The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-12

part OF June, 1871. smith ana had finished
dinner and strolled to Dupont Circle. While
lounging on one of the seats the subject of a
trip 10 Europe was brought up. 81 mean to go
this summer" said Smith, "and you'd better
decide to go with me. 1t will be tiresome
travelling alone, and there will be many ad-
vantages in travelling together. We can have
a jolly time, old man, so come along; say you'll
GO"
Cant afford it this summer, Fam afraid"
said l. May go in year from now, though"
"1t won't cost you any more this summer
than next,' continued Smith, ''and the sooner
you take the trip the sooner you will have the
benefit of the education it will be to you.
Make up your mind to go. 1t will be more
economical to take the trip together than to
take II at different times. Well have jolly
time" His reasoning seemed sound and |
finally promised to go with him. Wehad three
months vacation and it would begin in about
two weeks. We therefore set eagerly about
looking up our route. After consulting
number of books on "Traveling Abroad"
"Short Trips "Nacations in Europe,n etc,
We finally selected an itinerant, which in
cluded nearly all points of interest in England,
Scotland, Germany, Austria, Belgium. Hol-
land, Switzerland, Italy, and France. We
modified this itinerary little and concluded
TO follow it. Accordingly on the morning of
June, Is we packed each little hand bag-our
only baggage--and took the Fourteenth street
car ST Q street, for the B. e. o. station. We
left Washington about 10 a. m. and arrived
in New York at 3 in the afternoon. We
meant TO make the trip an experiment in
economical travelling and we therefore en-
gagged passage on the State Of Georgia, of the
State line. Upon our arrival in New York we
Went to the company's Office and secured
berlhs Nos.7 and s, after which we crossed over
to Brooklyn and took look at the ship upon
which we were to make the passage
II whs not a palatial steamer. Palatial
steamers don't carry cabin passengers to Glas-
gov and return for $65, the price of our round
trip tickets. The ship was about 3,500-ton-
ner and seemed thoroughly seaworthy. We
went aboard as she lay at her pier in the hot
afternoon sun, and the commingled odor of
paint, grease, steam, tar, and dozen of other
lndescrbable smells peculiar to ships which
We encountered on that vessels were more
unique than agreeable. l did not linger. We
went ashore and strolled up town to the cor
ner OF Warren and Clinton streets, where we
found clearinghouse. We stopped and
asked for lodging and were given a nice room
on the first floor. We took wash, but L was
depressed. The thought of being incarcerated
in that ship for twelve or fourteen days was
not pleasing. / remember my first transatlan-
tic voyage. | am Il laudlubber by nature and
by birth. My experience with water has been
extremely limited. | never even learned to
SWIM; o1I uau poeItc lueaS OF the dark blue
ocean 5 roll" etc. Did | think | would be
seas OK? Not l. That might be expected of
women and weaklings, but seasick? Why,
the thought was too ridiculous. I had, in
fact, never found man on land who had ever
been seasick. ''Seasick ~ they would say
"Wny, no not L; 1t is not my style. | have
crossed the Atlantic seven or eight times, been
IN the dercest storms, and crossed the Channel
when tie captain and / were the only people
able 10 be on deck, and we only able to re-
main there by lashing ourselves to the railing.
and never felt jollier in my life Do YOU
know, he would continue, this fine sailor on,
ld6d, 81 think seasickness is wholly imag-
1na1ion" And so all the twenty or
more people interviewed never knew
what il was 10 be sessick. have since found
out that ten out of every twelve people who
cross the ocean do occasionally get seasick, and
the question that puzzles me is what becomes
OF these people on land L have seen whole
ship loads of people so seasick that they wished
themselves dead, and where these people keep
themselves on land is mystery TOO deep for
my poor human intellect to solve. Smith had
never been seasck, in fact this was to be his
first voyage. He is not naturally boastful and
when Ihe subject was mentioned made no
boasts OF his anti-marine qualities except to
smile IL superior manner. was frank with
him, always am under the circumstances
Wien / 90 aboard | now tell my fellow
passengers ! am not good sailor | op-
proach them with sad sweet smile and tell
them frankly that expect to be seasick Oh!
horribly seasck and they always believe me
On my first voyage, / was Joyous at the
thought Of " Bounding DER the pillows bluen
(How ! have thirsted for the warm life gore
OF all ocean poets) and | would conjure up
visions OF moonlight nights, silVery waves
phosphorescence, and all that, while sat on
deck sleoklng my cigar and musing on the
fairy ,lene. ! seldom smoke on land; it makes
me SICK, Dut Of course l mast smoke thought
i, on tbs voyage. | accordingly laid IN
STOCK OF cigars-btg cigars, little cigars, strong
cigars, mild cigars, imported and domestic two
for five and Ia few two for twenty-five How
enjoyed those cigars-before | went aboard.
On the morning the ship was to sail, L was
down at the pier before any one else. |
stroiled about the dock for an hour or two
anG lben the trunks began TO arrive then
few passengers and finally went aboard.
l staggered about the vessel with nv hat
perched on the back of my head and one of
my cigars in my mouth. did not care par-
ticularly for that cigar, but attributed my lack
of interest in the matter to the fact that we
had not yet the benefit Of a stiff sea breeze aud
arolliug sea. / never think of that time now
but ] hastily arrive at the conclusion that /
was the bullyist idiot on the globe held en-
to that cigar till ] felt pale and then thought
/ would wait till got out at sea, did; and
when we arrived at Liverpool | gave the
steward what cigars j had left. He seemed
surprised al my generosity, for with the ex-
eeption Of one cigar | gave him the whole
stock I purchased in New York The one he
didn't get ! attempted to smoke before the
ship left her pier.
We were Twelve days making the passage.
was either sea-sick outright or uncomforta-
bic eleven days and tWenty-three hours.
felt fairly comfortable half an hour after leaY-
ing New York and another half hour before
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