, 1886-09-03
PLEAsuREs OF TIE sTgERAeE.


Experiences OF Two Young oIen ON nm
ocean demonstrating Food.
-The rates for a first-class passage to
Europe and back nave fallen so low that
would forego the pleasure of crossing
in the steerage again, - said a friend to a
reporter the other day.
Did you come as a steerage passen-
ger:" asked the reporter.
YES, / was hard up last summer and
| hnd TO either try h steeragc or swim.
Ny friend Jim Ii. was with me, and we
are not likely to forget our experience.
I'VE boarded the ship at Havre with a
line crowd of Italians, French, Germans,
Swiss, and representatives of every other
nation under the sun. Our bedroom
was below decks, fifty by twenty feet in
size, containing some 200 hunks in
double tiers, one above the other, and
separted bunk from bunk by a slat. \
few hours after leaving port, when wc
began to think of our supper and to
wonder what the bill of fare might be, a
bell was heard. We rushed down the
gangway in good spirits. but no signs OF
the feast were visible. A bare pine table
r,-a..- ,~.ov,dad !, THO
M a.. .a.aLaa 80, A.
h,,.t.s Ill., - r,l,,ras TIL l,oa,ard
NON. ghan.od hia,Solf w;,h hali IN hond
and invited us to be seated. We finally
learned we would have to divide into
squads according to the location of our
hunks. To a squad were given two
t;ckets-one for vino and eogoe tbe
otbar for mao, and aonnNo.oh t;oLat
hear;,g ,ho unmbor ~ narsons in tho
mart, wo were also allowed ,,,o nans
ono daeo and the other ehalIo,v and
y,ith thesa tv.o a. no uara ,ol1 70 aat
from the Kitchen r,t;o,s for Tho so,ed
linn and 7 failed 70 crab n tin c,n iron
rork and snoon ,.b.n no h.d chanoo
and as tbese articles vcoro aoaroa ,,ara
comnelled tn e,t with our nocLa, L,iya,
and from n souconan in co,nn,on With .
fat German mil Voc booLad thosa Iux,,-
rios from mr.
4Tho do,anatas eort 60 .ha ,;tchon Cor
ers, 81 ae,or unauIa- 80 av.
v,aro aant go ra;o;a;nasn;, 49,.
comnosod Of Odds and cnds % maa,s and
yaan,ohIos ;noroarsad IN Ill. -
,rinv;tina ararv W., ann noa;n,
uha, ,ha
10 = daI;cata s,or,aoh fon,;a5
tha ,uro oo,,oIr LII. ~ 80.
a., ,aa,a taoI 49,
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rood u,.s ,arn - go
- - y 'ne
r,ha, -; nc.o~ H.. Hno~
e.-s1a.aS al s..n -
~ NO." nv Nv"l'o VI LnS
to the cooks or bakers %sunnlies xyben
we formed ouite n successful confed-
oracv wav of IoaGnmaru,nd a.
kitchen resulted in pumerous Gains of
boiled potntoes. A large leo of mutton
was one dav's booty. n counle If broileI
lamb chops and mashed notatoes were
another's' or course il was necessarvt o
make some very quick and steaithy
grabs. The pastry cook once lost three
large round cakes at three separate raids
within half an hour. The last two DAYS
were good for this sport. as the pastry
cook was then some distance from his
room busy stirring ice cream. Just op-
posite this pastry-room wa the bread
cooks room, at the window of which
that official usually stood. In order to
divert his attention from the real game,
the rape of the cake opposite, jim at one
time pretended to grab some bread while
another Of our band carried off the prize
we were after. SO much running around
after food and only getting half enough
then made us somewhat weak, ami we
were glad to lie down upon any CON
venient spot regardless OF the dirt of the
deck.
For six nights of our voyage ! slept
on deck, as objected to a bed Already
filled with life.
Il must say n word about u compagn-
ons de voyage. Werner, ruler of the
so-called Werner gang was in charge
OF n party from the Romansch valleys
OF Switzerland. His subjects took his
lordly manner very meekly. At meal
time their ruler presided over the gangs
meat and soup dish and dealt ont the
portions according to his own pleasure.
Though lie was rough and could swear