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The New York herald., 1921-10-30
Eight Kitchens. Seventy Cooks,
Part of the Stewards Departme-


work Of feeding all these people. 1t is a
Gargantuan task, as the victuallng superin-
tendent might tell you particularly as salt
air Is no mean sharpener OF appetites and
there is no corner grocery to run out to IL II
is discovered, about four hours out of New
York that somebody had forgotten the salt
or the meat hadn't arrived.
Here is a list compiled by the victualling
superintendent of the line of a few of the
things needed aboard the liner to feed
passengers and crew on a round trip:
At least 10000 pounds of meats. $1,000
pounds of poultry 1000 plover. 1000 quail.
1000 snpe 900 pheasants. $50 partridges,
$50 grouse, 500 wild ducks 900 pounds of
fish, 10000 pounds of flour. 10000 pounds of
sugar 10000 pounds of potatoes 10000
pounds of butter. 5000 pounds Of tea and
coffee 10000 eggs. 5000 gallons of milk.
1900 cabbages. $4,000 pounds of carrots and
turnps 600 boxes of apples 400 boxes OF
oranges. so boxes of pears 1000 pounds of
tomatoes, 5000 pounds Of jams and MARINA
lade one ton OF ice cream and ton
or hothouse grapes
AND 1000 quart bottles champagne 500
pint bottles champagne 200 quart bottles
other wines, 1900 pint bottles other wines
1000 bottles of spirits (whiskey. gin, brandy
&c.) 300 bottles of liquors. and 10000 bottles
of ale and stout.
20 run a liner of this size. Counting about
everything II will cost about half million
dollars to run the Majestic from Plymouth
to New York and back. The crew Of LOO
men alone get an average of s75 month
which means sS2 500 in the aggregate. and
then there is the matter of provisions fuel
supplies. overhead. &c.
The ship is so large IT is quite a problem
20 get around in her and to keen in .ouch
with other parts of the boat There are. of
course. electric elevators which run from
keel to boat deck One of these is in the
engine room so that members Of the force
on duty can get about quickly Also in
cluded is a complete telephone installation.
Another little item which was not present
in the caravels of Columbus is an electric
switchboard twenty-five feet long and eight
feet high. From this among other things
are controlled $4,000 electric lights. and
ventiating fans all over the ship driven
by 103 electric motors There are also 122
other motors which drive auxiliary ma
chinery. elevators. winches. &c. Five dynamos
generate the current for these motors
The ventilating system is $4,000 feet i'm
total length. In other words any one who
attempted TO find out where all the ducts ran
would have to walk more than eighteen
nautical miles.
The ships power plant down under the
waterlne is n thing that also commands
superlatves as regards both size and energy
From huge tanks-bunkers are a thing OF
the past on most modern liners-5,7OO tons
OF oil will pour out each voyage into the
burners which keep up terrific heat under
her forty-eight boilers. The steam from
The New York herald., 1921-10-30
II HE worlds largest ship. the Majestic,
is fast approaching completion. Be

tE WOridS largest snip, tne MaJeStic
is fast approaching completion. Be-
fore another tourist season rolls
around the International Mercantile Marine
will have her in commission. Next April. ii
is expected, New York will see the marine
marvel that not only excels our own mon
ster Leviathan. seized from the Germans
but the ship that bids fair to be queen Of the
seas for decade at least
In a prominent place in THE SUN on the
morning of June 81 1914. the following item
appeared:
HAMBURG. June 20.-The Bismarck, the
third Of the tkree great giant steamships
of the Hamburg American Steamship Com
pany was launched at the yards Of Blohm
& voss here to-day.
The Kaiser. who witnessed the launch
ing. had issued a special order that the
vessel be christened by Countess Hanna
Bismarck. the eldest granddaughter Of the
Iron Chancellor, but there was a slight
faur pas at the last moment. and the EN-
peror saved the situation. Just as the
ship slid down the ways the Countess at
tempted to break the customary pottie Oh
wine but she was somewhat nervous and
did not strike with sufficient force to
break IT, The Emperor quickly seized the
bottle from her hand and smashed it on
the sides of the liner. thereby per-
sonally executing the christening Of the
vessel.
The, selection of the name for the
steamer was made by the Kaiser himself
in commemoration of the great statesman.
whose Tooth birthday will be celebrated
next year when the new vessel will sail
on her maiden trip.
Eight days after this the first page of
THE Sun famed with the announcement that
the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the
Austrian throne. and his morganatic wife,
the Duchess of Hohenberg. had been assas-
sinated while paying their first official visit
to Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia.
The New York herald., 1921-10-30
DIS LARGEST SHIP NOW NEARING COMPLETION

copper and brass TO make torpedoes for l.
boats. Fire broke out in her hull in October,
1920, but despite reports current that she
was ruined it later developed that the fire
started in coal bunker used as a store
room and worked upward until freproofne
arrested its progress. IL was rumored at the
time that some Germans had fred her pur-
posely to prevent her from being turned over
to the Allies but the resultant loss was
borne by them they must turn the ship
over complete.
During much of 1920 and the present year
thousand men have been kept busy on her
Her tunnels were hoisted into place last May.
Representatives of Harland & Wolff and the
White Star Line keeping track of the
progress of the ship and confident that
she will be towed to Southampton in time to
make her first voyage next April The
Homeric is due to precede her to this port
by about month
Our Largest Ship at Sea
Is Only of s5.7SS Tons
Unless the Leviathan is recondit tioned. the
United States will be far behind England in
the matter of big ships. The largest ship
now in actual operation by the Shipping
Board, or rather the United States Lines, the
operating company, is the George Washing
ton the ship in which President Wilson
crossed to France. This vessel, entirely
renovated and redecorated, may be >classed
with the British ships in luxury but is far
smaller In actual tonnage. The American
liner Is 500 feet in length, "A feet in beam
and has gross tonnage of 23,7SS. She has
accommodations for 1886 passengers.
Returning to the Majestic. this liner will
carry crew of about 1,100 men and will
have accommodations for 4100 passengers.
OF these 1000 will be in the first cabin, 700
in the second and 2400 in the third. The
spsee occupied by her cabins, public rooms,
engine rooms and other departments Is equal
to that in 400 average detached suburban
residences of eight rooms each
Like a city, the Majestic is divided into
neighborhoods. The ships officers will live
by themselves in steel house on the bridge
deck, the first class passengers will live
amidships, the second class further to the
stern. the steerage passengers in both bow
and stern and the crew in their own neigh
borhood in the hull. The neighborhoods will
be large, too, for the Majestic has five steel
decks running the full length of the hull.
Above these are four superstructure decks,
which run about a third the length of the
ship, or more than 800 feet, in the midships
section. The nine decks have a combined
area of seven and a half acres. The height
from keel to boat deck is 102 feet.
In the various districts there will be 245
The New York herald., 1921-10-30

4 conservatory for preserving flowers re-
ccived by passengers on sailing; card room
for BRIDGE a ballroom, winter garden and
a stage which can be used for moving pic
lures or vaudeville.
To look out for the comfort and needs of
the passengers there will be $50 men and
% women in the stewards department.
which includes also butchers, cooks and
bakers. In the eight separate kitchens on
the ship there will be 20 cooks, 25 bakers and
Is butchers. In the second and third cabins
will be maintained two Kosher" kitchens to
serve Jewish travellers
The New York herald., 1921-10-30
None So Great Is

From south side of Chambers
Broadway The Majestic Thus
she placed City Hall Park would extend through the
Post Office and % Pauls
The New York herald., 1921-10-30

Majestic Once Bismarck Enter White Star Service Next April
OF $4,000 Tons New Maritime Gantess Is Vertabe City
Will Probably Be Last Word in Liners for Years,
None So Great Is Laid Down or Planned
The New York herald., 1921-10-30

Sir Bertram Hayes al present commander
of the Olympic. Sir Bertram himself is
link between the days of oil burning express
liners and square rugged ships. Born at
Birkenhead. England. in 1864, he first went
TO sea at the age of 16 an apprentice on
the ship Laomene. Nine years later he made
his first voyage on a steamer. acting as
fourth officer of the White Star liner Coptic.
then in the New Zealand trade. Sir Ber
trans first command was the famous old
Britannica, which he became captain OF
in 1899.
During both the Boer war and the great
war Captain Hayes carried troops. He was
given command OF the Olympic in 1915, and
under him the ship carried 100000 troops
across the Atlantic without loss of life.
plate on the deck house of the ship he will
leave recites that on May II. 1913. the
Olympic sank a German submarine II was
for this he was knighted AS a matter OF
almost established fact, the Olympic on that
day sank two submarines one by gunfire
and another by ramming.
Although naturally proud of his elevation
to command of the greatest ship in the world,
Sir Bertram is loyal to the Olympic.
"If the Majestic is any better than the
Olympic she will be a wonder" he said.
The New York herald., 1921-10-30
Docking Great Liner Here
Is Most Delicate of Tasks

Because of her size. Captain Hayes will
have little fear for the safety Of his ship
while at sea- but for that same reason he
will need all the experience of his forty
years on the water when the liner nears
New York Harbor. For the handling of the
Majestic in the restricted waters of the upper
Bay and North River and in docking her
is one of the most ticklish problems captain
faced.
The great piers of the Chelsea section.
between West Fourteenth and West Twenty
third streets, project their long framework
far out into the river, where a swift tide
swirls by at right angles. It is the problem
Of captain and pilot to get the big ship
through the crowds of river traffic, and then
put her crosswise to the swift currents ana
nose in alongside the pier.
The ships own power is of little use in this
work, for it is too great Should she hit
pier or an assisting tug under steam, great
damage would be done So, save for a little
help now and then from the engine room, the
Job is accomplished by from twelve to twenty
tugs, and by the ships capstans, working
on hawsers twelve inches in circumference
and tested to strain of 1000 pounds.
How long will the Majestic be the greatest
ship in the world? That is a question which
was asked of each of the great liners which
succeeded TO the title since the days OF
packets and clipper ships.
The Leviathan is unique in that she has
been the greatest ship in the world since
1914 and will be until 1922 a reign Of eight
years. but the Majestic may hold the title
even longer than that. For. strangely
enough, there are now no big ships on paper
or in process of construction at Belfast,
Hamburg or the other shipbuilding cities.
The big ship does not pay. shipping men
say, and this may make the Majestic queen
of the seas Until the days when air liners
supplant passenger ships. But 1t must NOT
be forgotten that the great rivalries of Brit
ish French and German steamship COM
panies really were responsible for the fast
succeeding queens OF the days before the
war and with the United States back in the
merchant marine field new rivalries may De
velop that will bring the title to liner as
vet undreamed of flying our own nag
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Continued from Preceding Page.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24

Mr.. Haynes Randle are enjoying a
weeks outing at Mcintyre. Fla, this
week.
Miss Carrye Frances Ponder enter
tanned seevral of her friends at sup
per Sunday night. Covers were laid
for ten.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Johnston are
moving this week to Montezuma
where Mr.. Johnston has accepted a
position.
Sheriff W. K. johnson was in town
Tuesday.
A. j. Rutherford, of Boston, spent
the weekend here with relatives.
Several from Richland will attend
the Inauguration ceremonies of Gov
ernor Hardwick in Atlanta Saturday.
Mrs. Lee and children, of Rochelle,
are the guests Of Mrs. R. T. Humber,
il.
Mrs. Kate Snellings, of Americas,
is visiting her son, Mr.. Meyer Smell
ings.
Mrs. W. C. Coffin and children
have returned from a delightful trip
to Jacksonville, Fla.
The Woman Missionary Union of
the Baptist church held their month
ly meeting Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Adams, of
Pavo, are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
T. c. Turner this week.
The Mission Study class of the Y
W. A. meets every Monday afternoon
at 4 o'clock. All members are cor
daily invited to come and help win
the banner for the district.
Mrs. w. C. Dixon and children re-
turned Saturday from a few days
visit with relative sin Hurstboro, Ala.
Mrs. F. H. McCalla and Miss Miriam
McCalla returned with her and spent
Sunday here before returning home
Monday morning with Mr.. Yancy Me-
Gala, who came up in his car for
them.
The Morton Richardson post of the
American Legion and Woman s
Auxiliary expect to be we'll repre-
scented at the reunion and conven-
ton in Columbus, July 4, 5, 6.
About seventy young people. mem
bers and friends of the Epworth
League of the Methodist church had
delightful party Tuesday night at
the home of Mrs. A. A. French.
Punch was served throughout the
evening and after numerous games
delicious sandwiches and tea were
served.
Little Leonard Aston, Jr., is quite
ill with typhoid fever.
Mrs. Lides and Mrs. Strickland's
department of the Baptist Sunday
school gave picnic party Friday af-
ternoon on the church grounds for
the little folks of this department
and their parents.
Mrs. J. C. Morton and daughter,
Frances. of Macon, are visiting Mrs.
Leroy Chapel.
In place of the regular B. Y P.
u. program Sunday night the dele
gates to the state convention that
met at Savannah this week will re-
mort on the convention. 1t will be
interesting to know what the live
young people are doing all over the
state.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24

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Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
America Can Hope
For Big Russian
Film Business

Trains equipped with motion pic
ture machines and films are being
run through Siberia giving exhibi-
tions at each railroad station, accord
ing to Julius Kohner, Czecho-
Slovakian cinema authority and pub
Usher of "Filmschau," one of the
we'll known international trade jour
nails, who recently arrived in this
country. The soviet government is
strongly in favor Of the development
of motion pictures and is paying
great attention to the community ef-
fects OF movie" theaters, he says.
The Lenine- -Trotzky government
has encouraged the erection of pic
ture playhouses, which are operated
by a commission of the soviet gov
crnment. There are today some 5000
picture houses in Russia and more
are being added constantly, Mr..
Kohner declares. As an indication OF
the interest of the soviet govern
n,ent. he was officially invited to go
to Moscow. He will shortly estab-
lish an exchange there to distribute
American and European films.
A very large opening awaits
American pictures in Russia as soon
as trade agreements are established
between that country and the United
States. Virtually no production is
going on in Russia. and however fast
production may be developed Rus
sia will have to depend upon the
American and other foreign points
for several years. Mr.. Kohner be-
iieves. At present American pictures
are being procured from Poland.
Italian pictures are being obtained
from Roumania and number OF
German films are being used. !
In Germany production conditions
are chaotic, according to Mr.. Kohner.
Vast numbers of inexperienced pro-
ducers have entered the field, with
the result that the German market
is swamped with mediocre material.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
Aesop's Fables
At Last Reach
Picture Screen

At last the rich mines a picture
material contained In Aesop's Fables
have been suitably developed for
popular screen use. This interesting
and important information comes
from Pathe Exchange announcing
an arrangement with Fables Pic
lures, Inc, for the weekly release Of
a series of "Aesop's Fables Modern
ized," in the form of animated car
toons by Paul Terry.
The first release will be Cartoonist
Terry's up-to-date and comically ef-
fective adaptation of the fable of
'"The Goose that laid the Golden
Egg" which has an honored place
in the popular literature of every
civilized race and country. 1t will
be followed at weekly intervals by
other equally familiar Aesop sub
jects, of which several scores have
been handed down through approv-
ing generations stretching back to
the golden age of literature and art
500 years before the beginning OF the
Christian era. The release schedule
shows "The Goose that Laid the
Golden Egg" followed successfully
by mice in Council" "The Rooster
and the Eagle" "Ants and the
Grasshopper," and "Cats at Law"
Others Failed.
The obvious vast advantage of the
screen utilization of material so uni
versally familiar, and so highly rel
ished, as the fables of Aesop has
been the motive for many attempts
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26

to make it effective. Usually they
have failed through inability to seize
the comic spirit inherent-though
seldom emphasized--in these ancient
classics in which human conflicts
are illuminated in the words and
actions of familiar animals. In other
instances an attempt at moderniza-
ton has not been accompanied by
sufficient creative invention to make
the screen fable-drama complete.
The use of mechanical animal figures
since there is no School of act
ing" of proved efficiency in the case
of ducks, geese, donkeys, ROSTERS,
wolves and other inhabitants OF
barnyard and forest--has seemed to
be unsatisfactory.
The cheerful-though, OF course,
unnecessary, suggestion is made that
if any exhibitors memory proves at
fault regarding Aesop's Fables, tho
matter be referred to the first school,
boy Of any nationality that comes
along
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26

tally into my ear, and right then
and there ! decided I would never
be known as a first old woman,
or a d. cat either! would be
a grand daniel"
After her long and fruitful speak
ing stage career, Miss Lester turned
to the movies, bringing with her the
gift of her unquestionable artistry,
and a valuable collection of jewelry,
laces, and other art objects gathered
during her European tours. So it
is that the distinctive personal ap-
pointments of her costumes are
often from her private collection, as
for instance, the exquisite cameo
worn by her when she played the
first lady of San Francisco society,
in Don't Neglect Your Wife;" the
string of pearls which completed her
expensive gowns in Dangerous
Curve Ahead" with Helene Chad
wick, and the foreign-made watch
she frequently consulted in THE
Glorious Fool"
Long Experience.
OF all the white haired women
who believe their age and their white
hair sufficient qualifications to play
mother parts, land there are many
of them who thus aspire-Miss Les
ter is probably the only actress of
long standing and gentle birth-of
genuine ability, experience and popu-
larity, sufficient to merit the title by
which she is known to Finland
"the grand dame of the screen"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
MUSICAL NOTES

ming at 8 o'clock, "The Forty sixth
Psalm" by Dudley Buck. First
presentation Of this cantata in Om-
aha. John Helgren, director Of
music; Albert Sand, organist.
As fitting climax to successful
years work, the large chorus choir
OF the First Methodist church will
render the great oratorio, THE Mes
siah," on Sunday evening. June rs,
7:45 p. m. Mrs. w. Dale Clark is
soprano soloist, Miss Margaret
Spaulding is contralto, Mr.. Lawr-
ence Dodds tenor. and e. S. Travis
and ]. E. Carnal bass soloists.
This choir, under the able direc-
ton Of J. Edward Carnal. has done
an unusual amount Of oratorio work
during the past year, having rem
dered on various occasions, THE
Story Of the Cross" by Buck; Tho
Stabat Mater" ''The Seven Last
Words" THE Creation" 1.-THE Com
ing Of the King" besides numerous
selections from other oratorio works.
These sacred concerts have all been
given without charge and have been
very largely attended by music low
ers Of Omaha.
The First Methodist church Is To-
Gated at Twentieth and Davenport.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
Butler Uses a Theory

Fred ]. Butler, father and director
of David Butler, has we'll worked
out theory when it comes to select
ing casts for his sons productions.
Prior to his entering the silent
drama, Butler, sr, was we'll known
stage director under the Belasco and
Morosco arrangements.
Now when Mr.. Butler casts a new
picture he thinks back to the stock
days and endeavors to "pick" his
types and talent from the ranks of
those who were under his direction
for the footlight drama. In "Bing-
Bang-Boom," the latest David But
Ter production, Mr.. Butler has
pressed into service several former
stage players, among whom are CARL
Stockdale and William Walling.
Claire Anderson has been cast for
the feminine lead opposite young
Butler and Kate Toncry, we'll known
through her long service with D. w.
Griffith, has another important role.
Others in the cast include Bert Had
ley, Edward Wallack and William
Duvaull. Filming has started at the
Brunton studios, Hollywood.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
TheW Hit The Stage
IF They Fail In
Film Productions

The present lessening Of produc-
ton of motion pictures with conse-
quent leisure forced upon the screen
players, from stars to extras, has
given opportunity to the former to
try the stage. In almost every case
the experiment has been success,
attesting to the tremendous popular
ity of the screen players.
Francis X. Bushman and Beverly
Bayne found when picture fans turned
their backs on them as screen play
ers, and their pictures would not sell,
yet vaudeville acclaims them. Carlyle
Blackwefls' popularity waned when
his type ceased to convince, yet ht is
said his appearance in vaudeville is a
success.
Bara Successful
Theda Bara, in spite Of bad play,
was financial success .on the stage
and made a great deal of money for
herself and A. H. Woods. Madge
Kennedy, always a wonderful player
on the stage, is even a bigger draw"
on her return after establishing her
self on the screen. Alice Brady broke
records almost everywhere when she
appeared on the stage in a play
after making good as star. Little
Vivian Martin, a trained stage
player, IS a success in a comedy on
Broadway. We could name score
of others who have also made good.
Howe About Rehei7
Mae Murray on the stage, heading
revue, perhaps bearing her name,
would be tremendous stage attrac-
ton. Wallie Reid would be a SEN
sation If he ever went out in a play.
The same can be said for Bert Ly-
tell, Eugene O'Brien and Tommy
Meighan. Several of the women
stars, some of whom have never
been on the stage, would be source
of undoubted revenue to stage pro-
ducer. Ethel Clayton would be
worth thousands on the stage. Bebe
Daniels would be a draw. Pauline
Frederick would find her popularity
has been doubled through her screen
work. Anita Stewart and any num-
Der of other stars would be a big hit
To our mind every star who has
the ability, no matter how great he
or she might be, should go on the
stage for at least six weeks every
season. 1t would vary the monotony
of constant film work, be relaxa-
ton, increase their popularity, and in
cid-ntally make a lot of money for