Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-06-08

Sedmeh III command al OnerDOurS
and Greeted by the Great Napoleon. ir
Bronze - Some Fair Promises of the Cor
respondent.
From Special Correspondent.
OK THE BELLOWS, May 90, 1900.
In order to reach the Paris Exposi.
ton, we Americans must embark
There is no dry road thither. EN-.
barkation on great liner is an act on
a great stage with comic, melodra.
matte and even tragic scenes. The
huge vessel looms alongside the pier.
The hour for sailing is II, but three
hours earlier the passengers begin to
arrive with bag and baggage, scrip and
scrippage. some with family, Wallets
and maids, others alone. Some with
six trunks, others with grip and an
umbrella. Some in liveried carriages
Others on the street car. Messengers
arrive with flowers, the gifts of friends.
Some of the bouquets are magnificent
and expensive. They are now, three
days out, displayed in the steamer sa,
Ion, making it look like a florists ba.
Ear. One huge bouquet of rare roses
and orchids l am told cost at least one
hundred dollars.
For an hour or more before the time
for sailing the decks and public rooms
of the great vessel are crowded, but for
the most part by relatives and friends
of those who have come to see the pas.
sengers off. The hour for sailing is
near, the screws of the steamer are
turning, but merely for practice, get
ting their hand in before they strike
the long wet streak across the Allan
tic. The ships band breaks upon the
babble of tongues with a lively prom
enade. Many, supposing the hour has
come, rush down the plank lest they
be taken to Europe unprepared; but
the more experienced await the final
signal, for the band will, with inter.
missions, play several more airs. The
time for parting has come. Those
who sail on the Hamburg-American
line are largely German Americans,
and they either feel more, or pretend
to feel more. or restrain their feelings
less than we undemonstrative un-hy-
phenated Americans. They kiss, en-
brace and weep, and then, after a
breathing spell, rush at each other
and do it again. Men kiss men and
women kiss women, Ell rice persa ad
Hbitupa, all the while looking at each
other with such looks of longing de.
spairing fondness as we are accus-
toned to see only when the coffin.lid
closes for the last time. Finally there
is signal for friends to leave the boat
and after last repetition of harrow
ing partings, the immense steel float
ing hotel moves slowly from the pier
and then with increasing speed sails
down the bay and out to sea. We
had beautiful starting weather, bu,
fine weather will not prevent sea-
sickness in the predisposed, for we
were not out of sight of the Goddess
of Liberty in New York Harbor be-
fore some of the passengers were re.
Ginning on steamer chairs and suck
ing lemons.
After having crossed the Atlantic
six times, l confess to preference for
German-manned boats. The service
on deck, in cabin aud at the table is
the best 1 have found. 1t is prompt,
intelligent and cheerful without obse-
quiousness, and without the perpetual
suggestion of tips or extra. pay, al
though no doubt they know that will
come. But prefer these boats main
ly on account of feeling of greater
security, which one always experiences
in the presence OF perfect order and
rigid discipline. In the crews which
man the great passenger ships of the
German liners the German Empire
has educated race of seamen that is
second numerically to that of England
alone, and perhaps not second in the
skill, courage and a-worthiness OF
individual sailor. 1t must be remem.
bered that these trained men of the
merchant marine belong to the re-
serve force of the German navy and
can be called on at any moment to
man the warships that the German
Kaiser is SO industriously building.
1t should be remembered by our
countrymen and statesmen that with.
in the last year the United States has
sent an army of seventy thousand
men over sea route of 1000 miles
and that England has traversed the
same distance with more than 200 1000
and $4,000 horses. We are no longer
the isolated people sea girt rs by fire
we once we're and we have not an
overwhelming navy like that of Eng.
land to protect us. Count Won Moltke
said he had drawn dozen successful
plans for the invasion of England, but
had never been abb e to plan success
full retreat after he had landed an
overwhelming German army. Would
he find the same difficulty with the
United States? He, or rather his sue
cessor certainly will if our sea power
keeps pace with our wonderful mate
rial development and our widening
interests abroad.
We are now in sight of Cherbourg
with its great walled artificial harhor
and colossal statue of the Great Ma.
poleon, astride big bronze stallion,
his arm extended pointing to the
magnificent wall stretching far out in
the sea and inscribed below in excel
lent French, though he spoke an
italian patois, will reproduce at
Cherbourg the marvels OF Egypt"
I shall take the train for Paris to-
morrow and in my next letter will
tackle the exposition. The subject has
been much bewritteD and /
would despair of adding anything
worth printing were it not for the fact
that it is a physical impossibility
scientifically proved that no two eyes
ever see the same object. If this is
true of the physical sight how pro-
foundly true it is of the psychical in.
sight. MABEL.
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