La Junta tribune., 1912-10-05

surround the main body Of the
church. | Was surprised to see that
boys and girls. especially boys, could
for the space OF half an hour, kneel
there and read their prayer books
without nudging each other. pulling
hair or sticking pins Into their
neighborx also noticed that a.
the children passed In and out there
were not more than two or three
who failed To kneel toward the main
altar and cross himself One little
girl who could not have been more
than five or six years old came in
with her brother and went into a
pew all by herself. and when xh.
started out she crossed herself as
piously as any grown person.
Cologne itself IL an exceedingi,
= quaint and interesting old city. 1t
forms sort of semi-circie on one
side OF the Rhine. the streets In
I the odd town" are very narrow. and
/ run in all sorts OF irregular direc-
I tons. curying here and dead.ending
I there In the new town" the streets
are very broad and built In semi.
/ circles around the old part OF the
| city. beginning and ending on the
I Rhine The inuermost one OF these
streets occupies the place OF IN.
I old city wall, and several OF The old
gatsways hay. been left standing.
dred years old Where the walls
stood. In the center Of the street.
are nov beautiful flower gardens
Three bridges crcss the river In tn.
city, one handsome new one and
one bridge OF boats. made In such
way that when a ship must pass
Z part Of the bridge is noated to one
7 sid. One must pay two pennies To
cross It.
We left Cologne on the third of
June. and went to Hamburg. from
which place ". sailed June sixth
There are many Germans on board
most of whom speak no English. and
not over a dozen Americans. IH
the st"eraEe are almost 1900 immi
grants fnr America to absorb and a
simulate. and when | look down ar
them lying an over the deck. .,
dirty and careless. wonder bow -,
will do o. I almost wonder II n.
lori himself can max. anything -
them. but When think what
change Christianity. the al kind
can max. In one. know that with
our help many OF them will makr
good citizens
It Is the twentieth OF June, my
birthday. aud tomorrow We viii aud
In our own country. We have had
rather a rough voyage. having a
strong wind agains, us almost all
the way over. As result ". are
landing a day later than We should.
Al one time tn. vessel was pitching
SO much that sh. lifted her how
some thirty feet out OF the water
and then dipped as much. ". were
standing on IN. deck one evening
watching the waves ~ they struck
the bow and broke and sometimes
the waves cam. up about fifteen or
twenty feet above the boat and
broke over tn. steerag. deck No
one vas allowed out there
Having birthday ON board ship
is not 80 bad place a. on. might
think. for this morning when came
TO my place a, breakfast found my
place decorated with flowers aud
tlags. and In front Of me handsome
birthday cake. This afternoon viii
have It'll. party consisting uf the
American people ON board and We
viii cut our cake. Th. stewards said
they would fix a table for us The
captain came In little while ago
where | am working. and wished me
as many birthdays az b. has had.
Each person AZ m. party bad gon.
down somewhere and found "a present
f,r me
Last night the captain rave a
sort of farewell dinner fu fh, p,s.
seascrs Before the Ice .ram gas
served the walters all Vrur ouf As
n to T., the cream and when m.
band began 10 play they marched in
with Illuminated Ice cream aUI ,ach
~aitur wore funny lIfflr BAT and
there wer. Ia IN. procession s.yrr raj
fellows dressed az clowns a8d they
acted tn. par, as they marched sey.
.rai umcs around the fp1m
And now Ne arr coming TO IN.
end "" started away With all the
baggage w- could handl. We thought.
bu, We have found. In the ronrs. Of
our journey. that ". could manage