Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-02-02
SPONSORS JOKE
To WASHINGTON
Capital Folks Are Openly
Amused at Antics
in Society
ny GEORGE CLINTON.

WhAAFA NNA NNAAHN ~ AA1A
Young. who have christened vessel
OF Uncle sam s navy. Objected 20 a
lowing a young Michigan woman I
enter the organization because in
ship which she had Christened va
a collier and not war vessel TIE
drew the line at coal, but why the
did no one understood, because "a
collier Is just as essential to the sue
cess OF a fleet in a fight as Is a.
battleship which II supplies with "a
means Of locomotion. lightning an
gun fire.
Everybody thought when the SC
ciety was formed that II was 20 be
democratic AFFAIR Some people hav'
changed their minds. Washington
was somewhat amused. quietly a
least, when the Society OF Naval Spon
sors was formed. II IL a sort OF I
halfway patriotic. halfway social or
ganization. and Il Ia prepared seem
ingly 10 do its duty al tho call, bu'
no one yet has found out what III
duty Is 10 be
Can't Help Belng National.
One thing Is certain. the Nava
Sponsors society Is thoroughly na
tional The governments policy being
10 name Us hattleships and rs
cruisers for states and cities. Il be
comes certain that eventually there
will be- representatives In the or,
ganization from all parts Of the Union
This condition viii come because I,
Is the rule invlolate 10 ask some ma,
tive daughter OF a state or city "a
christen the ship which bears the
state or clty's name. and the member
ship In the society Is made up Of the
women and girls who have broken the
bottle on the prov Of the ships as
they have gone down to their launch.
ings
Mrs John G.. South Of Frankfort.
Ky. is member Of the society Some
people think she ought 10 be l's pres.
ident Tor she Is the only member Of
the organization who dld not break
a bottle ~ champagne on vessels
PROV Mrs South christened the bat
tleship Kentucky and she chrlstened
II with water drawn from the spring
on the farm on which Abraham Lin.
coin was born
Water was not the only beverage
used AZ the christening. for several
Ken'ucklans. who stood NJ the boat's
side as she went sliding into the wa.
ter, threw bottles containing whisky
against her armor and baptized her
with something stronger even than
champagne.
The Society Of Naval Sponsors nev.
er will be overgrown In It's member.
ship New members viii he added
as new ships are added 10 the navy.
and as there Is no heredlty clause IN
tho constitution ~ the society. lts
membership viii remain. making nj.
'owance for deaths. about the same
through the years 70 come
Secretary Never Works standlno.
Secretary Of the Navy George Won
/ Meyer Is said 10 believe tina, his
efficiency as cabinet officer NJ the
outset ~ his career was impaired nv
the custom OF other cablne,
officers of sitting down nj their desks
when AZ work Mr.. Meyer stands nm
when he does his writing and g,is
down only when IN conference with
visitors who are weak in the logs q,
least so Il IL reported by seemingly
veracious persons
A Washington chronlcler has llscov.
cred that Mr. Never brought over
from Massachusetts with him n hugo
piece Of furniture fitted ONLY 70 tho
work ~ the man who IL standing nm
This outstanding furniture Is the desh
that Mr. Meyer used IN his WORKING
once when he was presiding officer n,
the lower branch ~ the Massachp.
sets Legislature fts arrival n, tho
navy department. II Ia said. created
OF sensation because I, ,s
N big that at n distance Il looked HE
R church organ or an overRrown
plano.
James Bryce. the British amhssso.
dor. lives IN the great embassy bu'Id.
Ing on Connecticut avenue The huyl4.
me is comparatively modern. bu, =,
looks older than Tho Lafayette SQUARE
residence which nf'y.six wears ago
housed n DISTINGUISHED predecessor IN
ONCE ~ Mr. Bryce Between Old 6,
Johns church md the old quarters NJ,
Inc Metropolitan club f. the residence
which for three wears, iSiq.sl vns
'hc house n BulwerLytton. the Brit.
lsh minister 10 the United States
Curiously enough. perhaps. tho old
residents Of Washington today are no,
certain whether or not lwerI.vt,o,
wrote anything except state pane-s
while he lived among them They 40
know. however and often tell Won
thar the novelist's nephew. "Owo,
Meredith" wrote a large part OF tn.
cilo" while he was an unpaid strlplns
attache OF the British legation during
his uncle's term OF Office. and that tho
legation building Itself was the scene
~ the Younger Lytton's early literary
endeavor
The Greatest Problem.
The building Of perfect body IL a,
once the greatest earthly problem ana
urandast hona ~ the race i aui.