up to the promenade deck level so that the third-class passengers have
not only convenient rooms but a protected promenade. Abaft this
promenade is another open one. Indeed the accommodations for the third
class are as good as what the first-class were accustomed to on most
of the liners some dozen years ago.

To the left of the grand staircase on the deck house is a children's
dining saloon and nursery.

On the top deck are dining saloons for all three classes of passengers,
that for the third being forward, for the first amidships and for the
second near the stern; 470 first-class passengers can be seated at a
time, 250 second class and more than 500 of the third class.

The main deck is given up entirely to staterooms. The whole of the
lower deck forward is also arranged for third-class staterooms. The
firemen and other engine room and stokehold workers are located in
rooms above the machinery with separate entrances and exits to and
from their work. Promenade and exercise space is provided for them on
the shelter deck which is fenced off from the space of the second and
third class passenger. Amidships is a coal bunker with a compartment
under the engines for the storage of supplies.

The coal trimmers are accommodated alongside the engine casing and
abaft this are the mailrooms with accommodation for the stewards and
other helpers. The "orlop" or eighth deck is devoted entirely to
machinery with coal bunkers on each side of the boilers to provide
against the effect of collisions.

The general scheme of color throughout the ship is pleasing and