Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-11-14
Emporium Ladies' Describe TRIP
to Panama.

Friendship, n Y, Register, which was
written by Mrs. VIM. Gerow, well re-
membered as Miss Hattie Smith, a
| former resident, of Emporium Miss
Ethel Day, of Emporium, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. Herbert Day, accompani-
ed the party to Panama, to remain un-
til spring:
"We arrived in New York city be-
tween two and three hours late; went
to the S. s. office and bought our
tickets. We found that if we had not
wired for staterooms we would not
have had them, for there were only
| two and those were inside rooms. Our
ship the "Trent" was filed, so also was
the Hamburg American Liner. Prince
Isle of Frederick, German boat, and
the Panama boats of nine rooms were
engaged until after the goth of this
month, so you see through the kind
ness of Mr.. VanRiper, the Panama
ticket adent, we were fortunate in
getting on the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Line, an English boat.
sour time in the city was short, 80
we improved the time as it was my
Cousins first visit there. We visited
some of the most interesting places.
Saturday, the 9th, soon came, and we
devoted the time preparing for the
sailing. At four O'Clock p. M, every.
| body abroad, the lines thrown from
shore, and we were out on the briny
deep. Sunday, the day of rest, was
observed. The Arch Bishop of the
West Indies, Mr.. Ally, held service in
the large dining hall, from 1890 to
1:30 a. m. All the officers were pre-
sent and a good share of the passeng-
ers, He gave very good sermon.
"wednesday we passed Cape Macy
and travelled far enough along the line
to see the entrance to Santiago Har-
Dor. Thursday at an early hour Port
Royal came in view. There we saw
the buildings, and the point of Port
Royal sunk into the water SO deep
that just the tops of the cocoanut trees
were visible, and not long after we
docked at the city of Kingston, and
went ashore. We took in the city,
which has 900 inhabitants. AS we
were entering the harbor some of the
passengers called out, "See the toads."
A dozen or fifteen Jamiaca negroes
were there swimming, and as we came
near they called out, "Please an Am
erican nickle, please Mister, an Ameri-
can dime" Dimes, nickles and pen
MES were thrown into the water, and
everytime they found them. 1t was
amusing to watch them dive, each time
asking for another.
After breakfast we started out to
see the city. We had not gone far
when a cabman drove up and we were
glad to take the cab and see all we
could, as we had the day there. We
drove along the water front and saw
the ruins, just solid mass of fallen
brick; large up-todate department
stores, with only wall standing here
and there. One of the strange sights
we saw was the Jamaica women at
work, carrying mortar in pals up lad
ders, picking up brick and doing the
same amount of work man would do
and receiving for their labor only
twenty-five cents per day. Queen
Vlctoria's Park came next At the en-
trance is the monument of her likeness
and it compaFed well with pictures we
have seen. Then we passed on to the
grounds. In all the parks we have
seen none were so beautiful flowers in
bloom, and such handsome foliage.
Our next was market building, cover
ing square or block. Here the people
were buying tropical food. The only
enclosure was brick arches, and iron
gates thrown open on all sides; true
tropical building in a tropical land.
At the Roman Church everything was
a complete wreck, the interior as we'll
as the exterior. At the Theatre Royal
just the frame work of the first balcony
was standing. The Government build
ings were shaken but they have been re-
built The Jewish Tabernacle came
next on our trip and it was numbered
with the others a wreck. The race
course is fine place, and it is where
the people fled at the time of the ter
rible earthquake. The people are
building their new buildings mostly OF
concrete. The parks of Kingston are
very beautiful. AS we enter Hope
Garden there is a large cedar tree,
with its green leaves, red berries, and
moss like the Florida moss, hanging
from its limbs. From there the cab
man took us through some of King
ston's fine roads. There we saw true