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...charged that he had evaded Neptune's court when he crossed the Equator two years ago; also, that he had sunburned the tonsils of his illustrious father's se'" -: tary with a reading glass while the secretary (George Akerson) slept on deck. First he had to lie in state, lily in hand, while the band played a dirge and newsmen who had boasted about having dress clothes with them paraded in cutaways and silk toppers. Then, neck and hands in stocks, he was led before the judges (his parents) and made to kiss the Royal Baby...
...very pink of passengerhood. Only the jolliest, most debonair of present-day gallants could fittingly adorn the La Salle-Fisher Laughing Cavalier. Students of the Hals painting have provided it with hood and cowl of Wissahickon green; lower body, fenders and gear of deep maroon; wire wheels, rear deck and body above moulding of Talina brown; roof and rear quarters of tan Burbank silk mohair; mouldings of gold leaf...
...Maryland's company took up deck golf, shuffleboard, trapshooting. Except for the President-elect's customary tall stiff collar, every one changed entirely to tropical clothes. Will Irwin, writing for the New York World, reported: "The atmosphere is courteous and pleasant, without formality, and everything is 'as easy as an old shoe.' " The Maryland's radio operators were busied, sending tens of thousands of idyllic press reports and receiving Associated Press flashes for publication in The Evening Hurricane, ship's daily...
...During the Friday evening cinema show on deck, a mustang wave leaped over the rail and soused part of the audience. An hour later, the Maryland was "in it"-a nor' caster in the Gulf of Tehuantepec ("Hatteras of the Pacific") roaring over from the Caribbean across Guatemala and lower Mexico. One comber smashed a port in the Hoovers' quarters in the fantail stern, flooding their dining room. "This is terrible," gasped an attaché. "Oh, I've seen worse," shrugged Mr. Hoover. He was up, wandering about in a bathrobe, several times during the night...
...does happen on occasion that they will run a passenger ragged around the deck. One excitable prima donna one day heard a rap on her door, asked "Who is there?" Came a voice: "It is I." Thoughtlessly she opened the door. In poured the reporters and cameramen from whom she was hiding...