The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-13
ON The MEDITERRANEAN.
Miss Alice Wishart Continues Her Jour.
ney To India.
FAMILIAR SONG ATTRACTS ATTENTION
Was at Port Said, Egypt, Dec. 9th Drinking
Turkish Coffee and Listening to fIeathen
Music Is Oriental For Sure.

heard strangely familiar tune
being played somewhere. l rush.
ed to the rail, and there were
three men with violins, and wo.
man with a harp, playing "The
Honeysuckle and the Bee." The
dock was crowded with venders,
musicians, beggars, dancing girls,
acrobats, clowns, and freaks of
all sorts trying to coax money
out of travellers; but l had eyes
and ears for nothing but my
"Honeysuckle and the Bee" peo.
Pile, on whom 1 squandered some
good English coin-just because
they happened to play that silly
old ditty M and l used to sing
and play together. The perform
ance of hand organs, harps, dane
ing, &C., kept up till the boat left.
| bought two little white silk
shawls very cheaply there from a
tously- haired, coffee. .colored wo,
man. 1t had been cold IN Eng
land, and through France l wish,
ed / had furs; but here the sun
came out clear and warm. | nev-
er saw more beautiful sight
than Marseilles as we steamed
out into the blue Mediterranean
seattle city lying at the foot of,
and creeping half way up, the
low lying hills, with here and
there a dome cr cross catching
the sunlight, aud dozens of sail
BOATS, ocean liners and men-of.
war steaming majestlcally past
and then the blue sea. My head
is too thick to describe it as
saw it, but it was too beautiful
ever to be forgotten.
l did not attend service yester.
day Sunday morning, but took
a nap on deck in the afternoon
and went to service in the even
ing. There are four English cler-
gymen on board and one preach.
ed a really fine sermon. There
are some real interesting people
on board. A pianols up here on
deck and another in the saloon,
with quite a mum ber of good mu'
sicians. There is always some
thing going on. Here are our
meals: At $50 the stewardess
briugs fruit, roll, and coffee or
cocoa to us in bed; break fast at 9;
beef tea IS served on deck at
1890; dinner at /; tea at A; sup
per at $50, and chocolate with
crackers and cheese at 8 o'clock.
This morning when l went on
deck I was admiring what |
thought was a bank of white
clouds, but it turned out to be
snow-capped mountains on the is
land of Crete, where Paul touch
ed, you remember. | can scarce.
ly stay down st tirs long enough
to write for fear of losing some
sight. There are six hours diff
ference in time between us now,
and | can count back and imag.
inc what you are doing at any
particular time. Saturday night
at one o'clock we passed Strom-
boil, a volcano on the island of
Sicily, in full eruption, but of
course was asleep and missed
the fire works. | told you, did |
not, that we bought sola topis
(pith hats) in London at Thresher
& Glumy's, who supply the king
aud queen With hosiery. 1t is be.
ginning to get very warm, and
tonight after a hot sea bath l
shall have to discard all heavy
clothes for summer weight; then
70. morrow a white shirtwaist and
topi-and perspiration
Did l tell you my seasick expe.
rience on the English ChannelY
1t was horrid, but / got over it
and know now what it is to be
seasick-and think, l have my
sea legs now, sure enough. To-
morrow at 5 p. m. we reach Port
SAID, where we remain till the
next morning at 8, then four days
to Alden and change to the S. S.
Oriental" After / get on land
and get settled l can write better
my head won't be quite so
heavy. You ought to see the dlz.
sy-looking, seasick people who