Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1908-09-01
MRS. RUBE'S FIRST TRIP TO
EUROPE.
For THE PALISADIAN.

makes it pleasure to go on visits
even when you do go to foreign coun-
tries. | remember once when | visited
Aunt Mary in Ioboken it took me Il
month to get ready and then all the
fussing and Tuning of changing cars
ut Union Hill. and | couldn't tell the
names of the streets as we went by,
and the conductor called out such I'M
familiar names that | couldn't under
stand him. l asked him three or four
times to let me know when | reached
Aunt Marys. and he only looked at
me and laughed. and we kept going
and going till | just knew we had
passed the place. so | got off the car
when it stopped and asked the police
man how far it was Ito where |
wanted to go and he said that de-
pended. Some people never seem to
have any gumptiOn about them. l
finally got there all tired out and hun
CRY only to find that Aunt Mary had
moved to Weehawken. and it took we
all the rest of the day to find her. But
nowadays all this is changed. especially
when we travel on the big boats. |
had always wanted to go on an eXcur-
sion on one of the big boats and when
ut last the opportunity came l just
tossed a few things in Il satchel and
started. When we came to where the
boat was tied | went in through the
cellar door. They took me up near the
roof where l stood on kind of Il back
piazza and watched the shore where
all the people stood who came to see
the boat 90 out There was lots of cry
ing and tears. l expect some folks cry
just to be crying. Everybody didn't
cry though. Some had flags and waved
their hats and handkerchiefs and par
as0ls till the boat got too far away for
me to see them.
| think | would like to live on big
boat all the time. They told me that
this one is under the charge of ''Prin
cess Cecile." She is certainly Il good
housekeeper. 1t has wide porches and
verandas all around and people sit
out on them or walk up and down and
smoke and have a good time. but
princess Cecile" keeps her floors
bright and clean and the walls washed
and it doesn't seem to be hard work.
either because all the cleaning-up and
scrubbing is done before | get up in
the morning The rooms are small and
so are the beds. but a person must
expect to put up with some inconven-
lCINCS Witch bIVt ~ awe IIOAh
princess Cecile" is certainly a good
cook. the meals she gives us are SPLEEN
did. | don't know where she keeps SO
many things to eat. and especially
fresh eggs. milk. fish. vegetables and
fowls. | asked somebody sitting next
to me at the table. and they very
kindly explained it all to me. OF
course they can have fresh eggs and
fowls for meals because they have
barnyard in the cellar. and keep chick
ems and get fresh eggs every morning.
and keep COWS and get fresh milk and
butter whenever they want ii. |
haven't been down TO see ii vet. but
asked the captain if | could 20 down
and milk the COW some morning. and
he laughed and said | couldn't get up
early enough. just as though | haven't
been getting up at five O'Clock for fifty
years. rain or shine. They must have
fine fishing all the time because they
tell me when princess Cecile" wants
Il mess of fresh fish all she has to do
is TO throw her lines in the water and