The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-04-29
AROUND The WORLD.
FIVE HUNDRED CORVALLISITES
MADE THE TRIP SATUR-
70 DAY NIGHT. 's.'1+

Kings, Kaisers, Japs and Yal-
J Ter Gals Were Seen-So
was the President.
i Corvallis Rebekahs covered them
; selves with glory and shekels Sat
urday night. The excursion they
ran around the world was a COM
plete success. Something like 500
persons made the trip, That was
fully two hundred more than the
management expected; for origin
ally but three hundred excursion
tickets were printed, which num-
Der it was supposed would be the
outside limit of demand. Those
tickets didn't last until the first
train started. When the supply
was exhausted then everybodywant
ed tickets. Atype writing machine
was set to work to supply the de-
mand. 1t was run until about 100
additional were written. and then
to keep pace with the calls for
credentials. the managers resorted
to small slips that were made to
serve instead OF the original elab-
orate coupon ticket that was put
on the market.
The excursion wasa new thing
and it took. Most all new things
take; especially when managed
with the fine fnesse that character
lied the work of the Rebekah COM
mittee of managers. Long before
the first train started, there was
gathered about the Occidental ho-
tel. crowd that might have been
mistaken for camp meeting or a
political gathering, or a party car
rying out necktie engagement
with an obstreperous negro, even
as they do it in Indiana and Him
ois this week.
The Occidental was Boston.
That was the starting point. From
there the excursionists went to
Germany direct. thence fitted half
around the world to Japan; then
whisked back to England. then
over to Florida and up to the White
House at Washington. There the
trains left them, and the excur-
sionists had to hoof it home, most
all those who arrived late, in a
driving rain.
At Boston, they sold tickets, and
fitted the traveller out with lunch
of baked beans and brown bread
A lunch counter in appointments
complete enough to fool the Oldest
traveller into belief that it was the
real thing was among the fixtures.
Up stairs in the parlor at Boston
as curiosit1es in the show, waiting
to be looked at, were persons at
tired and made up to represent Jo-
siah and Samantha Allen, Mrs Car
rie Nation, and bride and groom.
The round ofthe various cou ntries
bargained for tickets the excur-
sion formed part of their stunt,
which they all did, as Samantha
said 'sree1 wel1.'
The trains were trucks, suitably
arranged for the accommodation of
passengers. There were canvas
walls and covers to them. On the
floor there was straw. on which
passengers could sit if they did not
care to stand. There were no
seats.
Germany was at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. S. N. Wilkins. Every
one who called there, said they
liked the place. Everything there
was germane to Germany, so mucn
so, that people never kefore known
to speak syllable of dutch began
to talk German the moment they
entered the door. George
Henk1e and John Lenger, as two
German policemen in helmets and
uniforms occupied places on the
front porch and looked the picture
of sauer kraut and bologna. In
side was Tailor Wilkins, who re-
presented the Kaiser Wilhelm so
superbly that if the latter had
known about it, he would doubtless
have sent the Corvallis man a con-
gratulatory telegram signed, "Me
and Gott." Mr.. Wilkins wife
was the empress, and there were
pretty German girls, Katrinas and
Alwenas in wooden shoes, short
dresses with pretty white caps,
looking the picture of innocence as
they served sauer kraut, pretzels
and other German dishes. A Ger