The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-25

/ so that tho prisoner cannot roll out dur
the night 1t is narrow. and the man who
is addicted TO the habit OF 'spraddling'
1eels as II he were tied hand and foot,
IN nearly all of the statcrooms of the
new boat there were no upper berths.
and the lower ones were wide and sDringy
they were almost beds, and u bed on
board ship la something that. for years
has been reserved as the luxury OF tho
millionaire.
We really had on board the daily paper.
| the gymnasium the florist. the bureau
OF Information, the manicure parlor and
| nave been regarded fanciful dreams
ten years ago Next to the elevators the
most novel feature of the new kind of
was on the Kaiser deck. The topmost
deck was called the kaiser" to lndi-
cate that he ranked next to tho heavenly
bodies I'm general Importance The old
names Of upper deck" promenade
deck main deck" and lower deck"
cannot be applied TO one OF these new
deck came the Washington deck, then
the Roosevelt deck, then the Cleveland
deck, then the Franklin deck. and after
that lower deck and several more that
did not concern the passengers living In
the upper stories.
The restaurant was forward on the
Kaiser deck-a gorgeous pocket edition
of Sherrys or Delmonicos In New York.
the Carlton In London or the Ritz In
Paris Formerly on the North Atlantic
and especially during the winter season
we're misguided Englishmen, who would
rather take a chance on pneumonia than
violate any OF their national traditions
The new type of steamer Is housed In and
steam heated and all the people who
dlncd in the glittering restaurant far
from the common horde OF the main din
ing saloon were attircd To the limit, The
usual Hungarian orchestra played hurrah
music and what with the Swiss walters
and the Candelabrn, the fresh caviar and
other luNuries of high living it was diff
~ or. ia N riding
on the high seas at the most lnClement
season of the yeuf.
on the steamer ! met an old friend =
Mr.. Peaslcy, OF Iowa. We first collIded
in Europe I'm 1895, when both of us wero
over for the first time and were cropping
our way about the Continent and pretend
Ing to enjoy ourselves. About the time /
first encountered Mr.. Peasley he had an
experience which In all probability is
without parallel in human history. Some
people to whom | have told the story
frankly disbelIeved It, but then they did
not know EIr. Peasley IL is all very true.
and 1t happened as follows:
Mr., Peasley had been in Rotterdam for
two days. and after galloping madiy
through churches. galleries and museums
for eight hours a day he said that he
had seen enough Dutch art to last MIN
million years, at n very conservative es-
innate. so he started for Brussels, lie
asked the proprietor at the hotel Mt ROT
terdam for the name of n good hotel In
Brussels and the proprietor told him 10
. frst-class establishment and was run
by his brother-in-law. Every hotel-keep-
er In Europe has a bTother-n-law run
ming a hotel in some other town.
Mr. Peasey was loaded into the train
by wstchful attendants. and as there
were no Engllshmen I'm the compartment
he succeeded in getting a good seat
right by the window and did not have
to ride backward. Very soon he became
immersed in an American BOOK. Ho feao
on and on, chapter after chapter, not
needing the flight of time. until the train
rolled into a cavernous train shed ana
was attacked by the usual energetic MOP
OF Dorters and hotel runners. Mr.. Peas
ley looked out and saw that they had
arrived at another large city. On the
other side OF the platform was large
and beautiful bus marked 'fliotel Vic
tora" Mr. Peasley shreked for a porter
and began dumping Gladstone bags,
steamer rugs. cameras and otaer I'M
pedimenta out through the window. The
man from the Victoria put these on top
OF the bus and In few minutes Mr.,
Peasley was riding through the tidy
thoroughfares and throwing mental oou-
When he arrived at the Victoria ne was
met by the proprietor, who wore the
frock coat and whiskers which are the
universal insignia OF hospitality.
Your brother-in-law In Rotterdam told
me to come here and put up with you.
explained Mr. Peasey He said you
means. s'posc, hrst-class for this coun-
try If YOU fellows over here would put
IN steam heat and bathrooms and cleo
trio lights and then give us something TO
eat In the bargain your hotels Wouldn
be so bad. ] admire the stationery in
your writng-rooms. and the regalia worn
by your walters Is certainly all right,
but that's about all | can say for You.
The proprietor smiled and bowed and
said he hoped his brother-in-law In Rot
terdam was in good health and ENJOYING
prosperity, and Mr.. Peasley said that he
personally. had left with the brother-ln-
law enough money TO run the hotel for
another six months
After Mr.. Pcasley had been conducted
TO his room no dug up his Baedeker and