Show I f d RICHARD FAIRBANKS d > ° f i J 1 at W n y v Spr Is u ui 1k Ooijrljht bar Wildon Hiwcolt Recent portrait of son of VlcePreoldent Charles W Fairbanks MUCH ON OCEAN FAT lTlUsIl 01il L lirili PASSENGERS CROSSING ATLANTIC ATLAN-TIC CONSUME BIG STORE On One Line the Cost Was 4000000 In a lrDeer by Half Million Mil-lion Gallons and 6500 000 of Eggs Now YorllIl must bo tho gyroscope gyro-scope attachment on the modern transatlantic trans-atlantic liner or else tho ball bearings on which they run which has reduced tho proverbial amount of seasickness among tho passengers I Seasick passengers no matter how many of them aro carried could not comfortably consume food of which tho wholesale cost for one line alone in 1907 was more than 4000000 This is seen at once when it Is noted that tho total expense for coal on tho same line was but 7000000 land of courso none of the boilers was seasick and their consuming capacity Is notorious Iy greater than any passenger no matter mat-ter how good an appetite ho has Before noting some of the figures of food It Is pleasing to observe some of those relating to beverages Now na to champagne which is said to be an excellent euro and for that matter mat-ter a preventive of seasickness passengers pas-sengers last year pulled tho plugs out of only a few more than 51000 bottles of champagne When It comes to claret the figures Jump so respectably that It Is soon that a man may raise a thirst somewhere some-where west of Suez ns well as east Of that cheerful and ruddy beverage the firstclass passengers consumed 120209 bottles That sounds pretty good but tho consumption by tho thirdclass passengers passen-gers makes it appear a mero tlpplo by comparison for those in tho steerage joyfully drank not less than 121297 gallons of claret presumably of the variety known as petit blou about which there Is o song which the Parlr students sing when Inspired by It There Is something observing this Prohibitionists havo nom Just as tho mated their ticket rather appalling tho various grades of to lead that of consumed 20 brandy the passengers Oil bottles and 73384 gallons But these aro after all trinins nips the figures when Wo como to look at relating to bear for of that beverage million gallons ware more than halt a drunk and It Is not reported that the quartermasters had any unusual police duty to perform at that Tho recent Installation of the a la of carlo system In the restaurants time modern liners accounts for an amazing growth In tho consumption I of delicacies such as were seldom found on even tho best ships when the business of feeding passengers was exclusively table dhote Restaurant diners on the liners whose figures aro being considered consumed many many thousand partridges part-ridges snipe quails pheasants grouse canvnsbnck ducks They demanded literally many hundreds of thousands of live lobster and crawfish of fresh llttlcnecks blue points and Boftshell crabs They consumed such a quantity of green turtle soup that tho chefs had to use up 13407 pounds of fresh turtle tur-tle In Its making Coming around to tho more substantial sub-stantial articles of diet it is found that of fresh beef there was used 8 311P27 pounds and of pork and veal I and mutton about 750000 pounds each Potatoes to go with these weighed In excess of 10000 tons a very fair cargo I In Itself The passengers seem to begin tho I day with hearty appetites as well as going to lunch and dinner In tho same blessed condition They consumed of eggs 5500000 and of calves liver and bacon an appropriate quantity to supplement sup-plement tho eggs and with their morning toast 216503 tins of marmalade marma-lade and other such sweets As if these figures were not proof enough that Lloyds should make avery a-very low rate of Insurance against seasickness sea-sickness these days it Is noted that besides what smoking material passengers pas-sengers took on board with them 2327225 cigars and packages of cigarettes cigar-ettes were had from the smoking room steward It Is Interesting to note In conclusion conclu-sion that while the consumption of beer wine and spirituous liquor indicated indi-cated pretty generous living figuring on tho basis of all the passengers carried car-ried for tho year each passenger consumed con-sumed after all only fivesixths of a gallon of such cheering beverages while tho average consumption of mineral water was a full gallon These figures do not Include 76223 bottles of sterilized milk which were dealt out to the children on board |