New-York tribune., 1894-06-11

os heyond their power They had allowed
W., % grow I'D and outstrip them. and many
.her old friends who found life too short 10
"a -. on the voyage from New-York to Liver,
p' .,,o,, over 10 the new lines and never went
- The secret lay in a sentence. The old line
I'D not race and all the new lines did; that is
- saw they all strove TO shorten the passage,
,,ba, is racing but the effort to shorten the
.assaee and get there first?
IT, fault II fault there be- IS not with the
..u,oa,ies or with the captains; 1t Is with the
.,nlic II the public will have fast ships. some
Nv will supply them. and If there is to be any
-, or record of speed, there will be- in the
,.nss have explained racing Every newspa-
-. which prints the account Of this performance
:, the Paris and the Majestic encourages rae
,,s II YOU condemn it editorialy, you none the
,.ss encourage IL. The keen watch on the record
..ssoges Of the Lucania proves the same thing.
nd offers the same inducement TO owners and
oon,ains 10 do their best. They announce with
trumpet blasts to the four corners OF the uni
,.rsa that they do not race. 1t Is all very well.
The pubuc listens and approves. and takes pass
.gs by the fastest OF these competing lines or
IS Let their managers advertise that no ves-
,s of theirs shall be allowed to steam over eigh-
,ssn knots an hour. and see what would happen.
ua could put up his shutters in twelvemonth.
A friend once described 10 me with great vivid
,sss hts experience on board a ship belonging to
= celebrated line which. like all lines, forbade
FACING. She was new and fast During the first
.-,r davs OF the voyage nothing happened out
=, the usual course. Presently Il began 10 be re-
.o.rsed that they were having good weather. and
a very good passage. Day after day flew by,
.ra night after night, Of coudless heavens and
tod III 1tlx.
., All az once on the fifth day. at noon. 1t
canned to occur simultaneously to officers and
nassengers that they had a chance Of breaking
,be record From that moment the whole ship
vas a scene Of frenzied enthusiasm. Nothing
else was talked or
~rhe captain." said my friend, was the most
selate of men. He had never been known 70
show any agitation in any circumstances. Ship
CAPTAINS are a cool race This man was celebrat-
ed beyond most others for his coolness and his
.mpassve elf-pOssession But from the moment
when the idea of breaking the record dawned
mon him, he was a changed being. He paced
the bridge feverishly: from starboard 10 port and
from port 10 starboard. He had never been
known to speak to passenger. He now talked
10 every human being he met. and always about
the run. He was when we left Queenstown un-
der the medium height. As we neared New-York
and the record came nearer and nearer in sight.
he grew and grew till at last the little man
locmed giant on the bridge. And when we had
passed Sandy Hook and knew that we were
Queen Of the Atlantic. that captains face was as
the face of an angel illuminated and transfig-
ured And there was not man on board the
sh.p who did not think better of himself for be-
Ing on board. nor one who did not regard that
captain as the greatest man on earth
And dare say there was not one who would
not have told you before he set out that he en-
tey disapproved OF ocean-racing. G.. w. S.
LIKE lRE HANGING, GARDENS OF B4BTLOy.
II amusement-lovng New Workers cannot get a
peassn, nights amusement at Eldorado the
Weehavken Heights. then they are. indeed. hard to
please But the success OF Eldorado this season
seems already assured Beginning Wednesday
evening. Vncenzo Romeo's production. "Benamela.
A Sumner Nights Dream" will be given and
nightly thereafter the spectacle VIII be reproduced
Ganores I'd Regiment Band. which has been play
hg regularly for the last few Sundays TO large
audiences. will give a concert from to o'clock
every afternoon. BEGINNING on Wednesday. and Mr.
Herbert will conduct the orchestra at the amphi
theatre. second concert will be given after the
performance. The Schaffers the we-known gym
nastc troupe will appear after every performance
beginning June IS The entire troupe Of seven per-
sons. including the two little children prohibited by
Mr. Gerry from performing in this city. has been
secured In addition 10 these attractions there will
be an Industrial exposition and bazaar. gallery
Of paintings. a crystal maze and "Noah's Ark"
The welkept walks. the Rhine wine castle. and
the other attractions. sure to prove a magnet
10 many In search Of an ideal breathing-spot. The
view OF the broad Hudson from the piazza or the
restaurant Is superb. and one might imagine ones
self In the hanging gardens OF Babylon. EldOrado
reached by the Barclay Franklin. Christopher
Fourteenth-st, Fory-second-st. and all Jersey City
ferries