The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-24
ED HOWE'S NOTES.
Trip From the Capital of
Venezuela.
Valley Where Irrigation Is the
Rule.
IN A CATTLE RANGE
Animals Much Like Texas Long
Horns.
Leaving Porto Cabello on the
MoItke.
Thursday, February 8.

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| Thursday, February 8.
! Another entire day at sea. The sun
has been shining internationally, but the
! sea Is rough, and the weather cool. I
! have not seen Judge Walker all day;
hope the old Sea Dog. who has been en-
1oy1ng every moment of the trip so far,
has not succumbed to sea sickness. A
| good many have. The summer suits
have also disappeared from the deck, as
| winter clothing is comfortable.
l. have slept good deal, and, while
| lying down, have remarked new
regularity in the motion of the ship.
my body seems to beat my head to the
bottom. When the upward plunge
comes, my head and body are united
again, and remain together until an
other big lunge downward comes along.
L am not laid up, but walk about a
good deal. Yesterday saw Mattel at
breakfast, but did not see her again I'm
til evening. Tomorrow morning early,
we land to go to Caracas, in Venezuela,
! by railroad train, and expect to enjoy
the two days on land Then we go to
Trinidad, and Martinique; then to Ha-
vana. The trip to Havana from Mar
Unique will be a long one; three days
| at sea.
| I would really like to know what sort
of stomach I have. The day I was
on land at Panama, I ate a big lunch,
something I have not done before in
years. Then I ate dinner at p. IN.
That night I slept particularly fine.
Maybe the trouble with me is I do not
| eat enough.
If you are interested in the Panama
| canal, write to your congressman for
THE Isthmian Canal" by H. H. Ros-
seau, civil engineer U. S. navy, and
| member of the Isthmian canal commits
| sion. (By the way, Rosseau is the man
we pulled in the day we visited the bot
tom of Culebra cut) The pamphlet is
printed by the government printing Of
flee, and will be sent you free. 1t is the
most intelligent story of the canal work
1 have seen, and is written so simply
that you can understand it.
At Kingston. F. r. Babcock, of Chi
cage, paid an automobile bill of $123
The machine cost him So an hour, and
he used it two days.
It is said there are sixty-two girls on
board the ship, and two women for
every man.
There is good deal of gossip on
board about bachelor of forty-eight
who acts like young man, and runs
around with the girls He is pretty
| gay; still, my idea of a really gay man
| is an old widower who has buried two
When the women at our table have
| Joke" among themselves, and laugh
| and laugh, am never curious to know
what it is. Women's 'jokes'' never in
| terest me. A good many years ago,
was curious, and found out several
| women's Jokes" after much difficulty,
but they were so trifing that I have
never been interested in them since.
| IS1ror rinoa xya or wa hoxyo ham
setting our watches back, to conform
with the ships clock in the smoking
room. But this afternoon we were COM
PEELED to set our watches forward. do
not know why the change was made,
and am too Indifferent to inquire.
| Down in the barber shop there is
sign advertising "Salt Water Soap" I
never heard of that before.
The drunkard appeared at dinner
last evening and disgraced himself.
His wife tried to control him. but
couldn't. Women who think it is easy
| to control a drunkard should get over
\ the notion. 1t is difficult for a woman
to control a sober man. to say moth
ing of controlling an Intoxicated one.
| The drunkard was in the smoking
| room at o'clock this morning, grum-
bling because the bar wasn't open.
That man is determined to go to the
devil, and my only regret is that he
\ hangs on SO long. II he would jump
overheard some night, leaving a note
to his wife saying he was not worthy
| of her what a sensation 1t would be
for the women! If the drunkard keeps
up his present gait, we men may throw
| there is between the drunkard and
Harkerl Would Harker be a drunk
ard if his wife did not watch him so
closely?
I have not seen the Elder in sew
eraI days; he must have left the ship
because no religious services are held
on Sunday.
There were two sensations on board
| tonight: three different women smoked
cigarettes on deck after dinner. and
Harker walked about for a time with
out his wife hanging on his arm.
There is a married woman on board
who expects to join her husband in
Havana, and she fiirts. No one dis
putes that she is good looking, or that
She wears good clothes, but there is
something about her good looks that
isn't good looking. Women are always
shocked when a married man 1irts.
And the men are making the most of
| it in this case. 1 never admire a
woman who is boldly good looking,
and who makes a speciality of cutting
her dresses very low in the neck. 1
can rover understand why other men
| "rur after" them. I suppose no one
| admires quiet, modest womanly
| woman more than I do, or profess
sional beauty less.
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