Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR DECEMBER 20. 1909

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braided the fellow he would have sulked and told the
chief an exaggerated tale Of how the Old Man had
shamefuly abused him. The chief would most likely
have sympathized with him and told him to forget it.
partment responsible for the acts of his and
a rule everything runs along smoothly"
Captains as Entertainers
WHILE the transatlantic Captain must be an
able executive and trustworthy navigator,
the luxurious passenger traffic of to-day demands
that he shall be something of a social functionary.
1t is not essential that he should give up his spare
time for the entertainment of passengers but the
steamship lines prefer men with pleasing PERSONAL
ties The Captain who mingle with his passen-
gers, make them feel at home, and give attention to
the little things that make them comfortable draws
trade. Because of their ability in this particular
direction, Captain Kaempff of the Deutschland and
Captain Dow of the Caronia are assigned yearly to
command Of the long winter cruises to the Mediter
ranean.
There is difference of opinion among steamship
owners however to the ability of masters draw
patronage. Some admit freely that certain shippers
because of their personality fill their steamers as
popular actor draws crowded houses. Other owners
declare that the ship herself the price of her
modations and the particular date which she hap
pens to be sailing alone determine the size of her
booking list.
This idea however seems to have been disproved
in the of Captain Prehn of the Prinz Friedrich
Wilhelm. Within week several persons called at
the steamship office during the height of the
season and asked for transportation on the Prinz
Friedrich. There were only few rooms left and
they high priced. Two of Prehns admirers
deferred their trip for month until the steamers
next sailing from New York. Another inquirer who
by wealthy, remarked that, as he
could not wait over month, he would gladly pay
the high price for the privilege of travelling with
Prehn.
Captain Turner the Sailor
IF there is one Captain who lives apart from his
passengers, it is Turner of the Lusitania Every
board his ship gets square DEAL but all Tur-
ners business with passengers is transacted through
his purser and chief steward He always has pleas
ant nod and word here and there for the traveller
but he prides himself being first last and for all
time sailor.
The Cunard line had been watching Turner for
several years. and when Captain Watts retirement
close at hand Turner suddenly moved up
from an obscure place to command of the Umbra.
When Watt did retire there surprise everywhere
comparatively young man, jumped the
heads of his grizZled seniors 70 succeed Watt in
mand of the turbine flyer.
Turner had been in command only for few
voyages when Lord Northciffe the publisher boarded
the Lusitana at Liverpool on his way to New York
AT the end of the passage the skipper asked by
mutual friend what he thought of his Lordship.
4 don't know the man. said Turner. 81 saw him
only during the voyage"
WHAT said the friend. Didn't you have a
chat with him?"
mo" replied Turner with some show of resent
ment, / don't intrude upon my passengers. He knew
where my room if he wanted to call. It's
not my place to 60 visiting. I'm sailor"
M Versatility of Captain Haddock
n NAVIGATION is always science. Cold
IN ~ exact figures astronomical and meteoro-