The Washington herald., 1922-09-29
CrossingtheSea
Day BY Day
BY o. o. Mcintyre

on THE ATLANTIC. Sept. 2s.-
Ercitsment runs high! At sundown
tomorrow we dock In New York.
Even now the homesick are on the
upper decks with binoculars vainiy
scanning tho horizon. Sea gulis,
,, sighting the red tunnels. have
winged cut TO meet us from the
hsroor. Custom slips have been given
out. Also tho landing cards.
This morning ] got q note to cali
at room 30 B-deck. II was un-
signed. The occupant proved to be
my New York landlord. I wonder
IL he has been following me. He
ought to be patient. He'll get his
money. Trunks are ordered ready
for 3 o'clock tonight.
1 made six rounds of the deck be-
fore breakfaat with J. Reeves Smith.
the English actor. At one Of the
turnings ! eolIideG with the young
actress who Ia travelling incognito.
In perfect Beaconsfeld style 1 made
my humblest apology. She merely
shifted.
II she ever becomes a star I'm
going to hiss her from the right
hand stage box. The lady IL very
irritating. When the bank opened
I changed my pitiful little bankron
back into American money. Tn
tired Of -four and SIX" "one pound
ten" and the like. favor the two
bits and smackers better.
This afternoon a white-haired old
lady from Massachusetts, stopped
me as passed her deck chair. She
asked me IL would mind reading a
little to her, as the sun glare hurt
her eyes. Naturally / was glad to
do SO. I read for a half hour and
turned to comment upon some part
of 1t. The good soul had gone to
sleep. And no wonder. I was read
ing one Of Christopher Morley's
books.
There was a touch and go TO
dinner tonight. Corks popped and
diners burst into song. At the
ships concert Archie Roosevelt
acted as chairman and proved to be
a really good talker. He told sew
eral good stories and appeared to
be perfectly at ease in spite Of
the fact that he wore the worst fit-
Ing dinner jacket one ever beheld.
The Roosevelt boys do not go in
for dress. And Archie least of all.
At our table Is a PROFESSIONAL, be-
spectacled gentleman who Is ever
preoccupied. At dinner the orches-
ira was playing a popular ditty
called: Feather Your Nest" ac-
cording to the placard hung up.
Another gentleman at the table
who fears the approach of the three
| mile limit and Is acting accordingly
sits beside him. In the midst Of the
music the bibulous one nudsed the
professor to inquire: "Whazza band
playin'?"
The professor was agitated and
| merely bestowed a whitening look.
So the professor got another nudge
with the query: IT say. whazza
band playin'?' In evaporation the
professor looked at the placard and
snapped: "Oh, Feather Your Nest"'
His companion steadied himself a
moment and came right back with
"Oh. go jump in the ocean"
My friend who has crossed nifty
eight times bobbed up after dinner
with a brand new rumor. He has
overheard a conversation that there
are rum runners aboard and that
| revenue men expect a revolver bat
| tie at port I decided that might as
| we'll do some "rumors" myself SO
I told him confidentially that we
would not be able to land: that
| there were twenty-six cases of ty-
phus aboard. had to tell him bet
ter very quickly for I think IL 1
had not he would have Jumped
overheard.
The big department stores have
| their bargain counters on the side
walks. In this fashion they avoid
| the responsibility and damage that
marks the American bargain rush by
passing the buck to the gendarmes.
| And what cute little minions of the
law they are.
| IT,