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PAGES 37 TO 48
VOL. XXIV.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY
1005.
NO. 21.
THE VAST WORK OF PUTTING AN OCEAN LINER
IN ORDER AFTER A LONG VOYAGE
21,
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When Mere Man Cleans House
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Massive Iron Beds in Roman gold
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lisiiil
SONS Iffi
WITH mingled feeling's ot dlsma7
and rlcasureablc domestic antici
pation, a million American women
are today face to face with the semi-annual
problem of cleaning house. And as
many more men, with feelings of dismay,
pure and unadulterated, unsoftened by
any prospect ot pleasure whatever, arc
casting about foe some valid excuse to
leave home until the ordeal Is over. Yet,
oddly enough, the most tremendous house,
cleanings in the world are done by men
without the aid or consent of a single
woman. And this is on board the great
ocean liners.
Superintendents of large institutions,
such as hospitals, asylums, or hotels, turn
'helplessly to their matrons or housekeep
ers when the semi-annual cleaning days
roll round; but on board an ocean gray
hound, which sheltera 1600 souls, the cap
tain faces housecleanlng twice a month
as calmly as his boat faces the mighty
roller In mid-ocean.
Listen, oh, ye housewives, threatened
with nervous prostration at thought of
cleaning your six-room flat, or your ten
room suburban cottage. Head, oh, ye hus
bands, cowering at the approach of paint
er, paperhanger and general cleaner. This
is how a man conducts his housecleanlng
campaign:
At 11 o'clock "Wednesday morning, Feb
ruary 1. the Steamship Deutschland ran
her icicle-hung bow Into the Hamburg
American docks of New York harbor. At
12:3) o'clock the last of her steerage pas
sengers had been discharged. At 1 o'clock
a small boy, with a very large gong, tum
tummlng madly, raced from end to end of
the ship. From cabin and hold, from' stok
ers room to hurricane deck, men heard
the sound and flung down whatever they
w'ere doing. In less than ten minutes the
great lifeboats had been swung out over
the water and back again. The first step
In the housecleanlng had been taken. Two
minutes later, the first officer stepped tq
the captain on the bridge, saluted and
reported that the boats were in good con
dition, and each man had responded
promptly to the signals. The captain
nodded his head, the first officer shouted
an Indistinguishable order through a meg
aphone, and the men sped down compan
ion ways. Housecleanlng had 'begun in
earnest.
Details of the Wort.
And here are a few of the figures which
this tremendous undertaking Involved:
Twenty-five thousand pieces of linen to
be sorted, counted, sacked, shipped to the
laundry, returned, recounted and stored.
Fifteen thousand pieces of silverware' to
be counted, sorted and polished.-
Twenty-five thousand pieces of glass-
trare.-antS double that nimbsr of .dishes
and cooking utensils, to pass through the
liands of washers and polishers.
Three hundred and ninety staterooms to
be cleaned In every nook and cranny.
Thirty-two bathrooms, ditto.
A dining-room with a capacity of 467
persons, and another accommodating
300, to be cleaned und polished, from
mahogany tables to bulging- portholes.
A laJies parlor as large as four or
dinary drawing-rooms, all in white and
gold, to be polished to dazzling bril
liancy. A solid mile of decks to be stoned to
sparkling wnltcness.
Another mile of rugs and carpets to
be beaten.
Hundred? upon hundreds of mat
tresses to be aired, beaten and recov
ered. Details too numerous for capitulation
to be watched with jealous care.
Organization the Secret.
It would take a week, a month, ex
claims the distracted housewife who
has just heard that the paperhangers
cannot come for another week. But
that 13 on land. Your seagoing man
brooks no delay. So it happened that at
noon on Saturday, February 4, the S.
S. Deutschland was pronounced fit,
and was thrown open for inspection.
Quarters for 1600 had been house
cleaned in exactly 33 hours, or three
working days.
"Organization that's the secret," re
marked Captain Kaempff, the man held
directly responsible by the , company
for every detail ot his ship. "A place
for each of our 500 workers, and each
worker in his place. Very simple, you
see. The man who cleans brass 'does
not Interfere with the man who beats
rugs. One polishes brass for 33 "hours
and the other btats rugs and mattresses
for the same length of time. Each is a
single cog- in a well-oiled machine."
Organization! Splendid idea, but how
can a woman organize with only a
faithful "Mary," who insists upon rent
ing between rug or curtain shakings
to chat with "Maggie," over the fence?
Or. how accomplish miracles with a
handy man who tries to beat carpets
and mend furniture for three distract
ed housewives at once? Still, these, tips
from the house-cleaning process
aboard ship may help the humblest
flat-dweller or the most patient or sub
urbanites. Every 3Ian Knows His Duty.
It is generally supposed that directly
a big steamer discharges Tipr passen
gers, her. force also makes a run for
etinm TVl fz an prrnr. for the officers
and crew have more important things'
on hand. It tne boat maxes tasc 10
the pier at any time during the' morn
ing, so that her passengers can be dis
charged by noon, her house-cleaning
starts promptly at 1 o'clock the same
afternoon. It she docks late In the af
ternoon or at night, the cleaning be
gins at 6 o'clock the next morning. And
once more, listen, oh. ye distracted
housewives, leaning on such slender
reeds as day-workers; and barken, oh.
ye- patient husbands who came home
last- nic-ht tr find that John. Henry, col
ored, had 'departed without putting up.
the stovepipe. House-cleaning nuurs
on board, a liner run from 6 A. M. to 6
P. M., with three meals aboard the
boat. Neither is there any 'discussion as
to who shall clean the companlonway
and who the dining saloon, who Is to
palish the silverware and who to beat
the rugs. The mighty ship is divided
Into 'departments, and every depart
ment has its head and its force of
workers. The officers and sailors are
responsible for the outside of the ship
and the chief steward is responsible
for all the cleaning of the first and
second cabins, the engineer for his- de
partaeat, the steerage -steward for -the
receatlv eccHDied by the
Lthird-claa passengers a4' the chef, for
all at the culinary aestaia. Ana ivbss
four bells are struck (which being In
terpreted is C o'clock), every man
knows where his duty lies and goes
at it.
High in the air, on scaffoldings built
around the mighty smokestacks, paint
ers are scraping off the old paint and
preparing the funnels for their fresh
coat. Tomorrow .they will be pointing-
the hull. On the upper dcck,v and
nnder the watchful eye of an officer,
a'squad of brawny sailors is washing
down the walls ot the deckhouses with
odd-shaped brushes dripping a foamy
lather. In the staterooms, the room
stewards ave stripping the berths, and
drawing all the water from the fauc
ets. At the foot pf the companlonway
of the main deck the linen steward is
counting over the .soiled linen; in the
dining-room the table stewards are
counting the silverware; in the pantry
the bellboys, stripped of their trim
uniforms, are up to their elbows in
dish-washing. In a fairly large com
partment, overlooking the first-class
dining-room, sits the head steward,
a telephone at his elbow, his account
books spread on his desk before him,
and a line of men, with reports, filing
past him. In an hour or so he will
report to the captain on the exact
condition of all the furnishings, the
number of pieces of linen to go to the
laundry, the loss through breakage
to be charged up to the trip, and the
thousand and one details which make
the house-cleaning organization of an
ocean liner a marvel to the unititiated.
The man who is painting the smoke,
stack docs not care what the man in
the grillroom is doing. Perhaps at
dinner or supper the two may meet.
At present each is doing- just what he
is paid to do, just what his chief officer
or steward expects him to do.
The officers and heads ot depart
ments are by no means exempt from
duty at this time. A certain number
of officers patrol tne decks, in pore as
well as when under way, and under
them the crews work. The head stew
ard and his three assistants patrol the
interior of the great ship in similar
fashion. Stolid-faced they may seem
to keen, nervous Americans, but their
capacity for "spotting" neglected or
slip-shod work is marvelous.
The laundry bill and the cost ot
paints and supplies, such as soaps,
polishes, scouring materials, etc,
amounts to $1000 for each of these
house-cleanings. To this must be
added the wages of over 500 men, and
their board and lodging.
No Old Rugs.
The home-maker rather prides herself,
on the collection of soft old rags which
she accumulates against house-cleaning
days. The ship steward would regard
them with scorn. Tho cleaning cloths
which come from the linen-room In not
less than 12 varieties are all hemmed and
marked as' clearly as the table and bed
linen, and like them are sent regularly to
the lauijiry. Further, :for each sort of
cleaning there i3 a proper towel, apd woe
be unto that steward who is caught Inter
changing these cloths.
Elbow grease discounts strong soap pow
ders in every department of the cleaning.
The fundamental cleansing material is a
soft green soap which is ordered by the
ton about 3Q0O pounds to each cleaning.
It makes a splendid lather, but does not
eat the polish oft the exquisitely finished
woods nor hurt the hands, while It also
possesses disinfectant properties. It will
dissolve equally well In hot or cold water.
Scouring soaps may be used upon wood
work only when absolutely necessary,
notably when a, stubborn stain is found.
Finger-marks must be removed with tho
soft soap and rubbing alone. This, to
preserve the life ot the highly polished
finish.
"Various patent polishes are requisitioned
for the various sorts of metal. For in
stance, in the grill-room alone four pol
ishes are required for silver, nickel, brass
and copper respectively, while a scouring
powder is used on the broiler. For each
of these polishes a separate and distinct
sort ot cloth or waste is employed. Even
a well-drilled land servant would open her
eyes at the condition In which these cloths
and towels are kept. The writer saw a
young steward, immaculate in white linen
jacket, polishing the bull's eye or glass
in a port-hole with what looked like a
glass towel, such as is usedVln a well
organized pantry. In. her Ignorance she
Inquired whether It was not a waste ot
good toweling. The head steward stepped
to the lad's side and came back with the
square of linen. It would put .many a
housewife's glass towel to shame, yet he
had been polishing port-holes with this
one towel for 15 minutes.
A special permit is- reauired to gainj.ac
cess 'to a liner while the house-cleaning
processes are in progress, but tho home
maker who Is fortunate enough to witness
the work will carry away one very strong
impression, and that is the absence of
dust. Tills Is largely due to the fact that
little or no dust Is afloat while at sea,
but naturally with EOjne 1600 souls aboard,
some dust must be. raised in cabins and
staterooms. This is minimized by the
careful cleaning which the boat receives
each day before passengers are up and
about. An- idle or dilatory man should
never seek a position as steward, for, lit
erally, there is no rest for the steward at
sea or in port, and the' broom and the
dust cloth are on his coat-of-arms.
Cleaning the Staterooms.
"When the boat Is eleared of passengers
and the hour for house-cleaning has ar
rived, the work starts at A and goes along
systematically until Z is Teached, the
different crews ot stewards and sailors
work independently, yet simultaneously.
For Instance, the staterooms are divided
into groups of ten, each group being given
over to the care of one steward and a
helper. The first thing done Is to draw
off every drop of water which may have
remained in the tanks or reservoirs above
the washstand, and to make the entire
washing apparatus sanitarily clean and
dry. Then the berths are stripped of linen
and bedding, and the mattress slips or
covers are all taken off and sent down to
the foot of the companlonway on the main
deck, where they are received by the linen
steward and his five assistants. Their
duty is to sort and count the linen and
pack it Into two hnndred or more bags,
ready tor the laundry. From amidships
comes another lot ot linen the bath tow
els. From day to day these have been
gathered up In the bathrooms and carried
to a compact drying-room, where they
have been hung -upon racks or arms to
dry, thus preventing mold or rust. For
an ordinary voyage, in the first cabin
a!oner 270 Turkish towels, as large as
single sheets, are required, and TOO smaller
ones.
In the meantime, the room steward has
gone back to the rooms under his care,
and is stripping them of all hangings,
rugs, mattresses, etc., which furnjirfilngs
are' taken en "the upper deck to he-beaten.
air4 aad cteaaed. .While than, ara
the woodwork i'rom floor to ceilings la
washed down and polished, and every bit
of nickel, marble ors brass is gone over
thoroughly. By the time the boat is
thrown open to visitors, every stateroom
Is In perfect order.
As soon as the staterooms are finished,
the various passageways connecting them
are cleaned by tho same stewards, while
still another set of stewards takes charge
of the bathrooms. From the latter, all
tho wooden gratings are removed to the
deck and 'thero scrubbed to snowy white-
ncss with sand, suds and brick.
In the great dining saloon, the 72 stew
ards assigned to the dining-room are
working like proverbial beavers. First, the
dark green felt table covers are rolled
like carpets to the center of the long nar
row tables, and great wicker baskets,
lined with heavy cotton flannel or felt,
are brought in from the pantry. Into
these is dumped the flat silverware which
has been kept in drawers, two to each
table "When" the silver has been carried
away, the hangings come down to fee
beaten and laid away with the table
covers until the boat turns its nose ones
more toward the sea, for, be it -known,
that a large liner has its shore furnish
ings as well as Its sea toggery. ."When
every inch ot the woodwork has been
polished to the highest point of brilliancy,
when portholes gleam and tables yield up
a reflection, forth from the lockers come
finer hangings for the windows, and table
covers of similar fabric and color,
trimmed with rich bands of embroidery
and fringe. All this Is done- because a
ship In port, after the house-cleaning, is
on dress parade. Tourists from all over
the country make the rounds of the
docka visiting the mighty grayhounds of
the sea. It is one of the finest advertise
ments a rfilp can secure, for no one can
go aboard without registering a vow to
save up dollars or pennies,, according to
his station in life, for an ocean voyage.
"While part of the saloon stewards have
been polishing woodwork and brass in the
dining-room, another shift has been en
gaged in the pantry polishing silver. Un
der the direction of the pantry steward,
the helpers, Including the bell-boys, have
been washing and polishing glassware
and dishes, and storing them away In
great racks, there to remain until the
first meal of the voyage is served. No
meals are served in the first cabin saloon
while the ship is in port, except to the
captain and his official staff.
Down In the Steerage.-
The cleaning of the steerage is a much
simpler process but none the less thor
ough. The furnishings are primitive in
their simplicity. During the voyage each
steerage passenger has Hseen provided
with a mattress, of course, but stout bur
lap, stuffed with a peculiar variety ot
dried sea-grass, a pair of blankets - and a
pillow with a coveror slip ot blue and
white checked linen. He provides his
own dishes, knives and forks.
The steerage stewad has only six help-,
ers, but as no carpets are tiTbe cleaned,
and tho finish the steerage aver, 17i.:
painted iron tr wood, the amewtaC- fin
ishing rfynnrsd is. IrinnlteryKg-: t
I3 required In cither Atne'. ifcrscrorAeed:
cabin. The first thing doae iia.Md
blanket away to be cleaned- and fihip ha
pillow cas2s- to the laundry. Kew mat
tresses are provided tor each trip. -
"When everything that could be Injured
by water has been removed, the. hose,
throwing a mighty stream of water, . is
brought into play. It is a sight worth
watching; those six brawny men, bare
legged, strong-armed, flashing the water
in and out, from crevice to cranny, until
tho paint gleams and glistens even on a
dull day. .Later the walls and ironwork
are gone over by hand, but that first
sluicing is by all odcLi the most pictur
esque feature ot the great housecleanlng.
With the Scrub Brush.
To give an idea of the strict -discipline
which reigns on board ship during the
housecleanlng period, the same force of.
men scrub both the passageway between
the galley and the pantry, and the galley
and the pantry themselves. "When- they,
are cleaning the passageway, they may,
and do, remove their shoes and stockings,
swing their great brooms in perfect
rhythm and singing in time to the move
ment. But when they enter either the
pantry or the kitchen, they must put on
their shoes before they scour the floor.
Tho seamen and deck crewy scrub not
only the decks, but the outer walls of the
cabins. The brushes used for this, pur
pose have long handles with soft, hairy
bristles crowded injo a back not more
than four inches square. Strong soap
suds are used for washing down tho white,
paint, and the men work in gangs of six
or ten, swinging- their brushes with a
regular, not ungraceful movement and
covering the great stretches of woodwork
in remarkably quick time.
This much of the housecleanlng the
privileged guest may see provided, of
course, that he dons a rainproof coat and
an old hat, for the hard-pressed force
proves no respecter of persons. Great
floods of water are directed In the most
unexpected fashion down companionways
and through the steerage. Towels are
brandished in every direction. Brooms,
long-handled brushes and dustpans inter
cept footsteps, go where you will. And
on every side Is that concentrated energy
which bespeaks the fact that the great
boat must be ready on time for inspeq
tlon. In the Hold.
Other parts pf the ship, unseen but not
unheard, are undergoing a terrific-cleaning.
Burly men are working in the hold,
clearing it out for fresh consignments of
baggage and freight. And In the depth3
of the ship, a trifle below the level of
the water-line, the mighty engines, now
silent and pulseless, are being overhauled,
polished, oiled and coaxed into good hs
mor for another record-breaking trip
across the Atlantic. Here the chief- engi
neer presides over his large staff of assis
tants, including 2S0 stokers and coalpass
ers. "While they are In port their duties
are comparatively light, but not one f
these men Idles, for the engine and boiler
rooms, on which the boat's fame rests,
are cleaned as carefully, nay, as delicate
ly as Mlladl Dainty's boudoir.
Yet, with all this routine of labor, it
must not be thought that the stewards
and seamen are dissatisfied with their loil
The larger proportion of employe.3 aboard
the boat who were interviewed on tbfa
occasion seemed rather bawildered by the
question. "Would you not like to spend
your time ashore?"
The invariable reply was, "Tonight
after 61 go and see some friends.
Their boat is their home. Land repre
sents ll(tle to them, and their sentiment
seems to crystallize on their floating
home. Many of them have held the sazae
position ever since the ocean grayhound
has been in commission. A-'word- of ,ad
miratioH.for their work, o'r for the con
dition in "which their department is oub.
inspires their confidence and. Interest,
whereas the slightest .exj-rosekm of com
hi tee rat Ion arouses their. suspicion. (Copy
right, IMG.).
, ANNA S. RICHARDSON.