but nobody seemed to mind particularly, but walked
about to chat with other groups or to take pictures
during the long trip dowm the harbor. A band played
almost continuously during the voyage.
 
 On many excursions of this kind meals are included 
in the price of the ticket but on this particular
trip it would have been quite impossible to crowd everybody 
into the dining-room. Certain "socially-
minded" 
employers, however, had apparently decided to
make a gift of their meals on the boat to parties of
their employees, and by pre-arrangement with the
Strength through Joy organization, these employees
were provided with slips which they presented to obtain 
a simple one-course repast. The great majority
of the travelers on the other hand had brought satchels 
loaded with sandwiches and cheese which they
disposed of at odd intervals all day long.
 
 A stop of only three hours on the island of Helgoland 
was provided for. This may have been arranged
with purposeful forethought inasmuch as, as is well
known, Helgoland, with a view to encouraging tourist
traffic from which the inhabitants live principally,
has been made a customs free port where foreign supplies 
may be obtained and enjoyed at extremely low
prices. Hence three hours appeared to be sufficient
time for the Strength through Joy travelers to indulge 
in, each according to his tastes, the perhaps
mutually incompatible pastimes of imbibing strong 
liquors or of walking about the small, strongly fortified 
island. Upon departing everybody was made