Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-17
'cAP'N jim, AH0Y!'
SAYS PRESIDENT
Then He ToWs Motor Boat Marin
er OF ChiP0graphy Rocks and
Gives Him. Harbor License.
SISTER sIgHAIIE1 FOR HELP
"Frcsh Inspector Guy" Got skipper
PcrilousIy Near Breakers with
Problems to be Answered in Writ
ing, But 1t all Ends Well for He has
Good Friends.

That Jim" Muses.. of No. 72G vii.
low avenue. Brooklyn. has his license
to navigate his motor boat is due to a
sympathy that President Roosevelt
has for poor handwriting
"Capn Jim knows all about The
harbOr Of New York. He knows it and
its currents and its shadows as the
skipper Of the new automobile bus in
Fifth avenue knows the rips and cd
dies along every new course in the
iavcnuc chartcd out by Commissioner
Bingham.
"Cap'n Jim" can handle motor
boat too. He can cut under the stern
of fcrryboat and stand on his head
in the wash and at the same time keep
clear of a liner outward bound under
The jingle with couple OF acres OF
suds aStcrn. He can skin around the
piers, too, and make the best time of
any launch of his power from the
Sou'wcst Spit to Spuytcn Duyvil
creek. He can do more stunts with
that motor boat than any Whitehead
torpedo that ever left tube And
hes got big advantage over The tor
pcdo. for ".Iim' always reaches his
destination.
Jibes Before the Pen.
But there were some little odds and
ends that always bother "Cap'n
Jim" One Of them was handwriting
He could tell you all about the air
valve and the injector and the latest
gear. and il didn't take him week
to tell whether lie could clear the tow
boat with the string of hay bargcs
astcrn. But when it came down to
hard labor at pen aud ink. "Cap'n Jim
was caught aback with topmast stun
sis out. Even nj writing his own
name he made North river jibe of it
every time and something fetched
away. There was always heavy
weather when "Cap'n jim" got out
the inkpot
Still, when he heard that it was
up" to him 20 get out his papers for
the launch, AMI rlmors Of an exam
mat ion reached his ears he wasn't
worried Il bit. and when the fresh in
spcctor guy" cane around he showed
that astonished mariner several things
about motor launches that he never
SUSPECTED before
I'm willing to admit" said the in
spcctor, that tie Marguerite B. Is the
only acrobatic motor boat on the At
lantic coast. You're the Charley
Barll.' as you might say. of the North
river. Still, thc:e's something else
coming to you yr-. You've gst to pass
an examination il your own handwrit-
Ing It's the law
Every Sail BIanketed.
This was something that "Cap'n
jim hadn't forescen and il blanketed
every sail he hn;stcd. Bi,t lie held her
as straight rs he could and worked her
around through all the sixteen qucs-
tons. like buckins hca | tide In me
Gate. Then he love to ami sent IL his
answers. Out Of he whole sixteen
problems he got only seven right. al
though only four were entirely wrong.
But "Cap'n jim was fa! from
shipwrccked. There were breakers
under his lee. hut he wasn't dragging
any. His sister. Mrs. II. c. Schwab.
who keeps house for him. said she'd
fix il up all right. So she wrote to the
President saying how "Cap'n jim"
had fotgotten more than any one else
knew about the finesse Of motor boats
aud that he couldn't even write mis- own
name as well as Chaco in the Hippo
drome. In short. she said The rocks
under his lee were solely the rocks
of chrography.
The Presidents heart opened ut the
appeal, for his own nicely of style
would never pass the Spencerisr stan
dard, and an easier method was lie
viscd for the demonstration of Cam
Inns" abilities as master of launches.
So nos this able seaman has in his
possession the permission given hin,
by Uncle Sam 10 navigate Ills little
snip where'er he LIFTS IN the wa.a $ Of
New Jerk harbor.--Ncw York Herald.