The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-10-27
Gazette Supplement- October u, 1885.

be counted. But in order to make big
story, or for some other reason, ship cap
tains have got into the habit of reckoning
from light to light" that is, from the last
lighthouse visible on one coast to the first
one on the other. Counting this way,
from Fastnet to Sandy Hook, the time was
6 days, hours and As minutes. The dis
lance run shows that the Etruria averaged
21l miles an hour right through. This is
unheard of speed Many American rail
way trains do not do so well as that.
MUSIC ROOM AND DINING SALOON.
The dining saloon is of course below.
The music room is sumptuously furnish
ed Beautiful, light satin wood alternates
with a darker colored one in the finish.
The piano is of the same wood. The
furnishings are bronze and old gold. The
curtains are especially rich. Descending
the stairs, past the pantry, we came to
door which had the word Bar" marked
over it. We did not see this place, but
we smelled it, and the smell was not bad.
And here" said the steward, is the
barber shop, but it do be closed oop."
There are four rows of staterooms.
Bathrooms abound in which you may
have a wash in either hot or cold water,
salt or fresh. If you wish, you can turn
on a stream of sparkling sea water from
midocean. | have seen streams of phoS-
phorescent animalcules dropping into a
bath tub in the fresh sea water at night.
LIFEBoAT.
The Etruria is furnished with a pair of
lifeboats different from those of any
other ship. They are built somewhat on
the plan of a catamaran. Imagine two
boats nailed together, or rather nailed
apart, by planks fastened across the top.
They are separated some three feet or
more, with a blank space of water be-
tween. The double arrangement of boat
would be nearly as hard to upset as a
raft That, in the rough, is the plan Of
the Ehuria's newfangled lifeboat. In
stead of being two boats, however, it Is
one boat split in two in the middle, and
built around solid again at the bow and
stern. The water is supposed to wash all
over it, But instend of filing it and caus-
ing it to go down the mass of water falls
through the middle, and washes out into
the sea again. A rope grating covers the
hole in the center, so that people shall not
also wash through.
1t is borne in on my mind that this let
ter must not be closed without mentioning
one other special excellence of the Etruria.
To me it is the browning glory and beauty
of all This blessed ship has Il ladies'
cabin upon deck If you, my masculine
reader, knew the vile, dark, stuffy, bad
smelling hole below stairs that goes by
that name on most ships, you would under
stand The ordinary ladies' cabin is a
place where fat women come together to
get sea-sick They take out their teeth
and remove their hair and lie there and
groan and-ye gods! Let us say no more
about it. But this unspeakable den below
stairs is usually the only corner of ship
where women can get together and have
time apart from the masculine gender.
Naturally they shun it as they would a
smallpox hospital, and it's not because
there are no men there, either.
The upstairs cabin for women in this
beautiful Etruria is sumptuously fitted;
1t is an aesthetic place, with plush and
sllken hangings, thick carpets and dream
like lounging corners. 1t is sacred to the
weaker sex. They may smoke cigarettes,
play backgammon and cards, faith, yes,
they may order drinks if they want to.
Doubtless they do. So, ladies, the Etruria
is our ship you can depend on this &C
count, for l haven't any free passage
ticket over ON her.) ELIZA ARoHARD.
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