The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-10
FROM MIR. HALSTEAD.
The Editors Trip Across the
Atlantic in December.
PASSENGER LOST OVERHEARD.
The Fun From Marhattan to Gibraltar
Beauty OF the Azores IsIands-A
Great Storm 1T Sea.

November = the month when the mel
aacholy days come, irrespective Of politi-
cal affiliations, and the moarae-s Of
the party besten u the elections 90 about
the streets. The amour. Of sorrow, 10
matter which side gets the better Or :he
worst Of It. Is about the same. The corn
IS hard n the feds: the frosts mar come
never 50 keen nov, but vii co no harm. TIE
harves.s are home; the wheat Is sown for
next year. The fodder and hay are sweet
IN the shock and in the stack The con-
gress Of the presidential year Is about 70
assemble The president Is writing his
message. The speaker Of the House viii
want month 20 prepare list OF as CON-
mitress. One Who was too busy for q
summer vacation may take winter re-
cess. The war 10 be on. OF the war Of let
ters and kilograms for week Is 70 PIT 20
sea and spend the time crossing the At
lantic, which has recently, through excess
Of newspaper enterprise and teIegrzphic fs-
cilisies. gained 3 greater reputation for
boisterous conduct than Il deserves and ret
one mus: not expect in the north temper
ate zone. Just az this tirne, TO sail on
silken summer seas, under blue and gold
and silver satin skies, as il Is said some
good folks would ike 10 60 to heaven on
fowery beds Of ease One must expec. to
have under his eyes the grand and somber
picture 30 strongly sketched IN Bryantis
fine line, 'tOld oceans grey and rneIan-
choly waste" and 70 hear in the iron rig
ging Of the steamer the deep moan OF the
stormy winds. There is a theory tina.
there are softer airs and smoother waters
70 be encountered during midEinter in
approaching Europe through the southern
rather than the northern gates, and hence
the North German lines happy thought
OF boats painted white and running every
fortnight TO the Mediterranean. The i'm
mediate success Of the enterprise
Is the proof OF the sagacity OF the
suggestion. In this connection
/ shave had two surprises one
when calling at the Office, . Bowling Green,
70 engage passage, 20 find all the rooms
bat two taken on the FuIda, four weeks
before the day for her departure (Noven-
be- 2s). and the other 70 see startling evil
dence 81 the dock that the Italians migrate
as well as emigrate in focks, like the quail
OF Sicily, that go as the wind blows around
The central sea. and after many adventures
ind their way across continents to the old
home nests.
Il Is Just IS wei, when you have 70 pas.
through lower New York in q cab with two
trunks and two bundles 70 catch steamer.
to give yourself an extra hour for possible
blockades. The cab and hack, cart. car.
carriage. wagon and dray drivers Of the
metropolis require 3 certain considerable
percentage OF time 10 entangle and disen-
tangie themselves, and they appear 20 pur-
sue system known 70 them only,
The police render casual assistance.
but would do well 10 LEI the voters
who are their masters alone. The vigor Of
discussion among the drivers is enhanced
by authoritative interference with the Gus
toms Of the country. The prevalent feel
ing IN blockade IN New York or London
IS anger; in Paris sorrow is paramount.
The drivers mourn over each other. In
Berlin such nonsense is not permitted. It
Is opposed 10 imperial policy.
At the Hoboken docks there was an
authoritative German who flung open the
doors OF the carriage and asked, ''Fulda or
Ems?" Starting together, the Fulda was
for Genoa and the Ems for Bremen.
''Fulda" was the response in nv case. 7
was this time for the Mediterranean rather
than the North sea. There wa. an I'M
rEense and intense crowd; the tragic part
1AA-o k-A-t never commonplace. the fond
lingering embraces. the fervent shaking of
hands, the kisses and tears; the table of
the ship loaded with flowers: the hurry-
ing stewards; the precipitation OF trunks
+. marked Tor the cabin into the hold: the
sea charts made fat 10 slide under the
oerths, bat nearly always az least half an
inch too high; the man distracted because
his favorite piece Of baggage is not in his
berth; the worried woman whose shawl
straps, full Of wraps. she is sure are far
aStray and never more 10 be seen; the ta-
bic IN the cabin, spread with last letters
and teIegrams-precious remembrances
from distant homes; the clang OF a bell
and the dismal clangor OF 3 gong. reoujr-
ing those who are not TO make the VOYAGE
70 hasten down the gaugH2v; the very
latest arrivals; the believing adrnonitICn
OF the steam whistles; the waving Of hand
kerchlefs and hats ana throwing of kisses:
the first turn OF the screw. the nm
expectedly quick movement of the shin:
passionate cries and gestures: Cood-bve
ana farewell; the abandonment of grief:
the glddy leYlty OF the though.iess: the
hungry look once more ct the loved faces.
that fade IN moment as you so from
them, Il may be for wears and i may ha
forever he ship IS IN the river, between
painting tugs that soon yank her around.
i on can see io- half minute the blur Of
faces and hats and bonnets and hau6k.r-
chieiS, and then they are swallowed M in
lllsE so liant You had not noticed IL
Ahen New York IS seen as in Turner
picture; the new and lofty structures far
uS~h town pass IS = pano-ama-the
goiden MuSc0ylte dome Of the Horlf the
Iamllar spIre OF Trinity, the towering
arches of the bridge, and the steel we5
| that connects them with a wonderful
combination Of grace and strength: the
ArouekIe dats on BROOKLYN Heights. the
long rows OF massive stores that seem
TO tell Of Brooklyn rs the great city.
| the famous Statue Of Liberty christening
/ the World, that no one believes is three
hundred anu TWENTY-FIVE feet high. for IL i
dWarled by the immensely of its associa-
uonS, and You do not behold its majesty
and beauty until the pleasant hills Of
| Staten Island are seen on the right. and
'he am towers and gigantic hotels of
Ioney Island loom ike a mirage On the
LETT. Here IS Sandy Hook. " here the wind
has such D,ld way OF lowing IN the
I weather reports; ana yonder Is the dark
Inc OF l1e coast Of Long Island and the
stormy sea : right ahead All There i
pilot boat Is, and crawling across the swell
/ ing waters like a hig cricket IS a heayx,
yawl The pilot Is about 20 leave rs. and Il
We ave ne shall see Gibraltar. barring acci-
dents that drive u into exile on the Azores.
There have been busy pens and pencils in
the cabin, and the pilot has a bag of let
tiers that he sends into the boat first. and
| thaE IS the last Of IL on one side OF the big
/ pond. And thinking Of that, il occurs n
me IL is precisely this idea Of our e,luiva-
iency with all Europe thar Is SO exaspe-at-
ing 10 Europeans. When I'VE. the Teonle
/ Of the aIted States. assumes coolly. and
( wan no thought OF vanity or eEusiOu Of
pride, but IN the most natural way. that
We are match Tor ali Europe, and the