The morning call., 1894-09-13
Society From a Nautical
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!: 4: Standpoint.
TWO LEADERS CRITICIZED.
Not What They Are Cracked Up
to Be, Says Marine.
AN ADVERSE IDEA OF ChAPpIEs
Mr.. WobbIes, the WeII-Known Nam
=. o'-War's IS Man, Tries to Make His
Entree Into Society.

Society in marine circles has been aston
-lsned by the latest venture of William
w HoDbles, who has surprised the forecastle
hands OF the warshipS in port by announc-
Ang that be has become impressed with the
mode of procedure adopted by leaders of
San Francisco's 400"
MT. Wobbes cannot dance other than
the sailors hornpipe and the Arizona
oouole-shut1e, but he is ambitious. lie
wanted to learn the intricate steps of the
may waltz as gided by such notables as
James Bret Stokes, y ed Greenway and
Third Officer Chambliss.
de came, he saw, but he did not conquer.
He has forsaken the notion of becoming
Light and yesterday quoted his expe-
rIence to choice gathering of bluejackets
In Al Whites place. impartiDg much wise
advice to his coherents
Society" said he. sis not mu eh of q
fad after all rs simply the white paint
Tor the ship of life that can cover a mighty
Dig lot of structural weakness and rust.
Iain't right for me to be a-criticiz izing
the quarterback department of the society
OF this here city, but when a mans up
mast be can sea whole lot of things that
the fellow on the canvased deck can't
see.
Yes, 1 tended a big ball the other
night where there was lots of dudes and
tennis-players and fellows who shoot
pigeons just for fun and cal it fine sport.
Lots OF women folks were present, too,
Girls all done up in frills and carrying
more canvass than a fOur-master with
studdin' sails set.
The third mate was there. BE wore a
black SOU 'wester parted amidships and d.
VIded OF with pair of port and staTbOard
buttons. 1t was slit uD the center like q
hOusef1ag and streamed astern like couple
Of sdmirals' pennants.
''Y ou just ought TO have seen the mate
dance. Noblest sight in the world. He'd
take a haul at his streamers, unfurl 'ker-
chief, raise it to his headgear gracefully
and mop down decks. Then he'd take IN
the cloth, clear for action and set his eye
on the Drettiest girl in the room.
Talk about tactics for naval review!
Why, they ain't in it with the mate. He'd
60 ahead slowly under half steam, then
come alongside Of the lady and salute. 1t
wouldn't take him long TO make fast and
commence towing it,
Smooth sailing? Well, I should say.
= 1ou know the mate always sets on
:. pretty even keel until some one says some
:. thing to him about carrying cotton sky
sails in q stiff social breeze. He Just cut
arcu9d as cleverly as a orpedo-bo ex-
: pecting to make big sensational sort of
an explosion, and the way his penDaDts
q. would show to an advantage when making
quick turn was a caution.
: when the chief officer of the music
stand would give the signal to cease blow
ing and cease twanging the mate would
come about like a yacht in a Fourth of
July regatta. He wouldn't take any water
.UTer his rail, either; but he'd Just heRye
!" TO by punch bowl and ship enough punch
: for two and retire with his tow to store
cargo.
Il don't think the mate is married. A
man don't ike to tie up to a society girl
= nowadays with a bovine. He'd rather
:use a half-hitch or a slip knot so that he
80 can cast off readily In case of squalls.
The mate don't stand very well with
all the ehappies l don't know exactly
what a chaprie is, but l think it's a sort of
15-toD gun that only shoots a one
: pound rapd-fre cartridge. a chapDie
can make a terrible impression on sight
:. but he kind of fzzes out when he opens
. his oreech block.
The chappie say that the mate don't
operate according TO tactics. He hasn't
studied the code, and besides re doesn't
always dress ship properly when In re-
J.. view.
after watching the mate for a while
hunted up Greenway. Ned is the cOmmo-
doTe Of the society feet under orders from
admiral Ward McAlister.
"Wheneyer Mac trims ship and prepares
to make an Impression then he's fOlloweS
all along the line.
e. Macs one of the chsppes. He and
fellow named Berry Wall, that's got more
bunting stored in his locker than any man
e.: 10 New York, run society out East.
Whenever the chappies see Berry decorated
for maneuvers then they decorate too.
Hs's Just Ike signal-set on a flagship;
when he flashes all the balance of the
SQUADRON feels obliged to fash too
But I'm forgetting Greenway, and LIE
shouldn't be forgotten, for it's he who laid
% down the rules and regulations that
-tTisco's lights drill by. There cOuldn't be
a rollcall Of the social reserves unless Ned
p. was there 10 answer here
=. Ned and the mate don't get along very
=. well. they've been bOmbarding at 10 pg
range Tor some time, but Ned says the
= aims llttle TOO high, says Ned.
But hen tue mate is ambitions. He
likes people TO know that he amt aspiring
TO throw shells iGto any local balIroom
through a trapdoHT. When he makes a
hit be wants 10 10 so 10y virtue of proper
training
was much OF quaTteTmaster and [ don't
believe | could learn to steer in a small
harbor.
"The great big ocean is gooG enough for
a common person like myself to cruise
round in, but society and dancers are ex-
=: elusive, and don't like to ven ture outside
of the little basin in which most of them
float
'The entrance to their bay is defended
by great, expensive looking guns and
costly stone forts. An ordinary piratcal-
appearing craft like myself has no bust
ness 20 Try t. run the gaun tlet and join the
secluded feet.
''No; l do not care to learn to dance
% with the summer girl or the sisters of ,he
= chapples. a fellow cant expect 10 keep