The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-17


ager and Make Him Forget He's at
Sea Leads to Construction of Golf
Course of Eighteen Holes.
The announcement that squash
racket court will be one of the fea-
lures of the great White Star line
steamship Olympic, soon to be in serv-
ice, and the Titanic, now building,
calls attention to the constantly grow
ing tendency to give the sea traveller
every comfort and luxury that can be
obtained ashore.
The squash racket court will be
placed directly above the keel. five
levels up from the skin of the ship
counting the bottom as one, double
bottom as two, bed plates, lower orlop
and orlop. The court, which will be
available for tennis, handball. squash
or rackets, will be on the lower deck,
also designated as the &c" deck.
Court Two Stories High.
The court will be 80 by 20 feet in
size. 1t will extend up through the
middle of sc" and "F" decks as high
as the main, or "E" deck, for the
Olympic and the Titanic are each fif-
teen stories high, as follows: Floor.
double bottom, bed plates and lower
orlop, Orlop, lower, middle, main, sa-
loon, upper, promenade, upper prone
made, boat and sun decks and extra
compass platform.
All the other ships of the line are to
be fitted up with squash courts also.
A coach will be engaged for each
steamer
Features put forth by different lines
are nationally characteristic. The Rot
terdam of the Holland-American line
prides herself upon her baths. Nearly
every third room on board the Rotter-
dam is a bathroom. Even each room
of her swell suits has it's own tub,
with all kinds of water
Besides a smoke room, with q bal
cony running around it. library and
n social hall, the Rotterdam has also
palm court. The Rotterdam was first
with a glass inclosed deck. They are
all having them now.
The Russian-American line main.
tains chapel upon each of its steam
ers, while ikons hang here and there,
and the sacred lamp is ever kept burn
ing in the main cabin.
Furnish All Kinds of Baths.
The White Star liner Adriatic now
has a swimming pool, but the Olympic
and the Titanic will have tanks 80 by
13 feet as well as Turkish and electric
baths, with hot room 16 by 20, a
cooling room 20 by 80 and a gymnasi-
um 4G by Is feet.
All the North German Lloyd liners
now have glass inclosed decks, open
air cafes and meals la carte or table
d'hOte.
The Royal Mail Steam Packet com.
pany erectS canvas tanks which are
filed with salt water, running in and
put, for swimming in the tropics. The
American line also rigs the
same kind of diving pools. On the
Royal Mail you can purchase an en-
ire suit of clothes from the barber.
and the Lapland of the Red Star line
runs dry goods shop.
The Venezia of the Fabre line has a
overs seat, just small enough for
-wo, on the boat deck looking aft.
The Titanic will have a golf course
If eighteen holes, with the hazard un-
Ter the lifeboats; also will the same
Kind of links be laid out on the sun
ieck of the Olympic Roller skates
will be available to all.
Adratic Has Theater.
The Adriatic has a theater, with
arch and several sets of
scenery executed by the deck steward,
ernest Freeman, who paints in the
room after his charges have
urned in.
The new Franconia of the Cunard
inc has a machine shop with ca
'acity for turning out big job on
olling sea. 1t has also a fresh water
istilling plant
1t was not so very long ago that the
'abre liners carried cows that the ba-
les might have fresh milk. The crews .
the Royal Mail run an open game
the lottery style upon the after hatch
very night under the tropics.
The Europa of the Hamburg line, to l
e the biggest ship in the world, and 6
ne Deutschland, to be renamed the
ictoria Luise, cruising steamer, are {
} have U shaped tanks, within which
'ater will swish back and forth, flop I
ing every time wave strikes the
ull and counteracting the effect of the
low. These are the mo seasickness
lips."