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Show A NEW IDEA IN OCEAN LINERS. All sorts of devices have been suc;-gested suc;-gested or tried to mike the ocean liner justify its name of floating hotel ho-tel The private suit, the palm par-den, par-den, the 'Parisian ' cafe, the ' veran-da," veran-da," the smoking li-unse, the gm- nasilim, the tennis court the swim mine hath all these features are now 8 commonplace. One or two ships have an 1 arcide" where shopping may be done, there have been millinery exhibits fn others' the idea of a theater with real actors has been broache-1 Something much morn novel and much more uplifting thau the ordinary shipboard luxuries, has been undertaken bj the Cinipafmie I General Transatlantique on Its new , steamship France There is to he a floating exhibition of French decora-j tlve arl Jewelry, bronzes, tapestries,' embroideries, the work of the best I modern arlists. are to Im? exhibited la fresh collection for each trip of the 1 Sel Some well-known people, j both French and American, are interested inter-ested n the project. How far it will promote s;iles remains to be seen. But its aestnetic influence, upon travelers trav-elers should he considerable Since- icw people k'o to sea nowadays nowa-days for the sake of going to sea it is. well that the amusements provided ou : shipboard should b- as elevating as possible The contemplation of works Of art is better for the mind and the body than eatini; or drinking more! than is good for one. which is the chief temptation offered by the hotel lcatures of the modern ship. Those in whom the Inward eye which is the bliss ol solitude, is missing may pr f Itably engage the outward eve with the decorative art6. There will still be lonely souls who like to leave Ihe land ' behind and who find in the waste of waters pleasure enough. These sec ' the works of the Lord and his won-! ders in the deep, even from a float- ' ing hotel Providence Journal |