The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05

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.tEoueene pocket and went nft 10 he cnbin
4niu the lou0hsef Of the otap9gp and men
who had been watching the performance.
That eyppinRt hfra mhaGEaathellAAth
-pig 3 foitt' Hotel 1antirat hgg look
ing pzatty smapt end -ana nshie full.dFsss
toys, was tho main figure Of the soonadon.
He was dancing with the wife Of an Ann
basGador when the maj who had Gtaked him
in the morning broke out onto the ball
room floor from Q doorway In which were
crowded the n~on-invited guests Of the
house.
Here, you Admiral man, gimme back
my quarter demanded the man! with q
grin over his own subtle sense Of -huInor,
numbering up to the Admiral.
The Admiral stopped for half g moment
and gazed at the man Bternly.
Il will not he resolutely replied: II
earned the two bits and I am going TO keep
thu money. J Do.you cuBtonnarily reward
people with mcneY and then demand them
TO give IL back 20 yyuf'
The man fell back into the crowd at the
doorway, and he spent the rest Of the night
in telling everybody who would listen TO
him how he'd staked the Admiral OF the
ieeato two bits In the forenoon, Sand he
says, sayS he, that he was just a handy
man like" and 30 on.
There are, Of course, many pleasant
people Waiting the ships Of war during the
big reviews, but even these put q sort OF
hy in the ointment Of the naval men by
keeping them more or less broke. II
they're pleasant folk they're. right In q
for ships gifts, and neither th0 ofloers ait
nor the men for'ard can, refuse these gtftss
to the nice people, who always know All
about these gifts, too. The things that the
officers and men Of u ships give, away
to agreeable ships visitors are caprtbbons
neekerchiefs, plugs Of tobacco, knife lan-
yards and 30 1t is amazing what an
Immense bin an officer OF man a cast up
against himself on tbs p~aymaster''s stores
account In the course Of a naval review
merely by way OF articles Of this trivial sort
that he gives away. A cap ribbon bear
ing in gilt letters the name Of the ship stands
the giver only l6 cents, but when be gives
away some hundreds OF them-and at least
all OF the girls hankerfor them, IL they don't
demand them-the thing figures up.
The bluejackets' black silk neckerchiefs
cost them a dollar apiece, but that doesn't
make any diderence-when an engaging
girl on board a man-o'-war casts a wistful
eye upon one Of those neckerchiefe. she's
got to lave IL, even II Jack doesn't have
shore liberty money for months to come:
The pleasant visitors, too. carry b pound
cost the men IS cents Q plug--and the
kirls de the plugs up in little ribbons and
.hang themIn cosy corners. When it's all
over, the officers and men stink aft to the
Office Of the paymaster to find out where
they stand
Our oficers, at any rate, are a heap luckier
in this respect than the officers Of some Of
the other nations navies. In some OF
these other nayies the daegeris part Of the
officers accoutrement. There was a hne
Russian man-o'war In New York harbor
about ten years ago. and slews and slathers
Of New York girls went aboard Of theC Cars
ship to be shown about. They all came
away with daggere. The daggers were
gold hilted, and they stood the oficers
Just SIS in our money. But that didn't
make any difference. The girls considered
the daggers cute, and that settled It,. They
got them. There was a mean n I'M
worthy tale about at the time that the
officers charged one wholly proper but per-
fectly convincing kiss for q dagger. but that
Verified, for most Of the Russian gentlemen
of the quarterback wore heavy outfits Of
whiskers, and, considering the New York
girls proved dislike for bewhiskered men,
K never seemed reasonable TO suppose
that they would have been willing to pay
the price.