The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-22
ACROSS ON A TEN DAY BOAT
A TRIP FOR 4 MAN VINO ~
THOROUGHLY TIRED OCT.

soelabIilty of = slow stFaHl-
er-Ftrst Health Results Reported.
GLASGOW. Scotland. May lO.-Thers l.
nothing like standing up for your rights
a. an American citizen. When our
Scotch steamer backed out from her pier
a the foot Of Twenty fourth street. New
York, we bad no sooner set our nOsas
down stream than a tug frantically left
the shore and put after ~.
Ehers were our friends out Of human
sight and almost out Of field glass sight
on the pier waiting for W 10 steam past
and give IN q few more farewell waves
and aobs and iocositiea andthere We were
stopping in midstream 10 negotiate with
tug.
II looked mysterious. A Canadian
who thought in his innocence that thu
Hudson was the Atlantic Ocean said
that the tug was 10 help ~ act under
way; bat the tug did not wish to help.
merely 20 hinder ~. Il had on board a
free born American-free born In Ire
land-wbo was returning by the steeraes
90 the land that claimed his birth but no
longer claimed his allegiance.
He had been dallying with tho cheering
glass. which had caused him to forgrt
tbs passage % time. and when he aWoke
to the fact that the boat had gone he
had chartered q tug.
Tho captain told the rest Of H. sHs
was taking his time telling the captain
Of the tug that he was an American
citizen going home In the stserage to
Ireland and he didn't need 20 hurry
let them wait A. that I called ont
from above, Cast OF below therer He
dropped his stick and his airs at the same
time and scrambled up the side like
monkey II I wasn't a dignified captain
Of a dignified liner I would have burst
with laughter
All can say il that pity that mans
friends and relations when he sets foot
In ne little village that gave him birth
can hear the Yankee twang q him. tho
contempt for everything Irish and the
lauding 81 everything American; and
! car Sc his spsedyreturn 70 the land oi
dollars. @Surs Ireland's deadl'
Have you ever travelled on an avowecily
slow ship Getting there quickly u
a me American habit Il you are pressed
for time and don't mind vibratory exercise
continued night and day for five or sin
days. but Il you are thoroughly tired out
and want n 20 where school doesn't
keep and you can do as you please let
me recommend a slow steamer.
o. course you must not b seasicE. !
That IL the first rule Of tho game Now
In order not 10 be seasick Il is Just a.
well 70 come Of a long line Of seafaFnR
people Rum hack 10 the vikings IL pos !
sible. Imagine a seasick VikinRi You
cannot because there never Waa one.
Having established your nautical an
Cestry 10 your own satisfaction the next
thing 70 10 be a careful guardian Of your /
stomach from your earliest years II you
can ham your parents and grandparents /
careful guardians Of theirs from their
earliest years IL will be better vet. but /
am noe Insisting on impOssibilities.
Now then, for AZ least ak months
befOre sailing insist on the proper cotn-
iersign from every bit % food that enters
your mouth. Nincs PIE and soallops AZ
midnight should be sent 20 the guard
house. They are a boistsrOus PAIR snd
VIII rough house manls stomach from
sheeE love Of mischief.
ought 10 know them when thew come.
INA eountersiGn by the way, is very
Old, albeit a trihe long: Now good
digestion wait on appetite and health on
both
Are Won ready7 Up the EanRplank
then and bid gOod-by 10 care. See that
be- charters no alg and that Il he does he
u not allowed his right a. a free born
Amerioan. Oitiygn. 70 omise trouble 20
OthAfs. Cast on without him and give
vuurueW 70 10 the best imitation Of Allso-
lule happiness 20 he found. ID
Hoii need not court sleep. Sleep will
court you. Why. tho first fOrty-eiRht
hours ] sleDt twenty six And IL You
are mentioning appeutsl
II you hra energetic a walk Of from
thru 90 Wix milee a day will be found
beneficial II acts IN tao ways: il gives
ypa raren0us appeiiie and il makes a
raFgnpts appFtite safe b harhsr
Give Y0urpelf Up to being friendly after
a day or two % rest Remember that the
man IN the smoking room who IL ~ silent
and Who ats reading or thinking while he
pune smoke az his feet IN only waiting
for vou % Ofer some commonplace ike
-QEiiie a rim to-day. 30 miles 70 cause
his features ~ relax and his mouth TO
opsn. and In five minutes time hs will be
telling Yep the story ~ his life aud you
days IN enc middle West or your first trips
AZ travelling statesmen or. bat this IL an
eHtrene instance hOW you proposed the
hrNt time you did H.
Before the voyage is over he will confess
IN you that he had seen YOU walkinR
sOlrmnly around the promenade deck aud
he had thought yOH taciturn and dis
Eruntled man.
The man or woman who il not dying
for frtendliness on board an ocean steamer
10 . raFa avis
This sizing up II your fellow mOrtAls
from their appearance j. aCuriOus game
ANY one can he an adept at Il II he u never
called upOn 10 prove his conclusions
Mrs. y az the second table. dhO over
heard the captain calling down a care
less sailor for rpillinR red paint on a
passenger dress writes home 10 her
sitter: The captain j. a burly brute. red
Jared and hot temt@Ted ! have not met
him. but ! have read his character to a
nicely. Such display % ~ temper az
poor sailor who had done nothing that
could ind out YOU never saw
But Mr~ did not =ee him teach a little
eight -year-old girl % give him a butterfly
kiis. u wis a pretty sight She had
never heard ~ II. 40 he lifted her in his
big arms and putting HE sea Redeemed
face against her apartment whitened
check. winked hi- eyela~hes on 10 There,
dearie. thst's a butterfly kiss This In
broad scotch.
ThOss who sat AZ table with him
si1cd him up Tor a witty and Jolly man
with a seaman's hreadth sometimes. II
must be confessed. but with a sailors
simplicity always.
Once he said. Did You ever hear the
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