The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-11

ond cabin dining saloon. There is,
however. no other distinction. I be-
lieve the highest price paid per pas
senger is $3.50. This means accom-
| modations in the finest cabin on the
ship. From this, the price ranges down
to $3.50. If you take all the shore
per passenger extra. but you may re-
main on the ship, II you choose, and
meals will be provided for you. Dura-
ton of the cruise. twenty-eight days.
On the ship there is a grill room,
where meals may be ordered at any
| time, but you must pay extra for meals
| ordered there. On the ship there is
also a gymnasium, where the passen-
gers may ride mechanical horses. and
| do other physical exercises, if they
care to.
Every passenger has steamer
chair. which is furnished free by the
company, and these steamer chairs are
arranged about the decks. Those who
walk about are criticised by those in
| the steamer chairs. most of whom are
wrapped up in warm rugs, as the
weather is cold. One woman who
walks about a good deal is at least 40
years old. and wears a Peter Thomp-
| son suit. intended for girl of Is or
10. This woman is picked at a good
| deal. 1 don't expect much from the
men in the way of taste and beauty,
women. And how many different ways
| there are for women to be conspicu-
Gus in dress! 1t is almost a comfort
to see a woman in mourning; then
she can't make mistake.
Miserable as I feel, I can't help
feeling admiration for the Germans of
the ships crew. They are all so cap
able and polite. Germans are nearly
always good people, and I like their
patriotism and their love of the fa-
therland. Formerly, a great many
Germans immigrated to America, but
the leading Germans made Germany
so prosperous and attractive that the
immigration fell off to almost moth
ing. I always admired that in the
head men of the German empire. Ger
many, which is noted everywhere for
its prosperity, has tariff. England,
which is experiencing hard times and
discomfort among the people, is free
trade country. The regular Republi-
cans who follow President Taft should
find comfort in this fact. There seems
to be something about a tariff that
brings prosperity and something about
free trade that brings hard times and
discomfort. I am compelled to admit
this, although I sometimes pose as a
free trader
At 1 o'clock, the lunch hour, nearly
every woman on board was in bed. as
the sea was somewhat rough. 1 went
down to lunch, having nothing else to
do, and there were only five women in
the dining room. Women seem to
suffer more than men from sea sick
ness. For one reason. the men seem
to fight it harder. In the smoking
room I amused myself watching the
men get sick. and reel off to their
rooms One man was so sick that he
talked to himself; he didn't seem to
know what he was about Finally,
there being nothing else to do, 1
crawled into bed, with my clothes on,
and was sound asleep in a few min
utes. And I didn't awaken until after
dark. turned on my light and looked
at my watch. 1t was dinner time
o'clock. But concluded 1 didn't want
any dinner, and was soon asleep again.
didn't awaken until 10 O'Clock and
then got up and wandered around the
decks awhile. Occasionally, met
Judge Walker, who is doing better
than any other member of the party,
but his wife and daughter are wrecks.
Mattel and Miss Ravens are also
wrecked. I slipped in and whispered
to Mattel awhile. and then went up
on deck again. Feeling hungry. went
into the grill room. where a bowl of
hot milk with crackers was all I could
stand. At midnight I went to bed
again and slept peacefully until morn
ing. :. don't know why 1 can't
sleep in comfortable bed at home
and am able to sleep like a log at sea
in a cramped bed, and while half sick.
I suppose it is another one of my &C.
centricitieS.
The first indignation broke out to-
day. A good many of the shore ex-
cursions were full before all the pas
sengerS were accommodated. big
hotel at one place burned since the
boat started from New York, and it
was necessary to abandon this par
ticular excursion. A carnival is in
progress at another place. and car
| riageS cannot be provided by the
steamship company for another ex-
cursion. There is muttering on every
hand, and one little Spin who put on
white suit a day or two early, skin
ned the excursion agent in a manner
have never heard equaled anywhere.
This may not be important, but it
is true: When Mrs. c. D. Walker APP
peared on deck today, after two days
of sea sickness, I expressed sympathy
as her husband had reported her very
miserable. Much to my surprise, she
| said she had enjoyed the two DAYS in
| bed. Think of a. woman enjoying sea
sickness! Mrs. Walkers daughter, Isa-
| bel, also said she didn't mind it. ST
| just laid there and laughed" she said.
Sea sickness is no laughing matter
with me.
The "Moltke" is five hundred and
thirty feet long. Step that distance
off some day. and the size of the boat
Will surprise you. Still, there are
much larger ships. The "Iusitania,"
the greyhound of the seas, is six hun
! dred and eighty feet long. But that
isn't very big story, either: the Cum
ard company is now building a ship
| that is thousand horse power. The
.'Lusitania" has sixty-eight thousand
horse power. and is the fastest ship
af1oat. A passenger on this cruise
lately crossed the Atlantic on the
Lusitania," and says 1t was a very
uncomfortable experience, owing to
the great speed.
| This afternoon. the weather became
| almost too warm for comfort, when
out in the sun, and the shady side of
the ship became popular. It will be
warmer tomorrow, and very much