The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-24
FELLOW-VOYAGER'S DIARY OF OCEAN TRIP
Journey of Prince Henry Board Konprnz Wilhelm Ful
Delightful Incidents-How the andmaser Was Renrimanded
R"yaltys First lntroductio American Journalism
Message Fro the Lucania.

| interested in the working of the machine
ana wrote out message to his brother
| the emperor. giving the position of the
| ship $50 miles from the Lizard and saying
| the voyage had commenced pleasantly. l;
| was just being transmitted when suddenly
, one of the induction coils ceased working
1t had gotten out Of order and it was i'm
| possible to send his message. This was ex-
] trefneiy hard lines considering the large
number of messages that had been sent,
| that the machine should break down Just
| at the moment the Prince was going to
| send his. The little operator stood with
! the unsent message in his hand looking the
\ picture of despair.
The other coil. however, was available
Tor sending messages. not to the Lizard
but as soon came in touch with
Nantucket. 1t had been arranged that the
frince was to have the privilege of sending
his first message from the station there
II was a glorious. bright morning with
not much Of sea- The Prince walked w
I and down the deck for some time after
breakfast with Sir Charles Gust. who had
accompanied the Prince of Wales or the
Ophir on his trip around the world.
Talks to the Chief Engineer,
After that he went down to the engine
room to inspect the engines. He is himself
, more than n theoretical engineer and spent
a considerable time examining the engines
and talking 10 the chief engineer He went
from there down TO the stokehoIe and
watched the stokers at work. inCuiring
about how many hours they worked and SO
forth.
AT midday found the run was 34S miles
for fifteen hours. pretty good beginning
for the trip. All the afternoon. with 4 fall
ing glass, the wind, which was right ahead
and the rising, the great ship
pitched, while the woodwork creaked and
groaEed to the strenuous driving Of the en-
sines.
1t was not very comfortable on deck. al
though it was not too bad for the band to
play there before dinner at the risk of the
music stands being overturned. The Prince
and his party had their coffee, liquors and
cigarettes In the smoking-room after din
ner. He usually smokes cigarettes out of
a holder. but he has a sailorlike affec-
ton for a short briar pipe. which he will
produce late in the evening with the re-
mark, Now we will have a Christian
smoke"
TUESDAY.
Rough Night at Full Speed.
We have had a rough night The ship.
still going full speed, pitched to head sea.
the timbers groanfng as If In protest at
her being rushed at such pace through
these water hills. There Is a magnificent
big sea, which looks glorious when occa-
sionally the sun CLEANS out from between
the masses of swift travelling clouds.
The Prince cid not show up to-day until
luncheon time, and then spent an hour in
the smokn room. 1t is easy to see he is
a sailor to watch him in his tan rubber
soed shoes and with his hands in the
pockets of his yachting jacket walking
along the quickly moving and slippery deck
Forward he stood watching the immense
seas that passed to lceward while the spray
swiried around him in angry gusts.
Toward dinner time. however. with a
rapidly rising glass, the sea went down
somewhat. Yesterday, at Prince Henry's
request the gilt raiings between his semi
detached dining-room and the saloon were
taken down. so as to give him an uninter
rupted view of the latter. He and his party
breakfast there every morning at s:l0,
lunch at 1 and dinner Mt z. and have an
opportunity of filling up the gaps with
the sandwiches of which varied and plen-
tiful variety are served in the smoking
room. Rhine wine. beer, whisky and soda
occasionally. are their favorite drinks.
After dinner he sent for the bandmaster
and told him his music was very bad dur
ing dinner "Ah. yes. 1 know. your High
ness" said he apologeticaly. rubbing his
hands; "but what can / do when twenty
out of forty-eight of my men are laid up
with seasickness?" 1t appeared that the
piccolo and flute men and most Of the treble
instruments were all right. but the from
bone could not get out of bed. and most of
the brass Instruments were horS de COM
bat.
WEDNESDAY.
steerage and Hospital Inspected.
1t was a much better night. but a wet,
gray, miserable morning; less wind and
sea. but still strong breeze on our star
board bow. which, with the pace We were
going, made it uncomfortable to remain
out on deck. After breakfast the Prince