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Show Caronia. Here we were to pend nineteen days crossing the Atlantic and the ).lediterranean, visitin~,; cities alono· the way until we reach c1 Alexandria, Egypt, the land wh e hi tory i both romantic and rueful and whose people have failed to lay firm grasp upon the opportunity which would have brought them From the ··cradle of Civilization" t the highest possible degree of human development. \ \'hilc the clock was striking the hour twelve, aptain r3arr was blowing his whi tie for the ship's release from the clock and her start upon a tour that would cover more than 25,000 mile;; of land and sea. Have you ever crossed the ocean? Then you know something of the feeling that possesses one as the great ship moves out upon the stream and points her nose toward the trackless ocean. Then you know something of that trano·e commingling of Joy and Sadness which surge in the heart-the sadne. s of leaving fri nels and the juy of realizing the Ilope and the t\mbition that have long livccl in one'. soul. f\ 11 "Coocl-byes'' having been said to friends we were leaving on the dock, we began to adjust ourselves to the new surroundings that must be ours for the next almost three weeks. Life on the ocean wave i al·ways interesting; and living in a ship's cabin i most clclightfnlly uniquc. There is cv r present the element of change; the sea is now smootb btlt it may soon become turbulent: the port-hole must be carefully watched: one's anatomy must he adjusted to correspond to the size of the berth, and if the sleeping quarter chances to be an "L pper," arrangements mu t be made for a cending- and cle cending; the wardrobe, the trunks and grips must be st wed and cared for with a nicet)· Page Seven |