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Show REST SEEMS OUT OF DATE Little Possibility of Escaping From the Strenuousness of Life of This Modern Time. Time was when a doctor said to a business man: "You need rest- Take an ocean voyage. Then you will be far away from every thought of business. busi-ness. No message can reach you, not even the dally papers. For a whole week you will be absolutely cut off from the world." Then came Marconi and his wireless. Forthwith the big ocean steamships had their daily newspapers news-papers and stock quotations. Passengers Passen-gers received private messages from land at all hours of the day and night. Men transacted business with their offices practically as well as if they were only detained at home for a few days and employing the telephone as a medium of communication. With the means of keeping In touch with affairs on shore few busy men with large interests in-terests could refrain from making use of the agencies at hand. There was little lit-tle difference between traveling on an ocean liner and staying at a big hotel. Now comes announcement of a fresh invasion of the steamship by forces that properly belong on land. The newest giant liner, recently arrived at New York, introduced ocean vaudeville. vaude-ville. The great "lounge" is to be converted into a theater seating 1,500 and entertainment will be provided by a company of artists from a London music hall. If the scheme proves successful suc-cessful musical comedy and even grand opera may be given late-. Of course, the performances will not be free to passengers. The English theatrical manager responsible for the innovation intimates that prices will range from $5 upwards. He expects to draw much of his talent from stage folk traveling from one country to the other to fill engagements, although there will be some permanent members mem-bers of the ocean company. Poor old tired business man! Go where he will the vaudevillians still pursue him. It may be said that if he prefers seclusion he can go to his bunk below. Theoretically he can," but in practise it doesn't work out that way. If there's any fun a-going he'll not be able to keep out of it. The modern ocean liner emphatically is not a rest cure. Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. |