The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25

49, 'AiN iltlN W nave IL all the same,
ana she says she's just sick about ii.
of course. the steerage stewardess is
me one that has the worst time"
Steerage steWardess" echoed the list
there" i'' N0"''
Bless you, yes. Why, that's where we
start Mighty few women get cabin
PAGES first, unless they had a strong pull
at the Office. Most of the women who
apply nave been nurses and so they get a
chahce TO do nursing down there. in the
sleerage. That's about a stewardess is
lor down there The passengers make
tne4r own beds. and the officers see that
the place is cleaned once a dav. If the
weather is decent al all. the people are all
turned out on the deck, unless the stew
ardess saws that some one is really TOO
SICK 10 20 It's best for them to be oSt in
the AR They would all be sick in those
IIIe hoIes III never forget my first trim
had peen nurse in a hospital, but l need
Gu more money, so l took trial trip on
the Mediterranean to see how l would
STAND the water. Then l applied for a
pace on an Atlantic boat They gave me
the sleerage. Ugh! 1 was seasick myself.
ana some of the people were so dirty ana
the CABINS got so filthy between cleanines
ana everything smelled l thought I'd
eAAC NllD was over, ana | don't
peleVe L would have had the COURAGE to
make another. but luckily I got promoted
TO second cabin. You don't get any fees
Gown IN the Storage. You're lucky if YOU
don't get fleas instead.
what in the world do the stewardesses
40 when they get seasick?"
On, most Of them don't have much
trouble after the first trip. If they do
they are discharged. That's all That
seasickness is a funny thing. 1t floors a
person worse than anything else in the
world, and the queer part about it is the
healthiest persons are almost always the
ones VINO have the worst times. Did you
know that consumptives never are seasicIx?
As a rule, other invalids aren't, either.
Children and real old ladies usually get
along all right, too, but stout, healthy
young and middle-aged people are the ones
who come down.
isn't there any cure for it?'
cure Everybody has special cure of
his own, but none of them works. I've
seen more silly things, done for seasick-
ness. Some people put on big porous bias
ters over their stomachs This is to hold
the muscles tightly, SO they can't get to
working in seasick way, but it doesn't
keep the muscles quiet after we pass San
dy Hook and the plaster only adds to the
stomach is great thing. too: and some
people guzzle champagne, while others
suck lemons all day long. AS for the bot
ties and boxes of medicine labeled cure for
seasickness-We sweep outbasketfuls of
them after each trip.
There's no cure for seasickness except
not having it, but the prescription that
will pull you up most quickly is pluck,
fresh air. and light diet. 1t doesn't do any
good to diet before you come on board.
The stomach is all right until the nerves
go wrong. Then it is time to begin treat
ing it gently. People won't listen TO advice,
though. If they feel like eating at all,
they always want the thing that is worst
for them. l don't know why it is, but it
seems to me that Jewesses when they are
sick, always want sailed herring. That's
enough to kill a well woman. The French
people cry for onion soup, and that isn't
bad for them, If they can stand the smell
of it. AS for the Germans. ats a sign they
are beginning to take an interest in life
again when they ask for those little dry,
smoked sausases.
III tell you the people I'm sorry for
the honeymoon couples, who want TO look
so well and act so well, for each others
sake. Seasickness takes all the romance
out of them I've had brides cry and cry
because they couldn't curl their hair and
look pretty. They get past pride, though,
when they are very sick. Last year such
a pretty bride came on to New York. She
was so happy she just walked on air She
lived on air after the first day out. Oh,
but she was sick. She hoped
she would die, and she didn't care
any more about that husband than she
did about the steward Once she lay for
twenty-four hours without moving or
speaking, and l got scared, and at last
she opened her big eyes and motioned to
me. | went and leaned over her, and she
whispered (she was too weak TO talk My
husbands yacht is at Queenstown. We're
going to cruise all summer Then she
shut her eyes again, and l didn't dare
laugh They carried her ashore at
Queenstown, but l guess that cruise didn't
come off.
They say that the men are worse than
the women when they're seasick. They get
mad ard throw anything they can get hold
Of. and the stewards have an awful time.
hut then. so few men gel sick enough {"
stay in their staterooms, and the steward
usually has his fee for doing nothing. l
wish it was that way with US. An old lady
said TO me the other day, "SteWardess,
don't YOU ever get TO hear divine serviceY'
Don't need H." said l. we have all
our nunlshment down here. The steward
esees are going to have the front row In
heaven
WHITE WIVES OF INDIANS.