Show EA AT I 1 MUC MV UCH T ON 9 CA 54 iq passengers CROSSING ATLAN TIC CONSUME BIG STORE on one line the cost was in a year beer by half million gallons and 6 of eggs new york it must be the gyroscope attachment on the modern trans atlantic antle liner or elso else the ball bearings on which they run which has haa reduced feducc d tile the bial amount of seasick seasickness nes among the passengers laa las seasick passengers no matter how bow many of them are carried could not comfortably consume ford of which the ebalo cost for one line alone in 1907 was more than 4 this i la Is seen at once when ahen it Is noted that the total expense for coal on the same line was but 7 and of course rione none of the boilers was seasick and their consuming capacity Is notorious ly greater than any passenger no mat ter how good an appetite lie he has before noting some of the figures of food it la Is pleasing to observe tome home of relating to beverages now as to champagne which Is said to be an excellent cure and for that mat ter a preventive of seasickness pas last pulled the plugs out of only a few more than bottles of champagne when it comes to claret the figures jump so BO respectably that it Is seen that hat a man may raise a thirst some where west of suez as well ell as east cast of that ebe cheerful erful and ruddy beverage the first class passengers consumed boxes that sounds bounds pretty good but the consumption by the third class gers makes it appear a mere tipple by comra ribon tor for those in the steerage joyfully biank not less than gallons of claret presumably of the variety known as petit bleu about which there is a song which the parla paris students sing when inspired by it luiere la Is something observing this just as the prohibitionists have nom their ticket i other lather appalling to read that of 0 the various grades of 0 brandy the passengers consumed 20 61 bottles and gallens but B it these are after all trifling nips when hen vo ae come to look at the figures relating to ner bier for ot of that beverage it 1 oie e than half a million gallons were viere d runk drunk rind and it la Is not reported that hat the had any unusual police duty to ici forni at that the recent installation of the a la Is carte system in the restaurants of the modern liners accounts for in an ania amazing zing growth in the consumption of delicacies such as were seldom found on even the best beat ships when aben the business ot of feeding passengers was waa exal excl exclusively table d note hote restaurant allfeis on the liners hose figures are being considered consumed many many thousand part ridges snipe quails pheasants grouse canvasback ducks they demanded literally many hundreds of thousands ot of ilie lobster and crawfish of fresh little alek blue points and soft shell crabs they consumed such a quantity of green turtle soup that the chefs ha had d to co use up 11 pounds of fresh turtle in its making coming around to the more sub standal stant lal articles ot of diet it Is found that ot of fresh bea there was as used 8 pounds piyun ds and of boik and veal and mutton about pounds each potatoes Potato cs to go with these weighed in excess of tons a ver fair cargo in ila itself the passengers seem to begin the day with hearty appetites as well viell as going to lunch and dinner in the same blessed condition abey consumed of eggs 6 BOO and of calves liver and bacon an appropriate quantity to sup eup clement the eggs and with their morning toast tins of marma lade and other such sweets As if these figures were not proof enough that lloyds lloyd a should make a very low rate of insurance against sea sickness these days it is noted that besides what vacit smoking material passengers took look on board with them 2 cigars and packages of cigar cates were had from the smoking room steward it is interesting to note in conefy slon that while the consumption of beer wine and liquor ind andl bated pretty generous living figuring on the basis of all the passengers carried for the year each passenger con after all only five sixths sixtus or 0 a gallon ot ol such cheering beverages while the average consumption of mineral water was a full gallon these figures do not include 76 bottles of sterilized milk which were dealt out to the children on board |