The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-12-07
TRAVELLING STEERAGE
A Trip, Third Class, In a Modern
Atlantic Liner.
PASSING THE SHIPS DOCTOR

Each "Emisrsnt' Examined as 40
Boards the Vessei--Tho Meals and
the Bill Of Fare-The BunSs, the Bed
ding and the Washroom.
To be real bona fde emigrant 1t is
necessary to be very particular. for
nowhere Goes etiquette abound as It
does in the steeraga Of snip. 70 be-
gin with, never refer to "emigrants OF
storage passengers talk always os
"third class passengers" Then be
careful to find some fault with every
dish that is served "The tea is too
strong or too weak" u never pay less
than go cents pound for mine at
home" "i would not offer a beggar
coffee like this" 81 cannot touch soup"
II cannot eat beans. have such deli
cat, digestion" "Aly doctor has forbid.
den me to touch bread, and / never eat
anything bot toast'-these are favorite
aud popular remarks.
= 1t does not matter whether You have
ever before had meat more than once
a month. grunblc you must For what
other purpose did you pay your 1902
Dress also is an important item. Il
is well TO travel provided with a sill;
or lace blouse and a large white shawl
II Is also customary TO regret deeply
that you have not Travelled second
class. as you at frst intended doing
or course all your friends think you
are travelling second. Whatever would
Amelia say II she knew the truthl
Then 1t is a great pity that You have
packed your fur coat away IN the boS
in the hold, and ii is nconsiderate Of
the steward not to let you get it 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
GOO and zoo third class passengers. As
we board her in single file the ships
doctor dexterously turned our eyelids
inside out 70 see whether we We're IN
good health. Then came a long wait
the children crying pitlfully and the
women too tired TO hush them, until at
last we again passed in siugle file be
fore the ships officers. Then our tick
cts were taken, and we were at liberty
to 90 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
4 ID. m we sailed away.
The food on board was plentiful and
excellent of its kind For breakfast
which was served at Z a. m, we had
tea and coffee, porridge and milk, a
meat stow or fish, bread, butter-gen.
orally fresh-and jam and marmalade.
At 1890 beef tea could be had for the
asking For dinner. at II M, there
We're soup. meat with two vegetables,
a milk pudding with some stewed
fruit, and every other day a couple of
oranges or apples each, For tea. at
3 o'clock, we had some kind OF meat
stew or sausages, potatoes. milk pud-
ding with stewed lmiti bread. butter
cheese and tea. At 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, unreproyed, with their
hands-were absolutely necessary. The
stewards some sixteen in number
had clean linen jackets and aprons
twice a day. and the cabins and pas
sages We're cleaned out and washed
down twice a day
II was the sight Of my berth which
gave me my first shock. l had read in
She regulations that bed and he'd
dug We're supplied and | had pictured
linen sheets aud feather pillows.
found "a hay mattress and pillow ia a
clean linen overall a gray wooden
banbetand that wes nm. The hay is