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Arrangement and Decoration (Continued from Page 22) tables with fibre tops and large flower boxes of brass and stainless steel. Floor lamps of usual design with frosted glass shades; ceiling fixtures give white or red, yellow and green light. The floor is the ship’s caulked teak deck finished for dancing. Adjoining the marine tea garden is the soda fountain room finished in color. The wall panels are decorated with conventional designs in flower and fruit above a paneled wainscot with molded chair rail and are set off by wide full height pilasters with applied moldings in mod- ern designs. The doors are of teak with paint- ed trim and applied decoration above head cas- ings. The windows are of sliding type with frameless glass arranged to drop into pockets in the joiner work. A flush panel ceiling is fitted overhead. The soda fountain, which is located in the center of the room and has three service sides, is finished in African walnut, with yellow Siena marble top, black and gold marble step and baseboard, and red tiled back bar; all fixtures are chromium plated. The revolving stools around three sides are finished in black and green enamel with green upholstered tops. At the sides of the room are upholstered settees finished in color to match the walls, besides ser- vice tables with inlaid linoleum tops. Opening off the after boat deck lobby is a de- lightful children’s playroom attractively fur- nished with small wicker armchairs, settees, and tables and quaint painted settles with high backs. A completely equipped gymnasium for first class passengers is located on the port side of the after boat deck lobby, provided with ad- joining toilet and shower and connected with a therapeutic room with electric bath, ultra violet ray and massage facilities. Entrance Lobby and Stairs HE first class main entrance foyer on the upper deck just forward of the main din- ing saloon, is entered through a vestibule at each side of the vessel in way of the entrance ports in the hull. The main passenger stair- way leads up from the after end of the lobby, at the center of the ship and at each side of the Stairs there is an electric passenger elevator Serving the various decks above. Walls and ceilings are paneled in framire with white birch paneled strips and African ma- hogany trim. The paneled ceiling is fitted be- low the beam and the ceiling panels in the stair- Way recesses are of special design with matched and quartered grain. The forward end is de- ‘corated by a gilt frame mirror between special S. S. PRESIDENT FOO VeR tubular lighting fixtures of white glass and polished brass. Lighting is by overhead and wall fixtures and by floor and table lamps on polished brass pedestals. The furnishings in- clude upholstered chairs, settees and occasional tables in walnut. In way of passenger stairs all first class lobby walls are finished in panels of avodire between narrow panel bands of satin wood with yellow poplar molding. Elsewhere the walls in way of the shelter, bridge, and boat decks and in way of the promenade deck aft, are flush pan- eled in framire with strips of white birch. A feature of the forward stair lobby on the bridge deck is an elaborate novelty shop with curved plate glass front, African mahogany counter and outside trim, and glass shelved showcases lined with silvery gray harewood. Passenger stairs are of decorative type in keeping with the design of the lobbies in which they are located. The main stairway leads from the first class foyer on the upper deck to the lounge lobby cn the promenade deck, continu- ing by a separate flight, to the forward boat deck lobby, and a similar stairway leads from the after first class lobby on the bridge deck up to the after boat deck lobby. Special Class Public Spaces IRST class passages between public spaces on promenade deck have walls flush paneled full height with light Philippine mahogany in checkered patterns with alternate horizontal and vertical grain. There is a baseboard and narrow cornice of the same material, the cor- nice having alternate gold leaf and hardwood finish. The pilasters are also of light Philippine mahcgany with inset panel finished in gilt. The ceilings are flush and painted. Windows are of metal casement type. Though less elaborate than those in the first class, the special class public spaces are unusu- ally attractive and roomy. The lounge and smoking rocm are located in special houses on the sheltered weather deck aft of the bridge en- closure thus securing a maximum of light and air. They are reached by spacious stairways from the lobbies below as well as by entrances from the deck. The special class smoking room follows mod- ern design and the walls are finished in raised panels of dark Philippine mahogany with cor- nice and trim of same material. The beams are cased with Philippine mahogany and ceiling is fitted between the beams in painted panels. Furnishings include walnut top tables cn metal pedestals, walnut cabinets with carved fronts, overstuffed settees, walnut chairs upholstered in leather and marble top smoking stands. Lobbies and passages in this class are panel- ed full height with rubbed enamel finish simi- lar to that in first class passages. MARINE REview—August, 1931 ot