Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-02-21

the pit Of the stomach, | was as pep
Ply as ever and ready to enjoy any
thing that might present itself. By
this time the rail was pretty thickly
decorated with figures standing in a
sort Of modified "parade rest" atti-
tude, and the sad sounds of parting
rose in a grand chorus. Such a spec
tacle is either depressing or anus
ing, depending entirely on the view
point, and by this time l had acquired
the correct viewpoint. | have heard
many theories ]propounded regarding
sea-sickness and its prevention, and |
shall put forth my own. l really be-
lieve it is largely a matter of fear
ing to be sick, and giving up when
the first strange experience comes.
We had a number of boys who were
sick the whole trip. But they expect
ed to get sick, and when the first be-
wildering swing came, they turned up
their toes and crawled into bed. They
refused to go up and persisted in be-
ing sick all the time. l believe if a
chap has a pretty healthy constitu.
ton, particularly as regards his
stomach, and if he keeps cheerful
and grinning and interested in the
things around him rather than appre-
hensive of the things inside him, and
if he is determined to keep his legs
till he simply can't stand up another
minute, the sea need have no terrors
for him. | was told by many of the
ships crew to eat all | could hold, but
the logic of this did not appeal to me
Consequently | ate very little, and ]
am convinced that this is by far the
most sensible plan for the first few
days, at any rate.
| travelled in that portion of the boat
: set apart for third class passengers
1t was not so bad, but l don't .thinl
l shall travel third class when | toul
| Europe on my honeymoon. The thing
that troubled me most was the evel
! present smell of cigarettes. There il
Q something about the Sea air thai
doesn't harmonic with tobacco at al
and the combination is indescribabll
= vile. | spent the major portion o
my time bemoaning my too sensitiv,
e nose. | have never been what you
g might call a friend Of the weed, bu
< I'm off it for life now. The toile
G accommodations were not of the best
t although Pm quite sure they Eer
| much better than some we shall ge
later. | managed to keep my hand
e and face clean and shave every day
c albeit the operation had to be per
q formed in water cold as Greenland
= Icy Mountains. Some of the days
t just for the fun and experience of tn
thing to you, | hope you will have
d real heavy beard which you will nav
a to shave off every day with ice water
y It's great stuff. One day | got to
ambitious to be content with only
+ Acknowledgement. | had bee
h travelling by land and water unde
/ none too clearly conditions for nearl
i two weeks, and I began to be torture
by the thought of the delicious feel Q
Le clean water and clean clothes upo
IS my body. So l scared up a small was
T. bowl and spent an hour scrubbing my
Y. self "a small section at a time. The
G l raided my barracks bag for clea
IT clothes and felt more like a gentlema
than | had felt for a long time. Ye'
d these little inconvenience are mer
l. incidents. A person car put up wit
l. a whole lot worse physical discon
re forts on ocean and get away with
i very nicely. And l dare say that W
Id shall get much worse circumstance
later on. All the little distastefl
Ip things | have experienced (and the
* are really very few when you com
TO to think of it) will only serve to mai
p me appreciate all the more infir
&c itely pleasant things back home.
le There was one thing about the tri
across, too, that more than made u
ct for all the little woozy things aboal
the boat. When things got a lit
uncomfortable below, l had only to G
lie on deck to forget it all. The oceai
in Lad, there is nothing like it. I hay
e. watched it for hours at a time.
a isn't an inaminate thing; it is a re
lg personality whose mood changes a
t. most with every hour. Day and nigI
at it is a changing, changing, now smi