The Ordway new era., 1922-04-21

do without it for even so, the last 2
or nights we have kept our electric
fan going all night. Bernice is feel
Ing quite well today for the first
time since we have been on the sea
We had services again this morn
ing and DR.. Deter gave a splendid talk
on his twenty years in Brazil. We
nave number of very interesting
people on board. There are eleven
who are going down to Brazil under
the Rockefeller Foundation, some to
study malarial control, some to start
hospital. One of the professors of
Princeton and his family are start
ing on trip to different parts of S.
A., to study banking and financial
conditions. They have boy about
15 or 16 who is hoy scout and is
trying to get a certain record in walk
ing SO he walks miles around the
deck every day. They are such
companionable family. They also
have little girl.
Our entertainment committee has
some kind of stunt nearly every
night at dinner but there is so much
of 1t it gets tiresome to most of us
sometimes. Our ship doctor was just
married the day we left New York
so they are on their honeymoon and
the head of the committee likes to
pick or them. Two evenings they
took her from her table to sit at other
tables where there were no women,
so the next evening all at her table
paraded in with different weapons of
warfare and carried the sign "Dos't
tread on me-" 1t was clever stunt
and the head of the committee, Col
lier by name, did not know just what
to do. Whenever he approached
their table, the bride had big hyp-
odermic syringe she would squirt
water all over him. He let her pret-
ty much alone after that They say
some of the captains are quite strict
about fun but this one says we are
so far from land, and we can have all
the fun we want. He says the sky is
the limit and we can't kick the sky.
They have movies on board two or
three times a week. Some of them
are pretty good, but | would rather
sit out on the deck and watch the
moonlight on the waves. The sea
was n little rougher the last two days
but today 1t is so smooth and ripply.
Yesterday and the day before we saw
lots of flying fish and it is fun to
watch them. They are quite small
but sometimes we would see whole
school of maybe hundred fly up out
of the water. One of the men saw
whale spouting this morning but
by the time he got to us then back it
was gone. We passed the S. S. Am
erican Legion this morning about IL
o'clock on its way to N. Y. Looked
good to see something besides water
for 2 few minutes.
l forgot to tell you that when we
have a. rough sea there are round
metal pieces clamped around the tab
les TO keep stuff on. Price calls
them wagon wheel rims. We had
quite time at our hard time party
the other night and some clever cos
tunes. We three girls sit at the
same table and there are several tab
les with only men so a sergeant-at-
arms was ordered to separate us and
distribute us. One of us was at the
Purser's table. the other at the doc
tors table and 1 was at the Chief
Engineers table. had on different
colored stockings and spats with my
bedrooms slippers, my new apron
and cap. During the meal we had a
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ly all over the boat. After dinner We
had an impromptu program up on
deck and there are really some good
singers among the crew.
Wednesday. Feb. 15, 1922.
will try to finish my letter this
afternoon and turn it into the office
to be mailed in Rio. We will reach
there tomorrow Thursday night
sometime but the Captain is going tC
wait till Friday morning to go into
harbor in order that we may see the
harbor by daylight for it is conceded
to be the second most beautiful har.
Dor in the world and some think it tC
be the most beautiful. We expect tC
spend the day there so We can &C
| ashore and see some of the sights.
got the pictures finished here or
the boat and will send you the prints
l got. They do not do very good fin
ishing here so will keep the films un.
til l can have more finished in B. A
then will send the films SO you car
have all the pictures made you want
think they are very good.-.
We had an other little entertain
ment Monday evening and for dinner
we were all scattered around at diff
ferent tables. Bernice was put way
off is a corner at a little table with
i the Captain and we have had lots Of
fun ever since. He Is middle aget
fellow that likes to be sociable witt
everyone and does not like to bt
stuck at one table all the time. Yes
terday morning he and Bernice hat
the same table. We felt very muct
left out so Price had valentine tha
Just suited the occasion and she slip
ped it to the waiter who put 1t OF
l their table. 1t was little boy ant
girl asd said on it, 1.-TWO is nic'
company, amt it," He has fishet
and fished to find out who sent it IL
and guess he has about decided whit
it was. Then yesterday for lunci