The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-11

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I There must be-Ashera are--tifes in the
affairs Of q navy officers lie. which,
when taken at the flood. or even during
a dry spell, D. BOT lead on to mat ele-
/ giant thing they call fortune There must
be times when lle II decidedly tired and
knows that 1t Is aot due 10 manual iahor.
4 bat 70 the people 81 this great big rich
and lovely republic who visit the snip on
which he is doing duty every time that
ship drops anchor in an American harbor
/ navy man likes 10 entertain and ne likes
+ 10 be entertained, but talk WITH him when
( ne Is ashore and ask him to tell you
something about life aboard ships and
the first thing he VIII do viii be 10 relate
( the peculiar things people do on visitor 5
! day. Why. do y0a know" said a young
ensign who hopes 10 be a lieutenant some
day. do you know" he repeated. when
the society girls had asked him 10 ten
something about snip life and then
started 10 talk about something else
that / would rather chew glass than be
The ensign may not know 1t all. but he
spoke the sentiment cf the average navy
/ officer when n made the remark
Go out on one Of The big United States
ships some VISITORS day ana watch If
you have a sufficient number Of eyes. the
people VINO are there. Then 20 home and
think about it. and pray for the officer
J who has 10 endure il every day that
( visitors are allowed on board
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do these things. but then, good hammered
/ people do not constitute the bulk Of the
) visitors What are these things This
article must be confined 10 less than a
column. Some day a smart person, who
/ knows how IL write intellgentiy. viii
! probably prepare book containing as
I many leaves rs does the average work Of
! y" II. HowelIs In it. if he does not de-
vote 100 much space TO any one thing -
he may 5e able TO tell few of the in
/ cidents that the navy officer has told
! him.
1t Is the duty 0f the navy officer 10
/ snow courtesy To visitors when they are
! on board Well. they perform their duty
J they are Well-bred lot these navy Off
GERS. They have refinement and intellect.
I come from good families and move in
/ good society, and for these reasons there
I are times when such duties are not 10 be.
istence- Some people may tell you that
! the navy or the army officer is not the
only society man on earth II is true
I that back in Washington city Inugwump
( society that by reason Of sudden riches
has been educated beyond its capacity IS
taking of dropping the navy and army
from It's iist. bat the fact remains. rs one
society critic puts II. that the navy and
army VIII continue 10 be the society salt
J OF the earth
/ And ROW back 10 those things which
/ iA-mannered people do Oh visitors dav.
First of all. they think they own the
4 ship That's all right. so long as they
( keep their thoughts 10 themselves. and
+ the government continues in possession
Z Many Visit the ship IN the morning and
+ stay all day. They are in every nook
4 and corner, they force their way into
: places whore they are not wanted They
/ used 20 take kodaks with them and catch
q snap shot of everything from the Sleep
Ing quarters Of the officers Ia their wine
Sometimes they drink the wine kodaks
are no longer allowed ON the ships Thcv
became TOO great a nuisance ana the
order il row: no kodaks' That does
not prevent a few people from SNUG
Cling an occasional one on board all Of
which would naturally fall under the
head - cIeVerue>s. Bias that Is little
matter. once when the big Monterey
was iu the local haEbqT women went
aboard. They saw everything there was
L. he seen ana finally reached the OH
GERS quarters. The captain was engaged
at the time in dressing to use English
that viii be understood Those are the
captains quarters" remarked enc of the
women The second walked towards the
quarters and the most modest II the
three pushed her way past TIE other two
and poked her head through the curtains