Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-08

be as well a gentleman of liberal edu.
catlon, refined manners. punctiliOus c0ur-
| teSy, ana The incest sense of personal
| honor. The naval officer should
be familiar with international law, and
the general practice of admiralty juris-
prudence, because such knowledge may
often, when cruising at a distance from
nome, be necessary to protect his flag
from insult or his crew from imposition
or injury in Il foreign port lie should
also be conversant with the usages of
| diplomacy, and capable of maintaining,
# called upon, a dignified and judicious
| diplomatic correspondence; because it
| often happens that sudden emergencies
| III foreign waters make him the diDlo-
| matte as well as the military representa-
tive of his country, ana In such eases
he may have to act without opportunity
of consulting his civic or ministerial su.
periors at home, and such action may
easily involve the portentous issue of
peace or war between great powers.
These are general qualifications, and the
nearer the officer approaches the full pos
session of them the more likely he will
be to serve his country we'll and win
fame and hOnors for himself"
Prncticed What lie Preached.
Events showed that John Paul Jones
practiced what he preached, and that he
was consistent with his own view that
a naval officer aboard ship should be the
soul OF tact. patience, justice, frmness
ana charity" For he was himself sore
~ tried by enemies among the officials of
the times. Although he was the copsf.it-
ing architect. so tQusz&ak, Of the pro-
ks EisI' as44 aSss 9 ~ 81
OF officers was announced his name was
no higher than the head of the list Of
first lieutenants The senior captain.
Ezek Hopkins, was made commodore,
and the four other captains Were Dud-
ley Saltonstall Nicholas Biddle, Abra-
nam Whipple and John Il. Hopkins.
John Adams was responsible for this
snubblng of Jones, and afterwards he
was instrumental in promoting twelve
captains over Jones head. He was an
CRY at Jones because of bon mot perDc-
trated by the latter, and years passed
before the two We're finally recon-
Gied. through the influence of benjamin
franklin. 1t seems that one evening in
l175. while Jones was n guest of Col.
carroll OF Maryland. who was then living
in great state on the outskirts of phila-
delphla, Mr. Adams pedantically related
an anecdote of FontaueIle in French
for the delectation of two young ladies
who were proficient il that language
1AihSA $AttuiNS Ilu ldAtn MS departure.
Jones. at the request of the young ladies'
related the anecdote correctly both as to
text and accent. One of the ladies then
asked Jones what he thought of Mr.
Adams French. Joseph Hewes. Il
member of the provisional committee.
who had championed Jones against Mr.
Adams candidates, says in narrating this
incident that Jones, who was always
reckless with his wit and who more
than once in his career sacrificed an in
terest for the sake of an epigram, re-
piled with mock gravity: ''It is very
fortunate, perhaps, ladies. for the cause
of human rights. that the political scnti-
ments Of Mr.. Adams are not as Fnglish
as his French Isl because, if they were,
he would be, easily, the greatest Tory
in the land.
Rough Diamond il Polished.
John Paul Jones brilliant career on
the sea requires no reviewing at this
late day. Every youth in the land is
familiar with its thrilling Incidents But
there has been need of information as
to his antecedentS and his general char
acter, and Mr.. Buell. gives it in highly
interesting way. IN the second volume
of his work Mr., Buell. takes occasion
to quote from the journal of Madame
Livingstone for the purpose of showing
the character of his subject. Madame
Livingston tried to make a matrimonial
match between Commodore Jones and
young widow who was her guest when
he visited the Livingston manorhouse.
In her journal she says of him: Il
frankly owB that though | had known
the ChcyalieI IN Philadelphia when there
with my husband during the war. and
had greatly admired him then, he was
now an infinitely superior man. Then
thought him Il genius, rs did every body.
but in many respects rough diamond.
But now he fairly Shone with the polish
of European courts; his grace. dignity
| and aplOmb We're easily beyond imita.
ton hv the most accomplished men al
eur own SEA, and he seemed more like
some French duke paying us Il visit than
! the brave, daShing sailor. paul Jones
had known in Philadelphia in 1916. His
| ways We're the poetry of grace and ele-
! gance, his table talk was a revelation to
US of the charm aud the fascination of
| court He in the Old World. His dis.
courses of the great, the royal and the
/ noble pcrSOnageS he had encountered in
| his marvellous career, told sometimes il
/ English like that of Bacon, aud some
times in French like that of Fontanelle
| hy turns delighted, amazed and myS
titled us. Alas. that he Should
have been with us but two short weeks
Such Chivalry | never saw in any man
| We begged him 10 give us his own de
scription Of the miraculous battle tina
had made him famous IN all the world
He parried our importantly by sayin
that too much had already been sal
and written about it. and, besides, tn
picture of il in his memory was too hoI
rihle for portrayal in the sight OF ou
delicate sex But he said he felt Mt Ill
| erty to impress upon us that ne owe
a debt Of gratitude TO his brave an