New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-25
ATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS.
NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS OF AN OLD
TRAVELLER.

before and are making preparations for IT, Every DUO
and corner OF their ships ia being convertcu INTO seeP
| ing accommodations. Bukheads that were put up IN
the fall giving spaces previously devoted to freight arc
benc taken down and restored all OF winch
will test the table accommodations 10 the utmost Ibe
latter day steamers have very generally adopted the
midship saOon-a great improvement on the ou 'i"'
saloon at the stern with staterooms surrounding Every
body knows that have way OF putuns 'ueii
noses down between their forelegs, like " buckng
Mexican mustang and 1t always seems as II the stern en-
tered into the sport with malicious zeal ana ID o" ise
twice a. high into the air either necessary OF
acr, cable And every who has ever been seasicA
can wildly remember the effect OF this suuhen nouo V
the internal construction. and the doubt arising whe'hf
the same Is really safely secured the sense OF thg anu
| onward tendency" OF the internal system causing
| grave apprehension on that point Again. REASONABLY
GOOD annette can he utterly destroyed in Just one min
ute by the publicity given to the OF your neghpor
n takes a woman though to announce her misery IN
striking manner She can do It IN more "ays' VII"
more variations and more tones OF voice ana convey
more positively the situation than could uozeh eu
She always 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 p onlse But
n what the doctors say true and OF course they are
never known say anything th0t Is not IL Is great
relief tn groan and rroan when In pain II some Oh
! the poor things should experience a sudden cure
The new style OF saloon amidshps abates oil TINS OH
|
o. motion 1t is comparatively quiet; and having no state
rooms or berths within hef ring distance the passengers
who unaffected have luxurious and delightful place
TO lounge on the soft velvet cush0n5 and read can
conceive nothing more cheerful and palath than inc
saloons OF the modern OF the crack nnes present
when the weather permits OF full attendance at dinner
the racks OF and colored glasses overhead reject
ing I'm prismatc coors the bright light OF the lamps the
snowy table cloths the tables loaded with the choicest
vands and bouquets OF flowers ntersporsed the popping
of champagne cOrks, the neatly dressed quet good
looking walters ready TO attend to every want the laugh
and Joke and such appettes As one pauses ana LOOKS
across the OF wehed tables and listens to the FUN
and chat the conviction forces itself his mind that
this Is progressive age and man is really an Ingenious
animal The idea Is not patentabe but lei us compare
the luxury OF travel the Atlantic In these DAYS
with what fathers had to endure. when passage W
Liverpool by the old Black Ball Line was serious mat
ter involving months of preparation as well AZ months
IN accomplish I never cross the Atlantic In one OF
these fine steamers that the fact does not strike me most
forcby that in 10 part OF the world, under no condition
OF travel there much given for the money as on the
trip from NewYork 10 Liverpool or vice versa IsElnR
into confederation the luxury that surroun Is YOU the
attention the cleanliness the table which IL equal to
that any hotel the style and good taste OF
the tout you really II you were In the society
OF unusually welbrcd people; and have noticed that
the yery tone things checks any natural disposition to
| boggishnesA" The influence Of tho good form OF
things felt and acts restraint and as say you
| get 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 shp-you could not get all the lu1ures you ind
for les. than certainly 50 per day shore equal to $50
Then the evening expenses about town the treats
billiards appointments with friend" odd fellows
etc. at least a couple OF dollars per day-that IL 81
seven times twelve Is $Si really IL costs you ess to 10
than to stay homo. And then n you happen to get
really seasick, what clearing out you get and how
gay you feel after itl Your doctor would charge you
more money to make you sick lon could not hire
boat and 40 bluehshing. with the same result under
SO aud here you do the thing more thoroughly for
| half the money. When I look back and think what we
fellows got money in the old days Of steamers via
the I-thmu. California. II makes me wonder. We were
herded Ike pigs and lett 10 look ont for ourselves ms
Is quite different affair and the conundrnm Ia how
/ these steamers make amy money. They are merely
luxurious floating hotels and getting scarcely nrstclass
| hotel prices.
There fashioned idea a1dnotion that Ia about
obsolete that Il that IL Il great advantage TO have
letter OF Introduction to the captain under the im-
preston that Il Will be n good thing Well. It won't
Fr.tly no. one In half dozen are OF any social
attainmens They are mostly rough old sea-dogs with
brusque Manners and eyince plainly that they desire
70 he let alone that you quite willing TO crafty them
Il is their business 10 sail tho ship and that Ia all that
expected and all you want OF them bad rather see the
captain on the bridge than In the cabin and It Is not
always safe ask questions, especially after he has
spent the night on the bridge. II Is great deal more
important to he good terms with the steward than
the captains fact the captain Is OF less advantage to
YOU than any aboard the ship. He has nothing TO
say about and nothing 20 do with, the internal arrange
nents of the ship. Your table Toy and room steward
are your men, and do for yon than the captain
can or would. with ladies the stewardess Is the main
dependenoe. and universally good, cheerful accommo-
dating ous they are. and attentive TO every want and
within Of their large family OF invais. The attention
You get all sides isrealy wonderful Every want Is
anticipated. and courteous clyly Is the rule You are
not out West and the walters don't carry pistols To ter
ry you INTO calling for pork ana beans, and check any
! foolish fances Of your appetite.
| Thers are, however, some things permitted which
merit restriction 1t should not be permitted to convert
the smoking into gambling den There Is usually
Oh board every steamer lot OF sharps-commercl0l
travellers buyers for NewYorK houses drummcrs and
e1sportng oharaoters-that form into ring or rings
day or two out and begin the various systems OF gamb
linz First itIsa pool " the run of the ship. so
! many numbers chances are put into nat and say
thirty persons put in ten shilngs tS2 50) each The
numbers are then drawn and assigned TO subscribers
then auctioned of and tho premiums added TO the pool
runnng It frequently up TO thirty or forty pounds The
npmber ealing for the number OF miles the ship has run
wins Then follows poker, and three or four tables are
rnnng nj once and the passengers crowd IN TO see the
gone until those who would like to have quiet smoke
ana read are driven ont by the crowd and gamblers
yerdant young man just pul ioI Oui W
Furone with plenty OF money falls an easy victim and
of course gets cleaned out by the sharps and this be-
inning often account for appeals TO the governor
ar the ndulgent mother for funds " much more
exnensye 10 travel than was anticipated, etc. Its
nernoous In example and effect, Is great annoyance
and depriyaOn Of comfort 10 those who do not play,
sadly detracts from the responsibility and character OF
the shu and generally denoraizng and objection
abs IL ought embodied in the regulations OF the
Elm that no gambling should be allowed IN the smoking
room n they want play for money let them do 1t in
their staterOOms where Others will not be annoyed. or
course there will be howl by these gentlemen shnrps,
| That he
each way. know OF young men who could I'll afford
losing as 500 each In this Innocent amusement
nor DaSsfr lie TEMPS" or line stop
IL without the operation Of the others and the opening
OF the season prOpitiOus time to inaugnrate the rule
n l. the one needed TO make the present day Euro
mean steamers simply effect In discipline and manage
| iuent. To allow them 10 be converted into gambling
saloons l. neither proper respectable. Pool selling
may not perhaps be seriously Objectionable but poker
blazing openly IN tue smoking room with hundreds OF
anlnra the tnhn rs not credItabe exhibition on