The National tribune., 1909-09-16

in advance of that we had already paid
You better believe / jumped at the
chance, and went at once TO convey the
good news to Elizabeth She was as
delighted as / was when she saw the
room for it certainly was a dandy" as
you girls would say, with its three good
sized closets, two washstands with mir
rors over them and every possible con-
venience in the way of fresh linen wall
Tockets, etc, for ocean travelling. Then,
too, it was directly opposite the bath
rooms, and almost as close 10 the toilet
rooms, and every woman knows what
that means. Even with all our stuff
and you know how much there always
is in spite of the most careful PLAN
ning-with the three immense baskets
of fruit which had been bestowed upon
me by loving constituency. so to
speak, and with everything else, We
could move around with the greatest
ease and agility, which is more than
can be said of most state rooms. unless.
of course, one is a millionaire and trav-
els in a cabin de luxe.
The room has been the greatest posi-
bic comfort 10 us. / sleep on the broad,
comfortable sofa instead of in the upper
berth, which is much more cosy. Eliza
beth and 1 arranged with the bath
steward to have our morning bath at
the same hour, and with the stewardess
10 have our breakfast in our room.
You have to fee her, anyway. whether
she does anything for you or not, SO
you might as well give her something
to do. After our bath we crawl into
bed again and wait for this priestess of
the cabin to appear. She comes, and
hands us the menu from which to Sc
lect our morning meal We do so, and
soon she appears with our trays. We
bolster ourselves up little, each takes
a tray, which she rests on her lap, and
We linger over the meal, chatting of
this and that. When we feel like it we
get up, dress leisurely, and go on deck.
Altogether is is most luxurious, and
quite suits the Synaritic nature which
your Counsin ". says / possess in a
marked degree.
The people on this ship are not very
interesting. AS they march up and
down before us, taking their exercise
elizabeth and / stick pretty closely to
our chairs), we comment freely upon
them, generally to their disadvantage.
There is a little well-known actress on
board with her third husband, who
spends much of her time walking the
decks, to keep her figure, they say. 1t
is quite funny to see her; she is so tiny
and he such a big fellow. She wears
quite a short skirt, and is very neatly
shod, and she really has TO run to keep
up with him. Round and round and
round the deck they go, till you would
| think she " ould drop from fatigue, she
trotting like a little child TO keep up
with her big husband, and neither of
them ever saying a word. When they
are not exercising they sit together in
an out-of-the-way corner of the ship
and / must confess her conduct is quite
above reproach in every respect.
With the exception of the little actress
we are a terribly common place, re-
I SDeCtaDie There ism
even the ordinary married-woman flirt
10 make things lively. There are some
pretty girls and quite number of col
lege boys on board, but apparently there
is no love-naking, for Elizabeth and /
have had our eyes open. AT the table
swarthy man, with bushy black hair,
heavy, overhanging eyebrows and an
expression Of the South in his dark
eyes. He is a perfect Othello, and
when, the other evening, at dinner, he
turned to me and began that wonder
| full speech, Soft you; a word or two
before you go" Il had just risen pre-.
paratory TO leaving the table,. really, q
kind of shiver ran thru me, it was sc
very realistic. He repeated the entire
speech, and beautifully, too TIL,
Judges lady is no Desdemona She /.
| much younger than he-his second
wife, / am told-with very red cheek.
ana very Wide-aWake, sophisticated
eyes. Her hats are extremely becoming
and she is evidently a good deal of ar
epicure, for she has her own particuIa,
dishes cooked for each meal They SAY
she has refrigerator full of chops
steaks. chickens and birds, which sh,
had sent TO the ship before she sailed
and which special cook prepares fol-
her. AS the food which the ship pro
vides for the rest of us is very good, in.
deed, this action on the part of tn,
Judges lady seems entirely unnecessary
and little ostentatious. l heard hel
tell some one the other day that a FRIEND
had sent a case of champagne to tn,
ship for her, which was really in pay.
ment of a bet she had won. She is Ger
tainly enjoying the champagne all right
Opposite me at table sits a yer,
bright, intelligent girl from New York
who Is going to Paris to perfect herself
! in French. I rather imagine she is pre-.