A REMARK OR TWO.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 8 March 1909, Page 1

A REMARK OR TWO.

So mnch of our time is preparation, o much is routine, and so much retrospect, that the pith- of each nan's geniuji contracts itself to a very few hours. — Emerson.

The fenfariug profession does uot make cad:>, it makes meu; aud moleru steamship-faring makes the ■"K-t perfectly-finished gentleman under henveD. Beneath that genial "logant exterior presented to Meo■uers ot Mesdames tho passengers; there lies tho man who is responsible, .vhew skill, resourcefulness and courigc make ocean travel so pleasant, i'ou are so apt to take things as a matter of course, so apt to forget, af you lie wearily /tossing in your >'.uiks throughout a heavy sea at tight, that if your are suffering the ■•■tug." of seasickness thore aro men md brethren below you, 20ft below, toiling furiously to keep steam in .-lie boilers, that tho good ship mayi thrust her way through the weariles■eas into the fino weather for which ■oti yearn. Do, lady and gentlemen passengers, bestow an occasional 'tnidly thought upon your brothers lieneath, in barest justice.— Frank T Bullen.