St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-28

freight, to separate, each going its own
way, than for one to move slowly away
on bright cheerful morning leaving
friends and relatives
Safely on Land.
We were anchored an hour, and doz-
Gus of men were kept busy all that time
removing luggage from one to the
other. Besides the other freight, we
had $3.50, in Mexican coin, all of
which was transferred to the English
steamer. l was sorry the channel had
to be passed through at night, as
wanted to see it all. But | woke up
enough to know that it was delightfully."-
smooth, and thaton account of the fog
we had to stop about four hours, thus
bringing us to Bremen Haven at mid
night last night instead OF earlier in the
afternoon. Thursday morning was de-
lightful, but in the afternoon it was
most terribly rough. We were calmly
eating our supper on deck when the
ship gave fearful lurch and over my
friend went, chair in one direction, sup,
per in another and she Sprawling on the
deck. 1t was the most ridiculous spec
tacle you can imagine, but she enjoyed
the laugh as much as anyone. The
waves came so high that they almost
washed small child
Off the Deck,
but you should have seen how grand
the ocean was. Later on in the
evening, we girls had a good soaking.
too, which was totally unexpected, as
the sea was supposed to have become
calmer
wen, altogether. my voyage to Eu-
rope was most enjoyable one. and [
can look back upon it as being one of
the most, if not the most charming ex-
perience of my life. l only wish it had
been two weeks longer. We were
awakened at this morning, had break
fast at $50, and stepped off the Lain on
to steamboat in the middle of the
| river which took us to Bremen Haven.
There we experienced the delights of
A Customs House.
Everything went through all right,
even my camera, at which they were at
| first disposed to be suspicious, except a
| few crackers one of the girls had, which
| they Immediately took possession of.
| 1t was our belief that the poor things
were starved. They certainly looked
| it. From there we had 'first-cIass''
special train to Bremen. which didn't
cost us cent, belonging as it did to our
steamer tickets. We left Bremen proper
| at 10. The country we traversed was
| mostly barren, but L won't attempt to
describe this tour to you, feeling sure
| that you must be now quite worn out
after reading such lengthy document.
In Venetian Style.
This is reproductive age. l went
into house the other day aud sat in q
hail chair upholstered. Venetian style,
! in what appeared to be grand old Italian
leather; 1t was not 1t was stamped
| paper. AT the window hung shades i'm
what looked like Holland linen; but it
| was simply paper. The wall things
were in the friable, hard baked, ceramic
| sort that seemed as though transferred
from Cordoyan cottage; paper again.
At the windows a soft, sacerdOtal light
| stole in through what was apparently
stained glass; but it was colOred oil
| paper.
| The ceiling was in heavy cross-bars
in relief, like medieval rafters; again
| paper. On the walls hung a breast
| plate. crossed with arms which spoke of
| the days of heraldry and romance. But
they, like the rest, were only paper.
| Papler mache,I ought to say, for it is in
| this pulpy condition that paper is first
| worked to mold it to the hundred and
| one purposes it now serves. A bronze
! plaque, a foot and a half of surface
| diameter, the head of Shakespeare. or
any other subject in relief, is worth
about 500. The other dayawe saw one
| of the most perfect reproductions mag
Unable in this paper mache for 81 Be
sides PLAQUES, armor is made of this
paper mache-shieIds, breastplates,
statuary and anything of this sort, with
price In the aboee proportions.