The Washington times., 1913-09-10
DIGNITY JOLTED
BY DANIELS BOYS
Even a Rear AdmiraFs Peace
I and Quietude Are Blasted
by Youngsters.

no uOUDi II Ids tdhcII bhai' a
century to build up the dignity OF Uncle
Sans naval officers. but it takes just
about three minutes for one of Secre-
tary Daniels lively youngsters to make
the triple-riveted reserve of United
States admiral look like a case of hys-
terics
Not that these youngsters are par
ticularly obstreperous, nor are they in
clined to take advantage Of the fact
that their father could. If he wanted,
make, the Atlantic fleet chase fying-hsn
up ard down the sea-coest They are
just boys and a healthier crew of lads
never chased the corridors of the State.
War and Navy building or tried to run
the elevators.
OF course, Josephus, jr., is not in
cluded in the crew. Josephus, jr-, nav
ing reached the sober age OF nineteen,
supplies the dignity. His orothers-
Worth Bagley, Jonathan, and Frank
supply the diversions, although even
Worth now and then mas fe" CROWN:
pains which remind him of the fact that
he Is next in age 10 Jossphus mere
arc no such restraining intiueices work.
ing i? or around Jonathan and Frank.
Working On Evolutions-
One day recently, rear admiral-S
very dignified rear d iriT;I--in charge o1
one Of the bureaus. 'r'"s trying II wrfK
out some naval evoiutions to n'*Ihe-
haticaI nicely The clerks in lis "ffce
were walking abort On tii'-toe IN "der
that the great man might tfirk End's-
turbed Syl,:,niy the stiffness Was shat
tered by a series of whoops tom the
corridor out side The admiral i"'h"l u,
from his papers in panied sur2r-se. ana
the clerks looked at one anothe: aShast.
'Ha. ha. ha, no, no. came the souiiuS
in choking gasps-
The admiral cleared his thfoa,.
"Mr. Blank" he said, sternly, al,
dressing one of the clerks, what is all
that unseemly--
.'Ha. ila!' broke in the SOUNDS iro''i
the corridor. -,
-Mr. Blank" stormed the admiral.
send for the messenger. 1 want TO see
him." ~.
Mr.. Blank stumbled through the door
and returned in a trice with one OF 'he
old tcolored messengers.
/, ..Jim,'' demanded the admiral. what
do you mean by permitting such noises
outside my door? How dare you!
Just Hoilers.
Fear and amusement struggled for
mastery Of Jim's countenance.
Deed, sah.'' he stammered, finally
breaking into a broad grin. ' t warnt
nc harm tended, sab. T wuz just
young Mistuh Frank 'en me wuZ look
in at de funny papers. sub. and Mlstuh
Frank. when he laffs, sub, he jest
natcherly hollers, sub.
And so he does and in way so in
fectious that when the messengers ana
elevator men see young Frank coming
with troop of playmates in his tram
the corridors are lighted up with rows
OF teeth.
The boys never stay long. Gradually
they are beginning TO understand thai
moving a Daper on an officer desk Is
, sacriiege of the worst kind in the temple
: Of official dignity. and usually Jonathan
and Frank are content to burst in upon
their father for a few moments and
rush Off back to the Daniels home, at
Cleveland Park. Queer to say, the
Daniels boys do not, like most young
sters who get into the State. War and
Navy bu u'lding. hang about the beautiful
models of warships and yearn for an
opportunity to sail them. Perhaps some
of their playmates would like to, but
they dassent
They are, you see. members of troop
OF scouts, organized and captained by
Jonathan. and Jonathan is some disc!-
plinarian. Just before the Daniels went
10 Atlantic City, last Thursday, jon
athan heard some mutterings of insur-
rect'on. and word was brought to him
that the scouts were going to elect a
new captain during his absence.
Had Paid Dues.
Well, I guess not" he remarked.
hotly. 81 have paid my dues of 10
cents a year. and I'm the regular cap
tain. and guess no one is going to get
my place"
Captain Jonathan has introduced a
few wrinkles in this scout business
that are not set forth in the ordinary
scout manual. While he seems to have
no particular leanings toward the navy.
he has adopted some of its methods for
his troop, including the use of the sema-
phore fer signaling. Not long ago ne
saw the semaphore in operation on one
Of the big battleships. and forthwith de-
cided to introduce 1t to his pals.
Obtaining an old apparatus from some
OF the officers. he installed II at the
attic window of his home. Then he took
his troop down to the Navy Department,
where copies of the semaphore code
were obtained, and school Of instruc-
don started under the tutelage of one of
the watchmen. q retired sailor. Almost
any day now persons living near the
Daniels home can see the semaphore at
work "wig-wagging'' messages across
the house tops
Worth Jonathan, and Frank will at
tend school this winter at Cleveland
Park. Josephus. jr. is going to Tome
fnstitute. Port Deposit. Nd. where, par
entail interference not appearing, he is