The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-06-28

ing Ike room would look as if the wind
had gotten into this very room and had
played havoc with the papers, chairs
and everything.
Since | came with Capt, Gillespie l
have been sleeping in the office and
| Will tell YOU some of the things we
had to contend with and while all OF
the office men were halfway and all
the way i'll some almost like myself.
One night the tables, two OF them,
raced each other, first to one wall and
then to another, back and forth, at
every lunge of the boat. To anchor
them one of the orderlies moved his
blankets and slept right on top OF the
tables. You think this an ingenious
little trick and it was-but necessity,
the mother OF such thoughts, drove
him to this. He had been sleeping
near one of the doors, the left door
(port side, as they say and the water
was sloshing under the door and onto
his improvsed cot. He walked me
with, Sergeant, Sergeant, it is RAIN
inc on me-" and when l turned on the
light | realized the kids plight and so
after some minutes Of what would or
dinarily be very humorous SITUATION
we all went back to sleep, our strength
gone with holding our tired bodies in
orr blankets. This is real job with
a high wind and a storm to rock
boat
Our office and sleeping room is
what is ordinarily the children's
play room and about the ceiling there
is the incest frieze Of little children at
play. There are seats about two walls.
It makes a very good office. We have
for windows four small openings and
two doors and each of these doors
opens on a deck, one on the port and
the other on the starboard side. These
decks are the promenade decks for
first class passengers and there are
lots Of passengers on Our ship. you
see those who desire passage and
have urgent business are allowed to so
but not, however, until they are Of
proven character. All day long they
parade up and down past the Office ard
the v omen are often the NOS: peTsis-
an4 walkers. You know that they
claim to walk lots Keeps the sickness
away. ana when they are t-rei walk
irg they rel up IN rugs and sit or re
cline IN the most comfortable chairs.
Tea is served twice each Gay and
ydey have lovely parlors, lounge, gym
nasium. saioon-6yerything that
lovely hotel has for the comfort and
pleasure OF their guests. This is OF
course first class passage. 1 won't
say ANYTHING about second and third
for it would take lots OF my letter and
time.
There are many prominent folk on
this ship. Lady and Lord Aberdeen,
the former president OF Canada; the
japanese. ambassador to France
(Paris) and the best known CT all
Harry Lauder. have had short talk
with Mr.. Lauder since he came to the
office this afternoon. He is a ter
ribly homely man, short, thick and
partly bald, but his voice sounds true
to that we have heard in the records.
Last night 1 heard him sing few
songs and he made a talk, war talk,
and raised money for charity. The
audience applauded and applauded and
I reckon they represent the way he is
received everywhere. You should see
the little wife of the Jap. She has
her chair near our right door and l
see her often there. She wears the
native dress and little clatter-clatter
shoes or whatever they are called.
Last night at the concert she had on
the most elegant dress, richly en-
broidered or Observation-Disclosures they
have in Japan-and the blending OF
the colors was lovely. Her face is
rather sad looking, but guess this is
one of the characteristics of the race.
Cant you see waving wistaria and
high bamboo bridges and 'rlkshas
and struggling Lutheran missionaries
and Mrs. Kreps asking for funds Tor
this mission and that mission). But
as a rule the women are not we'll
dressed and l guess this is caused by
the war, as I understand that most OF
the passengers are English women
and the pinch of the war has already
come to them. In my business inter-