The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
Their Experiences on a
Cattle Ship Shop that
Their Bed Is Not Made
of Roses.

A jolly party Of young men. some of
them Virginians. with slim pocketbooks
but an indominats desire to see the out
side world. are working their way
through Europe. Like many others in
the same fix they worked" their way
to England looking after some cattle.
Before they left The Washington
Herald made arrangements for a weekly
letter telling Of their experiences. The
following is the first one: 49,
London, June '2s-The first thing that
surprised US when We climbed on board
yesterday was the pleasing appearance
of our fellow cattle sttffs-" Several
hail from Western colleges, about half
are Englishmen Ctraveling statesmen and
the Ike). also a couple Of tovial Ger
mans. a great dirty Slav, and a funny
little Hebrew. who claims NJ A DE-
gree from Columbia These make up
the gang. The Slav Is unspeakable. the
rest make lively combination, SO lively
that a deputation OF sleepy stokers has
just waited on US to plead for less
noise.
OF the hve Of US. George. Mac, Jack,
Serb. and myself, Mac. is. by all odds.
the most popular with this cosmopolitan
crew. The world loves an Irishman and
Mac Is such a beautiful specimen Of one
that the bosses. most Of whom are Irish
themselves. have made a sort OF idol OF
him.
No less promptly did the little Hebrew
qualify as the goat" Of the party.
Shortly after the ship had pulled out
and as We were all sitting about in the
combination bunk and mess room to
which the cattle stiffs'' has been as
signed. one Of the bosses entered in
gorgeous state OF intoxication and be-
gan talking. bawling for the ''Sulz-
berger gang to help him tie up some
steers. George was nearest the door
and showed his swift card, then
knowing that / was a Sulzberger he
passed 1t on to me, I showed 1t and
slipped II to the next fellow, and so
as the boss walked around the room the
card kept just ahead Of him. At last
re spotted Myers, the master Of arts.
who was frantically trying 10 hide in
an upper berth. Come out O. that. ye
dom Sulzberger," he yelled. Myers be-
gan 10 tremble violently and almost fell
of the bunk. Il am a student" he
p!red shortly, but I am willing 10
work" Since that incident the pro
fessor." as they called him. has had
very little rest
board is Smith, a graduate of Miami
University. After achieving his degree.
a fact TO which he never tires of re-
ferring. he knocked around a good bit,
did some reporting IN the Middle West,
and then. seized by the Wanderlust,
started on a trip around the world with
a stout bag and a thin wallet. This
evening he displayed both. The bag con-
tained a miscellaneous assortment OF
Bull Durham, silk socks and passionate
neckwear: the wallet. s. and a few Eng
IEwk ,cN- ha- hse
line OF slang is very varied, and that
he looks 800 pounds and admits to 2s5.
you will agree that he is quite a char
acter
When the bosses called us this morn
ing at { o'clock. Smith slept on. W hen
they finally woke him up, he glared at
them; when they expostulated he went
10 sleep again. It looked like an all
days job to get him up. as work was
pressing Smith snored on for a good
four hours longer.
Did Some Real Work.
The rest OF US climbed into overalls
and sweaters and went aft IN about
three "stiffs'' to a boss. There We were
given pals OF water and watered the
cattle till breakfast. Our entire days
work took about eight hours. but we
should cut that down considerable when
We get TO know the ropes better. The
work is only moderately hard, and
ought TO put us in top-notch condition
before We get across.
To-day at lunch Myers did not show
Up, so George and l went in search Of
him. We hunted high and low, and
finally found him under the forward
hatch alternately banging at type
writer and gazing at a picture. which he
promptly hid at our approach. We pre-
tended not to have noticed anything. and
prasentlY won his c0nfidaIca to such an