Evening star., 1914-04-26

- seaS1ck ex-OrncyO, as 1oSdu says AAie>
10 how We distinguish them firm otner
officers iv tn navy. Ye can always tell
Sicrety iv TIL Navy aboord ship be his
stovepipe hat. his indiff renee to human
sciety, his appealin' glance lords tn
shore. an his complexion, which shades
off firm light green to lively yellow.
But nanny a gallant lawyer, retired
grocer or iditor has gone to this awful
fate whin jooty called him, an tn prisint
Sicrety iv tn Navy wud not quail. no
matther how tn ship squirmed undher
him. He is brave man. He's been tn
iditor iv a pa-aper in North Caroliny fr
nanny years, an amy wan who's done
il knows that it takes more skill an
courage to manoover a newspaper in tn
south thin to sail battleship through
Hell Gate
y
But if Josephus Daniels shud make
up his mind some day to face tn turrors
iv tn deep th' chances ar-re that tn
captain wud take him be tn coat sleeve
an say: .Misther Sicrety wudden't We
like to have look at our coal cellar?
Step right through this open hatch,' or.
'Misther Sicrety, wud We be SO kind as
tn score f'r us?'
germ blow at wan iv tn Oldest thradi-
tions iv TIL navy. that's what he's done.
He has dashed tn wine cup firm tn lips
iv tn boys that pace tn quarther deck.
He has ordhered that hinceforth an
friver no officer iv tn navy can blot up
amy spirichous, ferminted or otherwise
g nj a
Doctors prescription. l hear that among
TIL specifications in th' new superdhread-
nought Is wan fr prescription bar an
beer pump fr TIL doctors quarters :.
up to this time, ye see. Hinnissy, on
tn enlisted men has been bereft iv their
booze while bumpin' over tn boundin'
billows. 1t was a gr-reat injustice. A
poor innocint lad that had just escaped
iarkfn' around tn wurruld FIR his coun-
thry's honor was not permitted to intoxi-
cate himsilf excipt on shore. Day afther
day an month afthey mouth II. .EeaEX
11l1ariner plowed tn Indya8ot O
Chiny sea with parched lips an swollen
tongue an listened to ths ,clink iv glasses
in the officers mess, where beakers "
chianty passed firm hand to hand an
tn merry quip an jest wint round among
tn careless debauchees.
nut Wtn udy IN S1du CRY ~ l-dHu
ahoyr was heerd firm tn. crows nest
Where away?' says tn captain. comm
firm tn dinin' room an placin' an Imply
bottle to his eye. Upon tn starboard
or right hand side iv tn bow says tn,
lookout, divin. firm his perch into tn
ocean. In an instant tn entire icrew was
overheard firm tn starboard bow Tn
hardy tar swum ashore. consumed large
quantities iv tn kind iv wassail that is
mannyfacthered solely FIR use on sailor
men an hardwood furniture, had his
savin's took away firm him be tn first
lady he met in a saloon. an wint through
tn usual form iv ofYrin' to lick tn polls
.foorce with wan hand tied behind him.
-Afther awhile. whin tn officers had des
throyed tn last cruet iv Eyetalian wine
wan iv thin was sint to collect tn crew.
He wrenched thin firm tn embrace iy
tn law. corded thin up in an open boat
an took thin to tn ship. Thin he wint
an reported to TIL captain Did ye
get our gallant crew. sir?' says tn cap
tain 7 did. sir says th' loot How
ARE they. sir?' says TIL captain. All
dhrunk. SIR says tn loot 'DhreadfuI