The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-08-29
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How Ocean Liners Are Supplied WITH
This proHen neiicacy.
One of tile things most surprising 70
travellers BY the big ocean liners who
are crossing the Atlantic for the first
time Is the daily appearance Of lee
cream on tie dinner table. The frozen
delieacy 81 which Americans are 80
fond seems more naturally associated
with dining ON land than At sea, al
though there Is no reason why it could
not be manufactured on board one of
the modern floating hotels AS
matter of fact, however, the ice cream
that ~ served delightfully."- fresh anu
Geld to q hip's passengers ia midocean
IS nor made OH board, but S carried out
from port, IKE thousands of tons OK
other fresh food supplies, d spacial re-
frlgerating compartments
Twenty-Five Years ago the idea of
serving Ice cream to passengers on
shipboarI would have seemed prepos-
ferrous to even the most progressive
steamship manager Ia those days
ocean travellers were lucky If they got
a plentiful and well cooked supply of
what may be counted tile necessities of
life, ana ice cream must DC rated as a
luxury even ashore The fact that ey-
cry ocean liner now carries it III enor
nous quantities IA IN indication Of tie
point to which the luxury OF ocean
travel has been carried All that Is
needed FOR the voyage across the ocean
and back again is taken Oh no New
York or Boston or Philadelphia or
whatever American port tie vessel
sails from
The amount Of this dainty that Is
deemed necessary to supply q bic ocean
liner for a round trip Is astonishing II
varies. Of course. with the season and
the volume Of travel but at no time
does it fall much below see quarts on
any one Of the larger vessels. and "a
midsummer when travel is at IT'S
height and when ices naturally are
most appreciated, the regulation
amount for shin like the New York
or the Philadelphia or the st Louis IS
from l,500 to 1000 quarts and some
times even more. As the time actually
spent in the voyage across and back is
twelve days, fills means that on the av-
erage about l50 quarts Of ice cream Il
consumed every day on each Of the big
Atlantic liners in summer time. II Il
easy to compute that this amounts 70 a
veritahle mountain Of frozen sweetness
in the course Of ii season. and the year
Ii lee cream bll Of ono Of the big
steamship companies would provide
amy OF MS with several trips to Europe
very comfortably It IS said TINT not
less than $4,000 Is spent every season
on this one item Of supplies bv the
steamship merger alone
Not only does America Supply MI tho
ice cream consumed by Atlantic yoy-
ayers but it frequently happens that
ices are exported from This country to-
be served az public banquets and pri-
vate dmners In London and even or
the continent. When MIR. Bruce Lsmay
the British head Of the White Star line.
gave 4 lurge dinner party In England
recently ne ordered q special supply q
Ice cream from New York for his
guests ana the same thing was done
hy John W Gates IN London last sea-
son. 50 the American invasion of Eu-
rope IA not only an Invasion Of MAJ
chinery and heef and grain and elee-
trio railways but e coming 70 be an
ice cream invasion as we'll
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Michael Mccarthy Of Brooklyn is be-
waillng lhe loss Of sl00 which he had
left HI the pocket Of d s0iled shirt says
New York special 5e was afraid 20
leave tie Bin in the bank and put it i'll
the pocket Of hls linen shirt There IL
remained until he gave the. shirt out to
be wished. re had forgotten all about
the bin, and il was not untT he want
% another clean shirt that he remem-
bered IL RE fumbled De the pocket for
the bill but all he could find was d few
torn pieces Of paper well ironed out and
blurred