The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-14

a transatlantic grey hound that
swung away from her pier last. Satur-
day carried. among other passengers.
a party of five young women who, by
special arrangement, had their bicycles
stored in their state rooms They
managed this by firmly lettering the
safeties to number of hooks in the
wallis of their tiny sleeping apartments.
DECK RACES.
Now in reality" said a good natured
stewardess, who had been assisting in
this operation, those machines ought
to have been Grated and slowed below,
but the young ladies not only wish TO
have them handy to strike out on their
wheeling toIr directly the vessel
reaches her dock. but they intend to
have race OH the ships deck.
1t will be allowed, the promenade
deck is wide, some afternoon steamer
chair loungers viii clear a way and
the bicycle race will be welcomed as
a delightful contrast TO the hackneyed
concert. We had one the last trip over,
in which nearly dozen young men
and women took part. Everybody
bought the right to make guesses as
to the prospective winning among the
various participants. on the payment of
% cents and the proceeds were turned
into the steamers fund. There was a
huge ribbon badge given the young
man and the young woman, setected
by the voters to defend the choice of
the passengers and then he and she
retained their badges or handed them
over to whoever proved, against wind
and wave, to be the speediest cycler in
the racing contingency.
As far as l know bicycle racing is
about the newest diversion offered yet
for amusing our ships passengers,
continued the friendly stewardess, for
no matter how quick the voyage there
is always great majority, most
especially the young people, who. di-
rectly they struggle up from their sea
sickness, demand recreation in some
form or other. They are not content
to roll away in rugs in a sheltered cor
ner and read novels as the ideal
Traveller does, but American wise de-
mand diversion and exert their wits
to find amusement pretty much after
the fashion of all land lubbers.
PROVIDED BY THE SHIP.
OF course it didn't take long for the
steamship companies to recognize their
duty in this direction, and now all the
popular and properly equipped vessels
own a wonderful amount of parapher-
MALTA for occupying the idle hours Of
their valuable patrons. SO imperative
has the demand for amusements be-
come that many Of the ships carry be-
SIDES good libraries and bands of music
lockers full of good deck games, cards
and games for the ladies' saloon and l
hear on one line where some new YES
sells are planned an important feature
will be a bit of a dainty concert hall
where chapel service and amateur
theatricals can be held.
DEFENCES AGAINST BOREDOM.
The average experienced travellers,
however, who ars going to Europe in
a snug little private party, usually
bring their own collection of play
things along and an air gun is sure
10 be one of the weapons of defense
against boredom. They have the
right to store it in safety and use it
u1en trey please. WHITE the ship sup
plies all the requisites for Shuttle
board and one on our line has an ex-
cellent arrangement for bowling A
good iang bit of deck is staked off
with a movable wood moulding. that
forms the boundaries of the alley; the
pins are lightly pegged in place and
on a calm day, when the ship is run
ming on an even keel an excellent
game OF ten pins can be played
But bowls on that boat during the
last trip fell into absolute scorn and
neglect before the amazing interest OF
kite flying. There was a party who
brought on board with them a Won
derful set of folding French kites, and
the third day out there was scarcely
man. woman or child VINO wasn't
whiting, pasting and experimenting
with more or less success, at both the
manufacture and sailing of those
trifing amusing bits of paper. Ever
the crack shots, who sat glued to The
railing all day in hopes Of sighting
a. school of fish or porpoise to blaze
away at. deserted their posts to make
carrier kites. cover them with mes
sages and cus than loose on strong
breeze. Now there is a theory thai
when properly made these airy things
will float in the air for weeks and be
possibly overtaken by a ship, their
messages read, appreciated and re.
Sponded to.
A GENUINE PHILANTHROPIST.
Occasionally on a voyage" said the
stewardess, we viii happily carry a