The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-16
By A. BANKS.

lie until IL O'Clock tomorrow. We
missed the high tide and will get 1T
again at that hour.
The boat is a beauty. This Is her
maiden voyage. She is to ply between
San Francisco and Portland, Oregon,
after she gets into the Pacific, for the
Great Northern Steamship Company,
an ally Of Jim Hills railroad. She is
524 feet long, 63 feet beam, draws 22
| feet and made a maximum speed of
24.7 knots on her trial trip. We are
going to Panama and San Francisco
at an average speed Of Is knots, US
ing only six of the twelve boilers. The
ship is an oil burner. The StaterOOmS
are very. convenient and cOmfortabie
and the dining room is palatial, i'm
maculate in white paint, while from
the ceiling depend ample electric
lights softly diffused.
Right Off the Reel.
Indeed everything is spick and span.
The captains n the officers uni
forms are royalty blue and their brass
buttons glitter with untarnished splen-
dor. The silver, the crockery. the can
! delabra, the brass work, the life-bOats,
the tarpaulins, the Stars and Stripes
afiutter at the stern, and the long,
Wedge-Shaped Streamer from the mid
die mast. the pen-hOlders IL the writ
ing room, the sailors dungarees-
everything is brand new. The sta
lIOIcIy Is just 1lOHl IN pIlllCI, LII
the blotters are soaking up their first
ink-stainS. o can almost hear the
sWiSh of the petticOats Of this new
Bride OF Neptune, as she angOe over
the blue waves, croOking her knees in
every trough of the sea in a wicked
MISUNDERSTANDING glide. Yes, every
thing is new. The creaSeS INC crinkleS
Of use are missing; there is no stain
and soil hat tells Of wear and tear.
l was coming up the stairs this after
: noon just behind a gOOd-lOoking stew
ardess, and l noticed that she had on
new shoes-and stockings.
CyniciSm.
Thursday, January p: A mighty
kick is under way as we steam down
/ the Delaware this afternoon. There
were not enough walters by about ter
= to handle the 534 passengers in tho
dining room; and by some oversight
there are just about half enough
steamer chairs to accommodate all
Some of the passengers had to wai'
an hour or SO to get into the dining
0 o and some more had to wait al
Y hour after they got in to be served
Hence the howl, and the Purser is tn
goat. 1t is quite the thing to cuss tn
S lack Of organization. Every II OF
O the boat but me has been about O,
9 who is of German descent, tell
O me such a miScue as this could neve
have occurred on the Hamburg-Amer
S lean Line, on which he has crosse,
$ the ocean five times. / envy him tn
n previous trips and his elegant flow o
Dog Face is flying at the Purser'
# throat now, but there is, luckily,
n grating between her and him. She i
going to sue the comp'ny when sh
gets to San Francisco. All these PEG
pie who have been to Europe before
and who have nothing to do but XII
! time and throw money to the bird:
h are joining in the chorus Of CON
A plant. l was introduced today to
d gentleman from Minneapolis, a M.
70 Howe, who seemed ANXIOUS to hay
70 the fact known that the boat ha
ordered help and chairs, and ever
~ other needful thing, but they had nc
20 been delivered on contract time. II
Cramps had turned the vessel ov
to the company in too short a time t
81 perfect every arrangement. I sal
ooe that l a heard the rest of the pee
pie comparing this trip with formt
40 tours, but as I had never been any
where before I had no standard
~ comparison, and therefore I was sin
ply having the time Of my life. I SOC
~ after learned that Mr.. Howe is a d
rector in the Great Northern Steam
us ship Company-and SO I had said tt
right thing.
Nm UOAu 1ADRAC LII q OAltCT Il rII0C,
hs I overheard the Sweet-faced Lac
talking to the Purser. Il certain
:, sympathize with you, Mr.. Williams
10 she said. II hin you are very o.
er tent" The Purser snatched at Il
as kind word. He unburdened his so
a to the Sweet-faced Lady. 81 w
ie- taken off a ship on the Pacific sid
by rushed overland to Philadelphia, al
Sc reached there two days before tt
De- boat sailed" he said. Instead of ha
on ing two days I could have used We
nearly two months to get her shi
m shape and organize the service"
ely There is the other side of # , 9.
the Sweet-faced Lady's husband. a
ways two sides to every subject"
ay, SAME DAY, AFTER NIGHTFAIJ
We are at the Delaware Rrea
aot water, where we have anchored. T
pilot has just gone ashore in a SIN.
OF boat. A tug has just come alongs;