Cunard Daily Bulletin - 1912 Summer Number

Front Cover of the Cunard Daily Bulletin Summer Number for 1912. GGA Image ID # 1019202311

Featured Articles include: A Japanese Girl Painter of Genius: The Story of Miss Wakana Utagawa and her Art; The Adventuress -- A Short Story By J. J. Bell and A King in Babylon -- A Short Story By Alice and Claude Askew. Several illustrated Women's Fashion Articles are also included.

Title Page, Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 215317ee22

Signal Flags of the Ocean Liners and HLJW=Lusitania. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214a51b5f9

Signal Flags of the Ocean Liners and HLTQ=Mauretania. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 2149be53e5

Map of Liverpool Bay. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214a5af18f

Table of Contents, Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 21538a170e

Contents:

• Cunard Offices and Agents
• Frontispiece, "Water Carrier in Alsexandria"
• A Japanese Girl Painter of Genius
  The Story of Miss Wakana Utagawa and her Art
• The Adventuress
  A Short Story By J. J. Bell
• "Better Things"
  A Poem by George MacDonald

Cunard Supplement

Homeward Bound: Illustration from a Painting by Bernard F. Gribble

Flags of the H.L.J.W. Lusitania

Flags of the H.L.T.Q. Mauretania

Map of Liverpool Bay

Cunard Captains with Photographs

Building the Aquitania

• Preparing Wooden Model
• Bottom of Ship in Early Stages of Plating
• Looking Forward
• Inner Bottom, Looking Aft

• Life on a Cunarder (Through Photographs)
• Photograph: RMS Lusitania Entering New York Harbor
• Photograph: RMS Lusitania at Landing Stage, Liverpool
• Three Photographs of Coaling the Mauretania
• The Landing of Columbus: Illustration from a Painting by Bernard F. Gribble

Wooden Paddle Wheels to Quadruple Screw Turbines

• RMS Britannia
• RMS Persia
• RMS Russia
• RMS Servia
• RMS Campania
• RMS Franconia and Laconia
• RMS Lusitania and Mauretania

• A Fight Between Blake and Von Tromp, Admiral of Holland: Illustration from a Painting by Charles Dixon, R.I.
• Some Beautiful English Gardens
  By H. H. Thomas
• "Ireland Long Ago"
  A Poem by Katherine Tynan
• A King in Babylon
  A Short Story By Alice and Claude Askew
• Cunard Sailings
• The Vanguard of Fashion
  By Azeline Lewis
• In the Path of the Purchaser
• "Forbearance"
  Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Places to Visit
  A Few Hints That May Prove Useful to Tourists
• Cricket Fixtures
• Two Magnificent New Cunard Steamers -- Franconia and Laconia

Cunard Captains. (Top to Bottom, Left to Right) CDR J. T. W. Charles, C.B., R.D., R.N.R. (Lusitania); CDR C. A. Smith, R.D., R.N.R., (Franconia); LT D. S. Miller, R.N.R. (Saxonia); CPT R. C. Warr, Commodore of the Cunard Line (Campania); CPT J. C. Barr (Caronia); CDR W. R. D. Irvine, R.D., R.N.R. (Laconia); CPT W. T. Turner (Mauretania); CDR D. Dow, R.D., R.N.R. (Carmania); LT H. M. Benison, R.N.R. (Ivernia). Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214a8008a0

Life on a Cunarder Showing Images of Passengers Enjoying the Voyage, Part 1 of 2. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214aa1ed76

Life on a Cunarder Showing Images of Passengers Enjoying the Voyage, Part 2 of 2. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214ab393c4

List of Advertisers

• Hotel Metropole, Brighton
• The Irish Linen Stores, London
• Paquin, London, Paris and Buenos Aires
• Hunt & Roskell, Ltd., London
• MacDougall and Company, Ltd. - The Royal Clan Tartan Warehouse, London
• Lacon & Ollier's Opera, Theatre & Concert Tickets, London
• Waldorf Hotel, London
• The Irsh Warehouse, London -- The Depot for Irish Peasant Industries
• Great Eastern Railway -- The Cathedral Route to The North of England and Scotland
• Regemt Hotel, The Premier Hotel of the Midlands
• Isle of Man Steam Packet Co., Ltd.
• Booth Line
• St. Petersburg Hotel, London
• Hotel Adlon, Berlin
• W. Turner Lord & Co, London
• John Wight & Co, "Scotch Goods Specialists"
• Konski, London - Ladies' Tailor, Court Dressmaker, and Furrier
• Cunard Line Travellers' Cheques
• Turner & Dunnett, General Printers, Liverpool
• The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, Jewellers, London
• Grafton Hotel, London
• County of Kent
• North British Station Hotel, Edinburgh and Glasgow
• J. C. Vickery - Their Majesties' Jeweller and Silversmith, London
• Jaeger Pure Wool -- Travellers' Outfits for All Seasons
• Daniell, London
• Coburg Hotel, Carolos Place, Mayfair
• Spink & Son, Ltd., Fine Old English Silver / Dealers in Ancient Coins and Medals
• Mackay & Chisholm -- Antiques, Curios, and Works of Art, Edinburgh
• Great North of Scotland Railway
• Fritz Eilers Jr. Bielefeld, Germany -- Manufactures of Advertising Novelties
• Crosse & Blackwell -- Table Delicacies
• The Doorland Special American Newspaper Agency
• Pim Bros. Ltd. -- Largest Drapery Warehouse in Ireland
• Croall's Royal Garage, Castle Terrace, Edinburgh
• Furness Abbey
• Tarbet Hotel
• The Lake Hotel, Killarne Lakes
• To Canada by Cunard Line -- London & Southampton to Quebec & Montreal
• City of Dublin Steam Packet Company -- The Royal Mail Service Between England and Ireland
• Cunard Line Cruises to the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Egypt from New York and Liverpool
• E. M. Hodgkins, Works of Art -- London, Paris and New York
• Apollinaris Natural Table Water

RMS Lusitania Entering New York Harbor. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214ac2aff1

RMS Lusitania at the Liverpool Landing Stage. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214b1a00e3

Collage of Four Images Showing the Coaling of the RMS Mauretania. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214b21f8e3

The Landing of Columbus. From a Painting by Bernard F. Gribble. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214b360caf

The RMS Britannia, the Pioneer of the Cunard Fleet, Was Built in 1840. She Was a Wooden Paddle-Wheel Steamer With a Tonnage of 1,154. Her Average Speed Was 8 1/2 Knots. the “ Britannia ” Inaugurated the First Regular Steam Service for Passengers and Mail Between England and America. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214b3b1ccc

The RMS Persia, Built in 1856, Was an Iron Paddle Steamer of 3,300 Tons. Although Some Years Previously the Company Had Built Several Screw Steamships, Passengers Still Retained a Liking for the Paddle-Wheel. the Rms Persia Was Built in Deference to This Feeling and Was Immensely Popular From the First. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214b4ff1cc

The RMS Russia Was an Iron Screw Steamer Built in 1867. She Was Famed for the Beauty of Her Outline and the Symmetry of All Her Proportions. Always a Favorite With Passengers, Her Fastest Crossing of the Atlantic Was Eight Days 28 Minutes. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214b8d4d45

The RMS Servia, Completed in 1881, Was the Largest and Most Powerful Ship, Except the SS Great Eastern, Which Had Been Constructed up to That Time. She Was the First of the Company’s Steamers to Be Made of Steel and Lighted by Electricity. Her Gross Tonnage Was 7,392, and Her Average Speed Was 17 Knots. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214ba56bd3

The RMS Campania Was the Fastest Steamer in the World When Built, and She Was and Is Still Regarded As One of the Most Handsome Liners Ever Constructed. of All Steamers Sailing Between Liverpool and New York, She Is Second in Speed Only to the RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania. She Is a Twin-Screw Steamer. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214babe4e5

The RMS Franconia and RMS Laconia Are the Largest and Newest Vessels in the Boston Service. The Laconia Was the First British Vessel and the First Atlantic Liner to Be Fitted With Herr Frahm’s Anti-Rolling Tanks. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214bd03526

The RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania Are the Fastest Liners in the World and Hold All Atlantic Speed Records. With a Speed per Hour of Over 25 Knots and a Gross Tonnage of 32,000, These Vessels Represent Perfection in Ocean Travel Today. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214c063134

A Fight Between Blake and Von Tromp, Admiral of Holland. From a Painting by Charles Dixon, R.I. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214c2fb4b7

Building the New Cunarder Aquitania. Preparing a Wooden Model. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214c90803d

Bottom of the Aquitania in the Early Stages of Plating. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214d056799

View of the Aquitania Looking Forward. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214d18082a

Inner Bottom of the Aquitania, Looking Aft. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214d25f2bd

The First Class Gymnasium on the RMS Franconia and RMS Laconia. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214d6ef48a

The Verandah Café on the RMS Franconia and RMS Laconia. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214d9298c6

Summer Afternoon Gown With Elaborate Feathered Hat. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214dee42ec

Summer Evening Gown With Draped Flowing Effects With Three Rows of Scallops Under Mechlin Lace Just Above the Hem. Over This Was a Tunic of Soft Rose Du Barri Silk, With the Fulness Caught Back (Louis XV Fashion) and Held by Bunches of Tiny Pink Roses. The Bodice Had a Fichu of Silk Gauze, Edged With the Same Lace As at the Foot Part, and a Fringe of Crystal Beads, While Small Revers of Pink Silk Gave a Finish to the Fichu. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214e09e4e4

Summer Gown in Pale Grey Cachemire de Soie, the Front Being Cut in Tabs From Neck to Hem and Closing With Fancy Buttons Over a Plain Panel Front. The Only Relief to the Simple Severity of the Outline of This Gown Was Given by the Lace Collar and Flat Velvet Bow at the Neck, Reproducing the Color of the Velvet Rose on the Left Side of the Waist. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214ec5f1de

The Very Perfection of Simple Elegance Was the Following Model Carried Out in Fine Pastel-Faced Cloth. the Skirt, Which Was of the Slim but Not Sheath-Like Tightness, Was Crossed Over From the Left Side of the Waist to Within a Few Inches of the Hem of the Wide Panel Back, the Hem Being of the Wide Variety That Marks Some of the Newer Modes, and Was Buttoned Down With Loops and Cords Arranged in the Width of the Hem. the Almost Tight-Fitting Jacket Crossed Over From Right to Left With Wide Revers in Line With the Skirt and Was Finished the Same Way. the Panel Back Was Trimmed With Buttons to Correspond With the Skirt, While a Velvet Facing Finished off the Back of the Collar. a Tricorne Hat of Fine Black Straw, Trimmed With Black Faille, a Huge Upstanding Brush Aigrette, and a Soft Lace Jabot Completed an Outfit of Intelligent Simplicity. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214f17e266

Advertisement: The Irish Linen Stores. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 21498a36bb

Advertisement: Hunt & Roskell, Ltd., London Jewelers. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214f20dd33

Advertisement: High Fashion Clothiers -- London, Paris, and Buenos Aires. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 214fb7105e

Advertisement: MacDougall and Company Limited are purveyors of Court, civil, and Sporting Tailors for Ladies and Gentlemen in London. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 2151186f02

Advertisement: Lacon & Ollier's Opera, Theatre, and Concert Tickets with Seats in the Best Positions for All Theatres and Entertainment in London. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 215122f65b

Advertisement: The Irish Warehouse (Inglis & Tinckler), a Depôt for Irish Peasant Industries in London. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 2151847adf

Advertisement: SS Mauretania Decoration and Furniture by W. Turner Lord & Co., London. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 215216208b

Advertisement: John Wight & Co., Scotch Goods Specialists, Edinburgh. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 215230d274

Advertisement: Konski -- Ladies' Tailor, Court Dressmaker, and Furrier, London. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 21525be6ad

Advertisement: Cunard Line Travellers' Cheques, Payable Throughout the World. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 215293d3bb

Promotion: New York and Boston to Europe via Fishguard by the Cunard Line. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 2152ac986e

Advertisement: The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, Ltd., Jewellers in London. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 215361283b

Advertisement: Grafton Hotel, Close to the Principal London Termini, Opposite Maple's. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 2153e99308

Advertisement: J. C. Vickery, Their Majesties' Jeweller and Silversmith, London. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 2153ee75a6

Promotion for Cruises to the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Egypt from New York and Liverpool on a Cunard Line Steamer. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 2149c4e804

London and Southampton to Quebec and Montreal (Portland, ME in Winter) by the Steamers Ultonia (10,400 Tons), Ascania (10,000 Tons), Ausonia (8,000 Tons) and Building the Andania and Alaunia. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 215b6b6cce

THE Cunard Company’s new Canadian Service is maintained by the modern twin-screw steamers ULTONIA, ASCANIA, and AUSONIA. They are especially adapted in terms of size and equipment for the service. Each is fitted with large bilge keels, and their design and construction embody features that reduce motion to the minimum.

The accommodation ensures passengers—cabin and Third Class—every comfort and convenience the modern liner affords. Small closed rooms, well-ventilated and heated, comprise the accommodation in Third Class. There are two separate, well-appointed Dining Rooms on the ASCANIA and AUSONIA, both new vessels.

Our experienced Stewardesses are dedicated to looking after the needs of women and children, ensuring their comfort and safety throughout the journey.

The steamers sail regularly from London and Southampton to Quebec and Montreal in the summer and to Portland, Me., during the winter. Passengers embark at Southampton.

Special trains from London.

Passengers who are residents of London or in places so situated that they have to pass through London to reach Southampton are provided with free conveyance (third class) from London to Southampton.

Two Magnificent New Cunard Steamers, Franconia and Laconia, the Largest and Most Modern Steamers in the Boston Trade. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 2154446636

Advertisement: E. M. Hodgkins, Works of Art, Located in London, Paris, and New York. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 2154a17a01

Advertisement: Apollinaris Natural Table Water, Supplied Under Royal Warrants of Appointment to HM King George V and HM Queen Alexandra. Cunard Daily Bulletin, Summer 1912. GGA Image ID # 2154ce377b

Cunard Daily Bulletin 1912 Summer © 1912 Cunard Steam ship Company, Liverpool, England, UK, 100 Pages.