The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-05-24
SEEING PARIS AND LONDON.
Albert kunkel Writes The Sentinel
Of His Trip Abroad
Gay. Old Paris.


Oregon boy. who Is nov over In the
Old World seeing things. Albert Is
located at Great Falls. Mont. and has
made good In every way. lie Il
abroad on business as we'll AZ q
pleasure trip:
After leaving Oregon. ] came
through to New York via KansasCi,y
and stopped for a short visit with my
mother and sisters. The trip 10 New
York Was uneventful. After arriving
there We engaged passage on the
steamer "t aroma. Cunard Steams ID
Line. The weather was fine and I
experienced no ~ effect from sea>ick.
ness. The "caronia" is a dandy boa,
D,"" tons. with speed Of ~ knots.
We did mot" however. get along a.
fast a. that. u Is called a seyen.day
tour. that j., It's time from New York
to Liverpool Is : days. Every day at
FAD y. ~. they posted a bulletin.
with map. showing just where We
we're and how many miles We ran
from one day al l2:lj Ia the next day
at ll:lj. ! kept tab, which shows We
ran a. follows: We left New York
dock At lONj a. m. the 10th Of April:
IN llth, al l2:lj y. m. We had gone
.Hu miles: TO 18th. -, miles: 18th. li3
miles: 18th. &ls miles: 18th. lW miles:
10Th. lOl miles: Eth. 40 miles: and
on the morning of the 18th at 3::D a.
m. We arrived of fi,lguard, ~,
miles, making total Of Nj, miles.
our tickets we're via Liverpool. but
by going ashore AZ Fishguard We
would be able To arrive at London
about ~ or IL hours sooner. besides u
would give ~ a daylight ride through
Wales. wanted To stop at Fish.
guard for u short time and re-, urn on
board the "Caronia, a. IL NIGH, In.
terest you To know about low mat.
tiers are carried through -. .. D."
an ocean steamer.
In the first place. the crew il all
English and very gen,lcmenly. Three
regular meals are served every day.
breakfast, dinner and tea: then be.
tween meals We always had fruit
candy, etc. When We arrived At Fish.
guard the cooks and walters we're up
al ia. IN. They gave us hot coffee.
sandwi clies. etc. This L. Just 10 show
you how we'll We We're taken care Of.
! spoke Of the crew being English
fact Of the matter j. that nearly cv.
cry one on The boat was English. al
few French and Germans and siill
fewer Americans. They have an or.
chesir IA Of ) pieces. that played every
morning, after dinner and AT night
but after the first ~ hours out the
passengers became sonicwha az.
puainted and then we had a progress.
I've whist party: after that nearly ev.
cry night We had some kind Of an en-.
teri ainmeni. singing, instrumental
music, piano solos, recit ions, etc.
Quite little talent on board, and by
the way, What We might term "home
talent" The concerts Werc always
given In the dining rooms. and IN dee.
Grating they always had large
American and also a large EngliSl, Hay
just back Of the chairman. and the
concerts were closed by every one
standing and singing the two nation.
al anthems, My Country 'Tis of
Thee and God Save the King"
conclude that England Il
jus, "A bin proud Of her npigllDr,
Why shouldn't She hey We're the
greatest ON earth Programs for our
,al" press. \ paper In pamphlet
form was issued every morning IN
which We were supposed TO get Just
he latest news hut We got very IT.
lie. We heard prompt ~ Of that ter.
rible disaster, the going down of the
Titanic" Most OF that, howe
Nas suppressed for fear Of making the
passengers uneasy. We passed the
Tit anic" IN mid.Tean At \ a. ~.
IN Sunday. our captain had sent
10 the captain of the Titan
e" apprising him Of the icebergs.
When We heard Of the accident We
sere about 700 miles away.
viii nov go hack to Fishguard.
which place We left after having our
Daggage Inspected al ia. m. Thurs
lay morning, arriving al London, a
list ance Of 2ss miles, with only one
stop enroute, which we made at Car.
lin, Wales: the run was made In I
IoUrs and ~ minutes.
] became very much interested In
he country from the time We left
after getting away from
he coast. II MAS simply beautiful.
Iouses being all very small and built
entirely Of stone, painted white. &c
'asi0nally we saw u large mansion, IN
which we were told lived 'Gente.
men Farmers" those who owned