Friday was a busy day packing and saying goodbye to our acquaintances and at night we saw a nigger show [continued on back of postcard]

[Obverse of postcard:] which was not too bad. They called it "from Dixie to Broadway" [staring Florence Mills which opened a few days earlier (29th October) at the Broadhurst Theater]. We quite enjoyed it. Saturday we came aboard this tub at 9.30am and have been here ever since. It is not much chop but alright for the 8 days we have to spend aboard her. We have the ugliest woman in the world aboard. The poor thing has been to Coney Island trying to earn a living by her misfortune. She is awful to look at. Well must close it is too rough to write longer. To the top [a direction to the top of the postcard]

Hope you are all well. We are Bill not quite so well as he was but that is ship life I suppose.