[Illustration: ONE OF THE DE LUXE ROOMS ON THE “TITANIC,” SUCH WERE OCCUPIED BY JOHN JACOB ASTOR AND HIS BRIDE AND MANY OTHER MULTI-MILLIONAIRES WHO WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP] [Illustration: PHOTO. BY UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N. Y. VIEW OF THE PROMENADE DECK OF THE ILL-FATED WHITE STAR LINER “TITANIC.” THIS DECK EXTENDS NEARLY THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE SHIP, AND IS USED AS A PROMENADE FOR PASSENGERS.] [Illustration: PART OF THE MAGNIFICENT CONCERT ROOM OF THE STEAMSHIP “TITANIC,” WHERE WOMEN PASSENGERS SPENT MUCH OF THEIR TIME IN READING AND LISTENING TO THE MUSIC.] [Illustration: LUXURIOUSLY FURNISHED SMOKING ROOM OF THE “TITANIC,” WHERE MEN SPENT MANY SOCIAL HOURS BEFORE GOING TO THEIR WATERY GRAVES] [Illustration: PHOTO BY PAUL THOMPSON, N. Y. CAPTAIN SMITH OF THE “TITANIC,” WHO SAVED MANY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND THEN, LIKE A TRUE HERO, WENT DOWN WITH HIS SHIP. THIS PICTURE ALSO SHOWS TWO OF HIS OFFICERS] [Illustration: PHOTO. BY UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N. Y. INTERIOR OF CUNARD LINE PIER, ALL CLEARED OUT READY TO RECEIVE THE SURVIVORS OF THE “TITANIC,” ON ARRIVAL OF THE “CARPATHIA,” WHERE THEY WERE MET BY RELATIVES, PHYSICIANS, NURSES AND OTHERS.] [Illustration: PHOTO. BY UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N. Y. A MOST REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPH, TAKEN BY A PASSENGER ON THE “CARPATHIA,” SHOWING MR. AND MRS. HARDER, A YOUNG HONEYMOON COUPLE. WHEN THE CRY CAME TO GET IN THE LIFEBOATS, THEY, AS A LARK, THINKING THERE WAS NO DANGER, JUMPED IN THE FIRST BOAT LOWERED.] [Illustration: J. BRUCE ISMAY, WHITE STAR LINE MANAGER. MR. ISMAY WAS ON THE “TITANIC” AND HAS BEEN SEVERELY CRITICISED FOR HIS ACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GREAT CALAMITY.] “I feel better,” Mrs. Futrelle said hours afterward, “for I can cry now.” Among the men, conversation centred on the accident and the responsibility for it. Many expressed the belief that the Titanic, in common with other vessels, had had warning of the ice packs, but that in the effort to establish a record on the maiden run sufficient heed had not been paid to the warnings. The failure of the safety compartments, said to have been closed from the bridge directly after the accident, was the occasion of amazement, and one theory offered was that the doors had, for some reason, not closed in the usual manner. Others contended that these devices are, at best, but time-savers, and said that without them the Titanic would have gone under before three boats could have been lowered. THE OFFICERS’ REQUIREMENTS DISCUSSED. The requirement that the officers on the bridge should take temperatures of the water every fifteen minutes to indicate the approach of ice was also discussed.