. Popular resorts, and how to reach them : combining a brief description of the principal summer retreats in the United States, and the routes of travel leading to them . two general divisions by sliding glass doors. The forwardpart is used for freight; and the after part, which has just been described,is devoted to the use of passengers. From this after part, stairways lead 106 POPUI>AK ISKSORXS, AND UOW T<» llKACll THEM. to the upper and lower saloons. These stairs, with their highly-polishedbrass steps and their carved and graceful mahogany balusters, are sep-arated from the open deck
. Popular resorts, and how to reach them : combining a brief description of the principal summer retreats in the United States, and the routes of travel leading to them . two general divisions by sliding glass doors. The forwardpart is used for freight; and the after part, which has just been described,is devoted to the use of passengers. From this after part, stairways lead 106 POPUI>AK ISKSORXS, AND UOW T<» llKACll THEM. to the upper and lower saloons. These stairs, with their highly-polishedbrass steps and their carved and graceful mahogany balusters, are sep-arated from the open deck by a semicircular partition of woodwork andglass, which prevents the too strong draughts which a head wind some-times occasions. Entering this semicircular enclosure, we descend to thelower saloon and supper-room. Here, in long perspective, tables, glit-tering with cut-glass and silver, stretch away toward the stern of theboat. Just forward of the stairway are the china-closet and kitchen,where all the culinary operations required on the boat are performed, andwhose neat array of shining cooking utensils would delight the heart ofthe most fastidious MAIN SALOONOf the world-renowned Steanfiers Bristol and Providence. Leaving the appetizing scenes of the kitchen and supper-room, weascend two broad and easy flights of stairs to the main saloon, whichruns fore and aft nearly the whole length of the boat, with rows of state-rooms on each side, and, in fact, overhead,—for there is yet another stair-way, and another tier of state-rooms above us. The eight rooms whichoccupy the after part of the main saloon are for the accommodation ofthose who desire more luxurious surroundings than are sought by thepublic at large. These rooms far excel in elegance those of any firstclass hotel, and in size they are at least equal to the ordinary rooms ofseaside houses. The other state-rooms, numbering in all three hundred,are large and well ventilated. They possess the peculiarity
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