The National tribune., 1909-10-07
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| RAJ, dark Dlue is aDnlC Ine DtSl :,
| with a smallish hat, tho one sees all
sizes and styles of hr:s on a steamer,
and another good1ootting suit with hat
to match, for land tr:lvc';nS, ana these
are really all any woman needs for a
Summers trip of two or three months.
| There is one necessary article uf the
toilet which l haven't mentioned and
! upon which i wish to put great stress,
and that is good-iooking shoes. ones
feet are very mucn in Evidence on board
ship, and a womaI- cannot be too care
! ful of the way she covers these useful
members. | do not at all approve of
| fancy stockings and high French-heeled
slippers, such as have seen
on the Amazon and on the
other ship, for that is really
vulgar, but 1 do mean neat, well-fit-
ting low shoe or boot, not half worn out.
! but nice and new. You know, good
looking footgear has always been a sort
of hobby of mine. like to wear nice
shoes myself. always; but if ever q
woman needed to be extravagant in
this particular it is on board ship, and
don't you forget it.
The people so far have been rather
| "offish." OF course, neither Elizabe
nor l have made the least advance orr
selves, but the atmosphere has been
stiff backed and most Enthusiastically
| English, and we have not tried to pene-
| lTdle H. oppOSlte us at tdDIe SIT a cOu-
pie, she young and quite charming, tho
with rather spoiled child expression;
he between 30 and 40 somewhere and
n typical EngliShman. Indeed, he is SO
very English that + can hardly under
stand word he says when / happen to
catch one. A large, splendid-looking
Scotch gentleman sits next to me, with
| his large, fine-looking wife next to him.
No one else att the table interests us at
! all. Until to-day we have come and
gone in absolute silence, neither our
English couple nor the Scotch couple.
who are the only people at all near us.
noticing us by word or look. At break
fast, however, this morning. when Eliz-
abcth and / took our seats, we We're a
little late. The Scotchman looked up.
smiled ana said, Good morning"
whereupon the English couple followed
suit, and all during the meal the con-
tversation WAS pleasantly general and
animated. The Englishman informed
us he had spent 20 years in Birmah,
where he said his youngest daughter,
aged three years, had the impertinence
to be born" / wish / could give you
an idea of how he pronounced that
word ''impertinence," but / couldn't if
! spent the rest Of my natural life try
! ing. The Scotchman is one of the finest
specimens of a man / have ever seen.
He is strikingly handsome and big to
I
personality. He is about 60 or so,
should say, and is. believe, a large
manufacturer He was quite chatty at
luncheon to-day, the ice having been
broken in the morning, and talked very
| Interestingly about English politics. He
said that the great problem of Eng
lands unemployed could not be settled
until she tackled the tariff question. Mr..
Asquith, he said. was not very satisfac-
tory as Prime Minister, and Mrs. As
lquith a fool. We certainly have a fine
opportunity now to study the English
icharacter, but unless my opinion
changes a good deal as time goes on I
VIII whisper right now in that mother
lof-pearl ear of yours that do not really
like them. In spite of the very pleasant
Eoutside manner which they have toward
Americans, they give you the feeling
that in their heart of hearts they feel
Immensely their own superiority, and,
lyou know, no self-respecting American
lis going to stand for that, to use the
Ivernacular. In the social hall, where
we usually go after dinner to take our
Icup of coffee and listen to the Victor
Iconcert, we have spoken to several very
pheasant people, but they all give you
1.-THE same impression. Tho most agree
liable. they seem not to have the slight
est interest in You as a man and broth
Ter, 50 to speak. never asking your name
or residence. how many children you
have, nor nothing. They may consider
all this ill-bred; but you know how easy
it is to show a little human interest in
Ia perfectly well-bred way, and how il
HELPS along conversation. Quite an
lamusing thing happened last evening.
was talking 10 Il nice. hite-haired
IScotchwoman, who is always reading
land whose face is kindly and INTEL gent
lShe had been speaking of Kate Douglas
lWisginS Penelope ain Scotland" and
lof the wonderfully true picture she has
drawn of the Scotch people, ETC. and
from that we got talking about Amer
lea. and what do YOU. suppose she asked
me? You never would believe il if YOU
saw IL in print any more than should:
but since ii is your Sailor Aunt" that
gives il to you straight, you must Well,
my dear, she asked me If the African
slave trade was abolished in our be-
loved Land of the free" yet Honestly
she did. OF course, the wonder is how
she could possibly have escaped know
ing, for she is full-witted and has al
ways been a great reader, for she told
me so; but, somehow, that trining bit
of information had entirely blown over
her, and life, apparently, none the less
one grand sweet song without 1t.
To-day being Sunday, informed Eliz-
abeth after breakfast that. wind and
wave having been good to us so far,
proposed to show my gratitude by at
tending Divine service, which was to be
held in the dining-room. The large
room was nearly filled when we en-
tered, and soon all the stewards and
jackies came trooping in and took their
places, and it was quite an impressive
sight. j liked it. The Captain, a quiet
pleasant-faced man, who always has a
polite word when you meet him, read
the service, and we all sang the hymns
and it was very nice. Next to me sat a
man who looked like a clergyman, and
who most graciously handed me his
Bible. The service closed, as everything
does in England, with God Save the
King, which, you know, has the same
tune as America" and it is wonder
that you didn't hear me way over on
the other side of the Atlantic,
when l started in along with
the rest with My Country, 'Tis
of Thee" The words never seemed
so beautiful to me before, and j
know j never sang them with so
much feeling. Elizabeth gave me one
look which wasn't distinctly that of
approval, and the clergyman also
turned his head quickly in my direc-
ton. but nothing happened After the
lservice was over ! gave him back his