New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
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the Problem Is .SolVed.

four-root rope ladder to the cockpit OF tnS
small boat and prepared himself meal Ihe
dishvashing was ABOUT as thoroughly done
as II is apt 20 be when II falls 20 the iot
Of men whose occupation Is something e1se-
While they might have dipped Up water
from the rolling sea beneath them II a sea
bucket. they I'D not DO so. simply wipins
OF the plates with ths angine wasts- De-
cause they wers too lazy. as Mr.. Vanirnaa
put II
The device Cor getting a. the water sup
ply was a novel one Thirty gallons ~s-s
carried In the feboas and twenty-five IN
the ship- Every prscaution was taken 10
protect the supply from loss through Leak
age. The casks were provided with only
one opening. The person desiring water
vas forced to suck II with his mouth
through a tube. This tube was expanded
into a can near the top. When the can had
been partly alled through the sucking proc
sss q finger was put over the mouth end of
the tube and the whole raised from the
cask Then the water was permitted 20
run INTO the receptacle intended 70 reeefVs
Il by the simple process Of lifting the fin
ger
Tho ship vas equipped with a medical
cabinet which proved 20 be pa-ticuiaris
useful owing To the number OF nlishaps-
such as burns and o~uisss- which occurred
The living room OF the balloon. perforce.
must be the bedroom also. The basket or
Q big balloon Is about four BY SIX feet For
sleepins purposes a strip OF canvas upward
OF six fset long Is stretched along one side
Of the basket This Is useful as seat n
the daycirne- In the case os a crew OF two
one bed is sufficient. as one must be on
watch to note the Instruments Three wool
len blankets are taken along. One is placed
on the canvas bed TO soften it's hardness
ana add TO the warmth, while enc OF both
OF the others are placed over the sleeper
In the case OF the America there Uers
hammocks Of canvas suspended along the
sids OF the car under the great bag and N
the utsnoat The seats IN The cockpit
were also depended on for beds They
were not 50 generally used as the crew sx-
rected when they put out to sea. for the ez-
citerent kept them awake For torty-eisnt
hours no one wanted TO 90 TO sleep The
danger Of being wrecked On the mast OF =
coastinz schooner or mestins soma other
rnishap was toe clearly possible. II was not
until they had reached the point where
they were willing 90 say to themselves.
Well want sleep: don't care uhsther
wake I'D In the water or not" that they
resigned themselves to sIun5er- On the last
night the crew carried CUT the plan To
watch and watch about some sleeping on
the boards Of the platform The mattresses
cid rot tempt them
The wardrobe does not worry the air
navigator as much as the other details Of
his housskeepinx- He usually takes along
a supply cf cid clothing aoout which ne
cares little. suficient IN quantity To keep
hin, warm under AL conditions. Each men,
Der OF the crew o< the Arnerica had an ex-
: ira suit ef top clothing and OF underwear.
There were no steamer trunks fer them
Their clothing cases were bags
OF COURSE there are Injuries fer the aero
uaut One can obtain suits Of clothing care
fully designed not only for comfort and ap-
pearance. but costly as thy purse can
buy There are fancy luncheon outfits and
toilet cases
Housekeeping In an airship has become =
fact