Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-18

| II is noticeable that the majority of smoking
| room cranks (where the bar is the chief at
traction) belong to the land of the free and thu
home of the brave. and have jolly-good-fel-
| low way OF Shaping strangers on the back with
| the remark. Come p n what will you take?'
At night when the stewards cry of III o'clock
| all lights out" has banished these bacchanal-
| ians from the lair of the serpent that stingeth
| like an adder. they repair to tile upper deck
and make night hideous by lively carols with
choruses attached-as if there were no nervous
women on board trying vainly to WOO tired ma
lures sweet restorerl Last midnight some
hOarse but loyal Briton set up a feeble ''God
Save the Queen" as the very last shot in his
| locker. Thereupon patriotic Hoosier. more
than half seas over" insisted on winding up
with chant to the Bird of Liberty"
But you cawn't do it, said Mr.. English
man. Nevaw do, you know, to sing anything
after the national anthem" We'll see if we
can't. sneered the doughty scion of Uncle
Sam. who thereupon proceeded to howl Hail
Columbia" and the Star Spangled Banner
TILL the wee sma' hours.
The diary cranks are with US, too-mostly
maidens still in the salad stage well past
the age ''uncertain"-who sit all day with stubs
of pencils in their mouths and soulful gaze
fixed out at sea; the coquettish widow who
Changes her gowns three times day; the
grande dame. probably from some oil. pork
packing or mining region. laden, even at break
fast time. with q gorgeous store of diamonds,
evidently not inherited the dignified crank,
bow-windowed and gold-spectacled, who deigns
not to speak to any fellow mortal unless prop
ery introduced. and the man who speaks to
every one on the slightest provocation or on no
prOyocation at all.
FLIRTING sPANIsH-AMERICANs
The principal rarity of the genus crank to be
found in this part of the world is the Spanish
American, with plenty of the warm sun and
rich vintage of the south in his veins-dark-
eyed. passionate, tickle as the winds and
unstable as the sands, to whom perpetual love-
making is As essential as the air he breathes.
He gazes at the pretty girls with that fixed and
ardent stare which in his own country is
intended and received merely as a tribute to
beauty. Should the embarrassed object of his
ogiing retire in desperation to her state room
she will gain little thereby, for the satellite
will follow and prance to and fro before her
door for hours together, occasionally pressing
his small right hand to the region of his heart
and heaving sghs heavy enough to change the
course of the ship. TO close the door means
suffocation, and the only alternative is to
remain totally deaf and blind, or to drape
shawl across the portal and hide behind its
folds.
AS the weather grows warmer on our south
ward way every one of these firtatious Span
lsh-Americans provokingly enhances his fasci-
nations by donning coat of pale yellow silk,
the universal neglige of the Panamaian. which
sets off wonderfully well his olive skin and
brilliant eyes. The Englishmen, too, bloom
out III suits of white or cream-hued flannel. low
shoes of white canvas and dainty hose to
match their dainty ties.
DRESS AND LUGGAGE.
A few hints as to dress and luggage may be
appreciated by those who design coming this
way. First, bring just as little as possible and
having reduced your fancied needs to a mini
mum. go over the list again and prune out
another third. Prepare to wear under fiannels
a N " hat latI
at sea, with the heaviest hose. Even in tropi-
cal ports light woolens are necessary. Many a
case of fever, vOmitivo. and death might have
been prevented by warding OFF the fatal chill
which the slightest breeze may bring when one
Is drenched with the excessive perspiration in
duced by uuaccustumed heat.
Except the fanne.s aforesaid and one warm
wrap. no heavy garments are needed anywhere
IN South America and very few OF what are
called summer clothes":a judicious compro-
mise being best, of such garments as would be
suited III the average days of May and Sep
TENDER In the northern states.
\ sea chest or low trunk made to slip
under the berths of ocean steamers, is a very
great convenience, obviating the necessity of
going down into the hot hold and overhaulng
your well-packed Saratoga, rs passengers are
usually allowed to do at stated intervals. Be
sure TO put into the chest a comfortable WOODEN
wrapper off you are woman. in which YOU
tumble about in your berth with impunity
II afflicted with laZiness or NAL do mer. Per-
NIT me to add that your robe de mutt should
also be woolen-the heavier the better for ship
board, where the linen sheets are ALWAYS
clammy with dampness and the finest half-sllk
baby flannel" If you are esthetic, for shore.
Besides a few changes of raiment the sea
trunk should also be furnished with writing
materials a book or two and box of simple
medicines, put up by your home physician. not
forgetting camphOr, ammonia. Jamaica ginger,
qunine. &c. BE sure to provide a wide
hFImmGn hat IA 1ay thory
waters and pretty WOODEN fascinator or other
warm and becoming covering for the head to
WeardurIng chilly evenings Remember. too,
that throughout all Spanish-America women
are no more expected 10 enter a church with
hats on theft heads than men are; and to spare
yourself the modification OF being obliged to
take of your bonnet at the door of being
scowled at upon all sides, if not actually
dered out, brIrg scarf or mantIlla OF black
lace. y friend of mine III South America not
having man;illa at hand, ripped the lace
founce off an old black dress cut it into
squares and thus made herself as piously pre-
scntable as any Peruana.
SOME or THE ''DoST's"
In the line OF "dont's''-whateyer you neg
lect, don't fail to purchase a cane reclining
chair and warm rug (they may always be found
on the wharf. for sale at reasonable prices)
for IN their ownership lies the greatest COM
fort OF long voyage and afterward they can
world over. Don't forget to fee your table
waiter well at the start and to indicate to the
stewardess that she viii be rewarded for extra
services, and to make friends" at once with
the captain and purser, especially the latter
Don't be so poky to be entirely inaccessible
TO chance acquaintance, and for goodness
sake don't stand confessed a bowling idiot
by changing your gowns two three times
a day, as If you were at fashionable hotel
instead Of u pilgrim on the worlds highway.
The first .07S miles our course lies almost
due south, along the 18th parallel. About $50
miles from New York We find ourselves abreast
Cape Hatteras, where the usual rough seas re-
mind one of the sailors tradition. If the Ber-
mudas let You pass, you must beware of HATTIE
ras
sudden warming of the atmosphere an
nounces Enthusiastically when the guilt stream is
entered-that mysterious current upon whose
course so much OF life and verdure depends
Precisely 99S miles from the Goddess of Lib
erty and her urlitted torch lies San Salvador
the little island where Columbus made his first
landing In the new world. Some sacrilegious
Yankee of later days has dubbed it ''Watling's
Island. but for ourselves, readers NINE let us
stand by the ancient name conferred by the
great dIscoverer as he knelt under the shadow
OF the cross.
BIT OF BRITISH LAND.
Passing this historic bit Of land whose fash
Light may be seen far over the ocean, a run of
50 miles brings US close TO the revolving beacon
on Bird rock. Like others of the Bahama