Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-04-27
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MARY For the first time in
her history, the Queen Mary"
has a full complement of
passengers so early in the
year. According to our purs-
er, Mr.. Phillips, this year
promises to be the biggest
tourist year ever. Suffice to
say that it is a big year for us.
AS we have said, the service
aboard ship is superb any
thing from tea in bed to ham
and eggs at five o'clock in the
morning. Today the dinner
menu contains "a items, any
or all of which one may sell
ect. We started with caviar
and followed with Dover sole
and then roast beef and York
shire pudding. Dessert? Oh,
just q dish of strawberries and
peaches smothered in whipped
cream. This is no place to be
on a diet. Our dining stewart
is a great little fellow and has
a wide knowledge of the ships
cuisine. He simply covers the
table with all sorts of beau
tiful things so that we won't
miss a trick.
At our table for four are
an Englishman and a wonder
full lady from Philadelphia :
Mrs. Lola L. Fisher. Mrs.
Fisher was born and lived for
many years in Wichita, Kan
sas, and has lived in Philadel-
phia since her husband passed
away few years ago. She is
on her way to Spain to visit
a friend who lives there. We
like Mrs. Fisher Immediately
and her travel knowledge is
immense as she has been
everywhere and has seen al
most every place in the world.
The Englishman, Mr.. Har-
old Goodger, is going home
after a business trip to the
United States. Goodger is an
engineer. We learn that he
served on panel of engin-
ecrs who put down the pipe
line under the English channel
which furnished our tanks
with gasoline, oil and water
during the Normany invasion.
Goodger has many hobbies
which include mountain climb
ing. He has climbed the FAM
ed Matterhorn in Switzerland
and has the ambition to try
some of our American noun
tains some day. Thus it is that
meal time is quite delightful
and we look forward to each
meal with gusto.
Shipboard life is an amaz-
ing thing. Nothing to do, real
ly, but there never seems to
be time to do anything as
time passes so rapidly. We do
not dress for dinner the first
night out. of course, but it is
proper that we don dinner
clothes during the voyage.
Thus it is that we jump out
of bed and have breakfast and
then sit in our deck chairs un-
til the stewards come around
with beef tea at ten. Time to
wash up for luncheon and then
tea at four. Time to dress for
dinner and then a movie or
horse racing afterwards.
Dancing until the wee hours
and off to bed after late
evening or early morning
snack. Such a life!
The Queen Mary" is a
floating palace.
We are lucky and it turns
out that we win the ships
pool three times. The object
is to guess the milage the
ship makes during any twenty
four-hour period and we hap
pen to hit it on the nose three
times out of four. OF course,
others guess the milage too
but the extra Shillings in our
pocket m a Ike us feel great.
Peggy wins a couple of times
at the horse races too and
this puts the icing on the cake.
Much fun and our five days
aboard the MARY" zip along.
The Mary" makes approxi-
mately $50 miles per day with
the greatest of ease. A ship
of such size travelling along at
80 knots is almost unbeliev-
able. Weather is great too
and we never have bad
moment during the voyage.
Matter of fact, we are told
that the trip is one of the
smothest ever.
A few weeks ago, however,
the story was different, since
the Mary" had her worst
crossing ever. 180 persons
were injured when rough
weather followed her for five
straight days on her wa. %
New York. Our room steward
said that it was the worst
weather he had seen in more
than 25 years at sea. $4,000
worth of dishes were broken
We find it hard to believe that
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