re: The Pick Of The Day

Probably owned and eagerly read by more than one passenger on the Titanic:



Read it online or download it for free at Archive.org.

As Lou Reed said, those were different times:

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GENTLEMEN'S LIST OF THINGS NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN.

EVENING WEAR. Dress Suit. Dinner Coaf. White Waistcoats. Dress Shirt. Dross Ties. Dress Collars. Cuffs.

Cuff Studs. Shirt Studs. Patent Leather Shoes. Opera Hat. Silk Hat. Cane. L'rabrella. White Gloves. Suspenders.

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Cablegram etiquette:

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Messages to Turkey must not be in secret language, and messages relating to crimes of anarchists will not be translated or delivered in Portugal.

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Show courtesy to your fellow passengers:

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Passengers should avoid loud speaking in the corridors and staterooms during the night-time, as this is apt to keep other passengers awake. It is to the mutual interest of all concerned that the ship should be kept as quiet as possible at night, and the stewards are specially charged to see that this quiet is maintained. On some lines promenading on the upper decks is not permitted after a certain hour.

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Women should keep busy:

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FANCY WORK FOR LADIES

Ladies will find a little fancy work will occupy spare moments, especially if the weather is so bad that the deck is not agreeable.

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Entertainment and diversions:

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The pillow fight on the spar is a source of great amusement. Two men armed with pillows sit astride the spar and try to knock each other off. It requires a great deal of knack to keep one's balance while someone* is pounding you with pillows. The players are not allowed to touch the spar with their hands. When a man begins to waver, the other redoubles his attack, and slowly, but surely, the defeated player tumbles off the spar into the canvas which has been spread to save him. One of our engravings shows Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt acting as umpire in a pillow fight.



EX-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT UMPIRING A SPAR PILLOW-FIGHT AT SEA

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Don't worry about a thing:

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DEATH OF PASSENGERS

It is a mistaken notion to believe that first or second class passengers who die at sea are consigned to the deep. In fact, every first-class steamer carries caskets, and the surgeon will embalm the body. He is entitled to a fee of twenty pounds for so doing. Deaths at sea are few, and bad health should not deter any one from making the voyage.

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