The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-05

TO South America In midsummer!
What are o thinking OFF"
But Rio de Janeiro is in the south
.rn hemisphere. Our summertime is
heir winter"
"oh, to be sure! But how about
getting there? 1t vii! BE staarn:aG hot
in the tropical ocean,! 1 don't envy
vou the voyage"
The above, in substan =. reproduces
Ehat numerous friends u arked when
told them l was going IL the Brazil
AN capital for the Pan-American con-
erence. Previous experiences on trop-
cal waters had left me little fear on
hat score. But | never Jared beyond
he equator, and l thought we might
possibly ~ncounte some excessive heat
n those ATTITUDES. Now, at the end
ii The voyage, l know that for steady
exemption from hot-weather discom-
'orts there is nothing to be compared
With an ocean trip across the torrld
zone. Doubtless one should choose his
ocean. The Red sea has its terrors,
md so has the Persian gulf. But the
Atlantic is a safe selection. OF oppres-
live temperatures and sweltering airs
.here are none.
hip Byron dropped down New York
Day in the face of q soft south wind.
Wy midafternoon we had lost the land,
IND q large school OF whales was sport
ng around us. Our course lay almost
straight for Cape st. Rogue. Not a
sail in sight. The next day one vessel.
Then not a craft to be seen till our
andfall, thirteen days later. Mid
ocean, off the beaten tracks, has few
traces of human presence.
But We are never lonesome. There
$ so much to see and do. To enjoy
he weather is almost sufficient occupa-
ion. We talk about it, of course.
What a fine day." That is the inevi-
able morning greeting. We like to re-
lay is a fine day-each different enough
10 give 1T distinctive character.
A day beyond Bermuda the trade
winds begin, caressing the sea like a
constant lover. There is never a cloud
ess sky; the clouds, hanging low, pop
ulate the air in friendly congregations,
Row and then q shower spills itself
about us for a few minutes, dallies
with a rainbow, and passes on. Part
IF q day may be overcast, but it is not
the sullen gray that, i'm high latitudes.
means raw airs. Here chilly winds are
unknown. In this excellent atmosphere
We may sit all day in the lively breeze
Of the weather-side without the rugs
Vnd wraps of the turbulent North At
.antic passage. and we dress as lightly
Us we please. Neither is the obligatory
at meal times the unreasonable
penance paid to tyrant fashion that it
S in our northern When men
pant smotheringly through dinner and
t,lgh for reduction to negligee shirts.
Lue exercise on deck-walking and the
games-is not f%atiguing. Rest
and reading are also blissful. The y
age is a%nodyne for tired humanity. And
here are nearly three blessed weeks of
It; enough to do one good. All this
without storm or fear of storm.
The sun being on the way back from
Ihe tropic of Cancer only for a few
lays, we reach the "doldrums'-the
oelt of callms, light airs, and variable
nine degrees north of the
equator. Even here, though p%ercepti-
oly warmer, the weather is not hot.
m the intervals of calm the steamers
supplies the desired braeze;
electric fans and good ventilation keep
he cabins comfortable.
The doldrums last but a day. Then
We enter the brisk southeast trades, the
Wind now blowing almost in our teeth.
who says a sea voyage is monoto-
loUs? a ship is a busy place; there is
something to do. for passengers
Us we'll as for crew. Mr.. Buchanan.
he chairman of the American delega-
ion to the conference, had dreaded to
Il the direct route from New York to
Rio. instead of making the customary
ietour to Europe and thence by the big
lners, Noyaging two sides of a rather
triangle. But all fear of pos
lble discomfort soon vanished. The
and her sister ship, the Tenny-
have the ines of a yacht. In COM
.arison with the huge transatlantic
team yachts affected by multimillion-
Tres. The gigantic floating hotels of
North Atlantic have their many
Joints of excellence, luxurious extras
most desirable to mitigate the disturb
ns passage OF the roaring forties.,
'ut lhey are conducive to the charm
hs sociabiiity of the traditional ocean
oyase hardly more than are the cor
ldors of the Walaorf-Astoria
lie With the congeniality of a club
ouse filled With good fellows.
When 1t cores to ten equable weeks
summer seas and tropic airs. give
the moderate sized liner, with her
list tc correspond. The By
ons full complement of less than forty
, me saloon seems much like a pro-
house party--with tine difference
hat when that number Of persons
nance to come together from contigu-
US social levels they mutually adapt
themselves by a sort OF natural selec-
on rerhaps better than is possible with
ny company that even the most tact
OF hosts or hostesses could choose.
In II Gaze, distinctive olo is given
y the members of the American dale
together with its staff. who
are by this route. With Mr.. Buchan-
y are his wife and his sor Donald;
,lth Professor Eeinsch comes mis- wife;
nd with Mr.. Larrinaga his daughter. /
Naturally, It is rot an idle voyage.
delegates come together freuuent-
Tor consultation as to their program
~ TO decide upon matters likely to
rise ut tic conference. They are there
're ready to 20 into the sessions thor I,