Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-20
The WORLDS CAPITAL.
A Register Correspondent Amid
Lie % London.
ON THE sosoM or OLD OCEAN.
TIE Cause, Effects, and Prevention Of Sea-
sickness Disadvantage Of Vivid
observation-disclosures, eng-
-. lands Commercial Centre.


LONDON, May tie look ut TINS
great city with the eye OF social inves-
tigator, TO penetrate its inner life and
lift the veil for others to see, to show the
wide contrasts of vice and virtue, OF
misery and mercy, which n. presents
how mercy is seeking to alleviate mis-
e.y and virtue to overcome vice-such
is the object which brought the writer
over the broad Atlantic, and which led
hin, a couple of days ago into the midst
of the vast sea of humanity which
heaves and surges through the streets
oil what has been most sptly called the
Metre polls sft the WerlA
But the universe was not made in
day, and it Is scarcely possibly TO "do'
London in twice that length Of time.
Ones first feeling npon finding himself
a part Of the busy life Of this city Is q
sense Of utter bewilderment, and you
begin to doubt whether you will be able
to go anywhere " learn anything, much
less 20 everywhere and see everything.
the modest task marked out for your
correspondent. However, We will Dot
drown ourselves in despair, but will
float about OH the surface of this human
ocean, waiting, Micawber like, for
something to turn up, and meanwhile
Your readers shall have few points In
regard to
The ocean
which separates the two continents, and
the English terminus OF my recent
trans. Atlantic trip, which Will prove,
trust, an interesting, as am sure Il Will
be an appropriate introduction to the
special letters which ore to follow.
/ have crossed the Atlantic six times,
and hence lam Ilaced at a considera-
bic disadvantage i'm undertaking to
write on the subject, for | have neither
the experience OF an ancient mariner
nor the sublime confidence which iS-
norance gives to the novice. Had |
rushed into print after my first trip the
world would have been enlightened and
the oldest salt might have sucked wis.
dow from MY pen, for then | knew all
about il. To-day about the only thing
| know positively respecting Old Ocean
u
auCe with the
ErratIc Old GentlemnD.
have heard many things about him,
ami some things greatly to his discredlt,
but il based my Judgment solely on
INV own experience in the six trips
have made should certainly think no
one bad better right than he TO sue
his defamers for damages. IT'S said he
.,n,oti,,ac nata into fury and urnwIa
and snarls terribly. have never seen
him In such mood as that. have
known him to show his teeth n few
times, but he did not seem mad; he re-
minded me rather of an old beau fresh
from the dentist, who grins occasionally
in front Ofthe mirror to satisfy himself
that his new grinders are still there. j
do not affirm that there are no such
things As storms at sea | simply say
that in six crossings | have not seen
any. OF course, If your readers are so
technical as to set aside my testimony
in favor of that given by those who In.
sist upon having been less fortunate
than myself in this respect, they are
welcome to their conclusions. / may
add, that OF all my trips, the smOotliest
was that just completed. The sailors
declared they could have crossed such
an ocean on plank. And this re-
member, was in April, month usually
tabOod by sea-vOyagers as likely to have
in it some Of the
Tail End OF the Equinox.
Ourgenial captain remarked that the
only voyage he could recall which
compared with this in the good wealth
er experienced was the one made dur
ing the prevalence OF the Virgins
storm, when the sky was almost cloud
less, and the sea almost a. quiet - q
mill pond all the way over.
Despite pleasant weather and smooth
sailing, there was considerable sea-
sickness aboard, especially among the
women. One reason, / suppose, why
ladies suffer from this malady more
than men is that their imaginations are
more active. 1t was the remark OF the
first Napoleon that
ImaginatIon Ruled the World.
Whether this he true or not, this faculty
has certainly great influence on the
stomach. AS illustrating this the story
j. vouched for that man and his wife
took quarters on lake steamer one
night, and under the impression that
start would shortly he made, went TO
bed. On arising next morning the
woman was dreadfully overcome with
the sensation Of seasickness, and not
until her husband had gone on deck
and discovered that they were still
chained TO the wharf at which they had
got on the boat, and that the night had
brought forth neither prog.
ress nor motion, could the
poor lady he prevailed upon to feel any
better. Once in a while you meet
woman who escapes seasickness. One
such was among the passengers on the
occasion OF my last trip. This lady
considerably explained to us that she
owed her exemption from this evil to
the fact that from childhood up she
had been accustomed to yachting, re-
mark which gave us an insight into
her luxurious surroundings at home,
and when afterwards, In commenting
on the way the food was put on the
table, she remarked how hard it was
for one who had the same cook for
eighteen years to put up with ship fare,
the
Picture OF MsgniHcenee
was complete and we felt, of course,
greatly honOred in having her COM
pany for little while. Seriously speak
IhSf thou6ht stdsiChuc-6 III kTchItT OF
less measure is the well nigh universal
penalty Of all who subject themselves
to the rolling and pitching Of an ocean
steamer, and the only relief Is in keep
ing the system open. This should Be
attended to sometime before embarking
and every day Of the voyage, more
especially on the first three days. On
the Importance Of this all experienced
travellers are agreed. To attain this de.
sirable condition some effort will be
necessary in nearly every ease, a. ship
life tends invaribly to produce an oppo-
site condition Of the system, but the
benefits will abundsnuy compensate
for the exertion, as the writer well
knows both from observation and ex.
perience. There are visionary souls
who think that the rapid improve
ments being made in ocean navigation
will finally develop some method by
which the cause Of seasickneas, viz,