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[[left margin in red]] [[red underline]] Southampton [[/red underline]] [[/left margin in red]]
John Alden who left from here to America. 
There is a large railroad hotel with good restaurant.
^[[Large]] [[red underline]] Yachts, [[/red underline]] steam or motor are lying in straight anchorage, also sail yachts and a number of smaller craft.
There is a [[red underline]] Royal Southampton [[/red underline]] Yacht Club opposite the pier with a substantial club house but it seems as dead as a mouse. Cowes & the Isle of Wight is opposite and accessible by regular passenger side-wheel steamers and seem to be a point of attraction for the numerous excursionists. 
Some boys 10 to 12 years old are swimming in the harbor water and some are standing naked upon the wall, shivering and trying to catch the sunshine.
A well frequented large pier with concert pavilion, restaurant etc. makes a good promenade and is accessible for two pence. All the people quiet and very well behaved including the children.
[[left margin in red]] SS Statendam [[/left margin in red]]
A tender for Statendam arrived about 7:00 P.M. and took quite a time to load and unload baggage then we were taken to the [[red underline]] Statendam [[/red underline]] at anchor several miles distant
It was 9:00 P.M when we got aboard but still good daylight
My cabin on B deck, is very cheerful and outside, and well planned for clean comfort; my
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[[left margin in red]] S.S. Statendam [[/left margin in red]]
bathroom salt or fresh water is adjoining.
Chief Steward at my request gave me a hidden corner in the dining room all by myself.
The steamer 30000 tons gross is well planned and the interior decorations of very good taste. Dark mahogany wood is used in profusion. The promenade deck is unusually wide. Everything [[red underline]] makes a good impression. [[/red underline]] There are but 73 - 1st class passengers. There seem to be about the same 2d class and none third class.  Passengers mostly Americans, with some dutchmen, I saw no Germans, one Swiss lady, and relatively few Jews.
[[underline]] July 3 Sunday. [[/underline]] Cold windy S.W. and gray rough sea. [[red underline]] Waiters and personel less cheerful than on the Ballin. [[/red underline]] There is a life sized portrait of the Queen of Holland in the Palm Room which might better be omitted and does not give a flattering impression of the queen. She is dressed in white satin but her fat [[strikethrough]] le [[/strikethrough]] blown up face with her little peering eyes look everything but queenly, and more [[red underline]] like a dressed up fat peasant woman.[[/red underline]] The painter might at least have idealised her a little. Steamer is admirably well arranged and restful decoration, furnishings but shows quite some vibration in contrast of the Ballin. 
The [[red underline]] string quartet [[/red underline]] & piano is [[red underline]] very good and plays excellent selections [[/red underline]] ^[[even]] better than on the Ballin. - Jazz music only at evening dances.