The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-29
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oroet Our friends.

high-brOW manner wheh "
greet our friends. |
In a musical way We have the we'll
known organist OF one OF the larger
Philadelphia churches, famous Tor It's
fne music. and a young pupil OF ms,
who is going abroad Tor year
study. both of whom have been most
kind and generous IN giving their tai
ent for our pleasure.
Also among the musical people
there IS Mrs. Hast, whose beautiful
voice has been heard IN concert
throughout America, and who is one
Of the two American sopranos select
ed to be coached by Conrad Bost, the
great Dutch master, during h COM
ing summer. Mrs. Hast is trying to
make this voyage OF rest and rec
~reatioa, before starting in on the
strenuous work that is before ner 1or
the next few months, 50 We had not
had the privilege Of hearing her sing.
until one evening, after a pleasant
hour with her, yielding to our en-
treaties, because we were from the
South, and no where else on eartn
had she ever found such a welcome
or such beaten biscuit and fried
!chicken,' she sought a quiet hour
when the salon was deserted, and in
her rich, beautiful voice sang for US
many Of the tender, moving melodies
Of our own Dixieland-
We find being from the South a
great feather in our eap-quite a IA
nous a one indeed as Yankee Doodle
lever stuck in his own ]aunty cap, ana
since it is our only Accomplishment
amid a BOAT load Of accomplished
people, j fear we will Of necessity
|have to wear it quite be-
tfore we return to our native hearth.
Amusenents at All Times.
There is never lacking some form
Iof amusement on board, though with
IN $50 1SN~ TO v101Y TUy0UO ~ IC
hard to stay away from the open air,
and the invigorating tang Of the salt
breeze. Neither are our interests
confined entirely to affairs in the
ships circle, but every afternoon, as
we sip our tea on deck. a paper is is
sued, printed from news received by
wireless, and we read that we will
next day pass within range Of the
Mauretania, the Olympic and the Cal
edonia; OF the latest styles in Paris
and New York; Of the action, or rath-
er n~on-action of Congress in regard
Wilson's determination to investigate
the lobby working against it, and
many other such far-away, unreal
and inpossible-seeming things. In
: tdeed it is hard to even realize our
: own reality, and often it seems as
: though our own vessel were but a
spirit ship on a spirit sea-, and we our
selves only dream people walking a
phantom deck.
Even the most trivial incident as
sumes the magnitude of an event in
: the midst of this vast waste of waters
$ and a lone sea gull circling about the
a boat, the sighting Of mother vessel on
+ the distant horizon, or a shoal of fly
! ing delphins such as we have sur
:; |prised several times, will bring every
l passenger to the ships side, sc
q strange does any sign of life other
THAN our own seem.
. Not a Sea-Sfck One.
And here | must not fail to record
; the proud boast that not one of oul
little party has been sick for one min
), ute and though we ave had severa
l. very rough days when our chairs hae
II to be lashe to the rail and racks pu
on the table for the dishes, yet al
= of us have beer on deck eac day, a.
I iaunty and self as the oldes
% Salt" that sails the seas. We feel nov
!, that h only thing left to be desired
g to make perfect our voyage is the ex
y perience of u storm at sea, and as tn
= passing of many vessels, the ~circlin:
of thousands of sea gulls about u
and the sighting OF distant land tel
s US it is all soon to come to an end
Of We find ourselves actually wishin,
Y that one might descend upon Us
t, blowing us several hundred miles GU
G. of course and giving us a day or S
I'd more Of this enthralling seattle. Flo
rs it is Of h sea itself hat l wouh
sc write, if only the word would com
a TO me, but the thoughts thu thron
I'D your mind in the presence Of the m
I'D racle, the majesty and the mystery G
it all, will not be fettered by iro
a. words but like the great tumultuou
waves of the ocean itself, break owe
ty you in a white mist of dreams, {
St Immortal longings," Of hauntin
i'll memories, and thoughts tina are b<
"A You'd the reach Of our imperfe,
,rt speech and last night as SAT- q
ol- deck, watching 1.-The white feet Of tt
moon as she trod her vanishing roa
lis OF silver across the sea- listening
,ry catch the meaning Of what the sc