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springs from the back of this. cornice enabling the concealed light to be re- flected evenly over the room. Win- dow frames, floors and the gymnastic appliances are painted a rich blue with curtains in orange offering a marked contrast. Alleyways to the passenger accommodations are unique in that they are arranged in bays divided by pilasters and finished in a pleasing color scheme. A number of suite rooms are ar- ranged on A deck in a variety of color schemes and decorations. A sitting room, for instance, has pan- M. S. Britannic Engine Room—Top Platform—Main Engine Tops and Lift- ing Gear for Handling Valves and En- gine Parts elled walls painted in egg shell blue relieved with white moldings and modelling, walnut furniture, old gold curtains and upholstering with pearl finished electric fittings. An adjoin- ing bedroom has old fashioned pat- terned wallpaper and the woodwork is painted in old parchment color with the wall light shades in old parchment. Furniture is in mahog- any and the curtains and upholster- ing are in rose in tone with the walls. Each suite has a lobby con- necting the various rooms with a recess for the innovation trunk. The private bathroom is paneled in colors and fully equipped in the modern manner. There are a number of other suites and single cabins finished in a variety of styles and color schemes. Private bathrooms on A deck are specially decorated and com- pletely equipped, th* bathrooms for the suites being finished in sea green and primrose. All staterooms, wheth- er cabin, tourist or third class have hot and cold fresh water. The cabin baths have hot and cold showers. Tourist. and third class. public 22 rooms and entrances have received unusual attention to make them ex- ceptionally comfortable and _ attrac- tive. The smoking room for. the tourist class is on the lines of the old English farmhouse of the six- teenth century, in half timber and rough plaster, with old tiled floor, antique furniture and casement ‘win- dows with leaded glass. Adding to the general effect are reproductions of old masters and old wrought iron lantern brackets and ceiling fittings in the same style. The ladies’ lounge in the tourist class is painted a are hung on wrought iron hinges The tourist class lounge is in modern style with walls panelled in polished hard wood, with furniture in keep- ‘ing. The same applies to the tourist or third class lounge on B deck for- ward. Lounge on C deck for tourist or third class is a _ pleasant room with amber colored electric light fit. tings on the ceiling and with 4 ruboleum floor. It is furnished With easy chairs and settees. Other public rooms in the third class include a smoking room ip old oak and plaster with rough hewn timbers on the walls, oak panelling, and beam ceiling. The furniture is in old style with long upholstered oak settles. The third class ladieg’ room is designed as a simple drawing room with wall panelling painted a soft green color. Pictures on the walls and curtains and upholstering carry out the scheme in a quiet and modest way. The third class chil- dren’s playroom has concealed elec- tric lighting and the walls are dec- orated with subjects from nursery rhymes. A Wendy hut carries out the playroom idea with quaint win- dows and picturesque roof. It is furnished suitably as a children’s room. A commodious dining saloon for Auxiliary Engine Room, M. 8. Britannic—Cylinder Tops of Generator Sets sunshine color and is furnished and decorated as a sitting room with a large bay window and a comfortable window seat. A deeply recessed fire- place on the starboard side and com- fortable easy chairs and Chesterfield settees complete the scheme. A fully equipped children’s playroom is also an attractive feature in this class. An interchangeable tourist or third class smoking room is decorated in oak and old plaster, casement win- dows, old settles and a beam ceiling. The doors are built of planks and MARINE REVIEW—August, 1930 the tourist class is designed in a simple and dignified style with walls painted in warm shades of deep amber relieved with touches of other color. Buffets with mirrors over are arranged on the center line of the forward end while the walls are fitted with frame mirrors. The floor is of marble patterned ruboleum with an attractive finish, giving an extremely durable and noise deadening surface. The third class dining saloon is de- Signed with an ivory frieze above a general wall panelling of warm brown