The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-22
Home AT LAST.
The Brightest Day for Editor
Howe Since He Left AtchisOn.
How 1t Pleased Him for the
Engineer to Wave at Him.
A CROWD TO MEET HIM.
Will Not Appreciate Heaven So
Much, lie Thinks.
Friends Also Net Him at the New
York Steamer.
4 CROWD TO MEET HIM.

Wednesday, March Z.
The ship suddenly ran into good
weather this morning, and, the sun
coming out, we are all more comfort
able; the decks were full OF people by
10 o'clock. They began TO gather in
groups. and tell stories" Here is
one told by a New York woman: A
man was operated on in a hospital,
and, when he came out from under the
effects of the chlorOform, a pet
monkey hoped up on his bed. He
looked at the monkey in a hay. sick
sort of way, and asked the doctor.
What is that?" The doctor replied:
''That is what we took out of you dur
man said: well, whatever you are,
and whatever you are likely to be-
come. be a good boy. for your mother
Is a mighty sick man"
do not get much comfort out OF
the barber on the Baltic He seems
to be mad because he is not captain
Of the ship. ! do not like him, al
though I admit he is a fine looking
man, but he is i'll humored because he
is a barber.
An attempt was made today to get
up q concert. Only one man and one
woman volunteered to sing, so it was
given up.
Thursday, March s.
The good weather continues Now
that we are approaching Gods eoun-
try" an American said on deck, we
are getting good weather.
At 1 p m. we passed Nantucket
lightship, and this notice was posted
in the smoking room: "Communica-
ton now established with Siasconset,
Mass" accordingly sent a wireless
message to AtchisOn, announcing that
we will arrive in New York tomorrow
morning. We were a good many miles
from land when the message was sent;
don't know how many The message
cost S3.75. In case it was received,
those persons in Atchison who doubt
wireless biography, will have some
thing to think about. Wireless tele-
graphy is still a toy; it is not reliable.
Half the time, conditions" are not
right. at sea; and it works better on sea
than on land. You hear of newspapers
being printed at sea. the news being
received by wireless biography. We
had no news Of any kind
Friday, March 9.
When I awoke this morning, we
were at anchor off Sandy Hook. At
1880 a pilot came on board, and we
steamed slowly over the bar, ana To-
ward the city Breakfast at Z ana
all the passengers packing ana ex-
changing cards. We anchored again
off Staten Island, and waited for the
quarantine officer, and for the custom
house officials. The quarantine officer,
when he arrived, did not bother the
first cabin passengers, but six custom
house officers seated themselves at din
ing room tables, and we were all com
PEELED to make declarations, that IS,
we told where we lived, how long we
had been away, what purchases we
had made abroad, etc. These declara-
tions we were compelled to sign and
swear to- After this delay, the ship
again started towards its dock IN the
North river.
was so cold the return to America
did not impress me as much as 1 had
expected.
star dock. and thousands of people
waiting for friends. They were waving
handkerchiefs. and dancing about The
ship missed its slip at the first attempt
and was compelled to back out and
try again, with the assistance Of six
tugs: these tugs, q passenger Informed
me. received S25 each for docking the
ship
They placed their noses against the
iron sides of the ship, and pushed and
puffed All the time we were getting
nearer to the White Star dock. where
we were to land, and all around Us the
great city, and ferries, and shipping
of every kind. AS the crazy people on
shore recognized their friends among
the crowds on deck, they became
crazier There they arei' man on
deck would shout, and thereupon he
would violently wave his handker-
chief. IL he had a woman with him,
she would begin to cry. Il don't eN-
meet ANYBODY" I said to an acquaint-
ance who had recognized friends on
shore; "I don't blame people for not
coming out on a cold day like this.
Just then I heard man exclaim: