The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
YEAR's FOOD FOR TRAVELLERS.
Some Surprising Figures From an Att.
 lamtic Line.

some Surprlstqg Figures From an AL
 lantic Line.
 New York Sun.
 It must be the gyroscope attachment on the modern trans-Atlantic liner, or else the ball bearings on which they run, which has reduced the proverbial amount of sea sickness among the pas sengers. If 1t shall turn out that they do not have a gyroscope attachment. and naOigation has nothing to do with ball bearings. readers are respectfully requested to supply their own explana- ton. That an explanation Is due comes to one's understanding after on- ly little examination of the food hg- ures relating to 1907, picturesquely set forth by the chief steward 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 $4,- 100000. This Is seen at once when it is noted that the total expense for coal on the same line was but $7,000,000 and of course none of the boilers was sea- sick and their consuming capacity is notoriously gSeater than any passen- ger. no matter how good an appetite he has
 Before noting some of the figures of food 1t is. pleasing to observe some of those relating to beverages. Now as to champagne, which Is said to be an excellent cure, and, for that matter, a last year pulled the plugs out of only a few more than 5i.o0e bottles of champagne. When it comes to claret the figures jump so respectfully that 1t Is seen that man may raise thirst somewhere west of Suez as well as east. Of that cheerful and ruddy bevL craze the first class passengers con stunned 21s.20s bottles That sounds pretty good. but the consumption by the third, class passengers makes 1t ap- pear a mere tipple by comparison. for those in the steerageg joyfully drank not less than 121,297 gallons of claret, presumably of the variety known as petit bleu. 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 nonni- mated their tickef). rather appalling to read that ofsthea various grades of brandy the passengers consumed 20,641 bottles and 73.3S4 gallons. But these are after all trifing nips when we come to1look at the figures relating to beer. for of that beverage more than half a million gallons we're drunk. and it Is l not reported that the quartermasters had any unusual police duty to per- form at that. n
 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 delIca- | cies, such as were seldom found on l even the best ships when the business | of feeding passengers was exclusively table d'hose. Restaurant diners on the liners whose figures are being consid-
 cred consumed many, many thousand i cartridges, snipe, quails. pheasants. l grouse. canvasback ducks. They de- manded literally many hundreds of | thousands of live Holsters and craw- l fish, of fresh littlenecks. bluepoints | and softshell crabs They consumed such q quantity of green turtle soup that the chefs. had to use up 13,4O7 | pounds of fresh turtle in its making. Coming around to the more substan- tial articles of diet 1t Is found that of | fresh beef there were used 831l,s27 l pounds. and of pork and veal and mutt ton about three-aqarters of a million l 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 l going to lunch and dinner In the same blessed condition. They consumed of | eggs six and a half million and of | calves liver and bacon an appropriate quantity to supplement the eggs. and l WAbh thCiA 61OsoOo LtAS | of marmalade and other such sweets.
 As if these figures were not proof enough that Lloyds should make a very low rate of insurance against seasickness these days 1t is noted that
 besides what smoking material passen- ', gers took on board with them. 2,52I225 cigars and packages of cigarettes were
 had from the smoking room steward. | It Is interesting to note in conclusion
 that while the consump ption of beer,
 wine and spirituous liquor indicates
 pretty generous living. figuring on the
 basis of all the passengers carried for 1 the year each passenger consumed af-
 ter all only 1ve-sixths of a gallon of
 such cheering beverage, while the av-
 craze consumption of mineral water
 was, full gallon These figures do not
 include 76,223 bottles of sterilized milk.
 which were dealt out to the children
 on board.