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specializing in ship work like they have in Europe could hardly exist. These firms 

 not only design but build and furnish the interiors complete. House architects or 

 decorators are sometimes called upon in this country when some special ship work 

 is to be done. While they make a fair showing considering that the work on ship- 

 board is new to them, yet the conditions are so entirely different from those they 

 meet with in buildings on shore that they must first learn something about ship 

 construction in order to keep out of trouble. 



With the upbuilding of the American merchant marine, if that good day is 

 about to arrive, let up hope that the conditions will so improve that we can turn out 

 a vessel second to none from an artistic as well as from a mechanical viewpoint. 



The comfort and beauty of the interior of a passenger vessel are, after all, the 

 main attraction to the traveler, the same as such things are in a hotel to the guests 

 or in a clubhouse to the members where nothing is spared to make them a success. 

 Why, then, cannot the same care be taken with the ship? I thoroughly believe it 

 would be appreciated. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate 43. — S. S. Great Northern. Dining Saloon Showing Hung Ceiling 

 and Air Ports Hidden behind Sashes. 



Plate 44. — S. S. Great Northern. Lounge. We Can Appreciate Here the 

 Good Deck Height Made by Carrying the Top of the House above the Boat Deck. 

 The Large House-type Windows Can Also Be Seen. 



Plate 45. — S. S. Great Northern. Smoking Room. The Dome Is Illumi- 

 nated at Night, Throwing a Soft Light into the Room. 



Plate 46. — Steamer Commonwealth. Venetian Gothic Saloon. This View 

 Shows the Treatment like one Height of the Saloon and the Gallery Decks. 



Plate 47. — S. S. Great Northern. Stairs at Writing Room Level Showing 

 the Flights Running in a Fore-and-aft Direction. 



Plate 48. — S. S. Great Northern. Head of Stairs at the Promenade Deck 

 Entrance. The French Type Doors to the Balcony at the Head of the Stairs 

 Open into the Observation Room, Making an Agreeable Change from the Usual 

 Mirror. 



Plate 49. — S. S. Great Northern. Observation Room. The Good Deck 

 Height Is Shown as Well as the Large Windows and Bay Breaking the Monotony 

 of a Rectangular Room. 



DISCUSSION. 



The Chairman: — Gentlemen, you have heard the abstract of Mr. Etter's paper as 

 presented by Professor Owen. Much of the matter brought together in this paper has 

 undoubtedly come to the minds of those who have had to deal with the design and inte- 



