dislike to show their feet, and there was a good deal of surprise expressed because this woman appeared with nothing much on except a dress made of coarse sacking. She not only appeared barefooted in the dining-room, but danced in her bare feet. Afterwards the passengers voted on the best costume, and "Topsy" won the second prize, the first going to an English actor who appeared as Cardinal Wolsey. . . . Mr. Riley borrowed a greasy suit of working-clothes from a sailor, and, appearing at the dance as a Sundowner, or tramp, it became necessary to take him away. . . . The gents who appeared in fancy dresses talked about the ball until 1:30 A. M., as amateur actors talk about the performance, and of course this talk centered around the bar. As my room adjoins the bar, I heard the talk and the accompanying rattle of glasses. So my disagreeable day began at 5:30 A. M., and ended at 1:30 the following morning. I shall long remember February 28, 1913.
Saturday, March 1.—On the lower deck this morning
there was a Pillow Fight, arranged by the Sports
Committee. A spar, or smooth pole, was fixed about
six feet from the deck. Beneath the spar was arranged
a net made of heavy sail-cloth. Two men climbed
out on the pole, and fought with pillows, the aim of each
man being to knock his opponent off. The participants
were not permitted to hold to the pole with their hands,
and they fell off very easily. This was the only really
amusing thing arranged by the Sports Committee at
many meetings announced by the disagreeable beating
