The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-11

on the water, and the passengers were
very gay about the decks To add TO
1t all, the band gave a concert on the
after deck lasting from to 10 p M
There was something unusual about
the sea yesterday; it seemed calm and
decent enough. but good many were
sick; including an excursion agent who
has crossed the Atlantic 81 times. We
seemed to run out of the bad cross
current soon after noon today, and the
sick recovered rapidly. Possibly being
off Cape Hatteras had something to do
With 1t; ever since we sailed, 1 nave
been hearing predictions that when we
were ''off the Cape there would be
trouble.
When German is good looking, 1sa
is very good looking, and likewise
when a German is ugly, he Is very
ugly. have been remarking this about
members of the crew.
When man is bald, it Is an affront
to be shaved by man with hne
head of hair. When I went to the bar
Der shop this afternoon, I was pleased
to find a. bald fat barber. And he was
tremendously good natured. Later
concluded that he had devoted too
much of his time to good nature, and
not enough to learning to keep his
razors sharp, for he gave me wretch
ed shave. And he cut me, and put
caustic on the cut. That's against the
law in Kansas. It is a pity the juris-
dfction of Hon. Stubs does not extend
to the high seas.
The drunkard's wife eats in the grill
room; she is so Inundated that she
won't go into the main dining room.
She imagines the people are talking
about her, and they are. OF course 1t
isn't her fault, but the other women
say: "If I had that man, I'd straighten
him OUT She is the only woman on
board who is neglected by her hus-
band, and I can point out hundred
and thoroughly under control The
drunkard, by-the-way, is the owner or
"a well known patent medicine; a Ger
tain little liver pill backed by many
testimonials. He advertiSeS in most
newspapers. He is getting very poor
advertising on this ship. 1t is expect
ed that he will have Jim jams before
the cruise is finished.
The passengers talk great deal of
the places they have visited, and US
ually in a loud voice, SO that all may
hear. My room is on the main deck,
and when 1 go in to take snooze, be-
fore going off into dreamland, I can
hear men passing say: THE last time
met him was in Cairo or when
was in Naples" The Americans are
very prosperous, and travel q great
deal. Until you go on trip, you do
done. And the transportation COM
panies are making preparations to
take care of larger crowds than ever.
Formerly the ships of the Atlantic
were idle except during the summer
season. Now they are running ex-
cursions in winter to the West Indies,
to the Bermudas, to South America,
to Naples. to the Orient, etc.
How much men dress alike! All the
he re- 6ToG
alike, except that one man wears a
cap without a briT11. But how many
different things women wear! l sat
on deck an hour this morning, watch
ing the women go by, and noting their
clothing. They wore all the possible
fabrics and all the possible colors.
And how many different styles there
are for womeni
On the "Moltke' you can get all
you want to eat in the grill room for
twenty-five cents. But on some of
the big ships the grill room restaur-
ant is very expensive. One story is
that the grill room on one of the IA
nous ships is operated by celebrated
firm, and that Strawberries may be
picked by the guests. A fairly good
meal for two in that grill room costs
ten dollars; a clear waste of $3.50,
since no meal should cost more than
fifty cents, and a quarter is enough.
who attract my attention. One is
married, and the other single. They
are business partners, and have lived
together all their lives. Members of
our party like the married one better
than the bachelor. Marrying seems to
have a refining and broadening in
fiuence on a man. There never was
a bachelor, probably, who was as
broad as a married man. To a man,
getting married is an education.
Last night 1 found a very large
crowd in. the smoking room. A third
of those present were women, engaged
in playing cards. The grill room
above, practically part of the same
apartment, was also crowded. Three
walters were very busy, and a good
many drinks were being purchased.
Possibly you have heard that some
women drink intoxicants, although it
is a crime to sell to men in Kansas.
Here is story that may interest
Atchison people: A good many years
ago, Andrew J. Smith was governor of
the Soldiers home at Leavenworth. He
was well known and highly esteemed
at Atchison, where he often visited.
At his death, he left a wife and one
daughter, but no fortune. His daugh-
ter had beer reared in the greatest
luxury, but she went to New York, and
started a fashionable boarding house.
In eight or ten years, she has accumu-
lated thirty thousand dollars. Her
mother died Two years ago, and Miss
Smith is now absolutely alone in the
world. EXCEPT one cousin she barely
knows, she has no living relative. That
girl reared in luxury. and worship
ped by fond parents, should go to
strange city, and make money with
boarding house is marvellous to me.
There is more dressing on this ship
than I have ever before seen On ship
board. The women put on two and
three different costumes every day.
Practically all the passengers are
Americans, and Americans are noted
for having money. And 1 have never
seen more genteel lot of people to-
gether. Outside of the drunkard, and
one young fellow who tries to airt in
a foolish way I have seen no cheap
people. Now that the sea is calm, the
passengers ramble all over the ship.
Many of them have their chairs on the
after deck. where. the second cabin ac-