The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-20

well in keeping with the traditions of the White Star line.
 The most luxurious style is. of course, to be seen in the. accommoda- | tion for the first-class passengers, for whom a large number of separate and l distinct suites of apartments are pro- vided, consisting of stateroom, bath room, etc. These rooms have extra wide beds, also writing tables and wardrobes, and are upholstered in blue moquette. the decoration consist ing of small white paneling, the ceil- ! ing lincrusta-all white. The other first-class rooms are similarly decorat- ed and upholstered. The first-class entrances are paneIled in oak, with ceilings of special design-hat white and the first-class passages have pol ished oak dado, with white panelling above. The principal feature in the i feature in the decorations, however. is the treatment of the chief public rooms in the vessel, viz, the grand first-class dining saloon, the reading and writing room, the lounge and the smoking room. The accompanying il- lustrations give some idea of the style lof decoration and furnishing of these rooms and 1t will be seen that "over- elaboration" so frequent in ship dec Oration, has been carefully avoided, whilst at the same time each apart ment has a quiet but rich and sym metrical beauty that is very restful and pleasing to the eye.
 The first-class dining saloon is a hand Isome apartment! Situated, as already mentioned, on the upper deck, 1t ex-
 tends the full width of the ship. It is exceptionally lofty and airy, and con
 tains seating accommodation for about 970 people. It is panelled in the state ly fashion of the time of Charles H., 1 and is painted cbastey and simply
 with delicate and iyorylike white;
 the gold, which is a time-honored adornment of other saloons, being here strictly confined to the metal fittings.
 Over the middle of the room is a dome 1 filled with leaded glass, white and the l palest yellow in color, and under it are
 paintings of scenes in Switzerland and Italy, the Yellowstone and the Rhine, to remind the diners of happy hours
 spent in these playgrounds of the
 world. An opportunity for music is af-
 forded by fine piano, whose case is beautifed with charming and graceful
 figures inlaid in light woods on the oak
 of which 1t is composed. An import ant feature in the saloon is the ar engagement of the tables, as already re- l fn1.raa tO i,, ,,t style, instead of the old-fashioned long straight rows. This new arrangement, l in conjunction with the artistic and ef- fective decoration and the lovely dom-
 ed skylight, together with the addition
 of the orchestra provided for in this
 steamer, will make this perfectly
 ideal saloon. The comfort of the pas
 sengers will also be enhanced by spe-
 cial arrangement of the portholes by
 which they will be able to enjoy the
 advantages of the fresh sea air with out being subjected to draughts.
 \ On the boat deck is the reading and
 writing room As Kipling has told us
 in his familiar verses, "The liner, she's
 a lady" In this room this picturesque
 fact is made very clearly apparent
 Here we have a charming apartment
 which might have been provided for
 the comfort and delight of a lady on land, We are nowhere forced to remem-
 Der the fact that the sea is outside and
 all around us. The windows, as spa
 cious as in an ordinary house, are filled
 with leaded glass, and we almost ex- pect, on glancing around them, to see
 a cheerful 'expanse of park; but we
 may comfort ourselves for that disap-
 pointment by stretching our limbs on
 luxurious chairs or settees around a
 very home-like flreside. Here we may
 read our books and write our letters.
 If our eyes wander round the room we see the walls decorated in Adams fash
 ion, with delicate ornaments in low re-
 lief, enclosing oval panels filled with
 paintings of the airy and graceful kind
 which Bartolozzi and Clpriani made
 familiar to our great grandmothers.
 Shaded lamps on the walls and ceiling
 afford a light which is efficient, yet no
 glaring, and the elegant furniture in
 inlaid birch comforts the eye of the re-
 fined observer.
 The lounge, also on the boat deck, is
 dedicated to the cult of the idler who
 will here find himself in clover. The
 oak panelling of the apartment is rest
 ful to his eye, and the ceiling panel
 ling is well worthy of notice. A large
 and well-seleeted library invites him to
 recreation or study. Elegant writing tables afford him an opportunity of f1n-
 ishing his correspondence and by their convenience assuage the agonies of composition. That done, he may turn with sigh of relief to the comfort l able sofas with which the room is am ply furnished, and may observe the work-tables which are provided for the } industrious, the cozy corners for inti- mate cnversation, and the card tables for those to whom bridge appeals with ; irresistible allurement From the win } dows these pursuits are blessed for oul lounger by the presence in stained glass efflgies of poets, painters dram : atists and philosophers great mer : who have in the past done so much fol : him. And when we say "him' we : mean 'her," too.
 In the snloke-room (also on this
 deck) cozy comfort is the keynote oi the decoration and furnishing. Tht
 walls are hung with stamped leather and adorned with pictures which re. call some stirring episodes in Englisf naval history. The seats are deep ant and luxuriously upholstered, of a kinC l to invite the smoker to the lazy en. s joyment of his pipe, his glass and his , game The rich and mellow tone O . the stained glass windows affords { : light in which the mahogany seats } with their carving and their browl