The National tribune., 1909-10-07

ways the case when a great steamer Is
about to sail, that we could hardly get
the ships officers to listen TO our tale
of woe; so. therefore, and consequently.
as the hour for sailing drew painfully
near and that old trunk refused to
show up Elizabeth and l were on
the point of collapse. However, to cut
short this tragic tale, about ID minutes
before the gangplank was hauled up
Royal, our cabin steward, came TO us,
and placidly announced that the lost
was found and repasing peacefully un-
der the sofa in our cabin He had put
it by mistake in another room.
The Amazon is the biggest and hand
soonest ship / was ever On. She is go
ing entirely out of her usual course in
taking US to Norway Her customary
route lies in quite another direction
and under vastly dlffvI- conditions of
temperature. She runs ordinarily from
Southampton to South Am erica, and
has been specially fitted on. for warm
weather cruising, with electric fans in
every stateroom, large. luxurious bath
and toilet rooms, etc. AS few people
select the Summer for trip to South
America, the business of this particular
steamboat line is rather slack at that
time, and the r. NJ. S. p. Company
decided to take the Amazon of and
send her up to the North Cape on three
different cruises. We are taking the
first
Everything about the ship is on a
big, generous scale, such as one might
naturally associate with an English
ship. The decks are broader than those
Of the steamer on which we crossed the
ATLANTIC; the social hail." as they call
IL on/the Amazon, where the people
gather for after-dinner coffee or sit
when not on deck, is larger than the
same kind of a room on the other
esa hi.rI hi aa1 a..
the very epitome of luxury and crea-
ture comfort At each end of the long
decks are cosy seats, well out of the
wind, with little tables before them,
where, ] imagine. the senors and fair
senoritas or other people have Oft
times sat and slipped some cooling drink
while the soft breeZes of the south At
lantic gently played over them. There
is no crying need for cold beverages on
this cruise, i can assure you, but the
little tables come in very nicely, all tine
same, to rest books or working mate
rials upon, If one is industriously mind
ed. The glimpses We have had of the
high-priced cabins have filled us with
green envy, for nothing could be moro
luxurious than they, with their brass
bedsteads, easy chairs, long mirrors and
all that sort of thing. Most of these
have their own private bath. over the
door Of some half dozen is the sign
taDin Ue Luxe, ana INTO thGSc we
have not been able even to peek. but
are told that the "luxiest'' one of the
whole lot, a suite of bedroom, sitting
room and bath. is occupied by
Americans. you beti teXcuse the slang
by girl and boy. man and wife, from
Chicago. papa" paying the bills.
Our own modest cabin, down two
flights. is not so nice in some respect.
as our last one. II has no closets and
Is not quite as roomy; but il is most
desirably located, as was that other
being near both bath and toilet rooms
and is perfectly comfortable. Indeed
the polite Englishman in the London
office, where Elizabeth and ] called fol
some information respecting this cruise
told us that there was net a single pooi
room on the steamer, and / am sure
!. that is the case. 1t is long walk tho
to the dining-room or the deck wher,
our steamer chairs are placed, so thai
there is no danger of our growing fat
on this cruise from lack of exercise
We are also. unfortunately, in very
noisy part of the ship. for near us is
pair of stairs leading to the next deck
and al the bottom of these the differen
cabin stewards seem to congregat,
night and morning, making a grea
fumpus talking and laughing IL i.
here that Royal, our curly headed
blue-eyed Irish cabin steward clean.
his boots and flirts with Mrs. Jones, tn,
good-looking stewardess, and we go Il
sleep at night far too late, and wax,
in the morning far too early on accoun
of these seif-same winning ways" o.
Royal
The ship is full. The people are gen.
orally English, but there is a fair sprin.
king of Scotch, some Dutch and abou
dozen, / should say, of our own coun.
trymen and women. Most of these lat.
ter crossed the. Atlantic with us, and
with the exception Of two. whom Eliza.
beth and 1 dubbed mother and SON