The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-15

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gin; the woman who has to climb a
ladder from a tug when the steamship
is in midstream; the voyager who ar
.ives an hour after the ship has gone;
the party that must be conveyed down
the bay by a steamboat with friends
and a band on board; the couple that
is on hand three hours ahead of time;
the man who knows all about navi-
CATION; the girl who is afraid the
steamship will either sink or blow up
before the voyage ends; and the fell
low who feels a sense of nausea the
moment his foot hits the deck.
The Baltic was ready to steam out
for Liverpool one morning last sum-
mer when an official of the line chanc-
ed to walk along an adjacent pier and
saw an elderly couple in old fashioned
attire sitting on a bench, and both
were putting at short clay pipes un-
der sign that read, Smoking is
positively forbidden on this pier!"
what are you doing here, my good
MANI" asked the official.
Sure I'm waitin' for the ship TO
start for jamestown. Me and me
wumman here are gettin' a bit un-
aisy."
Some steerage passengers! NUT
oFGoiol ~ I,ipoco1P
Sure are yez liver goin' to start?'
asked the old woman quietly. 81 have
MT seen a soul go aboard that ship
and it's two hours now we've waited
She had pointed to the Oceanic, and
the steamship man shook his head
"The Oceanic won't sail for four days,
he said consolingly. I'm afraid you're
here too soon"
'The divvil take your nonsense!'
broke in the old man. "Sure It's the
Baltic we got tickets for. She goes
today, and we'll not wait no fool
days"
You're too late for the Baltic" re
piled the steamship man. "She's sail
ing now from the other pier. TAXI
your tickets to the steerage depart
ment and have them changed for
"Steerage! Steerage!" growled tn,
old man, his clay pipe trembling il
his hand. "Divvil a bit am I abov
goin' steerage; but cast yer eye Of
thin tickets!"
One glance at the old couple
transportation caused the steamship
official to color. The old man had on
of the most expensive suites on tn
steamer The Oceanic was booke
full, and the suite could not be dupli
Gated on her To let the Baltic g
over with these rooms unoccupit
meant loss to the company, an
there was good chance that the oil
man, if left behind, would book O
another line.
Follow me-" said the official excit
eddy, as he ran toward the other pie
There had been slight delay (
the gangplank, and the old Irish CO.
pie from Pittsburgh got aboard.
was learned afterward that they coul
have bought the Baltic outright.
One of the annoying tasks in til
routine work of getting a steamsh
away on time is the routing ashore
persons who are not passengers. N
thing is more easy of access than
ship about to sail 1t is the freest
free shows. No questions are aske
it being assumed that the stroller
either a voyager or a friend of son
prospective passenger. 1t was tn
free and easy system that enable
Gallagher to get aboard the Kais
Wilhelm der Crosse and shoot May,
Gaynor as he was about to depart f
Bremen. Steamship officials decla
, there is no remedy for it; but adm
= it is inviting for the crank, the pic
pocket, the genteel panhandler, al
the process server. The opponents
these various professions have mu
greater opportunity for getting clio
to men of wealth and social promi
ence on shipboard than they have
the proximity of their homes or pla
es of business; for there are no ste
buffers or husky officer bouncers
the congregation on sailing day.
The holding of passengers aboa
and the getting rid of tenacious frien
is a big problem when a liner is abo
to start on a long cruise. Passenge
will wander away from the steam
and get left, and overaffectionate re
atives will linger aboard with
thought whatever of the fact that t
steamship must sail.
P. V. G. Mitchell, a young steamsh
manager in charge of recent crui
of the Arabic to the Levant, solv
the get away problem and establish
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