Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-04

To South America in midsummer,
WHAT are you thinking Of
BIZ Rio dc Jaueiro il in The south
IN hemisphere. or sumuer-tiue is
leir winter.
on. to be sure But how abou,
getting there II MI, - s.eea,;a5 rot
IN the tropical ocea;' don't envy
YOU The voyage
Tho aboYe. IN suDstar re~proluces
mat numerous friends -. trked when
told them | was going ga The Rrazil-
an capital for the Pau-.Americsn con-
erence. Previous experiences on trop-
cal waters had left me little fear on
hat score. Bui | r"ver farrell beyond
he equator. aud | thought We might
possibly ONE excessive heat
il those attitudes. Now. at the end
If the voyage l know hat for steady
exemption from -hot-weather disco1n-
'orts there IS nothing 10 be compared
With an ocean Trip across the torrid
zone. Doubtless one should choose his
ocean The Red sea has its terrors.
md 50 has the Persian gulf. But the
Atlantic is a safe selection. OF oppres-
'ive temperatures and swcltering airs
.h.re ara one.
AT midday. July :. the British steam
hip Byron dropped down New York
oay in fh. face of a soft south wind.
W Inidafternoon we had lost the land.
md a large school OF whales was sport
ng around US. Our course lay almost
straight for cape st. Rogue. Not n
vail in sight. The next day II vessel.
Then not a craft TO be seen till our
Hndfall thirteen DAYS later. Mid
pecan. off the beaten tracks. has few
races of human prasauce
But We are never lonesome. There
3 50 much to see and DO. To enjoy
he weather is almost sufficient occupa-
ion. We talk about it. of course.
what a fine dav," That is the ineyi-
able morning greeting We like 70 re-
nind ourselves of our blessings. Every
lay is a fine day-each different enough
20 give. Ii distinctive character.
a day beyond Rermud the trade
Kinds begin. caressing the sea Ike n
constant lover. There is never n loud
ess sky: the clouds. hanging low. pop
ulate the air in riendly congregations.
Ioy and then p shower snills itsolf
about us for a few minutes. lallieS
Sith a and passes on. part
If y day may he overcast. but il is no,
he sullen gray that. in high attitudes.
means raw airs. Here chilly winds are
unknown. In this excellent atmosphere
". may sit all day in the lively hr.ayo
If The weather-side without the rms
mi wraps Of the turbulent North A.
| .aniic passage. and we dress as lightly.
as we please. Neither is the obligatory
.oat at meal times the cas- hi.
penance paid 10 tyrant fashion tina, Il,
$ in. our northern when men
pant Smotheringly through dinner and
righ for reduction to negligee shirts.
Due exercise on deck-waiking and the
yhi;.board games-is not fatiguing. Rest
and reading are also blissful. The voy-
age is anodyne for tired humanity. And
here are nearly three blessed weeks of
Il. enough to do one good. All this
without storm or fear of storm.
~TI. ne, t-;,,- 90 ~ .... -, r.
the tropic of Cancer only for n few.
laws, we reach the 'doldrums"-the
Delt of Gains. light airs. and variable
N~inds--about MIN degrees north of the
EQUATOR. Even here. though r%ercepti-
Oily warmer. the weather is not hot.
IN the intervals of calm tho steamers
movement supplies the desired breeze:
Electric fans and good ventilation keoI,
the cabins comfortable.
The 6oldrums last but 2 day. Then
we enter the brisk southeast trades. tho
wind nov blowing almost in our teeth.
Who says a sea voyage is monoto,
L y ship is a busy place: there Is
always something to do. for passengers
IS we'll as for crew. Mr.. Buchanan.
the chairman of the American da,egn-
ton to the conference. had dreaded Ia
take the direct route from New York to
Rio, instead of making the customary
detour to Europe and thence by the big
liners. voyaging two sides of a rathe,
cute triangle. But all fear of pos
F, ..hle discomfort Don vanished. The
Byron and her sister ship. the Tenny-
son, have tie li.cs of 4 yacht. In com
| p-rison with TIE hug transatlantic
liners they secir more like tho -rnn,
steaEI yachts affected by multimillioA-
aires. The gigantic floating hotels of
the North Atlantic have their many
points of excellence. luxurious extras
most desirable 10 mitigate the disturb
Ing passage of the roaring forties.'