Show LINES BY LIZA ye editor and his wife informed me that I 1 must sing for rny my supper figuratively speaking and produce a column this week hence the fleeting rebirth of lines by liza this is one of those some day dreams which surprisingly came true how few of them do alaska three weeks ago was farther from my mind than by actual mileage then along came virginia and al epperson and sold me on the idea of joining them on this wonderful tour a once in a lifetime deal I 1 left salt lake airport at 1 00 a in tuesday the fifth and arrived in seattle about four hours later where I 1 joined the epper sons including daughter shirley at the olympic hotel of interest to many in morgan and devils slide I 1 visited briefly dr edison dorland betty and their three fine children ed is just recovering from a rather serious operation but otherwise they are all well and eager for news of bome ho mcfolk folk at eight we were all aboard the SS aleutian being numbered with the utah delegation I 1 was counted in and cor caged with a lovely covely gardenia also soundly smacked by all male members of the farewell committee a really touching affair and so to sea it would be quite beyond the confines of a column to go into detail concerning 0 our r journey our ship the SS aleutian is an old one but very snug and seaworthy the lounges and dining salon are all attractive and no matter how rough and cold the weather the ship inside is warm and inviting the food is excellent and for some strange reason leafon I 1 am always ready to eat I 1 hudder budder to think of the bathroom scales when I 1 return our staterooms state rooms are small not large enough to turn a handspring but then I 1 seldom turn hand springs anyway I 1 drew the top bunk so my main exercise is climbing up and down the ladder it may be the sea breeze but I 1 tumble in at night and black out as though I 1 had been hit on the head I 1 am going to miss the gentle roll of the ship when my seafaring days come to an end my aly awakening comes with the pleasantly melodious chimes accompanied compa nied by the announcement of breakfast in half an hour speak ing of breakfast you would never suspect to look at him what a walloping good meal our friend al can pack away its amazing oatmeal toast steak potatoes eggs and hot cakes with a quart or so of coffee but then people who live in glass houses etc 1 I could go on for hours about what goes on constitutionals constitution als around the deck taking ta king pictures playing games singing and dancing most entertaining of all is meeting people nice people from all parts of our country there are twenty eight states represented in this group to tell you of the marvelous scenery would take hours too there is such a vastness of country up here except yesterday sunday crossing the gulf of alaska we have not been out of sight of land much of the time we are close enough to see the shoreline quite distinctly and the sheer densely wooded waterfalls from the melting snowcaps snow caps cascade into the channel at frequent intervals it is surely a sports sportsman mand paradise such salmon and shrimp I 1 have never seen every little town abounds in hunting trophies and tall tales of great fish huge bear mountain goat moose elk and deer so johnny get your gun and come to alaska I 1 should like to tell you of our ill tei esting stops ketchikan wrangell petersburg juneau cordova co r and valdez juneau baut i ful ul spot claimed a full day of 0 our time ime right now I 1 shall confess that hat I 1 did not find the as I 1 planned to do because our day was taken up with a tour to the mendenhall glacier a picnic and a reception at the governors mansion sorry cleve though we leave lave gained four hours by the clock I 1 dont know where they went I 1 still hav ent time elou enough h lunch time just as well we 1 I something m shut me off A after after fter all I 1 dont rate a whole page we leave the ship for the interior tomorrow morning if I 1 should find a likely looking lonely eskimo I 1 might wrap up in in a polar bear skin and stay in this never never land where time begins faye eliza |