Evening star., 1897-06-12

| blondes in the full dreary uniform Of tho
| Salvation Army. ministerfn8. to the ex-
I clusion Of eli other care or interest. Oh .
suitan-like rooster OF q captain OF Hen.
braid and a most languid, gupefciltouS tone.
| The only disparaging remark was made
| against this latter really Objectionable In
dividual. almost the last day out. when
| uriously. his hairy head propped by o sis-
| ters shoulder and his long blue legs sup
ported by a stool. he drawled out that he
would stay there and not go down to tea.
The tea Will come to u.s., magnidcently.
I have said that we were humble folk;
yet when upon that extra topic for con-
why each happened to be travelling ''sec-
ond"-the gentilfty Of each and all came
out distinctly. The case of the Maine
young man fresh from Johannesburg tie
golden was as clearly justified as any.
A Specimen Case.
Arriving at the gold fields with nothing,
he readily obtained employment that per-
mitted i'm to pay his lodging and three
meals a day. After three months of that
life. an inpassioned appeal to the old folks
down in Maine resulted In a draft for
hundred and fifty dollars: whereupon he
quit the stone-breaking and dirt-digging
that had reduced his flesh some twenty
three pounds and began buying horses at
the Cape or else where, to drive them up
fields. Fortune smiled on him. He virtu-
.ously sent his parents back their hundred
and fifty plus another hundred, with which
to buy his good old mother and nice sis
terS each "the handsomest black silk dress
procurabl On the next trip his horses
died, to the colt, Stung by some fly. A
friend in temporary luck-he says all luck
is temporary there-bought him second
class ticket back to Maine. And now his
great preoccupation was to wonder "if they
had bought those silks yeti" 1 hope, for
the girls sakes. they had.
Among US there were many who could
have afforded to travel first-class better,
perhaps, than more than one of the nat
ty tourists Of the envied promenade deck
returning from European splurge, which
one will not begrudge them surely. In
deed, an extended residence abroad has
confirmed this to the writer, that an idiotic
hopefulness permitting such unwarranted
splurges is one of the most glorious traits
Of the American character. The mass of
American tourists really have no business
to be touring We of the second-class we're
not so. many of us being wiser. but none
of happier. Intimate conversations re-
vealed it, The conscientiousness of merit
could not balm the lascerated amour
prcpre of the American. greved by hate
full economy. "F'irst-class or bustI' would
seem to be the motto of America.
The Berlin youth, over his costly sweet
champagne, could not possibly have been
made to comprehend this American yearn-
Ing. had any one taken the trouble to ex-
pound 1t to him. An utter stranger to the
European breast, the European looks on
1t as fraud and ostentation. To such an
one question would be purely of fact.
Sufficient Accommodations.
Were the second-class accommodations
sufficient? Undoubtedly yes. no worse than
those of country hotel or a middle-ciass
city boarding house. The second cabin
dinner menu on our ship for the date Of
cardboard. read as follows. while it's prom
ise was fulfilled minutely by the dinner:
Puree of pea soup; boiled Goldfish. shrimp
sauce; corned beef and cabbage; roast
chicken; mashed turnips; boiled potatoes;
lettuce salad. with dressing; apple pie; ice
cream: crackers and cheese. and oranges
and coffee. Man does not live by bread
alone of course; SO much depends on how
the bread Is made; but he would be diff
cult. indeed. who should complain Of the
above repast, considering its raw material
alone 1t is generous enough. even, for the
venerated f1rst-clasS table And, as for its
cooking. please to remember that the
cooks. the ovens. the store rooms and the
for each. The boat is American-though
built in England: but the captain and the
barber are the only two Americans: save
the chef-a French word. meaning chief.
not cook" heureusement-is English, too.
His works speak for him. or. correctly, for
his school and race.
In this English cuisine there are only
two Sauces, their base being one and the
same. To a certain quantity of -four add
sufficient quantity of water the mixture
being beaten smooth to free 1t from those
Jumps which do not impair its usefulness
to the bill-poSter, but might legitimately
be reproached at fastidious table. Is It
to be fish sauce? Add anchovy or shrimp
PASTE procurable in bottles. Or Is 1t
sweet pudding sauce? Add sugar and va
nilla or other pure fruit extract, likewise
procurable in bottles. Soup is accomplish
ed without the wasteful boiling of beef or
the ncumberirg stock pot. There are ex-
tracts of beef which give to soups. gravies.
stews. raSouts, and so forth. an appetiZ-
Ing zest and relish which please the pal
tte, aid digestion and produce "that feel
ing of contentment which Is printed in
italics In the advertisement, And there
are salad dressings TO replace the laborious
mayonr aise. bottled salad dressings, al
w.ys ready. always good. always alike, pre-
pared With extreme care from the choic-
est purest and freshest condiments.
At the Table.
This first-class second-class food, you
know. came to the table very much as we
did. We came cluttering down avalanche
like. to burst unsteadily into the long floor
pitching. heaving. rolling, pitching dining
room, with a boisterousness, later on hab-
itual. that had legitimate beginnings in the
bluff and braggadocio Of dissimulated sea-
sickness working on an unartifcial people.
1t would seem that there are always three
times as many men as women travelling
second class; and this characteristic. most
marked on the present trip, may go toward
excusing those whose high spirits moved
them to vault over the bench backs to seat
themselves. close-packed. at the long
tables. Even the first-class passengers are
not spared the long tables: only they are
seated at them In Individual revolving
chairs. and not along a long bench.
whose back. in very truth, must be leaped
over or crawled under by all such as have
not reached their places in due moyiEg-up
In order.
So came we to the table: and 30. I have
said. the food came.
Unlike those of the first class. scarcely
any Of Us drank wine with our meals. That
characteristic sound upon the sea, the pop
ping of the champagne cork against sea-
sickness. was absent. Again unlike those
of the first class, we were not wont to
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