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will include ample closet space; they will be equipped with bureau 

 and dressing table; with beds and not bunks, with comfortable chairs 

 and sofas. They will not be equipped with portholes but, at the very 

 least, casements opening on the foaming sea and in many cases they 

 may have their own private and protected deck space. 



All of the normal services of life may be assumed on the modern 

 liner. There is a barber shop for the gentlemen; a hairdressing estab- 

 lishment and beauty salon for the ladies. For each there are also pro- 

 vided a bathing establishment, massage and hydrotherapy services. 

 There is a tailoring establishment and valet and maid services. There 

 is laundry service for personal linens. There are bookshops, jewelry 

 shops, shops for ladies' dresses and accessories, shops for sporting 

 goods and a number of other kinds of sales services. All ships are pro- 

 vided with mail, radio and cable services and a number of vessels 

 carry as well a broker's service. All major ships are now adequately 

 supplied with medical services, with dispensary and surgery and in 

 some cases an adequate small hospital. 



When it comes to sports and games, the big ship is as well 

 equipped as the average summer resort. Only the sports that require 

 an enormous area, like polo and golf, have to be curtailed. There are 

 almost certain to be provision for quoits, shuiBeboard, deck tennis, 

 badminton, outdoor and sometimes indoor tennis courts, gymnasiums 

 with all manner of equipment, some combination of indoor and out- 

 door swimming pools. On the larger ships, the space provided on 

 some sports deck is usually big enough to provide for practice of 

 most of the track and field sports; even the golf enthusiasts will usu- 

 ally find a putting green and sometimes a netted driving range. 



It may be assumed that indoor games are adequately represented 

 in the saloons, cardrooms, smoking room, verandas and other areas. 

 There is always a library and librarian service scaled in general to 

 the size of the ship and the anticipated number of passengers. All 

 modern ships are equipped with a saloon and stage that lends itself 

 to musical and dramatic entertainments or that can be converted to 

 a temporary motion picture theater. Permanent theater space is pro- 

 vided in some of the modern liners. Some ships are equipped with 

 chapels for religious services. 



All of the major liners make a determined effort to buy the best 

 foodstuffs and to stajff their ships with really expert chefs, cooks and 

 waiters. Their idea of a suitable cuisine is always generous and some- 

 times lavish. The French liner has made a special effort also to pro- 

 vide a varying wine card and the best of wine services and is followed. 



