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in staterooms and public spaces. A pantry on the boat deck is arranged to serve meals in the officers’ mess, the food being sent up from the main galley on a dumbwaiter. There is a ecrew’s galley forward, complete- ly equipped for serving food to the crew. The laundry is located on F deck amidships, and contains the latest machinery for completely equipping a modern ship’s laundry, all of which was obtained from The Amer- ican Laundry Machinery Co. The machinery is electric, and is capable of washing, drying, and ironing the entire daily supply of ship’s linen, and of taking care of passengers’ laundry also. A printing shop is to be found on. F deck forward, with presses and linotype machine, for printing the ship’s menus and newspaper. A tailor shop is also provided for mending and pressing clothes. There is a fully equipped hospital, divided into operating room, men’s ward and women’s ward, each with two beds, and also a crew's hospital. A doctor’s office is located aft, having entrances from both first and cabin-class accommodations. A wait- ing room is provided, and the doc- tor’s stateroom adjoins. Refrigerators in the galley, deck pantries, and first-class soda foun- tain and bar are connected to the ship’s refrigerating system. Those in the crew’s galley and in the cabin bar are individual units, and were supplied by the Brunswick-Kroesch- ell Co. The plumbing systems include hot and cold fresh water, a cold salt water sanitary system, and a circu- lating ice water system. Cold fresh water is stored in tanks in the double bottom and hold, and is pumped into the main system, which is kept constantly under pres- sure. Fresh water heaters in the engine room, operating at 140 de- grees Fahr. provided a supply of hot water at all times anywhere in a moment. The sanitary system is supplied with cold salt water, and is limited to flushing toilets, slop sinks, and the like. No salt water is supplied to passengers or crew for personal bathing purposes. No connection is made between salt and fresh water systems. The ice water circulating system maintains a supply of cold water to drinking fountains and drinking water supply taps in all parts of the ship. Every first class room has a pri- vate toilet and the majority of first class rooms have a private bath or shower, or a bath for the use of either of two adjoining rooms. First class rooms on D deck are so ar- ranged that a bath is convenient to each group of four rooms, being 1lo- cated at the end of, and entered from, the short passageway that serves those rooms. Cabin class rooms are well sup- plied with toilet facilities; though private baths are not fitted, public lavatories and baths are ample in number and size, and are extremely well appointed. In plumbing, sanitary systems, and fresh and drinking water sup- plies, the Marprosa equals the best new hotels. Plumbing fixtures throughout the ship were made by the Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co., the single exception being that Sloan flush valves are used. A new type of faucet is used on the MarrposaA which is self-closing but which can be regulated to close very slowly, thus having the conven- ience of a steady running faucet while preventing waste by being left open accidentally or for long periods. Staterooms are large and complete The first-class rooms have beds only—no upper berths—and are ar- ranged for one and two _ persons. There are 67 single rooms, and 209 double rooms. Double rooms are mostly equipped with twin beds, though there are double beds in sev- eral. Many of these rooms are ar- ranged to be used as suites, doors between adjacent rooms being pro- vided. Cabin-class rooms have ,been. ar- ranged for two, three, and four per- sons; 3 for two persons, 33 for three persons, and 381 for four persons. Beds are provided in all of these rooms, and one or two upper berths as required. These upper berths were especially designed for the Mariposa and. her sister ships. They are of the folding type, with a double hinged ararngement which permits each to fold up into a shal- low built-in box high up in the room, One of the Two Boiler Rooms on the S. S. Mariposa in appointments; every detail has been arranged to serve the comfort and convenience of the passenger. Fittings and decorations of both first and cabin class rooms are practically identical. The Mariposa can there- fore be used as a one class ship sim- ply by leaving open the doors, ordi- narily closed between classes. Beds in all first and cabin class rooms, are made of steel in imita- tion of bamboo. Each stateroom has a bureau with large drawer and slid- ing shelf space. Large wardrobes are fitted in every room. Light strong wicker-chairs are used. Run- ning hot and cold fresh water is pro- vided in every room, and ice water is contained in large thermos pitch- ers. Every room in both classes also has a telephone. On the side of each bureau is a. convenience outlet on the 115 volt system for electrical ap- pliances, such as curling irons and fans. MARINE REview—February, 1932 leaving almost full headroom over the beds. The rooms thus appear to be without berths. Beds and berths, supplied through Hopeman Brothers, are of Simmons manufacture. Two- passenger elevators are. pro- vided, one running from the boat deck to E deck inclusive, the other from A deck to F deck inclusive. An engineers’ elevator is also installed, running from the boat deck to F deck inclusive, in way of the engineers’ quarters; a crew’s or ship’s stores elevator, from A to F decks; and two baggage elevators, between E and F decks only. The dumbwaiter between officers’ mess and galley is also electrically operated. All were supplied by the Otis Elevator Co. A fully equipped barber shop is provided for the use of first-class passengers; and a ladies’ beauty par- lor of equal quality. In the cabin- class an additional barber shop and another beauty parlor are provided 23