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Show HOUSEKEiU'lNO ON STEAMSHIP Atn-nat of I immI Ijilrn liy 1'aiaer.s-rra on an Orran I larr. "' tidy little refrigerator about six feet Vide and twice that depth Is the butUtman's stall In this msrkel under the Ha rtM ne,n c candee, In an exchange Uttle tubs of butter aro arratged on shelves to the amount of 6,004 pounds and In company with tharc20 000eggs Twenty-fit o hun-dred hun-dred quarts of milk and cream aro lorn In a separate room, all bavins been sterilized This market has a room especially for salt meats, and here are hsms. baron and tongues to the laiount of 4 000 pounds There aro soma srtlrles of food without which the (pleura would be unhappy, an I whits must be allvo when cooked Cbltfnmong theso are oysters, of which 10.00J are carried to meet tho wants of the lamcnners Clams are only provide, pro-vide, to the number of 1,500 Lobster art not abundantly supplied, 70) pouadi. Is all the storeroom shelters. Thll market In the bottom of the ship contains, besides the things mentioned, fruits green vegetables and an enormous en-ormous stock of groceries The latter Is oil) limited by space, for groceries are lot perishable goods and will keep front one vojagc until another until uieil Tea nnd coffee aro used In large araounts-about thirty-three pounds a day of tea and fifty pounds of coffee. rcrunat-le supplies aro taken on board In proportion to tho number of passengers passen-gers booked and anything of this kind whlth Is left over when the ship reaches port Is ealen by the crew. "Away down In the bottom ot the ship the thief steward has a market of his own, one which he has stocked and front which he draws, thus serving In the double capacity ot merchant and custom"- Here la an enormous re-frlgtrator, re-frlgtrator, and Is presided over by a alewsrd who Is responsible for every pound ot meat within It. llefore tho ship slips from the dock this room Is stocked, for a full ship, with 20,000 pounds of beef. 2.000 pounds ot veal and 2,000 pounds of mutton, From books along the walls and celling of another refrigerator hang bunches ot blrdi, very much as dried corn and peppers hsng from the ratters ot old farmhouses As many chickens as can be lied together aro hung until 4,000 pounds are stowed away. Ducks are not ss popular as chickens, therefore 700 pounds only aro provided about 100, pounds' allowance for each day. Turkeys aro liked, and 1,000 pounds mutt be provided for tho demands ot tho cook. 1'lgcons, squabs and other smill birds, these are reckoned In pieces, and It Is calculated that tho family which floats across tho ocen will detour 1.C00 birds." a. |
