A decorative headwear competion for cabin class passengers on board a British India Steam Navigation Company educational cruise ship during a cruise. The contestants are lined up in two rows and other passengers are behind them. The men are in evening dress and one of the men is wearing a red paper coolie hat and very long pigtail. One the right are a woman and her daughter who are wearing straw hats and they are connected by a line on which eight pairs of ladies pants are hanging. The woman is holding a sign which reads "Every man's ambition - 8 draws on one line!".