New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
MiScha Elman'S Violin, in
Adjoining Cabin on Lusi-
tania, the Cause.
LINER BREAKS HER
OWN SPEED RECORD
Lord and Lady Decies and Daugh-
ter Eileen Arrive to Spend
the Holidays Here.

J. -. Morgan. whose Idlhel was q "N
voted patron Of the arts. returned with
his family on the Lusitania yesterday
Nr Morgan. who has box AT the
METROPOLITAN opera House inherits his
fathers love for fine music, but he does
not fancy melody. however good. when
IL enanates from violin late at night
and into the wee sma' hours.
The fnancier was assigned TO room S.
on deck. adjoining room 66 which mad
been reserved for Mischa Elman. the
Russian yiolinist. and his father Saul
Nj Moreans family, including Mrs
Morgan. Miss Jane NJ. Morgan and Miss
Frances Morgan, occupied the regal suite
ON the opposite side Of the vessel
Fearing he might not be in trim for his
concerts. Elman practised many hoErs
during the voyage, many Of these hours
being al a time when Mr.. Morgan wished
10 sleep. The same concerto played over
and over got upon Mr.. Morgan's nerves
He did not complain officially TO the pur-
ser or chief steward, and he did not even
ask To have his room changed but when
it became known that the practising an
moved the fnancier the violnist played at
scasonablc hours.
CAPTAIN David Dow Of the Lusitania
put another notch in his list of speed
records on the trip, and from the reading
of his log il is believed by the ofhciaIs OIL
the line that the Lusitana will within
few months become the fastest merchant
man i'm the world.
Csptain Dow a year ago broke the
transatlantic record with the Mauritania
bringing her across in days 10 hours anG
Al minutes. an average speed OF QUO
knots
Tho Iusitania. which was fitted recent
" with new properers and new turbines
developed for eight hours on THURSDAY d"
average speed of q knots. From $50 a. m
to $3.50 a. IN. on the same day she MAIN
tanned a speed Of Is knots, turning over
2o7 revolutions This was done under
head seas and moderate gale.
The skipper said the great bursts OF
sueed under adverse weather conditions
was largely due to the fact that the ptch
% her propeller blades turned outward
instead Of inward as formerly.
Mrs George j. Gould was one of the
oarIv corners to the Cunard pier yester-
day and was the first person to board the
1usitania. She was accompanied by
.Bobnie" Beresford, a brother Of Loru
Decies. her son-in-law. who. with ms
wife formerly Miss Vivian Gould, ana
,beir elder child. Eileen, fourteen months
old. were passengers.
Mrs. Gould kissed her favorite grand
child and in her JOY announced that the
Christmas, celebration of 1918 would he
the happiest in the history of Georgian
Court. the Gould estate at Lakewood.
Lord and Lady Decies, who were
booked as MIR. and Mrs. John p. Decies'
laughed over the omission of their titles
Lord Decias remarking that he had joined
the democracy and preferred to traVel a.
John g. Dccies. lie was interested VI
boxing. he said, and expressed regret
that ne had not seen the Wells-Carpeh-
tier fight in London.
40 Englshman will ever hoid
worlds championship" he said, 'uh'i
the English change their system of hght-
irr and model it after the American
STYLE. The English fighters must learn
more about inhghting and lose some oil
their fine art Of boxing.
Among the liners passengers was Miss
Mary IsdWtOns lile llleL fNiil''iNe'ii 49,
10 be selected by a British author ana
sent over 10 this country in the leading
part Of an English play, supported en-
tirely by an English company.
Miss Lawson said Yesterday that she
found Shaw TO be a most amiable person
entirely different from the cynic he is
represented TO be in the public prints ana
gossip Of the theatrical and literary
World
Among others on board were J. Z. ID.
Trask. Sir Robert Bsifour. Mr.. and MIS-
oliver Brett. Mr. and Mrs. William Ken
efck. Mrs. William b. Leeds, Lady Lister
KAYE. Sir Hugh Munro and Mrs George
Westinghouse, jr
Cautain Dow will give Christmas din
uor on Sunday at p m. TO his officers
and engineers. The other members of'the
crew will have a Christmas celeprauoh
and dinner at noon.