The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-03
OCEAN STEAMERS
OFTEN CHANGED
lusuTlsS Afforded Passengers In
crease by Leaps and Bounds

NeW Yors No, 3.-Tre -te4mship
/ mperatos IS making her lsst nip for
Jae winter. having Jeff New yor, Tor
Hamburs saturday Then she VII go
INTO dry dock FOR a time n Llvsrpor
/ for certain ohanses in interior con-
/ etructiou.
ON the old Deutschland" which
held the ocean speed recoro ior so
many years one OF the novelties was
/ e children's room or the boar deck. Il
was a lovely room equipped with
chairs and tables OF childrcus size.
. decorated with pictures from Grmm
, fairy tales and Mother GosSc. fur
Iist"d with TOYS and zamcs :or the
ghlHrcn's amusement IL was an ideal
place Tor children. who. as rule, are
rather in The way on tho prom,naac
deck. But the children did not Hse ir
apparently SO 30 was little used. sfter
one season, The children's room was
torn ont and built oyeg inyo a Ni,nua
co0ec room. That was popular for a
season or two.
Space Often Rsaliottci.
Now the rebuilt Deutschland SAIL
INK as the Victoria Luisp. has ua Vi-
emma coffee room. The space it oc-
-uV.ed has been cut up into cabins.
so undoubtedly the Imperator WI,
undergo slight changes every wear.
Already 10 has been found thar the
sm-k!ns room on tho boat deck is q
Ii,tIe remote. aua on the sister ship
The Naterland this viii be remedicd.
u is altogether likely the smoking
room on the mpcrator will be brought
down 20 the promenade deck. The
grill room ON the promenade deck has
been found unnecessary. Ou the
Deutschland was the FIRST ocean grin
and il did q rushing business.
But rhe Deutschland haG no Ritz
Carlton restaurant. The Imperator
has both a restaurant ana "A winter
garden. its Arrangement being like hat
az thu Ritz-Carlton restaurant i'm
New York. With these on board, there
IS very littl" use for "a grill 80 the
srill room win Doe taken ont and the
space converted into broad prom
cnade
This is the day OF luxury in ocean
travel and though the luVurios come
from Germany, American dollars have
made them possible. There H. only
one transatlantic line dying the
American flag and IL Is said that only
me postal subsidy keeps thaJ line la
operation. It IS "a comfortable line
IN ;hc fashioned way. but IL ven
lures on none of the luXuries OF mod
crn travel. The English lines have
been converted by competition 10 the
modern hotel idea in ship equip-
ment
Other Lines Luxurious.
But tho Germans were the pioneers
Thor were born hotclkecpcrs. In fact
the best hotels Ia England arc run
by Germans or Swiss
il is not alone I'm big things that
modern ocean luxury finds expression.
Bathrooms and line restaurants and
palm rooms and hanging gardens and
swimming pools are the larger forms
OF expression. But there il quite as
much delight in its lesser appeals.
The old table d'hote dinner has Just
done out on the newer ships. Il had
las vir,uos. To q lazy man il was all
ways much simpler TO wait for what
was ordered hy the chici steward for
the days meal than To piCE ana choose
from an elaborate menu. Bu, the
world goes on changing the customs
OF our lives IN foreign hotels one no
longer sits down at fixed hour at
lon", long table and follows rigid
mcnu from SOUP TO nuts. Even in
little French and German towns now
the" are serving food al srall tables
e. ia carte.