The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-18
YEARS FOOD ron TRAVELLERS.
Some Surprising Figures from an
Atlantic Line-cost was e4yO0o,-
00o--9eer by the Half Mil
iion Gallons.

II must be the gyroscope attach
ment on the modern transatlantic
liner, or else the ball bearings on
which they run. which has reduced
the proverbial amount OF sea SICK
ness among the passengers. IL
shall turn out that they do not have
a gyroscope attachment aud naviga-
ton has nothing to do with ball
bearings, readers are respectfully re-
quested to supply their own explana-
tion. That an explanation is due
comes to ones understanding after
only a little examination of the
food figures relating to 1907, pictur-
csquely set forth by the chief stew
ard of one of the big lines.
Seasick passengers, no matter how
many OF them are carried, could not
comfortably consume food OF which
the wholesale cost was more than
| "a 900 900. This is seen at once
when 1t is noted that the total ex-
pense for" coal on the same line was
but 100000 and of course none
Of the boilers was seasick and their
consuming capacity is notoriously
greater than any passenger, no mat
ter how good an appetite he has,
Before noting some Of the figures
Of food it is pleasing to observe some
| Of those relating to beverages. Now
as to champagne, which is said TO be
on excellent cure and for that mat
| ter preventive of seasickness, pas
sengers last year pulled the plugs
| out of only a few more than $1,000
| bottles of champagne When II
comes to claret the figures jump so
| respectfully that 1t is seen that
| man may rise a thirst some where
| west OF Suez as we'll as east. OF that
cheerful and ruddy beverage the frst
class passengers consumed l29,2Os
bottles. That sounds pretty good,
but the consumption by the third
class passengers makes 1t appear a
mere tipple by comparison, for those
in the steerage joyfully drank not
less than 12l ,297 gallons OF claret
presumably OF the variety known 40
petit bleu, about which there is
song which the Paris students sing
when inspired by 1t. G
| There is something observing this
Just as the Prohibitionists have NOM
mated their ticket, rather appalling
to read that of the various grades or
brandy the passengers consumed 2o,-
Gal bottles and 1884 gallons. Bnt
these are after all trifiing nips when
we come to look at the figures relat-
ing TO beer, for OF that beverage
more than half a million gallons
were drunk. and it is not reported
that the quartermasters had any un-
usual police duty to perform at that.
The recent installation of the a la
, carte system in the restaurants OF
the modern liners accounts for an
amazing growth in the consumption
of deliCacies, such as we're seldom
found on even the best ships when
the business of feeding passengers
was exclusively table d'hote. Res
taurant diners on the liners whose
figures are being considered con-
sumed many, many thousand part
ridges, snipe, quails, pheasants
, grouse, canvasbaCk ducks. They de-
, | manded literally many hundreds OF
) | thousands Of live Holsters and craw-
, | fish, of fresh littlenecks, b.uepoints
caI s..s.,l 90 T. h = consumed
2 such q quantity OF green turtle soup
\ that the chefs had to use up lS,4o7
pounds of fresh turtle in its making
Coming around to the more sub
+ stantial articles of diet 1t is found
r that of fresh beef there were used
. S,Sll,927 pounds, and OF pork and
veal and mutton about three-quar'
! ters of million pounds OF each
Potatoes to go with these weighed in
excess of 10000 tons, a very fair
cargo in itself.
The passengers seem to begin tbs
day with hearty appetites, as we'll al
going to lunch and dinner in th'
same blessed condition. They con
sumed of eggs six and half millioT
and of calves liver and bacon an ap
propriate quantity to supplement thI
eggs, and with their morning toas
2l6.5O3 tins OF marmalade and othe
such sweets.
And II these figures we're not proc
enough that Loyds should make
very low rate Of insurance agains
seasickness these days II is note
that besides what smoking materia
passengers took on board with them
2,327,225 cigars and packages o
cigarettes were had from the smok
ing room steward. II is interestin
to note in conclusion that while tn
consumption of beer, wine and spirit
nous liquor indicates pretty gener
IN Gus living, figuring on the basis G
ID all the passengers carried for tn
ID year each passenger consumed aftt
r all only fve-sixths OF gallon .
d. such cheering beverages, while tn
ne average consumption OF mineral wi
ter was a full gallon, These figprs
p do not include 1928 bottles of ster
- lized milk, which we're dealt out 4
~ the children on board.-New Yor
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