The Republican journal., 1913-09-04
OVER SEAS.
On board S. S. "Canopic,"

W
, wells, we glide down the harbor,
~ opce past 1.-The Graves" we move
aier full steam out to sea. The transit
:or from sultry city life to the buoy
~ air of the limitless ocean transcends
cards. All the Vaccinations of the true
,.iIor now knockingly appeal at the door
: tbe heart, and rebuke the brain for
= hut dreams. Ashore, faces fade,
ARMS fail of outline, land disappears
rom sight,
The Wmifredian has put out an hour
.,.si Of US, bound for Liverpool. She
!. oot running as fast as is the Canopic,
,. syertaken and passed, affording per-
.,c+ p.eture of marine grace as she slow
-,js to Neptune and throws his white
....- from her foreflanks. To shun the
.sr, rack, she is taking course we'll
.al ta sea, to part from it in mid ocean,
.s-,rr east of north, while we bear
..,-- If east to the Azores, now six
ay. away
III. Hning-room floral decorations are
,seHi1u: the food is quite too bountiful
d., tasteful for one on so long voyage,
,,t- aothing to do but to think and to
~. .hs rounds of the promenade deck.
H. waters are attentive.
r-- captain, Geo. R. Metcalf, Lieut..
? * T., is every inch a gentleman.
l..s; The derivation of the name of the
a. cites the name of a town on the
o7si If Africa. Right there my voyag-
h, 9paedia Edward B. Malley, ESQ.,,
fCsr nudge, Mass, came in for further
4,tan5n. by the supplemental state
emf hat the said town had its name
-,r Campus, the ancient pilot of
ransmnon.
7s,sengers recognized by me, besides
rr -1o companions, Edward B. Malley
h lsu1ridge and Frank H. Marshall of
,,~4r,ils. are Hon. Lewis A. Frothing-
tar late speaker of the Massachusetts,
qs. and candidate for Governor, and
7.r ward c. Moore, dean of Apple
M .aauel, Harvard College.
IT, ay passes joyfuily as we speed
the boundless, famed by buoy
r freezes: but near sunset a little chill
contact of arctic and gulf cur
.. ,recipitates vapor, and fog, fog,
or he whistles monologue through
he -ht; but | sleep.
t-a- ay, July 20. The fog continues
mmg5 the forenoon. The beautiful
Egs pal service, conducted by the first
Ht- halted and intoned by the mon
5g IF the whistle. Afternoon brings
alb. air and mellow sunshine, with only
gt oa scuds of fog towards sunsent;
Ed he whole the pomp and pagentry
sea pass in splendid form.
G ay, July q. The light fogs of the
g ave given way to the glories of the
.. e The sea is tranquil, and the
POI. ale deck is thronged with pedes-
r and quot pitchers. The log at
-10Ws that we have in 4S hours
yin Ter 500 miles of sea. The gray
r. Arctic currents of our North At
Or" sita have given way to the deep
su water flowing from equatorial
3g--i rolar regions, and the light winds
aa rsg along with them are of course
at Leviathan, sporting and fishing
r1 -ray-green, is not seen In the dark
or forms of life we must turn
% H. ship-our world, running out or
s 1lus orbit, among the scuds o.
iran hat come twirling up from the
tFu s1out the ships huge hull in every
g- VI blue to white, and kiss the
a an of air, itself the founding
Tvs INVISIBLE ether, the phenomena
sa al matter, the plastic world W.
asg me way yet find to be the source
d.. spiritual body" and the arts
4 If beng. At nlghtfall the St
'a- II the American line crossed ou
@lG IN route from Southampton tc
Nsv York.
~eslay, July 22nd, is clear, with con
mutation Of light southerly winds. A
lor The iog registers $50 miles run in 2
Ml:s our ship-world of men widens
.7e Storage forward is Portuga
fpnz7 faced, brown-eyed, brown ant
a5cs.nalred, mate-loyal, child-loving
41s.l and a talk with such is educa
iona. In the steerage aft is Italy, sun
" happy, with humble lot, free heart
soug-gifted. A visit there show
0al The graces and joys of life are no
'l Ia palaces. Some 1900 of the tw
@onaiities bunk under our decks, blu
al sad i've fore and aft out in the open
VOC air is not monopoly. In the sec
a' cabin Italians predominant. Tw
"snch priests are among them: Fathe
s0lsi, pastor of St. Joseph's Parish
'0h5urg. and Father Triquet, paste
lie church or the Immaculate Con
"puon, Holyoke, Mass. Father Gre
u mind is stored with all the religion
'@ pmlosophic thought of the day, an
soften as l go over and pay the clergy
I'r call Father Crozet asks and an
,'efS many interesting questions, Will
'''aef Iriquet listens and smiles
+a7fg our first class passengers, Is
7+ Is Portuguese priest, Fathe