"Special uniform" Yankee No - [39] than had prepared an extra menu, according to his standard and our guests seemed to enjoy the meal. At any rate, it was a change from shore diet, and landsmen seem to like ship food as much as sailors like to eat on land. After supper I started up the vic- trola which I was taking northward for Admiral Peary as a gift from him to Osolok, who was one of his com- panions at the North Pole. It devel- ed that the inspector was a violinist, hence he greatly enjoyed the Kreisler, Elman and Zimbalist records that I had with me for the Crocker Land Expedition staff, while the opera records brought to mind old days in Europe. About ten