| Provisioning a Trans- |
I Atlantic Steamer. |
1 Not by any means the least impres
fiiv e evidence of the huge size to which
the modern transatlantic steamship
lias grown is to be found in the gra
phic representation, reproduced from
(the Scientific American, of the bewil
dering amount of provisions that have
Ito be taken aboard for a single trip
across the ocean. Our pictorial rep
resentation is, of course, purely Imag
inary, particularly as regards the live
■took; the beef, mutton, game, etc.,
received on the ship In the dressed
(condition, no live stock whatever
being can-led. The drawing was
Itnade up from a list of the actual
Bmount of provisions carried on a re-
Cent eastward trip on the Deutschland,
and the number of live stock which
contributed to meet the supplies for
one voyage was estimated from the
actual number of cattle, sheep, etc.,
gnat would be required to make up
Ithe total weights in dressed meats
given in the table. With the excep
tion of the live stock, the provisions
are shown in the actual shape in
Which they would be taken on board.
The dimensions of the vessel are:
Length, 68(1 feet; beam, sixty-seven
feet, and displacement, 23,000 tons;
her highest nverage speed for the
whole trip is 23.36 knots, and she has
made the journey from Sandy Hook
Ito the Lizard in five days, seven
.tours and thirty-eight minutes.
The total number of souls on board
PROVISIONING A T BAMS.AT LAN TIG LINER—EQNIVALENT IN LIVE STOCK AND GENERAL STORES.
f the vessel when she has a full pas
senger list Is IGI7, made up of 407
first cabin, 300 second cabin, 300 steer
age and a crew of 550, the crew com
prising officers, seamen, stewards and
the engine-room force. Sixteen hun
dred and seventeen souls would con
stitute the total inhabitants of many
n American community that digni
fies Itself with the name of "city,"
and it is a fact that the long proces
sion which is shown in our illustration
•wending its way through the assem
bled provisions on the quay, by no
means represesents the length of the
line were the passengers and crew
-struDg out along any great thorough
fare. If this number of people were
' to march four deep with a distance
of say about a yard between ranks, |
they would extend for about a quarter j
of a mile, or say the length of four
city blocks.
To feed these people for a period of
lx days requires, in meat alone, the
equivalent of fourteen steers, ten
ealves, twenty-nine sheep, twenty-six
lambs and nine hogs. If the flocks of
chickens, geese and game required to
furnish the three tons of poultry anil
game tliat are consumed were to join
in the procession aboard the vessel,
they would constitute a contingent by
themselves not less than 1500 strong.
The ship's larder is also stocked with
1700 pounds of fish, 400 pounds of
tongues, sweetbreads, etc., 1700 dozen
eggs and fou-teen barrels of oysters
and clams. The 1700 dozen of eggs
packed in cases would cover a consid
erable area, ns shown in our engrav
ing. while tiie 1000 bricks of ice cream
would require 100 tubs to hold them.
Of table butter there would be taken
on board 1300 pounds, while the 2200 I
qoarts of milk -would require sixty
four cans to hold It, and the 300 quarts
of cream eight cans.
In the way of vegetables there are
shipped on board 175 barrels of pota
toes, seventy-flve barrels of assorted
vegetables, twenty crates of tomatoes
and table celery, 200 dozen lettuce;
while the requirements of dessert
alone would call for four and a quar
ter tons of assorted fresh fruits. For
making up into the daily supply of
bread, biscuits, cakes, pies and the
toothsome odds-and-ends of the pastry
cook's are, there are taken on board at
each trip ninety barrels of flour, each
weighing 195 pounds, this item alone
adding a weight of eight and a half
tons to the cooks' stores. To this also
we must add 350 pounds of yeast and
000 pounds of oatmeal and hominy.
Under the head of liquids the most
important item is the 400 tons of
drinking water, whose bulk is ade
quately represented by the circular
tank shown in our engraving. This is
supplemented by 12,000 quarts of
wines and liquors, 15,000 quarts of
beer in kegs, besides 3000 bottles of
beer. Last, but not by any means
least, is the supply of forty tons of ice.
Of course it is not to be supposed
that all of this supply will be con
sumed on the voyage. There must be
a margin, and a fairly liberal margin,
of every kind of provision. Moreover,
the extent to which the larder and cel
lar are emptied will vary according to
the conditions of the voyage. In
tempestuous weather, where the trip
Is a succession of heavy gales, and the
dining room tables are liable to be
practically deserted for two or three
days at a stretch, the consumption
will be modified considerably.
A Canoo That Folds Up.
Among recent inventions, the porta
ble canoe is receiving notice in sport
ing circles in Europe. The middle sec
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tion, which folds so as to form a
trunk-like box, with convenient han
dles, receives the two hermetically
closed ends, the oars, etc. The oar
can he unscrewed into two parts and
singly stowed away In the "trunk."
The length of the boat Is about thir
teen feet, and it can easily be carried
overland by two men.—New York
Herald.
Antliorg and Publishers.
The immense competition among
younger publishers and the hawking
round of books to the highest bidder
by the literary agent has made pub
lishing a less reuumerative pursuit
than formerly; aud 1 have iu my
mind's eye a number of publishers
whose houses nre less magnificent than
those of at least a dozen authors whom
I I could name.—Sphere.
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§ A TOWN BIIILT |
§ OF STREET CARS. §
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There is a little settlement just out
side the city of San Francisco where
I
"CAItTOWN," SAN FRANCISCO.
the large majority of the structures
were once street cars. It is located at
the ocean beach on the shore end of
Golden Gate Park. There are perhaps
fifty of these car dwellings in the little
settlement, many of them fitted out
with considerable elegance and numer
ous conveniences. They are arranged
upon a general plan affording their
occupants the widest view, all fronting
the sea. Streets intersect, at right
angles, and plank walks are laid so as
to give pedestrians access to their
homes without wading through the
deep sands. Few of these cars have
been adorned with a coat of paint. The
exteriors are generally intact, and the
conspicuous signs denoting the route
over which the cars once perambulat
ed are not obliterated.
Some methods nre used In the
adornment of tbese curious resoits.
Many of them are covered with vines,
most have galleries extending around
the front and sides. The roofs of
'' iNramwi
some are arranged as lookouts, and
awnings drop over the windows. Tliere
Is considerable space for storage he
low the ears, while other cars acquire
additional room by little extensions.
In somt instances one car is raised
above another, and sometimes the
cars are laid upou other buildings, thus
giving an extra story. The platforms
of the cars are often transformed into
balconies and bay wlndotvs with tiro
aid of the carpenter and glass fitter,
and afford points of observation pro
tected from the coid winds, besides
giving exrended view of sea and land.
The arrangement of the interiors of
these dwellings is highly ingenious, the
necessities of tbe case requiring tho
utmost economy of space, the aver
age sleeping car suggesting a model.
Half a dozeu persons have been at
ulght accommodated with lodgings in
one of them. Ventilation is always
assured.
While there are many families per
manent residents of "Cartown," the
larger number occupy the "vehicles"
as others do the houseboat, giving op
portunities for original methods of en
tertainment and diversion for them
selves and friends. Confined and re
stricted as these dwellings are, there
Is compensation in the fresh ocean
breezes which hers blow right from
the sen, besides the enjoyment of a
health-giving environment. History
and romance have been ransacked ia
A "CAItTOWN" HOME. _
providing names for these car "villas"
suitable to the facetious idiosyncrn
cies of tlie various owners. In "Car
town," the "Villa Mirnmar" and
"Chateau Navarre" adjoin the modest
restaurant and more conspicuous bar.
There are many kinds of trades pur
sued in litis odd settlement, restaur
ants and bnts beiug most numerous.—
Scientific American^
Primitive Writing Material*,
Among the North American Indians
picture-writing on stones, horn and
buffalo robes was common, but bark
was also largely used. Then much
writing has been done on bone. Pre
historic man used it, of course, for his
imperfect picture-writing, and the
Koran was first written on sliouldcr
bones of mutton, and kept in a chest
of one of Mohammed's wives.
Something akin to bono is ivory, and
writing on ivory, as early a practice
as writing on bone, has persisted to
the present day among Oriental na
tions, for the reason that ivory is a
beautiful and expensive material, fit
ted for the reception of important
ceremonial writings. The edicts of the
Roman Senate were written on plates
of ivory. These plates were called
"librl elephant," byway of acknowl
edgement to the elephant who had pro
vided the article.
The Eskimos, too, in their cooler
climate, have used walrus ivory for
records of hunting and fishing expedi
tions. Their bono implements also are
covered with such picture-writing.
Boston pays 5100,000 a jvum lor its
soliool janitors.
New York City.—Rathing suits for
young girls require to be ample and
to allow perfect freedom before all
else. Mohair is the material that is
most
GIBL'S BATHING '■'■X..
Blue and dark red with white trim
mings are the colors preferred; hut
serge and flannei are correct and
white suits are worn. The May Man
ton model given is up-to-date in every
particular, is stylish at the same time
that It Is absolutely comfortable. As
shown, it is made of dull blue mohair
with collar and bands of white in the
same material and narrow black
braid, but duck trimming can be used
with equally good results.
The blouse and bloomers are made
In one and close at the centre front,
the skirt being entirely separate and
buttoned in the back. The bloomers
SAILOR SUIT FOR A GIRL.
are loose and drawn up below the
knee by means of elastics Inserted in
the hems. The sleeves are short puffs
and the big sailor collar is joined to
the neek of the blouse. The shield is
stitched to the right side of the blouse,
beneath the collar, and buttoned into
place on the left side.
To cut this suit for a girl eight years
of age, four and three-eight yards of
material twenty-seven inches wide or
three and one-eight yards forty-four
Inches wide will be required.
Girl's Sailor Suit.
No model suits the growing girl
more perfectly than the simple, natty
sailor suit. For summer wear it is
made of linen, pique and chambray,
and for the cooler months of cheviot
serge and flannel. Blue and white are
favorite colors, but dull or ox blood
red is much worn. The'smart Hay
Manton example given in the large
drawing is of marine blue linen Willi
collar, cuffs and shield of white and
stitched hands of the blue, and lie of
soft blue silk. The skirt lias a front
gore joined to wide, straight hack
portions that are laid in three box
pleats on each side and is attached to
a llttcd body lining. The blouse is
smooth across the shoulders and can
bo made with or without the applied
yoke. An elastic inserted in the hem
at the lower edge regulates the fulness
and allows of drawing the blouse over
the head without an opening in front.
The sailor collar is seamed to the neck
and the shield is faced 011 to the body
lining, the standing collar llnisliing it
at tlie throat. The sleeves nre in bish
op style with straight cuffs.
To cut this suit for a girl eight years
of age, Ave and a half yards of ma
terial twenty-seven inches wide, four
anil a half yards thirty-two inches
wide, or three and a quarter yards
forty-four inches wide, will be re
quired.
Cameo I'lns*
After having suffered from oblivion
for a long time tlie old-fasliloiied ca
meo brooch Is enjoying a revival in
popularity. They are more curious
than pretty, to tell the truth, unless
now and then you come upon a model
of true classical beauty. These are
now brought out from the limbo of
old fashioned ornaments, and are used
to hold down the belt and hold up the
skirt in the middle of one's waist in
the back. The cameo pins are not
used directly under the chin because
they are singularly unbecoming to
most people.
Oriental Trimming.
A strip of Oriental trimming Is much
used to cover the pleat in the middle
of the front of a shirt waist, but It
must be worn with a stock of the same
material. The strips may be used
merely as a movable decoration, but if
stitched to the waist. It is more har
monious to use them also for the nar
row bandlike cuff.
Chic and Novel.
Foulard gowns trimmed with dotted
white muslin are decidedly chic and
novel. One of these gowns of pastel
blue satin foulard, scattered over with
sprays of flowers, had a deep shaped
flounce on the skirt of white muslin
with black spots. The sleeves also
Jiad elbow puffs of the muslin, and
the bolero opened over a vest of this
material.
Woman's Fancy Blouse.
The blov.se with the sailor collar Is
a marked and deserved favorite of
the season. In such a fancy form as
this May Manton design it is suited
both to the entire costume and the odd
bodice and is eminently smart as well
as generally becoming. The original
is made of white loulsine silk with
trimming of narrow Persian bands,
shield and stock of cream Cluny lace;
but all silks, wools and cotton ma
terials are appropriate.
The foundation, or fitted lining,
closes at the centre front. On It are
arranged the various parts of the
blouse proper which closes at the left
side beneath the box pleat. The cen
tre front is tucked in groups for a
short distance, then allowed to fall
free and form soft folds. T'ne fronts
proper are laid in one box pleat at cadi
front edge, bnt otherwise are plain.
The sailor collar is attached to the
blouse, and the shield is arranged over
the lining. The sleeves are in bishop
style. When the lining is omitted the
shield is attached to the waist beneath
the collar, permanently to the right
and buttoned to the left; and the
waist is either gathered at the waist
line or adjusted by means of tapes
run through a casing. Otherwise there
is no difference in the making.
To cut this blouse for a woman of
medium size, four and a half yards
of material twenty-one inches wide,
three and three-quarter yards twenty
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WOMAN'S FANCY BLOUSE.
seven inches wide, three yards thirty
two inches wide, or two and a half
yards forty-four inches wide, will he
required, with three-eight yard of all
over lacc.