The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-01
FRIENDLY TERMS.
Editor Howe Makes Peace With
the Pacific Ocean.
But Still He Does Not Like the
Sea.
THEY DON'T AGREE.
The Travellers Assigned to the
Captains Table.
The Chinese as Passengers and
Part of Crew.
THEY DON'T AGREE.

I am on friendly terms with the sea
/ today. which is Tuesday, November z.
am more than ever convinced that I
do not like it. The weather is fine
and there is very little motion, but I
! have a consciousness that a very little
would send me to bed again. I do not
like the smell of my room. The door
is open all day, but when I step into it
for a moment, the smell almost gags
me. The room is. as I have said be-
fore, very clean, and this is true of
the ship, but in the fine assembly room
above the dining saloon. an odor
arises from the cooking that nearly
OverWhelms me. The Chinese ser
wants are the best I have ever encOun-
tered, and the food is liberal and dam
ty; we have awberries, raspberries,
cantaloupe, and every thing else to
tempt the appetite, but do not like it;
1 long for something to eat from
home. Last night i fell asleep in a
chair on the upper deck, and, in a, lazy
way, dreamed I was on the porch at
home: the rush of the waves thought
Of as evidence of a storm, and thought
of going upstairs to close the windows.
When I awoke, [ regretted that my
dream did not include something to
eat at home.
At restaurant in Butte, Montana, I
of fare: Your way is the right way"
That is the rule on the siberia" you
do as you please-your way is the
right way. This morning [ found
bath robe in that wonderful trunk of
mine. and. putting it on. went into the
wash room. In the wash room L pa
troniZe-theTe are several others on
the ship-there are four bath tubs, and
two showers. There is no crowd; no
rush. A Chinaman rubbed me and
scrubbed me. and I felt like a new
man: until 1 got a Whit from the
cooking. Then I felt a little older than
ever, and a little thinner.
The gentleman who sits at my right
at the captains table is an English
man from London. He is making a
tour of the world, with his wife. He
seemed familiar with the fact that a
good many of the flowers on the table
had been sent to the young lady ac-
companying me, and remarked that it
was a very pretty American custom,
unknown in England If 1 do say it
myself, we did get good many flow
ers. They We're placed on the dining
room tables, and were there today,
when we were a thousand miles out.
The cards of the donors are still at
tached to the flowers. and we intend
to save sheSe as souvenirs of the triD.
On my daughters left. sits a Wo-
man who is believed to be an actress.
She is well behaved, but the women do
not like her. This morning at break
fast, a gentleman sitting opposite the
actress, attempted a conversation; he
was merely being civil, but the man
ner in which his wife reprimanded
him. without saying a word, was very
amusing. When I see the man and his
wife standing alone on the deck. talk
ing excitedly, know they are discuss
ing the actress incident, and that the
husband is apOlogizing- Everybody
knows everybody on board, except that
men accompanied by their wives must
not speak to actresses. The actress at
our table is as well behaved as any wo-
man on the ship but the other women
act as though they know something
against her.
was talking with the captain this
morning, and ne says the ship will stop
four days in Yokohama, owing to a big
] lot of freight to unload there. By leav-