The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-20
SALT LAKERS ON
JOURNEY TO JAPAN
Passenger on the Steamship
cleveland" Describes Trip
Across Pacific Ocean.
RUN INTO A REAL STORM
NEPTUNE coMPELs UNPLEAs-
ANT RECOGNITION OF POWER.
BY n. e. o.

On Board Steamship Cleveland, Feb. "a
With her PROV steadfastly turned to-
ward the setting sun. the Cleveland. with
40 passengers aboard, is slowly steam
ing hfr way through the vast waters OF
the Pacific, away from the land OF the
ifee anH the home OF the brave" toward
the nttle' brown country OF Japan, where
the MlkadO reigns supreme. With the
exception Of a few days the Cleveland
pdttled over calm seas tc the great en-
Joyment Of her fortunate people.
After a slight acquaintance had been
made with the ship. aimost the next thing
was 10 hunt up old friends or to find new
ones, by the aid OF the Introductory let
tiers with which every one on board was
armed. 1t was great fun. however, to
note the accidental meetings which
chance threw ia the way. Two people
dropping into steamer chairs side ty slda
casually exchanging few commonplace
suddenly discovery that each knows the
others best friend. Thus IL went all
over the steamer Each day brought fresh
surprises and new pleasures. The Salt
Lakers were not behind the others ia
finding mutual friends. Many met through
their connections with different clubs
and organizations.
One club member who will be readily
remembered is Mrs. John 2. Nell, now
OF Columbus, o., but formerly OF salt
Lake She was a charter member Of the
Ladies Literary club.
Stormy Days at Sea-
DR.. and Mrs. John A. Lewis are pas
seDgers on the Cleveland. Dr. Lewis is
the uncle OF Henry Lewis, Well-hSnown In
Salt Lake. Dr. Lewis and his wife ara
from Reno, New.
The second day out was stormy. We
We're told we had come tn contact with
the tail of storm. To us. the uniniuated,
IL seemed genuine Storm and we readily
agreed with some passenger, who re-
marked well, if that was the tail OF the
storm, I'd hate to have seen the head"
fNrrf.. Es.HE 3 -
tribute TO Neptune, and here also tbs
Salt LakerS unfortunately kept pace with.
the others. Outside OF sea sickness, how
ever some of the home people have Jared
Ill Karl A. Scheid weakened by the ner-
yous strain he had undergone before he
LETT Salt Lake, was seized with an at
tack or la grippe, which on sea was even
more unpleasant than on land. He is now
recovering and in a sheltered nook on.
deck. is well taken care OF by his wife.
his sister, Mrs. J. j. Donnellan and a
trained nurse. In confidence he confesses
he enjoys being III, having three OF the
fair sex to divine his slightest wish and
says that while he has A soft snap. he
is going to work it," We are all glad
he takes such happy view OF rather
unpleasant situation
DR.. z. D. Hammond has been III for
several days but it seems to be more OF
a chronic case Of seasickness than any
thing else.
Lawrence Trip. son Of DR.. and Mrs,
Ernest Trip, took a dip in the famed
waters of Honolulu, for which pleasure
he had to pay dearly. as tOnsilitis resulted,
and for a couple Of days he was obliged
to keep 10 his stateroom. All are safely
back on the road 70 health, however, and
anticipate a great deal Of pleasure from
the remainder Of their trip.
There appears TO have been an epidemic
of birthdays among the Salt Isakers on
bOard-at least three In two weeks among
30 people is going some" The first was
Mrs. W. V Rice's The next fortunate
one was Mrs James Hogle.
Gets Birthday Cake.
Somehow it became rumored about ON
the ship that the next day was Mrss Ho-
gle's birthday, and much to her surprise.
as well as delight, she found that almost
all of her friends remembered her with
presents, which though nece ssarily small,
on sea, nevertheless made her forget the
feeling OF home sickness which had as
sailed her early in the morning. The
croWning surprise came az dinner, when
the steward triumphantly placed before
her q huge birthday cake ornamental
with the greatest skill Of our. very artistic
chef 1t was to Mrs. +. s. Bascom's
thoughtfulness that Mrs. Hogle owed this
last pleasure. Another birthday on board
was that Of little Francis BsscOm Junior
He also was hOnoTed with a birthday
cake, which was presented to him bV
Mrs. HOgle. The rest Of US are angry
at the fates because they did not give Us
birthdays between February and June
Everything possible has been done to
give the passengers OF the Cleveland a.
delightful voyage. Every evening there Is
an entertainment Of some kind. Card
games, literary evenings guessing games.
lectures and dances have all served 70
break the non0tOuy--to some-Of the long
sea. voyage. There have been two dancsa
on the promenade deck. in which the pas
sengers have all become better 40
quainted with their fellow traYelsrss
The ball we were given at the Alex
andre Young hotel in Honolulu, however,
=
given on any deck. One man very aptly
described the Hawaiian music BY telling
that after long sleep he woke up 10 hear
the band playing and for q few moments,
imagined that during his sleep he had
died and awakened IN Paradise.
The Hawaiian people all combined tn
give us "the time of our Hves,H and
Honolulu Will be very bright spot IN
the memory of the cruise. We do not eg-
pect such a welcome in Japan, but We
are looking forward to a very delightful
visit I'm the '1and Of the rising sum- ana
day after tomorrow we will again placs
our feet firmly on land for the first tina
in two weeks.