Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
Plays Only One Tune.

That sailors superstition is repeat
ed aft. among the crew, and a hot
argument tries to drown the accor-
dion which can play only one tune
"Tipperary. Other sailors super
stitions are discussed. and il appears.
as the boatSWain gets a suddenly need
ed barrel of flour out of the cargo
for which of course the ship will pay
the owner-that in the old days at sea
it was a hanging ofense to broach
the cargo unless the safety OF the snip
or the lives of the crew were en-
dangered That leads to pirates. and
the most well Informed man says:
You see these islands through which
are now passing. Well We are
now in the old strongholds of the huc-
cancers Today, tomorrow and next
day we will be passing through the
very waters and among the very ports
in which operations We're cohduCten
by such celebrated men as Capt Kidd,
Sir Francis brake. Edward reach.
Charles Gibbs I.atitte. Hawkins and
Sir Henry Morgan. They used to lie
in the, lee of this long stretch OF IS
lands. called the Bahamas. watching
for the richiy-laden galle"ns from ia
vana bound to Spain. Here. too, the
fastest cruisers stood back and forth.
scanning the horizon for British craft
bound into Nassau, from there to run
the blockade int" Charleston during
the civil war.
At the ship passed through these
stored waters he who would be known
in them as a member OF the OLDEST
inhabitants Association. IT thefe was
such n thing in the West Indies. went
on to say that many of the crews or
the federal gunboats reaped rIch mar
vest in this part of the oceans during
the civil war. and pointed "u' lhe very
spot on which the san Jacinto over
hauled the Trent. or at IeaS, ne s"'
il was. and he declared that he recoS-
niZed the very piece of S"aWecd "hlch
told Columbus that he was nearing
land.
Corroborated by Boatswain.
One sea gull was pointed out as the
great great great great great grand
son of the first gull that Columbus saw,
whose presence also convinced MN
he was nearing land. These facts were
not only corroborated they were elabo-
rated upon by the boatSwaln. VINO
happened to be passing. and Wh" are"
attention to the flying fish. sea turtles
asleep on the waters, and the proposes
that flashed on after the snip. rising
ouf of the water to show their DhoS-
nhoresceut bodies in the shining night.
A great business is being done on the
voyage by the ships barber-no adFer-
tiSement intended-in the sal OF post
cards of Santiago. Kingston, fort An
tonic, Puerto Cor1eZ. Spanish Honduras.
Belize British Honduras. Porto Bar
rios. Guatemala and other points for
which the ship is bound. 1t is neceS-
sary for him to carry a large supply IN
stock during the tourist season. tor
the reason that paterfamilias of the
United States sees the West Indies and
Central American ports, or, at least, ms
family and friends at home do. by
means of these post cards. Pertafaml
las buys cards for all the different
points at which the ship is to touch
He addresses and stamps them and
gives them to passengers VINO are go
| ing through to mail at the different
| points as these places are reached
| PaterfamiliaS then gets OFF the snip at
! Kingston or some other place With
| good golf or poker grounds and enjoys
! himself for ten days. rejoinIng the ship
! upon its return.
| There is mysterious "Wireless' on
! the ship which tells everythins-an
| underground information channel
| which is a free with the news that one
| of the cooks has cut his finger asst is
! with the fact that the captain has a
heada che. All things are known. as
| soon as they occur-almoSt in the same
way that the real radio room on the
t upper deck brought the news the da y
it happened that Mr.. Richard Harding