The Washington herald., 1912-08-04
AMERICAN STUDENTS WORKING
THEIR WAY THROUGH EUROPE
Tended Cattle on Steamships and Meet with Many Surprises
Make Fun at English Railways.

the captain, expressed his exact wishes
with great force and feeling, and though
the rest of us admired his moderation.
Mac thought he was a great deal too
hard on a fellow who was "only asking
for information" Jack later drew the
parallel OF a private bawling out from
the ranks: Hey, captain. did you say
Squads right or Squads left
The captain never did approve OF us
anyway. according to the passengers.
who say that he was quite peeved when
he heard Of our presence on board, and
spoke at length OF those bally Prince
ton millionsires. who rob poor men OF
a passage home" Perhaps a glance at
Bradstreet would suffice to change his
views.
When we entered the bunk-room after
our retreat from deck. We were met by
a scene OF widest confusion Some Of
the boys were seated at the table. some
were lying In their hunks. But each had
a spoon and a tin plate with which he
furnished vigorous accompaniment to
every thing that was said or sung. They
were celebrating their last night on
board. Smith. from his seat Of state in
an upper berth. led the revelry. This
continued for some time after our en-
trance. when the door was suddenly flung
open and a gang OF stokers. very tired
anu very Irldu. plllnS IN. r Ut d
moment II looked like a fight. but as
the firemen were too tired 20 fight and
too big to be fought, they were soon
pacified and trooped away with warn
ings against further disturbances.
London Proves a Surprise.
July 2-Last night was also the rough
est We have had and about o'clock in
the morning our sleep was interrupted
BY a loud commotion close at hand.
We got up. rubbing our eyes, just as
two steers came charging past. followed
closely by the night Waterman, our
friend the master-at-arms, and also a
couple Of the bosses. The cattle were
all believing and tugging at their ropes.
and the chase in which we Joined would
have done credit to a moving picture
show. Round and round. up and down,
We drove them till the runaways were
cornered and reduced to submission by
judicious twisting Of their tails. AS
no more cattle broke loose during the
night our clean record of no lost steers
was maintained to the last. The bosses
| tell us that the cattle always get ex-
cited and begin to below when they
| smell the land after a couple Of weeks
at sea.
We rose early this morning and got
| our trunks ready for landing. A reporter
for a London daily came aboard, how
J ever. before We left the ship Che said
some one had cabled about US from New
York; and got all the information he was
looking for from the ex-reporter Smith.
The rest Of us didn't bother about him
much. as we were busy adjourning to a
| neighboring hotel for our first real
breakfast in ten days Never did Eng
| fish ham and eggs receive a more cordial
| welcome. Jack and the Hungarian were
| the only absentees, the former being at
the dock waiting for the first officer to
come ashore. He got tired of waiting
| after a while and turned up as we were
| finishing our coffee and lighting cigar
cites. As We were all anxious to start
for London, Jacks minority vote was
| overruled, and the whole bunch of Us
| crowded into one compartment for the
| trip to town.
That railroad was the first great shock
| to our American ideas. We had already
remarked the military appearance of the
| policemen. or "Bobbies.'' as they call
| them over here, and commented wittily
on the use of the word tariff" to denote
a bill of fare, but the railroad beat them
| all. The locomotives were about half the
size of an American engine, Anticipated
| in design. and gaudily decked out with
red and green paint. The cars were cor
respondingiy small and light. and espe-
| clally the 1relgnterS or SOOQS cars, OF
which an American freight car could
| carry half dozen. It looked like moth
ing so much as toy railroad. except
that the station. long, bare shed. was
almost obliterated with advertising.
We made jolly party on the train
and sang ragtime most Of the way up.
As the English boys dropped on one
by one we gave them For He's a Jolly
Good Fellow" az long as they were In
| sight. In a very little time the train
pulled into London. where we said good
by to the remaining "cattlesttffs," and
under Georges guidance set out for q
boarding house at which we had stayed
on previous visit to London
In some ways London was q great sur
prise to US. We didn't see any fogs. and
the weather was as hot as when we left
New York. Strangest Of all were the
great. numbering. observation-disclosures
busses and the sight Of the taxis driving
up to the curb in q direction counter to
the traffic. and they say that London
| trafiic Is the best regulated In tho world.
| We were indeed prepared for the Eng
lish custom of driving to the left for the
utter absence Of skyscrapers OF all kinds
but hardly for the claims Of tailoring
nrm In Oxford Street who advertise
Themselves in ~ - 'Hsofssssd Brssohea
Aaksrs"