The Washington times., 1922-12-17

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days out from New York the
ship was very quiet In the morn
Ing. and somebody said the man
was dead, and he was. and that
very day they had the funeral.
He was In q pine boz. weighted
with stones and lead. and he was
wrapped in the Danish flag. and
the captain read the service. and
then they slipped the box over
the edge, just like that!
And when they landed at Copen.
hagen, an old, old woman came
out to the ship. dressed very
plainly and with her apron on,
and she said: Mr.. Captain. did
you SEQ my son Jan7"
But the captain didn't pay any
attention. 20 she asked him again,
and then he said: Were you ex.
pectinS someone? didn't see
anyone"
MY JAM" she said. He was
10 tall and handsome"
Had he been sick?" said the
captain. Wasn't he very sick?"
"Yes. he had been sick" she fal-
tered. And now the captain did
his duty. He told her. Your son
is dead. We buried him at sea-"
Then tears rained down the old
face. and the figure became more
bent. But kind hands reached out
and filled her apron with money.
and when she left them she could
scarcely carry the large amount
that had been contributed. BY
steerage passengers. not first
class. Perhaps they gave. too.
THE OTHER SIDE.
The point of view becomes so
different when you get the other
side Of that rail. The side you
can't cross. not the side you can.
First. they vaccinated Flam.
beau, like everybody else. Only
he went to the board of health at
Christiania, because he was late.
and he was 90 afraid they wouldn't
take him on board. in third class,
where II 10 now q rule that all
must be vaccinated before sailing.
Two crowns. please" said the
nice public doctor. who had jabbed
him three times in the upper arm.
Some who came from Copenhagen
had to pay three crowns there.
which IN quite a bit more. espe-
cialiy in Danish money. which is
better than Norwegian money, :,
though not 90 good AZ Swedish.
even better than American or
British. Then he gave F1ambeau
a neat little typed slip. that he
had been properly vaccinated. So
Flambeau sailed that day.
That IL. he got on board. But
the inspection wasn't over. For
here they examined his eyes.
pulling them open in a seeming
ly impertinent way: they made
him take off his gloves 20 they
could observe his hands closely
(they didn't know what good
hands they are. especially for the
typewriter); afterward they had
him open his mouth wide. and
they gaxed in his throat and
made him say "Ahw He shouted
1t. he was 30 afraid he wouldn't
get by. Next he had to 30 to q
third or fourth specialist. VINO
took a magnifying glass and
studied Flambeau's hair, but
didn't say II he found anything.
THOROUGH THE WORD.
All this when they knew that
Flambeau was an American citi.
zen. with doubtless the very best
and most visaed passport on that
ship Of fifteen hundred passen-
gers. Oh, they had absolutely no
sense Of humor. these scandi.
navian doctors and inspectors, 1t
was delightful. the thoroushness
with which they did their duty.
OF course, nobody IN the first
class 10 inspected At Al.
And that was the onty unfAvor-
able word F1ambeau heard in the
entire voyage from his fellow pas
sengers, stesrAge. Tho obvious
Discrimination that IL practiced
Just becauss sqsne people have
fifty or . hundred dollars more
than the others. II one comes
second or first class. he 10 let
into the United States without
any Of this humiliatins sxamina-
tion, ana without goins 10 ELLIS
Island, unless you happen to b
IsaAora Duncan. with new Rus
sian husband. ny. but she sot
eocd Advsrtisins. And she 10 tee
sucosssfui 10 mind. anyway.
"rmmisrAnt's Landing card.
Keep this IN sight 70 aveid a.
tention at pier or railway sta