La Junta tribune., 1914-04-04

We eosld Hos walk o dsek. aad
most of Ne passsassss tscans -
sick. TAs water was - rough thas
the foghoFn. which sounded every
few minutes. filled ~ with terror. BY
morning of the third day. however.
VI had passsd out Of the fog. and -
we walked the deck we were far out
Of sight Of land. The wind was
fresh and the sun vas dancing upon
the waves. We rushed from one
side Of the deck to the other TO watch
through our siasses the smoke Of q
steamer away off to the right or 70
the left.
One afternoon . steward led US
through the whole ship. How beau
tifui was the first class. II could
not be finer In one OF the first ho-
tells in large city. We entirely for
got that wS were on a ship. We saw
the twelve Kaiser rooms which were
Inhabited by very rich American.
tThey cost not less than COCOON. or
Sc, 600 in American money! Then
We went through the luxurious res
,aurant where only the richest
Americans dine, through the wonder
ful pariOrs. dance room. music halls.
smoking and writing rooms. valu-
able paintings covered the walls. and
on the ceiling and floors were mag
nificent wood carvings. but the nice
est part OF the first class was the
swimming bath. which WAS wonder
full indeed!
Then We visited the huge kitchen.
the bakery. the store room and so
on until We came TO the third class
and then back to our place. How In
terestinE was everything and how
practically arranged! With shuttle
board. deck quoits and other games.
BY reading and writing the time
passed quickly and on the seventh
day after leaving Cuxhaven the
American Islands came In view. The
day before we landed we had large
farewell dinner which was enjoyed
very much. The walls and tables
we're decorated with flags OF all
and every dish had u little
flag. Suddenly the electric lights
we're put out making II totally dark
for moment: then the folding doors
were opened and the pantry stew
ards came In with their Illuminated
plates. The orchestra played Ger
man. French and English pieces. but
their music made me feel sad. For
the first time on the voyage had
the consciousness that had left my
home. and should soon be In very
strange country. After dinner ev-
eryone got presents in remembrance.
On Wednesday all Jf the people
were very busy. for Ia the afternoon
We should land In America. Most
OF the passengers were Americans
and they rejoiced to see their home
again. Al about five O'Clock the pi-
lot came on board to bring the ship
Into the harbor: and three hours Ia
ter we found ourselves at anchor In
the harbor Of Hoboken.
After We left the Imperator We
were In large hall which seemed
TO have no end. There We had 10
wait for our luggage. Two thousand
persons expected their relatives: on.
iy was quite alone. What = noise!
lnnumcrsble porters brought the
trunks from the ship down to the
hall. Agents aud other officers ran
and cried. II was an interesting
view. Tn. noble ladies OF the first
class sat upon their trunks patiently
waiting until the custom house Off
Ger came TO see whether they had any
smuggled goods. Several persons
were obiigcd TO unpack everything.
! had only To open my trunks and
the custom house officer said "Ail
right" Finally after three hours
could leave the custom house. ],
was eleven o'clock as a little negro
brought Miss Graham. the American
teacher. and me TO n German Hotel.
hut We could not get room because
the imperator had arrived and all
places were taken: In the next and
third hotel We heard the same words
What should We do. AZ last. how.
ever. We secured small room IN q
private house. but had to pay n high
price for H. Really this room wa,
only intended for one person. but |
found sofa there and u cover and
my bed was ready. We were very
tired. for the whole day had been
yer, exciting. The noise and the
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