The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-28

sailing the Cleveland had $500 bricks
of ice cream in her refrigerators The
task of providing for more than 500
hungry travellers on a trip of this kind
/ is in the hands of A. Martini, of Ham
burg. Germany. Articles for the COM
missary department are bought by the
wholesale. much of the food being
purchased in New York and Hamburg.
The company, being a dividend paying
corporation buys where it can get ne
cessities the cheapest The following
list, prepared especially for the Atchi-
son Globe by Mr.. Martini, viii give
an idea of the immense amount of
supplies the Cleveland has in her hold:
Fresh meat $1,000 pounds; game l.
400 pounds: bacon and ham, $4,000
pounds; poultry, 1000 pounds: fresh
fish, $500 pounds: cheese, 1900
pounds; milk, $4,000 quarts; butter,
$4,000 pounds; dried fruits. 1890
pounds; sugar, 29.50O pounds: spices,
100 pounds; coffee $4,000 pounds;
-four. $50 barrels; rice. peas beans
1880 pounds; ice, 100000 pounds;
cookies and cakes. 5000 pounds vine
1880 bottles; champagne $500 bot
ties; whisky. gin. etc, $500 bottles;
beer. 1900 gallons; mineral water,
$4,000 bottles: chewing and smoking
tobacco. 400 pounds; cigars. $4,000;
cigarettes, $1,000.
The drinking water is stored in i'm
mense wells. Every few days it is
examined by the ship doctors-there
are two abOard-to see that il is all
right Before reaching the consumer
the water is filtered twice Fresh
meat, fish. eggs. fruit, vegeta bIes and
other food stuffs are taken on at the
different ports. We have enough can
ned goods on board to start a grocery
store Instead of carrying freight the
Cleveland has her hold filed with pro-
visions and coal. It is understood
that she had 5000 tons upon starting
upon the cruise. We will coal at Port
Said and again at Nagasaki. Most all
ships coal in Japan where women
help do the work.
Now that we are in the Mediter-
ranean, and expecting hot weather, /
the bar has been moved up on the
ments of the passengers is in watch
ing the German sailors drink their
beer. Each member of the crew is
allowed one glass of beer free a day. /
For all extra glasses they have to pay
five cents German beer sells for ten
cents glass in the grill and smoking /
rooms. One would imagine that
where there are three full meals a I
day with luncheons and things in be- I
tween, all free, that there wouldn't /
be much business for a grill room. I
where everything is extra. Still. the I
Cleveland grill does an excellent bust I
ness. 1t is patronized mostly by the
wealthy. 1t comes in handy when I
some one wants to give a dinner to a
party OIL ATlenQS- me smoking room. +
where there is a poker game all day. /
IS always popular place for the men. /
There are two stewards. Every time 1
they serve a drink they get a tip. They (
also get 10 per cent of the pool on the /
ships run for each day. One of the !
men has figured it out that the smok- (
ing room stewards make more than /
the captain None of the wise guys. /
however, have been able to say def +
nitely how much the captain receives /
But he gets a fat salary. no doubt +
and his allowances are liberal For I
instance. he is allowed 50 a day for 4
vine.
After we leave Cairo we are to have /
the use OF swimming tanks-one for /
the women. the other for the men. A /
third is for the crew. And we'll need /
the tanks about that time-we'u be in 4
the Red sea, where they say it is some
hot
Most everyone spends most Of the
time on deck. The chairs are scat
tered from one end of the ship to the
other. Each one has his place At
night the steamer rugs are piled away
by the deck stewards and in the .
morning brought out again. The pas
sengers are divided into little groups
and become very friendly-that is the
congenial ones. The Atchison man is
IN row with six other persons.
land at Monte Carlo. All day the
money exchange office has been
crowded-the travellers are getting
French francs and things. all hopeful f
of making the biggest winning of a
lifetime. No one expects to lose.