New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-04-02
Bertrand Lumber Co., Ltd. for
cypress and pine. Phone 126.
THE NEW CITY OF ST
LOuIS" OF THE SAVAN-
NAH LINE.

beard OF the centuries, gains a
new and charming bride on
Thursday. q
At Newport News (on March
800, Miss Louise Nugent daugh-
ter Of Daniel G. Nugcnt, a prom
inent merchant Of st. Louis, act
ed as sponsor and performed the
ceremony in which the Getty of
st. Louis" newest of the Savan-
nah Lines new fleet, was gath
cred in his mighty arms. She IS,
sister ship to the City Of Mont
gomeny,' VecentlN launched by
the same Line, and the seven seas
have seldom seen BONNER bride
than she.
Early in the coming Snnmer,
the sister ships will be placed in
the coatswise tratS by this North
South steamship fine, and they
will be the last word in the mod
ern luxury demanded and re-
ceived by those who to-day go
down to the sea in ships"
x revolution in these coast
wise vessels has taken place since
the days of this company's fam
Gus old "Rapidan," so popular
among the languishing bellies and
chivalrous beaux Of a simpler day,
to whom the little side wheeler
was wonder and delight.
The CITY of st. Louis" like
the Getty of Montgomery" - is
5000 tons; the "Rapidan" Was
sos tons; and very large and fine
she was for the then develop
ment of ocean-going craft. The
old side-wheeler is extinct as the
buffalo and the hoop-skirt. Exit
the old day in which the smaller
vessel could accommodate, on
each trip, the passengers to whom
a trip North or South upon her
was the weIl-considered event of
a lifetime.
Enter, in haste, the new day III
which such a tri p is one Of the
joys Of each recurring year.
Hence the Getty of Montgomery
and now her sister, the Getty Of
st. Louis.
There was once woman who
envied the snail in his travels
abroad, since, while his progress
was slow, he carried with him all
the comforts of home. The new
"City of st. LOUIS will more
than meet the desires Of this crit;
cal lady, since she is prepared &c
furnish more than the comforts o.
home, and speed as well.
There may be no place like
home but few homes furnish sucl
surroundings as, say. those of ih'
ten suites de luxe of the "Cit,
Of st. Louis"
These suites will contain eacf
a large bedroom and a privar.
bathd the latter dainty as white
tile and enamel can make them
and furnished with hot and colo
water, both salt and fresh. TIL
bedrooms will possess high cell
ings, delicate tapestries, bras
beds, writing tables. settees, ant
the daintiest of linen and bedding
1t appears that the "Savannal
Line has taken a shrewd lool
ahead and furnished the sea-go
ing traveller with luxuries he hat
not, as yet, thought of demand
ing for himself. 1t is safe to pre-
diet that the sister ships will
create a clientele of their own, to-
, dainty and Luxurious ITO ltrave
North Or South in stuffy Pull
man. when ocean breezes and
first-class floating hotel are OF
tainable for the trip.
Few of its passengers will rea
, ize the magnitude of the problem
the builders of these ships hav
! had to solve. At no time in tn
year do the ships leave and ente
their two harbors in the sam
/ temperature. Delicate devices al
necessary to heat, to cool, to vel
, tilate the vessels. The Winte
: lfrigidity Of New York must B
guarded against; the balm
southern breeze allowed full el
I trance. Electricity has solve
the problem; it will cool and vel
: tilate the boats in Summer, and
! Winter the ventilation system WI
be no hess perfect.
III The steerage is forward on Il
: spar deck, with sanitary, comfor
liable and convenient arrangement
: for 81 passengers.
n The twin ships are notewortl
/ in possessing the largest carl