Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-03-23 | Page 1 | Is a Beautiful Boat

IS A BEAUTIFUL BOAT I oo 1 Yacht Named for Alice Roosevelt Roose-velt Very Handsome KAISER PLEASED WITH IT Decorations on Lavish Scale Walls Being Dono in Serpentine Effects Woodwork of Strange Vivid Tints Vessel Will Bo Used by Admiral J o Von Thomsen as Commander of the North Sea SquadronYacht Was Originally Built for a Torpedo Boat I 1 Berlin March 2The yacht which Emperor William has named Alice Roosevelt t Is beautifully decorated In the modern impressionistic style which his disapproved of In his recent re-cent art utterances Nevertheless the Emperor was greatly pleased with the decorations when he saw the yacht at Kiel this week The artists were selected se-lected by Admiral von Thomsen The walls are done In serpentine effects ef-fects the woodwork is silvergray and tho upholstery of strange vivid tints BUILT FOR TORPEDO BOAT The yacht was built for a torpedo boat and why she was transformed Into a yacht is not explained but It is supposed this was on account of her rather too delicate framework considering the British Governments recent experience with torpedo boat destroyers The Alice Roosevelt which Is still at Kiel will be transferred to Vii helmshavcn for the use of Admiral von Thomson as Commander of the North Sea squadron PRINCE HENRY TO VISIT SPAIN Prince Henry with the first squadron squad-ron will visit Spanish waters In May when the young King of Spain is enthroned en-throned Prince Henrys son Waldemar appears ap-pears to he more seriously ill than supposed last week when he went to the White Slug sanitarium at Dresden Dres-den He has difficulty In walking is carried about a good deal and also rides in a pony carl Waldemar celebrated cele-brated his 13th birthday on Thursday His presents included some of the things Princd Henry brought from the United States far him