Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1890 — IN THE LAP OF LUXURY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE LAP OF LUXURY.

A Steel Steamboat for Millionaire Vander. blit's ( lilldren.

has been built by Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt for his children. Thboat is made with an iron frame ani steel plating. It is sixty-five' feet long and draws two feet of water. The boat is to bi owned and controlled exclusively by the children of

the millionaire, assisted by a picked crew of four. The little craft is a sidewheeler. The engines eat up two tons of coal a day and will propel the boat about eight miles an hour. It is fitted up plainly but comfortably. The after cabin, which is a sort of sitting-room for the children, has soft, red-cush ioned seats on either side and a pretty rosewood table in the center. The forward cabin is much the same as the other as regards seats and windows, but the table here is longer than the ofher one and is to be utilized for a dining-table. The boat is painted white, and the trimmings both on deck and below are of hard woods, principally mahogany. The metal fittings are of highly polished brass. Forward

of the diming cabin is a little room dignified with the name of forecastle. Folding doors shut this off entirely when it is desirable. This little nook is intended for such of the crew as are Mot on duty aad uwi to get indedta.

THE VANDERBILT CHILDREN'S BOAT.