Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-20
Tells OF LIFE
ON THE OCEAN

The following letter has been re-
ceiyed by Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Smith,
Eighth street, from their daughter,
Miss Vivian Smith, who sailed for Eu-
rope in January and is now located at
Canterets, six miles from the Spanish
border in Southern France. The letter
was written on board the S. S. Coronia
This is the most perfect day you can
imagine; the. sea is as calm as glass
and the sun is shining brightly We
are all on deck in our chairs enjoying
life to the, fullest.
This steamship has been used as a
transport since the United States has
been in the war. 1t can accommodate
5000 troops, but there are only about
three hundred passengers aboard this
"trip. Ten times around the deck is a
mile and people are busily walking
around now as though their lives de-
pended on it.
There are many interesting persons
on board. Besides the "Y" girls, there
are lot OF Japanese officers, Chinese,
Australians, English and one swell
Italian. We are going to have pro-
gram tonight after inner and dance
tomorrow evening.
We passed the S. S. Baltic home
ward bound with thousands of troops
aboard. We all waved and cheered.
We have to set our watches ahead
one-half hour every day. We went all
over the boat one evening. Two men
from Chicago invited us to go and we
went down, down, down until we were
90 feet under water. The assistant en-
gineer was along and explained every
thing. The boat makes about 400
miles day.
Around the World
The woman who sits in the steamer
chair next mine has been around the
world. She lives in Scotland. She
has been to Honolulu, Australia, Ko-
rea, Manchnria, China and Japan, and
tells us the most interesting things.
Most of the people on board have tray-
eled extensively and we learn great
deal from them.
there is something doing on board all
the time and we don't want to miss
ANYTHING. We have been right up in
the front of the boat with the spray
dashing all around. 1t is great.
The vice-chancellor of Cambridge
university and his secretary, boy OF
10, are on board. They have been all
over the u. S., at all the universities,
on an educational mission OF some
sort The boy plays wonderfully and
sings. He has an article in the Janu-
| ary Outlook. His name is Nicoll.
Ocean Rates Up
It costs SITS fare to go over now,
so it is costing the "Yr something to
send us. 1.-THE fare before the war
was about $1O0l London is only four
hours from Liverpool and Paris. but
seven hours from London. This boat
/ is all camoufaged and fixed up as it
was in war time.
Christmas was certainly the most
wonderful Christmas ! ever had.
/ There was divine service at 10 a. M.
At IL CLOCK they gave fruit and candy
to 161 men, the stokers and others
who work below. We had a lovely
luncheon and then fixed 191 packages
of candy, gum and cigarettes for the
remainder of the crew. The "Y" girls
! waited on table for the stewards.
! Most of the stewards have been in the
war and some have been wounded and
have medals. One was on the Lusl.
/. tania when it sank and the tales he
tells are terrible.
/ England Lost Most Soldiers
England has lost more soldiers than
any of the allies. The vice chancellor