The Washington herald., 1922-09-26
TouringEurope,
Day BY Day
By o. o. Mcintyre.

ON THE ATLANTIC. Sept. 25.--
The first person out on deck today
was young Archie Roosevelt. He.
like his illustrous father, 10 q Wig
orous walker. He still shows the
effects of his war wounds and is
thin and drawn. He also has a
slight limp.
The Aquitania has a large swI,n-
ming pool. It is near my deck. I
thought I would be able to sneak
there in my bathing robe unseen
for a plunge before breakfast. I
ran into a mother with a precocious
child in a hall. I heard the child
say: Mama. what a homely mani"
1t has never occurred to me to lay
claim to personal pulchritude but
we have our moments. That was
not one of them. 1t 3 too bad they
will not be permitted to see me in
the pearl gray London hat. Any
way II is impossible to look hand
some in a bathrobe except IN
magazine ad
Edith Gould. daughter to George
j., Is aboard with her boyish hus-
band. They occupy a regal suite
and are thus able to view the bour-
go'sie from a private verandah.
Conversely. one of the wealthiest
men in the Middle West Is among
the second class passengers. Also
two magazine writers Of national
repute. And an opera singer.
People have strange IDEAS Of
their Importance in the coamic
scheme. There Is the wife OF Q
noted actor aboard. She has never
appeared on the stage save in mi
nor parts. When / saw her N New
York her single line was: Madame
will arrive presently" Yet she Is
travelling incognito. Her name does
not appear among the ships pas
sengers and she walks the deck
only late at night. I'm laughing
My cheerful table companion who
has crossed fifty eight times stopped
me abeam-there's a nautical term
for you-shortly before lunch to-
day with the news that an insane
passenger IN the steerage had been
walking about on the upper decks.
I never saw anyone so full Of ru-
mors.
Nearly every other passenger ap-
parently bought a German police
dog in Berlin. There are about
fifty OF them in the hold-cute lit
tie puppies with friendly cold mug
zles. They are enjoying their ad-
venture tremendously. spent the
entire afternoon among them.
There is garrulous French
countess aboard. She is extremely
democratic and talks to almost any
one she happens to meet on the
promenade. think she is Sticking
up on her English. She carries a
cane and wears q big black hat
turned up Fke a pirates While
turning into the bow OF the boat
in the heavy breeze her handker-
chief futtered out against an iron
cable a long reach from the ship.
Only sailor could rescue t. I
happened to be passing. She asked
me II could get IL for her. I
looked over the side at the foam
ing waters below.
Non. Non"' I replied. dropping
into French for the moment. and
crawling right out again. 'I should
say mott" And passed on my un-
chivalrous way.
The auction pool in which the
passengers wager on the days run
OF the ship draws those usth sport
ing instincts. The winner today
won $50 pounds.
The walters aboard ship dislike
to be called walters" They pre-
fer to be known as stewards. As
q matter Of fact they are better
trained than the average waiter.
They suggest various dishes and
are always bringing tempting foods
that you may not have ordered. At
times though their good Intentions
are bothersome. At my first meal.
luncheon. coming over asked for
iced tea. I got iced tea at every
meal the rest of the way across
This evening at dusk a fog
dropped. The fog horn blows every
f"w moments and the ship has
slowed down. II Is during a fog
that the captain remains on the
bridge constantly.