The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-03
A LETTER FROM MRS. FROST
Al Buckingham Place,
Brighton, England.
February, Ia, 1910.

think of with love, but that would
leave time for little else. And so as
my friends read this, hope eacn
win say, This letter it 10 ME"
To begin with the ocean voyage,
Previous voyages had not given me
very friendly feeling for the ocean.
This time | set myself to keeping It's
good qualities constantly in mind in
the hope OF realizing that love for
the ocean which so many feel. On
the first day the monster showed his
good side and welcomed us with
smiles Then the worst side appeared.
The worst side of the best people Is
pretty hard TO live with, and so we
found It with the ocean. The clouds
hung low. The wind seemed to be
trying to lift the waves to meet the
clouds; and all three seemed TO be
saying together; Now we have
this boat all alone, thousands of miles
from any help. let us see what we
can do with her" And as we stood
on deck, holding TO a post TO Keep
our footing, and looked at the noun
tains OF waves coming towards US, and
the boat climbing up over them, we
seemed TO be watching a contest be-
tween the power OF the elements ana
the skin OF man. The wireless tele-
grams brought the cheerful news
from day TO day that the storm was
worse ahead. and the contest lasted
for nine days. When II was over, the
love and admiration | had hoped TO
feel for the ocean were bestowed on
the noble boat.
We we're not violently sca-sick all
those days, by any means. but we
felt rather wrotched most OF the
time. This does not apply to Cleve-
land. lie was on deck continually. He
seemed 20 enjoy the raging of wind
and waves and came down only when
necessary-for meals and for sleep
ing. He missed but one meal during
the voyage.
On the tenth day, a dim outline OF
land could be seen along the horizon.
When the men I'm the steerage deck
caught sight OF il. they sent up a
wild cheer. and every heart Joined,
for the best ocean travellers we're
tired OF that voyage, and the captain
declared It the worst the boat had
ever made.
We passed several Dreadnoughts ly-
ing at anchor ut Portsmouth. then
came the landing at Southampton.
= To land on such a shore as Englands
makes one forget the annoyances Of
yesterday, for there is scarcely a
spot in all England that some life,
n some great deed has not made sacred.
While waiting for our train at
Southampton, we saw the house where
the great hymn writer. Isaac Watts,
, was born. His father had been put in
, jail because of his religion, and the
. mother would take the baby and
stand in the street opposite the Jail
window so that the father could get
a little comfort in looking at them.
, When we went to the station 20
take the train, Cleveland doubled up
with laughter over the small engines
, and cars. They do seem like toys, and
, Cleveland begged me to get him q
, train for n Christmas present But
/ we found that these toy trains could
go very swiftly and smoothly without
, jar or noise. The cars are not heat
ed. but long tin cans filled with hot
| water kept our feet warm.
II was good the next morning, to
l wake up and find ourselves on land.
= AS we looked out, we saw the sea
= dimpling and twinkling in the sun
/ shine, looking more like a laughing
r child than a bowling monster.
Q Very soon, we found out about a
lady who wished to leave her home
with responsible people while she
went TO Italy. In taking this home we
had to take the maid belonging to
II, and a real treasure she has proven
/ to be. She Is engaged to a young
man by the name of Wilmington. |
am not sure that the name is Dick
Wilmington, but like to think so.
e II l am wrong, shall not find 1t
a out, as she always speaks of him
: as my young man."
This maid knows the markets and
= the customs and speech of the people,
( and so often saves us the exposure
a OF our ignorance For in spite of a
common language we are foreigners
, in this land of our forefathers. Many
: words which We know only in books,
A are used here in conversation such as
r copse, furze, rocks larder. Other words
are used in a different way from that
In which we use them. A lawyer is
a solicitor, a store, a shop; a dry
goods store a drapery; a hardware
: merchant, an iron-monger; a street
: car, a tram; a freight car, a goods