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"And And " what be he Is hnTing having for Christ Christ- Christmas Christinas . - inas mas dinner , " Aunt Josie Jo l speculates"Navy speculates"Navy speculates speculates"Navy "Navy Navy " beans and aowbelly sowbelly , I betcha betcha"opines betchaopines , " opines Grandpa , who served sensed sen ed In tn the theCIvIl theCivil theCivil CIvIl war . 'Let's Lets Let's ' ' Let ' * see , " says Pa . . . "Frank'a Franka "Frank's Franks " " ' on a . abattleship abattleship battleship , Isn't Isnt l n't nt ' he ? ' "Yes Yes "Te Te " , , It's Its lt ' the Arkansas Arkan as " This In Information . formation from Ma"then Ma Ma"Ihen "Ihen Ihen "then then " 1 hen he'll hell he1 ' ] ha\ ha has have hae \ e a swell swen feed , , " com com- comments com-menta com menta - . ments little utUe Bill BlU , , who read rends reads * a lot and andthinks andthinks andthinks thinks maybe how111 howill ho will w111 join the thc navy navyhImself navyhimself navyhimself hImself some day day/ day dayJust . . 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Ma In B Blank BlankAunt 1 a n le , Aunt Josle . , Uncle UncleGcOl UncitGeoige = GcOl Geoige ge , Grandma GrandmaGnndpa , Gr'1ndpa Gr1ndpa Grandpa ' , , Uttle little B1ll1 B1ll1and Bill Bill'R , r4 , ' < \\'R 'R R \ \ ' and an tne the neighborsf neighbors neighborsgenerally "cic cic " borst f f- f fgenerally - generally , supposewe supposewe suppose we all step Into the thequartermaster's | quartermaster'a quartermastera quartermaster's quartermasters ' of office . fice flee on the thc U S S S.Arkansas SArkansas . . 6 Arkansas and sad sit sitat sitat ' - at a . m mahogany mahoganydesk mahoganydesk a . hog any anydesk desk with Chlet Chief ChletCommissary ChiefCommissary ChiefCommissary Commissary Stew Steward Stewand Steward ard and Jimmy Dast East Eastand Dastand Eastand and find out all allabout allabout allabout about w what hat the theboys theboys tb boys on a battleship have to eat atChrIstmas atChristmas at atChristmas Christmas time'rlrst time 'rlrst rlrst ' First , " says Chief Chlet Jimmy , , fiS as a he hetakes hetakes hetakes takes out his fountain pen and reaches reachesfor reachesfor reachesfor for a sheet of letter paper with sith \ ith"U ithU "U U " S SS SS SS S Arkansas " printed prmted at the top . , 'rll rll 'rllgive ' Tilgive I'll Ill I'llgive ' give you the menu we sar served sertied , cd last lastChristmas lastChristmas lastChristmas Christmas " Here It ! Is s : : MENUCelery MENUCelery MENU MENUCalory Calory Celery Hearts Haarts Olives Sweet Swe t Plcklesrrult Pickles Plckles Picklesrrult PicklesFruit rrult Cockt\l1 Cockt l1 Cocktlil Cocktl1Croam CocktlilCream CocktiilCream ' \ Croam Cream ot of o ( Tomato Soup SoupSaltines SoupSaltlnes SoupSaltlnesRoast Saltines Saltlnes SaltinesRoast SaltlnesRoast Roast Youne Young Turkey TurkeyOyster TurkeyOyster Turk yOyster Oyster DressingCranberry DressingCranberry Dresslne Dressing DresslneCranbtrry Cranbtrry Cranberry Sauc Sauce Giblst Giblet Gravy GravyMashed GravyMashed GraTyMastrd Mashed Potatoes Green Peas PeasCo.ullnower PeasCauliflower PeasCauliflower Co.ullnower Coullnower Cauliflower . Candled Candted Sweet S\vect S vect \ Potatoes PotatoesButter PotatoesButter PotatoesButter Butter Sauce SauceHot SauceHot SauceHot Hot Finger.Rolls FingerRolls Finger-Rolls Finger Rolls Finger.RollsTomato FingerRollsTomato Fincer-RollsTomato Fincer RollsTomato - . Tomato and Lcttuc Lettuce Salad SaladThousand SaladThousand SaladThousand Thousand Liland lsland Island Dressing DressingAssorted DrcsslneAisorfd uorted Assorted Fruits Nuts Hard Candy CandyHot CandyHot CandyHot Hot Minco Mlnco Mince Pie PieIce PieIce Pl PlIc Ice Ic * Cream CreamChocolnte CreamChocolate CreamCbocolat Chocolnte Chocolate * Cnke Cake Cak Cortce Coffee CoffeeCigars CortceCigars CoffeeClears Cigars . and a.nd Cigarettes"That Cigarettes"That Clearettes Cigarettes Clearettes"That "That That " dinner dlDner , , " says Chief Chiet Jimmy Jimmy"was Jimmywas . , , "was was " sen served sered ' , ed to the crew of 1,100 1100 , , , , at a acost acost acost cost of $110 110 $ per man DIan In addition addJtlon , the thecrew thecrew thecrew crew had as guests 200 orphans and andother andother andother other needy children " I ' IIs Is that customary customarJ 7 ? Y " ' Chief Chiet Jimmy Jimmywas Jimmywas Jimmywas was asked ' ' 1 Yes les es , the crews of ships In port make makethat makethat makethat that a regular practice , " was the re re- reply reply reply - ply "Last Last " Christmas the Arkansas Arkansaswas Arkansaswas Arkansaswas was In port at San DiegoIt Diego ' ; , It was gas \ as suggested that the quantitiesof quantitiesot quantities ot of food required for Chrlstnns Christm'lS ChristmlS Christmas ' dinner dinneron dinneron dinneron on a battleship might astonish some ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the folks "back back " home bome " And Chief Jimmy made this memo memorandum memorandum memorandum randum of the main items , , rending reading rendingeach readingeach readingeach each aloud as he put It down ' Celery Cclery . , 400 Ibs lbs , 011\ 011 olh olives 011es \ es , , 20 gals ; canned tomatoes . , 150 Ibs lbs ; cra.ckers crackers crackers,200 crackers200 . , 200 Ibs lbs , turkey , 1,200 1200 , Ibs lbs ; cranber cranberries cranberries cranberries ries , 300 Ibs ; Irish Potatoes GOO 600 C00 Ibs lbs ; s\\ s su sweet seet \ \ eet potatoes , COO GOO G00 Ibs ; green peas peas,200 peas200 , 200 Ibs lbs ; cauliflower , 300 Ibs lbs . . ; hot roBs rolls rolls,2,400 rolls2400 , 2,400 2400 , ; ham , 400 Ibs ; lettuce lcttuce , 200 Ibs lbs ; ; fresh fruit , , 1200 Ibs lbs ; nuts , , 300 Ibs lbs ; ; candv cnndv candy , , 500 Ibs lbs , , pies plec : , 200 , , Ice cream cream,40 cream40 , , 40 gals ; ; ci cisars cigars nrs , . 1,100 1100 , , , , cigarettes , , 1,100 1100 1,100pl 1,100pkgs 1,100pks 1100pks , , pl pkgs ? s , , coffee coffec 100 Ibs lbs lbsAt lbsAt IbsAt At this point Grandma might w'cU wcU well w'cU11l1Ve wellhave wellhave ' 11l1Ve have exclaimed excl'llmed exclllmed exclalmed ' ' ' ' 'My My ' lily gracious I ! 1 Six Sixbundred Sixhundred Sixhundred bundred hundred pounds of Irish potatoes I ! IIt 1It It would tike t'1ke t1ke ' a week to peel them 1 I ' 'How How ' How about that . , Chief ? Do you youhl1 youhae youhave hl1e hae hl1\ hl1 \ ' , e ' iny 'lny lny any labor saving devices In the thegal thegalle theBUM gal\ gal galle galC ( ] ( ' \ ' , ? ' ' > ' C ( ' Kitchen ' to lindlubbers hndlubber l'indiubber5 lindiubber5 ' < ; ) I ' , Ohyes Oh Oth Oh\ Oh \ , yes , " says Chief Chle ! Jimmy Jlmmv 'The The "The "Thepotatoes ' "Ttrpotatoes Ttrpotatoes " 'Thepotatoes ' potatoes are peeled by power pcelers peelers peelersof , , ot of which we have havet havetao havetwo t\\ t t0 tao \ 0 each \ with sith I1h a acapacIty acapacity acapacity capacIty of a bun bundred bundyed uundred dred dyed pound sack In InapproxImately inapproximately inapproximately approxImately fivc five fivcminutes fiveminutes fiveminutes minutes But the thebo theboys thebos * boys bo ; s dig out theeyes the . .eyes eyes ' . 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