Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
NARROWED IN IRELAND
Arriving at Queenstown at 3
in the Morning.
TAKEN OFF BY LIGHTERS
Quite a Difference in Accommoda-
tons From the Baltic
THE sTEERAGE PASSENGERS

I0ose coming From America Diner
From Those Going to That
Country.
ny WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
QUEENSTOWN. June 10. 1905.
1t isn't agreea bic to be marooned any
where at O'Clock in the morning. 1t is
too late to go to bed and too early to get
up, and no one feels amiable at that hour,
but l presume no more agreeable place
than Ireland could be found for such an
experience. The big steamer Baltic, with
5.OOO tons Of conveniences and comforts
and luxuries, made Queenstown about
half-past and a fussy little lighter that
Is not half big enough for its business
came a-pufing and snorting alongside
like black and tan terrier to q mastin.
Three hundred or more Of the passen-
gers were landing and from the looks OF
things every one of them must have had
dozen trunks, for the baggage filled the
deck of the lighter so completely that
there was scarcely standing room for the
passengers, and we learned by experience
how steers and sheep and pigs must feel
when they are packed so closely in rail-
way cars that they haven't room TO lie
down. There is cabin below the deck.
the attendants told US, hut after taking a
look at 1t those who complied with his
suggestion quickly returned to- the crowd
ed deck. The agent of the steamship
company apologized for the lack Of &C
commodations. He said it wasn't the
fault Of his employers, because the Clyde
Company had monopoly Of lighterage In
Queenstown harbor and the White Star.
Cunard and American companies were
compelled to send their passengers
ashore by such boats az 1t furnished The
company had been promising to build
new ones for many years. and he sup
posed that some time before the end of
the world travellers who came into and
went out of Queenstown would be provid-
ed with greater comforts. but, he added.
We ought to be thankful that it wasn't
raining-and, considering the circum-
stances, We were.
A Steady Boat. the Baltic.
1t was perfect voyage upon perfect
ship. and the weather. except the last
day and half. was SO warm and sunny
that 4 @ could sit upon the decks without
cur overcoats or rugs, and everybody on
board was happy and contented. Nobody
was seasick, and Mr.. Palmer. the purser.
insists that such exemption is not I'M
usual He declared that nobody ever
is Ill on the Baltic. because her decks
are always steady. and there is never
any more motion than on the floor Of the
Capitol at Washington. But one OF the
stewards. when the purser passed by,
ted me an incident which, II true. shows
that there are exceptions to all rules.
He said that during the previous voy-
age a gentleman and lady were reclining
half asleep in their steamer chairs one
afternoon during ''bit of blow"
when the lady arose silently, threw back
the rugs that covered her and went to
ments with her face inclined over the
water and her hands clutching the iron
rods. She raised her head. wiped her
pale lips with her handkerchief and re-
turned to her chair. Her husband, half
asleep, inquired:
What was it. dear:'
Most everything she murmured as
she sank back into Their ugs and closed
her eyes.
/ have never been aboard SO steady
ship. Mr.. Carnegie, who has crossed the
Atlantic five times on the Baltic, says
that he never wants to cross In any thing
else and insists that she is the steadiest
craft that floats She IS so long that she
reaches from the crest of one swell to
the crest Of another and makes bridge
between them, and SO slow that she
| takes the pillows gently. These big slow
ships are really much more comfortable
than the fast ones. steamer cannot
! make speed without hitting the water
| hard and rolling and causing vibrations.
because the engines must have enormous
power. and the pFopellers cannot revolve
Without communicating some OF their We
nemence to the steel that incloses them.
We are told that the Lustania has Just
crossed in four days and twenty-five
hours and made $50 knots in a single day,
with an average of 25.7 knots an hour for
| the voyage. while the Baltic took seven
| I1f,< I.~sr
averaging only between sixteen and sew
enteen knots an hour. Our longest daily
| run was 422 knots. CT 2lO knots a day
| less than the Lusitania. But any one
who loves the sea and needs rest and
! feels the invigorating influence OF the
/ salt air will enjoy the slower steamer
| more, because it has no motion and no
| vibration and every comfort that any
| reasonable human being could wish for.
The second-class accommodations on
| these big modern steamers are quite as
| luxurious as the first-class accommoda-
\ tons were upon the most fashionable At
| lantic greyhOunds a few years ago, and
| those Of ordinary steamers today; and
| the third-class passengers have nothing
| to complain of in the way of comforts or
| food or treatment. There has been quite
| as great change in the character of the
| Storage accommodations of recent years
as In the size and the character of the
| steamers. and the immigrant inspectors
| are always on the lookout for insanitary
| and other evils to correct.
Storage Passengers Differ.
But none Of the third-class passengers
on the Baltic this trip required looking
after. They were perfectly capable of
| taking care of themselves. Most of them
were Irish young men and young women
| on their way for visit to 1.-The ould sod"
Some OF them were going back to be mar
| ried, others to see the old folks, and more
to see what the ould country looks like,
bedad. There is an astonishing differ
ence In the appearance and behavior of
are sailing east to those who are sailing
west. A few years or even q few months
In America causes an extraordinary
change in the dress and the manners of q