The sun., 1908-03-24
WEDNIBDAI

PolatoeS Bread and Butter.
Salnnf aldSf iSS Besns s,,,,, Coffee.
Coffee supper
SUNNI, Hamburg Steak.
Cold corned Beef po,Stos, pniSh gravy
TSpned Fruit O'N'' ppotetoes,. NIL,
CAke. ssau ~ anu pu"er'
BrsSd And Butter lea'
Codee. THURSDAY
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p...,,,,, Fried Pork Chopy.
co,, W., o,'aSnas' %n.s Onion Gravy.
Fried Pork Sausage 6onee '"' D''''''
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Df,n,y Roast Beef
,,-,..,. 60 Brown Gravy.
AegeAbt soup Potatoes
Roast Roast Beef d p.,,,.,. Bread and Butter.
gravy anu 1otAlOcS Cohee
Coffee. Suppcr.
supper f9Ia r9ISa Oe1nsa e61st Beef
Beef Pot PIE. Bread and Butter.
Rresd and Butter. lea
Tea. FRIDAY.
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Tomato Cat,up. spssd srsad and Butter
Cofee. Dinner.
Dtnnr Pot Roast Beef.
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Potatoes. Potslooes ~
Bread and Butter Soies '"1 DD'''''
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Fr.nkh,rters. Timed salmon.
Hot Slsw, Mt. Potato salad,
Tea Tea Tea.
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p B,'aakta'f. Dinn,r
Bread and Butter. Rolled PorL.
Coffee PU,.,., P,csies.
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Bologna Sausage
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Inc menus OF every snip nave 70 De Tor
Warded 10 Tue uagsh'P every week 80 that
the Admirai may ooser,e Whe.nsr 'ne men
nave mao Vhe proper Ainu OF Ioou' NO.
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the wo'id BeUs oe''er'
EXCELLENT LIBRARIES on BOARD.
Take the libraries nowadays There are
two Of them on every chip, the ships IL
brary and the crews library. The officers
use the ships library. II is scattered
about the officers quarters in various
cases, some in the wardroom, some in the
Captains or Admirals quarters. some in
the eleeraee. There are about thirty
classiicatons, dealing with technical sub
jects, with history, travel, adventure,
poetry, limited amount Of fiction and
30 on. The crews library is three times
larger. There is a great deal Of history
and travel and adventure and some science
in it. but the larger part is made up Of as
good fiction as the English language pro-
vides. The classic authors are repre-
sented, but a large amount Of the newer
fiction Is also represented. You find Kipling,
Anthony Hope. Z. W. Hornung, w. W.
Jacobs, Jack London, Weir Mitchell, Booth
Harrington, s. j. Weyman, along with
Bret Harte, Mark Twain, h. l.. Stevenson.
Scott, Thackeray, Charles Reade, Washing
ton Irving, Bulwer-Lytton and soon
And the men read these books! Far
into the night you will come across some
youngster whose hammock is near light
and who cannot sleep straining his eyes
in reading some book Al any time when
the smoking lamp Is lit and the men have
knocked on work II you walk through the
ship you will probably find i6O men reading
books. Their association with the best
fiction and best history is constant. They
discuss these books and they get fund Of
information that no other grade Of men In
a factory receive.
And how was II In the old days1 Mel
vile tells about 1t In his white Jacket
the book that relates TO the old figate
United States in lAS He says;
There was public library on board
paid for by Government and entrusted 10
the custody Of one Of the marine corporals,
a little, dried up man Of a somewhat liter
sry turn, He had once been a clerk in
a post Office ashore, and having been long
accustomed 10 hand over letters when called
for he was now just the man to hand over
books. He kept them in large cask on the
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