The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11
MISS SMITHS HATBAND.
THE UNITED STATES NAVY LOSES A
RECRUIT SUDDENLY.

irs House-suadcu Eclipse OF the nand.
People are apt to speak Of her as a stunning
girl or dashinR or something OF the sort, and she
has quito got used TO having men turn when
they sec her In tho street and stare after
her, so that abe no longer feels indignation or
embarrassment whom such things happen. 1t
all means simply that she il fair to look upon
and brimful OF health aud spirit, besides know
ing how TO make the best use Of her advantages.
Hor namo 10 not Smith. Not to describe her
place of abode with too great particularly, It
may bo said that she could find her way homo
unassisted II set down In any part OF tho shop
ping district in New York; and the area OF
speculation upon tho subject OF her home may
be circumscribed further by the statement that
formerly when she was travelling and told her
chance acquaintance that she lived in New
York, she did Il with q guilty blush, while now.
adays she imparts this piooc Of with
an air OF conscious pride and an upright heart.
SO the Greater New York produces moral bcne-
fits its projectors never dreamed Of.
II may BIO that this popularity Of residence
was the real cause Of the story. II is certain.
anyway, that young women in other parts of
the country had been wearing ships ribbons-if
that Is the name Of the t~hings-for years before
1t happened, and that many OF them who are
given TO making collections Of tender trophies
had gathered complete sets of all the craft on
tho Naval Register and deserted the navy for
fresh fields. Therefore, by rights. tho thing
should have happened years ago instead Of days
ago, or else IL shouldn't havc happened at all.
Certainly 1t seems fair to infer that she would
not have brought such an experience upon her
self had she known that thoro was no especial
novelty about the sight Of one Of the bands
about n girls hat, and that knowledge ought
surely to have been hors had sho lived any
where else on the Atlantic seaboard.
Hnyayar all that mnv he. the fnct remaina
that 1t was less than a fortnight ago that she
paid her first visit to a man-of.war. and when
she got home again she wore about her sailor
hat u black ribbon with the words ~. s. s.
Plymouth Rock" or some such name, on it in
r gold letters. And she was proud Of 1t. Pride
r may spring from various causes. In this case it
was partly vicarious. A young man had taken
. her over the ship and had displayed it's wonders
/. to her. He had shown her big guns and bigger
!. Admirals and biggest water-tight ,bulkheads
I till her head whirled. Thcn when she was In
this stale OF mind he had said with simple
"Why. wo could whip anything of our class
afoatl'
something of that sort, although he spoke with
a proprietary accent; but youth does not draw
t tered in a manner SO sincere and ardent that 1t
Q was almost as good as q declaration Of love; So
a reused in her. Then she saw the colored sailors
among the white.
i coloTed on the same ship r she exclaimed.
why, certainly" was the reply.
v sether. and how do YOU make them stayf Now,
with US we, have to have either all coiored ser,
) she went on to relate episodes Of domestic history
Naval discipline Is a large subject, as anybody
a S1 soTr, " n1 nai and at ut the best bes there VAS little
enough u tim ne SO SO t ths ySn ins, %sn 81 in fSe Esisti6 oh,
1t @ the White and the coiored seamen. It is a.
certain that a regular formula is employed IN
8, the, nay pRsy in giving 1,d,aIv t in%. T nSe1s Ia aT sbs f e /, y
10 States where the ribbons are turned out II
Wholesale quantities for Just this purpose. TIL
n Government could never afford to supply thu
thousands upon thousands that are lavishec
u upon young women annually, and with SO man!
IL young women, some form Of words must have
arisen or been developed by experience that ha
2 spsrEied and her checks GiSewsd. when The ban,
She didn't happen to be living at her HON
n there resided, also, several inconsequentia
It. maidens. These viewed with high disapprova
70 the arrival of the new hatband.
".Those, things went out OF style long ago.
ry Il know a girl who has not just a single one
no but so many that she made a crazy guilt OUT @
IS anyway. 1 don't believe in a girls ndvcrtii
&c ing in that way the fact that she has manage
lie to find q beau, - said the third. CT.
W smiled and exlibited the band moro prom
is is nently than before, Time passed and she wa
DC still engaged In this ocenpation when s9I9 ea hn
It. Happened because the first OF the inconsequer
*. tial maidcns came up with a companion an
ir II was telling Jennie how stylish your ha
&C was, the inconsequcntial maiden said. WON
"0 you @c shqM Il to AS Sci R,Sdi'SSi Miss asA Smith. exhibitin
, the hat with the band on il.
on the name s !. plymouth Rock" 80 it is
Then she and the first hconsequentia Made
If, T TScy @e @S iGEiio issd'R = the fhnFn secoHd Ii Ine :0m sHnS
Ter tial maiden, with a companion.
an Joined the navy. All the swells have, haven
ed Yes said Susie, with eyes bullying at tt
ial The third inconsoquential maiden came L
M. WI" "Yon're aMFfniiy lucky" she said. ito have
hathand like that. Isn't she, Mamie :,
cir Miss smith is a sensible young woman. 81
had enjoyed the disapprpbai ion with which u
css ribbon. because she knew that it indicated tn
their feelings, were laceraled by envy Of her 81
NJ cess; but their praise made her trcfnblc. 81
idds hurried 10 her room and stared into the lookiir
mo glass to sec what was wrong with her hat or h
greatly puzzled she Wen, downstairs again.
ri, As she came out upon the niaz7n she heard :
APT E Shris on 'a9 Tihoa came a " "Af hearty t greasy H'@ vol
S4s siaSaII,inE "sho nycs sh;G'Iy m;,' then . shS y go!'e
,,EE"o on hoardf'
INC, inc "sho'iy, sholy," came the hearty, greasy Vol
Lire again with a chucklc. hey say dey haint
ny cook like i'm On dc hull navy,
me mo Miss Smith shudderSd. Then she walk
orc to the rear OF the house. There she saw the
consequential maidens with Jennie and Spt
ana and Mamie and all tho other boarders tn
Or could collect grouped together listening 10
tale OF tender recollections. In the backgrop
was tho colored help gazing with opcn'mouth
an admiration at the centralifgure, who was rel
5 OF ing the tale. The central figure was 2 fat {
,ers 1reu W9n u he In bat a blact hand hearing in g
a letters the words U. $ s. plymouth Rock"
Ian Miss Smith stole swiftly back 10 her roo
With Maeh sho = ~ Ia crew and "A for the ems
der or midshipman. he isn't likely ever to KIN
/ to what struck him.
The |
p IN THE
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zen A woman Disguised as = Sailor That she Mi
WED Her Lover.
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