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20 4 THE Marine. REVIEW coe ee Toe ee Cea tel 2 ee MR See a eed ee ee gee LAUNCHING THE mural decorative panels will hang spe- 'cial ornamental electroliers finished in gold, designed and built in to form part of the decorations. The decora- tive paintings of the ceiling will be executed by eminent eastern artists. Twenty parlors of exquisite splen- dor, executed in the Marie Antoinette and Colonial styles, will border on the grand salon. The walls and ceilings will be finished in ivory enamel and gold. The carpets covering the floors will indicate the predominating color and from them the colors will blend up the paneled side walls which will be treated with delicate ornamental and floral decorations into the ceiling itself, where they will be lost in panels of dainty paintings.. Filmy lace cur- tains will hang from gold cornices covering the windows. Brass beds, soft upholstered divans, dainty tables and chairs will furnish the rooms. All upholstering will be of the most tasteful and luxurious character and in full keeping with the colors of the rooms. A bath room finished in white enamel will be connected with each parlor. : NEW STEAMER CITY OF CLEVELAND INTO THE SLIP. All staterooms will be finished in pure white enamel paints with carpets and furnishings of the high order. This paint is supplied by the J. A. & W. Bird Co., 31 Union square, New York. It is a beautiful enamel and so tenacious that a piece of pliable metal, painted with it, may be bent double without causing the enamel to exhibit any flaw or crack. The merit of this paint for a stateroom can well be imagined. Instead of the small in- convenient wash stands generally found in staterooms there will be com- modious open basins with direct water connections. Every room will be fitted with bells, telephones and all manner of modern conveniences for the use and comfort of the passengers. 'A distinctive feature will be the carved stairway leading from the gal- lery deck to the smoking room and convention hall, designed and cuted in Louis XVI style. These rooms will be done in har- moniously. proportioned paneling of select and beautifully figured circas- sian walnut designed in the Elizabeth- ian style. Two magnificently carved ExXe= lions finished in dull gold will form newels at the head of the stairs. Di- rectly over the walls, paneling at either end of these rooms will be large lunette panels of mural paintings, exe- cuted by distinguished artists. These paintings will be of a supreme order and will be enhanced by heavily carved frames of dull gold. The ceiling, beams and carvings will be in circas- sian walnut, relieved by panels of heavily carved and finished in dull gold. Electroliers finished in - dull glass will be designed in old lantern effects. Luxurious seats fastened and built into the wall will extend around the entire room. .The upholstery will be in. green leather, which together with the exquisite circassian walnut, the best nature has in store, will pro- duce a pleasing and harmonious effect. The floors will be laid in interlocking rubber tiling in green, black and white, with a green marble base extending around the entire room. Returning to the lobby, entrance is gained at either side of the grand stair- case to the dining room in the hollow of the ship. This room will be of im-