Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-06-16

gers dress. writes homo to her sister.
| THE captain Is a. burly brute, red faced
and hot tempered. have not met him,
but have read his character to n nicely.
Such display of ill-tempcr at a poor
| sailor who had done nothing that I
could find out you never saw"
But Mrs. Is. did not see him teach a
little eight-year-old girl to give him a
butterfly KISS 1t was a pretty sight She
had never heard OF It. so ne lifted her in
his big arms and putting his sea-reddene,i
face against her apartment whitened
cheek. winked his eyciashcs on It. ",rhere
dcarie, that's n butterfly kiss" Cribs in
broad SCOTCH
Those who sat Mt table with him sized
him up FOR a witty and jolly man. with q
seaman's breadth sometimes. it must be
| confessed, but with "a sailors simplicity
always.
| Once he said "Did you ever hear the
story?-l'un away. Johnny, and play on
the deck; take an orange along Good
by Then, after Johnny had gone. no
went on: "Ye're all married." and finish
ed his shall We say wide" story7 There
wac no harm IN 1t, and all tho while an
organst on his holiday was pla wing
| organ in tho MUSHROOM above
An octagona captain. and. like Cant
Corcoran of his majesty's ship Pinafore
beloved by oil the crew, a really popular
commander"
! Then came a bit OF rough weather
nothing to cause the fiutter OF an eyelid
to the extent OF a butterfly kiss on the
part OF a ships officer. but direfu In the
| IN, In, t.,
| hysterical parts.
| one very heavy wave upset woman
insccurely seated and sent her and her
! baby sprawling on the deck. The captain
happened to be passing. and he picked up
tho baby and cuddled It and coddled It.
Then he picked up the mother, offered her
a Scotch pleasantry-she was Scotch her.
| self--and went on his way.
After he had gone the mother came to
me ana in a Scotch that would sound
well. did sound we'll. but would look III in
print. said do YOU think there IS any
| chance Of the boat being saved?"
One might have joked with her, but her
| distress wns too evident. She wrung her
hands as she enugeled her baby to her
breast and moaued in terror l called her
attention to the young men holding on to
|
at the rolling of the chip and asked her
If she thought there could be danger Of
shipwreck and no evidence of It In any
| face but hcrs but she will tell her friends
In midocean while the captain probably
forgot by evening that any one had
thought IT rough in the morning. wish
Mrs y. had seen the captain rescue that
baby. l wish people didn't sizc up other
people on such insufficient evidence. I'll
venture to say that Mrs. T.. is OF Cos
siping disposition.
As the days go on If the passenger list
is small the travellers become members
of a large, good-humored family a poor
little Joke that would not cause ripple
on land is prospered by gales of laughter
at its birth at sea and becomes sort of
catchword for all. Sea air makes folk
simple-hearted. And then comes the
ships concert. the money from which goes
to make sailors orphans happy.
| Tctrazzin has to cross the ocean If she
wishes to get to the other side. So does
otis skinner SO do John \. Lukens Of
Smithvlle. W. who plays the iewsharp,
! and Miss Florence O. James of East Lib
erty Ind. who Is not kind to pianos,
cross the ocean If they would go to
! Europe
The result is obvious. When the ener-
! getlc citizen who gets up the concert
| he may be an express messenger from
Texas.-looks at the passenger list or calls
! for volunteers It is certain that John A
! 1ukens's heart will bleed FOR tho orphans
and getting his icwsharp out of his stea-
rner trunk he will offer his services to tho
man from Texas Miss Jones's fingers
will itch. and her tongue will burn to tell
what the piano Is not safe from when she
lets loose. Then Tetrazz,nl is asked for
a contribution ana is forced to refuse
| lowing to her contract with Hammer
stein" ana otis Skinner Is roped in for
Romeo's part of the ba'cony scene.
And they ind n retiring fellow with n
! lovely lyric tenor voice. He is going
across to have 1t cultivated and he can
play his own accomplishments, for he is
a real musician.
! Now bring on your concert. If you are
a performer YOU will stand behind a pill
lar that prevents almost anyone from see
ing YOU and you will do your prettiest
for those poor orphans, If you are A
plain passenger with no parlor tricks you
Will sit in your seat and try to catch a
glimpse OF the performer and Will split
the palms Of your hands npplauding
Romeo. iewsharp and music banisher
alike; and the women will rave over tho
little tenor just as II no were a Car7iso
Perhaps he will be some day.
Then how the quarters and the dimes
will jingle. their ring deadened here and
there by falling on greenback! Lucky
| little orphans who never gain any benefit
| from ships concerts
At last you sail up the lovely Clyde
after you have had fascinating glimpse
OF Ireland's green shores. and IL you are
very lucky the sun shines on Scotch
| heather and makes such pictures that you
do not wonder that Glasgow artists are
at tho head of their class In Great
| Britain
| The ship is at rest. the god byes are
| said and knots of new-found friends who
will cling together for several days go in
quest OF different hotels You could eat
a whale You're at top weight You're So
good-natured you don't know yourself
Oh, Today voyage II you're not seasick.
Is thing that must be tried TO bs apprs-
| ciated.