The Washington times., 1923-08-25
SSONS
BE[[HOP ON
OCEAN
caraway Boys and Malcolm
Price Earn Vacation Trips
on Atlantic Liners.
BY GEORGE FRANKLIN.

/
the Atlantic, first to Bremen,
Germany, and later to Liverpool,
England, Malcolm Price, son of
DR.. T. M. Price, chemist, Health
Department; Forrest Caraway
and his brother, Paul Caraway,
sons Of Senator CarawaY of Ar
kansas, returned to Washington
yesterday. They are preparing to
resume their high school studies
in September.
Boys with longing to follow the
sea. who imagine the bellhops fit
| ting about on the great Ocean
/ liners are immersed in streams Of
I golden tips should profit by the
experience Of the Washington trio.
What they should do, according to
the latter, is to change their OBJ
| jective and not stop short Of the
opportunity to fox trot across
saloon floors. carrying expansive
/ walters loaded with masses of dishes
i and mountains OF food. Still better,
they say, they should hang out
until a stewardship is obtainable.
The stream Of golden tips is largely
consumed by the walters and the
stewards. Only, little driblets ever
/ splash along to gladden. the lives Of
the bellhops.
| More Tips Going Over.
Financially the trip failed to
meet our expectations" said Paul
Caraway. Going over is better
than coming back In this respect,
for then you carry passengers just
starting out with money to spend.
Returning the tourist class has
little left to distribute in tips, while
| the Europeans never do any tipping.
It was q great experience, however,
and well worth having"
| Those Germans are not suffering
| much" declared Forrest Caraway,
1 telling Of their visit to Germany.
I'VE looked around for signs Of
that kind and could not find them.
Everything in Germany .is cheap in
one sense, but not In others. We
got along fine, bellhopping, but
don't think they do not know how
70 keep you busy at other things.
too. We polished dishes, FURNISHED
\ up brass trimmings and got to be
quite handy with the busters in
and around the cabins"
| Young Price declared the trips
were successful. with enough novel
experiences to keep them interested.
I'VE found out after we began
buying things in Germany that we
could not take anything home, :
said Price. THE result was we
had TO limit our souvenirs to such
small articles as we could hide
about the person. You see the
situation az the German has It out.
lined is this: At present buying
things in Germany is just like
stealing them. So they don't pro-
pose to let any Of their products
get away that are sold to private
buyers at prevailing retail prices.
Evidently they have two selling
prices. One is the export trade
price. which is way above the local
| retail price: What they sell for
export pays a profit, but they are
losing money on the other sales"
The boys first shipped on the
George Washington. They made
one round trip to German ports
Back in New York they were ad'
vised they were to be paid off. as
q rule had been made allowing
summer vacation bellhops" to
make only one trip. It was Sug.
gested to them. however, that they
could make a trip to Liverpool as
bellhops on the President Polk,
They shipped. Unfortunately the
initial experience had been on a
first class ship. The President
Polk is rated in an entirely differ
ent class. They speedily learned
wherein lay the differences. It ex
tended all the way from the bell
hops quarters to the bellhops
cuisine. Forrest Caraway declares
he does not want any more pantry
grub" on anything but a ship OF
the highest rating. He comedies the
food on the President Polk was all
right, but somehow something hap
pened to it in the course Of prepa
ration. II lacked seasoning and
had a kind Of flat taste.
| Several Days In London.
An opportunity to visit London
and spend several days IN the
British capital resulted from the
run over on the President Polk.
London Is a fine city," said Paul
Caraway. "Only 1t struck us the
English sense of humor always has
an American custom or personality
for a butt. In the theaters when
ever a joke is cracked IL IL at the
expense of America. The London
cops are pretty good bunch. They
can tell you what you want to know
and do 1t without being urged"
The boys commented on the fac
that while the George Washington
in an American ship. the crew
was largely made up of Germans
while on the President Polk 1t con
sisted just as largely Of English
men. The officers of the two ships
however, were Americans. with 4
sprinkling of Spaniards and Swede.
or Danes.
"Bellhops get a chance to do III
OF the work assistant stewards ant
walters should do unless they know
the game" said one Of the boys
you see the margin Of difference
fades from the vision Of the under
stewards and walters II they thinl
they are looking at a new bellhop
learned how to polish dinneI
dishes to the queens taste gettinf
educated. became an exper
.. hustling around filling empt,
water bottles for walters before
learned the ropes.
"Then the presence Of so many
!. Germans in the service pantriel
puts an American boy who can
speak German at a Disadvantage
They will walk him to death pass
. ing him from table to table, no
understanding nor caring mucl
about what he wants. One thing
can say, the officers on the ship