The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-09-23

outset everything pointed to a pleas.
ant journey and throughout che entire
twenty days nothing transpired to mar
the pleasure Of the occasion. The pas
seDgers. some two hundred in number,
were all cultured and refined and it
would have been a hard matter indeed
to find a more congenial party with
which to spend a three weeks outing.
The greatest good feeling prevailed
and CHEEKY greetings and pea's OF
laughter were heard on every hand
Not a discordant word or deed oc-
Cured to maj the pleasure Of the voy-
age. This, together with the ideal
weather enabled US to start out upon
u long voyage with light hearts and
full of hope and expectations. AS the
whistle blowed and we steamed from
dock n large crowd bid us God-speed
and a safe Journey, and as long as we
were in sight handkerchiefs fiuttered
in the breeze and more than once went
up to the eyes to snatch away the tell
tale teal for, while we were on a mis-
sion of pleasure and sightseeing, yet,
we realized that we were turning u
bacl, on home and friends, and for
three long weeks would be practically
without communication. IT'S true.
u ship was equipped with the Wire
less Telegraph, but few of us could af-
ford the luxury of programs. How
ever. while we got no personal news
yet W. were kept informed as to the
leading events of the world by means
of the Wireless Daily Tribune" a
little paper which Sparks" the wire
less operator, issued each day by
means of a typewriter and carbon pa
per and which gave US the news as he
received it over the Wireless Tele.
graph. This served wonderfully to
relieve ouranxiety for while we got no
direct news from our homes yet the
general news told us that no dire ca
lamities had befallen any section. IN
connection with the wireless news, an
editorial staff was appointed from
among our party and each day much
fun and humor wasinjected into the
columns of the Tribune at the expense
of some member of the party. The
paper found a ready sale at 3 cents a
copy. The youngsters OF the party
served as "Newsies."
Upon entering my stateroom shortly
after leaving dock / espied an innocent
looking little metallic box attached to
the side of each berth. The box was
about large enough to contain one
days well m~asticated food and it didn't
take me long to figure out what it had
been placed there for. l had a hard
time persuading myself o to get sea
sick ON the spot, although we were on a
perfectly smooth sea. But that box
1t was too suggestive. l got it out OF
sight in a jiffy. However, after we had
been out two days we reached Queen
Charlotte Sound and experienced oui
irst rough sea. Say, that box came in
handy there, alright. There was n
great uprising" on that ship, every
body seemed to be playing Jonah and
fed the fish. | have been asked to de-
scribe how you feel when seasick. My
best explanation is this: At first you
are so sick you are afraid you WILL die
Afterwhile you are so sick you are
afraid you WON'T die. But, after all
it's mighty funny 10 see the other fell
low. We experienced rough seas
about four or five times and each time
a goodly number of our party directed
their attention to feeding the fish. Our
longest rough water experience was
about t%hirty-six hours in duration.
During this time the decks were depop-
ulated. Most everybody stayed in
their berths, for it had been noised
about that the best preventive of sea-
sickness was to lie fiat on your back in
bed. With the ship pitching like an
Oklahoma broncho and rolling from
side to side, the rails nearly dipping
water, both at the same time, lying
Hat on the back was a joke and | found
myself too sick to stay in bed and too
sick to get up. Those 80 hours remain
fresh in my memory. Even now | can
almost feel a lump rise in my throat
as | write about it. Be that as it may
the trip was well worth this slight un-
pleasantness and, in fact, ever the sea-
sickness had its beneficial effects and
after it was past I'M felt better for the
experience.
The voyage was not devoid of social
functions by any means. Society was
at its height and every night while on
board the time was passed pleasantly
in some social amer Entertain
ments consisted of parties of various
kinds, games, debates, mock trials,
musicafes, receptions and banquets,
Each Sunday was observed both morn
mo and ~avaniuu Inv re1iunns sary;aa.