Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

independently. vet simultaneously. For in
stance, the staterooms are divided INTO
groups of ten, each group being given over
to the care of one steward and helper.
The first thing done Is to draw Off every
drop of water which may have remained in
the tanks or reservoirs above the wash
stand and to make the entire washing ap-
paratuS Sanitarily clean and dry. Then the
berths are stripped of linen and bedding,
and the mattress slips or covers are all taken
off and sent down to the foot OF the compan-
ionway on the main deck, where they are
received by the linen steward and his five
assistants. Their duty is TO sort and count
the linen and pack 1t into two hundred or
more bags, ready for the laundry. From
amidships comes another lot of linen-the
bath towels. From day to Gay these have
been gathered up in the bath rooms and
carried to a compact drying room, where
they have been hung upon racks or arms to
dry thus preventing mold or rust. For an
ordinary voyage, in the first cabin alone,
go Turkish towels, as large as single
Sheets are required and 200 smaller ones.
In the meantime, the room steward has
gone back to the rooms under his care,
and is stripping them of all hanglngs, rugs,
mattresses, ETC., which furnishings are
taken on the upper deck TO be beaten, aired
and cleaned. While they are out the wood
work from floor to ceiling is washed down
and polished, and every bit of nickel, mar
BILE or brass is gone over thoroughly. BY
the time the boat is thrown open to Wis
ltors, every stateroom is in perfect order.
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As soon as the staterooms are finished,
the various passageways connecting them
are cleaned by the same stewards, while
still another set of stewards takes charge
of the bath rooms. From the latter, all the
wooden gratings are removed to the deck
and there scrubbed TO snowy whiteness
with sand, suds and brick.
In the great dining saloon, the seventy
two stewards assigned to the dining room
are working like the proverbial beavers.
First, the dark green felt table covers are
narrow tables, and great wicker baskets,
lined with heavy cotton flannel or felt, art
brought in from the pantry. Into these is
dumped the fiat silverWare which has been
kept in drawers two to each table. When
the silver has been carried away, the hang
ingS come down to the beaten and laid
away with the table covers until the boat
turns its nose once more toward the sea,
for, be & known. that large liner has its
shore furnishings as well its toggery.
When every inch of the woodwork has been
polished to the highest point of brilliancy,
when portfolios CLEAN and tables yield up
a reflection, forth from the lockers come
finer hangngs for the windows. and table
covers of similar fabric and color, trimmed
with rich bands of embroidery and fringe.
All this is done because a ship in port, after
the house cleaning, is on dress parade.
Tourist from all over the country make the
rounds of docks, visiting the mighty grey
hounds of the sea. 1t is one of the finest
advertisements a ship can secure, for no one
can go aboard without regist ering Il VOW
10 save up dollars or pennies, according to
his station in life. for an ocean voyage.
While part of the saloon stewards have