September 16, 1905 ~ Saturday
Will and I with the two children, Marjorie and Dorothy started today to Shanghai, China, where Will has a five year job with The China Photo Supply Co.. We have been rushing around for a month getting ready, as the letter telling us his application was accepted only reached us Aug. 2, and as Will was up at Wallace, viewing, it took a little time to accept. Nettie goes as far as Seattle with us on her way to the Fair at Portland. At about 10:55 a.m. after bidding friends and relatives good-bye, we boarded the Spokane train and start on our long journey. It is hard to say good bye, harder for those who stay than for us who are going. The children are very much elated over their prospective trip. A few of our friends are down to see us off but as the rain is coming gently down the most of them stayed at home. Rev. Dr. Hays says he hardly knows whether to commiserate or congratulate us but decides that congratulations are more appropriate. "The Gang" are all down to tell Will good bye and wish him all sorts of things. While waiting for the train Papa gave me the note of Will's that he had.
Our trip to Spokane was the usual uneventful one. The children were very tired when we arrived and we went directly to the White Hotel. We had hardly got in our rooms when Miss Irma Brown called and spent a pleasant half hour. She goes to the W.S.C. this year. We ate lunch and then went downtown, settled on a number of bills, collected 50 cents, bought some dolls and finished up business generally. At 10:30 p.m. we went to the depot where we had to wait about "steen" hours for the Seattle train. Somewhere about midnight we boarded the train for Seattle and had our berths made up at once. Soon we were fast asleep and knew nothing more until morning.
Our tickets from Pullman to Seattle were $11.20 apiece with $2.50 extra for the two berths.
September 17, 1905 ~ Sunday
We traveled all day and passed some very pretty scenery. Both the children were sick all day and we kept the berth made up all the way. Strange to say, I did not get sick, and hungry. We were almost starved. The lunch was surely all right.
Arrived in Seattle about 3:30 p.m. and went to the Brunswick Hotel. This is a bum place but we thought it best not to move for such a short time as we would have in the city. The first thing that impresses us about Seattle was the big ships. The water front is dirty and not a very attractive place. Seattle is a busy bustling burg but we did not have time to see very much of it as our time was so fully taken up. Mrs. Taylor, Mabel, Alice and Mr. M. called on us at the hotel and Nettie went out to stay with Mrs. Taylor Sunday night. Alice had all sorts of trouble over a telegram to Spokane.
September 18, 1905 ~ Monday
After breakfast at the ‘Toke Point Café’ where Dorothy made a hit with our waitress, we - Mrs. Taylor, Nettie, Alice, Will, the Babies and I went out to see the Dakota. She is surely a big ship. Over 600 ft. long, 78 ft. 6 inches wide, she is the largest boat afloat, being a few inches longer than the Minnesota. Everything was bustling getting cargo loaded, supplies aboard, etc. We went all over the ship from intermediate quarters to bridge deck and were very favorably impressed. Everything is so clean, Chinese boys are cleaning and scrubbing all the time. New paint is very much in evidence. Upstairs was a library, smoking room, ladies parlor, children's play room, barber shop, bar, etc. all finely fitted up. The furniture has a great detail of it upholstered in leather. In the library were tables for writing, furnished with ship's stationery. The dining rooms were fitted with stationary tables and chairs, sideboards with all accessories necessary to a first class dining room. On each floor were toilets and bathrooms. The staterooms were very comfortable, most of them fitted with an upper and lower berth. Some of the $500 suites have brass bedsteads, private bath, and other furnishings to correspond.
On deck were benches and chairs, while lifeboats etc. were numerous. The boats were 8 ft. wide and intended to accommodate sixteen people. We met the ship surgeon Dr's who showed us his room and told us that stubborn people never get seasick. He also said that if one did not let the motion of the ship influence him, but would keep the diaphragm being depressed he would not be so apt to be seasick. Later I found this true as when I felt squeamish if I would take deep breaths of fresh air I would soon feel all right.
It was about one o'clock when we got back to the hotel and after lunch Nettie and Will went out to see the town while the babies and I took a nap. Alice found us all asleep when she came to tell us goodbye. She went home on the 4:00 o'clock train. Nettie and Will went to the train and saw Josie and Frank Thungate who were also starting home. They said they asked for us at the hotel but the clerk told them there were no such people at the hotel. When we started for our dinner we met Mrs. Hill and the Bryant girls.
The children have named their dolls, Nettie-Dorothy, and Marjorie-Ruth. They want to take them with us wherever they go. They had to open the little bucket Grandma fixed for them and ate the little sandwiches. Dorothy can hardly be parted from her little bucket.
**photo of anchor on deck
I forgot to mention the big anchor on the ship - they are immense -- each link of the chain holding them weighs 600 lb. to the link. Alice wanted me to swipe one and mail to her for a watch charm. Alice has a new raincoat she paid $20 for, but I can't see that it is very much nicer than mine. More stitching on it but I am pretty well pleased.
Will and I with the two children, Marjorie and Dorothy started today to Shanghai, China, where Will has a five year job with The China Photo Supply Co.. We have been rushing around for a month getting ready, as the letter telling us his application was accepted only reached us Aug. 2, and as Will was up at Wallace, viewing, it took a little time to accept. Nettie goes as far as Seattle with us on her way to the Fair at Portland. At about 10:55 a.m. after bidding friends and relatives good-bye, we boarded the Spokane train and start on our long journey. It is hard to say good bye, harder for those who stay than for us who are going. The children are very much elated over their prospective trip. A few of our friends are down to see us off but as the rain is coming gently down the most of them stayed at home. Rev. Dr. Hays says he hardly knows whether to commiserate or congratulate us but decides that congratulations are more appropriate. "The Gang" are all down to tell Will good bye and wish him all sorts of things. While waiting for the train Papa gave me the note of Will's that he had.
Our trip to Spokane was the usual uneventful one. The children were very tired when we arrived and we went directly to the White Hotel. We had hardly got in our rooms when Miss Irma Brown called and spent a pleasant half hour. She goes to the W.S.C. this year. We ate lunch and then went downtown, settled on a number of bills, collected 50 cents, bought some dolls and finished up business generally. At 10:30 p.m. we went to the depot where we had to wait about "steen" hours for the Seattle train. Somewhere about midnight we boarded the train for Seattle and had our berths made up at once. Soon we were fast asleep and knew nothing more until morning.
Our tickets from Pullman to Seattle were $11.20 apiece with $2.50 extra for the two berths.
September 17, 1905 ~ Sunday
We traveled all day and passed some very pretty scenery. Both the children were sick all day and we kept the berth made up all the way. Strange to say, I did not get sick, and hungry. We were almost starved. The lunch was surely all right.
Arrived in Seattle about 3:30 p.m. and went to the Brunswick Hotel. This is a bum place but we thought it best not to move for such a short time as we would have in the city. The first thing that impresses us about Seattle was the big ships. The water front is dirty and not a very attractive place. Seattle is a busy bustling burg but we did not have time to see very much of it as our time was so fully taken up. Mrs. Taylor, Mabel, Alice and Mr. M. called on us at the hotel and Nettie went out to stay with Mrs. Taylor Sunday night. Alice had all sorts of trouble over a telegram to Spokane.
September 18, 1905 ~ Monday
After breakfast at the ‘Toke Point Café’ where Dorothy made a hit with our waitress, we - Mrs. Taylor, Nettie, Alice, Will, the Babies and I went out to see the Dakota. She is surely a big ship. Over 600 ft. long, 78 ft. 6 inches wide, she is the largest boat afloat, being a few inches longer than the Minnesota. Everything was bustling getting cargo loaded, supplies aboard, etc. We went all over the ship from intermediate quarters to bridge deck and were very favorably impressed. Everything is so clean, Chinese boys are cleaning and scrubbing all the time. New paint is very much in evidence. Upstairs was a library, smoking room, ladies parlor, children's play room, barber shop, bar, etc. all finely fitted up. The furniture has a great detail of it upholstered in leather. In the library were tables for writing, furnished with ship's stationery. The dining rooms were fitted with stationary tables and chairs, sideboards with all accessories necessary to a first class dining room. On each floor were toilets and bathrooms. The staterooms were very comfortable, most of them fitted with an upper and lower berth. Some of the $500 suites have brass bedsteads, private bath, and other furnishings to correspond.
On deck were benches and chairs, while lifeboats etc. were numerous. The boats were 8 ft. wide and intended to accommodate sixteen people. We met the ship surgeon Dr's who showed us his room and told us that stubborn people never get seasick. He also said that if one did not let the motion of the ship influence him, but would keep the diaphragm being depressed he would not be so apt to be seasick. Later I found this true as when I felt squeamish if I would take deep breaths of fresh air I would soon feel all right.
It was about one o'clock when we got back to the hotel and after lunch Nettie and Will went out to see the town while the babies and I took a nap. Alice found us all asleep when she came to tell us goodbye. She went home on the 4:00 o'clock train. Nettie and Will went to the train and saw Josie and Frank Thungate who were also starting home. They said they asked for us at the hotel but the clerk told them there were no such people at the hotel. When we started for our dinner we met Mrs. Hill and the Bryant girls.
The children have named their dolls, Nettie-Dorothy, and Marjorie-Ruth. They want to take them with us wherever they go. They had to open the little bucket Grandma fixed for them and ate the little sandwiches. Dorothy can hardly be parted from her little bucket.
**photo of anchor on deck
I forgot to mention the big anchor on the ship - they are immense -- each link of the chain holding them weighs 600 lb. to the link. Alice wanted me to swipe one and mail to her for a watch charm. Alice has a new raincoat she paid $20 for, but I can't see that it is very much nicer than mine. More stitching on it but I am pretty well pleased.
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