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Show EXTERNAL USE. English men-of-war have no ice-making ice-making machines on board, as do our ships, and everybody knows how the English fail to understand us on the subject of the use of ice, especially in our drinks n English officer was aboard one of our ships of the Asiatic fleet and on being served with an iced drink commented on the delights of having cool water aboard. The American of ficer responded with an offer of a small cake of ice. which was sent the following morning. Meeting the Ku-.'lishnian Ku-.'lishnian ashore a week later the American asked him if he had en-J03 en-J03 ed the ice. "Enjoy it, old top. Why do you know, that was the first cold bawth I've had since I left England!" Everybody's Magazine. |