Evening star., 1928-12-16

dining room. It stretches the entire
width of the ship through the center
| approximately 36 feet). It is panelec
in solid mahogany, which. during the
Wilson administration, / believe, was
painted ivory white, as has been the
woodwork throughout the major part OF
the vessel. This is done because it was
found that the dark paneling made the
rooms appear gloomy and small.
THE state or presidential dining room
= room is furnished in mahogany
and hung with rich silk draperies OF
the soft Harding blue. Adjoining this
room, aft, Is q smaller reception or mu-
sic room where informal teas and re-
ceptions may be held. Abaft of this
room is the Presidents study. q small
compartment with book 7lined walls and
furnished in heavy mahogany office
suite and a dictaphone.
The presence of this room in the
yacht gives some suggestion of the ma
ture of the Presidents so-called pleas
ure jaunts. The hangings at the door,
way leading from it are Of change
suggestive of sea waves. Silk cushions
in deep window seat tminus the VIM
dow, of course) carry the same color
note.
In addition to two bedrooms reserved
for the President and his wife, there
are five other guest rooms, several Of
these being of the regulation stateroom
variety, with upper and lower berth
hunks.
The connecting rooms set aside tor
the President and his wife, on the main
deck, are furnished in ivory suites. the
blue moire coverlets on the beds match
ing the paneling of brocaded taffeta on
the walls in shade. (They are of the
same Harding blue which predominateS
in the decorations of the entire ship.)
The paneling in these rooms, as In all
of the guest rooms, Is also of mahogany
painted white The rooms assigned to
the presidential family are aft on the
main deck. During the Wilson admin
istration. an elevator was installed
running from the door of the Presi-
dents room on the fantal to the upper
deck. This has since been removed.
Forward on the main deck, beyond
the dining and reception rooms, Is the
Presidents galley, equipped with china
presses, two oil-burning regulation
Navy ranges, a table and other Kitchen
equipment. all Immediately shining
sight to delight the soul of any house,
keeper.
The Mayfiower recently lost through
retirement a superlatively fine chef who
capacity. It was his distinction to
spend the last years of active service
as the Presidents personal chef aboari
the yacht He was a Chinese named
Lee Ling Guam, and more than one Ex-
ecutive could testify to the perfection
of his culinary art He has a record
of 20 years service in the Navy.
There are two other galleys on the
ship. in addition to that for the Presi-
dent--the officers galley and the galley
for the crews mess. The latter is
equipped with two giant copper boilers
Tor cooking large quantities OF soup and
other chow" These are In addition to
the regulation cook stoves.
For the benefit of those who have
been led to think that the Mayflower
Is equipped extravagantly. we would re-
mark that the chinaware is the ordi-
nary regulation Navy crockery of tn
variety used in the usual officers mess.
The Presidents china, however. has
been decorated with a narrow gold
band and the official crest, but other
wise Is regulation in type 1t certainly
carries with it little suggestion of lux
ury or extravaganza. On the contrary.
usefulness Is its chief char
acteristic.
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A FIT on the lower deck. we find the
rest of the guest chambers. Two
rooms, directly beneath those of the
President and Mrs. Coolidge, are espe-
cially attractive In their furnishings.
In one OF these. known as guest room
No. 2 (being on the port side), are the
twin beds In ivory white finish which
have an unusual historic significance.
They were the beds OF the presidential
suite In the y. S. S. George Washing
ton, used In 19ls-io btf President and