The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-04


far he excused himself and went on del.
to take his place at the wheel. terir-.
US 10 examine everything until he CONS
return.
From the main room. through the scree,,
door, are the officers quarters. In M
tiers OF detail they are almost a counter-
part Of the owners cabin. On one side b.
Capt. HAIRS cosy stateroom: next 10 81.
the mates room, and then the s1ateroor1
Tor Mr.. Iselin'S valet. Across on the 9TH
side are three rooms. one OF which is f9-
Mrs. lseline's maid, the other for visitors
In the center OF the cabin is a table a,
which the officers eat, and huge tran
door IN the floor lifts up and disclose.
an lce-DoX big enough for a hotel TlIs-
forward or the saloon is the gallery. the
cooks domain, where all the food fo-
officers and owners is prepared II +
not very big kitchen for the work II
turns out, but IL would make fair-sizej
kitchen II put into a moderate-sized fiat
There was the big range, with its uo+s
and pans all dazzlingly bright, and two
men COOKS IN neat white aprons and big
cooking caps, busily at work. a big dress
er is filled with everything needed 10 flavor
or prepare any kind of soup, fish or meat.
canned goods in abundance and a great ar
ray Of edibles to tempt dainty palateg.
In another corner is the pantry wnere
the china is kept. This service is not in
keeping with the rest of the menage. IL
Is a plain blue and white china SET ~
the kind that may be easily bought in
sets large enough for an ordinary family
at from SO to SIS. Very little silverwara
is used on board, and what there is il
of a plain pattern. The officers and men
use aluminium teaspoons. which are So
light that they almost float. A gOod-sized
carving table that can be folded against
the partition completes the kitchen fur
nishings. The kitchen force consists OF
two cooks and two stewards. The cooks
M
Defender, and also of the fact THAI they
are Americans. They do not like 10 be
called chefs lest some people might imar-
inc them to be from another country. They
are James Robinson and Francis Shey.
Cook Robinson cheerfully told about their
duties.
1--WE have six meals to prepare each
day, and il keeps us both busy. First
there is the officers breakfast at 7 a. m.
then the owners and guests at g. Din.
ner for the officers is at noon and lunch
for the after cabin is at p. m, while sup
per for the former is served at D. m
and dinner for Mr.. and Mrs. Iselin and
their friends al p. m. This makes lots
of work, but we are glad TO do it, for the
people we cater to are very appreciative"
1T is just like house." said the
steward; everything is run the same.
Every day 1 go to Mrs. Iselin and get
my orders for the luncheon and dinner
Dinner usually consists of six courses,
soup, fish, entree, roast, game, dessert and
coffee.
There is little wine used, but a great
demand for cold mineral waters. Frozen
buildings are very popular with all on
board and are all made on the ship.
Mr.. lseln pays strict attention to all
the supplies, as well as to sails and rig
ging, and nothing seems to escape his
attention. He is as careful that no over
charges are made in the stewards departs
h, s,a, q
Iselin is a good housekeeper. The crew
eat on board the tender, Hattie Palmer,
except on race days, and then The stew
ards and cooks have extra work"
Opening off the kitchen Is the forecastla
whore the men sleep, and a good, whole-
some place 1t is for tired man to rest.
Lots of air comes in through the matches
and portfolios, and its neatness is good
to behold. The hammock frames are all
of iron paipted white, and are ingenious
ly arranged to receive the rope beds.
These hammocks are regularly treated
TO a generous airing and a bath of sun
shine along with the blue covered mat
tresses and red blankets.
For a display of patriotic colors the
forecastle of the Defender cannot be eX-
celled. There is more red, white and
blue in that part of the yacht than in the
flag chest. The men are as proud OF
their positions as if they were all cap
aluminium made from the waste punched
out of the Defenders plates.
They take these pieces and pound them
out fiat and then cut away the inside.
ITS for luck" said Irving G. Bar
bour, able seaman, as he gave us each
one; land with these rings on our fingers
we can't lose the cup" And other sea-
men standing about glanced at their I'M
gers and nodded approvingly.
From a wOman's point of view the De-
fender is absolutely perfect below decks.
and we should be willing to let the men
attend to the upstairs above as the
sailors call the deck. But it's upstairs
just the same.
When we came into Echo bay again.
our little boat was brought up, while off-
GERS and men gave us a salute as we
pushed away. Capt. Haff looked as
though he had something new to think
about, but 1 do not believe that he IS
bit sorry to learn that the women Of the
country have as much to interest them
on board mis- boat as the men folk.
UP-TO-DATE GRAssHOPPERs.