The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-12-12
TRAVELLING STEERAGE
A Trip, Third Class, In a Modern
Atlantic Liner.
PASSING THE SHIPS DOCTOR

ding and the WashreOm.
To be q real bona 6de emlgrant It is
necessary to be very particular. for
nowhere does etiquette abound as 1t
does in the steerage Of ship. To be-
gin with, never refer to "emigants or
steerage passengers" talk always Of
third class passengers" Then be
careful to find some fault with every
dish that is served. 1.-THE tea is too
strong or too weak" II never pay less
than 90 cents a pound for mine at
home" II would not ofter beggar
coffee like this" 81 cannot touch SOUP"
Il cannot eat beans. have such deli
cate digestion" my doctor has forbid
den me to touch bread, and never eat
anything but toast'-these are fa7orite
and popular remarks
1t does not matter whether you have
ever before had meat more than once
a month, grumble you must. For what
other purpose did you pay your s30l
Dress also Is an Important item. II
Is well TO travel provided with a silk
or lace blouse and large white shawl.
It is also customary to regret deeply
that you have not Travelled second
class. as you at first intended doing,
OF course all your friends think you
are travelling second. Whatever would
Amelia say II she knew the truthf
Then It is a great pity that you have
packed your fur coat away In the box
in the hold, and It is inconsiderate Of
the steward not to let you get II out.
And your beautiful blue silk dress with
the pearl trimming!
learned all this while travelling from
London to New York as an ordinary
emigrant, says a British writer.
The ship crossed In carried between
600 and 700 third class passengers. AS
we board her in single file the ships
doctor dexterously turned our eyelids
inside out to see whether we were in
good health. Then came a long wait,
the children crying pitifully and the
women too tired TO hush them, until at
last we again passed in single file be-
fore the ships officers. Then our tick
cts were taken, and we were at liberty
TO go to our cabins.
Soon after the bell was rung for din
ner, followed by the arrival of the sec
ond and first class passengers, and at
p. m. we sailed away.
The food ON board was plentiful and
excellent Of its kind. For breakfast.
which was served at a. m, we had
tea and coffee, porridge and milk. a
meat stew or fish, bread. butter-gen-
orally fresh-and jam and marmalade.
At 1890 beef tea could be had for the
asking. For dinner, at u m, there
were soup, meat with two vegetables
q milk pudding with some stewed
fruit. and every other day couple Of
oranges or apples each. For tea. at
5 o'clock, we had some kind Of meat
stew or sausages, potatoes milk pud-
ding with stewed fruit bread butter
cheese and tea At Z o'clock Cruel was
served and biscuits and cheese placed
on the table.
Clean white tablecloths were laid
for every meal which what with the
rolling of the ship and the babies
who mostly ate, unreproved. with their
hands-were absolutely necessary. The
stewards-so some sixteen IN numb her,
had clean linen jackets and aprons
twice day, and the cabins and pas
Fages were cleaned out and washed
down twice a day.
It was the sight Of my berth which
gave me my first shock. had read in
the regulations that a bed and bed
ding were supplied. and had pictured
linen sheets and feather pillows, I
found a hay mattress and pillow in
clean linen overall, gray wooden
blanket-and that was all. The hay is
taken out and burnt at the end Of
each voyage.
The washing accommodations were
perhaps the worst inconvenience.
Hhere was one large room. with rows
o. basins all round It As a matter
Of fact very few Of the passengers
really minded ! was told that one
Inc had once fitted up a bathroom in
the steerage quarters OF a vessel. but
the bath had rusted away long before
II YES used. steerage passengers also
refer want to undress. Not even the
children are put to bed properly. There
was one little chap Of three in the
cabin next 70 mine whose boots were
not taken on from the day he left Eng
land to the day he landed In New
York
IT was a particularly rough crossing
for the time Of year. Nearly every
body was IN. including the stewards.
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