New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23
A SAILORS SOCIAL
JACKS INNOCENT ADJUSTMENTS ASHORE
Daft In BUDGET

W. PETIT Ridge in The st. James's Budget
Through the noisy rafting # domnoe: s snd
in the corner OF the smoky hall. and screaming
accordion In the passage near the door, an saIness
singing with tremendous yigor "Jerusalem~, The
sh S0 cn the up . snS
the wo IN ha bs he %s his
right right to sing Jerusalem seems to feel that not
having shared his petroleum experience i Is qn
letters INC dated from Poplar. Which viii presently
r nSase eacs Shsl and again
Ss in s Es sash hs sDss IN
Japansss sailors IN blue serge suits With s X
sh sSs rub a bsas
OF thought. Nearly every one is smoking; Ger;
man sailor IS putting at PIPE containing speeia!
Ssss singing so par, Of our so,.:l
i GSnio xss ss:f fa% Gong
tax takes I the brake OF Honjo takes his cigarette
IN "Mu zee
Homo D6 we ds so qs sass sH 2a..
that transla tes-"he say he sosgest to play musse-
Good Musical chairs IT shall be. Let, get forty
chairs with twenty facing this way ard twenty tho
other and some one get d up and pay the piano. piano;
STOP we shall have to make II
chs rh IN e mGp dree his
something colleagues; n mulatto In light tweed
sat ana smokng 2ns cga r6 g9ss sP p me
icok on. Forty-one players selected and the forty
chairs carefully counted. All rght7 Co.
Question = spoken slowly ard dist2nc,y. because
Suzuki's knowledge OF English. slth 3ugh creditabe.
"pleace," says Suzuki, with grin hat goes over
his high cheekbones into MS small narrow eyes
and touches his low forehead-'pleace. ne knottin
stlckn."
TRY again. Suzuki. We can't quite ca.ch"-
"Kono is-Kono is" with determined EFFORT A.
lucidty "stottin knickin."
"pleace, sar!' With a broad smile Of satisfaction
at having in difficult task. achieved success.
are creeping to the loud music from the plano Up
and down and around the forty chairs. The mu-
iato at the piano with his long cigar az an acute
angle, makes feint OF stopping his confused med
ley Of as ana many when e m
(who has an artful brain under his polished shining
dG: h o1er sss a HoS &
self the manager almost the proprietor OF ne
a 1ns S Sa o seats on again you
like ,s and CONS Gd ID Of % s 9'a BOW
the Swanee River right through to the end; pull:
ing up, though unexpectedly at the third par ana
lish sailor who is this time the defeated candidate
could not be more perturbed II ne had missed MS
ship. -
Just my d. luckr' he says ruefully. And aims
accurately at Of the giant round cuspidors.
Indeed. the members Of the home team are nos
nearly SO successful in the game as tho visitors.
Homo Is not caught again. and tho witness OF the
mulatto at the piano rarely catches the other jap
anese. The accordion out in the passage wakes up
again in a temper, and some one goes out 70 sooths
It and persuade II TO go TO bed, When presently
chair goes over, broken. and there Is tussle BE-
tween two Of the players for It's possession. the
game Is stopped.
stop that. please! We want no disturnanc~
Now. then. what do you say to General PostT
II General Post were the nan1e OF the most popu-
lar officer in the world It could not be more loudly
acclaimed General Post proves 10 be anothe!
game of ones forgotten childhood Ring formed
with chairs that have served for the last game.
ports selected and taken down on paper. q sailor
chosen and blindfolded. Now Il Is that the nts!3
Japanese sometimes caught because when 7
have a letter from Yokohama 70 Hull they 40 not
quite catch the words and. conference having
Sometimes to be held before any action is taken.
fatal hesitation when starting ensues and they are
caught by the blindfolded man. Communications
announced from and to many obscure and hass
II have a letter from Valparaiso to Bilbao"
II have letter from einnon's Bay TO frisco"