Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-07
A Good Little Sport

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undermined, to make the passengers
comfortable. Our table steward, del
icate-looking little Devonshire man,
runs his legs off and raids the pantry
of things not on the bill to give us.
He told me he started at $3.50 a. m,
and hit the ball until midnight The
other night at 1900 o'clock 1 found
him sweeping out the lounge. Asked
him if he never got any sleep. He
looked ready to drop. He said, That's
all right, Governor, thank you. We
had lots worse during the war. can
stand it," The patience and good tenn
per of people performing irksome and
mental tasks always commands lot
of respect from me. My three table
mates think the same. I know a stew
ard who is due for fat tip at the end
of this trip.
One on Every Ship
There's one in every office" and
one on every ship. mean the middle
aged rotter who, probably married
and with children, poses as single and
squire of DANES. On our boat is a
| New York kike, about As, who pre-
tends to be an Italian Count or some
thing or other. I shared a room with
him the first night and he told me in
| the morning he expected to do lots OF
work during the trip. l innocently
asked him if he was working on his
books or had sales work, etc. 1t de-
veloped that the work" was the job
of meeting all the good-looking girls
on the boat. He has been Industrious
ly at it since with considerable sue
cess. Takes half dozen at a time to
his room and feeds them drinks. Has
smirk, line of chatter, monocle and
bad teeth. Last night he had a little
kid, about IT, in the saloon lounge,
| feeding her drinks. l suspect some
| hard-boiled American or Englishman
with a violent hatred of lounge liz
ards is going to bust Msieu New York
| Count on the jaw if he tries to rob
any cradles or seduce any kids. The
older women can read character bet
! ter and are able to look out for them
selves. But kids are easily dazzled.
He SAYS "Bon Jour" with a cultural
East side accent and can't talk Italian
| for I tried him. Count, hell! Count
your change.
Pass Bootleg Schooner
| Yesterday we passed our first sail
| for several days although nearer the
French coast there were many steam
ers and fishing smacks. Our friend OF
Yesterday was a three-masted Schoon-
er, Saw her mount the horizon, sails
| first, and come toward us. She passed
a quarter of mile away, full sail
set. A low hung, rakish craft which
| in old days could have been taken for
pirate. AS there are no pirates and
steam has driven freight and passen-
ger sailing ships from the seas, [ sur
missed she was bootleg boat return
ing from Rum Row. Last night, in my
bunk at 1890, I heard an answering
blast from a foghorn some distance
away We must have passed steamer
in the fog.
Today and in the prov of the ship
you get the sea at it's best. Bright
sun, clear air and gently tumbling
waters. Looking across the water
with the boat at your back you get
real thrill The sea life itself is Won
derful. Low scudding fowl, big fish
clearing the water and following the
ship. Porpoises at play. The setting
brings repose and feeling that this
is the top of the world and the best
sea life can offer.
Saturday, Sept. 5, 9Th day out and
| 1000 knots to go.
Ships Log Neglected
Our ships log was sadly neglected
for three or four days while We chron-
icler fought it out, not with NAL de
mer, but with flu This unpoetic mall
adv is no Joke with the best of care
and to take it lying down in a 2x4
stateroom and no attendance except
what the steward can give you causes
visions of repeating the John c. Co
yer tradition of dying at sea. Ships
doctors are what the name implies.
Good-hearted birds but taken more
seriously from social standpoint
than as skilled physicians. However,
most of the symptoms have subsidized
and the log is started again. Also had
a light breakfast and lunch after four
days of fast.
Interesting People
Before the grip hit me l met sever
al more interesting people. One is a
genuine Kentucky Colonel from Lex
ington in the Bluegrass, and nne
old chap Another young Egyptian,
educated at the American college at
Cairo and on his way to Tucson, Ar1Z.,
ia take a 4-year Agric. course. He
goes back to manage his fathers
Mace in the Nile delta. Name, Mo-
manned Achmed Mihilal, age %, edu-
cational attachments far above the
average of us. Speaks four or i've
languages, with fuency Plays games
of every cline and is fine conversa-
tionalist. A real young fellow and
sincere follower of the Prophet.
| I spent several hours talking to
Achmed He believes in the Koran
from cover to cover" but says all re-
ligions do good The Moslems are
broad-minded. Says his people give
Jesus Christ high place as pro-
phet and healer. Says Christ never
died but was carried up to heaven to
repose in the bosom of Allah along
with other great opponents of the
Word. Achmed was disguised to see
American girls with short sleeves, low
necks and high skirts smoking and
drinking with men. Women have no
place in mems counsels," he said