La Junta tribune., 1914-04-04
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II the April Issue Of The r. !:
/: ssr's Tale, Min Aarssrsts Jan !:
: ssu. = niecs Of John JOHNSON. Of !:
this city. and ; student Of the !:
Commsrcisl College. has very !:
/: Interesting story Of her Flint !:
Trip 70 America Miss Janssn |:
: arrived In America in septem- !:
ber Of last year. and u that time !:
could not speak word In Eng !:
lish. Her letter is the best !:
evidence OF her succexs In mas ::
/: tsrinE our language In the brief !:
space Of SIX months. being able !:
70 write II with greater facility. !:
also felicity. than some OF the !:
/: natives. !:
A whole year has passed since I
was thinking OF going 70 America TO
rec my relations. II was on Sunday
morning. August II. 1913. when
went 70 the station accompanied by
all my relations and friends. Ey-
eryone brought me flowers. books
or sweets. TIE train only stopped
two minutes In Zoppot OF which l
was very glad. I bade farewell aud
waved my handkerchief from the
window. A moment later was
alone with the passengers. In Ber-
lin met my youngest brother with
whom passed \ few pleasant hours.
Next day I went TO Hamburg and re-
mained there two days at the home
Of we'll known family. First. ] had
10 do . great deal At the office Of
the Hamburg-American line with my
ticket and iusgage. How interest
ing Il was to see the baggage halls
where Thousands and thousands OF
trunks wer placed for the large
steamers. After finishing everything
which was necessary for the voyage
We walked through the main busi-
ness streets Of the city. We visited
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change and other public buildings.
then walked along the wharves. In
the afternoon we went out to the
famous geological gardens. Every
thing. was very interesting. but my
mind was too much occupied with
other thoughts to fully appreciate
II.
On the morning OF August goth.
five special trains brought the pas
sengers TO cuxh.ven wher small
ships were prepared To bring us TO
the Imperator. the largest steamship
In the world. The Impcrator was
30 large that Il could not land at the
harbor. This trip on the small
ships occupied more than half an
hour. and Was very uneasy. was
glad when we could leave these ships.
One Of the four orchestrzs played at
our reception. "Muss ! denn Muss {
dem xum Stable hinaus." lis II
necessary that leave my home!b
My cabin was situated on q deck
! soon found. To my regret could
not get a better cabin for every
place had been taken for three
months. got my ticket seven weeks
before. l had TO divide my cabin
with two American ladies. one Of
them not being able to speak a word
In German
The imperator Il an immense ycs-
sci. like great floating hotel. II Is
sis feet long. 80 feet wide and has
eleven stories which were crowded
with about t2oo passengers lmostiy
Americansl and n thousand crew and
officers. First had to care for my
place IN the dining room. which took
two hours. for the second class had
not less than GOO passengers. Just as
we sat down to dinner. the impcrat-
or steamed out into the German
Ocean and left our country We would
not have remarked IL n We had not
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dining room. n large hall. had many
iargc and small tables for twelve.
eight and four persons. I had a
good place on small table together
with a young lady from Leipzig. an
Irish gentleman and an American
teacher. We had very pleasant
time during IN. meals. The first day
took n walk through the second
class. but there were 10 many steps,
passages and doors that I very often
lost the right way and could not find
my cabin. There were iarg. smok-
Ing rooms. bed rooms. bath rooms,
two writing rooms with ten desks. a
large parior. with pianos. and n u
bnry containing great many Ger
man and English books. Further
there was n covered gymnasium with