Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-10-27
A LANoLUsseR SURPRISED.
Quickness Of British Tars In Ciesrins .
Battle ship for Action.

Quickness Of British Tars In Ciesrine q
| Battle ship for Action.
To watch q chips crew in the MOST
exciting moment Of clearing for ac.
ton Is to realize the value Of disci.
pline In its most perfect eveOpment
the result Of the constant practice
that gives faultless precision. It 10
the habit Of capable captains to as.
semble their crews at general quarters
many times during the peace manue
vers In order that they may grow
accustomed to their duties, and 90
about them without confusion,
whether the alarm comes In broad
daylight or IN the darkness Of q ght
Such, indeed, Is the ordinary rou.
tine Ut u battleshin and on II her
safety may at any moment depend II
things should ~ wrong, In steam
tactics as In action. Whenever
bugles sound the call and the boat.
swans mates pipe shrlll echoes, the
men, wherever they may lie, whether
on watch or asleep In hammocks, as.
semble ut their allotted posts with
marvellous celebrity. There Is q mo.
mentary trampling OF feet between
decks, a rattle of arms, and then 81.
lcncc SO profound that any word Of
command can DO distinctly heard
fore ana aft along the deck even Of
such ship as the Repulse
At the words 'Clear for alton"
there Is a commOtion which lands.
man might mistake for u panic rs
men rush from point to point A
blue acket never walks when an order
IL given, but does everything at the
double. Everyone knows his station,
and goes to II by the quickest and
shortest way. With a rapidity that
seems wonderful. companion ladders,
with their p0nderOus gangways, are
unshipped and slowed away; rail.
ings around the low decks fore and
aft are lowered; the ventilating
cOwles and chimney stacks disappear,
to be rep aced by covers flush with
the deck; matches are battened down,
water.tight doors closed, and tackle
rugged for hoisting ammunition from
the magazine. Between decks every.
where something Of the same kind 10
being done as quickly and quietly,
and thenlthe men stand to their guns.
When the huyles sound for firing to
commence the great barbette turn.
tables rcvolve slowly, trained by un-
seen power, and the Quick.a guns
In maindeck batteries are worked
with surprising celebrity bv detach.
ments Of Royal Marine artillery.
At a prize shooting recently de.
tachmcnt fired sixteen shots In three
minutes from one Of the repulse guns,
scoring nine direct hts and planting
oil the other seven shots 81 close to
the target that they would have rid.
died the hull OF n very small ship
The seventeenth round was In this
gun when the 'cease tire" sounded,
50 that one gunner, who was loading,
must have lifted 100 pounds In
three minutes. This incident gives
o vivid idea OF the work that would
have to be done In action by crews Of
these Quick.hring guns, as we'll rs OF
the smartness with which the "Blue
Marines set about their task. Fire
discipline will be potent factor In
future battle at sea. and there can be
no better means OF acquiring 1t than
by such exercise as one has seen at
general quarters during the maneu.
vers. - London Daily News
Fashions In Dolls Eyes.
Who would think of such U thing
as q queen deciding the color OF the
dolls eyes within her Kingdom? Such
a thing has been done, not by royal
edict, however. but simply by having
Her MaIesty's own eyes set the fash.
ion.
When Victoria became Queen OF
England more than tifty years ago,
she was fair and young. with very
blue eyes, whereupOn blue eyes be.
came oil the fashion, and all the loyal
doll makers Of her kingdom began
sending bIue.eyed dolls from their
factories.
In Italy and Spain, where all the
great beauties have olive skins, and
dark. handsome eyes. u blond doll Is
not n common sight. japanese dolls
have twinkling, beady black eyes set
in their heads aslant, while the gayly
dressed dolly from Singapore looks
from hei unprecedented face with Q
pair OF narrow, cOquettish black eyes,
quite different In expression from
either the Spanish or Chinese beau.
ties