Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-16
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the opening date. We earnestly
recommend all, having friends contem-
plating an ocean trip. to go and do
likeWise-for them.
Our weather for the first four days
consisted of mixture Of pouring rain
high winds severe cold. with heavy
showers accompanied by thunder and
lightning. Naturally no well regulated
ship would move, under such condi-
tions, except in violent lurches and
rollings. We were not sick but alb
normally quiet, somewhat inclined -
melancholy: but on the fifth day the
sun came out gl0riously. the sea was
calm. the ship admirably steady, life
was worth living. and we began to
take notice of our fellow passengers
We certainly have all nationalities
| save Asiatic. with strong preponder-
| ance of Dutch. which includes the
| aristocrlcy in the person of two
barons The service is excellent. and
the attendants filled with the strongest
desire to d. all in their power. We
gave the bedroom steward our damp
! boots to wrestle with. as we came from
the deck-wet and clammy-and as he
| took them he earnestly assured we
| should have dry back Query
| Did he refer to boots or body?
Oh the delicious do nothing of days
| at sea. when, as now. the ocean has
scarcely more of a ripple than Casco
| bay at its best. This morning we leaned
| over the railing and watched for an
hour little ships 90 sailing" by. They
We're tiny fish Of some unknown species
and fioated rapidly on top OF the
water, their pale blue sails outspread
soon outdistancing the ship. They were
neither nautilus nor Portuguese men
OfWar." We saw almost a dozen. The
instant they are taken from the water
their inflated sails drCop and they die
One of the difficult things to DO on ship
/ board is to make discriminating choice
of companions. for your ten days pleas
ure, like success in life. depends largely
on associates and right beginning Ne
are sure W our ..Ua di n spirit IS named
John. lie does not look spirituelle-on
the contrary Enthusiastically Dutch; short
and stout. with round. good humored
/ face. i.i- busy hands and feet are con-
with preSCienCe which we humbly ad-
nit is beyond us. placed our steamer
chairs beside the three most attractive
women on board and 10. "our ways are
I WAY ; ~ DitU~lll M s. ana all our mains
are peace Undoubtedly John knew
whereof he was doing. for had not Mad
anne Fabriant ana her attractive daugh-
ter crossed on this line ten summers in
succession? The wife and daughter Of a
prominent French professor in the New
York college. We find them cultured and
charming and most helpful and enter
tanning in their reminisrence Of foreign
travel To the third Miss Baker at
t4ohcS . n st romantic interest. Born III
N." N.rt Dutch parentage. her
l'u' .ttn.. NJ Amsterdam ana a
ur".,.,'r- lHt j. ian has been ordered to
lt'lIt .. t.,''Iur '' "'p' ". dlth. lie has
lr's go. lis ,ltEia so ""-'I..'y that the
,"''- .'"m. ht- AT! DECIDED To
4Iter 4 preliminary visit I" his people in
Holland start on 4 twenty-eight days
trip from Amsterdam e. India. to meet
and marry her bctrothei. OF a truth
this is love, As for men We have them
galore-professiOnal. scientific, artistic:
artists of fame beyond America, doctors
of protoplaSm, specialists through all
grades of medicine. up to doctors If
philosophy. graduates Of Columbia pre-
dominating.
Ten DAYS Ill sea, Far be ii from Us to
! its paralyzing effect on the mind is APP
| palling. 1t is as though the vast sur:
rounding water reached the brain, dilut-
ing all ideas past usefulness. one blonde
! Belgian rose superior to the general in
crtia. and through his efforts we enjoyed
I 90 a concert of three hours duration L
{ lS needless To SLY lujnlllS SNdllpNtu
quality. We have had our moments Of
I excitement. as when we were reused at
dead Of night by the shrill screams Of
numberlesi feminints. shriek king with wild
/ alarm. "A rat. a rdt,'-whlCh, however,
/ calm investigation proved a tiny mouse
! that even the well fed feline scOrned. We
have issued one copy of the "Maastiam
| Highroller." an original paper illustrated
by well-known artists and sold at AUG
I ton for the benefit Of needy sedmen, ana
I now We e reached the end.
( For days and days our ship has moved
/ Ion the face of the waters; at last the
| longed-for land is in sisht-a dim dis
lance stilI-but there. We pass the Syilly
! islands the coast of England and then
! we reach BOulOgne-Surmer, the haven
where we would be. our hearts filled with
4 tina nkfulncss for our preservation on the
! great deep.