The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-05
, MRS. AGNES MOODY
Writes While Enroute to the Paris Expo
sition.

sition.
March %, 1900.
Dear Sisters, Nieces and Friends:
We are out on the ocean, out of
sight of land. We have been up on
the upper deck, but the weather was
so cold we could not stay up there.
The people are very nice and pleasant
Dinner was served at O'Clock. We
had seven courses, consisting OF soup,
fish and potatoes, kidney pie, roast
pork, plum pudding, raspberry tarts,
apples, cake and coffee. Mr.. James
Moody came on board and stayed with
us until the horn blew, for all except
passengers, to go ashore. He said he
would like to go along. People stood
on the wharf and waved their hand
kerchiefs after us. Well, it is eight
days to-day since we have been on
the sea, no land in sight. It was
rough all the way, very stormy, and
the ship tossing, waves rolling high as
mountains, dishes rolling from one
side of the table to the other, children
screaming--and there are twenty of
them. We have 200 people on board,
all Dutch; now you can judge what
Babel it must be. One old lady talks
Dutch to me all the time; she thinks
( I understand her. 1 was sick three
days; the trained nurses attended me
| all the time, giving me pills, and
wanting me to eat all the time, and
that's the very thing you don't want
to do, for, if ever one gets sick of eat
ing, it's ON board ship, with their six
| and seven courses. I think if the lady
that has charge of the health section
of the I. B. w. w. Club could have
seen some Of these menus she could
give the club lectures for the next six
months on what to eat and what not
to eat. For, of all the buildings that
were ever made deliver me from those
| on Dutch ship. Their soup was nice,
and they had plenty of it, and they
were bringing cups of bullion all the
time. These people think there is
nothing like soup. The meat was
well, alright, but think it was cooked,
| chickens and all, in one pan. 49,.
We are now in sight of land. The
first is Bishops Rocks, when, twenty
two miles further east we passed Wolf
Rock lighthouse, which is kept by
three men, who remain there for three
months at time. This lighthouse is
twenty-five miles from the nearest
point Of land, called the Needles, which
place we passed at 1920 a. M, Sunday,
April =. Now we have passed Lizard
Point-some call it Lands End. This
is the English coast The first town is
Dover. The next town we came to
was Flushing. There our mail was
found. -s,a. So. =. a...s@L ,,r s.fsf
was as glad to see land as was
Columbus. Then we sailed very nicely
until we came to the North Sea. Here
we had it rough again. 1t was so cold,
and the wind blew so that we could
not stay on deck, but, thank the Lord,
we got over safe. We had burial at
sea. A young man died. He was
going to see his mother and father;
it was very sad; he had the dropsy.
Sunday evening at 1880 we landed at
Antwerp, took cab to the depot, paid
D francs to go over, and had to wait
until the 1920 train. We had one of
those little apartments in the car. and
1T was very fine. We passed through
Holland, Belgium and North France.
and arrived in Paris at 6 a. m. There
was no one there to meet us. The por-
ter said that man had been there all
day, until o'clock at night, and said
he would be back at 8 a. m. So Mrs.
Alex and went in the waiting room
and sat down to wait. We were looked
at to their hearts content by the peo-
pie, SO | got up and went to see if I
could see Brother John. The depot is
: tr7eat big place, so u walked up a 1
little way. and there John was sitting
on bench reading the paper. I knew
him. Tor all lie is so thin. I said.
".Iohn!''' you bet he jumped, and was
glad to see me and hear from all of
YOU He is like Sadie all over.
Morris Lewis came to see me. He is
well, doing well, and working hard
every day. Remember me to everyone.
Your sister and aunt,
AGNES MOODY,
20 Rue Smart. Montemarte,
Paris, France