Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-29
CROSSING TIE OCEAN.
A Richmond Girls First impress
sions of "A Trip Abroad.
(t'Or The Dispatch.

For the INST three DAYS out on the bitd'
Hamburg American steamer melancholy
marked me tor her own" and l regard
81 ou Neptune a. my arcn eu-my. Bat
he melancholy passed, as things have a
habit OF doing. my appetite reasserted
ITSELF and Richard" was himself again
But Tor those three days | never saw
for a little while the inside OF the din
ing-room. for TO me 1t was yeritable
chamber of horrors. on one occasion
was enticed and invegled down 20 din
ner. and there | sat at the grooming
board" groaning inwardly myself while
kind % friends urged me 10 TRY soup
have roast beef" etc, etc. til at last
my outraged stomach could brook no
more, and rising fed precipitately'
emitting the courteous "gesegnete.
mahlzelt," waving the stewards as de
and longing only for solitude. Truly,
may il be said when one first sets sail
on the high seas. man wants but little
here below, nor wants that little long"
The time came. however. when | could
gaze with perfect equanimity upon the
heayng ocean. the white-tpped pillows,
and the tipsy deck. Charming weather
fell 10 our lot, and We improved the
shining hours Of the long June days by
playing shuhe-board and pitching quoits
Switchboard is a rather heating exer-
.Arff 0AA WAS fritilallF Mr4t0iilt lot iAlAl
reason. The weather. as rule, gets
extremely cold as soon as the steamer is
Well out Of sight Of land.
There was always a ripple Of excite
ment among the passengers when a
steamer was sighted. and ev when only
ones smokestacks were visible the voy-
ayers troopod gayly 20 the side where
a great pointing and gesticulating and
| borrowing Of hell-glasses ensued. Every
one declared he saw the ship and most
/ people did not Porpo ses were always
an event. and were greeted with en-
/ thusiasm. and II IS really very amusing
/ 10 watch them jumping and swimming
along the steamers side.
Then comes a day when there are
neither ships nor PROPOSES. only blue
ocean ard blue sky, and a lady remarks
/ that we're nothing 10 do but "sit around
and hate each other" 4 bright remark.
/ only / had heard II before somewhere.
| The aforesaid lady is one who looks
/ excessively young but VINO has great.
feet 10 inches daughter rejoicing in an
lnfantile name. How Is 10 that these
large women are always called MauIie,
| Daisy. or Oracle, while the tiny ones
! have imposing names, Ike Diana and
| Hortense? The mamma Of this especial
| 5-foot tenner poses as br7'ny. has writ
I ten a n0yel, and goes IN for rights"
| Nevertheless, she Is not above putting
little rouge on her cheeks and bronze
on her hair. so l dare say the country
Is safe.
CHARMING ACQUAINTANCES.
picked up novel on board, but found
IL not half so interesting as two charm
ing girls whose Acquaintance l made on
the second day out The elder sister 4.
quite a beauty. with a piquant face anc
Ia aHa
I'm the Dresden gallery. / am not IN,
only one who thinks her lovely. The
story runs, that, once upon a time.
man, rich and young. died from pistol
shot fired by his own hand, and d
FOR the lovely face with the arching
brows.
Fancy the delight Of real live
euchre-party. IN a floating drawing
room. with music from the fog-horn
This pleasure was ours one night in mid
ocean. and the pleasure OF winning th.
first prize was mine True. ITS intrinsic
value was not great. Il was only Tenor
pig, with bead eyes and string tal
qnd soon his beauty vanished lie faded
Ike a flower. till, al last, be was con
signed 10 a watsry grave, but when
won and wore him happiness was mine
on that gala occasion we did not retire
tV - o'cl0ck-quite late for US, who
Usually went below at the seemly houl
OF 10.
4 dear old gentleman from Newport
created much excitement one day b.
declaring he had sighted whale anC
shared in the general rush TO see th'
grand sight. But, alas. we saw him not
II il was a whale. he withdrew WIZ
modest precipitation. but the crowd unite,
in declaring that our far-seeing trienC
had them"
As though this were not excitement
enough for one day. a lovely. big steamer
.ove in sight. and turned out to be ont
Z the North German Lloyd cuttins
through the waves as fast as she codlS
toward the Land Of the free"
one day | was assisted down TO IN
hold. and in that weird place full o
quaint and curious odors," with darl
forms climbing and crawling over stacks
II luggage. | opened my trunk. A de
icious fragrance OF sachet drtted out
and my !aces and ribbons .ooked Ike
things too frail for this world. So
captured my cloak and oVershoes, an'
shut my hnery away once more in III
darkness. T. H. H.