The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-06-24
THE HIGHER
THE FEWER
There's Always Plenty of Room
At The Top
BY
NANCY ]. MIDGET

| little mild hankerlng after some
of that cool weather she complain
ed so much about during the month
of April in England. / do mean
just a little though.
was wondering this morning
when / was doing some work in
the yard and perspiring freely,
just what the folks were all doing
that / met and talked to on the
boat coming over and if their
weather was as hot as it is here.
The four of US in our cabin for
instance, d rs. Myself I know
about, l reckon, but there was Mrs.
Jorgensen, from Jamaica, New
York, Danish and had been home
for two weeks to see her family
and that of her husband. Both of
US were complaining bitterly about
our spreading outlines and we
viewed many a struggle as we both
squeezed ourselves into our gar
ments, that is, the ones that would
still give enough for US to squeeze
into. When the waves were slap
ping the sides of the Queen "Liz"
bit too heartily and the old dear
was grooming overmuch in some of
the heavy seas, moderate gales"
I'll have you know, she would
bang the side of the cabin 1--WE
were in an outside, or hullside
cabin) and talk in a very conf
Dental and non-repeatable way to
the ocean. She was great fun and
l liked her very much. l shall never
forget the look on the table
stewards face and the speaking
silence when in answer to where
she was going, she answered.
"Home to jamaica. You could al
most hear him say or think "Gawd,
is she on the wrong boat. l very
quickly spoke up and said
Jamaica, New York" but must adj
NIT that l wouldn't have known
any different to the steward if she
hadn't told me.
Then there was little Mrs. Sim
mons from Canada. She was from
Yorkshire or those parts and had
been home to see her mother and
family,-a married sister anyway.
Even after the cold of Canada
there was a fresh and heavy snow
storm as she left to go to England
she found England cold. l sup
pose it was the damper atmos-
phere, also the fact that homes in
Canada are built to more effec-
lively deal with the cold than our
English homes. l must say that
my sinus prefers the airier homes
of the old country even if my heels
do give way to chilblains when l
am there. Too much dry heat or
close heat without the benefit of
fresh air coming and going make
me feel dried out. Mrs. Simmons
was a lovely little dancer; ball
room dancing that is and it was
really a pleasure to watch her out
there on the floor. She had an
overnight journey on the train
after we left the docks at New
York and would be home in the
early hours of the morning; Mrs.
Jorgensen and l made good use of
her for Mrs. S. went to the first
sitting in the dining room. Immed-
lately she put in an appearance
just before we went up to r deck,
we piled her with questions as to
what she had eaten, what else was
on the menue, etc. The nearest I
ever came to crying Mysteries was
at the dinner table after one of
her reports on sweet. She an
nounced with Yorkshire accent
still showing through, that it was
a sort of fruit concoction with ice
cream and cream and some gooey
chocolate sauce poured over it.
The way she used the word goo
really made my spine and stomach
CULVER; anyway, when it came to
ordering the sweet it was of
course in French and I, smiling
broadly, turned to say to Mrs. ].
that this was apparently the goo.
AS turned, l found that J. had
met on the same thing at the same
time and had turned to me with
precisely the same expression
on her face, as must have
been on mine. For some rea-
son it struck US as particularly
funny and like little Audrey, we
laughed and laughed until we were
weeping and groaning by turns.
We did pull ourselves together be-
fore the steward took it into his
head to pour the water jugs con-
tents over US.
The fourth member of our cabin
l know little of. She was very non
giving even in the little personal
things that cabin mates speak Of.
All / know was that she was
in Europe on business, but
that the trip was pleasure
too and that her home was in
San Francisco. She at least will
be fairly cool; / expect that
Jamaica and Manteo will be the
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