Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1929, Page 28

Member of American Journalists’ ©f Carnegie Endowmen: BY GIDEON A. LYON May 4-5 or 5-6, 1929 According to taste, this being the result of having Just crossed the 180th meridian. OME day, perhaps, a ceremony similar to that which marks the crossing of the Equator will be instituted for the first crossing : of the international date line, or more accurately the 180th meridian. For ‘all who pass this strange imaginary g:unfl;ry for the first time there should an induction at the hands of Father fTime, just as Father Neptune installs ‘his neophites at the girdle of the earth. We have just crossed the line, where going westward, it is necessary to «rop a day, just as going eastward it/ 3s quite as necessary to add a day. On| voyage we | passed the meri- dian at 3:30 Satur- day morning. Capt. | L Trrre— of traditional au-| thority, decreed that the to be dropped was Sun- day, the 5th. So we have jumped from Saturday, the 4th to Monday, the 6th, which accounts for my somewhat | confused date line. This natter of the chanrge of date is confusion itself . to some folks who . do not possess the mathematical faculty. It has confused 4me right up to the point of actual e ferience. Yet, having faith in the tes- stimony of the navigating officers, who | discussed the matter with me in @dvance, I felt qualified to challenge Chairman Johns the other day when e declared that the day-by-day set: back of our watches amply su d to take up the slack in the'calen- «ar due to the crossing of the meridian. Not until he saw the captain's mandate fon the bulletin board did he yield from #his interesting hypothesis. i Sudden Change of Sea. 3 That the old saying that one mever #&nows what the crossing of the 180th ;::‘e'rldnn means until the bump s felt p had somewhat of a justification in /8 sudden change of sea yesterday a w hours after. we had crossed. the ine. It had been oily and smooth, un- iéanny in its calm, almost from Honolulu, gn placid was it that on Priday .eve- ing at sunset the rays of the sun cast prismatic colors upon the unbroken sury [l Lyon rising sinfluence’ of the great -swell. There ‘were iridescent hues in the troughs of these broad, billowlike Trollers, that suggested the plumage of birds. IThen came a veritable canary tone to minutes the Pacific was a golden plain, all around the ship, for countless miles. Yesterday word spread rapidly fthrough the ship that Capt. Arakida had iveceived & lo message from Japan ‘that rm was prevailing between our position and the ‘islands. Some f the passengers, not realizing that i¥e were then some 1200 miles from ifand, became & bit alarmed lest we sFun into violent disturbance. And ; during the evening, in the course of ithe stewards’' entertainment, of which I will write later, when the ship began ito pitch somewhat sharply there was quick spread of distress lest the storm was at hand. Then came the perhaps this was merely of the meridis | time. | If there was a storm between us and | shore it has either flattened out or oved along, for the smooth again, not da but ‘overcoats were in evidence ‘this .momlnfi.md sweaters have reappeared. + For we have been steadily clim back . horthward ever since leaving Honolulu, T our most -southerly point as we swung around the headland of the western side of Oahu. ., Several days ago & meeting was held iin the “winter garden” of the ship for +the formation of the usual deck-games s¢ommittee. It was an international or- :n.runuon, ‘when finally effected, headed )y our own chairman. Immediately ‘notices began to appear on the walls, H glocll!mln] numerous “events,” en- H ce in which was solicited from all the passengers. I signed up for eight of them, in none of which I had the slightest chance. These sports ranged through deck quoits and shufle board to deck golf, a somewhat complicated combination of shuffieboard and tiddle- winks and golf, in which the Japanese are highly proficient. At this writing I have discharged all of my obligations in the competitions «but one, having been promptly elim- iinated in every sport in the first round save that of shuffie board, in which my :partner and I managed to survive to the second series. The sole contest «still to be played is that of bridge, in .Which I have as partner Herbert « Matthews of the New York Times, ;When another dawn comes that, too, will probably be recorded, with other ames than ours in the lead. Deck games are chl’!fly worth while CREERON 614 12th St., Bet. 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It takes some rehearsing to recall that Mr. Koike is the pleasant—but they are all pleasant, for that matter—Ilit- tle man who is head of a large chaia of dry goods stores in Japan and the States; that Mr. Hiasa is the passenger traffic manager of the Japanese govern- ment railways and chairman of the hotel association; that Mr. Okamura is the attache of the Nippon Dempo Tsushin-Sha, or Japanese press news agenc manager of & “cultured pearls” bus n that Kohno is, whatever may be his business connection, the father of Taruko, the pet of the ship, the veri- table “little sunshine” that her name signifies. These and the others are all delight- ful traveling companions, q o be come acquainted, punctilious in polite- ness of address and greeting, inter- ested in everything that happens, a] preciative of conversational efforts, p: tlent with comic essays at Japanese speech by English tongues, helpful in explanations of things Japanese. And moreover, they are all the jolliest folks ever to be found. ~ They laugh hearfily and often. Their merriment is infet tious. They play games with conces trated effort to win, but their misfor- tunes in play are not depressing to them. They laugh at their own mis- takes and failures. And they are the best of losers. Dinner on Deck. Day before yesterday—meaning there- by the day known as Friday, even Graduation Time —may mean farewell to school books, but it's just the beginning of work, serious thrift efforts and cultivation of the bank-book habit. your “Franklin National,” and you'll tie up with a bank that can be mighty use- ful to you. TOne Dollar or more will make you a ,Savings Dept. customer. Savings Time {Start Accounts Deposits Open Until 5:15 p.m. June 17th at Both Offices Every facility for accounts of corporations, firms and individuals Franklin National Bank Penna. Ave. at 10th St JOHN B. COCHRAN, Pres. where nowadays. sports, for street, be pleased with o 13, 15 and 17, \ “F Street that Mr. Tkeda is the general | Polka Dots G a9 Tem ... SVENING STAR,. though this be Mond ips 6f paper ‘were passed around by the mnm’.' for signatures for a sukiyaki—pronounced “gkiaki"—dinner on deck Saturday eve- ning. Our group, and in fact virtually the whole first-class cabin, signed up for it. We did not at first realize the | purpose, which later became evident. Shortly after lunch yesterday—remem- ber, that was Saturday, though this is called Monday—the stewards began to “set the table” on “B” deck, the main promenade, behind the glass wind- shields forward. This was done by spreading down straw mats, the typical Japanese mats, two inches or so in thickness and invariably three feet by six in dimensions. Two of these made one “table,” for four persol center was placed a “stove,” brazier with a side hole for heating water. At the corners were put cush- fons. Meanwhile other stewards were dis- mantling the dining saloon, taking up the tables, eventually rigging up a stage, hanging decorations and eur- tains, until in the course of a couple of hours the great hall was transformed | into a veritable theater capable of seat- ing 500 or more. Then appeared great placards of announcement to the effect that the stewards would give a | rieties entertainment” at 8 o'clock, with some hints as to the features. | Event a Huge Succes. | The sukiyaki dinner was a huge suc- | cess. We westerners followed the Jap- anese example and removed our shoes | before we' sat down cross-legged, on | | the cushions or on ingenious little stools ! of rattan and sceel for the benefit of the novices—these being the invention of our own purser. The slices of beef, | bamboo sprouts, mushrooms, onions, soy | curd, fine spaghett! and meat “stock™ were put into the pans and soon gan to stew and steam, with savory vapor floating off to whet the appetites of the diners. Chop sticks were dis- tributed and soon began to play. Hot saki was poured into finy cups like salt dishes, without handles, of course. Then, when the “meat course” had gone on | for some time wooden tubs were opened | and cooked rice was brought forth. And pext pickles and condiments. ‘There was much groaning and grunt- ing when the westerners arose. The easterners, however, were graceful in | their rising as in their sitting. At the next “table” to us was Dr. Tagore, who v thrift account with the eficient handling of the 5 1111 Connecticut Ave. THOS. P. HICKMAN, V. P. and Cashier | show. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY partook with relish of this delicious dinner and to whom, of course, the sit- ting posture of the East was native. Then we went into the “theater” and | there, in course of time, we saw a first- class’ show, given altogether by the stewards. It was a revelation to me to | find that my bath boy was the leading actor, doing “heavy” roles and comic turns with equal facility. In fact, these Japanese are natural actors. ~ The stewards last night fell into their ren- ditions without the slightest suggestion of consclousness, Their make-up was of course in the Japanese style, which is somewhat strange to our eyes, Their costumes and properties were better than in the average American amateur The program consisted of two historical plays, a comedy, a farcical dialogue, a solo on the harmonica, two turns of extraordinarily clever “jug- glery” or legerdemain by the chief offi- | cer of the ship—the only one on the program not of the steward force—and finally a dance by six performers, one of whom was the bath boy, and three musicians, & performance that would go strong “on Broadway.” While to our Western ears the di logue was not understandable, the act. ing * was perfectly clear and evident. | And though we missed the points, wé heartily enjoyed the zest of the Jap. sgese audience. It was a first-class show. 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