Evening star., 1938-05-29
NHE splashes made by the two
latest liners at their launch
ir,us 1rare MT so mighty IN

ingS were not so mlgnty III
Il the sea nor in the public mind
as those of the giant Queen Mary
and the Normandie few years ago,
but the charm of travel on smaller
ships will be all the brighter this
summer with the sailing lists carrying
these two names: The Nieuw Amster-
dam, of the Holland-American Line,
and the Oslofjord, of the Norwegian
American Line.
Centuries-old, history-making ira
ditions of the seafaring Dutch and
Vikings lie in the kees and above
from the bowels of the ships to top
side have been embodied serviceable
and safe 1888 marine architecture,
coupled with modern and tangible
creature comforts that characterize
pleasureable, quality travel. Unable
to claim rivalry in size with the ocean
mammoths. the smaller ships have a
way of developing those intangible,
loveable qualities of floating nominees,
and there is every reason to expect
that when fall begins to keep the
American tourist at home. the NieuW
Amsterdam and the Oslofjord will be
firmly intrenched as the favorite ship
Of many an ocean traveller, tourist.
Characteristic of the smaller ship.
the l7,000-ton Oslofpord. will be the
Koldtbord 0iterally cold table'D, ma
tional dining institution of Norway.
Built into the furnishings, the great
board will be the central feature of
each of the dining rooms. On it.
piled in orderly profusion, will be an
overwhelming array of 100 different
varieties of meat, poultry. fish, horS
d'oeuvres, salads and cheeses, put
there to serve as appetizers. as pre-
ludes to the main dishes of the meal.
A RRIVING in New York June 13 on
its maiden voyage the Oslofjord
will establish new standard of ex-
Norway, cutting the present crossing
time from 712 to days.
At the same time the ships arrival
will recall the Viking voyage of dis
covery to America over 900 years ago.
In recognition of this historic event,
liner will use as central theme the
Viking period. One of its finest public
rooms will be known as Left ErikSon
Hail. and there against background
of Norwegian pine paneling. murals by
Alf Rolfsen will picture Erikson's
Ia,, hn CT cn Of
Vinland in the year 1000.
The Oslofjord. built expressly to ap-
peal to American travellers, will ac-
commodate 800 passengers. divided
into $50 cabin class, $50 tourist and
400 third Most important of passen-
ger accommodations on it will be its
unusual arrangement of cabin and
tourist class dining rooms. since the
Oslofjord will ignore precedent and
have these on B deck rather than in
the depths ofthe vessel. This novel
placing of the rooms will enable pas
sengers to dine in the same surround
ings as they would in fine resort
hotel, with sunlight streaming through
spacious windows rather than port
holes to light their tables.
THE Holland American Lines &c.
287-ton flagship Nieuw Amsterdam
already has appeared on the horizon,
having arrived in Hoboken. N. j., on
her maiden voyage May II and sailed
again for Plymouth, Boulogne and
Rotterdam
So much interest is being shown in
the new ship that for the next five
sailings from America. special visitors
passes will be required for friends of
bon voyageurs going aboard at sailing
time.
The line, proudly pointing to the ex-
cellence its passengers are to find
aboard, says:
She is the first Transatlantic liner
to have private bath or shower in
every cabin class stateroom, and in
cluding the very large proportion of
similarity equipped rooms in the tourist
class, she has the highest percentage
of this type of space in the Trans
service.
Her air conditioning plant is the
largest af1oat, and she is the most
completely protected vessel against fire
ever to enter an American or any
other, port.
She is the only liner to possess a
fully equipped permanent air-condi-
toned theater
Her tourist and third class cabins.
public rooms, large indoor built-in
swimming pool, and the vast recrea-
ton decks, in these classes would
shame the first class appointments of
many ships in regular service only
decade ago."
SUMMED up statistically, the Nieuw