Canadian Pacific Cabin Service to Europe - 1927

Front Cover, Cabin Service to Europe via the Canadian Pacific Steamships. Published by CPOS 1927. GGA Image ID # 116db4fb35

 

Crossing the ocean once on a Canadian Pacific Line Cabin Class Steamship means realizing that you have found the ideal way to travel. Many Interior and Exterior photographs help illustrate this exceptional brochure.

Canadian Pacific Line Cabin Class Fleet

Days of Rest

WHEN the excitement of departure is over, the last good-bye said, and the ship has slipped from her berth and is steaming downstream, worries and ties will grow indistinct as the little waving figures on the crowded pier soon fade away altogether.

Seven, long, glorious days, wherein to rest and doze and dream—or if you care, to play. Passengers have many nights to enjoy the deep-health-giving sleep that the salt breezes bring in the luxurious comfort of your cabin. New friends, pleasant conversation, dancing on a broad, smooth deck in the moonlight—All these joys will be yours.

Crossing the ocean once on a Canadian Pacific Cabin Class Steamship means realizing that you have found the ideal way to travel and understanding why these vessels are so popular with experienced travelers. Your trip will reveal what comfort can be, and you will want to go the same way the next time and the next.

Cabin Class ships are preferred not only for the pleasant company and good fellowship but because the rates are reasonable—only slightly more than the regular second class fares on ships of two classes of cabin accommodation.

These vessels are modern, specially built for the cabin class service, and furnished artistically with an appreciation of the highest degree of comfort.

During the summer months, the eastbound sailings are from Montreal and Quebec. On the smooth waters of St. Lawrence, which is bordered by quaint French-Canadian villages and picturesque farms, passengers have two days in which to find their sea legs before the ships put out on the open sea. Sailings during the winter are from Saint John, N.B., by the shortest sea route to Europe.

CPOS Cabin Class Lounge. GGA Image ID # 116e2b2c58

 

THE lounges of the Cabin Class Ships are the most comfortable places! How can one help to feel lazy in an atmosphere of so many luxuriously cozy chairs and chesterfields! They are beautifully decorated, too, in restful harmonious color schemes.

 

CPOS Cabin Class Lounge at Tea Hour. GGA Image ID # 116e6fa544

 

THE lounge at tea hour hums with bright conversation and carefree laughter. After a strenuous set of deck tennis — tea and delicious cakes, pleasant company, a good orchestra—who could wish for more?

 

After Dinner Lounge on a CPOS Steamship. GGA Image ID # 116e956bf2

 

THEN there is the lounge after the dinner hour. Perhaps that is the best time of all — when the coffee comes, you can talk of things that matter and things that don't before the music calls you to dance.

 

Cabin Class Drawing Room on a CPOS Steamship. GGA Image ID # 116edcdba4

 

THIS drawing room is one of the most attractive rooms on the cabin ships. It is paneled in French walnut in the Queen Anne period and has a large bay window facing on deck and a fine cozy fireplace.

 

Cabin Class Writing Room on a CPOS Steamship. GGA Image ID # 116efd7326

 

THE letter home is not a mere duty when there are so many pleasant new experiences to jot down day by day, in the seclusion of the writing room, which somehow induces confidence.

 

Cabin Class Nursery and Playroom on a CPOS Steamship. GGA Image ID # 116f5e0faf

 

DON'T worry about the children being a "nuisance," for the cabin ships have delightful nurseries with lots of toys to thrill young hearts. When the little ones are tired of playing, a nurse will tuck them into little snow-white beds.

 

Children Playing in a Cabin Class Playroom on a CPOS Steamship. GGA Image ID # 116f5fb070

 

THERE is a woolly rabbit for baby and lots of toys and games for little girls and boys. All the members of the younger generation that you see in the picture heartily approve of Canadian Pacific Cabin Class Steamships for kiddies.

 

Partial View of the Elegant Cabin Class Dining Room on a CPOS Steamship. GGA Image ID # 116f7b2b12

 

AN old-time treatment has been given to this dining room, the central portion of which has been designed on the lines of the courtyard of an old coaching inn, with paneled walls, wrought-iron lanterns, and massive oak posts.

 

Spacious Georgian Style Dining Room on a CPOS Steamship. GGA Image ID # 116fee54ae

 

ANOTHER spacious dining room is decorated in Georgian style with beautiful tapestries and extends the full breadth of the ship. In the center, the room is two stories high. The room's feature is the large number of tables arranged to accommodate small parties.

 

Cabin Class Smoking Room on the SS Montroyal. GGA Image ID # 11700ebd80

 

DECORATED with an old-style roof, the furnishings of this smoking room in the Montroyal embody all the comfortable details that smokers like. There is a large fireplace which dramatically adds to the gracious welcome of the room.

 

Luxurious Cabin Class Smoking Room on a CPOS Steamship. GGA Image ID # 1170334026

 

OAK paneled walls with carved cornices and deep-seated luxurious chairs and chesterfields lend to this smoking room a distinct charm — a charm of beauty and comfort subtly combined. The smoking room is a room that is like "home."

 

Four-Berth Cabin Class Stateroom on a CPOS Steamship. GGA Image ID # 11708a54aa

 

AND SO TO BED —there to be lulled to sleep by a gentle sea breeze after a day of festive activities. A four-berth cabin on a cabin class vessel is spacious and contains every comfort. It is admirably suited to a family or a party traveling together.

 

Cabin Class Two-Bed Stateroom with Attached Bathroom. GGA Image ID # 1170b3e9bd

 

SOME cabins have bathrooms attached. One of them has two beds, a chest of drawers, a wardrobe, a hot and cold water basin, a comfortable couch, and every other imaginable convenience. All cabins are well ventilated and light.

 

Cabin Class Stateroom with Companion Beds. GGA Image ID # 1171001264

 

THEN some staterooms are equal to bedrooms in a metropolitan hotel. This one has companion beds and rugs, curtains, and eider-downs in delicate designs of blue and rose.

 

Deluxe Cabin Class Stateroom with Adjoining Bath. GGA Image ID # 1171591472

 

These cabins de luxe are large, and many have adjoining baths. A deluxe stateroom with an adjacent bath is ideal for a party of two to travel. You only have to touch a bell, and your slightest wish will be obeyed — the excellence of Canadian Pacific service is famous.

 

Cabin Class Gymasium on a CPOS Steamship. GGA Image ID # 117159a714

 

DON'T want to grow fat? Well, there is ample chance for your daily dozen during the voyage. An hour or so of rowing, riding, or drilling in a well-equipped "gym" will keep you fit. (Only on Empress Ships)

 

The SS Montcalm of the Canadian Pacific. GGA Image ID # 11715a5f16

 

THE Montcalm is in the Cabin Class Service. Here she is leaving Quebec with a shipful of happy passengers whose fun is just beginning.

 

Spacious Entrance Hall for Cabin Class Passengers. GGA Image ID # 117196d169

 

IMAGINE this spacious entrance hall on a sailing day—when all is gay, there is one thrilling surprise after another. To the left is the office of that wonderful person —the purser, who knows all and can do almost anything.

 

Cabin Class Passengers Enjoy a Game of Deck Tennis. GGA Image ID # 1171a4ab2e

 

OR do you like to exercise in the open air? Then a few sets of deck tennis will be a good outlet for your surplus energy. It is a sporting game, deck tennis, and usually, tournaments keep up a lively interest in it throughout the voyage.

 

Cabin Class Passengers Relax While Watching a Shuffleboard Match. GGA Image ID # 1171bc2b40

 

THE deck, indeed, provides opportunities for all kinds of games. Shuffle-board is one of the most popular among young and old alike. It is exciting too, when scores are close, both for the players and their audience.

 

Cabin Class Passengers Relax on Their Deck Chairs, Keeping Warm from the Steamer Rugs. GGA Image ID # 1171f7f8e4

 

IF you have no ambition other than wanting to be delightfully and shamefully lazy, there are chairs on the broad deck where you may relax and spend your days reading or gazing far out over the sea.