Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 294, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1919 — The Friendly Water Trip. [ARTICLE]

The Friendly Water Trip.

It’s a queer world. Sunday we spent in a friend’s boat, making the trip to Wallaceburg), Ont. Along that stretch of blue water we passed every sort of people in every sort of boats, and in every instance we waved a hand in greeting to them and they waved to us. It was no trick at all to get a warm and genial sign of friendship from passersby. The people on land saluted us. It seemed as though we were continually being welcomed as we arrived in sight and wished good luck as we departed. Yet on land, we could have passed by the same people time after time and not one of them would have turned to look or wave a hand. Why can’t people be as friendly to tthveiers 1 as they are to those who travel by water? It’s a queer world.—Cleveland Leader.