The Bismarck tribune., 1935-03-04
Dr.. ouain Takes q Look at Eel.
low Travellers and Intro.
duces Them in Diary
By DIR. e. r. QUAIN
January 20th (Tuesdav).


My hope Of bringing few snow
drifts as pleasant surprise for Mr..
Equator has gone by the boards. The
gulf stream swiped them ALTO carry
them north again where they are not
needed. The day has been rainy,
misty, and the road full Of ruts and
bumps. Not much walking or sitting
on deck-too wet!
The man next to Mr.. F at our
table Is New Highlander, Mr.. G. He
Is . former cotton merchant who takes
. yearly vacation to Europe, the West
Indies. Panama, Palestine, Africa,
Canada, or points in between. He IS
rather Z non -committal Yankee but
nevertheless We shall be good COM
panions throughout the trip. He Is q
very pleasant and agreeable gentle
man. We both belong to BenceS
specially conducted party. Next to
Mr.. G sits "yours truly" While he
cannot offer many claims as world
traveller" 1t has been his good fortune
to be seasick few times, cross Long
Lake In an iron canoe, climb Sibley
Butte In an automobile and ascend
the new Capitol building at Bismarck
almost to the top. and return alive
each time. OF the man to my left
had only q short glimpse the first
morning out Of New York. He Is q
commercial traveller who spends most
Of his time in South America. In spite
Of his years Of experience on ocean
liners he seems to be entirely off his
feed this time. We discovered that
he Is good talker (note his occupa-
tomb and We are hoping for his early
recovery, for our entertainment.
Mr.. B., who completes the circle
ut our round table, is the most inter-
esting and experienced traveller Of US
Ill. Had he kept diaries Of all his
tours. the famous "Five-foot Shelf"
would hold only q small fraction Of
them. Shall try to give some faint
idea Of him later.
Wireless Brings News
The wireless informs US about the
major news from the whole world each
day. Unfortunately, the impeach-
ments Of governors and the long suf-
feriugs Of their subjects are not major
newsl Mr.. B. Is the only one who
remembers reading In some paper that
. governor Of q western state was de-
posed from office because Of some
trouble with Uncle Sam.
January 30th wednesday,:
The course followed by our steamer
through the mid-Atlantic lies east Of
the Bermudas. east Of the West Indies
and far enough east to 60 around the
eastward projection Of South America.
Later We shall 80 almost straight west
again to reach our destination-R!o
(say Ree-o). This eastward sailing
causes the time to advance consider
ably each a hours. BY now We have
to get up about two hours earlier
than We did In New York or be too
late for breakfast. The day has been
warm with occasional showers and
the sea fairly smooth. This has
brought . number Of passengers out
Of their cabins for the first time since
leaving New York. like gophers out Of
their holes in the spring. The sun
peeped out Of the haze few minutes
this afternoon, Just to size Us up, but
slunk behind q cloud with . vicious
glare in his eye, knowing full well
how he'll catch US and eat Us up In
very few days.
We Of the Bence party have an
interesting hour each forenoon In our
Spanish class. Mrs. Bence = the
teacher. She teaches proper pro-
nounciation Of words and phrases and
gives Us . daily glossary to learn and
recite next day. Il seems that In
many places We shall visit no English
. spoken or understood. Those Of US
who like linguistic studies find great
pleasure In these exercises.
These Dritish Movies
a movie (talkie) entertainment was
given on deck this evening. One