The New York herald., 1922-02-25
HOMERIC HERE LATE
/ ON MAIDEN VOYAGE
NeW White Star Liner Was
Held Back Two Days by
Gales.

The new steamship Homeric OF the
in the world. docked yesterday at Pier
10. two days late. on her maiden voyage
across the Atlantic.
Rough weather was responsible for
the delay. J.. IL. Curry, manager at
Southampton for the White Star Line,
said that despite the weather encount-
cred In the first four days OF the voy-
age the Homeric behaved well. Capt.
Il. 3. Howarth. r. N. r.. said he was
we'll satisfied with the ships showing.
He had not pushed her. he said, but she
had averaged 1874 knots
Among the passengers were Sir Ray
mond Beck, chairman of Lloyd's from
1910 to 1915. now on an insurance mis-
sion for Lloyds: Walter Damrosch, di-
rector of the New York Symphony Or
chestra. who returned from concert
tour of Europe; Maj. David Davies.
Welsh mine owner and Member Of Par
lament: William II. Horne, open golf
champion of South Africa; A. II. Find
lay. known as "the father OF golf in the
United States" Sir Charles Ross, in
ventor of the Canadian service rifle used
during the war; Fl. c. Blackiston, direc-
tor in the United States for Furness,
Nvithy & Co.; Capt, A. NJ. Pendleton,
Mai Eric Ince and Capt. and Mrs. w.
T. Ellis.
The Homeric brought ia first class
passengers siXty-three second and
twenty-three third class. There are
accommodations for 4s1 first class, 422
second class and lao third class pas
sengers.
Near Size of Olympic.
The Homeric is slightly smaller than
the Olympic and Is 33.526 tons regis
ter. The ship was built for the North
German Lloyd line at Danzig and was
almost ready to go into service In 1914
when the war started. Officials of the
International Mercantile Marine Com
pany estimate that $S00,000 has been
spent on the Homeric to eradicate the
marks of German decoration and de-
sign since she was allocated to the
White Star line by the Allied Repara-
tions Commission.
Suggestions OF German decoration
still remain. In the smoking room is
a large oil painting which originally
showed the Kaiser in hunting regalia
riding horse, with hounds leaping at
his side and little negro gun bearer
walking along behind. The horse, dogs
and negro remain. but the Kaiser has
been replaced by a smiling woman Of
slender proportions.
On deck Is the former Kaiser's suite
of Ave magnificent rooms. They are on
the starboard side, and opposite are the
five rooms of the suite intended for the
Kaiserin. The designations were honor
ary. as It was unlikely that the Kaiser
or the Kaiserin would cross the At
lantic.
The First Cabin.
All the ships public rooms for first
cabin passengers are on the upper deck,
with the exception OF tho dining saloon.
The observation room. with large plate
glass windows, Is under the navigating
bridge, and from this room one can look
directly ahead. Next come the reading
and writing room, the lounge, the music
room, and still farther aft the smoking
room. with glass enclosed sun ve-
randa.
The rooms are large and richly fur
nished. The lounge Is ninety four feet
long. forty-seven feet wide and its CELL
ing Is twenty feet high. At the sides of
the room are colonnades of futed Doric
pillars. There are no supporting pillars
except at the sides of the room Three
hundred persons can dance on parquot
floor when the center of the carpet Is
removed. Open fires burn at the ends
OF each of the public rooms.
The first class dining room on Deck d.
amidships. seats 500 persons The color
scheme is jade. ivory and gold, and over
the center Is a massive dome of crystal
pendants.