Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06


Iusitania but II was trip t.
Europe. nevert heless. and TWO weeks
Of seeing the sights in London ami
Paris.
And the individuals who accomplished
this task were two Central High S'it"I'
boys. who have just returned To Washing
ton and who are delighting their friandS
with the Interesting narratives of their
many experiences and hardships work
ing their way across the ocean in cattle
ship and of their perplexities In Paris,
where French was to them more mystify-
ing than the dead language of Rome and
Greece.
When the romance of the adventures OF
Messrs William Dick and Calvert CLANCY
becomes well bruited about ii is likely
that the % men of Technical, Eastern,
Central and Western may wish to dupli-
cate the performance.
When the cattle ship left its dock at
Baltimore July IS there were SIX
Dick and CLANCY. Before land slipped
out of sight the six were genuine pals
for two of them were boys from Fred
erick, Md. and the other two were Uni
versity of Virginia men, who, like the
WashingtOnianS. were off to Europe on a
lark.
Meeting by accident the six found them
selves as conSenial as two sets of Three
Musketeers.' and they Immediately de-
Cided TO pool their interests and show the
BritisherS how the sights were to be seen.
In the midst of their calculations came
their first rude awakening. Luncheon
was served. Luncheon. No. very de-
cidedly. it wasn't the kind that mother
used 10 cook Both Washington boys
assert with great positiveness that the
beef which was served was recognized
through the olefactory nerves long before
it hove in sight" In addition to this
beef. or, as it was affectionately known
on board ship. salt horse, the ships
cook furnished boiled potatoes ard two
rolls. These rolls, the boys were warned.
must serve as! bread for twenty-four
hours. The potatoes and salt horse
cooked together was known by the eupho-
NOUS pseudonym of "skouse.' Skouse
was served twice day, and for supper
they were given cup of tea and a trickle
of marmalade. which was supposed to be
eaten with the remaining crumbs of the
two rolls. If there were no roll left. then
the marmalade was to be eaten by itself.
After the diSillusioning luncheon several
of the boys decided that the sea was
rolling rather too much to be comfortable,
so they went below to their staterooms.
Another eye-opener! Instead of state
rooms they found one large room, in
which they were supposed to bunk" The
hunks were not downy couches Just
springs, with pieces of worn-out rope for
mattresses and no cover. This sump-
suous apartment was located in the very
bow of the boat. where all who had any
predictions for seasickness could get the
full swing of the steamer as it breasted
the stormy waves of the Atlantic.
For sixteen long, weary days this was
the home of the Washington boys
Some Hay Troubles.
And strange and pitiful to say. each one
of these days had morning. and each
morning had the unearthly hour of r
O'clock There was no noisy chanticleer
to crow his welcome to the rising sun.
but there was a little bell above their
heads which tinkled "eight bells" and at
this sound. sruff voices were heard shout
Ing to them to rise in their strength and