The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-29
MERRY MAIDS OF
HOLL1LN.S ABROAD

Delightful Trip Across Oc zeal
Steamer Nearing &c
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NH ON y BOARD NJ lSo 1SE1G1N LU1sE,
s@aSf|lE EARRING la GIBRALTAR, july 2---9
III Promptly II o'clock lii tho. morning the
$ES last farewell was spoken the last wild
#einbrnce given,&and between smiles and
tears the departing ones hung over tho
3$Sasail trying 10 catch n gllnpac OF the one
ssfnce. most dear, among those on the
sEpier.j Meanwhile the great shl1 jkoenigln
Lulsa, which sailed from the North Ger Ger
Ssstnnn Lloyd piers. 11oboken. n. june
mas fIOlBtCt
gang plank, and swung from her moor
:sslngs. " IN * " FL & $g 1iSS, IA
8Es Setting orr on IN ocean voyage on one
& II the great liners Is truly inspiring Her
H8flags float out on the breeze, tho bind
plays stirring music, while hundreds VINO w
iSstill throng the pier wnyc8 and cheer as
s8they press cngerlyS forward for tho last
glimpse OF friends on board. Ii Soon the
i syoyager must go below, 10 r heavier Wrnr
and perhaps to open my stcrious packages
10 bo found there, sent on board as Sur
S9S prlscs from thoughtful friends left be-
hind II, n day or two the cnsygoing ship
ssSl III Is adopted. books nre brought on
deck every day but nre seldom rea cad &c.
,ssuiinintances are made, and series OF
SgscnlIs begin. The older ladies Chat In the
writing room, while8thc young folk con-
#g!s liinc hours playing "shuffle-board " or
sSSSS.'rIng-t osA.'g AS 4 sit writing, hear
Through the open nor tholc a voice reading
fg sss. Lotus Flowers Il Is that OF a young
ID man reading to his bride, and they are
SIX on their way to Italy, where they VIII
L spend their honeymoon.
Clergyman Abroad
3ssSS Should i step on deck, ! should be sure
sS8 to meet within ten steps Il certain 20 mp
HI III GUS c clergyman of to visit foreign LANDS:
S,tIIc has laid aside his ministerial drcss,
ana donned n gaunty plaid suit, VII
5Sssss ca d 10 match. Indeed, all signs OF re-
thigh Office have been folded UP "
2 his black coat, except a certain unnlls-
va taxable 5lntona ton. and In this voice h
SS$35 sho wers upon everybody n never-endiHo
j3RSs8yolleyS OF anecdotes and puns. His SUP
FRI ply is inexhuustibe On being asked *
The did much literary work on an ocean
Voyage, Oliver Wendell Holmes replied
that he was a constant contributor y
THE Atlantic" II there are sucl, on
VEN This shtp,Ig have not seen them.
toll TIM ln(ife0 DsayS
sis .sbrIdge.' witli8thc same zcst they dfspia ;
on land, and the evenings are Wnileo
sss4fa way with music. for there Is a great
SSg deal u, talent on board. Tho Virginia
Sagirls q D often called upon to entertain
gS Last evening there WIS g ball on deck'
s$ and. when we went out & 10 ~ join sthe
81 merry .hrong. we found the deck traps
MI formed into d brilliant ball-room, hung
with flags and lighted with electricity.
SS3 stimulating brilliant flowers. The air was vas
y5es SO balmy and dry tl.at muslin gowns
sS8 we're worn. and It WAS easy TO forget
ss that We Ne,re on an ocean Vcssel N ili il
VA Atlantic. M III D 5 4
3Ssss All on board are not SO happy ana care
sSs free. "a There was q large, handsome. iHl-;,
@Sposing lady, who, upon being told by
sa her conductor that she would find y
q both inconvenient and expensive to
sssS travel with trunks in Europe, imnedia te-$5
ssg8 " decided to take two.
$ls% The earlier, part of the voyage was
!sssSs spent In considering whether she could
ss& pa IT Wit III one, leaving 1t IN care OF the
4$# ships company until September. and |,
s82S these alter days are clouded by the one
a4s consuming question as to which of her
SS88s Ella borate gowns can be spared until the
@Sf Ycsurn voyage. b This calls to mind the
#S conyersation OF two tlnrkies r overheard.
IS enys Jeenls to c;inny Julius is n c,l-5
I rIous man; he Amt like you, and he
s9 amt like me. i55 8 ~ As XXX ,5t w
A. H.
lily. Sunday Is observed ia 8 ~ day %
ssg worship, and last Sunday. when, after q
y Beautiful service, Jesus, Lover OF Nj
sss Soul" was sung as the closing hymn.
e. thought / Ind never. heard 1t ring out
Nj 80 grandly for more than half the con-
SSa$ gregation was composed of5 men ana
ISL every voice Joined In the singing
Day Of Enchantrnent.
l {ss3 There is ono day on this voyage that
will always DO remembered as n day Of
s$enchantmcnt-the day spent IN passing
the Azores. They burst upon US tke q
5s9J raw world, when one morning we mastered
from our staterooms, reused by the UNI
gSsusual stir on shipboard There they lie
SfstretchedE out before us. the last visible
peaks and ranges OF a submerged CONT
snent, The highest peak, Mount I'tco.
h sleeping volcano. rises $500 feet above
"a. the sea, but all tile Islands TINT we could
Be SEQ were hilly or mountainous though
M many were cultivated to the very crests,5
MI The first one passed In daylight by our
5f ship Is tho Island OF Fayal, a low, irregl-
liar mountain range. running east and
Cd west. and guarded at tho western ex-s
" tremity by a black sentinel rock rising
S8 like a lighthouse from tho water. @
Ss In tho fifteenth century n Portuguese
II PRINCESS, who had married tho Count OF
81 frlauders, received and sheltered ut her
court many members OF noble families,
who sought her protection from the per-
& secutions and wars which then devas-
y tated the low countries: later some Of
NAhaan rafllgnesl found their WV through