Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-09-02
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Al ss.na,-au y~-s,s'ss Know Miss La
~ Hagea. daughter of Mr. aud Mr.
Ferdinand HssI<en u he " now trav
sss,ng IN Germany H.r ss.~rri,,s,o,
.a the voyage aud the .ntroaac1..s
to German III. will prove interesting
to everyone.
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karlsruhe. Baden, Germany
Aug -, 1904
i,ear Friends
First la order D. make all refer
enees plain 10 yon ! shall introdsc,
tbe members sf our party. iou,
adults aud a seven aud half wear
old child. Nh Elizabeth Thomann
lAuat LIzziel. Naude IIsestis. Lula
I.ehrrit,er, little Helena Lehrrirter
these from Indianapolis, Ind. and
last bat surely not least, yoar ham
bile correspondent
Since ] left home June l5, | have
seen many interesting, grand and
pretty Sights. of grandeur ! saw
the most in the Unlted States, in the
TRIP from Grand junction 30 Denver,
the Niagara Falls, and the Journey
by steamer from Albany TO New ] lork
ON the Hudson river. OF pretty and
interesting thiags Europe so far has
offered host but nothing Of the
grandeur to be found in America. in
what have seen so far, which, it
must be confessed, is not very much
Ten days we were ON the water
from New York TO the Hoek van
Holland. One day, the third day, |
spent paying tribute to relentless old
Neptune, and needless TO say, did
not enjoy it very much, but the
other nine DAYS were filed 20 the
brlm with enjoyment. We travelled
second-cabin and, for the
most part, found fine, Jolly
crowd, among them several minis
ters, ! don't know how many teach
ers, especially teachers of languages,
many students of art and music ON
their way 10 Germany or France.
Then must not forget TO mention the
two Chanteaus, Alphonse and Ga
brielle, who are twins and look 10
much alike that one could not be told
from the other; everybody called them
Alphonse and Castor. They were
ON their way back to France after
fourteen months solourn in New
York where they exhi oited their
paintings, which were much admired
and several of which are said TO have
been painted for the st. Louis Ex-
position, where they are now on ex-
hibition.
On the Fourth of July we were
Just about mid-ocean. At one o'clock
in the morning the fog horn began
blowing, for we were surrounded by
fog which did not lift all day So,
YOU see we had some noise even if
we didn't have firecrackers and 9TH
er noise making inventions. The
dining room was well decorated with
flags of the various republics, with
our Starry Banner in the place Of
honor At intervals during the day
the band played patriotic pieces,
while the crowd sang or cheered and
everybody wore red, white and blue
That night we had a dance, every
body with winter jackets or overcoats
on, the floor covered with cornmeal,
and the decks lighted by red, white
and blue lights set in large stars.
1t was a scene long to be remem-
bered, the light and gaiety ON the
ship, contrasted TO the dense black
ness Of the night aud the weird sOund
of the foc-horn. As fireworks on
that, to us memorable Fourth, we had
the finest display of phosphorescents
in the water that we had the whole
voyage At the stern of the boat,
where the water was churned to froth
by the screws, they sometimes ap-
peared almost rs a sheet Of flame.
there being SO many and Of such
large size.
About eight o'clock in evening of
July 9th we came in sight Of the
lighthouses Of the Scilly Islands.
About ten, that immense revolving
light, THE Lizard" appeared.-we
had heard that when we should be
opposite this light our ship would
signal, and wishing to see this, we
went up on the top deck, that we
might see better. 1t was bitter cold
but we STAYED there until eleven
O'Clock. when a large quantity Of
powder giving a green light was
burned at the side Of the ship
green and white are the colors Of the
Holland American line
The next day we Travelled most Of
the time with a good view Of the
coast Of England, and beautiful II
was TO see, the white cliffs topped