The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-02
ALASKA TOURIST TRAvTI.-
Hundrs~zs OF Fasteners Preparing 70
Make the summer Trip


The rush Of soar1s;s and sxeursson1sts 90
Alaska land 81 tire midnight sun viii
sssrsiy ~ greater tAss year thsn sses be-
fore- A3re2ey nezrfy every sssteroon on
ne sxcursloa steamer Qaeen. which wsIi
asass % her first trip nex; Sunday. ass
eeer er<zxrd, no, for the TRIP alone, bEt
fer tire entire Summer series
The rszen Of rrospersors has been so great
sn1 the n&ws of thefr going s~nf 50 broad
cast that wealthy Fasteners want 10 see
fer themselves the country where gold IL
EssckeG ap sy the bas<stsui-~ But these
favored people trstsaS OF sleeping or 4
sheif-llks bunk on q small sailsax schooner
or "a the sseeraxe az a steamer and eating
frarn tin plate. Like the hardy prospecsor.
~tli have every convenience thar . we'll
eQ1spped excurszSa steamer ear oder-
large sssteroons. cary deck chairs. sxpen-
s-se rugs and BILL Of fare that would
tsnpt even the most fssss9ious ep8cgre
The enc feature 80 these sxearsionssis II
TIE grandeur Of the trip ans fhe absence
Of noise snd hustle accompanying city nfe
Aurn has been written about Alaska by
people Of literary fame. but probably the
cfsgscesf BIT ever p~nsee on the matches
scrns Of tire Alaskan glaciers Was The fol-
towsnx ~ Kate Field. ~slaee death al Hon.
0lalu has tDst been chruntcied:
soon AFTER leaving. wrznxes the .-.t
Alaskan glacier - sees ia the distance
lcsksnx Ike frozen river emerging from
The Aorns of the clouds. The sea Is CLASSY
ard procession Of small ae-xE. sraken
away from the glacier. float silently to-
ward fSa south IL - ratGre-s dead march
20 the sas, 10 soeh In its burning kisses
s71 20 - r-snsptznfeA into happy tears
Mlsa ducks ~ past. Nns from hss eyre a
cald-hes<ed eagle surveys the scene.
deeply, esfkiy. beautifully Asse-Arparen;-
~ conhctous that he y .hs sr-nto7 Of the
rep1el3c- There are glaciers sn1 xtaesers
In sssixersssa glacier Is a vast hses OF
dirty slr-hesess ice that has fastened p<slf
nae cold porous plaster. 70 fh4 side az
sn Alp. Dssianes alone lends @rchsr.rn~-,
70 the vses In Alaska a glacier is a Won
o@gfn' fs-ren. that seems to have been
susisfriy frrzsn sken zsSuf 70 plunge into
the ses- Down and about mountains wiz.
ih~s~ sseseied s.rpeuts exterasrie r,,lses
inland. with az rrsry arms sometimes as
an oetopas
Wonserfuiiy picturesque Is the David
son sisraeg. hat more extendea is the MAR
EiAeirf. whAch' marks fae extreme nortner-
~ points Of pleasure travel Iynsxsne a
elzeaer three miles vide and go fees hsrh
At its mouth. Tkink Of Niagara fsIla f-ox.r,
szir. add shirty-ssa feet 10 lis sse!xhf ana
yea asse slight ltea % the .errnira. n.
Aaf si3e1sr- 10 front Of xhsrh your steam
e. anchsrr picture background Of ry,o,,--
tsins lass feet high all snsxeiad. ana
taeE insSine gorgeous ssn lighting I'd
Use see crystals With RAINBOW cslorsng
iae fAce or the glacier takes On the hse cf
aqsam4rine. the hue % every n, a. 60
ing ies. hsg sad hiiie. that sarroan,x ~.
stfAraFr and makes navigation serious
These darling ssTpenss move Al -
rate o. sakty-fcur feet a czy. tunhlInr
hsAelong Into the sra and a. !, Far. 49,.
ear Is startlea WITH submarine thunder ,he
Echoes o. which resoand far ana res~
lposn. Gown. down goes the h.srx. ara woe
20 tae surface -