Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-11-11
SECOND CABIN COMFORT.
1T is Equal TO THE FIRST CABIN or
DECADE AGO.
Modern Conveniepces Have Brought This
About-Meais, Beds and Public Rooms
All That tho Most Enstidi-
Gus Could Desire.

learned that frequently the second cabin,
too. was fun. and the cable dispatches from
London recently have said that the rush
| Tor New York was 40 great that many per-
sons nave been Obliged TO travel IN We
stecraEe, instead of the first cabin, TO reach
home 10y he end OF their holidays, On all
OF the crowded trips OF the larger steamers
there have been persons IN the second
cabin Who would have Travelled in the mrs.
! 81 there had been room, yet counted them
! selves fortunate to IND even sscurd class
accommodations, says the New York sun.
| The experiences OF these traveiers, ana
many oihers wo 80 second CABIN from
! choice. have directed attention this year
especially to that grade of ocean travel \
/ sun reporter, on one Of the recent trips OF
| the 81. Louis, asked the chief steward of
/ the second cabin II there had not been a
| great advance in making the second cabin
! comfortable aud attractive. This steward
| thirty years. He had been employed on
! nearly an The great trans Atlantic lines
| and had been with the Chinese and the
| Australian lines. He mad been In the first
/ and second cabins and knew his business
EQUAL TO FIRST CLASS
| "a have no hesitation In declaring he
said, "that the second cabin of the present
! day-that is such a. you md on this ship
| Of the finest ship Of eight years ago. our
| meats are precisely OF the same quality a.
! those used In the iirst cabin our beos are
| exactly like theirs, both cabins being sup
| piled with Inflated rubber mattresses. ana,
| in addition. We have. for the first time in
! the history of second cabin travel. sepa-
| ana, althourh the books are bound in paper
| rather than leather as they are in the irss
cabin, | have no doubt you Will INA thAt
| ,Tr.lby' mas Just as many readers ana Is
| just as interes ing in paper as in leather.
| We have rugs on the liooTs Tor our assS NJ
! bly, rooms, just as they have in the Tor
ward end OF the boat ana tine passenger
! here pays just as much for his steamer
chair As he does in the first cabin. our
smoking room Is as well appointed as any
smoking room In the first cabin 1--WE years
ago ana my experience is that the people
Z VI vol I.Hwh AZ h.
almost Us cultured and q. great deal more
sogiable than those who so in the first
cabin"
The reporter passed an afternoon ana
evening IN the seco.d cabin to see things
for himself. He found among the passen-
gers many school teachers, going on an
economical trip in Europe several clergy
men. large number of travellers from the
far West who had been compelled to spend
they reached the ship and also numerous
passengers who had decided to travel sec
to SD u voyage. one of these was an in
innate friend Of Senator Murphy. He
~ have crossed the Atlantic fifteen
times, ana ! do not know how ] can make
$50 more easily than by going in the see
ond class cabin. To be. sure l have to do
without the companionship of many
charming persons in the first cabin, but
always find some persons here who are
most agreeable, and get along very we'll
We Americans are entirely willing to tray
el third class on the English railroads,
largely from pride, we object to travelling
in any other style than strictly first class;
swallow my pride, save my money, and
have all the comforts that any one could
ask in reason. The table Is quite as good
as any average person gets at home, ana
the only Disadvantage that l can see Is
that we are restricted to a certain part
Of the deck, which is quite ample in space
for us, but nevertheless is restricted. The
first cabin passengers have their restric-
tions also-they. may not SO on the, bridge
and so it requires only a little philosophy
IN ha ont fr.l liz nfarrr ftr y n .
FAMILY PARTIES LIKE IT
The reporter found that there were many
than in the first In speaking OF this fact
the president of the line, who was on the
ship u S9d Of an eTpereTee S ne had d ha asf
heard that certain physician of excellent
practice and repute in Chicago was aboard,
and he wished TO renew their acquaint-
Huce, which had been strong. when both
Were young The president looked over
the passenger list and hunted around the
friend. At last he found him in the second
cabin with his family, ana promptly went
minutes on old times, but it was evident
that the physician was little uneasy, and
u suppose you are a little surprised to
find me in the second cabin
u am dellEhtei, SAID the president, &tor &
second cabin. We would like TO encourage
persons OF Intelligence and moderate means
to come in here, and We hope TO get more
wei, IT'S Just this way, said the doc,
rope this year, and we sent TO your line |
for rates. The second cabin rates were |
ing We found mat il We went second cabin |
We could take the children with us and not |
exceed very much the original sum we |
cation, ana here we are.
II wanted TO see Niagara falls again" |
he said. Thirty years ago ! saw them for |
the first glance as l sat behind a stage |
driver, asked the driver If they were
OF your damned American humhugs,' de, |
clarel at the tlrst sight. They seemed to |
stayed there three weeks, and every hour
those fans Jgrew, on me, When | went
did y ywhSa a2'ef sa ss4 bae that grs stag
driver. / have felt mean about that for |
thirty years, ana haye jgst gone ,in, baekk
to make my best apologies by my admira,
'o AMONG THE MISSIONARIES.
Some missionaries 10 India and miners
bound for South Africa told their stories,
evening the social side Of the second cabin
came to view, group Of men fingered
at table in the smoking room and began
he gr1up, and when it became apparent
could tell a story that would interest an,
year finished long trip round the World
calling here and there as, as ne could , ma "a
or more when he started and so he took
his family on his bark for the prolonged
I'VE were in the Indian ocean one after
noon" he said "and / noticed a shark
swimming round the ship. | didn't like IL
a bit. You know the superstition that eN-
lists about shark following a vessel. lie
sailed around us all the next day and the
next day after that, ana determined To
catch him and have his life, 50 that |
shouldn't feel uneasy about losing HE
from those on board. We had had a bait
I'd hook out for him, but he wouldn't bite,
and on the third day | fixed up n bait that
In the afternoon We got him, lie fought
ike a Wild beast, but we got him on board
indlly and killed him, Then we cut him
lp DO you know, we found In that
sharks belly newspaper in a wrapper,
unopened and II Will surprise you, as IL
lid me, when | tell you the paper was AN
American newspaper from my own town
and that IL was addressed to me-"
\ shout OF great laughter went up ana
here We're some remarks TO the effect that
when II comes to lying Yankee can beat
he wOr,d The skipper took all the ban
ering in g93di part and when the jeers
Nov, IN tell you how II happened.
ound that my children had been skylark-
ug the day before in the cabin They |
Ound among the mass of reading that we |
lad brought some of the unopened news
'Apers that had been sent to me. They |
lad been throwing these newspapers at |
he porthole. The shark saw 1t, of course, |
md gobhled il down, ana that was how 1t ,
Now you can judge for Your |
elves whether | am liar"
PLENTY OF GOOD FELLOWSHIP
BY The time that this group had broken