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Show " "jt. ; t ...,, , . TkMoffaororWUUm ofv m i it i m M U hUIU la IU raaar,U ua tmmt a Vherovakty mU la. 'IMM'rir'a Wat: OMstttrV f T HokearotUra Ua rtgiacnt veaael, iu' look YooroMike a erolser tlian a'-'yaehtJ It'U built of at eel, (tainted wblto,-aud propallod by twin acrowst connected with a double set of .engine. Its averago speed Is nineteen ktfota -an hour, and thla dan be In-ereaacid In-ereaacid to over twenty knots an hour. ,Tho llohentollern'has two wheela, ouo at tho, atern, tho other near tho bow, tlio latter worked by steam, tho former b" marlVpowori both being painted While and gold, wltlt nickel epokos. - .Tlio yacht, saya London Queen, la armed with eight quiek-flring' Krupp guns and with lu graceful outlines alU hlglr In tho water. It has throo masts nnd. two fuunols, palut,e4 yellow, the glided Imperial (Icrjnau crown on tho prow nnd the llohduzollcrn coat of armu in black and stiver, surrounded by a laurol wreath, on tho stern. Tho .deck la covered with llnoloum nnd over a largo part tliero Is an uwnlng, whole In lino weather tho emporor has luncheon und tea parties. In thn forepart fore-part of tho vessel In a bridge reserved for tho emperor. It Is approacliod by a'hiahogany utulrway and lias mahog' any railings. 'Tho omperor1 spartmenbt ou lite middle deck amidships are on tho port side, thase of tho empress, and her chiV-druu'oriHtW chiV-druu'oriHtW stnhboard side. Wainscot-Iiigrdoor8'aadaulrce4, Wainscot-Iiigrdoor8'aadaulrce4, as well as othsr Sitings and,furnlture,.aroof.vbry light-colored, almost white, maple wood; liiT'celllngs WllIt7JiIclJrriwt with' goldrtho'-rococo-chlmneya' of niokel. and' tho walls covered with cretonne, cre-tonne, varying lu pattern In tho various vari-ous spartutonts. The lofty and spacious spa-cious dining saloon On tho mtddlo deck ta twebty-flvo foot broad by sovonty-tlve sovonty-tlve oot long, but by an ingenloun arrangement ar-rangement of portieres can bo made of any bm the omperor ploahes. It is upholstered In gray and white, and, like' tho wholo of the vessel, lighted by electricity and warmed by steam pipes. On the center tablo stand tho Queen's cup, won by tho Io-teorat Io-teorat the recent royal yacht squad-ron'rvgatta squad-ron'rvgatta at' Cowea, and on another tablo the County Down cup, won by tko UetUor at tho royal Ulster regatta In' JOSH. Above thla saloon Is the prom enado xloV, with tho smoking-room l one end-and tho emporor'a bridge on tbe other Tho smoking-room Is reryoouifortablo, furnished and lined 'with porcelain plaques, on which illus-drattnas illus-drattnas of Uorman battles by sea and land are palntad. pn tho upper deck la ono of the em-pertir'kVorktttg-roonia, furulslicdjvith a' talephoaa. Hanging' on the wall is , the log book and on a. shelf are hoido .nautical books. Auotlior work-room and a conference-room .are on the. middle mid-dle 'doeki "their walls being decorated with ttfajtor-eotor-akaUhea and photo-grapba photo-grapba of the queen, tbo omprosa of Germany, and her children. Thd saloon tntonded for family gath-erlafc-s ladeeoratedifn na and ailter and attfd wlthfnrnlturoof maple and a flreplace of ciarblo and niokel. Tbe eatpre'aa' bedroom contains a bedstead of litckol, With a counterpane of red allk ;aud -haaiglnga of gray aatln. Ad-, Ad-, jolatso ike auperor's room aft are tho Sparkmentfl and the mess-roem of 'the Imperial suite, whlla tho ofil-cere'-meaa-roota and cabins, fitted up wila oak furniture, are eltuaU-d forward. for-ward. Tbe kltohons on the dock below be-low are tplcndldly fitted up. The l!o-Iiontullcrn l!o-Iiontullcrn la tie atotcra long, with 14 meter ieam, lu tonnage ii.toa, dls-placemaui dls-placemaui t,M0 tons, and horaa power "Tra aumajar night-robe la provided by tho specialist who male nlghlwear only In apctl sumraer'WelghU. Although Al-though tlie.ajainaaarooldroorp freely free-ly or aumnier wear, thero are many men J)it will not -wear tbo pajamas. 'A cpitjous 'reason ot thoprejudlco against pajamas was given by a certain elderly clubman who had rather old-fashioned old-fashioned Ideas: "I won't wear pajamas, pa-jamas, bocaaso'when I have undressed aud am pvady for sleep I don't propose to dress up again." |