Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-05
Some Of the Passengers.


A ship Is cosmopolitan place and you
meet all kinds OF people from all kinds of
places among the passengers. A week
spent within the narrow confines of the
decks gives you chance to study your
fellow travellers, and many of them are
very interesting. In our passenger list this
time we have number of miliionaires and
members of the four houndred who are
going to London for the social season. and
bevy of actresses. some giddy and some
sedate. Part Of them are English girls who
have been playing in New York. but more
are American foot-light favorltes who have
enga gements In London. There are a num-
Der of South Americans taking round
about way to Paris, which Is their paradise
and several South Africans who are on
their way home from a visit to the states.
A number of college students are of for
their vacations. and several embryo doc
tors are en- route to the medical schools
and hospitals in Vienna. which are now at
tracing more students than those of Paris
or Berlin. 1t Is claimed that Vienna offers
more practical instruction. 1t Is often as
serted that a German can make the most
world; that he can always find out what
is the matter with man, but the Austrian
knows better how to cure him.
The best rooms on the ship are occupied
by some queer looking people known as
THE Cornish Millionaire" his wife, son
and daughter-in-law. They are said to be
homeward bound from the Klondike, where
he has dug a million or more out of the
frozen soil. The wife and daughter-in-iaw
carry good deal Of 1t on their persons In
the form Of gems and jewelry. The former
wears a nugget larger than a doves egg
for q brooch. The sons wife and mother
in-law are said to be sister and daughter of
former pawn broker at Plymouth
We have two eminent authors aboard
the versatile Mr.. F. Hopkinson Smith. who
has made himself famous In five different
professionals an engineer, electrician,
artist, author and lecturer. while his legiti-
mate business Is that OF contractor for
building light houses.
Miss Molly Elliott Seawell is an interest
ing character. Her latest story, Tho
Chateau OF Montplasir," 10 the most sue
cessfui she has ever written. being loaded
logues. Arrangements have been made for
it's dramatixation. and 1t Is really q play
In the disguise of novel. The dramatist
win have little trouble In preparing 1t for
the stage. 1t Is only necessary for him to
strike out a page of description here and
there and leave the dialogue. Miss Sea-
well has just finished story OF the civil
war, which will be published In September
and Is now on her way to visit friends In
England, where she hopes to get material
for another. The forthcoming novel, to be
published by the Appleton's. Is called THE
Victory" and portrayes the adventures of
Creole family in Virginia during the re-
bellion.
Our star passengers. of course. are Mr.
and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. and they
have attracted a great deal OF attention.
Several passengers applied for places at the
table to which they were assigned In the
dining saloon. and always at meal time the
gangway has been crowded with third
| class passengers curious to see the Presi-
dents daughter pass through. At
Plymouth. where the steamer drops the
mails ana such passengers as are In q
hurry to get to London. large crowd
came down on the tender 20 catch q glimpse
OF these famous Americans. A local pho
tographer accompanied them. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Longworth patiently posed for him.
They are followed by 9 reporter from one