The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-07-11
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Summer Sail Between Two Continents
Reetion OF France Anoat-'odda and
HndA OF Ocean Travel,

lte mOnlHh lpf cfohblnB the ALlhnllO
aud every ateamer going from America
10 France has Its full compliment OF
pasaengeTa, This year all the lines are
pushed 10 their utmost capacity, 10
transport the people going 70 tho Paris
Exposition, They arc docking over by
the teus OF thousands and viii carry
millions OF money out OF tho country.
The only benefit the United States has
of this migration Ii through the rail.
roads which carry the crowds 10 the
aeaboard, All the ocean carrying trade
10 IN the hands of foreign nations.
Even the United States malls are In the
hands Of the French, British and Ger.
mans,
America, with every resource and
material NJ hand, should cover the
ocean with her fleets, Now she has
hampered her ship builders 10 such AN
extent that she has neither traffic nor
commerce to support her position
among tho nations.
"La BTetagne," OF the French Mall
Line, on which we have Just arrived NJ
llayre, 10 one OF the llneat ocean OF
steamers, In her management, crew,
language, custom and passengers, she
10 Il section OF France ailOat. She Ia an
iron vessel, three hundred feet long,
with two main decks aud three amaller
electric llghta In every salon and cabin,
with bath rooms and all the equipments
OF first class hoieli capacity, 10000
tons, Each OF the ordinary first class |
cabins have an upper and lower berth
ana q dressing case containing mirror
drawers, fuldlNg shelves, water works
and oil other toilet cOnyenlences. Each
berth costs 500 American money,
about two'thlrds mort than on the |
british llnea, owing 10 Incidental com
forts Of service aud attendance. Then |
there Aru larger rooms, lifted up with |
sofas tables aud 80 on, prices ranging |
from $50 10 $500, which may bo OcCu' |
pied 10y one or more persons, All were
lllltd coming over
The salon, or main cabin, or dining |
cabin and grand slairwayg are luxurl- |
Ously lllled up, with mirrors, oil palnt. |
lngS aud aumptuoua furniture, Pas
6rngers af6 numbered aud meals are
served 40 oil hours OF the day, begin.
ming with u roll aud cup Of cOilee,
brought early 10 your berth, according
To Fftrch custom, Az breakfast and
dinner Wluea are served free. The
walters speak no English Out the menu
IS printed Ia French and English, and
thpht WHO cannot speak French Can
point To tho dish they would like TO
Il lye served,
Tho second class passengers are In
the stern Of the vessel and have their
uwn dining room 0ud walters, Their
food Is plainly served and the diahos
art iuS, The accommodations are
more Ike our lake vessels, The third
class, or strerage presents the usual
horrors Of ptOmiBGuOug CgOWdlng, bad
iGcll5 and threHdbarr distress.
LA lirrHgu5' canned over three
hundred and slxtyllyH passengers OF
.le llrst class, aud SIX hundred Of the
lNCpnd and third. All European M.
lDn1lltleg were represented, Belonging
o the sea6oard The great proportion
NCre French, Italians and Spanish
'Ntcsmen, residents In the United
,apes aud Cuba, returning with their
antilles, 10 visit their native land
'Ome were gong from New York TO
lace their children IN converts and
Ollegna, We hnd an Abbott, an AbleIs,
WU priests aud three sisters of Chanty.
hey proved themHrYeh the most de.
Iyh1ul of fellow travellers, rs they were
lwNys In good humOr aud never sen
lcE,
From this terrible malady few were
Ermpt, although tho iron vessels have
alr motion nnd no no time were there
ny bad storms, Contrary % eXpeCta.
IONS your correspondent was among
hose who enjoyed The voyage and never
lidled meM All owing TO a strict
Of the rule for sea voyages !
Keep Ia the fresh air, aud never let |
our utomach go empty"
Those who yielded 10 the first faint =
'ellugs and retired to their cabins aud
fused to ent, had sorry time Of II. y
hlee were scores of passengers who
ever saw the sen In the whole of our
ght days voyage, Y
We had few Incidents on the trip, !
Though In passing tho Gulf Stream =
. SAT al day In tho bow 0t the boat y
alchlng for iCebergs aud whales. y
he steamer we pissed at Sandy Hook !
as badly stove up by her encounter =
ith an Iceberg aud "La liretagnc' .
ieled south In her track in COnse. .
lence The captain sighted one at y
'rat distance, Our day In the Gulf .
ream was ntolcmbly warm and heavy
raps laid aside, but when the North. n
ester began TO blow and the fog TO Il
lther IN later days of our passage we
'uld not get wraps enough, !,
The passing Of q ship at sea Ia always Il
VI Of Interest and we enjoyed the sight II
yeral times, They were usually sey. ID
vi miles away and the salutes were by D
gnals.
4 sea voyage Is not without its 70. T.,
ance and The writer of this has :,
lOwledgo of ~ least one engagement v
nde and broken IN our week OF travel. u
ne of the principals was an English D
RI, who had much 10 say about the n
girls being 80 free" IL Ia =,
,ubtfnl " even one Of our American ''
rect eur llirts could beat this time. o
Among the "Catchers" aboard was II
I'm Jacob Astor Jr,, u callow youth, 81
K feet two Ia his stockings, wearing d II
Tin neck-tie, u seed'pearl pin and q ;,
lg studded with sOlltalres The pret. VI
American girls swarmed around
m In the day time and at night abused q,
m In their cabins. The BARONESS dc o,
thompson aud her pretty daughter h
amed aud smiled and captured the =,
lung man nj lunch. To his credit ~
II said, he wasted none Of the pnter. II
u estates on any, neither In the way c,
champagne, lemonade, nor et cetelas. q
The gaming table had It's patrons q,
cry night, American poker claiming ~
% majority of victims. The playing "
emit on in the smoking room, under o
q electric lights of the middle deck,
Tie frequented, except by those who
ould try their luck Large sums were
st and won every night.
There was some reading and n little
'odlework among the ladies', But the