The first dining saloon is situated forward of the midship section on the upper deck, with a seating capacity for some 300 passengers and, like the second dining saloon, extends through the width of the ship. This saloon, in common with the ship's other public apartments, has been constructed internally from the designs of Mr. T. E. Coll-curt, with mural decorations and empanelled frescoes by Professor Moira; it is approached from the decks above and below by a handsome companion staircase and is! lighted from the sides by twenty-two large circular portholes and from above by an oval well which rises through the music saloon and is continued to the promenade deck, where it terminates in a large stained-glass dome, in the ends and sides of which Professor Moira's pictures are placed.
The music saloon is extensive and lofty: the rich but quiet tones of its furniture and carpets and its re-ceased writing tables give it an air of repose; while at the after end,
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