The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-14

Third day out at sea now. and enjoy
inG every minute OF the time. As for
sea-sickness! Dear, Oh. dear! When
/ think OF all the remedies that mother
brought along in the handbag, and
that sort OF thing, I smoker to myself.
Why, the sea has been like a mill
pond up to the present time, and
never felt better in all my life, which
Is saying much, for am by way of
being healthy young animal. Have
had lot Of fun watching my travelling
companions. and gossiping with Airline
Lyons. She has an Incompatible
sense Of humor, that girl, even about
her future husband, and the new life
that lies before her. Dear me. she's
going into this thing with both blue
eyes wide open. Not bit like myself,
for still hold on desperately to
Romance, poor little old me! l nearly
die laughing every time that Airline
comes up on deck with her italian IN
an Hour" book, 'to study" She's SO
funny, for she deliberately explains
each time that she must brush up q
bit on the new lar guage, and at least
be able to greet her f1ance's relations
with a how-d'you-do in italian. Then
she begins to talk with me. and that's
the end Of the lesson. She's learned
about two words since we started!
But then she's a born optimist, and
so sure that everything will be all right
anyhow; and Vincenzo is so excite
as he puts 1t, to see her that they will
only need to kiss and smile. All very
good. for such is the language of the
heart, and the one most necessary to
two lovers, after all!
Most of the time we sit about and
discuss men, politics, the theater, and
our own selves. And you may imagine
that 1t takes all of our time to do any
o. these subjects adequately. She has
been amused and annoyed to death by
the presence of party of Germans at
her table. According to Airline, they
are pigs" and ruthless about speak
ing their now most unpopular language
at all times. This is bit rough on the
others near by, who have prejudices
against same, and there are many, for
there are both Belgians and French
people on board going back to visit
their native lands for the first time
since the war, and most Of them have
lost some dear ones. Naturally, it is
offensive to them to have to listen to
the German language. But the Teutons
do not ever seem to realize this-not
they, they wouldn't And as for their
table manners! Words fail her. did
try to point out that it was rather silly
for US to expect that the war could
have cured these. 1t would take an
earthquake at least!
She pointed out some of them to
me on deck this afternoon, and I had
to laugh, the women were SO "dressy"
and all wrong, and yet so satisfied with
themselves. A French woman who sat
in chair near us spent her time in
glazing at all of them Indignantly, and
then she spoke to us and asked us If
we knew that they were speaking Ger
man. We said yes, and finally suggest
ed that she turn her back to them and
spare herself the agony of having to
see them at all. This she did, but
muttered her opinion of the whole race
to us vehemently.
There are also several Catholic
priests on board, Irish and Belgian.
They are very gay. and two of the
Irish ones are Sim Feiners, and
ardent ones at that. We drew them
into conversation this morning and en-
| 5oyed hearing them tell Of their be-
| loved country and their hopes for its
eventual freedom.
Must mention that / eat like horse,
and never seem to get enough; it's the
ozone, l know. Always affects me that
way.
Airline maintains with great firmness
that Father Kelly, the younger of the
two Sim Feiners, should never have
been a priest. but should have married
and had large family, or else been a
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