The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-06-04
Contrasts In Ocean Gravel.
luxurious sbps and Service Compared With Old Cine RECOMMENDATIONS

ed With Old Cine Recommendations.
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telling the world news, would have
been looked upon in the SOS as the
rawlings of diseased mind. The 1000
ton liner of this period employed
crude method to separate different
class passengers. All passengers We're
obliged to seek air and exercise on the
same deck, each class being separated
by ropes. The 6rst-class passengers
enjoying liberal amount of space
from the main gangway to the stern;
second class amidships, and third class
forward on the forecastle. This ar
rangement often created frequent
amusing experiences among the Sec
ond-class passengers by evading the
ships officers and mingling with first
cabin people. For liberal tip to the
right party, second-cabin dinners would
be improved and embellished by sup
plies drawn from the first-cabin table.
Today these frugal subterfuges of i'm
pecunious tourists have been rendered
impossible by segregation and isola-
tion, each class having the privilege of
a separate deck from which egress is
impossible, excepting frst-cabin pas
sengers who may secure permission to
visit any part OF the ship.
A great and much desired improve
ment is noticeable in the class of off,
GERS now manning the large steam
ships, many of them being naval Off
GERS either on the active service list or
connected with the naval reserve of
their respective countries. These Off
GERS are not only skillful navigators
and able seamen, but polished gentle
men as well, a striking contrast to the
old timers who were often graduates
of whalers or clipper ships and more
familiar with Delaying pins and cuss
words than the requirements of polite
society. The old time salts generally
wore boards and high boots, besides
being three sheets in the wind before
breakfast. His more polished sue.
cessor is famous for that degree of at.
tention to the comfort of his passen.
gers that win their hearts and in
creases the following of that particu
lar ship.
In the days when the writer lived or
the upper West side in little old New
York, the ship having the best repu
tation for comfort, cuisine and ser
vice was the La NOrmandie of tn,
J French Line, or as it is officially, Th'
: Compagnie Generate Transatlanque
The ships of this line continue to b.
! favorites with New Workers. Th
) twin-screw La Savoie and La Lorrain
/, making the voyage from New Yorl
l direct to Havre in trifie less than 81.
s days, and good frst-cabin accommoda
tions can be had for as low as $500
D and as high as $1,OOOOO. Wine i
4 served with all meals-it is real Frenc
r wine and never saw the sunshine o
1 California.
: The demand for swift, direct sailin
steamers to France has caused severs
Q of the large English and German line
i to put on a special express servic
}, sailing direct to Cherbourg, touchin
Is only at Plymouth. The White Sta
l. American, Hamburg-American an
o North German Lloyd have their fas
n est ships on this service.
ri Some few years ago the Cunard Lir
II lost prestige and was forced to col
q tent itself with maintaining its we
earned and deserved reputation fl
lr safety. For many years it was tt
It boast of the Cunard Line officers tn,
le it never lost ship or passenger. I
D. the enterprise of the Hamburg-Amel
le can and North German Lloyd Lines
10 putting on steamers like the Deutsc
n- land, America, Kronprinz Wilhel
lg and Kaiser Wilhelm II. to compe
+. with slow and older ships of the G
N nard and other lines, q new wor
N record was made and with it the rig
,e to carry the mail. That the conserv
in tive directors of the Cunard Line 9
ne preciated the situation and mac
Id strenuous efforts to win back eth
I'd lost prestige with the travelling pub
be is proved BY the Lusitania and Maul
be tania, also the Caronia and Carmania
I'd the latter having triple screw tt