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Show IMAGINE AGE GIVES FLAVOR That Seemi the Only Explanation as to Why Fresh Nuts Are Never Served on Shipboard. , "Whence, do all the old nuts come, and where do they go?" whs the question ques-tion put to a New York Times reporter re-porter by a broker who had Just relumed re-lumed from his seml-annul trip to Europe. "On my many voyages ncross the Atlantic At-lantic and In the eastern seas," the broker went on to say, "I have never Been fresh nuts on the dining tables which wore laden with all the delicacies delica-cies of the season. The only person I ever met who had 6een fresh nuts was a grizzled Quartermaster, who looked old enough to have sailed the raging, main with Paul Jones. He aid tersely: " 'I've seen 'em wunst. On the Tan-Jong Tan-Jong Pagar pier at Singapore In Backs, but they never come aboard the ship.' "Fellow-passengers with whom I have discussed the problem were of-the of-the opinion that the steamship companies com-panies had some big cave where all nuts were stored for a few decades until un-til they had aged. . "Capt. Piitchard, the retired commodore com-modore of the Cunard line, once told me that the Island of Tobago, where Robinson Crusoe lived, was the clearing clear-ing house for nuts, and the companies fcent them there In sacks to be ex-thanged ex-thanged after they had been afloat for three years. This was corroborated corrobo-rated by Capt, Arthur P. Mills of the American liner Philadelphia, who said that an old shipmate of his, Capt. Ben Brails, had carved his initials on ft Brazil nut and put It back on the fllsh while his ship waa crossing the North sea, and got the same nut on another vessel four years later In the Btralts of Shlmenoeekl, Japan. This had such an effect on the mind of teklpper Brails that he marked all kinds of nuts with his Initials and the date and wrote letters to all his old shipmates requesting them not to crack any of his marked nuts If they met them on their voyages." Veteran stewards, when asked why the companies do not put fresh nuts on board their ships, say that perhaps the Companies are afraid they will disagree dis-agree with the passengers. |