Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-07
EXTRAS IN THE NAVY
THERE ARE MANY CHANCES ON A
 WARsHlP FOR EARNING MONEY.


 Up Odd Dollars-some ships Barbers
 Have Made S1OO Month Above Their
 Regular Pay.
 If anything is needed to prove that each warship in commission is re@u- lar community in itself-a villaE s.t II with all that pertains to such 6 homie instlLution-the fact that baresE and trade and manufacture is caPie on would suffice. The money paid olt by Uncle Sam to his naval defenders is not the only income derived by those on board h-s vessels of war.
 When it is understood that many blueJacket occupying position classi- fled at from SIS to $40 month. IS paid off at the end of three-years cruise with 5000 and $3,000 safely tucked away in his monk bag, 1t will be easily sen that trafficking on war; ships is not unremunefative.
 There are no trained cooks in the naval service, so when it happens that q landsmap 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. q rating term ed ships cook" of the first, second, third and fourth class. The pay ranges from S35 to S20 month, ac- cording to the size of the vessel, and the incumbent is supposed to tend the galley coppers and range.
 As in other cases, the ships cook does not depend on his salary alone. He is in a position to do many favors for the berth deck cooks and there are very few who do not pay him at least S1 month.
 h 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 q comfortable sum by setiing dried apple pies at 9 cents each.
 The same yearnings for things eat able which causes Jack 10 buy these pies also sends him to the cabin, Ward- room or steeraga steward, who. on most ships, does q land office business fn the sale of jetiies, jams. pickles and fancy canned goods. Some also keep 0n sale tobacco, cigars and cigarettes, which they retail a6 enormous prices
 Next to the creature comforts of his inner man, the naval sailor thinks most of his personal appearance. ca each ship viii be found a guns hers mate, Quafteffaaster. seaman oiIar CT even q fireman who has served an apprenticeship u the naval tail3f- IGg ar6 eu board some other vessel. such a man is permitted to maintain i small hand sewing machine 3n board. and during odd times off watch, he sets tf1 bis shop in the corner =of the berth aeek or in the sapersractuIe and stitches away industri0usly.
 There is money in if f0r the man who does good work. The price for making a suit is S5. and there afe many suits to be made on the average man=o.-war. The tailor also does odd iobs in mending for the officers afr, who pay according to their official dignity.
 Bearing ont still further the similar. ity of q warship community to a yiI- lage ashore, there will be found in the service not only the small tradesmeE, but one peculiar man who is the caPi- talist and boss money maker of the ship. He is the ships barber. The ships barber Hourishes, and he has On his list at S1.25 q quarter a goodly share of ,-e crew For the sum mentioned he will give two slaves week and q halr cut once month.
 He also has his customers aft who pay him at the rate of S2 month, At least two-thirds of the crew on an average pauoniZe the barber. which means, on q vessel of the Columbia class. an addition of over S100 monthly 10 lis regular pay of S16. Few bar bers ashore make this sum-
 One of the peculiar trades practiced in the service is tae manufacture of ditty boxes. X dittY box s a small wooden chest which serves the blue jacket as a repository for his comb and brush, tobacco, writing paper and the various od1s and ends which would be found in the drawers of the ordfn- 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 shoemaker who has served at his trade long enough to be able to patch the footgear of a ships company
 Fire-pr0or paper DrIeNs are coming nte use for building purposes. They are made with a hollow centre, to in- sure uniformity in hardness. and the hollow is afterward filed with cement