Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-05-10
EXTRAS IN THE NAVY
THERE ARE MANY CHANCES ON A
WARsHlP FOR EARNING MONEY.

Good Cooks Always in Demand and Pick
Up Odd Doilars-some ships BARRIERS
Have Made 500 a Month Above Their
Regular Pay.
If anything is needed to prove that
each warship in commission is a regu-
lar community in itself-a village apart
with all that pertains to such an eco
nomie instltution-the fact that barter
and trade and manufacture is carried
on would suffice. The money paid out
" Uncle Sam to his naval defenders
IS net the only income derived by those
.ca tard his vessels of war.
-l=u it is understood that many
= Jacket occupying a position CLASH
la at from SIS to $40 month, is
rad off at the end of a three-years'
cruise with $1,000 and $4,000 safely
tucked away in his monk bag" it will
be easily sen that traff1cking on war
ships is not unremuneratiye.
There are no trained cooks in the
naval service, SO when it happens that
landsman or coal passer develops
skilled knowledge of the culinary art,
he is eagerly snapped up.
The chief mogul of the galley or
man-o'-war kitchen, must not be pass
ed over. The naval pay table contains
In the messmen branch, a rating term
ed ships cook" of the first, second,
third and fourth class. The pay
ranges from $50 to $40 a month, ac-
cording to the size of the vessel, and
the incumbent is supposed to tend the
galley coppers and range.
AS in other eases, the ships cook
does not depend on his salary alone.
He is in position to do many favors
for the berth deck cooks and there are
very few who do not pay him at least
81 a month.
In addition to this source of income,
a thrifty ships cook can find ample
opportunity to use the range in the
making of a pastry which can be re-
tailed to the crew.
One cook, several years ago, cleared
a comfortable sum by selling dried
apple pies at % cents each.
The same warnings for things eat
able which causes Jack to buy these
pies also sends him to the cabin, ward
room or steerage steward, who, on
most ships, does land office business
in the sale Of jeilies, jams. pickles and
fancy canned goods. Some also keep
on sale tobacco, cigars and cigarettes,
which they retail at enormous prices.
Next to the creature comforts of his
inner man, the naval sailor thinks
most of his personal appearance.
On each ship will be found gun.
ner's mate, quartermaster, seaman,
oiler, or even fireman who has served
an apprenticeship in the naval tailor
Such d man is permitted to maintain
a small hand sewing machine On board,
and during odd times off watch, he sets
up his shop in the corner of the berth
deck or in the superstrueture and
stitches away industriously.
There is money in it for the man
who does good work. The price for
making a suit is s., and there are
many suits to be made on the average
man-o'-war. The tailor also does odd
jobs in mending for the officers aft,
who pay according to their official
dignity.
Bearing out still further the similar.
ity of a warship community to a vii
lage ashore, there will be found in the
service not only the small tradesmeE,
but one peculiar man who is the capt
talist and boss money maker of the
ship. He is the ships barber. The
ships barber fourishes, and he has
on his list at $1.25 a quarter goodly
share of re crew. For the sum
mentioned he will give two shayes
week and a hair cut once a month.
He also has his customers aft who
pay him at the rate of 81 a month.
At least two-thirds of the crew on an
average patronize the barber, which
means, on vessel of the Columbia
class, an addition of over 500 monthly
to his regular pay of SIG. Few bar
bers ashore make this sum.
One of the peculiar trades practieed
in the service is t4e manufacture of
ditty boxes. A ditty box IS a small
wooden chest which serves the blue
Jacket as a repository for his comb and
brush, tobacco, writing paper and the
various ODDS and ends which would
be found in the drawers of the ordin-
ary dressing case ashore. The regular
ships carpenter and his mates follow
this trade, and they are enabled to add
considerably to their salaries.
Among the bandsmen on a flagship
will be found a shoemaker who has
served at his trade long enough to be
able to patch the footgear of ships
company.
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