The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-05-20

ace ~ regular ituuti " tue va
ieite, aul over the whole boat every
5ne began befoie The end Of the first
week 10 establish relations with one
mother based on mutual friends,
losmer meetings or common interests.
Two celebritles were on our ship
Rose stahs OF THE Chorus Lady and
RtiT Miles Fngemapr {ha,tayihor
II y HtamwllIfy ilklk \ Nh NJ Reo.
lle. Shs seemed tr6 aud sal in
er chair on the upper deck and none
II The women knew what kind ef0lh-
erwear she was4 weafinR &as Pthey
I'D about All Of ut fest of the ship
f. Foreman became one ~ the Great
lain People he mixed and put on
Is eYenlng clothes az ,ibe dances and
I'D hN full duty as b bcholaf ana a
entleman should hi will Interest
he Younger set, whlch rcads the new.
st and Nmartcst books. TO know that
fr. Foreman Is somewhere nearly
hlrty years old slender, handsome,
nipple and well hammered. He Is OF
lstlnctlY English cut Of mind and Of
IN English speech lie writes beau-
lfnl storles about beautiful people,
Who do beautiful things IN a beautiful
way; and he looks like his own heroes.
ie seemed greatly interested in the
l0lng OF the common folk OF our great
iidele West. and perhaps did not
aalize That among them are his read.
RS For literature without the Mid.
lie West would wither and laneuish
Il America. The books and magazines
this country have their largest sale
ut hers among the sunflowers, where
he people speak With flat "asp and
ave money to lend on farm mort.
cages.
II Is remarkable how quick two
ieeks win pass on a ship. Everyone
n hoasd had laid out number Of
hlngs 70 do oa the theory that tinfr
Win drag, But the days slip by so
.ulckly, that little OF the work laid
iut II done, Breakfast IL rarely over
ntil after 3. and by the time one has
aiken a turn around the deck, chick.
m broth Is served at halfpast 10,
nd then before one can get the ser.
Gus work Ia hand Il Is time for lunch.
Mud then II Is o'clock before iinch
s over, and then tea Is served at lalf.
ast 3 and dfie- a snooze on deck IN
he afternoon sun, Il is time to go
o dinner. Dinner Is an elaborate
neal on shipbo7rd, and after dinnor
here Is no disposition In anyone to
work. One walks the deck In the star
light and prospects on the next days
weather. One thing palnsman
earns uhOut the ocean SKY. Clouds
mean nothing and wind means much
With Us, Il is the reverse. On our
rip after the second day, We had fair
weather during the whole trip. But
very night clouds whialed across the
KY and q Kansas man would have
rophesied lowering cloudy day. But
he ocean sckns 10 make many mean.
ngtess clouds, aud the sun broke
ifough them every day before noon
nd the ocean, which was duh and
teel colored during the first half Of
ie trip, grew bluer and buer until
the Medtofranean, the lines of Kip.
ng, The lmun ocean sits and smiles
lssot@ sfk ill 80 bloomin' blue" are
bout The dhly ones Ia literature that
II the saKhe IN the Mediterranean
q had dnr first sunset Of conse.
uencer-aa.ah sa sunset as may be-
cen any good night after storm IN
'mpoIla al the Santa Ne station look
ng west on Third avenue. when heav.
ms paint box seems spilled Just to
be right Of the roundhOuse and The
'hole celestial fire d aariment are
lining headwdy over Nultings hotel
Veil, IN the Mediterranean they have
aal SUI fireworks IN the sky anu
aeR The sqn glows brood sed and
hunks lnlaSa sen that curdles milk
fhite. And then as the milky sea
rows lead blue and finally dark IN.
igo as The twilight merges into dark
ess the phnsphorescence comes out
nd flashes 0n the waves ncar the
hin an electric grccn- ~shmmarlne
Yaneseent wonderful, something al
Ar from the Kansas experience IS
he opium dream. And vet 4 brings
aek June nights CT home with The
ghining bugs glowing over vide
eiYety lawn under oyerhanglng elms
ud the hushed soft llsplng tread Of
hgh.