... it is an easy matter to meet every requirement. After these come several hundred other rooms. both single and double. Raymond-Whitcomb, however, have no intention of taking passengers to anywhere near the astounding capacity of the NORMANDIE on this cruise to Rio de Janeiro, and many rooms will not be used. Those that will be are listed in the tables of rates printed under the deck plans in this booklet. All these rooms have beds instead of berths; all of them have running hot and cold water; they are all freshly and invitingly decorated and furnished.
Handsome Public Rooms
Finally, to complete the picture, there are the various communal or public rooms lounges, dining rooms, smoking rooms and the rest that are regularly found in some degree on modern liners, though on the NORMANDIE there are more of them than on most other ships and they are exceptionally large and handsome. The main Dining Salon on C Deck is a superb room that extends through three decks to an imposing height, with walls of sculptured glass and columns that glow with interior lights and a ceiling of embossed gold. Beautiful to the eye and always comfortable with its efficient system of air conditioning, it makes a perfect setting for the renowned Parisian cuisine of the French Line. In the evenings its rich carpets and Aubusson tapestries, its bas-reliefs of Norman life, its snowy napery and glistening silver and glass help the kaleidoscope of smart gowns and sparkling Jewels to make a brav e and brilliant scene. The Terrace Cafe, on the Boat, Deck, is an alluring supplement to the main dining room, for here informal meals can he had at ally hour of the day or night, and there is music and (lancing in the evening.
The Grand Salon, handsomely furnished like a great. parlor, extends from one side of the ship to the other; its walls have been painted with glowing murals of famous sailing vessels; its windows, two decks high, give on to the Promenade Deck. Opening out of this Grand Salon is the Galerie Salon, a charming little ante-room or parlor that is a favorite place for small gatherings. The Smoking Room, which also is two decks high and extends completely across the ship, radiates comfort and good cheer and hospitality. Very different from all these and most unusual is the inter Garden, well forward on the Promenade Deck and looking through curving windows straight ahead over the sharp how. It is in truth a garden, with a graceful fountain, pergolas of roses, growing plants and trees, aviaries of song birds and birds of brilliant plumage, and white (loves that flutter in and out of (love cotes and fly from tree to tree.
In addition to all these the traveler finds quiet writing rooms, a pleasant library, a card room, a Salon de The another public dining room, and many private (lining rooms, splendid stair-cases, petits salons, eight swift and silent eIevators, until there seems to he no end to the facilities the designers of this largest. of liners have provided for the pleasure and comfort of its passengers. It is small wonder that the NORMANDIE, the latest master-piece of' French naval architects, engineers and decorators and the pride of the French merchant marine, has been a delight to thousands on thousands of Transatlantic travelers.
