New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07
COL PAYNES APHROD1TE.'
A PALATIAL STEAM YACHT WITH ALL
THE LUxURIEs AND COMFORTS
OF LIVING.

vUhon tho steam Yacht Aphrodite built way
down IN Maine" swings up the English Channel
with her great 74-foot yards, silver banded,
webbed with Steel and spreading 1900 feet OF
canvas to the breeze, the dwellers on the white
cliffs will enjoy the sight Of splendid boat.
With one deck rising above another. and the
bridge with its three-barred brasses, cappihs
the structure forty feet above the water. with
the three masts and the full-bosomed sails. the
Apbrodite Is the most imposing yacht that
America has produced.
In the interior. Colonel oliver II. Payne, of the
New-York Yacht Club, has not wasted MS sooo
space. In the Watson steam yacht Mayflower,
built for the late Ogden Goelet there were huse
siIkIned salons that were apparently useless
except for the holding OF queens Drawing
room. but in the Aphrodite these spaces have
been taken for comfort rather than snow foi
instance the guests room, on the lower ueck'
would be considered large even In an hotei vi the
first class and every guest has MS own 'ieu
bathroom where he can have not or coiu pa'"'
of either sea water or fresh Each Oh 'hese
rooms Of which there are eight. mas d ioo'"'
closet for hanging clothes, a large douple peu'
bureau a fathom long, and divan SOFA WIN us
soft cushions On waking in the morning TIC
guests will use one two OF the three orha-
mental push buttons at the head OF each peu.
These are labelled thus: steward. valet
maid; and they will be used according 10 'he
sex of the guest. Aft Of these there are some
servants rooms which also have their Dath
rooms adjoining.
The owners rooms are on the main uech'
where they look out over the stern decks OF the
ship The walls Of this stateroom are chleny
covered with inlaid satnwood and SILK panels'
though at the two after corners there VIII DE
two oil paintings on canvas panelled In Inc
bed will have four pillars reaching TO capftais
which are against the deck above, and In shape
though not in style. it will be rather like the
Louis Qunze four-poster In the Louvre the
posts and their capitals will be OF Handsomely
carved and inlaid satinwood, and the footboard
will be a work of art. There will be divan
with loose cushions, and besides the other fur
niture a large bureau and wrting-desk, at
tached to which will be telephone connections
with the bridge and the captains room. Large
portfolios are about the room and these alter
nate with satinwood carvings and silk panels
The bathroom adjoins, and just forward OF this
Is another fine guest chamber, with all the ac-
companying Injuries that this boat provides.
Inside this deckhouse, and running the whole
length Of it. Is a passage leading past gaeys,
funnel aundries etc, to the dining-room In
front 1t provides a straight, dry, well-ventilat-
ed walk for the whole distance and has no doors
into it from the galleys, machinery department
or laundries. so that no odors from any OF these
can be noticed by the guests as they walk for
ward to dine The doors from all the depart
ments mentioned open out to the port side and
not at all to the sarboard side, where the pas
sage is.
The dining ROOM at the forward end of 1t. Is