The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-08
A Transatlantic Voyage.
tBy Evelyn hawley Durham, IA,
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tBy Evelyn hawley Durham, IA, Brat
tleboro.)
Last year, ON the eth of March, w
started on our long-anticipated trip to
Europe. From the Charlestown pier We
boarded one of the steamers of the
White Star line. 1t was fun to watch the
other passengers come up the ang-plank,
and to see the sailors, with the help OF
donkey engines, storing the trunks IN
the hold. At last everything was ready ;
the gang plank was pulled in; the engines
started, and almost before we knew 1t,
our transatlantic journey was begun,
The sea was calm and the sun shone
brightly Soon we could no longer hear
the crowd on the pier calling, Goodbye
bon voyage"
As soon as the Canopic was fairly out
of sight of land, everyone hurried TO
write the home letters to give to the
pilot, and then all went out on deck to
catch the last glimpse of America.
There were over two hundred first-clasS
passengers, but that first afternoon we
saw some people who afterwards went to
their staterooms where they remained
until the end of the voyage.
The Canopic has three decks-the hurrl-
cane, promenade and lower promenade.
There is library, containing all kinds
of books, and barber shop and little
store where souvenirs may be bought. On
shipboard, there are five meals day,
for besides breakfast, lunch and dinner,
the deck-steward serves bouillon in the
morning, and cake and tea in the after
noon. The salt air made us feel hungry,
and we all felt glad to hear the bugle-
call to meals-au but the poor unfortu-
mates who were experiencing Seasickness
Tor "the return of the swallow|).
The second day out was also pleasant.
Ten times around the promenade deck
is mile, and the passengers were trying
to outwalk each other. But the second
day was practically the only sunny one.
The sea was very rough after that. One
morning there was great excitement when
some one saw whale, and all the pas
sengers on deck rushed to the railing and
saw it swimming lazily around, and
sending up great spouts of water.
The days on shipboard are much alike.
BY the third day we had met many of
our fellow passengers, and were having
fine times playing Switchboard and
quoits. One day we were near large
iceberg, and the air was very cold.
On April 8 we sighted land, and the
next day anchored at the Azores, near
Ponta Delgata. 1t was very warm and
the island was green and covered with
flowers. Early in the morning, pictur-
esque-looking Portuguese and Spaniards
came to take us over to the island in
small boats. AS we neared the landing
place, we saw semi-circular wall, on,
which were standing gayly dressed men,
women and children, waving their hands.
Some of the women wore long blue
cloaks, and tunnel-shaped bonnets which
entirely hid their faces. AS we stepped
out of the boat, all the people rushed to
us, and clamored for "mana." We took
a carriage and drove through many mar
row streets, shut in on either side by
quaint tiled houses of pink, blue, yellow.
and green. A few of the houses were
made of blocks of lava. We passed dark
skinned natives, riding on donkeys loaded
with vegetables to sell in the market.
The tropical vegetation was beautiful.
Gala lilies. wistaria, palms, geraniums
and gay flowers whose names we did
not know blossomed in the gardens or