The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-03
"OUEENS OF MOVIES"
CAPTURE THE TEXAS
Dash on Warship in Taxitugs
and Nobody Tries to
Repel Boarders.

And above all things. my dears."
warned Chaperon Tom Ryley. as the
girls of his queen OF the Movies COM
paGy assembled at the foot OF East
Twenty third street yesterday afte'n noon
In answer to an invitation from the OFF,
GERS of the brand new battleship Texas
to come aboard and look the new skin
over. from fighting top down to the
tradesmens entrance. above all things
you must not pull the triggers OF the IA
inca guns"
Signs Of disappointment arose all over
the New York Yacht Clubs pier. There
were protests.
Not another word :" cried the chap
eron. III any OF you girls set or the
guns while I'm aboard and | hear Of it
well. we shall see what We shall see. II
any one should be walking along the shore
and a IA inch shell should hit the man in
vital spot the blame for his injuries.
perhaps even DEATH would fall upon"
"Oh, girls interrupted Miss Valli
Nalli, eXcitedly right here. az three gray
coated launches shot away from the
Grand street entrance Of the Texas lying
across the river. and began to bounce to-
ward the pier. - ook. girls. look Here
come the iaXitugs"
SO everybudy got aboard the three taxi
tugs, Il very slIlIle matter ~ tOl'.pallsNl4
TO climbing aboard battlcsh.p later
while one is all bound round with hobbie
skirt. All. see the pretty gulls circling in
the beautiful sky. lads. Look. look. look.
look, No. you chumps, look al the gulls,
while gazing aloft at the guls. one
/ couldn't help hearing the rather fretful
voice OF Miss June White complaining,
There should be steps here ="
Miss Whlte--the well known actress,
YOU remember, who as pagc III the mrs.
act Of the Queen Of the Movies' plays
that part which runs, "Mlthtah Hilton.
pleathe Mithtah Hilton, plefthe had
conhded To Miss Truly Ewrrs look on the
programme II you doubt the uamc) and
to the Misses jeanette Horton and Nancy
Poole that In her opinion the TtNts Is
some skin and the East River som crick
even before the fun glory OF vs. at the
Texas can do at her best flashed upon us
girls.
just selecting haphazard in the Texas
wardroom. did you ever see, especial
when they're all doll"d up In uuitoi m,
3 Lieutenaats Dad powell. Scruhby Law
ton, Eddie Washburn, Doc l.iDbey. Tan
I Tafiinder or Enslg1s MIX" Robertson
,rsal name Marion c. Robertson, 50 they
call him Mike for shortD, ME Gunth"r,
slim SliV.rs Assertion, Gang HuIinSs,
4 Mike Morrssey, Kid Gillette or Rah-Rah
Maliacr--so-callcd because his full name
Kenneth Il. H. Wallace sounds SO LAUGH
, IKE a college Yen?
And beside. al these attractions the
! Texas officers, who had been the guests
OF NJ, Ryl.y and his company al the
/ Glob. Theatre earlier In tn" Week ard
3 now were giving party in return, mad
/ the SHIPS band going fuii speed ahead ror
any one who wanted to dance in the
| junior officers mess--popularlS known as
| the Storage" and punch bowls had
! been filled with lemonade To which Just n
] NF..r
sandwiches, and bunting IA wardrooms
wherever buntin. would stick with the
/ human navy glitter.nS even more glori-
ously than the glassware and the ships
new silver
Cspt Albert Grant Ind Commander
stanford f.. Moses executive officer G.
the Texas; DR.. John v. Dennis ships
surgeon Lieut. tnant Commanders Thomas
Kearney, Wills Mitchell Johr ". Tn
MINIS and Charles +. Iun--in fact thu
whole roster Of the entire upper register
roster OF the TtXas--drupped W to take
a look AZ Kid and scrubby and Mix a. 4
Rah-Rah and Slivers and the T, st OF th"il
Juniors twostepping along the decks OF
! glory.
The band music bro, ut capt. Eberle o.
: the receiving ship Washington alb Iar'
with Mrs Eberle also To gaze upon tn,
I eorseuusuess. And only because ther,
was danger that the .howshop whistl' "
I in Broadway m ght tut-tut NJ any moment
did us girls finally decide dusk TO hal
"A passing taNltug and go bacF to th'
. dancing that's regular work.