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JUT (TITS TO SEA Noted British Artists Bring Rare Talents to Dec orate Liner. Qpeciil Dispatch to The Star. GLASGOW, February 29.—As a Quite incidental part of their to-and fro tripping to Europe, passengers in Britain's new superliner. Queen Mary, may take an up-to-the-minute course In representative British art. All that Is necessary is to saunter through the ship’s various public rooms, observe and remember. For from sun deck verandah to the C deck main restau rant the liner has been embellished and adorned by men and women whose names are familiar in every West End drawing room. The character of the work which will be on view— for Americans, when the shitf arrives in New York June 1—ranges from the classicism of Phillip Connard to the sculpture of John Skeaping and the paintings of Edward Wadsworth, exponent of surrealism. For the general public, the new liner has 12 decks; for the art student Interested in murals, sculpture, carv ings and moulded glass, there are four: Sun deck, C deck, promenade and main, with some arresting bas-reliefs in metal by Rebel Stanton on A deck. But the chief “galleries” are the dozen or so public rooms of the prom enade deck which extend in a mag nificent sweep from the smoking room forward to the observation lounge, directly under the bridge. Consider, for the moment, that you’re on top of the sun deck, walk ing aft to the verandah grill. This clever room, with many paintings by Doris Zinkeisen, is a combined a la carte restaurant and night club, in timate and interestly planned. it is in tne gnu mat color-change effects are accomplished, for the first time in any ship, by microphonic con trol. As the music of orchestra or singers alters in pitch, the lighting colors are subtly varied. There are 22 windows. Doris Zinkeisen, well known for her smart settings and costumes for Cochrane's London revues, has covered the remaining areas with some 2,000 square feet of paintings in her brightest manner. Her work here has an infectiously gag and theatric quality. The moulded glass and the etched glass panels in this room attract at tention, but if it’s a question of time, one ought to go forward and see the gymnasium before descending to the main restaurant on C deck. The main restaurant, quickly reached by one of the ship’s 21 elevators, is the largest room ever built in a ship. It extends the liner's full width and upwards through three decks. Artis tically it offers the work of six people —among them Bainbridge Copnall' the young painter and sculptor whose murals and carvings for the new Royal Institute of Architects Building are al ready famous; MacDonald Gill, Walter Gilbert and the distinguished member of the Royal Academy, Phillip Con nard. Sea Lore in Pinewood. For the port and starboard bulk heads—walls to you. and lofty ones —Copnall has carved 14 panels of pine wood which portray highlights of shipping history from ancient Egypt to a time not reached. His carvings, especially the symbolic ones signifying moods of air and ocean, are intensely imaginative—and his work generally conveys strong emotional overtones while keeping close to realism. His bold, sure treatment lets detail sug gest itself. Many of these panels are 10 to 12 feet in length overall and all have been applied high on the walls of the vast room. The great cast-bronze double doors In the center of the room and the flanking doors are by Walter Gilbert and Donald Gilbert. For the central doors the main motifs, skillfully com bined with the incidental patterns also suggestive of sea lore, are stories of ancient mythology directly related to the ocean—the figures of Castor and Pollux, the Sirens, the Hesperides, Aphrodite and others. Diners in the restaurant will look up at a decorative map painting of the North Atlantic by MacDonald Gill, architect and muralist. Across the map. a model of the ship will show the huge liner’s steady progress across the trackless lanes of the Atlantic. Passengers may easily determine the ship’s latitude and longitude at any time. At the aft end of the room is a striking canvas symbolizing travel m its various forms—an admirable ex ample of the work of Phillip Connard of the Royal Academy, whose paint ings are in Windsor Castle apd nu merous galleries throughout Great Britain and Europe. nov-cuuiug tu wic yiuuicnauc uei& and entering the cabin class smoking room, one notes at once that here fewer concessions have been made to the modem spirit. Two decks high and pleasurably proportioned, it sug gests the sterling comfort of a typically English club. There is a large fire place which burns real coal, and flank ing it two carved and pierced panels In limewood by James Woodford, who shares honors with Copnall for his part In the R. I. B. A. Building. Woodford's screens—male and fe male figure composition in relief—and other screens and panels in the room, also by him, which carry out mascu line themes, have largely been sug gested by the solidity and traditional character of the place. There are sconce figures utilizing the Jack, queen, king of cards and the joker, and vine leaves, cereals and tobacco fronds forming the motifs of the panels for the electric light fittings. The essentially artistic energy of Ed ward Wadsworth appears to equal ad vantage in his famous ship paintings and in the nice but somewhat oblique sense of humor shown in his surrealist “marine” at the aft end. Leaving this room, and moving for ward on the same deck, one enters the so-called “small” ball room, with Its parquetry dance floor, 34 by 30 feet, and the same fascinating color change lighting effects of the verandah grill. Again, as in the grill, the scheme of the room itself—gold gleaming through silver, etched glass at the win dows and illuminated balustrade for the raised orchestra platform—is itself compelling as a totality. The zestful decorations on canvas in this room are by Anna Zinkeisen, as talented as her sister. John Skeaping has a genius for im parting to wood and stone, with a minimum of what is called “detail," ; the form and living movement of hu- : mans and animals. A step into the < starboard gallery, adjoining the ball ] room, brings one before his three large i mural carvings. In this pleasantly in formal lounge the royal Cambrian ; academician, Cedric Morris, who com bines boldness of stroke with subtlety i of feeling, has hung two flower studies : exactly in keeping with the room. I , The long gallery, general assembjj i room for the ball room, is on the port side. The canvasses here are by Ber tram Nicholls and Algernon Newton, the restrained poetry of whose land scapes have long been admired. When passengers traveling cabin class applaud a play or watch a ••talkie” preview, they’ll do it in the main lounge. They’ll dance here, too, although the dimensions of the room 70 feet wide by 96 feet long—suggest a rather larger party than usual. The stage is fully equipped for ’’legitimate” plays or vaudeville, and the figures above the proscenium, symbolizing the arts of entertainment, for instance, the much-talked-of work of Maurice Lam bert, the young sculptor who has been described as "an academician ‘gone modem.’ ” In the main hall, shopping center of the ship, there's more Maurice Lambert sculpture. Here it is a plaster frieze in ivory tone, 50 feet long, ex citingly abstracted portrayals of hu man activities with the emphasis on sport and speed. Facing the main hall, at the head of the first landing, is Lady Hilton Young’s fine marble plaque of Her Majesty, Queen Mary. The drawing room, forward, will also be used for Roman Catholic re ligious services, and the decoration of this room has been largely intrusted to Kenneth Shoesmith. He has done, on gold-leaf background, the altar piece painting, ’’Madonna of the At lantic,” as well as the panel over the fireplace and the harbor and boat scenes for the folding doors, which shut off the altar and pleasingly es tablish the room's other character. His handling of this dual problem, here and in the tourist class library, bril liantly exemplify his exquisite taste. His love of the sea has found expres sion also in his panels in the tourist class writing room, where Hakluyt listens to Francis Drake and Pepys, as secretary of the admiralty, examines a ship model at the royal dockyard. Fun in Children’s Room. It is not on record whether the builders of Queen Mary, in planning the children's room, bethought them selves of the adult nostalgia it in evitably arouses—play chute, sentry box, real log shack, model cinema which the kids themselves can control, aquarium with live fish and more fun generally than a barrel of monkeys, of which there are one or two on the walls, along with many another light-hearted fantasy by George Ra mon. And so, lingeringly, to the observa tion lounge and cocktail bar forward— virtual end of the tour—except for the work of Charles Pears and Miss Herry Perry in the tourist class smok ing room, and the panels, painted on hide, by Margot Gilbert, in the spacious tourist class lounge. Virtual end of the tour, yes—and ‘‘tough spot” for A. R. Thomson, whose murals of dancing themes must compete, here under the bridge, with the transcendant “ahead” views of the North Atlantic itself. FIFE COAST RICH IN SCOTCH HISTORY Romance of Ancient Days Lingers About Area of Shake speare's Tragedy. EAST NEUK, Scotland, February 29.—An ancient door has been slowly opened by tourist bureaus to seaside resorters on the Fife coast of Scot land. Here is a romantic land of cliffs and caves imbued with the spirit of Macduff, the unscrupulous Lady Mac beth, King Duncan and the character scenes of the Shakespeare tragedy. The district shows much of the romance of the period when the Scot tish nation was in course of forma tion. In the Largo district are the giant cliffs of Kincraig, with the Macduff Cave reputed as the “Smug glers’ Hide.’’ At Earlsferry comes the “Thane of Fife,” the “City in Thanks giving” for the escape from the mur Jerous pursuer, and where the Thane •rected a little sanctuary now known to the world as the Chapel Ness. The district abounds with legends and the wide expanse of seaside turf and verdant sward give a golfer’s para iise amid an atmosphere redolent of die dramatic past. On Elie’s eastern extremity is Lady rower, the 17th century bathing rendezvous of Lady Anstruther and a relic of the day, when the bellmen paraded the burgh to give notice that lone might approach the neighbor lood while her ladyship was present, in the vicinity of the tower the inrush if water causes a loud moaning, eerie round symbolic of a tragedy, which s yearly explained by the good folks if Elie, who are too honest to concoct i legend. Surrounded by golf links s the venerable Mansion of the Grange, where within its walls was latched the great Jacobite Rebellion >f 1715, with the plots and counter ilots which led to the deeds at the Jattle of 8heriffmulr. An inspiration to both artist and intiquarians is the picturesque old ■Cirk of St. Monahan. The church is be oldest building in Scotland used or public worship. A corner of the main restaurant of the new super liner, Queen Mary, showing the decorative map by the famous artist, Macdonald Gill. When completed this map will have a moving miniature model on its face showing the position of the Queen Mary on her regular trips across the Atlantic. The main restaurant is the largest room ever built in a ship. The Traveler’s Notebook 0 — ' --- - The Moon Rises as a Factor in Planning Vacation Days—India’s Tricks Become Tourist Properly, if Paid for—Scribblings. BY JACQUES FUTRELLE. JR. HE scene is the terrace of the Canyon Hotel in Yellowstone National Park; the time, last Summer. A cosmopolitan crowd peoples the terrace—the brisk New Yorker, content now to puff his pipe in silence; the debutante, a trim figure in riding breeches, heavy boots and bodice-like jacket; the middle aged, effusive Pollyanna and her hus band, from California; the sturdy college youth and the woman from Washington. It is night, yet the scene is brightly lighted by a moon riding high. The sloping walls of the canyon below are bathed in the mellow rays. Dull promontories on the slope,, gashed by wind and rain, pitch their shadows sharply down the banks. Dark patches of trees come into elusive detail. But the focal point of attention is Great Falls, far up the canyon and set against a background of dark wooded hills. The roar of the waters comes like the drone in shells that puzzled us as children. 'THE debutante sits on the stout log barrier that marks the edge of the terrace, her eyes dreamily fixed on the falls, which tumble over the brink, from twice the height of Niagara, in a broad and foamy white ribbon to the river bed below. A tremble passes through the girl's body. ‘‘It's lovely.” Ecstasy is in her voice. Their musings broken, her com panions stare at' her. She lifts her face toward the sky. "The moon— its glorious,” she finishes, lamely; then turns and asks, somewhat prac tically, "Isn’t it wonderful to have such a pretty moon?” 'J'HE woman from Washington has traveled about a bit and knows people. She delays her reply, in order not to break the girl’s spell too quickly. "Did you plan it” the woman from Washington asks. “You mean to be here now, with a full moon for this setting? Heavens, no. It’s just a coincidence; a beau tiful coincidence.” The tone of the woman from Wash ington is too matter-of-fact to be superior. "I planned my visit to the parks for just such a moon,” she says. "I always do.” 'J'HIS last year's scene in Yellow stone may spread what was to the girl a new idea in vacation planning. The lighting effects may be arranged, provided one’s boss agrees to the va cation date and the sky remains clear. While almanacs predicting the weather are of dubious value, the fullness of the moon has a habit of clicking with the forecasts. And here is the schedule of full moons for the heavier vacation months: May 6. June 5, July 4, August 2, September 1 and 30, October 30. 'J'RAVEL really is broadening, with its new scenes, novel customs, strange words. Now one can learn mysterious tricks, too—not the ordi nary parlor type, but those of the Indian fakers who have puzzled science as well as curious tourists. Traveler’s gold, which has been known to accomplish such miracles as getting a taxi in a rainstorm, now buys the secrets of the cunning, conjur ing East Indian. Prices are not quoted in the reports coming froAi India, but Americans returning from across the Pacific say the magic works under their direction. For instance, small receptacles yield hundreds of flowers, if you know the words. In 15 min utes a mango tree was induced to grow higher than six feet. Not only that, but its branches were covered quickly with beautiful flowers. Such magical ability would be handy iq the Summer flower garden, and a trip to India might pay. CCRIBBLINGS: In the scenic high ° lands of Florida is a resort city named Frostproof, but Key West is the only known place in the United States where frost never has been re ported. The scenic highlands are ap proximately in the center of the State. The Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree, Liverpool, will be run March 27. Havana’s population is 600,000. A custom established in 1363 is car. ried out on Maundy Thursday of each year in London, money being distrib uted to old people. They gather at Westminster Abbey for the gift Easter Monday (April 13 this year) is a holiday throughout Europe. Berlin’s Mg stores and smart shops are to be found on Lelpzlger Strasse and Taueptsten Strasse. Kurfursten dsmm is the center of the cafe and restaurant section, a variety of eating places standing almost si<j| by side. At one end of Unter den Linden, famous 200-foot-wide boulevard, is the Brandengurger Tor, a triumphal gate way, and at the other, a statue of Frederick the Great, by the sculptor,. Rauch. The famous Mount Van Hoevenberg slide at Lake Placid will remain open through March 1. The customary honeymoon conces sion of 10 per cent off for steamship fares on the “Lady” liners sailing from Boston and Montreal to the Caribbean area will be limited this year to April and May. the Canadian National Steamships have announced. One of the inducements offered guests of the all-year-round dude ranch, Lazy R C at Wickenburg, Ariz., is the privilege of dry washing for placer gold. A partial guide to.New York's piers: United States Lines, piers 58-62, North River (No. 58 is at West Nine teenth street); Furness Bermuda Line, pier 95 (West Fifty-fifth street: Cunard-White Star, piers 53, 54 and 56 (West Fourteenth street. A new dock, No. 90, at West Fiftieth street, is being completed for the Queen Mary); French Line, pier 88 (West Forty-eighth street); Italian Line, piers 59 (West Eighteenth street) and ! 97 (West Fifty-seventh street); United 1 Fruit, piers 3. 7 and 9 (Morris 1 street): Panama-Pacific, p.er 61 (West Twenty-first street). More than 5,300.000 people visited , London's seven museums in 1935. The 302-year-old Palais Royal of Paris (it was built by Cardinal Riche lieu in 1634) is being restored. It was here that the frivolous Regent Philip of Orleans cavorted, and where, in an adjoining garden, John Howard Payne later wrote “Home, Sweet Home.’’ Mobile's Azalea Trail bursts into flame this month. The blooms usually appear the first week of March and continue four or five weeks. Owners of many gardens along the trail hang out welcome signs. ' LINENS COVER FIELDS Bleaching Greens Besemble Snowy Scene in Summer. BANBRIDGE, Ireland, February 29. —Tourists who visit Banbridge this Summer and approach the city from Belfast will imagine that the age-old city has had a freak of Winter weather. The City Council, in co-operation with land owners, has decided to extend the bleaching greens. Situated on the upper Bann, about 20 miles south from Belfast, the town owes its importance to the linen manufacturers. The pleasant valley for miles is used for the bleaching of linen. The extensive bleach greens will now extend on both banks of the river, and for a distance of many miles gives the optical illusion by its snowy white fabrics of a freak snowfall. From Bridge street, Ban bridge, down the valley hundreds of acres will be covered by the white linen spread. RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY, K. J. Ideas tor MARCH Gat away from routine and the blustery winds of March for a week or a week-end. Find your place in the sun inAtlan tie City. You’ll find every facility for fun and rest at the Ambassa dor. Golf. Riding. Indoor swimming. Sun deck and so larium. Marvelous food. American and European Plan The Ambassador ATLANTIC CITY OfHm war ---r— SIGNS FORECAST BIG RAILTRAVEL Travel Club Savings Ex pected to Spur Intra American Trips. NEW YORK, February 29.—March, traditionally a booking month for Summer travel, is assuming Its former status with indications of new prestige and record speed for the industry, according to the Monthly Survey fore cast on world’s travel tendencies re leased this week by the American Ex press Co. Based on the extensive preparations under way to promote home travel, and with the heavy Winter movement as a guide, all signs indicate that many Americans will see America. New streamlined, air-conditioned trains on speed schedules, with attractive. Interchangeable rates, are to be coupled with extensive vacation pro motion plans in the coming railroad program. Summer vacation travel clubs, many promoted on the Christmas saving fund idea, are already stimulating in terest in railway tours and are be coming a new, wide-spreading aid in promoting home travel. Short Cruises Popular. Short cruises, which in general re corded increases from 35 to 50 per cent over the February high period of 1935 and reached the peak West Indies season of 1929, are continuing, witn heavy patronage and accomodations at a premium. Additional ships and extended cruises are scheduled for March, and promise to place short cruising in a new record role. Regular, special cruises and cruise tours for the Caribbean, West Indies, Gulf ports and South America for March will number 88, with the prom ise of from 35 to 40 per cent greater passer.get lists per ship. Lively ad vance bookings for trans-Atlantic sail ings in May, June and July are report ed from all steamship companies and range as high as 50 per cent over the corresponding period of last year. The abolition of the “first-class” lux ury rating on conference association ships, and the reclassification of all Atlantic liners as “cabin ships,” will mean practically unchanged rates, except that the bigger ships will be slightly cheaper and the smaller vessels .slightly higher. Canal Traffic Large. Regular passenger lines to Cali fornia by way of the canal have ex perienced their best Winter season in years, with near and capacity reserva tions extending to April being reported from the Panama Pacific Line, the Grace Line and the Dollar Line. From Maine to California, American Winter sports are taking on astonish ing aspects, with unforeseen benefits to transportation factors and resorts. The multiplying of ‘‘snow train" spe cials has within the period of six weeks became a contagion, with doz ens of hurriedly ‘‘frosty-named” spe cials entering the field. The popular ity of the ice carnival is extending to all portions of the country, with the closing week of February witnessing more newly announced centers than originally scheduled in the Winter calendar. RESORT AWAITS VERDICT ON FISHING BANK PLAN ATLANTIC CITY. February 29 Plans for the artificial fishing bank, which is charted for construction 11 miles off the coast and sunk to a depth of 69 to 100 feet, were reviewed by Lieut. Col. John C. H. Lee, who has submitted his report to Secre tary of War Dem for final approval. Dern's decision is being awaited with interest by the Atlantic City Tuna Club, the local Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania-Reading Sea shore Lines. With a favorable deci sion, the railroad company plans to compile a fisherman’s guide contain ing information of trains to and from Atlantic City, necessary fishing equip ment, boats available and all necessary data for fishermen coming to the resort. Another new development which is being rushed to completion for the re sort visitors is a bird sanctuary near the entrance of Brigantine. Irving W. Street of this city is largely responsible for .this enterprise and feels that the sanctuary will attract many new types of birds heretofore unseen in this vicinity. RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. I Maintaining the standards ef 34 years’ continuous Ownership Manacement Josloh White A Sam Company STEAMSHIPS. ORDER ON HEADLIGHT'S Autos In franco Must Hava Yel low Lenses After July 1, PARIS, February 39.—A new decree announced for the near future will affect thousands of tourists who go to France every year with their motor can, according to Arthur Dobson, manager of the American Express Travel Service. The minister of public works has decided that all motor oar headlights shall be yellow and not white as heretofore. Investigation claims to have proved that a yellow beam of light is safer on the roads and less blinding to the eyes. Subject to ratification, the date for the change over to yellow car lights is given as July 1. LOURDES PILGRIMAGE PREPARATIONS MADE Ceremony to Be Held March 25. Shrine City Set Amid Pyrenees. LOURDES, February 29.—A small Pyrenean vilage of 7,758 inhabitants in Southern France will, on March ao, become the scene of the greatest pil grimage of modern times. Built on a hill overlooking the idyllic valley of Argeles on the right bank of the winding Gave du Pau, Lourdes’ only claim to distinction prior to 1857 was its scars from the seige of the Middle Ages. The history of Lourdes as a pilgrimage center and its miraculous cures date from the first religious ceremonial of April 4, 1864. Lourdes, surrounded by the distant sloping, snow-covered peaks of the Pyrenees, presents Nature’s pic turesque solemnity for a shrine. Modern trains now enter a station upon a beautiful boulevard which leads to the Grotto. In front of the Grotto is a garden promenade adorned with statues of the" Virgin, dominated by a cross illuminated at night. On a projecting rock is the celebrated statue by Fabisch, representing the Virgin as the child Bernadette de scribed her, in a white robe with a blue scarf. The walls of the Grotto are hung with crutches and other votive offerings. The Church of the Rosary stands in front of the basilica and contains 15 chapels in the in terior radiating from the center be neath the dome. The basilica stands on an incline 60 feet higher up, a richly decorated building in Gothic style. It was con secrated in 1876 in the presence of 35 archbishops and bishops. Outside the entrance to the city is the old Parish Church and an ancient castle associated with the wards of the Middle Ages. The inspiration of the pilgrimages centers around Ber nadette Soubirous, a peasant girl of 14 years of age, who alleged that the Virgin has several times appeared to her in a grotto and ordered that a snrine should be erected on the spot. Caucasus Resort Grows. SOCHI, February 29.—Vast expan sion of hotels, sanatoria, baths and springs is taking place along the Black Sea coast Sochi, a garden city on the coast of the Caucasus, is in a fever of building. Six large hotels' and rest houses have been completed, situated on a terrace overlooking the sea. They are connected with the beach by an inclined railway. Bridge Course Opens Tomorrow. The final contract bridge class of the season will be conducted by the Community Center Department to morrow at 8 p.m. at Central High School. Maxwell L. Johnston, asso ciate member of the Culbertson Na tional Studios, will have charge of the class.__ STEAMSHIPS. 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Bond tripfrom Baltimore : via southern sms, including delicious meals and erth. 18 day return limit Autos carried at low rates. I trip to Jacksonville ••••• *38 sum spring tours, including reservations at the bast to suit your time and pocketbook. For informs- jo bon write or call TravelBurMu, 1416 H St., N. W.( TB Washington (National 4612 )-■ or any tourist agent. y _ LrWi!rmms& BERMUDA IK NEW BRIDGE FAD “Earthquake” Takes Isle by Storm—Players Wear Gloves. HAMILTON, Bermuda, February 29.—Earthquake bridge is to Bermuda what monopoly is to New York and points West. A brand-new game—in vented by Ingenious islanders for prisoners of sudden showers—it’s a grand success! It isn’t an unusual sight to see "cyclers” whose pedal-tour has been interrupted by rain-drops scurry off to the nearest shelter—usually a hos pitable islander’s home. Time was when the frustrated Americans stood looking mournfully out of the window, or paced the room like caged lions. But with the advent of earthquake bridge all that has changed. In fact, determined sightseers have been known to waste hour after hour of warm Bermuda sunshine at the gam ing tables—giving his all to earth quake bridge! As to the fine points of the game: Four hands are dealt, three of which are termed regular, the remaining one earthquake. Earthquake bids his hand, after which each player passes his own hand to the opponent on his left. The original bid is then played. To make things just a trifle more difficult for all concerned, players are usually forced to wear gloves and hold lollipops in their mouths. Re moval of the candy involves a penalty of 250 points. A misdeal, practically unavoidable when dealing with gloved hands, means an additional 250 point forfeit. Obviously, the winning victim of such an ordeal deserves a prize, but high score isn’t good enough for Ber muda earthquake bridge. Instead, the total score of all players is divided by the number of players and the one whose score is nearest the average car ries off the prize. Any number of peo ple may play and while one table is sufficient, six or eight provide more hilarity. Earthquake bridge has become so popular with the Winter colonists that they have adopted it for luncheons and dinner parties. Guests usually are catapulted into the spirit of the game by means of an earthquake dinner, in which the entire menu is reversed. Thus, one tops off a hearty meal with a cocktail. STEAMSHIPS. ALL EUROPE NEWLY REMODELED nwm MARCH 21st To Azores, Lisbon,Gibraltar, Algiers, Palermo, Naples, Piraeus (Athens), Haifa, Port Said, Rhodes, Tripoli. £m& elt MARCH 28™ A 1st Apr. 25 and May 23 World's on ly gyro-stab i lized liner. To Gibraltar, Naples, French Riviera and Genoa. 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