Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
HELPING THE WRITERS
What Might Be Done for De-
serving "Lit'r'y FeIIers."
CASES WHOLLY IMAGINARY
Might Be Placed in Navy, Army and
Secret Service.
MAKING AMERICAN RIpITNHC
CASES WHOLLY IMAGINARY
MAKING AMERICAN KIPLINGS
Opportunities for Young Scribes Who
Desire to Acquire Material for
Novels-A Great Field.

/ '" III tue purpose OF DONG Tor the
american navy what Rudyard Kipling
did for the Anglo-Indan army James B.
connolly, the writer of stories about
gloucester fishermen, has. upon Pres-
cent Roosevelts suggestion, shipped in
the navy as a yeoman While thus gath
ering material for stories bearing on and
appertaining to the American bluejacket,
Mr. connolly will. by direction of the
president. be provided with a daintily
furnished cabin on the battleship to
which he has been assigned, and he will
have all Of the luxures accorded commits
unknown to the enlisted men, etc. etc
Current News Item
The present occupant of the presidential
chair Is exceedingly fond of writing per-
sons who, In shifting the harp of thou
sand strings. continually zipp the lett
| motif of strenuosity. He is all for the
professional penman who describes folks
who do whole lot Of things and do EN-
quick. Perhaps, then, during the remain
Ing two years or SO, there may be other
pseudo presidential appointments of the
same general nature as that of Mr.. Con-
molly to be recounted in the press In q
manner something after the following:
NO. 1. 1T Is understood that T. Quill
Tinksie. young gentleman from Muncie,
lnd, VINO has been writing military Jokes
Tor the Druggists Circular for the past
two years, Is to become a private in the
United States army at the suggestion of
the President Mr.. Tainskie. who arrived
in Washington two days ago, was intro
duced to the President by one Of the In
diana senators yesterday. and he con-
versed for some time with the commander
in-chief Mr.. Tinksie, 1t Is said will i'm
mediately upon his enlistment, be assign
ed to company of infantry stationed at
Fort Sheridan, near Chicago. For many years
Fort Sheridan has been notorious as the
most disorderly garrison in the United
states. There have been several mutinies
and other extraordinary occurrences there
and it is with the idea that something of
this sort may again break out there that
Mr.. Tinksie will be assigned to the Illinois
post. If he has the good luck to be pres
ent upon such an exciting occasion, Mr..
Iinksie will be enabled to write up, at
first hand, In the form, probably, of a
serial novel for one of the important 10
cent magazines, his impressions of the
shootng-up of an American military post
ana aT OF the territory contiguous thereto.
Mr.. Tinksie Is admirably fitted for this diff
hcult Undertaking, and the hardshps nee
essar1ly incident thereto, from his having
belonged, for more than nine months, to
tional Guard, this battalion having several
times participated in quite long parades in
Indianapolis on public occasions.
Will Enjoy Many Favors.
while serving a private at Fort
Sheridan, Mr.. Tinksie, who is a very en-
gaging young man, somewhat under the
middle height, with thick suite of blonde
hair and white eyebrows and a fresh, girl
ish coloring. will occupy a couple of rooms
in the quarters of the commanding officer
of the post. and he will mess with the
bachelor officers. 1t is not to be supposed
however, that his military path will be
made easy for him, for it is stated that he
will be required to perform a whole guard
tour at least once in every three months
He will. of course. be invited to all of the
post hops, the stigma of enlistment being
waived in his case in order to permit of
his dancing with the wives and daughters
Of the officers.
Mr.. Tinksie has already gone into train
ing for the difficult part he is to assume by
playing croauet for half an hour every day
IN the yard of the people he Is visiting near
Bladensburg. The country will eagerly
await the outcome of Mr.. Tlnksie's expe-
riences, and it Is predicted that the dime
magazine publishing his impressions of mill
tary life will bound into huge circulation.
1t Is understood that Mr.. Tinkse will not
contrary to report which has gained cur
rency, donates one-half the amount Of his
earnings as writer on military topics to
the butter and-eggs fund of the enlisted
force of the army. He will devote a part of
his earnings to prolonged tour of the con-
tinent Of Europe and the orient and the
remainder to the purchase of a 5OO-acre
farm in Indiana, which he has already
picked out for himself"
No. 2-"It became known at the Execu-
tive Mansion today that VIII F. Jinketts a
bright young man residing in Jamaica, L. l.
which is not very far distant from the
Presidents summer home-wiIl presently
ship as a deck hand on board an American
revenue cutter. He will do this, it is stated
upon the advice of the commander-in-chief
of the army and navy, l. e., the President.
Mr.. Jinketts is a well-known writer on the
subject Of catamarans and catboats for a
monthly magazine devoted to open-air
sports. He is said to have sailed the fastest
catboat, twenty-five feet in length, that
ever sped through the waters about ia
maica, L. l., and his knowledge of the capsz-
Ing capabilities of a catamaran Is said to
be profound and exhaustive Mr. Jinketts
who is twenty-three years of age, and who
has lived al home with his people-an ex-
cellent family-all of his life, was recently
inspired with an ambition to address him
self to literature. He boarded revenue
cutter not long ago, and the fascinating mar
ratives unreeled by a knot of aged she'll
backs on board this craft with regard to
the death grapples which folks in the rev.
enue marine service frequently have with
desperate smugglers on the coast of South
Carolina and elsewhere SO captivated his
imagination that he determined to partici-
pate in some of these exciting encounters
himself and to write about them after
ward. The matter was easily and promptly
arranged.
Introduced by the Engineer.
"Mr. Jinketts came to Washington with
letter of introduction, generously written
for him by the engineer of the locomotive
which hauls Mr.. Roosevelt's car when he
is on Long Island, and he impressed all who
met him with his obvious enthusiasm and
sincerity of purpose. Mr.. Jinketts' enlist
ment as a deckhand on board the revenue
cutter is, of course "a mere method of put
ting it, as it were The regulations of that
service forbid civilians being on board the
cutters while they active cruising
duty. and 1t was not deemed exactly feast
BILE to appoint Mr. Jinketts captain in the
revenue marine service out of hand, for the
reason that there is an apparent disposition
on the part of some unreasonable critics to
write and speak in captious vein with ref
erence to such appointments. Therefore, |
Mr.. Jinketts will enter the service nomi- |
nally only, a matter of course as a deck |
hand. 1t goes without saying that he will
swab not decks, and that when the bo'sun's |
mates call "All hands scrub and wash
clothes" Is piped Mr.. Jinketts will not be |
required to get his hunk of saltwater soap
out of his ditty box and lather his muster |
ing shirt
HE will bunk aft with the skipper and |
mess with the watch officers The formal |
lre s.