The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-08-13
An Ocean Trip.

lie OCtdll lltN tl at dtltu ATNl
more folk so much as this season and
the Morgan and Mallory lines have
had a steady patronage to and from
New York city since the excursion
rates were first announced
Miss Rachel Campbell returned
from New York city via the Morgan
line and Mr. Hotchkiss and Mr.. Han
ma chose that route, leaving Tuesday
OF the past week The Mallory ines
have had a splendid patronage-Prof
and Mrs. Gentry Hodges, Mr.. and Mrs
Moran Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Whiteman, Mrs. II. II. Sayre, Robt
and George Sayre and Mr.. Sayre, Sr,
Mrs. b. A. Simpson have already gone
and several others have planned to 60
The latter part of August.
The water trip from Galveston to
New York city, when made on sched-
ule time, is of six days duration; from
New Orleans a day shorter You do
not sight land, save a dim outline on
the horizon, as you PASS through the
Florida keys, from the time you leave
Galveston until you reach New York
city.
If you escape the nauseating expert
ence of sea sickness, there can moth.
ing be so delightful or so restful as
a week on the ocean.
The passengers, as rule, are in
teresting and charming people and
often a friendship begun at sea ripens
into comradeship that would take
months on land to establish for you
get to know people pretty well when
YOU are with them for a solid week
and the only chance they have to es-
cape you is by jumping overheard.
There is always considerable eX-
element around a vessel leaving
port OF course there are friends bid.
ding passengers goodbye and often
few for curiosity, just as the rail
road station, has its characteristic
group of loungers.
Messengers from the florists and the
Confectioners push their way among
the passengers distributing gifts from
friends left at home and bon voyage
kilograms are read with interest and
laughter
But at last the hour for sailing
comes: negroes stripped to the waist
and dripping with perspiration roll
their last bales of wool into the yawn-
ing mouth of the hold and its ponder
Gus doors are slammed.
The friends of the passengers hur-
ry down the gangway, and the steam
er, slowly and almost imperceptibly
moves out to sea.
From a neighboring pier ship in
harbor salutes the sea-going vessel
with three whistles and receives a
hoarse response in answer.
when another vessel gives triple
greeting and so on until every vessel
and sailboat in harbor has saluted
the departing steamer.
As soon as land fades from sight
there begins a scramble for steamer
chairs. which are rented between
ports. 1t is really the only time you
get in a hurry on the voyage, for the
leisure and care free atmosphere oil
the ocean soon catches you in It's
foils and you degenerate to the lazi
ness of the old negro who confessed
Il hates to move around, ! hates tc
take my foot up and put it on the
ground"
AS one gentleman confessed, Wher
expressing the complete rest he Wa'
enjoying for the first time in his life
Aren't we men joyously lazy? Moth
ing to do in the day but eat; nothlnf
to do at night but sleep; nothing tt
do in the morning but shave
As soon as chairs had been rented
they were placed on the promenade
deck and many hours sped by Whll'
YOU lay back comfortably in your
chair. read very loving love story
sipped some of the many cold drlnK'