The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-19

slowed up a little but kept going until it
finally stopped at dock within a hun
steamship in the world. And then there
was @ scramble to get aboard, as the ship
was to sail at $50
A half hour after our arrival the big
whistle Of the ship began to blow at in
tervals; the lines We're cast off, and three
tugs began pulling the Baltic" into the
way for home-Hurrah!
At daylight this morning we were in
sight Of Queenstown. ireland. and the
ship lay in the harbor until noon. taking
on mail and passengers A lot OF irish
women came on board to sell real Irish
lace, and how eagerly the women pas
sengers looked through the lace! Women
are always ready to look at lace. and buy,
if it suits them. The Irish lace sellers
were very witty and greatly amused the
passengers; you don't know what real
Irish IS until you have been in Ireland
little after noon the ship got away
and started on its long Journey Of three
thousand miles TO New York.
Friday. March .
At sea on the Atlantic Same old
thing, except that the ship is larger, the
waves more violent and the weather
colder. The Atlantic is the bully or
This is our tenth week at sea- ana last
night we had fog for the first time; the
fog horn, the ships big whistle blew
every minute for hours at time, ana
sleep was impossible. The fog horn was
blown at intervals today, and we have
had showers of rain. The sea is rough,
but the ship is so large that the 100 first
cabin passengers stand it pretty WeA.
Men seem to be better sailors than Yyo-
men; most Of the passengers missing from
the dining room are women
Although it is generally supposed that
ships cross the Atlantic in six or seven
days, we shall really DC on the Baltlc
ten DAYS, from Wednesday at p m. un-
til the second Friday at about noon me
fBaIticf is not one of the fast ships, but
g+ ste ANS a
rough sea Our time viii be reckoned
from Queenstown to the New 1ork hgnl-
ship. We really started from Liverpool
and not from Queenstown. ana WI not
be able to land for several hours after We
are reported from the New YORK llsht-
ship, if We do not arrive at New ! OK pc
fore shutdown Thursday we will be com
PEELED to wait outside the bar until FRI
day morning.
In the barber shop of the Baltic Is
displayed the following printed notice:
For the greater convenience OF -t ~
greater number, passengers are requested
not to apply to the barber for halr cut
ting and tori shampOoing, except between
noon and $50 P. m The man VINO WL 90
grammatical term: ''hair cutting ana
fspooina ssaair cutting OF sharnpoo-
ing" so he used both, placing or IN pa
renthesis.
The biggest ship in the world has a
good deal Of motion. but so far there has
been no roll: the motion IS connneu a.
most entirely to pitching, which IS less
disagreeable than roiliin sons 1t,, siPs are
esroese'i rolls so much that it IS known
on the Atlantic as Rolling Billy
I remark, also. that the Baltic; tne
largest vessel afloat, is q great snip 70
cre9lx. the tirnbers creak at every plunge
and this goes on night and day.
have observed that I nearly always
l5t-a the CAPTAIN and the first officer OF a
ship. and seldom like the purser or doctor
rho waiter at my table when I give him
NV order always says: Thank you For
example. I viii say: Bring me mutton UPTON
chop" and the waiter viii reply . Ls e.,
ef--. ft,arIy YOU This is q custom among
Fnglish walters that have eneoqntered
r.n1r here else. y. ". y.