
ter involving pOnths Of preparation as wei az mob'
to accomplish. l never cross the Atlantic In one OF
these fine cleaners that the fact does not strike me most
forcby that in no part OF the world under no condition
OF travel there much given for the money Us on tue
trip from NewYork 10 Liverpool or vice versa ISElhH
into confederation the uxUry that surroun Is YOU the
attention the cleanliness. the table, which IL eqia 10
that any rscass hotel the style and good taste OF
the tout you feel really II you were In the society
OF unusually wellbred people; and have notce' tnas
the very tone things checks natural disposition To
g boggishness" The influence Of tho good form OF
things and acts restraint and as say you
! get n great deal for your money.
Take the price OF the winter passages for instance say
$50 time twelve days for you are generally twelve on
board ship-you could not get all the Injuries you una
for certainly 50 per day on shore equal 10 500
Then the evening expenses about town. the treats
billiards, appointments with friend odd Fellows
etc at least a couple OF dollars per daythat IL 81
seven times twelve SSi really costs you less to 10
than TO stay at home And then n you happen TO get
really seasicE. what clearing out you get and how
gay you feel after itl Your doctor would charge you
more money TO make you sick You could not hire
boat and 10 buehshing, with the same result under
s1o and here you can thing thoroughly for
half the money. When I look back and think what we
fellows got money in the old days OF steamers VIA
the .thInus California. IL makes me wonder We were
herded Ike pigs and lett to look ont for ourselves This
Is quite a different affair. and the conundrnm Is now
these steamers make any money They are merely
Injurious floating hotels and getting scarcely nes-class
| hotel prices.
one idea AID notion that is about
obsolete Is that it Il great advantage to have
letter OF Introduction to the captain, under the m-
,res.,on that IL Will be a good thing. Well IL won't
Firstly no. one half dozen are men OF any social
attachments. They mostly rough old sea-dogs win
brnsque Manners and eyince plainly that they desire
10 he let alone that you quite willing To graty the
Il is their business sail the ship. and that Ia all that Is
expected and all you want OF them bad rather see the
c,uton on the bridge than In the cabin; and It Is not
alvnys safe to ask questions, especially after he has
spent the night the bridge. II Is great deal more
imnortant To be on good terms with the steward than
the CAPTAIN; fact the captain Is OF less advantage 10
YOU than any aboard the ship He has nothing 10
ay about and nothing do WITH the internal arrange
ments Of the ship. Your table Toy and room steward
are your men, and can for yOn than the captain
can or would with ladies the stewardess Is the main
dependence and universally good cheerful. accomno-
dating ous they are and attentive TO every want and
within Of their large family of invalids. The attention
vOn get on all sides srcay wonderful. Every want Is
| ,fed nd
not ont West and the walters don't carry pistols To ter
ry YOU INTO calling for pork ana beans, anu check any
foolish fancles OF your appetite
| There are. however things permitted which
merit restriction 1t should not be permitted to convert
the smoking room into gambling den There Is usually
OH board every steamer lot OF sharps-commerclal
travellers buyers for NewYOrK houses, drumncrs and
e1sportng oharaoers-that form into ring or rings
day or two out and begin the various systems OF gab-
ling FIrstitIsa "pool" on the run of the ship SO
many numbers chances are put into a nat and say
thirty persons put in ten shilngs tS2 50) each The
numbers are then drawn and assigned to subscribers
then auctioned and tho premiums added to the pool
,nnng II frequently up TO thirty or forty pounds The
number calling for the number OF miles the ship has run
ps Then follows poker, and three or four tables are
running at and the passengers crowd III to see the
,one until those who would like to have quiet smoke
ana read are driven ont by the crowd and gamblers
'r veraut Young just setting out for his tour OF
rnrone with plenty OF money falls an victim. nnd
Of
nnng could account for appeals TO the governor
ar the indnlgent mother for more funds 80 mch more
oYnensIye 10 travel than anticipated etc IL Is
oernoioIs I'm example and effect, Is great annoyance
and depryaOn OF comfort To those who do not play,
dlv derncts from the respectaity and character Of
The sbn and ia generally demOralzng and objection
sbe II ought bo embodied in the regulations OF the
lin that no gambling should be allowed IN the smoking
room n want TO play for money let them DO IL IN
their stateroOms where Others VIII not De annoyed vi
conrse there will "a howl by these gentlemen shnrps,
vino that they never fail 10 make their Xpeses
each way know Of young men who could I'll afford II
osng as h IN as 500 each In this innocent amusement
DOur DasSr ie temps" or course no one line can stop
wthout operation Of the others ana the opening
Of the prOptiOus time TO inaugrate the rule
N the one hiI needed to make the present day Euro
mean steamers simply erfect In discipline ana manage
a uent allow them To be converted into gambling
saloons Is neither proper respectable. Pool selling
may not perhaps be seriously Objectionable but poker
nlaNIng openlY IN the smOklng-r0Om with hundreds oil