El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-14
ON THE SEA
An Interesting Lette. From a
Women Well Known IN 81 .aso.

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Women Well Known IN 81 aso.
The following letter from Mrs. Ida
Blacker Hemingrsy, OF Louisville, to
her sisters in this city will be read
with Interest By her many FL P-so
friends:
On board r. Nj. S TEUTONIC,
Tuesday. MAY 20
know thSJ have never D@fOre
written you while rolling and tos~tng
about on the Atlantic as We have done
for four days psst. The feet of Tue
matteris, | ought to be seasick, rs tather
Neptune claims a tribute from every
humble voyager whom he consents to
rock to sleep at night, soothed by the
rhythmic melody of the ocean waves.
paid my only tribute, short as 1t was,
and can now look in wonder and awe at
this Mighty Majesty-the great
ocean.
But the sentiment OF the ocean for
a cradle and the waves for lullaby
all vanishes in the morning AND
reminds me- of Shakspere's Saying,
Things seen by candle light do not
look the same by day" For the hrst
bugle call announces that you must
run the gauntlet of close, stuffy state
room, make hasty toilet, and reach
the fresh air or you will be forced TO
acknowledge that Neptune Is king
after all.
While seated in my steamer chair
and watching the pedestrians. who
| make the rounds OF the deck, L have
| observed that the ocean does not make
| the bast setting for a wOman's beauty
| She really appears at great disad-
vantage. Her complexi is mostly
different shades of yellow, her hair
disheveled, and her toilet more or less
| careless. according 10 the number OF
| DAYS cut: then the wrinkles seem 10
sink deeper, making in0umerabie IL
/ tie burrows all over her face until II
| looks like map OF some unknown coun-
try. The men app rsr 20 better ID
! vantage, and have heard only one
own up 10 being seas.ck. They al feel
| Z little squeZm1>h, but as lar q eau
| jldre,it l. mostly a feminine calnpl2lns
| from which the lords Of creation 81 e
| eXemD5.
| | must tell you something oi the
splendid dI<ciplin= oftli- Ii tie 1ost-ra
! K ngdum, for such it Is, vito the COM
| uanIec as kim asd ais Officers ss q
| CaDi.e ct. | tdiu5 IL must nee s=8rIl.
! h We rairen an Engiand 10 perfect IT,,
! for perfect II Is. Ever man knows his
| eN. g. -l4ce and discharges his duty
vi.- dignity and r--Fee5. II u WIS.,
! Your meals served N deck. here is tn ,
Z
yeu~ stewarCess: if You wish re.. lro D.,
! Eru l, frUil, or anyt ilE IN re -=g-, any
time or hour Of day, right 80 ran
there is some one 20 rye you. And A.
i done IN the most G-geea be and
! polite manner.
! atufgh5 -oue one takes charge Of
your rugs ana pillow: IN h Ia n 2
the are IL i1 your c-air On deck. l.
il such a. delIgh full place 10 be lazy
| Pos bly, l. i we'll that il + very sCort
| lived $ We should sooner or later die
| of Inertia Tre sc --r5es- c4 me n to
| NJ state room this morning, .and I'd
m cup u cruel. aud said, ''Jusc eat
/ this, bundle up your air, ard go on
deck Ladies take too nuCu or ess-
lag" she bussled out into other
rooms, l suppose, performing her
morning ministries.
So you MAJ sea that we are very
| We II taken care of.
| There is an En- klishm8u who sit5 at
our table. l thought l would try to
make myself agreeable IS we had
long voyage together. So l said.
| jokingly, ''Do you think that we shall
tind that Butler has again crossed the
Tugela, when we get into port"
BEG pardon" he said, and when l
repeated is be only said. "Ah-Ya-a-s
I-Ya-a-s." So knew | had touched
a sensitive point and hurried to speak
about the weather or something else.
| Ia the States l have been fighting
with the Beers, but as l am going into
| the enemy's camp and will be at
decided disadvantage, L fear | shall be
wise TO hold my peace. / am heartily
glad that [ made my blunder so early
in the day as 1t was lesson TO me-,
We have averaged about AIS miles
day. Tomorrow we shall be in Queens
town and early Thursday morning we
shall be at Liverpool, where we will
spend some days with friends. Thence
on to London.
Yours devotedly,
lima HEhIHCR