The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-05-16
Steame,r Celtic Carries q
Precious Crew,
And Everybody Gets Ready for
New York Custom House
Officials.
HOMEw ARD BOUND.


given, the gangways are run in and the
Celtic leaves Liverpool for home,
sweet home" There are handshakings |
and "How do you dos" and all the en-
thusiasm Of q reunited family Is ex-
hibited by those who parted st Naples |
and Nice. And il there be any of the |
original Celtics who 60 back on this |
boat, who aren't glad they are going |
back 10 America or who would care TO
stay another twenty-four hours, we
haven't found them.
While there are nearly 400 Of the
Cruise Celtics on board, there are many
faces we miss. Many have gone back
on the Teutonic, the Cymric, the
Oceanic, while several hundred are
roaming through Italy, Germany and
France.
Mr.. Clark and his assistants have
handled this large party very success
fully. True, there has been much crit
icism, too much delay, too many to
handle, not enough guides, and various
other faults 70 be found. But It would
be poor representation OF America II
there weren't some kickers along.
And no doubt some of the points are
well taken, for there have been mis-
takes made, there always are, but it's q
big contract to handle $50 passengers,
all with different minds, and We think
the management Ia to be commended; !;
none are now lost in the wilderness of
Judes, or left roaming among the
Tombs of the Upper Nile.
Much trouble was occasioned because
q ship the size Of the Celtic could not en-
ter any of the Mediterranean ports and yet
II We wereto 60 again we would choose
just such ship. Wedoubt il 800 more
congenisl people, gathered from nearly
every state in the Union, ever made up
one family before. We shall remember
that there were many elderly people,
some of the dearest old aunties, and
most dignifed old gentlemen we ever
met. But we shall also remember that
q very few were-wen, we will say
eccentric.
We shall also remember one old lady
whose tongue swung like . pendulum,
always talking. When she had no one
to listen TO her, she would talk to her.
, self and she had question drawer, al
ways full. Whenever she was seen
coming, the Captain retrested 70 the
bridge, the Purser locked him
self in his room, while Mr.. Clark fed
to the smoker. But she wasn't cir.
cumstsnce to the old lady who Away.
got to the front. She wore q white
felt walking hat. and when we were
being conducted In detatchments, one
guide for each party, you could always
locate the guide by that white hat
Like the white plume of Henry o.
Navarro, it was always in the front O
the battle.
And il perchsnce, she was late get
ting Of the mark, she tromped ON every
body's corns until she could.get within
esrshot Of the guide, when she wouli
stop him and have him tell all ovel
again. It was frequently remarked
THAT old lady has got to be sat dowr
on but nobody seemed TO assum,
the contract.
We shall remember that there wa,
large proportion Of ladies, handsome
Intelligent girls, and then 1t was oul
pleasure, several times In foreign coun
tries, where women are degraded, u
. point with pride TO them, and ss,
"These are q fair representation o
American women" The NATIVES
looked with awe at our ladies AMI
8 treated them with every consideration
D OF the men of the Cruise, we founl
4 them all sociable, clever and agreeable
: From q woman's standpoint they nigh
. appear different-all depending on th'
: woman and the point viewed from
: The true test of mans selfishness cam,
at the boat unloadings where every
: body wanted off first. For instance, q
Villa Franc, everybody wanted of frs
so IS to be early to Monte Carlo. w,
: observed here Q couple of those indie
: pend ent women, commonly designated
: old maids, who during the Who'll,
trip have held aloof, neither accepting
, help nor giving any. They were strug
Cling Intellectually to hold their own In
In the crush for the stairway. II q
woman thinks what she looks thii
would be the mildest Interpretation
'The more l know of men the better
: like dogs" Then there was some com.
plants that the ministers always
, crowded to the front. One jealous fel.
> low from the rear was wicked enough
to yell out, LET the preachers of first
the ladies next and the gentlemen
last"
: Reviewing the Continent again, one
> of the pleasant incidents Of our stay in
Paris was a visit to the Latin quarter
with some ladies, whose home is In
Kenton, Ohio, but who are spending q
year In Paris at study. With them we
visited concert hall, where the stu.
dents congregate at night.
It's marvel to US with what clothes
' and surroundings genius will enfold
itself. 1t looked like q hall of freaks.
Men with Paul Kruger hats, young
, faces with long whiskers and hair hang.
ing down over their shoulders; many
, of them wore corduroy trousers oi
I enormous capacity. But there was ar
: atmosphere of perfect freedom and
: content as they smoked their pipes
: drank beer, and trotted on their knees