Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-16

The, Passion Play at OperaLnnerSau
has been the great attraction, and be-
fore the season is ended 1t will have
beer witnessed by more than a hun
dred thousand visitors. I will Describe
1t in a later letter.
It is strange that so few people
really know what to take with them
on a European trip. ever though the
various guides on ocean travel are full
OF instructions. Hence hundreds are
unprepared or overprepared.
One tling is sure-the ocean voyage
will be cold. Count on that. There
are times, of course, when on will
cross without a cloudy or rainy or
chilly day, but they come SO seldom
as not to count. Figure On a cold day
every day of the trip and you Will
come nearer the facts. If the tempera-
ture is not low the wind will be driv-
ing past you day and night as the
ocean greyhound FORCES ahead. A suit
of heavy clothing, a very warm
steamer rug, a thick sweater and a
winter cloak or overcoat are necessary.
Bring them along. You car leave them
at the steamship wharf in Europe until
ready to return. If you are thus
equipped you may sit on deck n
enjoy the elements. You will be as
warm as toast, while your less
thoughtful fellow passengers will be
shivering and bemoaning their luck.
Sensickness Is No Joke.
Another thing to provide against is
seasickness. Many a joke is made of
NAL de mer, but NAL de mer is no
Joke. If you want to behold wretched-
ness, inconsistencies and despair, walk
up and down the deck and note the ex-
preston on the faces of the seasick.
They don't care whether the ship sinks
or not. You could not get a smile
from them even If you were Mark
DTwain's double. Indeed, they feel just
as Mark Twain felt under the same
circumstances. First, he felt that he
was going to die; then he was sure he
was dying; Their he wanted someone
to kill him. In one corner of our ship
sat a woman, wretchedly seasick. A
man lay with his head in her lap,
sicker than two dogs. The deck stew
ard, seeing how hard a time the man
was having, came up and said: can
II do anything for your husband,
madam Without lifting her head or
her eyes or her voice, she weakly re-
piled: HE amt my husband" The
man had simply crawled to the %softest
place he could find, and the woman
hadn't strength or interest enough to
shoe him away.
The matter of tipping will also con-
front the traveller from the time he
leaves the ship until he lands in
America. One disguised American who
had had to tip everybody and every
where said to a friend: ST thought
was safe when 1 got on board the re-
turn steamer, but on entering the
Mushroom what did my eye behold
| but his sign: Tip the basin!' There
is no escape, so that the best thing is
to make the most of the situation.
No End of Fun Aboard.
On shipboard there is the greatest
possible difference between the kind OF
a time which the passengers have. Or
some steamers the people are as re-
served and formal as the guests at 8
large hotel. They do not mingle and
do not care to mingle.
On Sunday there is a short religious
service. On an suspicious afternoon
there are sports Of various kinds or
deck, such as Swapping the APPLE
"wheelbarrow race" spoon and potato
race" sack race and a grand tug
of-war." In the tug-of-war they pil
the foreigners against the Americans
and make it a stirring internationa
event. Then comes the big concert O.
entertainment, usually on the night be
fore port is reached. This brings on
all of the talent there is among tn
voyagers.
The second cabin is separated from
the first cabin in every way. The pric
of tickets is less and the bill of far,
is not as elaborate. Nevertheless, tn,
food is excellent, and the quarters IL