The sun., 1908-06-01
THE YALE SHREES DISTRESS
TUGS AND POLICE BOATS MAKE
FOR THE FLYING TURBINE.

Wheeeopi Her whistle Yelled. Fye Got
Three GirIs Aboard VINO We're saying
Gi0od-by 10 q Bride and Never Heard Me
start For Heavens Sake Take Them.
The steamship Yale Of the Metropolitan
Line. which runs on a hair trigger schedule.
sailed from the foot OF West Tenth street
promptly at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
while Mr.. and Mrs f.. j. Bennett Of Bos-
ton. just finishing their honeymoon. were
in their stateroom taking leave Of three Of
the brides friends. Irene Wallace. June
Flemming and Blanche Hale. who are here
with their families at the Hotel Lincoln.
As the babble went ON the Steamship,
turbine that moves swiftly and not with
opt stealth, drew out into the North River
and headed down stream. The young women
began to think seriously Of taking leave.
But the bride looked 50 divine-that's what
little Miss Wallace slys-that they really
could not resist saying goodby few more
times At last the whole party went up on
deck, and the Misses June and Blanche and
Irene. not to mention the bride as the third
officer 10 reported to have said. threw fits
The bridegroom looked up the purser.
who naturally wanted to know why the
bridegroom had not heard the Yale whistle
before she left the dock. The bridegroom
wanted to know II the purser had ever
taken leave OF three Of his wifes friends
without incidentally taking leave Of most
of his faculties. II the boilers had exploded
or something like that had happened It
might have created a temporary gap In
the conversation and the whistle might
have had show; but when four young
women are talking and crying all at once
what good are the ears, normal size, Of
normal bridegroom
The purser said he would refer the matter
to the skipper, Meanwhile. goodness me.
what could the poor girls do except cry.
noticing that the ship. scheduled to dock
In Boston precisely on the second this
morning, was going right on. as II three
poor mothers would not be frightened to
death IL they stayed out all night2 But
the bridegroom said consolingly that II
the worst came to the worst q wireless
message might be sent to the Hotel Lin
coin.
The purser got back then and said that
everything would be all right. The captain
was going to set the wild echoes and a
lot Of steam flying through the Yales whistle
for tugboat to come alongside and take
the girls of.
Then the girls said that it would be real
romantic and began to fesi glad that they
had put on their brightest spring stockings.
The captain said he was not going to dis
turb that schedule more than a mi mute
OF 90. which he could make up later, and
he never stopped. But the way his whistle
footed and wheezed and shreked made
the girls feel certain that somebody surely.
would put ont and save them. bless him!
The salving feet was numerous The
whistle not only woke up the watch below
but also all above on the Battery Park
chairs. for the footing began at the Battery.
The park was thronged, mostly with women.
and the Battery wall soon looked like the
edge Of q gorgeous skirt. Tugs. battery
boats, the police boat Patrol and two police
launches headed for the Yale folks won
tiering whether it was q case Of mutiny.
murder, robbery or. pirates Policeman
Joe Mury was asking himself whether II
would be advisable to risk swimming ont
when the Yale rounded the Battery and
headed up the Fast River. bound TO fulfil
her schedule. Hundreds followed her course
by going up South street. Men on the
revenue cutters In slip at the Battery
m ounted the pilot houses and watched
the screaming liner. reporting her prog
ress TO the reporters who had ed behind
TO look out for yess,ls coming in from the
chase.
At last under the bridge the Yale was
observed to slow down and for Q minute
or so stop altogether. The tug Mar
garet Lennox had gone alongside and put
up a ladder. and the girls, assisted by the
bridegroom and the purser, timorovsly
descended, using both hands on the rungs
and trusting to the politeness of the deck-
hands for the rest.
And, my" az Miss Wallace said later,
didn't we feel relieved! How glad Wa
were that II was all overl At least We
thought II was until we found the reporters
at the Battery. DO we really have to give
our namesi Please say that the purser
was very kind and the bride looked per-
fectly lovely as she waved farewell to Ms
over the rail. Yes. some Of the passengers
did laugh at us, but do you really thlnk
il was laughing natter?'
Miss Blanche asked the reporters please
not TO ask her how she felt, as her head
was simply splitting and going down that
shaking ladder had upset her 30. Miss
June remarked that it was an adventure
anyhow. She never supposed that She
would ever get on a steamship by a ladder
and she sympathiZed with other poor women
that had done 1t in the pages of history.
Shall we give them our names girls? Yes2
Well, please don't make much OF It. GoOd-byl
RICKMERS BREAKS HER BACK.