Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-02
Women allat Sea.


MAY DETERMINE MAXINE ARCHITECTURE.
There is no subject on which women are more
neipiessly atioat than on matters relating to
marine architecture. Such knowledge won't
stick in her brain. The captain who attempted
teaching nauticalism TO a party OF ladies on a
yacht, not long since, Jared as follows:
csny mo- l ssoon captan what is sloop'
L. tPoint1ng to a schooner.)-Is that a slo3pe
C'-No; that is schooner. sloop has but
one nast, schooner has TWO, as yon see. Now,
remember, sloOp one mast, schooner two.
L-SertaiDly. How many masts has ship?
C.-Three
L.-I!ow many masts did you say sloop hade
,,' U.aohe sloop one mast, schooner two, ship
L. Pointirg to a sloop).-Is that schooner?
S.-No; that's sloop. Sloop one mast,
10, yes. remember. pointing to shIp.)
Isn't that a pretty schooner?
C.-Thats not schooner That's ship.
Don't you see 1t has three masts?
L.-O, yes. Isn't that bic schooner lying at
{; Schooner! Now, how many mas,s has
that vessel?
Gwen, what has three mastss
C.-sloop! sfoop has one mast, tell you;
schooner two, ship three.
Lady No. 2-Why, Jane, how stupid you are.
schooner always has one mast.
,, L. !Cbatly and quite oblivlous OF stupidity
ca brig las two masts, and is ged like a
ship with square sails.
Lady No. z-Jane, look at this sloop coming
along.
C.-That's schooner; don't you see the two
maSS? SlOOp one mast schooner two masts
ship three masts.
Are those schooners there with three
masts?
C.-Yes.
IL Ii thought you said schooner had but
C-Two! two masts! sloop one mast, schoo-
ner two ship three.
but that schooner has three mas's.
C.-Well. 1t is three -maSted schooner
L-Then schooner can have any number Of
masts?
C.-No. Sloop one mast, schooner two and
sometimes three masts, ship three masts.
L.IIIa sure can't make it out. It's awfully
puzzl1Eg. What is bark?
Z. Unable any longer to popularize nautical
science, falls back on technical expresstonl-
vessel with two masts ship.rigged and one
mast sloop-rigged, square sails on fore and
mainmast, and fore and aft sails ON the mIzen.
L-Mfzen What's mizen?
Cast mast aft, madam.
L-Aft! What's the aft?
C.-The stern, madam.
Lob, I'm sure can't make 1t out. Is that
sloop there? pointing again to schooner)
S:mNo' It's schooner! sloop one mast,
How many masts has man o'-war?
C.-Three.
L-Wen, what's the difference between a
man-O-war and smack
C.-(GroanS and Is silently
L-What are those sticks across the masts of
that schooner, Captain?
C.-That's not schooner. Schooner two
masts, ship three, SlO0p one. That's ship
Those are tie yards which hold the sails.
c. (encouraged)- the first yard on the
foremost Is the fore yard, the second Is the
fore topsail yard, and the third is the fore GAL
What is that yard sticking straight up out
OF that little schooner?
C.-Great Scott! thls-that's not schooner.
It's a sloop. Sloop one mast, schooner two,
ship three. What you call her yard Is her ast.
Lady No. 2.-Certainly, Jane how stupid you
are. Captain, what are the names Of the other
masts on that schOonerS yards you were point
Ing out to us?
Lady No. 2.-Captain, where are the luobers?
C. Captain wishes he could telD-Up there on
that ships maSts near the tops.
L. Cooking attenttvely at a schoOner)-Near
the top OF the mastS Of that sloop?
C.-No no! Further down. Where the fut-
tock shr0udS are fastened No, no, not that
vessel A schooner has no lubberS (menLally)
except this one, and they're on deck.
L. {WhOse interest in the locality of luDbers
suddenly ceaSes)-Isn't that pretty ship sail
C.-shipl That's an old tub of a schooner,
ma'am Schooner two masts. ship three, sIoop
one, tell you.
Lean a sloop have two masts?
C.-S.Oop one mast, schooner two, ship three.
Lady No. @HoW many maStS has ship,
Captain?
C.-Sbip three masts, schooner two, sloop one
L-YeS, / know now. Schooner One-10, two
mastS, sloop two-no, three, ship one There -
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