The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-02
New York
DAY by Day.
BY O. O. M'INTYRE.

On the Atlantic, March I'm off
sgain to Paris. Lets go to Europe.
said the highly important member of
my household. Let's said I. And
TWO days later we were on our way In
the Mauretania - swiftest OF the
transatlantic grayhounds.
I've crossed in the Mauretania be-
fore and found It game, sturdy
hark-bucking mountainous waves
with a sort of ioyousness. 1t gives
you the impression Of having good
time. Our deck steward Musker calls
.her.."A rippin' little blighter!"
A rather swank crowd Is aboard
Several dukes and lords and their
ladies'. Also Gertrude Lawrence, the
actress, Sir Alfred Butt, Arthur Hop
.lsins, Dudley Field Malone. Adolph
*zlikor, and. Q, yes, Mr.. Cox with
two men servants and Mrs. Cox with
Two maids. Their servant problem
seems to be solved.
My first day aboard ship Is gen
orally squeAuish one. I stick to my
cabin. And it wasn't pleasant to
stumble upon a three-letter word
meaning grease in a crossword puz-
zle. ! ventured out once and found
passengers parading In life jackets
for drill and cantered back to bed
again.
couldn't even smile when Ger
trude Lawrence explained that a five
letter word meaning kick in the
pants was a flask. Our captain is
I.~1 -
Carpathia in the heroic rescue of the
Titanic survivors many years ago.
There are varying emotions at the
pier when a ship sails. Weeping.
Gay shouting and fluttering of col
ored 'kerchiefs. But the most anus
ing thing to me was an excited fe1-
low who called from the dock as the
ship nosed out into the Hudson: 20,
Ikey. did you forget your order
bookv'
Many are aboard I know. Among
the first 7 saw was Zoe Beckley,
queen of the Park Row sob sisters"
who is on her way to Bucharest to
see another queen-the queen of
Roumania. Miss Beckley and used
TO be Simon Legreed by the same
city editor on the old New York Ev-
ening Mail.
The most pathetic group on a ship
it seems to me is the ships orches-
ira. They carry on valiantly as the
ahip skids along-striking rancid
notes with every lurch of the vessel.
Now. and then the leader puts up a
card by Request"--a bit OF hocus-
pocus, believe. do not believe they
ever get request except not to play
7 am always rather entranced by
the English servants, Very good,
sir" and the rising infection of their
Thank you" They know how to
give a certain dignity to rather
humble calling. Yet j do not believe
any servant In the world compares
with the old.fashioned, loyal South
ern darkey for service and comfort.
They have all the English servant
has--and more.
Crossing last summer there was a
rush of passengers to the bar when
tne boat passed the tnree-nlie limit.
Nothing OF this sort happened aboard
the Mauretania. 1t may be, however.
that poor start will make good
finish. You do feel far from home
however. beyond the three.milc limit
when you see cocktails at 30 cents
each and bottles of beer 10 cents
each. I'm laughing.
a sudden squail belched up from
nowhere In the late afternoon The
on1inous noise OF closing portfolios.
tightening life boats and slamming
doors is never pleasant but this
proved only slight gale and we
werc soon headed for the vast deep.
never start on a trip without suf-
ferIng neurotic reactions. ] want to
kick myself for coming and think Of
. thousand things left undone. But
en- . boat you are conscious that you
can DO nothing about II. You cannot
turn bacl, and no doubt soon Will
be thrilling TO the journey.
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