Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-22
ELLEN ADAIR Sees
STEERAGE FOLKS
IN MERRY DANCES
Enjoys Her Days Aboard
Boat Watching Happy
Homeseekers as T h e y
While Away the Time.
VIII

The days flew by on the Atlantic
liner. seven in all. l think those quiet
days were happy ones. Among the
steerage crowd were kindly folk The
Irish were the merriest of all and
nothing demped their gay enthusiasm.
They danced their native dances on the
deck-untiring, unfatgued. A concertua.
sadly. out Of tune was their sole or
chestra. loved to watch the pretty
colleens dance, shawls round their
heads. and Irish eyes aglow. Each sos-
soon led his colleen to the floor, and IN
ologged feet they trirped the harpsst
measures.
But in the dance Galicians took the
palm. Strangely enough, the men would
dance together. scornirs a woman part
ner. I have never seen more graceful
dancers than these men. Galician and
Italian. The rhythm of the music
spurred their feet. and lent imagination
to their dance. Strange cries they some
times gave, but musical-the gondoliers
of Venice give the same when plotting
quiet gondolas along. I almost heard
the splashing Of the oars in their strange
cries, and saw the losgias sparkling in
Italian sun
HAPPY HEARTS ON BOARD.
When the dance was over each single
man would seek his girl again, who, too.
with the Italian girls had danced To
gether they would share an orange or
kiss But when that dreadful con-
certna wheezily began c0~o ~ >'.,. ~" y
man would rush to find his own male
partner.
Among the second class above, who
often watched tie stcerase dance below.
saw the merry, humorous youth VINO
@ sau t.aFe:eu Ecu, III my 'ar,HaS t,,.s
bov vsa Wits a different xtrI stray
scraps OF converss tion roeted down to
me for had claimed one SOLITARY snot
as lrire-a coil of roo- beside tho rail-
erd tbere nearly alvsys set
~ thlnI; Won are tonninp girl" III
hear hin, rnurn,ur to his carI,.-,nor-,i,s
partner on the upner deck "T'n7 really
frirbtfu,Iv I,eer vou lnou,-vo, iool so
lovely in this cold. clear virG, lova n
strong athletic girI +bn hes+-in sscf 3I,st
youu;
Bv ar+e-,oo, his EsrIv-Nor,i,,y c.ir,
would disaopear. think s,e snenf Ione
hours in thst great swiuming noo1 tic
White star ,i7e- carried
So in he- ,tsad wonId come a 5iyar.rt
type. The Bov yyouId nlare +,n Ieck.
rhairs IN +i,o s,, c,i,,rgod s,,et.
~
81 hate the sea-" a ne+nIant yoics u,oI,IJ
exclairn 1T never viii oct 80, az ,F,ar.
noon, though ncrnmn saws IN, La,
,yo,,'-a al = ,.o1,,~ a,S,r,4 ~ ."[s'
that is sirnpIv nArfect,., coed t,o po,,--
OH. base decn,,tar, "r bs+a ~ s.ro,,.-
athletic tvoe-a man I,Les ,o ,ro+oot !.
girl"
,r,r.s,,>-. ~.
S'"NS Or lhh SEA.
The pure ozone OF the Atlantic breeze
most truly breeds Irritation IN its train
A. oooor ,.,..o,., L-,.- -.
o-''e" 7NN" strange
naiucinauons' 100! UP in the tirst-class
set the Married Man, so Jolly in the CAV
deck-sports, so gallant in his manner
toward the girls. has now become an
object of comTniseration and Of nitv TJn
is unhapoilv married-so the -,ir,or has
It. Poor felIowu' savs rho pret+ies+ c,irI
on board. II feel so sorry for that man
At last nights dance he rsaiI,, bip,ad +[.+
he cared for roe-and there he's tied nm N
A. wife he cannot Ioynl Poor fclIo,,, 7,
Is so sad and strange
10 1i5 -,a--, z.z, ,
two before l saw him a,;,os. y n'aa,;p.. aar %,
as he For5l,. l,Ie,.d IL. LP''e
well nnon soY+ba,n1top ''e ts taEe
heavars, 7 tata +o -, ~ocn. ~. Hoou
vovasa vitbo,t ,,o,, W. ~ yLIs oeasLg
him say, with frankly red-riro,ned eras
Drop me postcard every day to let
me Know now all the hddies are. This
Yes IL ,T.s 'S s,. - S-sI Ito Dit 700 'ohg'
had given the Prettiss+ GirI .ft,'a, fi,e
lions!
The yovara drew al le,,,+L 90 t. -.
day That final norning 7 80. I l"H.
and watched Tin New yor. LJarLo- 'attg s