The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-03
PIE NOT GOOD FOR SAILORS.
ANCIENT MARINER TELLS NO" q
coon CREW WAS SPOILED

coon CREW WAS SPOILED
Captain Had Got Religion" and Tried new
Methods on shipbosrd' nut nAu s
IN IN. MA xnocksbout Practice Before the
yo,.r. Ayound the Horn to Frisco was Over
Are sailors knocked about as mueh as
generally supposed" repeated te hncren'
Mariner. NO. ! think not ana 'he o'o ma"
reached for his mug OF ale and drank slowly
putting it down with a sigh OF sat'siaeuoh'
Sailors, Is just like other people some are
bad, but the most Of 'em ave iounu OUT oy
tryin' that they Is more comiorto Die y" en- 'hey
does right. And II the sailors does rsht 'ne
hoflcers is most always glad 10 ave elm keep'
up an wont steer 'em OF their course py aous-
in OF EN- needless.
"Os course sailors ain't Sunday school chill
dren. They've been used TO rough words an
rough wavs nil their lives an don't understan'
nothin' else. II an hoficer Is too soft spoken
an don't make is men step about lively they
soon loses rsspec' for i'm an then q as trouble.
''onct in a while some Teller wot amt fit to
'erd pies gets 10 be an hoficer an takes hadvant-
age OF is hauthority to see 'ow bad e can treat
n crew. but I'm glad TO say such amt plenty.
"Wot sailors suffers most from Is the mean
ness Of owners. Good, 'ealthy food. a dry
fo'c'stle with a fire wen it's cold an place to
dry your clothes In q long spell OF wet weather
mint much wen you ave EN-. but they seems a
lot ven YOU amt got EN-. an few owners per-
vides even that much. Sailors Ia natural growl-
es an the best way to 'andle 'em Is to be fair.
but nj the same time keep 'em full OF the idee
that YOUR In charge an hintend TO remain 40.
81 onct see a good crew sp iled by bein' made
too much Of about twenty years ago when l
sailed az A. B. on a wage from New York 10
Frisco In the ship Winslow, Capt'n John Davis.
fined 'er In the stream with the rest OF the
crew an for three days we was ard at II
bendin' sails, settin' up riggin' an gettn' ready
for sen, Our mate weTe a fei,sT named 'asseii,
an IL we're plain from the first that he were a
driver. It were Get along there, you swab!
Now. then, you Dutch swell cad. don't be all
day with that watch tackle!' an such. about
every minute.
"'E KEEP the men on the jump all the time an
cert'nly got a lot Of work out Of 'em an for two
DAYS the capt'n. bein' busy ashore gettin' ia
clearance papers an such. didn't pay much
attention to i'm. Now 1t seems the capt'n 'ad
been a purity lively man 'imself all ia life. but
'ad been took with r~eeligen " lie ashore from Is
last wage. an like most men who as been
used TO bossln' things e jumped into Is reeligen
lust ms q 'ad been used TO iumpin' into every
thin else. with both feet ard an fast in the
mud an is riRgin' flyin' in the wind.
"On the third day e come aboard an told
the mate to get 's 'awser ready for the tug wot
would be alongside at 4 o'clock. an vile we
was eettin' It for'ard e stood lookln' on AN
~listenin' TO wot the mate was a ayin' 10 the
men. Some OF the mates remarks was not
very perlite an all at onct the capt'n spoke up
an SEE, Call all 'ands aft. Mr.. 'Askell. I've a
word to say 10 EN-
THE mate e looked a bit surprised, but OF
course give the order an we all got aft On
stood about the main capsin vile the old man
stood in the for'ard doorof the cabin an seq:
MEN. I've been a very ard. wicked man
all my days. none more so ut are strange
wot big idees OF their own doin's
reeligen gives some folks). but I've
been brought to see the foolishnoss Of
my ways an l hintend TO do different. II
are my idee that a ship should be ONE
for the sailor an that o should be spoke to re-
~spectful an give a chance TO learn of the
blessed word Of God An SAYS e. turnin' to
the hof,cers who stood ont one side by them
selves, 1t are my orders that no bad language
be used on this ship. an that the hoflcers shall
speak pleasant an respectful to the men at all
times All 'ands will come aft at 8 bells In
the mOrnln an We Will ave prayers an Teduln
Of the Bible, an on Sunday I will preach We a
sarmon. Now, l want all honfcers to under
stan that there shall be no knockin' about Of
the sailors an that every man as to be called
by is proper name an nothin' else, That Is ALL.
seq q, turn to.
well, sir. | don't know who was the most
took aback, the sailors OF the hof1iCers. The
fust mate looked NJ the second an said n bad
wordto imself, The second mate scratched is
'ead an looked Mt the bosun. who looked at i'm
| 49, OrnulaH Nm will nart'rly u va nm 'al IF m
time with the men, sir.
Right you are, Sc, the second. 'BloweditI
ever leeered on actin as second mate OF a
We'll. seq one old shellback "a we went
for'ard,, I 'opes We get better grub on thN
cooker than wen ] was in 'er three years ago.
II is reeiieen does that for us 1t Ii be somethin'
We used to ave TO sit on The ard tack to keep
II from walkin' over the side.
The tug come alongside about 4 o'clock,
an by daylight neyt mornin' we was boomin'
along under all sail with a good breeze Just aft
o the beam, At s bells OF the mornin'
read a few varsesfrom the Bible an prayed a
bit, an at ? bells In the afternoon watch. It
bein' Sunday. We was again got aft. an the
the mizzen 'atch or anywhere about, the deck
a., ,fnG cSp TO IN nm TO- .o L "a 70 s { 6Sa snT Tisf S"so ON w ,9R OF =
PRAYER. Then e read all about a teller named
country by IS brothers, into Hegypt were o
wa" vast m sssms s" .iose boy w !S the a a X ,nf. and to work.
an the King soon took a shine to i'm an In
time made i'm ia fust mate. r 'ad a soft lay
an got along nicely until the Queen got took
with m an madeit SO plain to Joseph that q
mp an told er TO quit. worryin' Of i'm. OF
course the Queen were displeased an she put
up a job on Joseph, tellin' the King that Is mate
was n wicked man an 'ad insulted 'er, an
upon that the King put i'm In irons an 'ad i'm
locked up. Wen the old man 'ad read all this
g shut up the Bible an give US a big talk.
Men. seq e.. I've picked this yarn ont
from among all the others In the Bible to show
you that them in hauthority is always glad
to lind a good man, Now, II Joseph 'ad
gone about, with n growl in Is mouth
e never would ave got to be fnst mate. seq e,
ook'n. at the men, an 4 wen q got to be fust
mate e 'ad begun iitin' them Hegyptians over
the cad With belayin' pins. an 'ad called. tho
stewardess under the chin an tried 10 kiss 'er
wen q thought no one 'ad an eve on I'm IAN
ere e looked ard at the mate, who got red an
hanGry looking a wouldn't ave 'eld is Job as
long as q did An wen e got into trouble q
never would ave got back into hauthoritv
next Sunday.
Now seq e. I want every man in this
ships ~fo'cstle to feel that e can be a fust
mate IL e viii! attend TO Is duty the best g
knows 'ow; an ! want every man - come to
me. wen q as anythin' TO complain Of an I
will see that e as Is rights An, as I've said
before. the honlcers OF this ship must treat the
men raId decent. There as been some
things SAID an done since We sailed that I've
said nothin' about, as Wa ave 'ardly got our
sea legs on vet. hut from now on 4 must he dit
ferent An u there's any man In this hin that
feels the aDiFit of God mOyin' IN IN, ap' need.