They rarely missed. . . They stayed from 10:30 a.m. to 3:40
p.m., when the ship sailed. One of the ship's officers told me
the average take was three to four dollars.
Since leaving the island of St. Thomas we have moved steadily on.
The ship averages something in the low 20's of our land miles-
per-hour. . . Now we are far past the eastern hump of South
America, have crossed the Equator, turned back southwest and are
running along the coast of Brazil, and tomorrow we dock in Rio.
The ship has a tiled swimming pool, well-patronized. The cabins,
dining room, bar, latticed verandah, etc., are air conditioned,
and well need be.
This is a fine way to rest and eat. Other than the ship's
activities, all you see is a very few cargo ships, five miles to
invisibility away, porpoises, flying fish, a gull or so,
occasional low, dim landheads, the sky, the stars and moon--and
water, reasonably calm but still as restless as a candidate on
election night.
SAILING DOWN THE 'RIVER OF JANUARY'
To The Graphic
Greencastle, Ind.
We are southbound out of Rio de Janeiro (River of January,
because I am told it was discovered in January). . . We docked
early on the morning of Dec. 7th and sailed out at 6 p.
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