Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-29
PACE WRITES ABOUT TRIP
Hearty Welcome Accorded Chicago
Team at Yokohama.
TEN.GAME SERIES ON THE CARD
Manager Tells what He Heard Con-
cernIng Oriental strong Mines
Crossing the Pond an EN-
pertence,
BY II. oRv1LLE (PATl PAGE.


YOKOHAMA, Sept 26,-(speclal Core
spondenoe.D I'VE have reached our goal and
the land OF the Rising Sun" For the last
sixteen days we have rocked and rolled
on the big pond. but still most OF us sur
vived the tempests.
when leaving Seattle we received royal
sendoff from the consul, MT, X. Abe and
his japanese oountTymen, When going up
Puget sound we had some beautiful scenes,
but the prize scene OF all was when We
reached Victoria (the jumping off place.
and beat Il up TO little Canadian store.
Well, we Just pushed and grabbed ana
finally supplied ourselves with every eat
able down TO pOtted ham, lady fingers and
gum This raid was eXcusable, for the
japanese cook threw a scare into us on
our first meal, but since we have all come
to the conclusion that the cooks are
there" even their dish Double and
squeak" Last night the captain invited
us ail-first- class passenger ito his fare
well dinner. He produced a cake for us
that was a masterpiece. OF course the fell
lows "OvsTtrained."
swamp Victoria p. o.
After leaving the Victoria postoftice
jammed with departing letters to mothers
sisters and sweethearts, we Ueat 1t north
west toward the pole. Weather was zine
for about three days. Then, oh, my! a
gentle breeze began to rock our bus me
| university English department In the near
] future could be entertained nicely by
| themes, entitled. 'Isohoes From Aft-rhe
| Blondes at the Rail-" The Big Pond"
Theories on HCmeward," The Dos
Watch" THE First Song" After getting
their sea legs the fellows began to enjoy
| life and seldom missed q meal The whale
spouts were watched with much interest.
| In speaking about health, we have kept
| In pretty good trim. We have done con-
siderable throwing, and also have lost a
! few balls overheard, but have had cod
| fish balls for breakfast 0oke) We have
enjoyed military drill and courses in calls
themes. At any rate, Our Rppetites have
gradually increased.
| Entertainments have been given by the
steerage, Japanese brOadsword contests,
| Japanese drAmatios and real tug Of war
baFefooted. Those little people arc inter
esting, proud, polite and always willing to
! please. 1 certainly wish we had brought
a trunkful of gifts so as TO replace the
many favors shown us, but guess 1t Is up
to University OF Chicago students 20 en-
terrain Waseda royalty next spring,
"sinEs" Features of Trips,
One Of the most pleasant features OF our
| trip across has been our sings" every
evening We make up in volume what We
lack in quality. The university faculty
should not overlook the professors vocal
! abilities. Another noteworthy feature has
been the combined hospitality Of the JRpa-
nese crew on the steamship Kamakura
Maru They have made the journey pleas
ant in every respect The third Sunday out
special meeting Was held in the fore
castle and the bear cats" were instructed
to take the dog watch. Late in the after
/ noon Mount Kinka and Ishinomaki light
| house were seen off starboard.
From there we sailed south, and on Mon
| day afternoon, September %, we sailed into
Yokohama harbor passing the government
/ forts and foreign battleships lying a
anchor. We soon made the haTbOr Gus
toms (hsalth and PRISON. officials and wer'
received royalty, The following newspaper
| report OF our arrival was printed:
| MAROONs RECEIVED WITH COLLEGE
YELL
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