Show MILLIONAIRES MILLIONAIRES' P PALACE ALACE ON ORE BOAT OAT 00 CONNEAUT 0 O. June 21 The The steamer steam team teamer I er John W. W Gates feet long and one of the four largest freighters oIl on the Great Lakes is is the private yacht of the millionaire and officials of I Ithe the United States Steel corporation On OnIt Onit Onit it d during ring the balmy balmy- summer months from June until September the rich m men n their families and friends make their summer trips up the lakes No man is rich enough to buy a trip ticket on the Gates Gales If he goes at all he goes on the boat as the guest of the Steel Trust And there are many people high in the affairs of the nation who have not scorned to ride on this gigantic iron ore boat with its side streaked to the waters water's edge with the red stains of I iron ron ore Secretary of State John Hay has ass made the trip up the lakes in the Gates and so have many o other ler men who have a v voice ice In the affairs of the coun coun- try t Forbidding as the exterior of the Gates is the accommodations for the twelve passengers that it is 15 allowed by Government license to carry are excelled by those of no other boat on th the the lakes The Gates was built to be the flagship of the-American the Steamship comp company ny or 1 the company compan which bore the same re relation relation re- re lation to the American Steel and Wire I I company as the Pittsburg Steamship Steamship-I I company does to the great United States Steel corporation now scow the 1 I American fleet was bought by iy the trust I I or rather merged with its own fleet the Lafayette of the Pittsburg fleet was superseded by the Gates a as atle the tl passenger passenger ger gel carrying boat because the j ments of the latter were even more sumptuous than those of th the handsome Lafayette I Has Two Cabins The Gates differs from all other boats on the lakes in having two cabins on the I I deck in the middle of the boat In these I cabins are the room dining-room kitchen I I parlor and two bedrooms The other I bedrooms are placed forward and when the full quota of passengers is lis carried the capt captain in gives up his own beautiful I apartments to the guests and goes elsewhere else- else Wh where rf to i The Gates is s really a floating hotel of the best Every room Is connected with a bathroom Every room has in It an electric fan and lights and in every room there is an electric call for forthe forthe the steward The bedrooms are finished in quartered oak and in mahogany The richest Oriental rugs cover the floors and finest silk curtains the windows I When the curtains become soiled they must be sent to Cleveland to be dry- dry I cleaned Beautiful vases ire aVe re placed in ine e ery room and at the beginning of ot a trip out with passengers the steward sees to It that big bunches of roses fill the vases to perfume the air all in the sleeping I The parlor might better be called the poker room for poker is played in int Jt it every night during the summer sU Under one of the beds in an adjoining room Isa is isa isa a big green-baize green covered top for the dainty little table that occupies pies the center center cen cen- ter of the room Here the magnates while away the evenings while the women women women wo wo- wo- wo men sit out on deck under the big awning and gossip between sips of wine Any Wine You Want And anything In the wine list of the best hotel in America can be had on the Gates The value of the wine and liquors carried on the boat aggregates 2000 or Of Havana cigars there ar are in 4 4 1 4 4 4 The John W. W Gates is a boat boat of startling contrasts where opulence continuallY continually con con- con f conff f touches elbows with poverty and luxury flaunts It Itself lf in the f face of squalor I a yet millionaire i guests of ot off It Is on only y a common stained iron-stained freighter f the steel trust cla clamber b r over ver the earth str streaked earth ked ore are t to th r most sump- sump 1 rf It cabins on the lakes i- i f The boat is licensed to carry twelve passengers yet is rich f enough to buy a trip ticket h. h f ff f The cook is a sal high salaried high ried chef who who- served served in the h households Us h of off f Princess Louise of England Premier Sir John fohn Macdonald o 0 of Canada and f ff f Chaun Chauncey ey M. M Depew and the steward receives 2500 s a year for s serving f dollar fifty dollar dinners to the wealthy passengers passengers yet th the the- deck deck hands ands are re so f ff f poorly fed that they refuse to ship a second J tim time on the palatial floating hotel and begrimed ore freighter v rf- rf a 4 4 i 6 I the refrigerator over worth But it itis Itis Itis is on the drinkables that the trust spreads itself Champagne Burgundies of half a dozen varieties two or three thre kinds of claret wines from Portugal France and Spain lay row upon r row w inthe inthe in inthe the ice There are ten x pr 11 r twelve kinds of whisky two or three kinds of brandy all the cordials from maraschino an and creme de men menthe the to curacao and andi i f Tc Russia ia v l Th The steward w d c can n- n make any mixed drink In the list It is his graft for forbe he be has found that thiat the millionaires can an anbe anbe be tickled ed into a tip of 5 or 10 by awell a awell well made Manhattan or Martini 1 cocktail cock cock- tail tail In fact the steward admits that I his salar salary of 1200 a year Js equaled during during dur dur- ing the season by the tips he gets from fromI I the appreciative officials He has no easy time of it though hough for forn n never aver must he serve the s same me menu twice during a trip It is only a question question question ques ques- tion however of knowing the cook cookbook cookbook cookbook book for the Iceboxes contain everything eVerything every everything thing that can be thought of to tickle the palate There are real rel Westphalia hams chestnuts from Sicily pickled roosters' roosters combs from France olives from Spain Ital Italy ItaW and nd France figs pickled and brought from Syria California oranges Stilton cheeses from England sliced bacon Dacon- from Chicago o and delicatessen from all over the world I I The room dining is a dr dream am in cut I I glass and silver Every Eve piece of ot silverware sil sil- sil- sil the name of lf the boat engraved engraved engraved en en- graved upon it The table linen is of the finest and nd every piece has embroidered embroidered ered erad upon it a red letter G The cost of f the embroidering alone was 96 96 Everything is perfect and nd the passengers gers gelS never pay for anything A cook who has served in the household of Princess Louise of England in th the household of Premier Sir John Macdonald Macdonald Mac Mac- donald of of Canada and of Chauncey M. M Depew prepares th th fod that captivates captivates vates yates the millionaires and loosens their purse strings for tips The guests of the thai steel trust are treated better than they would be on their own private private- yachts and all this happen on an ore boat with a hundred hundred hun hun- dred ired deck hands sailors and engine engine- room toilers rs below them sweating sw and reeking While the passengers are eating the best the world affords the men who make the boat go and earn th the th-e money to pay for the wines and ind roosters' roosters combs are eating tough beefsteak and bread with muddy coffee It is a verY common thing for the deck hands to ship on this boat beat or th the other use because the stingy cool cook refuses to give them enough to eat or food that even a d deck ck bk hand can canI swallow But the people above do not know this or do not care i I |