Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02
APPETITES ON THE ATLANTIC
some Idea Of the Quantities OF Food
Consumed ny PussenRers m
Ocean Boats,

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It must be the gyroscope attachment on
the modern transatlantic liner, or else the
ball bearings on which they run which
has reduced the proverbial amount Of sea-
sickness among the passengers. II it shall
turn out that they do not have a gyroscope
attachment and navigation has nothing to
do with ball bearings readers are respect
fully requested to supply their own eN-
PLANTATION. That an explanation is due
comes to ones understanding after only a
little examination Of the food figures re-
lating to 1907. picturesquely set forth by
the chief steward Of one Of the big liners.
Sessick passengers, no matter how many
Of them are carried, could not comfortably
consume food Of which the wholesale cost
was more than S4.OOO.OOO This is seen at
once when It is noted that the total eN-
pense for coal on the same line was but
100000. and. Of course. none of the boil
ers was seasick. and their consuming ca
pacity is VIGOROUSLY greater than any pas
senger, no matter 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 an excel
lent cure and for that matter a preventa-
tive Of s~easickness, passengers last year
pulled the plugs out OF only a few more
than $1,000 bottles Of champagne. When
it comes to claret the figures jump so re-
specially that 1t is seen that a man may
raise a thirst somewhere west of Suez as
well as east. OF that cheerful and rudy
beverage the first-class passengers con-
sumed 129, 200 bottles. That sounds pretty
good. but the consumption by the third
oln 60 m Ggangprg rnalae a. uppoar a mar,
tipple by comparison, for those in the
Storage joyfully drank not less than 12l, 297
gallons of claret, presumably of the va
riety known as petit blue, about which
there is a song which the Paris students
sing when inspired by It.
There is something observing this just
as the prohibitionists have nominated their
ticket rather appalling to read that of
the various grades Of brandy the passen-
gers consume 2O,611 bottles and "a, 1884 gal
Ions. But these are after all trifllng nips
when we come to look at. the figures re-
lating to beer. for of that beverage more
than 10000 gallons were drunk, and It is not
reported that the quartermasters had any
unusual police duty to perform at that.
The recent installation of a la carte sys-
TEN in the restaurant of the modern liners
accounts for an amazing growth in the
consumption of delicacies, such as were
seldom found on even the best ships when
the business of feeding passengers was ex-
clusively table d'hote. Restaurant diners
on the liners whose figures are being con-
sidered consumed many. many thousand
partridges, snipe, quails, pheasants, grouse,
canvasback ducks. They demanded liter
ally many hundreds of thousands of live
Holsters and crawfish, of fresh littlenecks,
bluepoints, and soft-shell crabs. They con-
sumed such a quantity Of green-turtle soup
that the chefs had to use up 49,, 4O7 pounds
OF fresh turtle in its making.
Coming around to the more substantial
articles of diet 1t is found that of fresh
beef there were used S,311,92 pounds, and
of PORK and veal and mutton about 10000
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 the day
with hearty appetites, as well as going to
lunch and dinner in the same blessed con-
dition. They consumed of eggs $4,000, and
OF calves liver and bacon an appropriate
quantity to supplement the eggs, and with
their morning toast 216, SOB tins of MARINA
lade and other sweets.
AS If these figures were rot proof enough
that Lloyds should make a very low rate
OF insurance against seasickness these days
1t is noted that besides what smoking ma
terial passengers took on board with them,
2,327,225 cigars and packages of cigarettes
were had from the smoking room steward.
1t is interesting to note in conclusion that
while the consumption of beer, wine and
spirituous liquor indicates pretty generous
living, figuring on the basis of all the pas
sengers carried for the year each passenger
consumed after all only five-sixths Of a
gallon Of such cheering beverages, while the
average consumption Of mineral water was
a full gallon. These figures do not include
rs, 223 gallons of sterilized milk, which were
dealt out to the children on board.-Wash-
ington Post.
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