The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-07-22

table ware, the dishes must be bull
for such contingencies.
Tuesday, the sea was quieter but
still some "choppy." We also hac
: two showers in the afternoon to cleal
the situation. The good-natured,
4 little deck steward, who reminds one
of an animated spider, who actually
runs to wait on the ghosts constantly
reappearing on deck, assured us that
the weather was very unusual for
the season. 1t is almost worth
while to be sea-sick, you feel so
jubilant when it is all over.
To go back bit, Monday night,
we ran into the gulf stream so we
have had the advantage of this hot
water heating plant of natures
providing, and there is no trouble
with the plumbing.
Our party is very pleasant and
happy one, and we are fast getting
acquainted-four in a stateroom
is not conducive to formality. By
name, we are Mrs. G. G.. Moore, of
Lisbon, N. H.; Mrs. Crane, of
Chestnut Hill, Mass. Miss Buck, of
Gorham, N. H.; Mrs. Smith, of
Wakefield, Mass; Miss Gusts, Of
Portland, Me-; Mrs. Cenant and
Miss Butterworth, of Revere, Mass;
Mrs. Deming, of Lisbon, N. H.;
Misses Shipman, of Boston and my
self. We have already found a
number of friends in common and
the world is a small place after all.
Ship life and land life are alike
and different after all. Five meals
day and eleven trips around the
promenade deck to the mile, with
visiting and letter writing, a dance
or a concert or whist party COM
prise life for the voyage. There
is positively nothing that has to
be done, yet time never hangs
heavily on our hands. There is but
one trying feature of the life and that
comes in the morning when we
emerge from our shelves and choose
between dressing on a postage |
stamp or beginning practice as a |
contortionist getting a few clothes
on in the berth, and the reversal of /
the morning proceeding getting
those clothes, put on with so much
difficulty, off by an equally trying
process. Only because the boat is
are these conditions made
necessary.
Thursday we sighted the first
of the Azores-Flores- way off at
sea with heavy cloud above it,
which made it difficult to separate
the land from the sky. 1t appeared
like long oval float on the surface
and was a pleasant variation to
the scene. And about noon we
were entertained by schools of
flying porpoise, which looked as
if they might weigh ten pounds
and actually weighed forty and
sixty pounds. We got so excited
we even cheered the fish as they
jumped from wave to wave. About
seven o'clock we sighted Fayal
and Pico. Never could one forget
Pico rising much like the top of
Lafayette, without apparent life,
straight from the deep and the
setting sun coloring the peak and
the cloud below with the soft
colors of its glory, with Fayal
like a vassal at its feet. Until
dark we sailed close to the islands
and watched until night shut them
from our view, and it did
not seem as if we had come out to
them but as if they had come to us,
Friday, at. six, we anchored off
St. Michael and according to the
stewards advise, we dressed in :
,ur "flimsiest nothings" in pre-
for a hot time. The
lay was ideal and the sea like
loor. In no time the boats were
about the rope ladder +,
md bare footed rowers were waiting
or passengers. Fifteen minutes ,
rom the ship and Ponta Delgada \
vas under our feet. 1t is very !
ropical and very peculiar with
is tiled roofs, Its white and pink :
sh buildings; and its magnificent 6
gardens make it indeed a port of .
lowers. Its fine public buildings !;
md churches are interesting, but :
he natural scenery and its people
re more so. Little ill-smelling +,
hops contain perfectly fascinating !,
bargains, the streets were full of :
he vendors of fruits; Strawberries
n little wicker baskets strung 9
n a bamboo stick were a friendly :
ight-the price was a shilling :
Iut ten cents would buy them. In :,
he shops, it was mostly one price, "
nd almost any kind of money O.
-ould do. I.
The climate is right hot and h
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