<p><span class="deck"> In the sumptuous history of transatlantic passenger travel it wasn’t all mahogany panelling and ten-course meals. Consider, for instance, war and seasickness</span> </p>
<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> The Normandie has been gone since World War II, but many people still remember her as the most beautiful passenger liner ever built. It is the saddest of ironies that she fled her native France to seek safety in New York Harbor.</span> </span></p>
<p><span class="deck">At their zenith, the great transatlantic liners were lean runways for Schiaparelli dresses and Sulka dressing gowns, gorgeous stage sets for ship-to-shore gossip, <em>bon mots</em>, cocktail shakers, and dancing all night. It still can happen.</span></p>
