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S. S PRESIDENT HOOVER specifying all of the materials for the interior trim. Equipped with this plan F. E. Baldauf, vice president of the A. F. Marten Co., went. to the shipyard to consult with the builder. Return- ing to San Francisco detailed drawings were made and sent to the shipyard and in addition full size samples of panelings, carvings, wood Tile Swimming Pool After Deck selections and samples of finishes were pre- pared for all of the important public rooms. Practically all of the furniture and furnishings were produced in the workshops of the interior decorator in San Francisco and shipped to the yard and installed. The accompanying illustra- tions indicate the fine results obtained. Located midships on the bridge deck aft of the main entrance lobby there are four deluxe suites, two on each side, adjoining each other. Each suite contains a private veranda, sitting room, bedroom and bathroom; and for each pair of suites there is a large trunk room direct- ly across the passage, in which lockers are fit- ted for the cccupants of each suite. One suite on each side is modern in design and the other French. The walls of the veranda and sitting room of each “‘suite moderne’’ are paneled in padouk (a wood of the mahogany family from Burma) and the bedroom has painted paneling with African mahogany trim. The veranda and sitting room of the ‘“‘French suites” are paneled in prima vera and the bedroom has painted paneling. Sumptuous Public Room Interiors HE library and writing room is on the for- ward end of the promenade deck. With in- creased deck height it has a lofty effect em- phasized by the absence of pillars. The walls are flush paneled in mottled African mahogany and the wide panels have their side margin decorated with vertical inlays in color each composed cf the following woods: American and circassian walnut, curly maple, yellow poplar, harewood, bubinga, tiger wood, zebra cotta, lavender, wood and vermillion. The paneling is set off by wide pilasters of African mahogany, ornament- ed with shallow fluting and topped by hand carved capitals. There is a narrow cornice of mottled African mahogany crowned by a deep cove mold of painted white pine. All doors have African mahogany finish and trim. The ceiling of Vehisote panels is enameled and decorated with carved ornamentation and is fitted with polished brass grilles for exhaust ventilation. The metal frame windows are cf single case- ment type, five on each side and in three groups of three each across the forward end. A large decorative mural painting by A. F. Marten, of deep sea marine life is recessed into the paneling of the aft bulkhead. An ex- tensive library is installed in recessed book- cases inlaid in rare woods at each side of the painting. Woods and Glass Effectively Used HE library is furnished with sofas, arm- chairs, upholstered chairs with mahogany frame and tables. Writing tables are of mahog- any with frosted glass screens and concealed lighting, and there is a tall reading lamp, on a brass standard with silk shade in each corner of the room. Light is provided by chandeliers of carved and frosted glass with polished brass fittings and wall bracket lights of similar de- sign in addition to a carved glass pedestal lamp on the center table with a silk shade. Draperies of heavy silk brocade in light greenish blue with a pattern repeating the colors used for covering com- plete the effect. The floor is cov- ered with an es- pecially de- signed high pile Saxony wool car- pet of green and Shades of terra- light green and sold. This first class lounge lob- by like the lounge itself is of contemporary treatment in de- sign with spe- cial architectur- al effect obtained by the use of hardwood pan- eling and trim. Stair and elevators lead up to this space on the promenade deck. The walls are finished throughout with West African avo- dire, a pale yellow wood with a diagonal rip- pling grain, in full height flush panels bordered by sunken panel bands of satinwood trimmed with yellow poplar moldings, Columns and Lifeboats and Gravity Davits 18 MARINE REview—August, 1931 ee ae