New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-07

AVE YOU ever had the sailing slump?
Well. my dears, believe me, 1t is
auful, 1t comes all in q moment,
snap just like that
'', W., NAV be as jolly as a sandboy at the
saa Of going of TO foreign chimes You
- he satisfying the great ambition Of
,,nur life and heaps Of other things. but
.,,.n the whistles blow and the bells clang
80 the great ship starts to sail away from
~,,,o old New York. bin! 1t catches you,
NE sailing slump, and you want TO turn
,,o,,- face 10 the sky and give one long
howl OF woe.
r,,s sort Of hungry, lost home and
u.otber'' sensation. II doesn't usually last
mare than few seconds, but when it's get
So IN IT'S fine work it's most as bad as
che worst toothache you ever had.
you know. your Aunt Kate has been
mining 10 HE her away to far off lands. for
ages She has just buttonholed friends,
rslatives and editors wherever she has met
,beno. and by way of starting conversation
has said u want 10 go to Europe"
No subtlety about IL at all.
And at last I got my way and packed up
rv sketchbook and prepared for the jour
ney
NOT OPEN TO DIcTATIoN.
I'll admit vas somewhat set in my ideas
r.,erding the trip ! wished 10 take. ] had
osrtain convictions a. to the most satisfac-
torv method Of getting across the millpond.
and I simply waved aside all suggestions
With the air of one who has nothing 10
learn.
-. wanted to go on a brand new boat so
az 10 be able TO boast a little about IT.
wanted to go second class for the ex-
perience and atmosphere. I felt there would
be any number OF interesting people travel
ling second. actors and opera singers re-
nrnins TO La Belle France. students with
empty pockets and great futures and
teachers who were really counts and coun-
tesses. obliged to earn dollars in the
us A. because the family fortunes were
nj low ebb l thought romance would flour
sb and that my pen and pencil would be
constantly employed recording impressions
Talk about the best laid plans!
We'll. every one pointed out to me what
mistakes was making. Kind friends came
from far and wide to explain things clearly
70 me, those who had travelled themselves
and those who simply had travelled rela-
tives, all joined in the chorus.
They told me II was a mistake TO go on
a new boat in the face of the recent terrible
disaster.
They pointed out how difficult and incon-
yenient II would be 10 be seasick In French,
and they one and all said, not that they
were snobbish themselves, but they ala
think that TO go second cabin was Just
bit-well. you know. 1t really was-etc'
AUNT KATE REMAINS FIRM.
Twas polite and respectful, but quite Arm.
tbs way ! am when some one wants 10
souirra and wriggle out OF an interview and
know that Il is for the good or MS soul
that he should be interviewed
But. lust the same, your Aunt Kate was
little exhausted when she finally got her
way and her passage. And then quite sud-
denly al! the relatives and friends subsided
and forgave. and came in sort OF trium-
phal procession TO see me on.
There were elderly ladies and elderly gen.
tlemen and youths and matdens and baoes
IN arms. And most of them bore with them
fruit and floral offerings and even various
kinds Of food in case found I didn't care
fer French cooking.
The next time I leave place am gong
10 do the thief-in-the-nig act Never
again will be attended by a multitude
DO you ask me why. oh, my sisters?
Well, III tell you. Because among them
all I lost my baggage
Don't try to find out how it happened.
don't know myself II will always remain
one of the great mysteries Of MY young
life
| remember every one talked to me al
once. and I tried to answer them all at
once. Then somebody ordered me up the
gangway
The confusion was terrible.
Passengers crowded each other on the
deck TO have a farewell look at those on
shore.
At the very last moment French oridal
PARTY arrived The bridegroom. suonnis'
sive w!spy youth; the bride. buxom
Young person in sen-bridal array, with
white ribbons. flowers and bedecked with
hair. which she quickly covered with a
black and white checked steamer cap.
You know, I'm sentimental; / can't her
II, ana I got so interested in that wedding
party that ! forgot 10 notice If my baggage
had followed noe.