| Show END OF THE VOYAGE celebrated on board ship with much PO pomp POD D and cr crony ceremony ony A woman who lately crossed to europe for the first time writes home of the pleasant pomp and ceremony with which the end of the voyage is celebrated on the last night out it seems she says that it is always customary on the german line at least I 1 and probably on all to have an especially elaborate dinner just before arriving in southampton which is e called the captains dinner every one is s supposed to order wine and drink to the health of the captain while he be responds toasting the health and safe journeying of his passengers when we came to the table we found it decorated with most elaborate cah cakes es four tories stories high vv with little american and german flags stuck on all sides and little paper ornaments truly german we went through a most elaborate menu and when we came to dessert the waiters suddenly disappeared the musk music stopped and the lights went ent out A hush bush and souse sense of expectancy fell up upon the company suddenly the music started a lively march the doors opened and the waiters appeared bearing trays oa each was a round globe of rice paper with alight insi inside and around this et bat small japanese figures made of ice cream each holding in his arms a little umbrella of light colored paper the room was perfectly dark and the effect as the waiters marched around and around forming diff different erent agures and bearing their illuminated burdens burdens was novel and interesting everybody clapped and che cheered e red then the lights were turned on and we ate the th ice i e cream men and I 1 kept c the umbrellas as souvenirs it was a captains dinner though without a captain for we lye chanced to be passing at the time through a very dangerous place and he could not leave his post on the |
