New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-18
STEWARDS ALL A-SKAE
Biz Piers Hum with Sound. of
Rollers Day and Night.
LINERS EPIDEMIC GROWS,
Herr Schneider Wins Pair at
German Fair and Hasn't
Cast Anchor Yet.

a skade on der foot is worth five In der
show Window Is maxim that left port on
Saturday on the Hamburg American liner
kaiserin Auguste Victoria. When II spreads
about Hamburg and penetrates into the
manufacturing centres of the fatherland
this port may look for big shipments of
ball bearing roller skates bearing the mark.
Made I'm Germany" In short, the stew
ards on the Kaserin Auguste Victoria have
been skate mad ever since Herr Adolph
Schneider visited the Tafelmusik Verein, in
Hoboken. and won a pair Of skates.
Herr Schneider plays the biggest instru-
ment In the Kaiserin's band, and when not
giving breath to the big ''Deutsche bazzoo~
he employs hts time as a deck steward,
serving broth. lemonade and Munchner to
seasick travellers. lie has sailed the SeTen
Seas and has the rowing temperament. but
since he won the prize at the Tafelmusik
verein he has had a skate on continuously.
and. much to the delight Of the oberstew-
ard. rolled day and night OF the stone floor
OF the Hamburg-American pier.
Such a fine example for the entire crew
was The winning Of the skates at the Tafel-
musk Ach, il was the best thing that
could have happened, for now, instead Of
wandering away from port and giving the
annoyance OF uncertainty to Herr Kapitan
Ruser. the stewards have invested in
skates. and their enjoyment ashore is
bounded by the walls Of the Hoboken piers.
Herr Schneider struggled with the roller
foot appendages for several days before he
let himself out before the gaze of his fellow
stewards. but when he did, ach! you should
have seen him glide. and sing
Tr We 20. und down We 90.
sumdimes fasd ind sumdimes SLOW
Race mitt eggs. und race mitt kegs
It's fine TO glide. Yes? No?
His No. 10 feet became so skilled in the
art Of carrying the big Herr Scheidler
about the pier that he could manage
skate while he slept His fellow workers
were so delighted at seeing him drink
four half-litres OF Filsener in one lap
round the pier without splitting drop that
the shopping district Of Hoboken was ran
sacked. and sixty pairs Of skates. the en-
tire stock OF the city, were bought up ana
brought aboard the Ksiserin.
Stewards. Of course, will visit one an
other. and attachments OF the clan came
from the north to see Herr Schneider do
his rnarathons The performing steward
was Joined soon by his fellows. and IL was
found that four half-litres in one lap
was not such feat. and within three days
the supply Of Pilsener was exhausted on
the Kaiserin Stewards from the North
German Lloyd Line and the Holland-Amer-
lea Line rushed to the department stores
Of Manhattan and it is expected when the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse and the Rot
terdam leave Hoboken on Tuesday that at
least three hundred pairs Of American
skates will 60 TO Rotterdam and Bremen.
The skating craze also has NIT the crews
Of the Zig steamers lying in the Chelsea
district. and old football games that made
the old Farm" between Piers IS and %,
famous have become a thing of the past.
The great length Of the new piers and
the smooth concrete floors have made
series Of admirable skating Kinks for the
crews Of the British liners.