The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-01-03
FIRST
OF A SERIES OF LETTERS
From Miss Fannie Kinds, Who
is On Her Way to Corea.

Otehmsnlp Dorlc, NOV. 4tb, 1875
We are to reach Honolulu about eight
or nine o'clock tonight, so I must
have message ready to lend back.
We expect to be there most of the day
tomorrow, and have planned to see
as much of the place as possible, hence
there will be no time for writing.
There are eigh,y-two passengers, and
all are well behaved. nice people ;thir-
ty are going to Honolulu. Some of
them are, Boston people. but none
that know. There are eleven mis-
sionaries: The, three young ladies
that joined Us in Chicago, the man
and his wife who joined US in San
Francisco, a young Methodist man of
the M. E. Church, South, from Cali
fornia, going to China, q young Epis-
copalian from New York, who Is GO
ing to China, and Presbyterian man
and his wife returning to Japan.
We pulled away from our dear old
America at 2 p. m. Saturday. Lunch
was Immediately announced, but
did not go in because wanted to see
the last points of our own country. 1t
was about 8 80 when she faded away
in the distance. Then I went to my
stste-room and found your mothers
letter with one from a friend in lii
Dois. We spent the remainder of the
afternoon on deck. The water grew
more rough towards night. Dinner
was announced at 7 80. Eight of us,
ali Methodlsts, are at one table; only
two of us girls and the young men
were at the table, the others did not
feel safe. The young lady that went
down with me only stayed about two
minutes and had to leave. The young
man stayed about three minutes and
he disappeared suddenly. sat firm
and ate quail Oh toast, turkey, ice
cream, etc, and slept ell night. When
l woke on Sunday morning 1 remem-
bered that it was the fret time since !
was child that there was nothing to
urge me out of bed, so did not get
up till nearly noon. When went ont
on deck l found the water quite
rongh and the other girls looking like
sick chickens. l went to lunch at &c
and the young man was there, so we
had the whole table to ourselves but
there came big we'll, 1 began to feel
dizzy and felt that it was not wise to
tarry. When reached the deck ]
was sick for about a minute. The
young man said he had to leave the
table soon after did. My lunch was
brought on deck and 1 ate it, but had
to be real quiet all the afternoon. The
water was choppV so that the boa
made all sorts of motions, hence fail.
ed to appreciate the poetic idea of the
"Cradle of the Deep" but concluded
that the sea is vigorous old nurse
that jolts the child up and down on 8
hard knee without much reference Al
to how much it could stand. 1 wen
to my room about 5 o'clock, was sicl
just little whilesfrom the walking
hurried to bed and was all right al
/ soon as l lay flat on my back. The
stewardess brought me my dinner snt
| ate it lying on my back. learned
to sleep that way years ago to prevent
round shoulders and the practice
comes in well at this time. 1 stayed
in bed all day Monday, except abou
two hours in the afternoon. Tuesday
was quite calm and 1 spent the fore.
noon out and felt real we'll and hav,
been going to lunch and dinner since
and eat all l want. 1 stay in bed
almost all forenoon just to rest, anC
have stayed in bed more since las
Saturday than have since had TIT
measles when 1 was six years old
Miss Paine and are the only one
that haye just two in room! the 9th
ars have three. We have splendid sof
beds, nice and clean, so we stay suC
rest as long as we want to. 1 fear
shall get to like it so well that I ma!
want to keep it up when get to Ko
res. We have nice little room al
painted white and well ventilated
1t has been so warm for three day
that / have worn thin shirt waist
will be only about twenty-five de
grees north latitude when we are a
Honolulu.
| did not get the furniture in Sa
Francisco (; things are SO high ther
because of scarcity of labor: Mis-