The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-15


kiss tho ceiling Thoy arc sot ln
tubs nH hig us h0Eehruds ana arc
hcddrd iu flowers growing ont ~ tho
earth round their roots. Indeed,
tuiumhua might Ht here among
these tropical trees ana Imagine
himself iu the West lndlcH
Dancing IN II steamer De Luxe.
Beyond the palm room is a
restaurant whore ono can dine "A Ia
.clrtc 100 "a dollar bite it ho is not
.toiiafind with the table d'hotc IN the
dining han three decks below. Op-
uusitD, across a wide lobby iH the
lounge which ls almost ~ long as
was tho deck OF tho Santa Maria.
The lounge has az one oud a stage
large enough Co accommodate a
dozen musicians. and there tho
orchestra plays Tor tho dlucoe that
we have every evening. ~ is for all
the world Ike tho supper room Of a
New York hotel. with large dane
Ing space IN tho CCutcr. At night
three or four hundred people sit In
tho upholstered chairs ON the red
velvet carpet that surrounds the
dance floor. and mon la evening
dress and richly clad women move
over tho floor That he one OF the
scenes l should like to show 90 Col
umbus. Perhaps the dances would
romind him OF his African travels.
naidcna stand out like tho kinky
wool OF negro bcllc. Tho gowns
worn by tho dancers are as rule
or silk or filmy chiffon. The Rtuffs
are 20 sheer that a fun dress is
worth more than its weight In gold.
II any ono should doubt thiH, here
Hrc the figures: An ounce or gold is
worth $40 and 4 poun d
ur Rvolrdupols would ho sixteen
times that OF $3.50. There is many
gown on the floor every night that
costs above that. and that notwith-
standing ono might squeeze Il up In
ono hand or ram Il into a tumbler.
Nevertheless. tomo OF the girls on
evening
a Peep NJ the Kitchens
But all this Ia vanity In the worde
OF King David. "Yet. Il is lighter than
vanity" Cpsalms 62.g Christopher
Columbus, with tho odor OF the salt
junk and Hlumgullion ot four CEN
turtles ago I'm nis nustrlls would be
more interested in tho housekeeping
armngtments " this mighty ocean
hotel 1 shall take his spirit with
mo down n half dozen stories and
show him tho kitchens the butchers
and bakers, ana tho storercoms
uNcd with supplies enough to feed
tat those rive thousand souls who
have brought their greedy stom-
achs aboard ! have not space TO
toll how Columbus cooked for his
men. but the ranges FOR preparing
the chops and steaks on this vessel
are as big IA a dining table seating q
dozen, and are kept rcd hot byt cleo
tricity. In addition, there are the
open fires for cooking roagts and
game upon splits nS was done by
Robin Hood and his band in Sher-
wood forest before tho days ot COL
umbus, and thero are great steel
kottlos for soup. each OF which holds
as much as a bath tub. ana hreathCs
out steam Ike a factory
The spirit OF Columbus would see
hundred lamb chops on the stove
at time, and. I'm tho hnlteshops bls-
cults and rolls shovolcd ont of ovens
into baskets each holding four
hurhols. The Majestic cooks 5000
pounds OF meat every day, II hukes
its own bread, mixing barrel OF
flour a. a kneading; and IL cuts the
bread by machinery so fast that one
loat Of ~ slicos was chopped up I'm
just 30 seconds by the ticks on my
watch.
despair or describing the store
rooms ono OF thcm has 5000 Wild
birds hung up in "A temperature ~
degrees below freezing As / ehlv-
cred among thcm. the steward told
mo no had ou hand 900 quail, 1000
phclsuuts, ana SEQ snlpe, His part
ridges number 75O, ana this. to say
nothing Of 500 wild ducks, ptar-
miEdn, and grouse, ana Nerit0blc
lEFntau quail which Z venture are
of the Same family as those which
trl the I-raeites in their sinai
WIUiUrI0ra. I had ono of these quail
'or hr"aNtast this morning, It made
mo think of reed bird. It was
about as big as tho hand of q baby
Drinks That Make Ones Mouth
Water.
/ do not know the favorlto drink OF
Columbus, but any OF our American
passengers whose throat hps been
corkod since the passage OF the pro-
h,bitiou amendment can have his
fayor.te drink on this steamer. We
have on board 10000 bottles OF ale.
4 000 bottles ot brandy whisky and
gin, aud $4,000 bottles OF cham
pugne Some OF ms drink, hut ] am
surprised 10 see that the Yankee at
su1 is quite as temperate today as
he was hefore the advent OF the
NolstCad law and the opulent but
criminal bootlegger. trhe latest pro-
hihlt!on ruling has not effected us
as yot.)
But let us leave the kitchens and
give the ghost OF Columbus a look
at the linen rooms. The weekly wash
or a ship like this would cover the
Santa Maria so that II would be
only = needle In a haystack OF linen