The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-09
Women all At Sea.
a FEW FACTS FOR THE FAN SEX BY
WHICH THEY MAY DETERMINE
ARIN ARCHITECTURE.

There is no subject on which women are
more helplessly afioat than on matters re-
lating to marine architecture. Such
knowledge don't stick in her brain. The
captain who attempted teaching nautical
iJm to a party of ladies on a yacht, not
long since, Jared as follows:
Lady No. Now, Captain, what is n
1loopP
Captain-A sloop has but one mast.
l. pointing to a schooner.)-Is that a
oloop?
c.-No, that is a schooner. A sloop has
but one mast, a schooner has two, as you
see. Now remember, sloop one mast,
schooner two.
Certainly. How many masts has a
ship
G.-Three.
L-How many masts did you say a
Hoop hadr
Gone. sloop one mast. schooner two,
ship three.
L-(Pointing to a sloop)-Is that a
schooner?
C.-No; that's a sloop. sloop one mast,
schooner two, ship three.
L--O, yes, l remember. Pointing TO a
ship Isn't that a pretty schooner?
C-That not a schooner. That's n ship.
Don't you see 1t has three masts?
L--0, yes. Isn't that q big schooner
lying at the wharf there?
C.-Schooner? Now, how many masts
has that vessel2
L.LThree.
C.-Well, what has three masts?
L-A-a sloop.
C.-Sloop! Sloop has one mast, 1 tell
you schooner two, ship three.
Lady No. 2.-Why, Jane, how stupid you
are. A schooner always has one mast.
L. (Chatty and quite oblivious of stu
pidity)-What is a brigP
CA brig has two masts and is rugged
like o ship with square sails.
Lady No. 2.-Jane, look at this sloop
coming along.
C.-That's n schooner don't you see the
two masts 2. Sloop one mast, schooner twp
masts, ship three masts.
L-Are those schooners there with three
masts?
C.-Yes.
LII thought you said q schooner had
but enc mast?
C.-Twol two mastsl Sloop one mast
schooner two, ship three.
but that schooner has three masts
C-Well, it is n three-masted schooner
L-Then a schooner can have any mum
Der of masts?
C-No. Sloop one mast, schooner two
and sometimes three masts, ship three
masts.
lin sure I can't make it ouo tt
awfully puzzling. What is a bark?
C.-tUnable any longer to populariz'
nautical science, falls back on technical ex
pression). Vessel with two masts ship
pigged and one mast sloop-rigged, squar,
sails on fore and mainmast, and fore Ant
aft sails on the mizzen.
L.-Mizzen! What's mizzen2
Cast mast aft, madam.
L-Afti What's the aft
C.-The stern, madam.
Lob, I'm sure / amt make ii out
Is that n sloop there? Pointing again I,
) %schooner.)
C.-No! It's a schooner Sloop on
mast, schooner two, ship three.
L.-How many masts has n man-of-war
C.-Three.
L.-Well, what's the difference between
: man-o-war and a smack?
C.5(Groans and is silent.)
L--What are those sticks across thu
masts of that schooner, Captain
C.-That's not a schooner. Schoone,
two masts, ship three, sloop one. That's 1
ship. Those are the yards which hold thu
sails.
L.@Ohi
G. (Encouraged)-Now the first yard OF
the foremast is the fore yard, the second j
the fore topsail yard, the third is the for
gallant yard.
L.-what is that yard sticking straigl.
out of that little schoonerp
C.-Great Scottl that's not n schooner
It's n sloop. Sloop one mast, schooner two
ship three. What you call her yard is he
mast.
Lady No. certainly, Jane, how stu
pid you are. Captain, what are the name
of the other masts on that schooner
yards you were pointing out to us2
@. (lnternally)---
Lady No. 2. Captain, where are the Tub
bers?
c. Captain wishes he could ten)-UJ
there on that ships masts near the tops.
L. looking attentively at a schooner,
ear the top of the masts of that sloop?
C.-No, mol Further down. Where the
futtock shrouds are fastened. No, no, no
that vessel. A schooner has no lubbers
mentally except this one, and they're OF
deck.
L.. Whose interest in the locality of Tub
Oers suddenly ceases)-Isn't that a pretty
hip sailing along?
C.-Shipl That's an old tub of n schoon'
or, ma'am. Schooner two masts, ship three
loop one, I tell you.
/. Can a sloop have two mnsts2
C.-Sloop n mast, schooner two, shiI
hree.
Lady No. 2.-How many masts has q
hip, Captain
C.-ship three mIsts, schooner two
sloop one.
L.-Yes, 1 know now. Schooner one
no, two masts, sloop two-no, three, ship
pne. There!