The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-28

sons wants the boy from the next house
70 make his appearance out in front for
playing purposes he gives a shrlu whis-
tie, like unto the blast of a bo'suu's pipe.
and then. in a voice pitched in as deep
key as his treble is capable of ham
ding, he sings out, "Ail ha-a-ands to
quartersw The same boy has been often
reprimanded when there is company in
the house for evening tea for walking
through the hall when the meal is about
to be served and singing out: "All hands
lay aft for grog!" When, as occasionally
happens, the naval officer and his wife
are engaged In having a triling tiff down
stairs over some minor matter or other,
one OF the young women@of the house
has been known to walk mlschievously
through the upper hail, singing out: "All
hands bury the deadw
stand by!' is the ordinary phrase In
this naval officers house when the ut
terer of that ship command wants to gain
attention for some remark. When one of
the young women of the house is ready
10 start downtown on a shopping expedi-
ton, and wants to know if there are any
commissions that she can execute for her
mother or sisters she takes up her station
in the front hall and sings out; "All O.
yOuse men that's got mail for the United
States wants to know that the mail order
ly is about to go over the side with the
MALL"
When the mother and daughters are
about to start for an afternoon drive, the
boy aforesaid generally pipes them away
by the singing out Dos n 's-mate-wise, "All
hands abandon shipr When a couple Of
his sisters get at momentary loggerheads
over some little matter or other, the same
boy yells: Collision quarteTs! and bolts
for it. There is no such word as front"
and back" in this house. IL is for ard
and aft" Willie, run up forard and see
if l left my gloves there one of the
young women viii sag 10 her little broth
er. II saw 'em aft on the. mizzen rail
awhile ago. the boy will reply, meaning
that he saw them on one OF the window
sills in the back parlor. When one of the
young women wishes TO hold up her faith
er for a bit of shopping money, she puts
the proposition to him like this: Papa,
suppose you play paymaster, and we lay
aft to the pay Office and you serve out
monthly money. l need some small
stores"
When the younger son of the house has
been derelict and his mother wishes to
threaten him with an interview with his
father, she says: willie, I've great
mind 10 take you up 10 the mast When
the boy is kent in the house for miscon-
duct he tells the boy next door from the
window of his room that he's doing a
trick in the brig" When his father wants
his carriage ordered for ride somewhere
on business the lad whistles the proper
ships call and gives the coaehman the
word, Grew of the captains gig, lay aft. p"
When the boy himself is bound for morn
ing school he signalizes his departure by
the ships word, up anchor"
There is no such Thing as floor" in this
naval officers house. All of the floors are
decks The basement is the berth deck,
the main floor is the spar deck, and SO on.
Nothing is wasted. 1t is "swabbed." A
cuspidor is a "spitkit." The WAFER cooler
is the "scuttlebutt" And so on. re-
tired old man-o'- wars man who would
take a job as servant in this naval officer S
establishment would never become lone
some.