The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
You Have Spoiled Boy Around the House Next Summer
Him Voyage Cadet Liner Where He
Will Have Plenty of Opportunities for Work and Pleasure

II is quite beyond the comprehension
Of the writer why there should be a
difference in the rate of pay in the
various lines.
In each line the cadets wear a uni
form, which they supply or buy from
the company. They are required to be
neat in appearances and 10 conduct
themselves in manner becoming
junior officers. For the greater part
the boys come from good homes and
are a very fair sample of young
America.
While we have been following the
duties of the deck cadet we have neg
lected his grimy but cheerful brother,
the engineer cadet. His watches are
the same as the deck watches. with the
exception that in the engine room
there is no dog watch. He works
-four hours on and eight off" on ac-
count of the heat in the engine room
he does every third watch, while his
brother on deck does every alternate
watch, or -four and four"
Upon reporting below for duty on
sailing day he is turned over to one of
the junior engineers, who gives him
an oil can and then proceeds to initiate
him into the art Of oiling an engine.
1t sounds simple, but now, Mr.. Reader,
have you ever tried to put your hand
into a mass of swiftly moving ma
chinery and feel a bearing to see
whether or not IL was hot? Very
likely not. Therefore you are not in
n position to appreciate the feelings OF
chap when he is asked to feel a
crank pin bearing. 1t is Kipling who
says:
The toad beneath the harrow knows
Exactly where each tooth point goes
You see my point? Well. the en-
gineer takes the cadet around to the
circular engine, which is one of the
smaller engines, and calmly puts his
hand in such position that with each
revolution of the engine the lower
end' gently strikes his open hand In
this way he can tell hot bearing.
Now my lad" says the engineer,
"see If you can do the same"
The cadet looks at the engine.
glances at his hand in a sort of fare
thee Well manner and takes n deep
breath Then, noticing a challenging
look on the engineers face, he deter
mines to he game If II costs him an
arm, and very cautiously he extends
his arm with the hand open. To his
surprise the engine merely grazes the
hand and, contrary to expectation,
does not remove that member. A
smile of delight spreads over his face.
he has proved his nerve, and "got
away with it,"
Thereafter, when he thinks nobody
is looking, he can be seen TO try the
bearings Of every piece of machinery
he can get his hands on.
Usually the cadet has to oil the cir
culators for the condenser and look
after shaft bearings in the tunnel.
occasionally he polishes a little brass,
nut he doesn't have as much TO do as
his brother on deck
In the summertime especially il GO
ing to the Latin American republics.
the heat is extreme and very bother
some until one becomes accustomed to
H. AS most of the ships are provided
with good bathing accommodations,
however the heat can be endured with
only little discomfort
NOW we come to a subject that is
OF deep interest to all the cadets
namely, food. The food on any of the
lines Is good, but perhaps on the
American Line. in those ships where