Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08
NEW GIRLS
ON A YACHT.

eAAAS Soeuiuuy CNChlhS.
Said the crew of the Perry to thei
girl friends: IF you come down Satur
day, wear your good clothes for
change. We are going to have some
swell new girls on board"
Then answered the girls, with much
dignity, "Are you going to lay aside
your old sweaters and duck trouseri
and dress up for those new girls"
Never responded the crew as ont
man.
Then why should we sacrifice our
selves? asked the girls.
Because we want you to make &
good impression. We can do that with
out dressing up"
you are even more conceited thar
we thought" replied the girls.
swell, If you cannot dress up, stay al
home" said the ungallant seamen.
eve WILL" the girls responded will
emphasis.
Saturday night came. So did the
swell new girls.
This is the crew of the Perry" sait
Mr.. Sherwood as the girls stepped
aboard the yacht.
"Glad to meet you," said the crew.
But the swell new girls said nothing
They only nodded carelessly and went
to the bow, leaving the crew In the
stern.
'They don't seem so dreadfully
pleased to meet u.s." commented the
skipper, sailing Off on the port tack.
1T is my turn to talk to the new
girls" said Eddie. you had your in
nings with the last ones"
So Eddie rolled up the sleeves Of his
striped shirt, which was evidently Q
relic of former grandeur, and started
in to fascinate the new girls. Jack fol
lowed. Then the men in the cockpit
wished for the girls who usually sailed
with them.
In a few minutes Jack came back
''It's your turn, Chet," he said. 81 have
chill"
New girl No. 1 was talking earnestly
with Mrs. Sherwood.
New girl No. = was talking at Eddie
New girl No. 3 did not look very ap
proachable. but Chef went forward, de
termined to. entertain her, for she ap
peared lonesome.
"Do you like sailing?" he asked, wish
ing to say something original.
Yes" answered the girl, adjusting
her glasses and staring at Chefs duck
trousers, which had seen whittier days
1--WE have had lovely sailing wealth
er," remarked Chef.
No answer.
'Don't you think we have" persisted
Chef
Il don't know, 1 am sure" And the
girl lifted her eyebrows.
Chef murmured something about tax
Ing care of the jib sheet and sneaked
back to ask the boys for an overcoat.
In the meantime Eddie was enjoying
himself immensely. New girl No. had
examined him critically as If he were 9
species of animal. Then she had said
sympathetically:
Don't you get dreadfully tired on
the boat?"
mo. Why?" Eddie spoke in sur
prised tone.
"Oh, 1t must be awful to 60 out in al
kinds Of weather and risk your life
But then" she added, with an engag
ing smile, "a sailor has to be very
brave or he wouldn't choose that call
ing"
Eddie, being a lawyer, was about ,to
remark that he knew Of things which
took more courage than sailing, but he
did not have time, for the girl asked:
"Are you well paid for running the
boat?"
NO" answered Eddie sadly as he
thought Of the money he was paying
for the privilege Of sailing.
Then she advised him to join the
Downtrodden Employees association
and said seriously, "Do you drinkT'
Eddie's first impulse was to say: "No
Do you" Seeing, however, that she
was anxious to do some reforming he
answered, YES"
She then talked to him Of the evil eff
fects of liquor and the dangers of 9
sailors life and begged him to promise
not to drink any more. Then as the
boat landed he looked into her eyes and
said earnestly, TN promise We. miss
and l want to tell We I'lanot forget ye.'
The new girls left the yacht well sat
isfied with their conduct. AS they
crossed the viaduct new girl No. said
1.-TWO of that crew were very presump
tuous, but squelched them"
Mr.. Sherwood looked amazed. "Why
l never knew those boys to be anything
but gentlemen" he said.
''The one with whom l was talking,
interrupted girl No. 3, knew his place
perfectly, and he seemed quite intelli
gent"
"Quite intelligent" shouted Mr. Sher
wood. HE ought to be. He is grad
uate Of a university, an ex-member Of
the legislature and may be president o.
the United States some day"
"Why," said new girl No. 2, %
thought he was sailor and tried I,
make him promise to go to the mission
and told him his clothes wouldn't max,
any difference. l got him to give VI
drinking too"
THAT is rich. He is one of the mos
exemplary young men in society and /,