The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-04

fourth day comparatively calm weather boat
will rise and fall with the swell of
notedly steady Carpatha At on Friday June
H. we ran into heavy and the
pronounced One by one people began
to disappear from deck with very
left the deck intending letters library
After inside began to feel verv queer The
sensation is understandable to who felt it.
shall not try to into details queer express
lost no time in seeking nv bunk and IN few minutes had
the satisfaction Of finding queer gone.
three times reused in the night to my my
mead alternately at the top of
~ was ess out 1t did not In morning
was sun aporng against strong head wind-and
1uly third of the empty at breakfast Sea
sickness may seem like amusing subject not
to be talked of never gone to sea hut to
those who have been sight of land and felt it's
pangs IT is very matter conversation 1t
~ great comfort to be assured by
next morning that if had weahered night out
was safe for the rest of the trip.
Perhaps to know something about the
dimensions OF the Carpahia. She is length "a
1ee inches in breadth and 40 depth you
WI" estmae the length and breadth according city blocks
and the depth by the height building YOU will have
some idea OF her size. The tiny affairs
at first sight tho larger sad the saterooms on
the fast boats They not more than feet
square, and against two two hunks each These
two feet and there is not as much snace
upper ana lower hunks there upper and
lower berths of sleeping nickel rail like that
OF oaoys crib extends half length the bunk and
reay when one first slips in, world like
being packed sardine the two sections of hunks
are two wash bowls folding into WALL looking glass
ties and four tumbers ~
Inc way OF making the hunks unlike anything ever
OF the bed clothes fiat and the upper sheet
1oioed back; then the long under toward
each oher and they then top the mattress
That all Except the right get The first night
OUT was inclined to grumble slacktwsedness Of
thngs pulled them out tried to tuck them in out
like other furniture ship are practically
fastened down-perhaps they would call it "cewed down
am not sure-and there is no place to tuck
oons as land ubbers do in the wearing bedcothes
with the result that morning they were all ont on the
moor. IT took me two nights to that proper way
is to slip into those as one would sin
INTO a pillow case After that had trouble.
II one might criticize anything about boat it is the
frequency OF meals Breakfast is at hearty the
average dinner in welto-do private family At H. the
deck steward serves with biscuits
on deck Dinner at from to TO-
Every day. when the whistle watch earers take
out their tmepieces and set them ahead At
present writing 2s0 m it is II o'clock in Mime
apols One of the Minneapolis party not changed his
watch in order difference in time On the re-
turn trip shall our timepieces back half
hour every day. : 'N l
OF it storybook sea trip if the
regulation were not spun The OFFICERS nent tho
days acquainted
and trying their yarns upon them When there as
merely little polite hesitation accepting some Of
Them which little finely for novices to an
preciate officer plaintvely inquired Haven't anv Of
you ever been beore" emphasis upon the
word any was quite the hardest slap yet
The evening Of the day was taking one Of the
officers to task because deadly monoonoy Of the
voyage that far asked there going to be more
motion to the boat than we had had especially
not going to roll well raised his hand throat
enngy above head and surprised if
driven into the tack for such talk Rt
when pressed him for something explicit about the actions
OF the boat heavy weather.
spell O. weather they up on the not
mousse ana mad come to the conclusion that rolled
way over and picked them
Hllda Larson" who is Of party from Minne-
apolls has clamored for sight
left the dock at New York. whale whale NV kingdom
for a whale has been
whales belong to us, she said day. when her SIGH
Tor whale created general laugh. the officers
sald-here there another source of nfor
maton-"hat whales class passengers Dor
poses Tor second class
Now, want my whale"
This morning the water tbo+ tho
horlzon was marked by almost line sat lazv
gazing at It, when the black line suddenly broken by
sharp point OF white bnked again and seeing
nothing had just begun to smile had
deceived when clean 'cut again ct the
horizon in just the the Biographies show snontine
whale. With the exclamation, tTIda Larsons whale!
made mad dash for lda dragged to the side rail
to see it. 1t Enthusiastically for we cod soc tho
huge black bulk as it the were too
far away to have distinct view it.
The prettlest sight however was
sailing ship that came horizon under
1u SAIL and for time bearing straight down
upon u.s. The other boats huge inter-
esng because anything riding of interest at
sea, were not at all picturesque.
have all