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Show MILLIONAIRES' PALACE" ON ORE "BOAT CONN! UT O June 21 The stenm-er stenm-er John W Gates roo feet long nnd one of the fi ur largest freight' rs on the Ureal 1 ak.s Is the prltale jucht of the mllllonaite stockholders and olllcluls of the I idled Mates Steel lorporntlon On It during the h ilm summer months ftom Juno until September, the rkh mn their families and frlenls muke their summer trips up the lakes No mini Is ikh enough to buy a trip tkket on the (Sates If he roch ut all hi gots on the boat ns the guest of the Wtitl Tiust An 1 there nre many people high In the affairs nf the nation who hate not sunned lo ride on this gigantic Iron rue boat with Its side stienlad to the waters edt,o tilth tho led stains of iron ore Secretais of Stale John liuy has made the tilp up the lakes In the Cnles and so hue inunj other men it ho hate n tolie In the tinnlra of the counts coun-ts forbidding us Ihe exterior of the Hates Is the accommodations for the ttttlte pis., ngus that II Is ullowid bs tlotirnment Iktnse totarrs me excelled bl those of no nthor tin It ,t tt, Inbrn, lhe Xlatts was built to bo tho llagshlp of tin Aincikaii btiainshlp tompuus, 01 tho coiniany whkh hole tlu saint re- ' lullon tu tho American bticl and Wire lumpu ns tht l'ittiibuig .Sleamshlp tomruns does to tht great t nlted Htntes steel torporatlon now When the Arnetkan thet was Niught bs tin trust or rather mtrgtd with Its own lleet, tht 1-afos Hi or the Pittsburg tlett was suptrsetkd bs the (lafs 11s Ihe pusst n-ger n-ger lurrsing bint bemusi the .iiiilnt mints or the latter were tien mon sumptuous Hi m those of the handionn. I.arujitn Has Two Cabins. The (lutes dirfers from nil other boats on the lakis in liming two cabins on tin dti k in tht middle or the boat In thin cabins ai the dining-room kltihen parlor nnd two bedroums The mini btdrooins aio plattd forwnid and when the full quota of passengers Is carrk I I the wtpialu gltts up his own beaiitirul upirttnents tu the guests and t,oes elsewhere else-where lo sleep 1 lhe (iiitis in renlls n. Iloatlug hotel of tin best kind liters room Is couneitel with i bathroom i:tns loom has In It an elitrii fun and HUits nml In evers loom theie Is nn ekctrlc tall for the stewuid 'Ihu licdiocum are tlnlNhtd lu qitatti lid oak and lu nuihoj, in) n lu ikhist thkntal rugs coter tho tloois and (Inest silk curtains the windows When the mi tains Im om soiled thes must le sent to t letelnnd to be dis Irani i Tknutlful nses tre plaied in eteij loom uii I at tho tugltinlng nf u ttlp out with pussetmers the stittard sua in It that big bunches of roses 111! Hi. tases to perfume the nlr In the ttltepinjcroonts 'lhe pailur might lietter be called the lokii loom foi nke i Is plused In It ettry night during the summer 1'nder one of ihe beds in an adjoining muni is a big gr n balne uiteted top foi the dalntv lit' e table that oci uplcs the center cen-ter of the room Here lhe magnitea while awu il c ctcnlngs while thu worn wo-rn n sit out on link undt r the big aw nine and gossip bet w ein sips of nine Any Wine You Want. ud nns thing In the wine list of the b st bold In AintrU l tan la had nn the (nuts 'Ilk tulin of tin wine and liquors caiikd rin tb boat ngg!ft,utoM JJOWi or J.Iikb.i. Of llatana ilgais there are In mkkHt tHIHH-tH IH -r The John W dates Is a boat of startling contrasts where opulence con- I t tlnualls touches elbows with roteity and luxiny Haunts Itself In tho t f face of hqualor ' f It Is onls a common, Iron-stained freighter, jet millionaire guests of the steel trust clamber 01 cr tho earth-streuked ore to tho most sump- -t- tuous ciblns on the likes f The boat Is Ikensed to carry twelto passengers, et no man Is rich - enough to bus a trip tkket. 4 The cook Is a hlgh-salatlcd chef, who seried In the households of 4- rrlnccss l.oulse of I.ngland riemler Sir John Jlnodonald of Canada and 4-f 4-f Chaunces M Depett, and the steward receltes $:50i) n scur for sertlng f lifts -dollar dinners 10 the Healths passengers jet the deck linnels nre so 4 pool Is fed th.it thes refuse to ship a second tlmo on the palatial floating 4 4 hotel and begrimed ore ftelghlcr 4 44444444444444444444444444444444 the refrlgentnr oter $400 worth Hut It Is on the drink ibles that the trust sprnids Itseir l hump igne Hurgundles of half 11 dozen inrletles two 01 three kinds of duet wines from Portugal, Prams and Spain Ins row litem row In the lee-boxes Theie ate ten or twelte kinds of whisks two or three kinds of brands nil the tordlals from niainsihlno anl iteme do inentlic to curncuo nnd kummel from Hussl 1 ' lhe slewnril can make anv mixed drink In the list It Is bis ' graft " ror be has round that the millionaires can be tlckl-d Into a lip of Ji or 10 bs n Will mude Manhattan or Martini toek-t toek-t all lu fait the steward almlts that bis snlurs or tUOO a stilt is equaled during dur-ing the suison lis the tips he gets from the nppietl itlte olllcl lis Ho has no cass tlmo or it, though for neier must he seite tho same mi nit iwko during a. trip II Is onls a question ques-tion bowcter of knotting the cook book for the heboxes tontnln eters thing that can be thought of to tickle the palite There are real Westphalia hams pkkled chestnuts from Hlrlly nltkled mosters combs fiom Piance olltes from Spain Itnrt and Pranee ilgs pkkled nn 1 brought Horn Syria 1 ilirornla oranges Slllton cheeses from llngland slice I bacon from Chicago and dilleitesscn fiom nil oter the world 'lhe dlnlns-room Is a dienm In cut' glass nnd sllier Eters piece of sll-terwaie sll-terwaie has the name of the boat cn-graied cn-graied upon It The tublo linen Is of the nncet nnd cierv piece h is 1 mbrold-eretl mbrold-eretl upon It n led letter ' (1 ' Tho tost of tho embroidering alone was $30 liters thing Is perfect anl the pnssen-gei pnssen-gei neitr pay for anything A rook who has seried In the household of Print ess Louise of llnstan! In tlva household of Premier Sir John Mnc-dnnnld Mnc-dnnnld of Canada, and nf Chaunces M Depew, prepates the food tint tnptl-tatps tnptl-tatps the millionaires nnd loosens their purse strings for tips The suests cf the steel trust nre treated better than they would be on their own prltale j"nchts nnd all this happens on nn 010 bont with 11 hun-ilred hun-ilred deck hands sailors and englnt room tollers btlo t them, sweating and reeking W hlle tho pnssengers are eating the best tho worll iftonls the men who make the bo it go nnd earn the monej to pay for the wines and roosters combs nrn eating tough beefsteak and bread, with muddy coffee It Is 11 terj common thing for the iluk hands to refuse to ship on this boat or the othei because) the stings 100k ictuses to glte them enough to rat or food that eien n deck hnnd can stt allow. Hut the people nboio do not know this, or do not care. |