The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-27
THE TYPEWRITER GIRL.
She viii Go to Sea on New Steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Zweite.

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The typewriter girl is going to sea.
Not for a little jaunt or nerve-soothing
vacation, but to pound with her dainty
/ fingers the ivory keyboard while giant
screws are churning tons of white-whip-
] ped seas astern, and the hull is dancing
merry fandango in the hollOwS OF
/ Alp-like waves. This will be sad news
TO the nymphs and seraphs, and the
/ lovely mermaids viii doubtless pull
their hair in anger when they learn that
4 the business like typist with her many
charms is to be a member of the ship
company. The innovation IS to be tried
on the new Kaiser Wilhelm der Zweite,
of the North German Lloyd, which is
/ to make her maiden voyage 10 this
country in April says the New York
Mail and Express.
This is the ship from which the Ger
man government expects so much.
I With registered tonnage of 1880 and
a horse power of $4,000, it is estimated
that she viii be able to log twenty five
knots an hour for the entire trip be-
tween the English Channel and Sandy
Hook. The greatness of the craft is
( however, for the moment lost in the Of
fetal announcement that the merry
/ hearted typewriter Is to be installed IN
one of the finest writing rooms on the
/ vessel for the convenience of the pas
] sengers on board" Never before has
the typewriter girl invaded the sea for
a livelihood, and the announcement has
naturally struck the rival steamship
lines dumb with wonder and specula-
/ ton
In some mysterious way it became
! known this week that the German
/ Lloyd intended to have the luxury of a
/ feminine typewriter on the new ship.
! Since that moment the good looking at
/ taches of the line have been pestered to
] death with applicants for the position.
Those who came in person to the
Bowling Green Offices used all their
plaintive destinations to induce the line
/ to engage them. but as yet nothing has
/ been done Others are calling there
/ hourly, and the clerks are unable to
/ convince them that while the plan is
! to place two expert typewriters on the
ship when she is placed in commission,
Z IL IS not settled whether or not the Sc
4 lection viii be made here or by the
home Office in Bremen.
i It is understood that one of the type
/ writer's is to be a man thoroughly IA
miliar with German and the other is
to be a woman whose duty it will be
| to attend to the Notwithstanding pat
ronage With the rapid strides in wire
less telegraphy it is thought that the
I patronage of the two typists will be
large, especially as business men at sea
may with this latest luxury prepare all
their correspondence while en- route.
The writing room to be used by the
typeWriters is situated at the extreme
port forward end of the upper prone
made deck and adjoining the staircase
I vessel, which is receiving her finishing
touches at the Vulcan Shipbuilding
/ company. Stettin. where she was built
is to have several other surprising fea-
lures On what is known as the bridge
deck have been built two spacious
cafes one for men. situated aft, and
the other for women. located amldships.
T These are in addition and distinct from
the smoking room, situated on the deck
below. Those women who do not care
for the cafe, have an immense drawing
room on the upper promenade deck
A few years ago the idea OF a cafe on
shipboard for women would have been
regarded as an idle dream. The cafe
for women on the Kaiser Wilhelm will
be suited to the accommodat ton OF over
rs of the gentler sex, and here they may
sip their creme de menthe, Maraschlno,
apricot brandy and creme de cocoa,
while the men folk are enjoying theH
after-dlnner cigars
A novelty Of the mems cafe IS that
the line is negotiating with ceIeora-
ted" American bartender TO mix gem
inc American cocktails Nor is this all
Directly aft of the mems cafe has been
built roof garden containing luxu-
rious seats and divans. where IN me
weather the men tourists may lO4 20
their hearts content
No ship ever built Will have so costly
and elegant suites as the Kaiser Wi-
helm. What are to be known as the
imperial suites are located on the up
per promenade deck, and consist of be
sides a sleeping room, bath ana loliet
a narlor and breakfast room. the latter
to be finished in exquisite taste. These
suites are to cost $1,000 each for the
trip.
There are two promenade decks on
the ship. and on the lower one there
hes been erected a dining room for the
exclusive use of children, another limo
walton. The Kaiser Wilhelm IS 1863
feet long. has beam of Y feet and
depth of 5215 feet. She will leave Bre-
men April Il and this city April 20 on
her initial VOYAGE.