The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-04-11
LILIES IN BERMUDA

THE quietness of Bermuda!
Bicycles and carriages, you see,
are the only modes of conveyance.
And it is the ideal place to spend
Easter because the Church is the
center OF life on the island, and
Easter lilies are in full bloom.
But the people! l am back at
them again to describe the porter.
Such a bright chap, with large
brown eyes, skin like milk choco-
late, and hair that curled to the
point of looking kinky. And Mr..
b., he had an Oxford accent! He
apparently worked just to be &C
commodating and not to exc out
a livelihood from the tips which
tourists might drop into his hand.
PASSENGERS SEA-SICK
Until we reached Bermuda l
think the Atlantic resented bur
presence and fell to furnishing us
by rolling us about in the ship like
so many dice. Two days Of this
and Enid enid Lee, Miss Moten's
accompanisD gave up the ghost
for a day. All day / ate candy
minis and kept on foot. Many Of
the other passengers suffered NAL
de mer also, though, and Enid
needn't have felt so badly.
After Bermuda, however, the sea
became reconciled to our leaving
| I'm
ed down to the semblance of vast
lake. Then everyone set about to
learn who his fellows were and
why.
, NICKNAME
ENID and l made game of nam
= ing everyone on board according to
his or her conduct or personal ap-
pearance. There was Mamma
who, with her husband. disembark-
ed here at Santos. They are cof-
fee exporters. Mamma earned
her name because she is a fond
mother who comes down once a
year to see the good looking son
whom she so proudly pointed out
to us. She wears a pince nez and
specializes in dressing correctly.
1--WE weren't able to find names
for the Coulsons. Manufacturers,
| think, one time Of Evanston, Ill,
! but now of Michigan. They are
typical well-off Americans who feel
that travelling is the best way to
get the full value from their money
They cruise every winter. l was
amazed to find that Mrs. Coulson
was the mother of six children,
and a grandmother. She is very
youthful and active.
EDUCATE NEGRO YOUTH
"This couple were full of sur
prises for they confided that they
are schooling the son of their color
ed maid, Jeanette, who has been
with them ten years. He is ma
joring in Bacteriology at the Uni
versity of Illinois. We voted the
Coulsons the ideal couple aboard
ship. I think, because of their
/ apparent sincere devotion to this
| boy.
pablo Payot!-He is the French
2 Algerian | told you about who is
, my self-appointed Spanish instruc-
: tor. Each night or morning
/: through the lattice Of my door the
}. steward thrusts a letter from Pay
D Of Two important verbs to be con-
. jugated, and ten questions to be
e answered in Spanish. This gives
me practice in the letter writing
: form. And Mr.. B., It is perfectly
proper to end a letter with Most
4 affectionately yours, or IS. S. s
|. Q. b. NJ authorizations for the
Spanish words meaning, Your
i humble servant kisses your hand
r "I must confess, however, thai
: I do not do all my Spanish lessons
: without assistance. I make a bee
line to La Sonora who constructs
the answers in the most beautiful
: Castilian when I tell her how
: want to answer. Pablo Payot dis
e embarked at Rio yesterday, but his
: lessons served me in good stead
a little while later when Enid ant
e I spent several hours being squir.
e ed about by four Brazilians who
D did not speak English. It is sale
. that Portuguese is bad, bad Spanish
) OR Spanish spoken badly. I sup
pose that is why I got along sc
b we'll. Several times I had to In
terpret for Enid, who spoke Span
ish too we'll to make II Portu-
gese.
SELLS YOUNG HORSES
ct haven't told you about George
Forman. South American repre-
sentative Of Colt Ammunition Com
pany, who has been here for six
teen years. He loves. Brazil and
Brazil loves him. as we found
when we we're ready to leave ship
today. But I am ahead of myself.
We met him because he likes mu-
sic. Two days out from Bermuda,
! when Enid and 7 began In rehaarae