Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-07-24
BoVDl1CH, WEBSTER Z co.

BOVDlfCH, WEBSTER ( co.
Why, l answered, with tears in my eyes,
that it was daisy, and took hold awfuily
nice. Who could help weeping under the
circumstances? Not L. He finally fin
ished, squirted some of the most disgusting
perfume over my face and head. combed
my head and parted my hair in the middle,
and the deed was done. jumped from the
chair, left shilling in his palm, and made
a bee line for the smoking room and took
to drink-if there is anything in this world
that will make man take to drink, think
a shave of that kind will do it, and forthwith
proceeded to demolish two whole bottles of
ginger beer. l swore off shaving during the
remainder of the trip, and that dear fellow of
barber wondered, innocently, why SO
many people shaved themselves or went
without shaving.
The English are proverbially queer.
can prove that they are not bashful, that
they are o,eJulty social, and still they can
be hogs.
The fourth day out, one of the under
stewards came around looking after tickets
took out my Cooks membership cards, and
UeIOTt L COulu get Oul rear JlCket, He
said, "That is all right, Mr.. Vickery," and
left me. That friday night, we retired
about ten o'clock, and left the door of our
room hasped back about six inches to get
some air. About IL o'clock, the door was
unhasped, two men came in without even
knocking, turned on the electric light, looked
around, saw me in the under berth, and de-
manded my ticket. | asked him why he
did not wait and get it in the afternoon in
stead of coming in the night after it. He
said he thought had a pass. l told him it
was a strange freak of mine, but that | was
paying my own fare this time, and that
had purchased return passage on the Um-
bria, in New York, fearing that | might get
broke over there and have no money to get
back with. He smiled and again asked for my
ticket | asked him if he were going ashore,
for if he was not, would carry the ticket
around in the morning.
He evidently thought / was joking, and
with about six "beg pardons, said that he
really would like my ticket, as he wished to
finish, that night, that part of the steamer.
l told him if he would hand me my vest |
would give it to him. The vest was hang
ing on a hook at the top of the room almost.
He climbed up and got it, nearly stepping
on my wife's head, Is she was lying on the
sofa, rs it was cooler than the berth. L
gave him the tickets he replaced the vest,
turned off the light, rehasped the door and
after begging pardon about dozen times,
was about to bid us good night, when l
asked him to come again-to come any
night and never stop to knock, but come
right in. He looked at me in kind of
dszed way, begged my pardon again and
bid me good night. Now. Mr.. Editor, is
there anything bashfM about that, and
wasn't it a,ofuliy social?
That an Englishman can be hog | will
show you. On the steamer were 35 stu
dents from Amherst College. They were a
club going across to give vocal and instru-
mental concerts in Europe during their va
cation. Before leaving New York, they
had programmes printed for concert Sat
urday evening on board the "Auranis, for
the benefit of the Sailors Orphans Homes
of America and England. Time came, the
concert was given, and first-class affair 1t
was. At head Of programme was 1.-The
Star SpsrQled Banner. and at the close
was"God Save the Queen" After perform
ING the programme to the concluding piece,
MI. Giilig of the Merchants Exchange,
London, on behalf of the Cunard Company,
arose and announced that before the con-
Guiding piece, collection would be taken
for the orphan homes of England and
Americs-two-thirds to 20 to England and
one-third to America. He got no fsrther
than that when a gentleman from New York
was on his feet protesting against the dis
elimination against America, and said the
division should be equal, and that he, and
he hoped no American, would not contribute
IN any other terms. Mr.. Gillig explained that
that was the invariable rule of the Cunard
Company. The gentleman from New YORK
said:
"Here we have concert, every artist CIV
inc II il from "Old" Amherst and are every
one Americans, the audience is entirely
American, and every cent that goes into
that collection will be American money
we are willing to be liberal and dlvlde
sonslly with England, but | believe no
american present viii stultify himself or
herself by giving cent, unless half shall
~ 70 America" The Cunard Company
found itself in box, and MIR. Giilig
annoucned that vote OF tine auoiehce
sbonld decide the matter. When the yeas
we're called on the question as to wnetnef
America should have half or not, the yen
that went up was loud enough to nearly III
the roof off the saloon. When noes were
c.l,ea there was not one. That settled tine
onast;on. but it left in my mind the fact
,h.t the English could be hogs where Amer
;ca is concerned.
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